Electrical transmission or interconnection systems inventions

20090278404 - Circuit arrangement and system for use in a motor vehicle: A circuit arrangement comprises a fuse element from which degradation can start. The circuit arrangement also comprises a sensor element for detecting the degradation, and a circuit part to be protected. The sensor element can detect degradation into a region between the fuse element and the circuit part to be... Agent: Lee & Hayes, PLLC

20090278405 - Systems and methods for multiple source power conversion: An embodiment of a system for multiple source power conversion is implemented in a vehicle that includes an alternating current (AC) power source and first and second direct current (DC) power sources. The system includes an inverter, a DC-to-DC converter, and a controller. The controller receives external commands, inverter feedback... Agent: Ingrassia Fisher & Lorenz, P.C. (gm)

20090278407 - Method and system for discovering a power source on a peripheral bus: Improved techniques to recognize a power source on a peripheral bus and/or determine power available from the power source via the peripheral bus are disclosed. Typically, the peripheral bus is supported by a cable connected between a host device and an electronic device. In this case, the host device is... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20090278406 - Portable power supply: A system includes a power device and an electronic device. The electronic device includes a rechargeable power source and device electrical circuitry. The power device supplies power to the rechargeable power source according to at least one of a charging mode, an extended use mode, and a defined energy mode.... Agent: Michael C. Pophal Eveready Battery Company Inc

20090278408 - Integrated dc power system with one or more fuel cells: A method of switching from an AC power source to a DC power source includes at least isolating the AC source from an input of at least one AC-DC rectifier, connecting the DC source to the input, and sending a signal to a boost regulator of the rectifier to switch... Agent: Carr LLP

20090278409 - Monolithically integrated light-activated thyristor and method: A monolithically integrated light-activated thyristor in an n-p-n-p-n-p sequence consists of a four-layered thyristor structure and an embedded back-biased PN junction structure as a turn-off switching diode. The turn-off switching diode is formed through structured doping processes and/or depositions on a single semiconductor wafer so that it is integrated monolithically... Agent: Bae Systems

20090278410 - Pre-set timer and plug adapter: A plug adapter in combination with a pre-set digital timer (in minutes) that plugs into an electrical wall outlet and safely disconnects the current to any device plugged into the adapter after a pre-set time period has elapsed. The pre-set timer and plug adapter includes an on-off push button switch... Agent: Michael R. Ayers

20090273234 - Modular primary distribution contact board: An aircraft power distribution system is disclosed that includes a power distribution box. A generator supplies power to the power distribution box, and a load receives power from the power distribution box. The power distribution box includes a board supporting plug-in pins receiving the power. A contactor is supported by... Agent: Carlson, Gaskey & Olds, P.C.

20090273235 - Power supply system and vehicle: Transfer functions of control have duty commands as inputs and battery current values as outputs, provided corresponding to respected converters. Control gains are determined such that certain transfer functions substantially match with each other, with respect to delay elements.... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20090273236 - System and method for supplying voltage to electrical loads of a motor vehicle by using a supercap: A system and method for supplying voltage to electrical loads in the onboard electrical system of a motor vehicle are provided. The onboard electrical system consists of at least two onboard electrical system regions. The first onboard electrical system region has an electric generator, a vehicle battery, as well as... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20090273237 - Regulator circuit and car provided with the same: A regulator circuit stabilizes the input voltage applied to an input terminal before outputting the output voltage via an output terminal. An output transistor is provided between the input terminal and the output terminal. An error amplifier adjusts the voltage applied to the control terminal of the output transistor such... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20090273238 - Power sourcing equipment device including a serial interface: In a particular embodiment, a circuit device is disclosed that includes a power sourcing equipment (PSE) circuit having a plurality of high-voltage line circuits adapted to communicate with a respective plurality of powered devices via network cables. The PSE circuit includes a serial interface circuit and includes a common controller... Agent: Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.

