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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20120080938 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR A BATTERY PACK OUTPUT CONTACTOR Systems and methods for controlling the output of a battery pack are disclosed. In one example, a battery pack contactor is closed after receiving a request to open the battery pack contactor during a power-up sequence. The system and method may reduce battery pack degr... | 04/05/2012 |
| 20120068556 | SAFETY SENSOR DEVICE A safety sensor device for an appliance detects burning conditions and shuts off power to the appliance. The device includes a sensor unit positioned near an exhaust of the appliance, and a relay unit connected along a power supply path to the appliance. The relay and s... | 03/22/2012 |
| 20120049652 | HOUSEHOLD APPLIANCE AND CONTROL MODULE FOR SUCH A HOUSEHOLD APPLIANCE A household appliance includes an electronic control facility controlling at least one appliance component of the household appliance, and a connection adapted for connecting the household appliance to a network connection line to supply the household appliance with ele... | 03/01/2012 |
| 20120049651 | POWER SWITCH CONTROL DEVICE AND METHOD A power switch control device includes a control chip connected to power switches distributed in a room, and a microcontroller connected to the control chip. When a person gets through an entry/exit door of the room, both of a first sensor fixed to an interior surface o... | 03/01/2012 |
| 20120038226 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MONITORING PILL TAKING Systems and methods are disclosed for operating electronic components in a device by separating the devices into a high power group and a low power group; constantly powering the low power group; providing a movable device coupled to power when the device is moved; and ... | 02/16/2012 |
| 20120004000 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND TERMINAL SYSTEM HAVING THE SAME A mobile terminal including a body having a battery configured to be mounted on a cradle, a first connection port disposed at one surface of the body to be electrically connected to power supply terminals of the cradle if the body is mounted on the cradle, a second conn... | 01/05/2012 |
| 20110310519 | COMMUNICATION DEVICE, POWER SUPPLYING METHOD THEREFOR, AND POWER SUPPLY SYSTEM A communication device that establishes a communication with another communication device and supplies electric power to the other communication device by way of a transmission channel, the device comprises a supply voltage generation section that generates a supply vol... | 12/22/2011 |
| 20110307148 | OCCUPANT DETECTION SYSTEM AND METHOD HAVING HEATER ELEMENT ELECTRICAL ISOLATION A system for determining an occupant proximate to a vehicle seat, a controller for use in the system, and a method for electrically isolating a heater element from an occupant detection electrode. When a heater element in a seat is coupled to a heater voltage source to ... | 12/15/2011 |
| 20110304223 | PORTABLE TERMINAL A portable terminal is provided that can carry out adjustment of reception sensitivity with ease. A portable terminal (1) comprises a first body (2); a second body (3); a ground portion (31); a circuit (33) having a power feed portion ... | 12/15/2011 |
| 20110298301 | APPARATUS, SYSTEM, AND METHOD HAVING A WI-FI COMPATIBLE ALTERNATING CURRENT (AC) POWER CIRCUIT MODULE An apparatus, system, and method includes a housing having at least one inlet plug suitable for connection to an alternating current (AC) power outlet and at least one outlet receptacle suitable receiving an AC plug connected to a load device. An AC measurement module i... | 12/08/2011 |
| 20110298300 | Power Outlet for Air Conditioning Appliance and Method of Operation A power outlet device for regulating the operation of an appliance, such as a window mounted air conditioner is provided. The device includes a power inlet and a power outlet coupled to a switch. A controller having a communications device controls the state of the swit... | 12/08/2011 |
| 20110301776 | In-Wall Occupancy Sensor with Mode Selection Features An electrical wiring device operates in more than one operating mode and includes a microcontroller, an occupancy detection sensor communicably coupled to the microcontroller, and at least one accessible user interface communicably coupled to the microcontroller. The ac... | 12/08/2011 |
| 20110260554 | CONTROL DEVICE AND METHOD FOR TRIGGERING PASSENGER PROTECTION MEANS FOR A VEHICLE A control device and a method for triggering a passenger protection arrangement for a vehicle are provided, an interface being provided that is used to receive at least one signal whose amplitude is a function of the vehicle battery voltage or a substitute voltage that ... | 10/27/2011 |
