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| 20120044079 | MEASURMENT BASED VOLTAGE STABILITY MONITORING AND CONTROL A measurement base voltage stability monitoring and control scheme having a means for measuring current and voltage phasors at a boundary bus of a load center; and an equivalent network having a fictitious bus with an aggregate load representative of all loads of the lo... | 02/23/2012 |
| 20110279280 | Device for Verifying the Electrical Output of a Microcurrent Therapy Device A device and method verifies the electrical output of a microcurrent therapy device. The current and/or voltage of an electrical pulse, being supplied to an electrode adapted to contact tissue, is measured by a control unit. The current and/or voltage is supplied by the... | 11/17/2011 |
| 20110234417 | FAILSAFE OSCILLATOR MONITOR AND ALARM A failsafe oscillator monitor and alarm circuit receives clock pulses from an external oscillator that if a failure thereto occurs, the failsafe oscillator monitor and alarm circuit will notify a digital processor of the external oscillator failure. The failsafe oscilla... | 09/29/2011 |
| 20110221603 | System, Device and Method For Providing Power Outage and Restoration Notification A system, computer program product and method to provide information related to a power distribution system based on information provided by a plurality of network elements electrically connected to a plurality of power lines of the power distribution system at a plural... | 09/15/2011 |
| 20110221602 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR STRAY VOLTAGE DETECTION A system for detecting stray voltage in a conductive object is disclosed herein. The system includes a pick-up element, electrical circuitry, a housing for enclosing the circuitry, a support for mounting the housing, and an indicator. The pick-up element is separated fr... | 09/15/2011 |
| 20110208456 | APPARATUS, SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR LEARNING A CRITICAL VOLTAGE OF A MICROPROCESSOR CONTROL UNIT A microcontroller-based electronic device and its operating methods are operable to learn a critical voltage value for a microprocessor control unit residing in the microcontroller-based electronic device. The microprocessor control unit receives power from a battery. A... | 08/25/2011 |
| 20110181431 | Pump Controller System and Method A method and apparatus for a pump control system. One or more embodiments of the invention include a pump controller that can perform a self-calibrating procedure, can provide precise motor speed control, can provide a limp mode before shutting down the motor when syste... | 07/28/2011 |
| 20110084689 | Circuit, system and/or method for detecting an electrical connection between an electrical device and a power supply A circuit, a system and/or a method detect a passive electrical connection and/or an active electrical connection between an electrical device and a power supply. An integrity of the electrical connection between the electrical device and the power supply is monitored t... | 04/14/2011 |
| 20110050440 | MONITORING DEVICE FOR FUNCTIONALLY MONITORING REPORTING SYSTEM, REPORTING SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR MONITORING Reporting systems, such as fire alarm systems, alarm systems or the like, are usually used for communications equipment in large plants, wherein automatic or manual reports are produced at decentralized locations and are forwarded to a central control system. To this en... | 03/03/2011 |
| 20100301883 | Method and Apparatus for Detecting a Fault in a Neutral Return Line of an Electrical Network Apparatus is disclosed for detecting a discontinuity or irregularity in a neutral return line of an electrical power distribution network including the neutral return line, an active line and an earth return. The apparatus includes means for measuring a voltage change a... | 12/02/2010 |
| 20100305887 | VOLTAGE MONITORING IN AN ADVANCED METERING INFRASTRUCTURE Disclosed are apparatus and methodology for monitoring voltage at individual utility meters in a distribution system together with voltage levels at a substation associated with the distribution system. Voltage measurements are made over a predetermined time interval an... | 12/02/2010 |
| 20100188240 | Continuous condition monitoring of transformers A device and method for monitoring the condition of an electrical power transformer in an electrical power grid synchronously measures current and voltage data at both a high voltage side of the transformer and a low-voltage side of the transformer and computes from thi... | 07/29/2010 |
| 20100176959 | Air conditioner and reverse phase detection method thereof An air conditioner and a reverse-phase detection method thereof are provided. According to the air conditioner and the reverse-phase detection method thereof, it is possible to perform reverse-phase detection in real time by subtracting the voltage of one of two phases ... | 07/15/2010 |
