Electrical transmission or interconnection systems inventions 09/08

20080231111 - Outlet add-on module: A method and an apparatus for upgrading an existing service outlet (e.g. LAN, telephone, power or CATV outlet) in a house by adding functionality thereto. The functionality is added by an add-on module, connected electrically and secured mechanically to the existing outlet. Several attachment devices are exampled, including surface attachment,... Agent: Browdy And Neimark, P.l.l.c. 624 Ninth Street, Nw

20080231112 - Multi-functional lrm performing sspc and elcu functions: On an aircraft, primary power distribution control and secondary power distribution control may be performed with a single line replaceable module (LRM) having an integrated architecture. The LRM may be provided with trip engines that are based on digital signal processors (DSP's). The DSP's may be programmed to allow the... Agent: Honeywell International Inc.

20080231113 - Multiple device battery charger: An improved method of charging multiple batteries and battery powered devices of different types at one time. Utilizing multiple methods of supplying DC power to external batteries, a user can charge a variety of devices at the same time. The power is routed in three distinct ways: directly to the... Agent: Welsh & Katz, Ltd

20080231114 - System and method for adaptive islanding for stored/distributed energy devices: When a fault occurs in an energy distribution network, adaptive islanding is initiated to supply energy to customers who are disconnected from the primary source of energy on the network. The customers are selectively connected to secondary energy resources that are distributed within the network. The selected customers are chosen... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20080231115 - Multiple-output dc-dc converter: The invention relates to a DC/DC converter design. The converter requires only one single inductor to draw energy from one input source and distribute it to more than one outputs, employing Flexible-Order Power-Distributive Control (FOPDC). It include a single inductor, a number of power switches, comparators, only one error amplifier,... Agent: Wolf, Block, Shorr And Solis-cohen LLP

20080231116 - Power-aware multi-circuit system and method: A technique for operating a device at multiple different power levels dependent upon the amount of power received involves sensing the amount of power received and turning on circuit components or system functionality if power is adequate. A device constructed according to the technique should have the ability to detect... Agent: Perkins Coie LLP

20080231117 - Power management topologies: A power supply topology according to one embodiment includes a first path coupled to a controllable DC power source, a second path coupled to a rechargeable battery, and a third path coupled to a system load, the three paths coupled to a common node. The topology may further include a... Agent: O2micro/gtpp

20080231118 - On-demand uninterruptible power supply: An uninterruptible power supply (“UPS”) is provided with a backup power supply that has an adjustable reserve power level that is based on a user's input. The UPS provides reserve power that can later be utilized to reactivate the UPS after a shutdown or deactivation state has occurred, when a... Agent: O'melveny & Myers LLP Ip&t Calendar Department La-1118

20080231119 - Uninterruptible power storage device: An uninterruptible power storage device includes multiple power sources and an uninterruptible power equipment, wherein the uninterruptible power equipment has functions of rectification, transformation and charging and comprises a battery for storing electricity, multiple input terminals for connecting to multiple power sources, a built-in power source distributor, which has a... Agent: Troxell Law Office PLLC

20080231120 - Noncontact power transmission system and power transmitting device: A noncontact power transmission system having a power transmitting device including a primary coil and a power receiving device including a secondary coil, the primary coil and the secondary coil being electromagnetically coupled to each other and the power transmitting device configured to transmit electric power to the power receiving... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20080231121 - Automatically standby power cut-off plug socket: An electric socket is provided. The socket includes a power saving circuit determining operation status of an electronic apparatus or plural electronic apparatus connected to another electric socket according to a load signal to control to supply or automatically interrupt power. It is possible to control power according to operating... Agent: Lowe Hauptman Ham & Berner, LLP

20080231122 - Facility and method for the automatic recognition and differentiation of single-channel or dual-channel electronic sensors connected to a dual-channel safety combination: A facility is described for the automatic recognition and differentiation of single-channel or dual-channel electronic sensors, which are connected to a dual-channel safety combination with two connecting line pairs for emergency stop facilities in the form of electronic sensors or emergency stop buttons, with a first connecting conductor pair being... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20080224536 - Transmission line structure for power line communication and power line switch used therein: A power line switch apparatus is provided for use in a power line communication system that transmits a signal through a power line that feeds a power supply current. In the power line switch apparatus, a switch section is inserted in the power line to make or break connection of... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20080224537 - Motor vehicle supply system featuring battery-independent buffering of the generator current: The present invention relates to a motor vehicle electrical system, comprising a generator, a battery, a high-capacity capacitor and a power distributor for controllably supplying energy to individual load circuits of the motor vehicle. The generator, the battery and the high-capacity capacitor are connected in parallel. The electrical connection line... Agent: Boyle Fredrickson S.c.

