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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8072093 | Intelligent power system An intelligent power system includes one or more common power sources and one or more subsystem components interconnected with the common power sources. Each common power source includes an unregulated bus, a plurality of power source regulated buses, each regulated... | 12/06/2011 |
| 7989980 | Portable self regenerating power system An energy storage system, more particularly to a power distribution system for providing power for an indeterminate period of time. The power distribution system comprises means for converting the energy from an alternator to AC/DC circuits. The alternator transmits... | 08/02/2011 |
| 7944082 | Connection module for providing N+N and M+1 redundant power distribution A device may include an interconnect module that includes a number of ports, where each port is configured to receive both an alternating current (AC) power supply and a direct current (DC) power supply; where the interconnect module provides power from the received... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7944083 | Method and apparatus for characterizing a circuit coupled to an AC line A method and apparatus for characterizing a circuit coupled to an AC line. The apparatus comprises a consumption measurement unit (CMU), adapted for coupling, independent of voltage and current polarity, to the AC line and the circuit. The CMU comprises a discovery ... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7863772 | Balancing current drawn from multiple power supply inputs using multiple-input inductors Novel techniques for balancing current drawn from multiple power supply inputs. A multiple-input inductor is coupled between the power supply inputs and the switching circuits associated with the respective power supply inputs for balancing voltages applied to each ... | 01/04/2011 |
| 7825536 | Intelligent power system An intelligent power system includes one or more common power sources and one or more subsystem components interconnected with the common power sources. Each common power source includes a regulated bus, an unregulated bus, a sensor, a controller and a plurality of ... | 11/02/2010 |
| 7808123 | Power supply system, multiple dwelling, and computer program A power supply system for supplying power to a plurality of loads includes a plurality of fuel cells for generating and supplying power to be supplied to the respectively corresponding loads, wherein the fuel cells are provided to correspond to the plurality of load... | 10/05/2010 |
| 7800245 | Method and architecture for reduction in vehicle wiring Systems and methods perform power conversion and distribution. A system for power conversion and distribution, according to one embodiment comprises: a first generator substation (70) receiving power from a first electrical generator (10); a first main... | 09/21/2010 |
| 7768150 | Power management unit for battery-operated devices A power management unit for a battery-operated electronic device having a bus interface for the interconnection with another electronic device, the power management unit including an electric energy storage element coupled between a battery of the battery-operated e... | 08/03/2010 |
| 7737577 | Power supply system and method on board an aircraft A system and a power supply method, on board an aircraft, in which the power supply system of an aircraft includes several generators powering with 230 volts A.C. several distinct electrical cores, wherein the various loads of the aircraft are connected to each of t... | 06/15/2010 |
| 7573152 | Power sequencing circuit The present invention provides a self-contained power management device, such as a power management IC or an IC including power management functions, which allow sequenced start up of power supplies without the need for an external sequencer and with a simple user c... | 08/11/2009 |
| 7545053 | Power supply and power supply method upon interruption of electric service A power supply system includes a power line for supplying power from a distributed power source to a load upon interruption of electric service from a power system, the load being supplied with power from the power system at normal times; a first switch for connecti... | 06/09/2009 |
| 7541690 | Signal transmission method, signal transmission device, and liquid crystal projector A signal transmission method for transmitting a signal between a regulated power supply unit that operates and controls a high intensity discharge lamp and a setting unit that gives various kinds of commands to the regulated power supply unit is provided. The method... | 06/02/2009 |
| 7521820 | Electrical apparatus system An electrical apparatus system includes a depilator (first electrical apparatus) that depilates body hair, a cleaning apparatus (second electrical apparatus) that cleans the depilatory and an AC adapter that supplies DC electric power to the depilator or the cleanin... | 04/21/2009 |
| 7518262 | Power supply system, multiple dwelling, and computer program A power supply system for supplying power to a plurality of loads includes a plurality of fuel cells for generating and supplying power to be supplied to the respectively corresponding loads, wherein the fuel cells are provided to correspond to the plurality of load... | 04/14/2009 |
| 7495355 | Method and system for providing auxiliary power for anesthesia delivery and patient monitoring The present invention is a method and system for providing auxiliary power to an integrated anesthesia delivery and patient monitoring system. When AC main power is unavailable or inadequate to power a patient monitoring device of the integrated system, DC power fro... | 02/24/2009 |
| 7394167 | Express power load center A power load center comprises a first terminal block adapted to receive multiple high voltage DC power feeder pairs, a protector block adapted to receive the multiple high voltage DC power pairs from the first terminal block and to aggregate them, a DC to DC voltage... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7394169 | Power distribution system A power distribution system and method may include a first power domain having a first plurality of power rails, a second power domain having a second plurality of power rails, where the first power domain is electrically independent of the second power domain, and ... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7388303 | Stand-alone electrical system for large motor loads An electrical power system that can be used to interconnect a plurality of generators to a plurality to loads while being rated at less than a total power consumed. The system is preferably used to distribute power for a Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) facility. The sys... | 06/17/2008 |
