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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20120106013 | CURRENT SENSE CIRCUIT AND BATTERY OVER-CURRENT PROTECTION CONTROLLER A battery over-current protection controller includes a current sense circuit, a first pin coupled to one end of the current detection circuit, a second pin, and a third pin. The second pin and the third pin are respectively coupled to a positive end and a negative end ... | 05/03/2012 |
| 20120069480 | METHOD, DEVICE AND SWITCH FOR PROVIDING SHORT-CIRCUIT PROTECTION FOR RESISTIVE AC LOAD The invention relates to a method for providing short-circuit protection for a resistive AC load, wherein the load is connected with an AC power supply through an active controlled switch controlled by a controller. The method for providing short-circuit protection for ... | 03/22/2012 |
| 20120039007 | METHOD FOR PROVIDING OVER CURRENT PROTECTION AND CIRCUIT A method and circuit for protecting against an over current condition. A conduction time of one or more transistors is reduced during the over current condition. The conduction time is reduced in an amount that is an increasing function of the amount of the over current... | 02/16/2012 |
| 20110317321 | SHORT CIRCUIT PROTECTION DEVICE AND SWITCHGEAR ASSEMBLY HAVING SUCH PROTECTION DEVICES A short-circuit protection device for limiting, preferably also deactivating, short-circuit currents in high energy direct current networks, in particular short-circuit currents of battery systems in submarine direct current networks. The device includes an electrical r... | 12/29/2011 |
| 20110279939 | ELECTRICAL CIRCUIT WITH REDUNDANT TRUNK An electrical circuit comprising a power supply, a load, first and second trunks disposed therebetween and control means adapted to control the electrical status of the first and second trunks, in which the control means comprises monitoring means adapted to monitor the... | 11/17/2011 |
| 20110273805 | HDMI CABLE CONNECT APPARATUS AND METHOD In some embodiments, an HDMI connection interface is provided with a connection detection circuit utilizing power cycling or an otherwise intermittent supply at a pin for an HDMI device for determining if the device is connected to an appliance.... | 11/10/2011 |
| 20110267729 | COMBINED POWER METER AND OUTLET DEVICE An receptacle device with power-meter is provided. The receptacle device includes a power supply conversion unit configured to convert input power supply so as to measure a current value or a voltage value of the input power supply; an analog-to-digital conversion unit ... | 11/03/2011 |
| 20110267728 | OVERCURRENT PROTECTION CIRCUIT, INTEGRATED CIRCUIT, APPARATUS AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT An over-current protection circuit, including a current input for receiving a input current and a current output electrically connectable to a load, for outputting an output current proportional to the input current. A switch connects the current input to the current ou... | 11/03/2011 |
| 20110242717 | POWER TOOL A power tool 1 is connected to a battery pack 5 including an overcurrent detector 533 which detects overcurrent of a battery module 51 and outputs a detection signal, and an overdischarge detector 532 which detects overdischarge of the... | 10/06/2011 |
| 20110227603 | Secure Anti-Tamper Integrated Layer Security Device Comprising Nano-Structures A device and method using one or more electrically conductive nano-structures defined on one or more surfaces of a microelectronic circuit such as an integrated circuit die, microelectronic circuit package a stacked microelectronic circuit package, or on the surface of ... | 09/22/2011 |
| 20110228434 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROTECTING BATTERY BY COMPARISON OF FULL CHARGE CAPACITY An apparatus protects a battery by comparison of full charge capacity. The apparatus includes a fuse connected on a circuit path along which a charging or discharging current flows, a fuse control switch for selectively opening or closing an operating current applied to... | 09/22/2011 |
| 20110222198 | ALTERNATING CURRENT OVERLOAD PROTECTION APPARATUS AND METHOD A circuit and method protect switching devices from alternating current overload. By protecting the switching devices from AC overload, the reliability of the equipment using the switching devices is improved, cost for repair is decreased and information regarding the c... | 09/15/2011 |
| 20110149455 | ELECTRIC VEHICLE CHARGING CORD SET An electric vehicle charging cord set includes a housing containing an interrupting device therein and a first cord provided at one end with a plug connectable to an outlet installed on a wall surface of a building and at the other end connected to one of the terminal u... | 06/23/2011 |
