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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7459806 | High voltage magnetic compression modulator A high voltage magnetic compression modulator including a low-voltage part including an energy source connected to a primary winding of a pulsed transformer, and a high-voltage part including a secondary winding of the pulsed transformer connected to a capacitor, th... | 12/02/2008 |
| 7443057 | Remote power charging of electronic devices A wireless charging and power system for electronic devices and method for communicating power to a power receiver employing wireless energy transmission are disclosed. The remote charging system includes a power transmission unit, which transmits energy as a plural... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7439712 | Energy collection An energy collection system may collect and use the energy generated by an electric field. Collection fibers are suspended from a support wire system supported by poles. The support wire system is electrically connected to a load by a connecting wire. The collection... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7425782 | Electric car voltage conversion device with failure detection A voltage conversion device includes a forward direction conversion circuit for converting an input voltage from a DC power source into a desired output voltage by adjusting a duty ratio of semiconductor element switching. The device further includes a control secti... | 09/16/2008 |
| 7419406 | Bathing unit controller A controller suitable for use in controlling components in a bathing unit is provided. The controller includes a controller body having a back surface and a front surface generally opposed to the back surface. The front surface includes a plurality of connector inte... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7388306 | Appliance control system with power controller A transformerless power controller provides low standby power (milliwatts) for standby circuitry/logic of an appliance when the appliance is not in use. The power controller also provides gradations of power for the appliance based on need of the appliance and/or ap... | 06/17/2008 |
| 7369059 | Electrical apparatus having status indicating means An electrical power distribution device such as a junction box or the like includes a status indicator that also serves not only to indicate the status of energization of a connector mounted in a first housing opening, but also to illuminate a translucent indicia-be... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7359483 | Radiographer support system A radiographer support system containing a storage apparatus provided in a case including a recoding medium for recording radiographic image data a recording device for recording radiograph related data of the first radiographic image data a first communication devi... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7343510 | Method and device for selecting one of multiple clock signals based on frequency differences of such clock signals A clock detection and selection circuit (100) can include a first counter (102-0) that generates a first count value CNT1 according to a first clock signal CLK1 and a second counter (102-1) that generates a second cou... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7342329 | Power supply for electrical domestic appliances and domestic appliances for co-action with such a power supply The invention relates to a power supply for electrical domestic appliances, comprising: at least one connection to the mains electricity supply, and at least one connector for releasable electrical coupling of the power supply to a domestic appliance, wherein the po... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7342321 | Bicycle electric power unit A bicycle electric power unit supplies electric power to a bicycle motor unit having a power source, a power source controller, a power source voltage detector, a first power source switch and a second power source switch. The power source controller turns off the f... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7334141 | Method of saving energy in an information handling system by controlling a main converter based on the amount of power drawn by the system An information handling system having an energy saving power converter that comprises a main converter for supplying power to the information handling system when in active operation, and an auxiliary converter for supplying standby power to the information handling... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7303140 | Operationally interactive enclosure A platform for electronic components has a temperature sensing array, a vibration sensing array, a programmable logic device, and one or more cooling fans. The programmable logic device receives temperature data from the temperature sensing array and structure-borne... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7301440 | Power line communication system and method The present invention provides a device for providing communications through power lines comprised of multiple conductors by transmitting the data signals through a plurality of the conductors. One embodiment of the present invention may be comprised of a transmit c... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7296172 | Power control and management method for uninterruptible power system and servers A power control and management method for servers connected to an uninterruptible power system (UPS) comprises: detecting current power supply statuses of the UPS and the servers; detecting instantaneous status data of the UPS and the servers to generate a server po... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7282944 | Body capacitance electric field powered device for high voltage lines Devices that couple to high voltage transmission lines obtain power themselves using the body capacitance of an element of the devices. The devices generate a comparatively lower voltage from the current flowing between the high voltage line and the element of the d... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7281149 | Systems and methods for transitioning a CPU from idle to active A system for transitioning a CPU from idle to active comprises a sequencer operable to receive a stopclock signal and generate a controlled transitioning signal in response thereto, and a speed control device coupled to the sequencer and operable to controllably ram... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7276811 | Submarine power feeding system having submarine feeding cables and power feeding branching devices A submarine power feeding branching device comprises a constant current-constant current converter which isolates an input side for a trunk submarine cable from an output side for a branch submarine cable. The converter receives a first constant current and produces... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7271340 | Flexible interconnect cable with insulated shield and method of manufacturing A cable assembly having a plurality of wires, each having a first end and an opposed second end. A sheath including an shield encompasses all the wires. The shield is a braid formed of a plurality of braid wires, and each of the braid wires has an insulating coating... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7268308 | Isolation switch for power transfer A power system including a power transfer device that prevents a common load from at once being powered by a main and auxiliary power source, and eliminates any possibility of back feeding the main power source from the auxiliary power source. First and second circu... