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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7391168 | Digital control of electronic ballasts using AC power lines as a communication medium A system for establishing communications between a central lighting controller and a series of electronic dimming ballasts uses an AC power supply line as a communication medium. A MOSFET switched by a control circuit selectively shorts the AC power lines when a rec... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7339466 | Power line communication system with system member identification An electric power line communication system operates with an electric power distribution system to provide, via premises power distribution lines, communication links among power line communication devices associated with the premises power distribution lines. A sen... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7323968 | Cross-phase adapter for powerline communications (PLC) network An adapter to reduce the effects of cross phase communication between a PLC transmitter plugged into one of the L1 or L2 power lines of a home and a PLC receiver plugged into the opposite L2 or L1 power line includes a housing with one si... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7315234 | Load control apparatus and load control system A load control apparatus is connected to a master station through a power line supplied with direct-current power. The load control apparatus is driven by the direct-current power supplied from the power line to communicate with the master station through the power ... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7265654 | Powerline pulse position modulated transmitter apparatus and method A transmitting controller is connected to a powerline and on command places a reference signal and a series of signal pulses in the powerline at a series of signal timing positions related to zero voltage crossing points so that the signals pulses are substantially ... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7227310 | Method and devices for controlling loads connected to a power line The present invention is related to a method and devices for controlling at least one load connected to an AC power line. The method is based on the introduction of interruptions in the line voltage, which correspond to data being sent. The method centers on interru... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7193510 | Safety interlock circuit with diagnostics requiring no extra signal wires A safety interlock circuit wherein the safety interlock switches can report their status. Signal generators associated with the safety interlock switches produce status signals that are transmitted on the wiring of the safety interlock circuit. The present invention... | 03/20/2007 |
| 5281956 | Heater diagnostics and electronic control for a clothes dryer A control for a clothes dryer with an induction drive motor and an electric resistance heater element. A single sense winding is threaded through sensors monitoring drive motor current and heater current, generating an output voltage each time the alterna... | 01/25/1994 |
| 4868539 | Bi-directional multi-frequency ripple control system A ripple control system in which an audio frequency signal is superimposed on an electric power distribution system wherein the receiver has a pair of lock-in amplifiers driven 90° out of phase with each other, the outputs of which are squared and summed... | 09/19/1989 |
| 4845466 | System for high speed digital transmission in repetitive noise environment A transceiver system for high speed, low bit-error rate data communications over a.c. power lines in the presence of repetitive impulse noise includes an a.c. power line coupling network, a power line communications modem, and a microprocessor with a memo... | 07/04/1989 |
| 4746809 | AC power line signaling system A system for controlling the operation of a load circuit coupled to an AC power distribution circuit includes an encoder which may be mounted in a wall switch box and coupled to a single conductor of the AC power distribution circuit for imposing thereon ... | 05/24/1988 |
| 4714912 | Single-conductor power line communications system A power line communications (PLC) system utilizes a single conductor of a multiple-conductor power-transmission circuit, for carrying signal current, injected by at least one transmitter in series with that single conductor, to at least one receiver also ... | 12/22/1987 |
| 4638299 | Electrical appliance control An electrical appliance remote control system comprises a transmitter supplying digital control messages onto a power main and a receiver for receiving those messages to activate an appliances accordingly. Each message comprises words each of which is tra... | 01/20/1987 |
| 4583090 | Data communication system A data communication system for general purposes having a new ternary carrier frequency shift keying (TCSK) signal. The system is applied to a utility load control by transmission of a sub-carrier of an FM broadcast channel. It is decoded by a receiver, S... | 04/15/1986 |
| 4549178 | Energy control system with transmitter having channel multiplexing and frequency modulation A transmitter circuit adapted to transmit control signals to receivers which in turn activate fluorescent lamp fixtures. The transmitter comprises a frequency controllable oscillator and means coupled from the oscillator for providing alternating cycle co... | 10/22/1985 |
| 4535447 | Remote monitoring system transmitter A solid state remote monitoring transmitter which transmits a 40 bit word that contains status information about a transformer via the secondary of a power distribution network to a central receiver associated with the primary (feeder) cable supplying the... | 08/13/1985 |
| 4528667 | System for the transmission of information messages A house system for the transmission of information messages which are encoded in the form of digital signals wherein a code is selected which facilitates the testing of each information bit, including a central station and a series of substations at which... | 07/09/1985 |