20090273239 - Semiconductor power distribution and control systems and methods: A system for dynamic integrated circuit power distribution and control is disclosed. The system includes an external power consumption target generator configured to generate a power dissipation target for one or more integrated circuits. The system also includes a first integrated circuit that includes an IC power control unit coupled... Agent: Cantor Colburn LLP-ibm Burlington

20090273240 - Uninterruptible fuel cell system: An exemplary method of providing electrical power is provided. A first alternating current is received from a grid. The first alternating current is converted to a first direct current using a first inverter in electrical communication with the grid. The first inverter is also in electrical communication with a fuel... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20090273241 - Direct current power combiner: A circuit for combining direct current (DC) power including multiple direct current (DC) voltage inputs; multiple inductive elements. The inductive elements are adapted for operatively connecting respectively to the DC voltage inputs. Multiple switches connect respectively with the inductive elements. A controller is configured to switch the switches periodically at... Agent: The Law Office Of Michael E. Kondoudis

20090273242 - Wireless delivery of power to a fixed-geometry power part: Wireless power is used to deliver power to different areas on a circuit board or on an integrated circuity. The power can be delivered by magnetic resonant power or by inductive power coupling. Optical isolation can be used between different stages.... Agent: Law Office Of Scott C Harris Inc

20090273243 - Wall-mountable timer for an electrical load: A wall-mountable electrical timer for controlling the delivery of power from an AC power source to an electrical load, such as a lamp or a fan motor, includes: a timer adjustment actuator for selecting a predetermined time period of operation for the load; a toggle actuator for starting the timer,... Agent: Lutron Electronics Co., Inc. Mark E. Rose

20090267409 - Power line communication apparatus: A power line communication apparatus includes power lines disposed independently and individually, for connecting various loads to a battery by way of fuses, respectively, an inductor means disposed at an end portion of each of the above-mentioned power lines on a side connected to the above-mentioned battery, and an information... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20090267410 - System for generating a regulated tension supplying an electric organ: The device (10) comprises an energy-storage transformer (14) having magnetically coupled primary and secondary windings (P and L1, L2, L3); a primary circuit (20) connecting the power supply source to a ground (M), and comprising the primary winding (P) and a static main switch (22) connected in series; a secondary... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20090267411 - Regulator: A regulator includes a power-converting circuit and a protection circuit. The power-converting circuit is for converting a primary voltage to a secondary voltage. The protection circuit is coupled to the power-converting circuit. The protection circuit receives the primary voltage earlier than the power-converting circuit. When a voltage spike of the... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Steven Reiss

20090267412 - Electric-vehicle controller: There is obtained an electric-vehicle controller that prevents energy stored in a power storage unit from being discharged in the case where a collision, a derailment, or breakage of an overhead line occurs. The electric-vehicle controller is provided with a DC-to-DC converter one terminal pair of which is connected to... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20090267413 - Method and on-board vehicle power supply system for predictively increasing the on-board vehicle power supply system voltage: A method is provided for reducing the energy consumption of a motor vehicle having at least one electric on-board power supply system to which at least one electric consuming device is connected. For implementing an efficient on-board power supply system which, in addition, contributes to the reduction of the energy... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20090267414 - Heating power supply apparatus: A plural number of bridge circuits, each having a rectifier circuit with positive half wave control electrodes and a rectifier circuit with negative half wave control electrodes, and each of the plural number of the bridge circuits is connected to one winding of a power supply transformer; the rectifier circuit... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20090267416 - Arrangement relating power backup and method for power backup: An arrangement and method for eliminating power failures, especially due to glitches, in a device is provided. The arrangement may include electrical components configured to be supplied with power, a power source for supplying the components, a capacitive element configured to provide a flash element with operational power. The arrangement... Agent: Harrity & Harrity, LLP

20090267415 - Converter for electrical power recovery: This converter for electrical power recovery (1) for supplying power to a load (6) includes an in-house power generation device (5) for supplying power in cooperation with input terminal power at a power input terminal (2). Moreover, it includes a thermal storage unit (12) which, when surplus power is generated... Agent: Mark D. Saralino (general) Renner, Otto, Boisselle & Sklar, LLP

20090267417 - Multi-input power converter and uninterruptible power supply having the same: A multi-input power converter and an uninterruptible power supply (UPS) having the same, wherein the multi-input power converter has input connection means, inductor means, switch means, rectifier means, output storing means and switch control means. The inductor means is electrically connected to the input connection means. The switch means is... Agent: Cooper & Dunham, LLP

20090267418 - Switch power supply and electronic device having same: A switch power supply includes an AC/DC converter, a DC/DC converter, a battery charge-discharge switching circuit, and a detecting and controlling circuit. The AC/DC converter receives an input AC voltage and converts the input AC voltage into a DC voltage. The DC/DC converter converts the DC voltage into several working... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20090267419 - Method for smoothing alternating electric current from a number of power generating units and wind power plant including a number of wind mills with variable rotational speed: A method and a wind power plant are provided for smoothing alternating electric current from a number of power generators. Generators are electrically connected to an electric network. Each power generator includes a transformer with pulse width modulation for converting direct current to pulse width modulated alternating current for feeding... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20090267420 - Off-mains switch and a control box for electrically driven articles of furniture: An off-mains switch (14) and a control box (15) for electrically adjustable articles of furniture, such as beds, chairs or tables, which automatically interrupt the connection to the power supply when the article of furniture is not adjusted, such that this will not constantly be under the mains voltage. These... Agent: Dykema Gossett PLLC