| 7362005 | Isolated dual battery system An isolated dual power source system for isolating a first power source of a vehicle, connected to an engine starter, from a second power source of the vehicle which has an electrical circuit for distributing electrical power among the consumers, includes first and ... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7301310 | Excitation controlled synchronous permanent magnet machine The present invention provides an apparatus and methods for providing constant voltage from a permanent magnet generator at varying prime mover speeds or under varying loads. A constant voltage permanent magnet generator includes a housing, a magnetized rotor, a pri... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7301309 | Method and device for providing the supply voltage for the loads of a vehicle on-board electrical system, using a plurality of generators A method and a device for providing the supply voltage for the loads of a vehicle on-board electrical system, using a plurality of generators. A regulator unit having at least one output stage transistor is allocated to each of the generators. The output stage trans... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7287389 | Feeding energy to a gas terminal from a ship for transporting liquefied gas The invention relates to feeding a gas terminal with energy from a ship transporting liquefied gas while said liquefied gas is being transferred between a tank of the ship and a tank of the gas terminal, wherein a portion of the energy produced by the propulsion sys... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7285873 | Inverter and bi-directional converter The present invention concerns a device that combines the functionality of an inverter and a bi-directional converter. The device provides, on a number of identical channels, transformation of a DC voltage source of a given level to a filtered DC voltage of another ... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7280377 | Power converter in a utility interactive system Consistent with an aspect of the present disclosure, a backup fuel cell, for example, is coupled to a utility power grid, through a power conversion circuit. The power conversion circuit may include an inverter circuit, pulse generating circuit and control circuit. ... | 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 |
| 7259474 | Method and apparatus for aggregating power from multiple sources A method and apparatus for aggregating power from multiple sources generates a single direct current regulated voltage. The apparatus comprises a plurality of slave voltage converters and a master pulse width modulator circuit. Providing a plurality of direct curren... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7253538 | Method of supplying electric power from shore to ship and system thereof A method and a system of supplying electric power from shore to a ship with generators 60, 61, the ship being berthed in port include: a first step of synchronizing the electric power 11 from shore with electric power from the generators 60, 61,... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7250688 | Narrow range variable frequency starter/generator system A starter/generator system for a gas turbine engine used in aeronautical applications that couples a single dynamoelectric machine to the gas turbine engine through a torque converter in a starting mode, and engages the engine to the dynamoelectric machine through a... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7224146 | Dual voltage electrical system A dual voltage supply system supplies high and low voltage electrical power to separate high and low voltage loads. The system includes an AC alternator and first and second rectifier circuits, each connected to the alternator and a corresponding high and low voltag... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7194338 | Voltage collapse diagnostic and ATC system An analysis method for an electrical power system whereby the plurality of buses are grouped into agents, family lines of agents and families of agents based on the reactive reserves depleted when the buses are loaded. Contingencies are then applied to the electrica... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7187562 | Two stage power conversion circuit A power conversion circuit is provided. The circuit includes an isolated board mounted power module operable to convert a nominal input voltage into an intermediate bus voltage; the board mounted power module being unregulated and controlled in an open-loop; and a p... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7183667 | Method and apparatus for power inverter synchronization A control circuit synchronizes an ac power inverter to the mains voltage of an electrical grid by matching the fundamental phasor components of the inverter's output voltage to the fundamental phasor components of the mains voltage. Once such matching meets an accep... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7154722 | Loop control for distribution systems The invention contemplates a technique for providing loop control on a faulted overhead or underground loop system, while preventing restored current from being fed or back fed into the fault. In particular, the invention provides a method, device, and system for re... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7151326 | System and method for safely and efficiently capturing power currently produced by already available power supplies to power electrical devices in a truck while its engine is turned off The present invention is directed to an electrical system and method for providing power to a truck's cab while the truck's engine is turned off. An already available primary power supply of the truck and a secondary power supply generally located on a trailer being... | 12/19/2006 |
| 7146258 | Direct current power pooling The present invention provides for a DC power pooling system comprising: a plurality of DC electrical power consuming and providing entities, each of the plurality of DC electrical power consuming and providing entities having at least a first operative mode in whic... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7142951 | Direct current power pooling for an ethernet network The present invention provides for a DC power pooling system for an Ethernet network comprising: a plurality of DC electrical power consuming and providing Ethernet nodes, each of the plurality of DC electrical power consuming and providing Ethernet nodes having at ... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7116003 | Aircraft starter/generator electrical system with mixed power architecture A starter/generator electrical system for gas turbine powered aircraft with mixed power architecture to combine advantages of each. The mixed power architecture may be selected from constant frequency (CF), adjustable variable frequency (AVF) and narrow range variab... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7110865 | Method for power adaptation in an electricity network According to the invention, power matching in an electricity grid (N) is carried out by regulation of a storage power station (S) which is operated in the grid. In the event of changes in the power available or in the power consumption in the grid, the power consump... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7105937 | Adjustable variable frequency starter/generator system A starter/generator system for a gas turbine engine used in aeronautical applications that couples a single dynamoelectric machine to the gas turbine engine through a torque converter in a starting mode, and then disengages the torque converter and engages the engin... | 09/12/2006 |