| 20110152961 | ELECTRIC ENERGY STORAGE DEVICE ELECTRODE INCLUDING AN OVERCURRENT PROTECTOR One embodiment includes a capacitor case sealed to retain electrolyte, at least one electrode disposed in the capacitor case, the at least one electrode comprising an overcurrent protector, a conductor coupled to the overcurrent protector and in electrical communication... | 06/23/2011 |
| 20110149454 | BATTERY SYSTEM Provided is a battery system capable of preventing the voltage that is applied to the voltage detection circuit from exceeding the withstand voltage of the voltage detection circuit when the connection between the cells in the battery module is disconnected, and prevent... | 06/23/2011 |
| 20110128277 | OPERATIONAL AMPLIFIER AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DRIVE DEVICE USING SAME, AS WELL AS PARAMETER SETTING CIRCUIT, SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE, AND POWER SUPPLY UNIT The operational amplifier according to the present invention has at least one differential input part for generating a voltage signal corresponding to an electric potential difference between a positive-phase input signal and a negative-phase input signal by using a dif... | 06/02/2011 |
| 20110080680 | METHOD FOR MANAGING A FAULT EVENT IN A NETWORK FOR DISTRIBUTING ELECTRICAL ENERGY, AND A CORRESPONDING ELECTRONIC PROTECTION UNIT A method is provided for managing a fault event in a network for distributing low-voltage or high-voltage electrical energy, which comprises at least one voltage source and a load. The method includes performing at least one step of a first procedure for detecting the e... | 04/07/2011 |
| 20110075309 | OVERCURRENT PROTECTION APPARATUS FOR LOAD CIRCUIT To provide an overcurrent protection apparatus for a load circuit which can detect an overcurrent accurately without being influenced by the offset voltage Voff of an amplifier (AMP1). When the amplifier (AMP1) has the offset voltage Voff which is a positi... | 03/31/2011 |
| 20110075308 | System and Method for Short Circuit Protection In one embodiment, a system for providing short circuit protection is disclosed. The system has a supply circuit and a series switch. The supply circuit has a supply input and a supply output, and is configured to deliver an output current at the supply output, and to d... | 03/31/2011 |
| 20110063769 | EQUIVALENT ALPHA PLANE FAULT DETERMINATION FOR A MULTI-TERMINAL POWER APPARATUS Current differential protection is provided for a multi-terminal power apparatus, such as a power transmission line. Currents measured at each of the multiple terminals are used to calculate a differential current and a restraining current, which are then converted into... | 03/17/2011 |
| 20110019321 | LEAKAGE SENSOR AND SWITCH DEVICE FOR DEEP-TRENCH CAPACITOR ARRAY A high-density deep trench capacitor array with a plurality of leakage sensors and switch devices. Each capacitor array further comprises a plurality of sub-arrays, wherein the leakage in each sub-array is independently controlled by a sensor and switch unit. The leakag... | 01/27/2011 |
| 20110002073 | OUTPUT BUFFER CIRCUIT AND OUTPUT BUFFER SYSTEM An output buffer circuit of the present invention includes: a first output circuit having a first upper switching element and a first lower switching element, the first upper switching element having main terminals, one of the main terminals being maintained at a first ... | 01/06/2011 |
| 20100302697 | CURRENT DIFFERENTIAL RELAY An output unit outputs a trip current based on current amount data obtained by sampling a current amount at a first end of a power line at a predetermined timing and current amount data received from a device at a second end of the power line. A clock generating unit ge... | 12/02/2010 |
| 20100296216 | PROTECTIVE DEVICE AND COMBINATION SWITCHING DEVICE The disclosure relates to a protective device, for example an overload relay, for attaching the same to a switching device, such as a contactor. The housing wall of the protective device has at least one first and one second recess each on a first side facing the switch... | 11/25/2010 |
| 20100277845 | Circuit Apparatus for Protecting a Pre-Charge Resistance Using an Interlock Switch The present invention relates to a circuit apparatus for protecting a pre-charge resistance using an inter-lock switch, and more particularly, to a circuit apparatus for protecting a pre-charge resistance by controlling a current flowing to a voltage transformer of an e... | 11/04/2010 |
| 20100254055 | OVERCURRENT PROTECTION IN A DIMMER CIRCUIT Disclosed is an overcurrent protection circuit for use in a dimmer circuit having a switching device for controlling power delivered to a load. The overcurrent protection circuit comprises means for sensing a load current passing through the load and means for comparing... | 10/07/2010 |
