Electrical transmission or interconnection systems inventions 11/08

20080290729 - Ethernet interconnection apparatus and method: An Ethernet interconnection device and method. The apparatus includes an input Ethernet connector, a signal separating circuit electrically connected to the input Ethernet connector, a voltage regulator circuit electrically connected to the signal separating circuit, an Ethernet signal repeater circuit electrically connected to the signal separating circuit, and an output... Agent: Schmeiser, Olsen & Watts

20080290730 - Flyback converter: The present invention relates to a multiple output flyback converter having a switch regulated output circuit (5). To avoid a second communication interval, due an output voltage in this secondary controlled output that is lower what is implied by its number of winding turns, the inductance of this circuit is... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20080290731 - Energy efficient power supply: There is disclosed a power supply, a system, and method. A power supply may include a power converter for converting AC primary power into DC power, an internal load, and a DC power plug for delivering DC power from the power supply to a load external to the power supply.... Agent: SocalIPLaw Group LLP

20080290732 - Power switch system: A power switch system (200) for selectively providing power from a primary power source and a secondary power source to an electronic device, includes a detecting module (24), and a selecting module (30). The detecting module is connected to the primary power source. The selecting module is connected to an... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang

20080290733 - Dc backup power supply system and disk array using same: A DC backup power supply system having a plurality of loads to which AC from a commercial power source is supplied, and DC power storage means for supplying DC power to the plurality of the loads at the time of a power outage of the commercial power source, said DC... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20080290734 - Switching pulse generating circuit and regulator using the same: A switching pulse generating circuit includes: a load current setting portion to determine the amount of current flowing through a load based on a load current setting signal, the load current setting signal being externally supplied to the load current setting portion, the load current setting signal specifying the amount... Agent: Mcginn Intellectual Property Law Group, PLLC

20080290735 - Remanent voltage generator tachometer and control for induction machine: In a power generating system the remanent voltage of an induction machine is measured. The frequency of the remanent voltage is compared to a predetermined threshold. When the frequency of the remanent voltage is greater than the predetermined threshold the induction machine is connected to the power grid. Induction machine... Agent: Davidson Berquist Jackson & Gowdey LLP

20080290736 - Power transmission device and electronic instrument: A control IC for first and second transmission drivers that drive a primary coil includes an output terminal connected to the first transmission driver on a first side, an output terminal connected to the second transmission driver on a second side, and an input terminal to which a waveform of... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20080290737 - Semiconductor circuit device and data processing system: Occurrence of power supply noise arising in connection with a step-down action at the time of turning on power supply is to be restrained. A step-down unit is provided with a switched capacitor type step-down circuit and a series regulator type step-down circuit, and stepped-down voltage output terminals of the... Agent: Stanley P. Fisher Reed Smith LLP

20080290738 - Smart receiver and method: A method and an apparatus according to an embodiment include a converter, a power storage module, and a processing module. The converter is configured to convert an energy associated with an electromagnetic wave into a DC power. The power storage module is configured to store the DC power. The processing... Agent: Cooley Godward Kronish LLP Attn: Patent Group

20080290739 - Encapsulating housing for an electrical power transmission device having a particle trap: A particle trap has a cover cap which dielectrically shields a shielding area by way of a shielding surface. The shielding surface has a concave curvature. Transversely to the concave curvature, the shielding surface has surface regions which are inclined transversely to the concave curvature in the region of a... Agent: Lerner Greenberg Stemer LLP