20090267421 - Power converting device: A power converting device is disclosed, used in an electronic system for converting a first power into a second power. The power converting device includes a receiving module, a converting module and an output module. The receiving module is used for receiving the first power. The converting module is coupled... Agent: Muncy, Geissler, Olds & Lowe, PLLC

20090261651 - Power supply and communications system for a passenger aircarft: In order to enable an optimum supply of consumers spread out around the aircraft both with electrical energy and with the desired communications resources and at the same time to minimize the cabling expense, the power supply cable comprises according to the invention at least four conductors wherein at least... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20090261652 - Bicycle electrical wiring unit: A bicycle electrical wiring unit is provided with a junction housing, a wiring junction and a cable winding structure. The wiring junction is mounted to the junction housing for connecting at least two electrical cables. The cable winding structure is disposed on the junction housing with the cable winding structure... Agent: GlobalIPCounselors, LLP

20090261653 - Single-input and dual-output power supply with integral coupling feature: A control and monitoring system power supply is described that receives a single power input and distributes power to two distinct segments of a control and monitoring system network. The power supply includes a single power input configured to receive AC from a power source and at least partially convert... Agent: Fletcher Yoder Law (for Rockwell Automation)

20090261654 - Power path control circuit: The present invention provides a power path control circuit comprising: an input node for receiving an external power; a first power transistor electrically connected between the input node and a first node, for controlling power supplied from the input node to the first node; a second power transistor electrically connected... Agent: Tung & Associates / Randy W. Tung, Esq.

20090261655 - High voltage array converter: A direct current to pulse amplitude modulated (“PAM” current converter, denominated a “PAMCC”, is connected to an individual source of direct current. The PAMCC receives direct current and provides pulse amplitude modulated current at its output. An array of PAMCCs constructed in accordance with the present invention form a distributed... Agent: Michael W. Caldwell

20090261657 - Method and system of hybrid power management: A method of hybrid power management is provided in the present invention, comprising steps of: providing a hybrid power output device being coupled to a load and comprising a fuel cell module and a secondary cell module; determining a plurality of threshold values, each representing one of output power modes... Agent: Wpat, PC

20090261656 - Power system for mobile workstation and method: A power system for a mobile workstation includes a docking station for a removable battery, a power bus, and a power interface having an output interface electrically connected with the power bus. The power system further includes a detector configured to detect user interaction with a removable battery docked with... Agent: Michael B. Mcneil Liell & Mcneil Attorneys PC

20090261658 - Power supply system, vehicle having power supply system, and control method of power supply system: A discharge distribution ratio calculating unit calculates a discharge distribution ratio, according to the ratio between an amount of electric power allowed to be discharged from a first storage device connected to a first converter, and the sum of amounts of electric power allowed to be discharged from second and... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20090261659 - Systems and methods for power supply synchronization in radio frequency identification (rfid) readers: A system for power supply synchronization in an Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) reader is shown and described. In one embodiment, the system includes one or more switched mode power supply devices and a signal generator. Each of the switched mode power supply devices provides power to at least one component... Agent: Choate, Hall & Stewart LLP

20090261660 - Photosensor circuits including a switch mode power converter: Photosensor circuits include a relay coil configured to control application of an alternating current (AC) power source to a load. A pulse width modulator circuit is configured to generate a pulse width modulated signal having a pulse width that varies responsive to an average voltage across the relay coil. A... Agent: Tyco Electronics Corporation- Intellectual Propery Law Department

20090261661 - Power control device for apparatuses that employ standby power: An apparatus is disclosed herein that includes a housing, wherein the housing has a front and a back, wherein the housing includes first electrical receptacles, a switch, and a timer module. The first electrical receptacles are positioned on the front of the housing and are configured to receive first prongs... Agent: Walker & Jocke, L.p.a.

20090261662 - Method for supplying electrical energy from a first electronic circuit to a second electronic sircuit via at least one wire line: A method of supplying electrical energy from a first electronic circuit (10) to a second electronic circuit (20) connected via a communication interface (30), which interface (30) comprises at least one wire line (31) within a Radio Frequency Identification communication device (1), the method comprising the steps of: providing a... Agent: Nxp, B.v. Nxp Intellectual Property & Licensing