| 20100254056 | EFFICIENT METHOD FOR CALCULATING THE DOT PRODUCT IN FAULT DETECTION ALGORITHMS A method of electrical fault determination using the phase angle information of all the currents entering and leaving a protection zone, to determine whether a fault, if any, is internal or external to the protection zone.... | 10/07/2010 |
| 20100253250 | CURRENT CONTROLLER FOR AN ELECTRIC MACHINE A current controller for an electric machine that includes an input, an output, a threshold generator and a comparator. The threshold generator stores a scaling factor and includes a PWM module that operates on a reference voltage to generate a threshold voltage. The du... | 10/07/2010 |
| 20100246080 | Intelligent fuse-holder In high-current electrical devices protected by fuses, additional performance data besides whether or not a fuse is blown is useful for diagnostics, repair, and preventing emerging failures from reaching a level that damages the device. An intelligent fuse-holder includ... | 09/30/2010 |
| 20100202092 | Differential Protection Method, System And Device A differential protection method in a power network for determining type of fault occurring within the power network. The power network includes a protected object having two or more ends, and a current differential protection device and a current transformer are arrang... | 08/12/2010 |
| 20100165529 | PROTECTION CIRCUIT APPARATUS A protection circuit apparatus comprises a retriggerable fuse having an awakened state and a sleep state. The retriggerable fuse has an input and an output and is arranged, when in the awakened state, to selectively prevent a load current from flowing from the input to ... | 07/01/2010 |
| 20100134939 | POWER SUPPLY CONTOLLER A second forcing shutoff operation is performed for a power MOSFET 15 and the like, if a time when a load current (or a sense current Is) passing on a power supply line L exceeds a first threshold current Ia reaches a first reference time. On the other hand, the ... | 06/03/2010 |
| 20100110597 | DRIVE AMPLIFIER SYSTEM AND OVER-CURRENT DETECTION METHOD FOR THE SAME A drive amplifier system includes a drive control device, a power supply, and at least one drive amplifier. The power supply includes a power control circuit, a rectifier, and a current sensor. The power control circuit includes an over-current detection circuit, a cont... | 05/06/2010 |
| 20100085670 | PHOTOVOLTAIC MODULE MONITORING SYSTEM Embodiments of apparatuses, systems, articles, and methods related to a photovoltaic module monitoring system are disclosed. Other embodiments may be described and claimed.... | 04/08/2010 |
| 20100079922 | SELF POWERED ELECTRONIC OVERLOAD METHOD AND SYSTEM A sensing and switching device, such as an overload relay, is provided which includes a processor configured to make measurements and control operation (e.g., tripping) of the device. The processor regulates measurement of voltage and/or current, and the supply of power... | 04/01/2010 |
| 20090303647 | Apparatus for Short Circuit Protection The present invention relates to an apparatus for short circuit protection. The apparatus comprises two supply inputs for connecting the apparatus to a terminal of a power supply and two supply paths being connected together and to the supply inputs, wherein each supply... | 12/10/2009 |
| 20090231769 | Negative Sequence Differential Element A negative sequence differential element may detect a fault in an electrical power system by computing a differential between negative sequence values derived from a first phase-current measurement and a second phase-current measurement. A transformer may be disposed be... | 09/17/2009 |
| 20090225480 | Electrical Safety Outlet A safety outlet that prevents hazardous conditions is described. Embodiments of the outlet use safe low-voltage DC power to check and ensure that an appliance is plugged into the outlet, that the appliance does not have short circuits or ground faults, and that the appl... | 09/10/2009 |
| 20090225483 | Electric circuit breaker An electric circuit breaker apparatus protects an electrical circuit against excessive current loads. A first remotely programmable circuit breaker trip device receives an external command with a programmable current threshold, detects a current level in the electrical ... | 09/10/2009 |
| 20090195953 | Power IC with an over-current protection circuit and method thereof A power IC with an over-current protection receives an input voltage and converts the input voltage into an output voltage to a load. The present invention controls a power transistor to provide an output current to the load, and uses the output control unit to control ... | 08/06/2009 |