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7263295 | Transceiver suitable for data communications between wearable computers In a transceiver for inducing electric fields based on data to be transmitted in an electric field propagating medium and carrying out transmission and reception of data by using induced electric fields, having a transmission electrode and a transmission circuit, a ... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7257466 | Intelligent control devices A control device operates to selectively provision power. The control device can be implemented as part of an electrical apparatus, such as a computer, television, VCR, hairdryer or other device which operates on AC power. The control device can be also implemented ... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7248148 | Power line coupling device and method of using the same The invention provides a method and a device for communicating a signal over a power line. One embodiment may comprise a length of power cable that comprises a center conductor substantially surrounded by an insulator. A concentric conductor is disposed external to ... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7245513 | Semiconductor integrated circuit device, contactless electronic device, and handheld terminal In a semiconductor integrated circuit device in which a rectifier device constituting a rectifier comprises a MOS transistor whose gate is connected to one antenna terminal and whose source is connected to the other antenna terminal, the parasitic capacitance applie... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7245201 | Power line coupling device and method of using the same The invention describes a method and a device for communicating a signal over a power line. One embodiment may comprise a length of MV power cable that comprises a center conductor substantially surrounded by an insulator. A first concentric conductor is disposed ex... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7224336 | Display device drive unit and driving method of display device The display device drive unit includes a liquid crystal driver that generates a liquid crystal driving voltage for display device driving, and can operate in a master mode for outputting the foregoing voltage and in a slave mode for driving the display device in acc... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7221252 | Transformer A transformer structure is disclosed. The transformer comprises a primary winding coil, plural secondary winding coils, a first winding portion, plural second winding portions, plural partition plates, a channel, and a magnetic core assembly. The first winding porti... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7216250 | Clock control circuit for correcting frequency of second clock signal based on first clock signal and monitoring oscillation state of first clock signal based on second clock signal The present invention relates to a clock control circuit apparatus including a first oscillation circuit for generating a first clock signal and a second oscillation circuit for generating a second clock signal and capable of, when the two clock signals are put to u... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7208968 | Test system for testing integrated chips and an adapter element for a test system Test system for testing integrated chips and an adapter element for a test system. One embodiment provides a test system for testing integrated chips in a burn-in test operation, the integrated chips to be tested being arranged in groups on a burn-in board, the burn... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7199699 | Facilitating communication with power line communication devices The invention includes a method, system, and device for communicating a data signal with a low voltage premise network. The inventive method comprises communicating the data signal with the low voltage premise network, substantially reducing attenuation of the data ... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7191076 | Expandable intelligent electronic device An intelligent electronic device (IED) includes a base module having a power monitoring circuit operative to monitor a parameter of a portion of a power distribution system and generate an analog signal representative thereof. The base module also includes a process... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7186144 | Connector including media converter A triaxial connector assembly including a media converter that is used to terminate a fiber optic/electrical hybrid cable is disclosed. The triaxial connector assembly includes a connector with a housing defining a first end and a second end, the first end of the ho... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7184862 | Turret targeting system and method for a fire fighting vehicle A turret control system and method for a fire fighting vehicle is disclosed. The turret control system includes one or more control modules, such as an envelope control module, turret targeting module, a turret pan module, a turret deploy module, a turret store modu... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7177131 | Control circuit of power supply with selectable current-limiting modes The present invention discloses a control circuit of power supply with selectable current-limiting modes, wherein the control circuit which maintains the power-output circuit of the power supply within the energy-limiting standard is performed with automatic detecti... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7173821 | Computer rack with power distribution system The invention relates to a computer rack, frame or system having a direct current power supply positioned at the upper portion of the rack. In one variation, the DC power supply is placed in the highest shelf in the computer rack. In another variation, the DC power ... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7170927 | Methods and apparatus for an ADSL transceiver An ADSL transceiver hybrid circuit uses one or more isolated couplers (optical couplers, capacitors, or the like) configured to minimize the transmit signal component in the receive signal path by providing an isolated transmit signal feedback, thereby providing ech... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7171461 | Network remote power management outlet strip A vertical-mount network remote power management outlet strip embodiment of the present invention comprises a long, thin outlet strip body with several independently controllable power outlet sockets distributed along its length. A power input cord is provided at on... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7170367 | Inductive coupler for power line communications There is provided an inductive coupler for coupling a data signal to a power line. The inductive coupler includes a split magnetic core having an aperture formed by an upper magnetic core and a lower magnetic core. The aperture permits the power line to pass thereth... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7166933 | Submarine power feeding branching device for submarine power feeding system having submarine feeding cables arranged in mesh pattern A submarine power feeding branching device comprises a constant current-constant current converter which isolates an input side for a trunk submarine cable from an output side for a branch submarine cable. The converter receives a first constant current and produces... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7166937 | Power supply, and associated method, exhibiting selectable electrical characteristics Apparatus, and an associated method, for a power converter that provides operative power to a load device. The characteristics of the operative power are selectable, permitting the power supply to be used to power load devices of differing power requirements. An ind... | 01/23/2007 |