| 20110260555 | ENERGY SAVING CABLE ASSEMBLIES A cable assembly for use with any power cable for an electrical device, the cable assembly including a remotely locatable switch for connecting or disconnecting the electrical device from power draw. Also, a cable assembly for a power device such as a charger for provid... | 10/27/2011 |
| 20110210622 | HALF-AUTOMATIC SWITCH A half-automatic switch is operated in concert with a movement detecting sensor, and is also manually driven to supply power to an electric apparatus. The driving of the half-automatic switch is stopped when it is manually turned off or a signal from the movement detect... | 09/01/2011 |
| 20110198942 | Power Switch Ramp Rate Control Using Programmable Connection to Switches In an embodiment, an integrated circuit includes a power gated block and a power manager circuit. The power manager circuit is configured to provide a block enable signal and at least one select signal to the power gated block. The power manager may generate the select ... | 08/18/2011 |
| 20110198941 | Power Switch Ramp Rate Control Using Daisy-Chained Flops In an embodiment, an integrated circuit may include one or more power managed blocks and a power manager circuit. The power manager circuit may be configured to generate a block enable for each power managed block and a block enable clock. The power managed block may ge... | 08/18/2011 |
| 20110198943 | PROGRAMMABLE ELECTRONIC TIMER A device and method to control a programmable portable electronic timer to selectively provide AC power to an external electrical device by selecting a plurality of varying start times and stop times for each of at least two days, where each start time and stop time may... | 08/18/2011 |
| 20110193422 | SECURE NON-CONTACT SWITCH A redundant non-contact switch reports a status as closed or open for a first member and a second member that move relative to each other between an open state and a closed state. In some embodiments, the redundant non-contact switch includes a wireless authentication (... | 08/11/2011 |
| 20110181125 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR A CONNECTION SYSTEM OPERABLE TO SINK AND SOURCE SUPPLY POWER Aspects of a method and system for a connection system operable to sink and source supply power are provided. In this regard, one or more circuits within a connector that resides in a networking enabled device may be operable to determine whether the networking enabled ... | 07/28/2011 |
| 20110163769 | METHODS OF DETERMINING MID-STROKE POSITIONS OF ACTIVE MATERIAL ACTUATED LOADS Systems for and methods of determining at least one mid-stroke position of an active material actuated load by causing a stress induced rapid change in electrical resistance within the active material element, or modifying an ancillary circuit, when the load is at the m... | 07/07/2011 |
| 20110156496 | OUTDOOR ELECTRICAL POWER RECEPTACLE AND CONTROL SYSTEM THEREOF Disclosed is an outdoor electrical power receptacle, comprising a main body, a mounting member, and an extension power cord, wherein an upper end of the mounting member couples to the main body. The extension power cord, couples to each of controllable power outlets dis... | 06/30/2011 |
| 20110153821 | Mechanical Proximity Sensor Enabled eService Connector System An eService connector system includes an eService consumer for receiving an eService from an eService source. The eService may, for example, be any wave form of illumination, acoustic or thermal service. A service switch is provided for selectively transferring the eSer... | 06/23/2011 |
| 20110153739 | Proximity Sensor Enabled eService Connector System Systems and components for providing or receiving an eService, such as acoustic, thermal and illumination service. A service switch is provided for selectively transferring the eService from the host or other eService source to the eService consumer. The service switch ... | 06/23/2011 |
| 20110148223 | Mechanically Energized eService Connector System A system for receiving an eService, such as a thermal service, an illumination service or an acoustic service, from an eService source. A service switch is provided for selectively transferring the eService from a host or other eService source to an eService consumer. T... | 06/23/2011 |
| 20110115306 | DOMESTIC APPLIANCE, ESPECIALLY A DISHWASHER OR WASHER A domestic appliance having a control device to control device components of the domestic appliance during execution of a program, wherein the device components have electrical loads. The domestic appliance also has a switch to at least partly de-energize the control de... | 05/19/2011 |