20080284246 - Multi-voltage vehicle electrical supply system for a motor vehicle and method for operating the same: A multi-voltage vehicle electrical system for a motor vehicle is provided, including at least one multi-voltage generator, a first energy store, whose energy may be fed into a first low-voltage vehicle electrical system branch having low-voltage consumers, and a second energy store, whose energy may be fed into a second... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20080284247 - Method for operating a system of modular structure, in particular a process automation system: There is described a method for operating a system of modular structure, which can be extended during operation by adding modules that consume electrical energy, in particular a process automation system, the system having a power supply, which supplies the other modules of the system with electrical energy, with at... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20080284248 - Device for controlling power transfer between two cores of a direct current network: A device for controlling power transfer between two cores of a direct current network, in which the cores, which are source-charge interconnection nodes, include protective and contact members, placed in different areas of a power distribution system in which the direct current network is installed. The device includes an electronic... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080284249 - Direct current power transmission and distribution system: A direct current (DC) transmission and distribution system (10) includes a system DC link (12) configured for carrying power from a source (14) to a plurality of loads (16) and DC to alternating current (AC) power converter modules (18, 118, 218, 318, 418) coupled in series to the system DC... Agent: General Electric Company Global Research

20080284250 - Power supply device, operation method of power supply device, electronic apparatus, and operation method of electronic apparatus: A power supply device that switches one of a first power supply, a second power supply, and a third power supply, all of which supply power to an auxiliary device, to a transfer gate in a CMOS image sensor having a photodiode and outputs the corresponding power to the transfer... Agent: Robert J. Depke Lewis T. Steadman

20080284251 - Voltage selection circuitry: Techniques, systems and apparatus are described for providing a voltage selection circuitry and a DC-to-DC converter having such voltage selection circuitry. The voltage selection circuitry includes a first terminal voltage sensing unit that senses a voltage of a first terminal and a second terminal voltage sensing unit that senses a... Agent: Fish & Richardson, PC

20080284252 - Control methods for the synchronization and phase shift of the pulse width modulation (pwm) strategy of power converters: A method of controlling a plurality of power converters 1a, 1b and 1c can be used to interface to a supply network, ac busbar etc. Each power converter includes a network bridge 14 operating in accordance with a pulse width modulation (PWM) strategy having the same switching period and which... Agent: Kirschstein, Ottinger, Israel & Schiffmiller, P.C.

20080284253 - Switching unit for switching a connection between a mains and a load: A switching unit for connecting a load to a mains as a function of a demand for a consumption current by the load comprises a mains port for electrically connecting the switching unit to the mains, a load port for electrically connecting the switching unit to the load, a switching... Agent: Hoffmann & Baron, LLP

20080278000 - Methods and systems for intentionally isolating distributed power generation sources: A method and system for operating a mini-grid including one or more power generation sources and one or more loads independently from a utility grid is provided, where the mini-grid is disconnected from the utility grid in response to a power disruption over the utility grid. A universal interconnect device... Agent: Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP

20080278001 - High voltage current splitter circuit and method: A circuit arrangement and associated method for splitting current in a predetermined ratio between N sub-circuits, comprising means for splitting current at one end of a each sub-circuit and at least one device at the other end of each sub-circuit adapted to become forward biased and acts as a short... Agent: Michael Cameron, Esq.

20080278002 - Power management unit for battery-operated devices: A power management unit for a battery-operated electronic device having a bus interface for the interconnection with another electronic device, the power management unit including an electric energy storage element coupled between a battery of the battery-operated electronic device and a voltage supply line of the bus interface, the electric... Agent: Stmicroelectronics Inc. C/o Wolf, Greenfield & Sacks, P.C.

20080278006 - Battery communication system: An uninterrupted power supply (“UPS”) system is disclosed which uses a battery communication system to communicate to a UPS processor information concerning the status of a battery pack in an array of parallel coupled battery packs. The battery packs provide back-up power for the UPS system. Information about the battery... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20080278004 - Electronic apparatus, power supply system, and method for supplying electric power: An electronic apparatus includes a first terminal, a second terminal, elements, and a supply unit. The supply unit supplies electric power supplied from the first terminal and electric power supplied from the second terminal to the elements when the first and second terminals are connected to the first and second... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080278003 - High efficiency alternative/renewable powered ups system: The disclosure provides an efficient alternative energy uninterruptible power supply (UPS) system having a main first source of power coupled to an electrical load, comprising: a second source of power from stored energy coupled to the electrical load, the second source being adapted to supplement the first source and condition... Agent: Locke Lord Bissell & Liddell LLP Attn:IPDocketing