20080224538 - Grid-connected fuel cell system and load using the same: The system includes a fuel cell to generate DC electricity by reacting oxygen with fuel, an inverter to convert the DC electricity generated by the fuel cell to AC electricity, a DC output terminal to output the DC electricity, and an AC output terminal to output the AC electricity, the... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20080224539 - Accessory power distribution module: A power distribution module for conveying power to one or more accessories is disclosed. The power distribution module includes a constant-hot power bus; an ignition-hot power bus; and at least one output terminal for conveying power to said one or more accessories, wherein the at least one output terminal is... Agent: Honigman Miller Schwartz & Cohn LLP

20080224540 - Power supply device and image forming apparatus: A voltage converting unit converts a first voltage of an auxiliary power supply unit into a second voltage. A voltage determining unit determines whether the second voltage exceeds a predetermined threshold. A first switch, which is arranged between the voltage converting unit and a load, switches on and off a... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080224541 - Power control method for secondary batteries: There is provided a power control method for secondary batteries constituting, in a grid connection system supplying electric power to a power system by combining a power generator where output power fluctuates with a power storage compensator, the power storage compensator and compensating fluctuation of output power of the power... Agent: Burr & Brown

20080224542 - Universal switch control apparatus: An equipment controller includes an actuator control module configured for connection to an actuator that provides operational control of a piece of monitored equipment; a sensing module configured to monitor a state of a parameter of the monitored equipment; an optional local control interface for the actuator control module and... Agent: Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP

20080224544 - Electric power supply device, information processing device, and display device: There is disclosed an electric power supply device including: a plurality of coils that respectively generate alternating current signals depending on a variation in magnetic flux; a plurality of rectifying units that are respectively connected to the plurality of coils, to respectively convert the alternating current signals generated by the... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20080224543 - Non-contact signal transmission apparatus: A non-contact signal transmission apparatus transmits electric power and a signal in a non-contact manner via magnetic induction. The apparatus includes: a pair of annular electric power cores provided in opposing relationship to each other; a pair of electric power coils respectively provided in an annular form at one of... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20080224545 - Pulse generating device and method: A pulse generating device and method are provided. The pulse generating device includes a control device, a first knob, and a second knob. The control device is configured to receive a pulse signal and generate a pulse command. After being actuated, the first knob provides a single pulse of the... Agent: Allen, Dyer, Doppelt Milbrath & Gilchrist, P.A.

20080224546 - Method to analyze system reconfiguration for automated isolation of disturbances to the power distribution system: A method and system where, by tabulating the known values and parameters of a distribution system and its automated equipment in a specific manner, the automated system reconfiguration can quickly identify and thereby implement the optimal system reconfiguration for service restoration.... Agent: Brouse Mcdowell Lpa

20080224547 - Reverse voltage protected integrated circuit arrangement: An integrated circuit arrangement is disclosed which comprises a semiconductor body having a substrate and at least one substrate terminal, at least one semiconductor component integrated in the semiconductor body and being connected between a first supply terminal providing a first supply potential and a second supply terminal providing a... Agent: Maginot, Moore & Beck Chase Tower

20080217995 - Power cable line: A power cable line includes a power cable (1g, 1r, 1p, 1m, 1n) for executing DC transmission and distribution, an AC superposing section 2 for superposing an AC component on the power cable, and a branch power supply section 3 for taking out power induced by the superposed AC component... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20080217996 - Data transmission device for an aircraft: An aircraft has an on-board data network and an on-board electrical power supply system. The on-board electrical power supply system has a device for connection to a stationary electrical power supply system. An adapter device allows data transmission between the on-board data network and a stationary data network via the... Agent: Morrison & Foerster LLP

