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A microwave oven adapted for use within a motor vehicle dashboard area. The microwave oven has a removable storage cassette, and slidable platforms for securing and serving containers of beverages and foods.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8093744 | Power mains distribution panel data link A power mains distribution or breaker panel, and individual circuit breaker or relay therein having a circuit threacross providing a data path independent of the circuit breaker or relay operation. Alternate embodiments include circuits to control the data path and ... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8089176 | Communication system and communication apparatus Disclosed herein is a communication system including: at least one power line communication apparatus connected via a general power line for supplying a commercial alternate current power; a communication terminal having a modem for power line communication, and a p... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8076793 | Magnetic isolation of power sourcing equipment control circuitry A circuit for providing electrical isolation of Power Sourcing Equipment (PSE) circuitry from external circuitry in a Power over Ethernet (PoE) system has an inductive circuit for providing an isolation barrier to electrically isolate an isolated side of the isolati... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8076792 | Power line communication apparatus A power line communication apparatus includes power lines disposed independently and individually, for connecting various loads to a battery by way of fuses, respectively, an inductor disposed at an end portion of each of the above-mentioned power lines on a side co... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8063504 | Systems and methods for powering circuits for a communications interface Embodiments include systems and methods of powering data communications transmitter circuitry using current sinked from biasing circuitry used to bias a transmission line between the data communications transmitter circuitry and data communications receiver circuitr... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8013466 | POE power tapping device and method of use A POE tapping device for extracting power from a data cable. The POE tapping device includes an input connector, an output connector, a flow through connection, a bridge circuit, and a remote accessory connector. The flow through connection is between the input conn... | 09/06/2011 |
| 7977810 | Signal coupling apparatus for power line communications using a three-phase four-wire power line A signal coupling apparatus for power line communications includes an impedance matching transformer and a transmission mode control circuit for high data rate power line communications on a three-phase four-wire distribution line. Therefore, it is possible to impro... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7750495 | Power line adapter and method of controlling power line adapter operated in power-saving mode A power line adapter and its controlling method to be operated in a power-saving mode are disclosed. The power line adapter includes a power-transmitting module for generating a DC supply voltage and a data-transmitting module for transmitting data. Furthermore, the... | 07/06/2010 |
| 7737573 | Power over ethernet combiner A system includes (a) an access point; (b) a switch providing power for use in the access point; and (c) a combiner disposed between the switch and the access point. The combiner receives at least two power supplies from the switch. The combiner is configured to com... | 06/15/2010 |
| 7719130 | Power cable line In a DC power transmission and distribution line, a power cable line for making it possible to easily supply power to various electric power machines used for operation of the line is provided. A power cable line includes a power cable (1g, 1... | 05/18/2010 |
| 7696636 | Midspan powering in a Power over Ethernet system A midspan power sourcing equipment (PSE) for operation with power over Ethernet (PoE). The midspan PSE provides powering over wire pairs that are also used for data communication. To ensure compatibility with legacy Ethernet devices, the ports used for transmission ... | 04/13/2010 |
| 7667344 | Coupling communications signals to underground power lines In one embodiment, a system for coupling communications signals to an underground medium-voltage power line includes a medium-voltage power line, a ground conductor, one or more ferrites, and a low-voltage communications line. The medium-voltage power line includes ... | 02/23/2010 |
| 7652390 | Network interface device communication via power line The invention is directed to an optical network terminal (ONT) for use in a passive optical network (PON) that provides reliable battery status reporting and, optionally, remote monitoring and configuration of an uninterruptible power supply (UPS) unit. In particula... | 01/26/2010 |
| 7560825 | Network devices for separating power and data signals Embodiments disclosed herein provide a network device comprises a transformer with a primary winding and a secondary winding. The primary winding is coupled to receive input signals from a network connector and supply data signals to a physical layer (PHY) module. A... | 07/14/2009 |
| 7449796 | Power over ethernet controller suitable for multiple modes A power over Ethernet controller supporting a plurality of powering modes, the power over Ethernet controller comprising: a pair of power sourcing equipments; and a control circuit; the control circuit being operative to control each of the pair of power sourcing eq... | 11/11/2008 |
| 7173345 | Multi-function integrated automation cable connector system and method The present technique relates to a power and data signal transfer assembly including a plurality of conductors. Through the transfer assembly, power and data signals may be distributed and transferred to a wide variety of devices and locations. Moreover, in one exam... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7005943 | Filter for segmenting power lines for communications There is provided a method for blocking a portion of energy of a signal in a power line. The method includes equipping a high frequency magnetic core with a coil, connecting a capacitor across terminals of the coil to create a resonant circuit that resonates at a fr... | 02/28/2006 |
| 6750560 | Electromagnetically coupled device A device includes a coil (11) coupled to a magnetic field having power energy by electromagnetic induction, a rectifier (12) for subjecting the power energy fetched by the coil to full-wave rectification, a smoothing circuit (13) for smoothing a... | 06/15/2004 |
| 5838227 | Radio controlled engine kill switch A engine kill switch system has a transmitter and receiver which are linked through specific transmitted codes within a frequency. The receiver is mounted directly on the boat and wired to an engine kill switch, maintaining the switch in the closed positi... | 11/17/1998 |
| 5153448 | Information separation device An information separation device that having a transformer operating as a separating filter to separate alternating voltage information and transmitted direct current power. The transformer has at least one winding on a first side coupled to the dc power.... | 10/06/1992 |
| 5046807 | Fibre optic transmission system A passive distribution system for electromagnetic radiation using waveguides and couplers wherein radiation from a source is distributed to a number of destination points, including means at destination points for determining the power levels received at ... | 09/10/1991 |
| 4899062 | Process and apparatus for the generation of transmission current signals in an alternating current distribution network A transmitter with controlled switches for use in a process for the generation of transmission current signals in an alternating current distribution network is connected to the supply network. When operated, this transmitter generates a series of current... | 02/06/1990 |
| 4837452 | Off-line dc power supply A method and apparatus are disclosed for controlling an off-line dc power supply circuit including a printed circuit board. The power supply circuit comprises a source of unregulated dc input power and a power transformer which separates the circuit into ... | 06/06/1989 |
| 4746897 | Apparatus for transmitting and receiving a power line A transceiver provides a relatively constant output voltage from its linear amplifier by providing both current and voltage feedback to its operational amplifier. The present invention utilizes common components for both transmitting and receiving and pro... | 05/24/1988 |
| 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 |
| 4672280 | Mobile robot calling system A mobile robot calling system has a mobile robot normally waiting at a home position and connected to an AC power supply such that its battery is charged by the AC power supply in the wait status, and a calling oscillator for generating a calling signal t... | 06/09/1987 |
| 4550306 | Signal transmission system for fire alarm junction line A novel signal transmission system, having a junction line comprised of a power source line, a grounding line and a signal line is disclosed. Two complementarily operative transistors are connected in series between the power source line and the grounding... | 10/29/1985 |
| 4540890 | System for selectively addressing electrical control signals from a control unit to a plurality of remote units The system comprises a central control unit and a plurality of remote units connected to the control unit by a single, common, transmission link. This link acts simultaneously as a signalling link and as the electrical voltage supply line for the remote u... | 09/10/1985 |
