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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20120001486 | POWER SUPPLY SYSTEM This invention relates to a power supply system comprising at least two drive units (3) having two power inputs and at least one power generator (G) providing electric power at a chosen system frequency and voltage. The system comprising a transformer unit (LLC) ... | 01/05/2012 |
| 20110266866 | POWER CONDITIONER AND METHOD OF MANAGING THE SAME A power conditioner includes a main converter to transform a voltage outputted from a power source into a first transformed voltage and output the first transformed voltage to supply power to a power using point; and an auxiliary converter to transform the first transfo... | 11/03/2011 |
| 20110260532 | POWER-SUPPLYING DEVICE, CONTROL METHOD FOR THE SAME, AND POWER-SUPPLYING SYSTEM Even when power is to be simultaneously supplied to a plurality of power-supplied devices by using one primary coil, it is possible to properly supply power to the respective power-supplied devices. More specifically, a power-supplying device stops non-contact power sup... | 10/27/2011 |
| 20110247825 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SUBSEA POWER DISTRIBUTION NETWORK An integrated power distribution system utilizes a subsea power distribution hub that receives high voltage electricity through an umbilical from a host surface facility. The subsea power distribution hub steps down the high voltage electricity and distributes the appro... | 10/13/2011 |
| 20110169329 | System and Method for Enabling Power Applications Over a Single Communication Pair A system and method for enabling power applications over a single communication wire pair. In one embodiment, a data transformer is provided that has three separate windings. Two of the windings are tied to each other via high frequency pass DC-blocking capacitors, or a... | 07/14/2011 |
| 20100264730 | PRINCIPLES OF THE TRAN-ENERGY MACHINES Principles of the Tran-energy machines are new methods of using:—The energy stored in the permanent magnets.—Magnetic interactions of different magnetic fields, combined with timing switching and electronic components in electric circuit(s) in order to:—Produce th... | 10/21/2010 |
| 20100253667 | METHOD FOR DETECTING THE ACTUATION OF A CONTROL ELEMENT OF A CONTROL FRONT OF AN INVERTER AND CONTROL FRONT FOR AN INVERTER The invention relates to a method for detection of the actuation of at least one control element (16) of a control front (14) of an inverter (1) and to a control front (14) for an inverter (1) with at least one control element (16 | 10/07/2010 |
| 20100231039 | Device for the ignition and the start-up of silicon rods The invention relates to a circuit arrangement for igniting four thin silicon rods in a reactor for producing from the thin silicon rods silicon rods according to the Siemens process and for starting up such reactor. Also described is a method for igniting the thin sili... | 09/16/2010 |
| 20100164279 | APPARATUS, SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR A SYNCHRONOUS MULTIPLE OUTPUT POWER SUPPLY Efficient multiple power outputs are provided by receiving a primary voltage as an input to a bridge module and providing one or more secondary voltages as outputs of the bridge module. The secondary voltages are generated on the secondary side of one or more respective... | 07/01/2010 |
| 20100164280 | AC/DC POWER SUPPLY, A METHOD OF DELIVERING DC POWER AT MULTIPLE VOLTAGES AND A COMPUTER DATA STORAGE SYSTEM EMPLOYING THE POWER SUPPLY OR THE METHOD An AC/DC power supply, a method of delivering DC power at multiple voltages and a computer data storage system. In one embodiment the AC/DC power supply includes: (1) a transformer having a primary winding couplable to an AC power source and a secondary winding inductiv... | 07/01/2010 |
| 20100148578 | Systems And Methods Providing A Power Converter Embodiments of systems and methods for providing power to one or more loads are provided. According to one embodiment, there is disclosed a power supply system for providing power to one or more loads. The power supply system may include at least one inverter having inv... | 06/17/2010 |
| 20100123351 | POWER DEVICE A power device transforms input power into power for output, and includes an input unit, a power factor unit, a first electronic switch, an output unit, and a control signal port. The power factor unit includes a power factor correction circuit and a first detection cir... | 05/20/2010 |
| 20100109431 | Device And Method For Eliminating Transformer Excitation Losses The invention is a device and method for eliminating core excitation losses in a distribution transformer when the transformer is not supplying power to loads. The invention consists of sensors, a control circuit, a user interface and a power contactor. The power contac... | 05/06/2010 |
| 20100072815 | RECEPTION UNIT COMPRISING A RECEIVER COIL FOR THE CONTACTLESS TRANSFER OF ELECTRIC ENERGY AND METHOD FOR THE PRODUCTION THEREOF A reception unit is provided including a receiver coil for the contactless transfer of electric energy. The receiver coil includes a plurality of flux guiding elements (16a, 16b) that are made of a highly permeable material and that are desig... | 03/25/2010 |
| 20100066167 | ELECTRICAL LOAD, SYSTEM AND METHOD A load includes a device for its inductive power supply, the device including an insertion part, the power supply of the load being provided after the insertion part is inserted into the load.... | 03/18/2010 |
| 20090184468 | Electrical chess module An electrical chess module is disclosed. A LED and a first coil are configured at every chessman, and the LED and the first coil are parallel connection. A electric power and a second coil are configured at the chessboard, wherein the second coil makes the electromagnet... | 07/23/2009 |
| 20090160250 | Self-Coupled Transformer Boostbuck Circuit A self-coupled transformer boostbuck circuit includes a first transformer having a first winding, a second winding and a third winding, a first switch having a first voltage output at its one end, a second switch, a second transformer, a third switch having a second vol... | 06/25/2009 |
| 20090152945 | Method for Supplying the Electrical On-Board Power Network of Ships With External Energy A method is disclosed for supplying external energy to electrical on-board power networks of ships, with there being at least one generator, one converter and electrical loads in the ship's on-board power network. In at least one embodiment of the method, the converter ... | 06/18/2009 |