20080217997 - Device for limiting current of electric appliance: Provided is a device for limiting a current of electric appliance. The current limiting device includes: at least two loads; at least two load driving units connected to the loads to control applying power to the loads; a power detecting unit detecting a power type; a micom controlling the load... Agent: Ked & Associates, LLP

20080217998 - Renewable energy power systems: A UPS with a multi-port DC bus operable to couple a plurality of intermittent external DC sources and intermittent external DC loads is disclosed. The invention includes renewable energy power systems with a UPS having a multi-port DC bus and a responsive energy storage means electrically coupled to the multi-port... Agent: Keith L. Jenkins

20080217999 - System and method for food preparation: A food preparation system includes a non-contact power supply for energizing a cooking appliance. The food preparation system includes a communication system for enabling communication between a food appliance and the system. The appliance transmits an identifier to the system. If the appliance does not have a transmitter, the system... Agent: Warner, Norcross & Judd In Re: Alticor Inc.

20080218000 - Power-off system and method: There is provided a power-off system including a connector (10) connected at one end thereof to a system power line (A) and at the other end to an electric appliance (10) and which connects or disconnects a power supplied from the system power line (A) to the electric appliance (100),... Agent: Rader Fishman & Grauer Pllc

20080218001 - Method and apparatus for mode selection for high voltage integrated circuits: A method is disclosed to add functionality to a terminal of a high voltage integrated circuit without the penalty of additional high voltage circuitry. The benefit is that alternative modes of operation can be selected for testing, trimming parameters of the integrated circuit, or any other purpose without the cost... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman LLP

20080218002 - Control system: A control system for an electrical device includes a controller that outputs an AC device enable system when one or more monitored sensors are in a proper state for operation of the electrical device. The control system may also include a sensor signal integrity checking circuit that outputs a validation... Agent: Calfee Halter & Griswold, LLP

20080218003 - Switch and system for controlling electric loads: An electrical switch unit (1, 60, 61, 70) is provided for controlling the supply of electrical energy to an appliance (7, 65) that also has its own electrical control switch (38), in particular a water heater. The switch unit has a normally open load switch operatively closed by a electronic... Agent: Meyertons, Hood, Kivlin, Kowert & Goetzel, P.c.

20080211302 - Assist device: The present invention provides a higher-performance assist device which is safer by using a wireless charging technique. The assist device includes a detecting portion and an assist device driving portion. The detecting portion includes a sensor, a first transmitting/receiving circuit, a first data processing circuit, a first charging circuit, and... Agent: Eric Robinson

20080211303 - Interface circuit: An interface circuit between a first device capable of being supplied with a first power and a second device capable of being supplied with a second power independent of the first power includes a first reference voltage generation unit configured to generate a first reference voltage from the first power,... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20080211304 - Intermediate bus architecture with a quasi-regulated bus converter: A dc-dc converter system comprises a quasi-regulated bus converter and plural regulation stages that regulate the output of the bus converter. The bus converter has at least one controlled rectifier with a parallel uncontrolled rectifier. A control circuit controls the controlled rectifier to cause a normally non-regulated mode of operation... Agent: Hamilton, Brook, Smith & Reynolds, P.C.

20080211305 - Circuit structure for driving a plurality of cold cathode fluorescent lamps: A DC/AC converter circuit structure for driving a plurality of cold cathode fluorescent lamps is described. A common-mode choke is used between the cold cathode fluorescent lamps. The common-mode choke balances the currents respectively flowing through the cold cathode fluorescent lamps.... Agent: O2micro/gtpp

20080211306 - Method and system for supplying power to multiple voltage islands using a single supply source (sss): Methods and systems for supplying power to multiple voltage islands using a single supply source are disclosed. Aspects of one method may include providing power to a first of a plurality of voltage islands, and individually controlling providing of power to each of a remaining portion of the plurality of... Agent: Mcandrews Held & Malloy, Ltd

20080211307 - Two-wire power and communications for irrigation systems: A large number of irrigation system devices connected to a common two-wire cable can be powered and individually controlled from a central location by transmitting over the cable DC pulses of alternating polarity. Control information is conveyed by transmitting a command pulse train consisting of a series of pulses, separated... Agent: Inskeep Intellectual Property Group, Inc