| 4453156 | Load control receiver and method of operation Method for detecting the presence or absence of an audio-frequency signal (VT) superimposed on a power supply network, the audio-frequency signal (VT) having a known frequency (fT) and an amplitude (AT) lying wi... | 06/05/1984 |
| 4408185 | Process for transferring information and system for carrying out the process An arrangement for transferring both power and information on one or more common AC power lines in which a first type of information is transmitted by terminating the current from the power supply in periods which constitute a fraction of a halfwave cycle... | 10/04/1983 |
| 4400688 | Method and apparatus for communication over electric power lines A method and an apparatus for communicating over electric power lines in a direction from load to source is disclosed. The power line voltage wave is loaded in a predetermined pattern to produce a corresponding pattern of signaling currents at a receiving... | 08/23/1983 |
| 4392121 | Receiver for A.C. electrical supply signalling arrangement A receiver for an a.c. electrical supply signalling arrangement of the kind in which information is transmitted by impressing on the supply voltage waveform voltage reductions which bridge the zero crossings in the waveform wherein detection by the receiv... | 07/05/1983 |
| 4370564 | AC Switching device An AC switching device includes a switch element associated with the primary side of a transformer so that the switching element is turned on or off always at a zero-crossing point where the alternating current shifts from predetermined one of the positiv... | 01/25/1983 |
| 4348582 | Communication via an electricity supply main Control signals are transmitted through a.c. mains supply lines to control operation of electrical equipment powered from the supply lines. A near short-circuit condition is introduced across the a.c. mains supply lines, for example, by firing a thyristor... | 09/07/1982 |
| 4340880 | Method and apparatus for signal recognition in a remote control system with influencing of the zero point transition of the alternating-current mains voltage In a remote control system which generates a remote control signal by a temporary short-circuit on the secondary side of a transformer during an influencing period or time span about a zero point transition of the alternating-current mains voltage, a cons... | 07/20/1982 |
| 4335381 | Remote control of electrical devices A remote control system for use e.g. in controlling the locomotives and ancillary devices of a model train layout comprises a transmitter and a number of receivers incorporated in the devices to be controlled. A composite waveform is applied across the tr... | 06/15/1982 |
| 4328482 | Remote AC power control with control pulses at the zero crossing of the AC wave A remote control for the control of AC power uses the AC power wave of an existing AC power line for the transmitting control signals from a control location to a remote location. A transmitter at the control location provides a predetermined number of co... | 05/04/1982 |
| 4300126 | Method and apparatus, for power line communications using zero crossing load interruption In a system for communicating information over a power line network, connection of power loads is interrupted in the vicinity of zero crossings of the A.C. power line waveform to provide a high impedance condition during which the transmitters and receive... | 11/10/1981 |
| 4254403 | Systems for transmitting information in an alternating current electricity supply system A system for transmitting information in an alternating current supply system wherein information is transmitted by reducing the instantaneous value of the supply voltage during a corresponding period in each of a selection of cycles of the supply voltage... | 03/03/1981 |
| 4218655 | Method and apparatus for transmitting intelligence over a carrier wave A method and apparatus for transmitting intelligence over a carrier wave are disclosed in which a signal waveform is added to a carrier wave to produce a composite wave having a recognizable pattern of variations in intervals that are defined by preselect... | 08/19/1980 |
| 4218769 | Means for subdividing a baud period into multiple integration intervals to enhance digital message detection A carrier signal bearing digital data which varies a characteristic of the carrier signal during each baud period in a predetermined manner to identify the baud value during the period is demodulated by subdividing each baud period into n intervals, conve... | 08/19/1980 |
| 4216543 | Means for deriving baud timing from an available AC signal Baud timing is derived from an AC signal having n half-cycles during each baud period, for use in demodulating a carrier signal bearing digital information via some predetermined variation in a characteristic of the carrier signal during each baud period,... | 08/05/1980 |
| 4106007 | Method and apparatus for transmitting intelligence over a carrier wave A method and apparatus for transmitting intelligence over a carrier wave are disclosed in which a signal wave is combined with a carrier wave to produce a composite wave having a recognizable pattern of variations in intervals that are defined by preselec... | 08/08/1978 |
| 4097692 | Method and apparatus for the two-way transmission of pulses In a method and apparatus for the two-way transmission of pulses between a plurality of out-stations generally connected to a common power supply network and at least one control unit, the data is applied to the power supply network using pulse code modul... | 06/27/1978 |
| 3938129 | Power line data transmission system A power line data transmission system is disclosed in which data is transmitted over a line carrying alternating current power by varying or modulating the power factor of the line or the phase angle of the power on the line in accordance with a signal to... | 02/10/1976 |