| 20090152946 | POWER SUPPLY DEVICE Provided is a power supply device including a power supply unit that supplies a driving voltage for driving at least one or more loads; a current balancing unit that maintains a current balance of the driving voltage supplied to the respective loads; a detection unit th... | 06/18/2009 |
| 20090102284 | Load and Consumer A load includes a device for inductively powering it, the device including an insertion part, following the insertion of which into the load the powering of the latter is provided.... | 04/23/2009 |
| 20090039933 | SYSTEM AND METHOD System and method, including path sections, each path section including a supply line into which a medium-frequency current is able to be injected by an infeed assigned to the particular path section, each infeed encompassing a control circ... | 02/12/2009 |
| 20090039894 | Stage-Fused Transformer Loop System and Method of Rapid Diagnosis of Fault Cable or Transformer Failure Within The System A stage-fused underground transformer loop system, which includes a series of transformers connected sequentially by a series of cables, and a series of fused elbow terminators connected to the inlets and outlets of the transformers. The fused elbow terminators are arra... | 02/12/2009 |
| 20090015063 | Method and architecture for reduction in vehicle wiring Systems and methods perform power conversion and distribution. A system for power conversion and distribution, according to one embodiment comprises: a first generator substation (70) receiving power from a first electrical generator (10); a first main sub... | 01/15/2009 |
| 20090015062 | POWER SUPPLY APPARATUS In a provided power supply unit, a plurality of circuit elements are integrated into a chip, wherein the circuit elements generate one or more output voltages by using an input voltage. Thus, although the number of voltages, which can be generated by the power supply ap... | 01/15/2009 |
| 20090008994 | INDUCTIVE COUPLING METHOD FOR REMOTE POWERING OF SENSORS Means and methods of remotely powering a plurality of sensor coils are described. The plurality of sensor coils can be inductively coupled to a single, primary coil so as to bias the active circuitry of the sensors. The primary and sensor coils can have a separation on ... | 01/08/2009 |
| 20080309161 | MULTI-OUTPUT POWER SUPPLY DEVICE A multi-output power supply device includes a first power switch, a first switch controller that controls the first power switch, a transformer that transforms a power supplied from the first power switch, first through Nth output circuits connected to a secondary side ... | 12/18/2008 |
| 20080258561 | POWER INTERFACE APPARATUS AND METHOD A centralized isolated ground interface apparatus for providing a remote termination point for isolated ground conductors. The apparatus including an isolation transformer for establishing a neutral to ground bond, at least one isolated ground receptacle positioned remo... | 10/23/2008 |
| 20080258554 | POWER CONDITIONER AND METHOD OF MANAGING THE SAME A power conditioner includes a main converter to transform a voltage outputted from a power source into a first transformed voltage and output the first transformed voltage to supply power to a power using point; and an auxiliary converter to transform the first transfo... | 10/23/2008 |
| 20080088178 | Self-excitation system A self-excitation system includes a first transformer, a second transformer, a first self-excitation switching circuit and a second self-excitation switching circuit. The first transformer is electrically connected to the first self-excitation switching circuit and has ... | 04/17/2008 |
| 20080088248 | CIRCUITRY FOR SUPPLYING ELECTRICAL POWER TO LOADS A power supply, comprising a boost converter which provides voltage to a first load, and a flyback converter which provides voltage to a second load and which utilizes an inductive element of the boost converter as a primary winding of a transformer of the flyback conve... | 04/17/2008 |
| 20080048495 | Transformer for balancing currents The invention relates to a transformer (10) for balancing the current in an AC circuit, comprising a primary winding (12), a secondary winding (14) and a main inductance (16). The transformer is characterized in that a capacitive component is... | 02/28/2008 |
| 20070159006 | Power supply apparatus and display apparatus having the same A power supply apparatus and display apparatus having the same are provided for outputting power, in which a standby mode selecting unit switches on and off a standby mode, a standby power supplying unit outputs standby power of a predetermined magnitude in the standby ... | 07/12/2007 |
| 20070138870 | MULTI-OUTPUT SWITCHING POWER SUPPLY A multi-output switching power supply of the present invention includes: a series resonant circuit which is connected in parallel with a first switching element or a second switching element, and includes a current resonance capacitor, a resonant reactor and a primary w... | 06/21/2007 |
| 20070069582 | Forward converter Usually, power supplies are not capable of switching off part of the outputs of a main power supply during stand-by. Due to this, stand-by power supplies are used in addition to operation power supplies. According to the present invention, a forward converter is provide... | 03/29/2007 |
| 20060170288 | Resonant DC-DC converter of multi-output type A DC-DC converter of multi-output type is provided wherein first and second MOS-FETs 1 and 2 are alternately turned on and off to take a plurality of DC outputs out of a plurality of secondary windings 4b, 4c and 4d | 08/03/2006 |
| 20060131960 | Power converter A power converter that can continue to operate after suffering a partial failure. The power converter includes multiple array transformers; normally-on switches connected respectively in series with the ends of each of the primary windings of the array transformers; nor... | 06/22/2006 |
| 20050184588 | Power supply unit and lighting device for vehicle A power supply unit comprises: a voltage output section for supplying a voltage to a plurality of loads connected in parallel with each other; and a plurality of output side coils provided respectively corresponding to the plurality of loads, the plurality of output sid... | 08/25/2005 |