| 20110074225 | REDUCED POWER CONSUMPTION SENSOR DEVICE AND ILLUMINATION SYSTEM COMPRISING SUCH A SENSOR DEVICE The invention relates to a wireless sensor device configured for sensing motion of an object in an area. The device comprises a motion sensor configured for generating a sensing signal when sensing motion in the area and a signal processor configured for processing the ... | 03/31/2011 |
| 20110062792 | POWER-SUPPLY CONTROL DEVICE AND POWER-SUPPLY CONTROL METHOD According to one embodiment, a power-supply control device includes a connecting unit to which another electric apparatus different from the electric apparatus can be connected; an apparatus discriminating unit that discriminates whether the electric apparatus is a cont... | 03/17/2011 |
| 20110062793 | TRANSMISSION-GUARD SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AN INDUCTIVE POWER SUPPLY A transmission-guard is disclosed for preventing an inductive power outlet from transmitting power in the absence of an inductive power receiver. A transmission lock is associated with an inductive power outlet and a transmission key is associated with an inductive powe... | 03/17/2011 |
| 20110050000 | BATTERY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM A battery management system capable of safely disconnecting a charge/discharge current line from a battery pack in an over-charge condition is provided. The battery management system includes a charge/discharge relay including a relay switch coupled to a charge/discharg... | 03/03/2011 |
| 20110048826 | POWER LINE INTERLOCK FOR ELECTRIC CAR Systems and method are disclosed for operating an electric vehicle. The electric vehicle has a power plug adapted to be plugged into a power line; a plurality of hub wheel motors, each hub wheel motor rotating a wheel; a controller coupled to the plurality of hub wheel ... | 03/03/2011 |
| 20110006615 | PLUG SOCKET Provided is a plug socket which determines operation states of a plurality of electrical devices connected to the plug socket to supply or cut off electric power to the electrical devices and selects a method for supplying or cutting off electric power to the electrical... | 01/13/2011 |
| 20100320845 | Power saving apparatus and method for a portable appliance A power saving apparatus for a portable appliance includes a sensor unit and a control unit. When the portable appliance is raised up, the sensor unit presents a first sensor mode, and then the control unit outputs a first control signal to command the portable applianc... | 12/23/2010 |
| 20100320846 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR REDUCING POWER CONSUMPTION OF ELECTRONIC PRODUCT Provided is an apparatus and method for reducing power consumption of an electronic product. The apparatus and method reduces unnecessary power consumption by cutting off power for driving a load if a predetermined control condition is satisfied in an electronic product... | 12/23/2010 |
| 20100301679 | SENSOR WITH SELECTABLE SENSING ORIENTATION USED FOR CONTROLLING AN ELECTRICAL DEVICE A device designed to be plugged directly into a household power supply socket comprising a sensor for controlling an electrical device, the sensor having selectable sensing orientation and being one of a motion detector, an infrared detector, a photodetector or a sound ... | 12/02/2010 |
| 20100295380 | Broadcasting Receiver and Television Apparatus This broadcasting receiver includes a power supply portion supplying power, a power receptacle portion capable of being connected with a power plug of a peripheral device, a switch portion for making a connection and disconnection between the power supply portion and th... | 11/25/2010 |
| 20100264752 | POWER SUPPLY CONTROL SOCKET A power supply control socket comprises a casing, socket apertures, a power supply control device including a fingerprint scanning unit, a fingerprint matching unit and a control unit connected together in series and a micro switch. The fingerprint scanning unit collect... | 10/21/2010 |
| 20100244586 | MULTI-GANG CAPACITIVE TOUCH SWITCH PLATE An apparatus is provided and includes two or more sensor assemblies, each including a sensing unit at a front face thereof, and each being communicatively interconnected and power sharing, a cover plate, mounted adjacent to the front face of the sensor assemblies to ent... | 09/30/2010 |
| 20100237711 | Occupancy Sensing With Device Clock An occupancy sensing system includes a device clock included in an assembly with a device such as a switching device or an occupancy sensor. The device clock enables time tracking functionality to be combined with occupancy sensing to control lighting and other loads. A... | 09/23/2010 |
| 20100201206 | Power Control Apparatus A power control apparatus comprises a transducer having an output (12,13) which is connected to a remotely activated device (25) mounted in a mains consumer unit (14). When a predefined parameter is detected, the device (25) is activated to c... | 08/12/2010 |
