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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20110169621 | TIME UPDATING AND LOAD MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS An electrical distribution system for distributing electrical power throughout a residence. The electrical distribution system includes a plurality of electrical distribution lines configured to distribute electrical power to one or more appliances; and an electrical pa... | 07/14/2011 |
| 20110090068 | APPARATUSES AND METHODS FOR DRIVING A DOORBELL SYSTEM PERIPHERAL LOAD AT A HIGHER CURRENT A peripheral load driver that utilizes the power, wiring, and primary load of a conventional doorbell system to drive a doorbell system peripheral load at a higher current without risk of inadvertently energizing the primary load of the conventional doorbell system. The... | 04/21/2011 |
| 20100171602 | Intelligent Power Management of an Intermediate Network Device Switching Circuitry and PoE Delivery Embodiments of the invention include a management agent which has access to power output control circuitry of a digital electronic communication switch, a power meter, a load sharing means, and the ability to manage the power of switching circuits in the switch. The pow... | 07/08/2010 |
| 20090002139 | APPARATUS FOR SELECTIVELY PROVIDING POWER OVER ETHERNET IN AN UPGRADEABLE PATCH PANEL AND RELATED METHODS An upgradeable communications patch panel is provided. Embodiments of such a panel include multiple jacks that are configured to receive multiple communications cables and a power interface that is configured to connect to a power device and provide power to a remote co... | 01/01/2009 |
| 20080309452 | Wireless power transmission system The wireless power transmission is a system for providing wireless charging and/or primary power to electronic/electrical devices via microwave energy. The microwave energy is focused onto a device to be charged by a power transmitter having one or more adaptively-phase... | 12/18/2008 |
| 20080048884 | TRAFFIC SIGNAL TRANSFER SWITCH A transfer switch configured particularly for use with traffic signal controllers, to enable a traffic signal controller to be powered by a portable electrical generator, when utility line power is unavailable. A housing, configured to be mounted either on the surface o... | 02/28/2008 |
| 20070040657 | DISTRIBUTED POWER SUPPLY SYSTEM HAVING REASSIGNABLE MASTER A distributed power system delivers DC power to a plurality of loads. The distributed power system includes a plurality of power converter modules having an associated DC to DC power conversion operation. Each of the modules includes a power regulation section for recei... | 02/22/2007 |
| 20060244573 | Integration of antenna and solar charger for remote asset tracking An apparatus comprises a solar array configured to provide power to an asset tracking device and antennas configured to provide signals to the asset tracking device. The solar array comprises a bank of solar cells that are connected to the asset tracking device. The sol... | 11/02/2006 |
| 20060214510 | Intelligent direct current power supplies A power supply including a power supplying connector, a direct current (DC) connector, an information extractor, power adaptor electronics, and variable voltage electronics. The information extractor being configured to extract digitally encoded data from a carrier wave... | 09/28/2006 |
| 20050258941 | Power supply detection device and method A power supply detection circuit monitors an input voltage and generates a magnitude signal representative of a supply voltage magnitude. Timing signals are generated relative to a transient condition associated with connection to an input voltage. A data store receives... | 11/24/2005 |
| 20050110618 | Ethernet card for connection to a local network, for controlling connection to a communication terminal An Ethernet card (CL) is dedicated to the connection of a communication terminal (UE) to a local network via an Ethernet connection (CX). The terminal (UE) can be powered electrically by first power means (MAP), and includes a first internal bus (PCI1). The card (CL) in... | 05/26/2005 |