20080278005 - Uninterruptible power supply and method for implementing said power supply: e

20080278007 - Emergency shutdown methods and arrangements: Methods and arrangements to shut down equipment in response to voice command(s) are disclosed. More specifically, embodiments interpret voice command(s) from a person in the vicinity of equipment and respond by deactivating equipment. In some embodiments, a voice interpreter couples with a receiver located at the equipment to determine whether... Agent: Schubert Osterrieder & Nickelson PLLC

20080272649 - Electrical connectivity system for use in a vehicle: An electrical connectivity system for use in a vehicle includes a first plurality of electrical devices a first plurality of electrical devices coupled to at least one utility carrier and a control module coupled to the at least one utility carrier. The first plurality of electrical devices are configured to... Agent: Foley & Lardner LLP

20080272651 - Led current control circuits and methods: Embodiments of the present invention include circuits and methods for electrical current control. In one embodiment, a regulator provides power to the anode end of a set of LED strings. A current setting circuit derives its current from a current reference and generates multiple matching currents that drive the low... Agent: Fountainhead Law Group, PC

20080272650 - Xdsl cpe and power system thereof: A power system includes a power adapter, a first power sub-system, and a second power sub-system. The power adapter provides a first DC power. The first power sub-system includes a first converter and a first controlling circuit. The first converter converts a first DC voltage into a second DC voltage,... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20080272652 - Virtual power rail modulation within an integrated circuit: An integrated circuit 2 is provided with logic blocks 16 which draw their power from virtual supply rails 8, 10. These virtual supply rails 8, 10 are connected by switch blocks 12, 14 to main supply rails 4, 6. The switch blocks 12, 14 are subject to modulation to maintain... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20080272653 - Power source apparatus and control method of the power source apparatus: The present invention provides a solar cell that can be utilized as a stable electric power source for cloudy weather. An output voltage V1 of the solar cell 1 is lowered by a DC-DC converter 5. When a battery V2 is charged with an output of the converter 5, the... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20080272654 - Methods and apparatus for providing power to a notification appliance circuit: An arrangement for use in a safety notification system includes primary and secondary power sources and a voltage converter. The primary power source provides power to a notification appliance circuit of a notification system. The secondary power source includes at least one battery. The voltage converter is coupled between the... Agent: Elsa Keller, Legal Assistant Intellectual Property Department

20080272656 - Apparatus and method for distributed standby power provision: An apparatus and method for providing standby power to a node of a distributed system of devices. The apparatus includes: a current manager operable to manage supply of current to a device at the node; a normal current supplier operable to supply normal operating current to the device; and a... Agent: Lieberman & Brandsdorfer, LLC

20080272655 - Uninterruptible power supply with remote capabilities: An Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS) with remote capabilities, and systems and methods of implementing the same, are disclosed. An exemplary UPS system with remote capabilities includes a battery unit and a remote unit configured to be physically separated from the battery unit so that a user can electrically connect an... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20080272657 - User selectable pin for connection of an internal regulator to an external filter/stabilization capacitor and prevention of a current surge therebetween: An integrated circuit device provides a choice of external pins (connections) that may be user selectable for coupling an external filter/stabilization capacitor to an internal voltage regulator. However, connecting the output of a internal voltage regulator to an uncharged external filter/stabilization capacitor (or to a capacitor charged to a different... Agent: Baker Botts L.L.P. One Shell Plaza

20080272658 - Integrated gate drive for use in control and protection of power modules: A method and apparatus for providing isolated high and low direct current power supplies to a Power Device using a sealed high Power Device Gate Driver having a single transformer, wherein the Gate Driver integrates the power supplies, gating control and gate control, gate drive and Power Device diagnostics into... Agent: Honeywell International Inc.