| 20100171626 | Enhanced Classification for Power Over Ethernet A method of classification of power requirements in a power over Ethernet system, the method comprising: providing a first classification voltage for a first classification cycle time, the provided first classification voltage being within a classification voltage range... | 07/08/2010 |
| 20100097235 | Explosion Proof Non-Contact Check Point to Mount in Explosion Proof Enclosure A voltage indicating device comprises a test port disposed in a casing that allows the test port to operate during extreme conditions, such as corrosive or explosive environments. The indicating device is coupled to a housing enclosing an electrical apparatus and is con... | 04/22/2010 |
| 20100052929 | High voltage proximity warning alarm system A high voltage proximity warning system, precise, easy to use, easy to install, rugged and weatherproof, has a control panel which is located in the cab of an excavator, other heavy equipment or vehicle, such that it is readily accessible to the operator during equipmen... | 03/04/2010 |
| 20100013631 | ALARM RECOGNITION A method and apparatus of recognizing an alarm scenario in a chip card. The method includes detecting a deviation of a property, and determining whether the deviation is a result of an alarm scenario.... | 01/21/2010 |
| 20090303063 | VOLTAGE DETECTING CIRCUIT The present invention relates to a voltage detecting circuit for detecting a voltage range of a power source. The voltage detecting circuit includes a micro controlling unit, a boost circuit and a plurality of divider resistors. The micro controlling unit includes a gen... | 12/10/2009 |
| 20090295591 | VERIFYING SPEAKER OPERATION DURING ALARM GENERATION The patent discloses a method of verifying that a dialysis machine audio alarm has been sounded. The method senses a waveform of electric power, such as a waveform of the current or voltage that drives a speaker. When the speaker produces sound, power consumption change... | 12/03/2009 |
| 20090289801 | INTELLIGENT POWER SUPPLY APPARATUS An intelligent power supply apparatus includes a power converting circuit, one or more sensors, an audio processor, an operating status processor, a storage unit and a loudspeaker. The power converting circuit is used for converting an input voltage into a regulated DC ... | 11/26/2009 |
| 20090231152 | SYSTEM FOR MONITORING THE ENERGY EFFICIENCY OF TECHNOLOGY COMPONENTS A system is described for monitoring the energy efficiency of a technology component. The system may include a memory, an interface, and a processor. The memory may store a baseline power consumption value for a plurality of operating states of a technology component. T... | 09/17/2009 |
| 20090212965 | ELECTRICITY DISTRIBUTION NETWORK WITH STRAY VOLTAGE MONITORING AND METHOD OF TRANSMISSION OF INFORMATION ON SAID NETWORK The electricity distribution network comprises a plurality of interconnection lines for the distribution of electricity among a plurality of interconnection boxes. At least some of said interconnection boxes are combined with a control unit for detection of stray voltag... | 08/27/2009 |
| 20090195255 | Apparatus and method for monitoring and controlling detection of stray voltage anomalies Apparatus and methods for detecting stray voltage anomalies in electric fields are provided herein. In some embodiments, an apparatus for detecting an electrical field may comprise: at least one sensor probe for generating data corresponding to an electrical field detec... | 08/06/2009 |
| 20090184835 | System, Device and Method For Providing Power Outage and Restoration Notification A system, computer program product and method to provide information related to a power distribution system based on information provided by a plurality of network elements electrically connected to a plurality of power lines of the power distribution system at a plural... | 07/23/2009 |
| 20090164151 | Measurement device and monitoring system for processing units A measurement device configured for measuring and reporting electrical measurement data is disclosed. The electrical measurement data comprising a dc voltage supplied to a processing unit and a dc current running in consequence of the supplied dc voltage. The measuremen... | 06/25/2009 |
| 20090095061 | ABNORMALITY DETECTION DEVICE OF FUEL PUMP An abnormality detection device of a fuel pump reduces costs and prevents detection error or breakdown by making the fuel pressure sensor unnecessary. The abnormality detection device includes an abnormality detection circuit, a fuel pump driving voltage detection unit ... | 04/16/2009 |