20080211308 - Parallel-connected uninterruptible power supply system: Disclosed is a parallel-connected uninterruptible power supply system connected with a power source and a load. The uninterruptible power supply system includes a power distribution circuit having a first connector, a plurality of uninterruptible power supplies having a plurality of second connectors, and a plurality of transmission lines having a... Agent: Madson & Austin

20080211309 - Systems and methods for modular battery replacement in aircraft: A modular aircraft emergency backup battery system and methods for operating the system as well as removing and replacing the modules within the system are described. The system includes a module cabinet enclosure that positions and interconnects the modules. A wiring harness provides the necessary electrical connections to and from... Agent: Kammer Browning PLLC

20080211310 - Portable power supply apparatus capable of receiving ac or dc input power: A portable power supply apparatus is provided. The portable power supply apparatus includes an AC-to-DC power adapter, a DC power connector, a DC-to-DC power adapter and an extension power cable. The AC-to-DC power adapter is employed for receiving AC power. The DC power connector is employed for receiving DC power.... Agent: Madson & Austin

20080211312 - Multiplexed direct current regulation output circuit having balance control circuit: An exemplary multiplexed direct current regulation output circuit (2) includes a feedback circuit (22), a sampling circuit (30), a power control chip (21), a first output (27), a second output (28), a first half wave rectifier circuit (23), a second half wave rectifier circuit (24), a first filter circuit (25),... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20080211311 - Power supply apparatus: The present invention discloses a power supply apparatus which is an apparatus installed in an electronic system, and the apparatus includes a DC power input transformer connected with a DC voltage adapter through an electric extension cord, such that DC power of different voltage values is rectified into a single... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20080211313 - Series regulator: A series regulator, which includes a power adjusting portion to which power is supplied, the power adjusting portion making an adjustment to the power thus supplied and outputting the power thus adjusted to a load, and an adjustment control portion detecting an output voltage that is a voltage outputted to... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080211314 - Juvenile product inductive power transfer: A juvenile product includes a power adapter comprising a first AC-to-DC converter to generate a DC transmission voltage from a line power source, and a power cable coupled to the power adapter and configured to carry the DC transmission voltage. A power transmitter coupled to the power cable includes a... Agent: Lempia Braidwood LLC

20080211315 - Electrical harmonic suppression system and enclosure for the same: In an electrical distribution system for supplying power from an AC source to an adjustable-speed drive connected in a single-phase manner, a device for substantially eliminating harmonic currents in the supply lines of said system. The device includes a completely-passive parallel resonant circuit having three passive electrical branches connected in... Agent: Meyer Unkovic & Scott LLP

20080211316 - Electric power converter: The invention provides an optimal electric power converter for a DC/DC converter which variably steps up a voltage successively with an optional magnification of one to two times or more and/or step down a voltage successively with a step-down ratio of one time or less. The converter includes a first... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080211317 - Method and apparatus for determining a switching time for an electrical switching device: A method and a device for determining a switching time of an electric switching device. An electric switching device includes an interrupter link. A first line section and a second line section can be connected and disconnected by way of the interrupter link. In order to determine a switching time,... Agent: Lerner Greenberg Stemer LLP

20080211318 - Switch circuit: A switch circuit including a control unit and a voltage level adjusting circuit is provided. The control unit has a first end, a second end, and a third end. The first end of the control unit receives a first voltage, and the voltage difference between the first end and the... Agent: J C Patents, Inc.

20080211319 - Systems and methods for electrical power supply: The present invention relates to systems and methods for providing an electrical power supply system that may be used in various environments including those that are prone to liquid spills, debris buildup, and accidental contact (by a human or animal such as a pet) and those environments with curves that... Agent: Kirkpatrick & Lockhart Preston Gates Ellis LLP (formerly Kirkpatrick & Lockhart Nicholson Graham)

20080211320 - Wireless power apparatus and methods: Wireless energy transfer system. Antennas are maintained at resonance with High Q. Techniques of maintaining the high-Q resonance matching are disclosed.... Agent: Law Office Of Scott C Harris Inc

20080211321 - Power adapter module with rotatable plug, power supply and electric apparatus with power adapter module or power supply of the same: A power adapter module with alternative plug includes a power supply body constructed by putting an upper housing and a lower housing together, and an attachable/detachable plug, wherein a recess portion is formed within the upper housing. The recess portion includes a recess bottom and a recess wall, wherein a... Agent: Sinorica, LLC