| 20090096625 | LOAD DETECTOR FOR A DIMMER Disclosed is a circuit for detecting the presence of an inductive load. The circuit uses a voltage ringing detector to detect a voltage ringing signal across the inductive load and a signal generator for generating a signal indicating the presence of the inductive load ... | 04/16/2009 |
| 20090085759 | High voltage indication system Systems and methods are disclosed for detecting and indicating high-voltage presences on a machine. In one embodiment a high-voltage indication system is disclosed and may include a voltage detector configured to compare the voltage level associated with an element with... | 04/02/2009 |
| 20090071680 | ELECTRICAL GANG BOX FOR CONTROLLING AN ELECTRICAL SYSTEM A receptacle-receiver unit is provided for an electrical system, such as a lighting system. The unit includes a receptacle having a plurality of female slots and a plurality of male ends, wherein the female slots are configured to receive a plug of the lighting system. ... | 03/19/2009 |
| 20090021385 | Electric Vehicle Communication Interface A method of communicating with an electric vehicle wherein the method includes a step of installing a communication device in the electric vehicle. The method also includes establishing a connection from the vehicle to a network. The methodology also includes controllin... | 01/22/2009 |
| 20080275705 | Battery Tester with Wireless Voice Status Messages Methods and systems are disclosed for providing wireless data transfer and voice messages in a voltage measurement device. In some embodiments, the methods and systems dynamically construct voice messages that substantially correspond to text messages displayed on a dis... | 11/06/2008 |
| 20080196910 | ELECTRICAL SENSING DEVICE MODULES FOR ATTACHMENT TO POWER TOOLS AND DRILLS A power hand drill or other power tool includes at least one of a detachable non-contact voltage sensing device and a detachable subsurface object locator for detecting the presence of an object beneath a surface being probed with the locator. The drill has a housing wi... | 08/21/2008 |
| 20080191890 | Visualisation Arrangement The present invention relates to a method and an arrangement for visual indication of an electrical quantity, being one or several of power, current and/or voltage through a conductor. The arrangement comprises a substantially wire shaped illuminator and a controller wh... | 08/14/2008 |
| 20080165021 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING THE VOLTAGE LEVEL OF AN INPUT SIGNAL The present invention discloses an apparatus and a method for determining the voltage level of a first signal from a playback device having an interface in compliance with an industrial standard. According to the method, first receive the first signal by a signal receiv... | 07/10/2008 |
| 20080157725 | Method and device for detecting errors in charging lines In a device for detecting errors in a charging line, the device detects an error in the charging line connecting the vehicle generator and an on-board battery. The device includes a bias circuit, a charging line error detecting means, and a warning means. The bias circu... | 07/03/2008 |
| 20080157989 | PUMP FAILURE ALARM DEVICE A pump failure alarm device includes two digital-analog converting circuits (100, 110), a voltage sampling circuit (120), a controlling circuit (130), an I/O controller (U11), and an alarm circuit (140). The digital-analog converting c... | 07/03/2008 |
| 20080143191 | ELECTRONIC TIMER MODULE FOR BATHROOM FANS Electronic Timer Module securely encapsulated in a plastic shell with three wires protruding from the shell for easy connecting to a standard ON/OFF switch and accommodating inside of a common outlet box automatically shuts off power to the bathroom exhaust fan after a ... | 06/19/2008 |
| 20080122643 | ELECTRONIC CONTROL UNIT There is provided an electronic control unit including: input terminals connected to output terminals of a magneto generator driven by an engine; DC output terminals; a control power supply circuit that converts an AC voltage input between the input terminals into a DC ... | 05/29/2008 |
| 20080122642 | Power Line Communication and Power Distribution Parameter Measurement System and Method A power line communication device is provided that in one embodiment includes a parameter sensor device configured to measure a parameter of a power line, a modem configured to transmit parameter data over a power line, and a controller communicatively coupled to the cu... | 05/29/2008 |
| 20080115543 | Door management system for field service and delivery personnel A system for use with a emergency exit door, comprising: a door opener including a stationary actuator with a movable distal arm for pushing the door open; a door strike mountable to a door frame having an opening to receive a latch of the emergency exit door, the elect... | 05/22/2008 |
