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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8111049 | Power supply device for an electric circuit In the case of a power supply device (2) for an electric circuit (3), an energy source (4) and an electric filter (7) are provided for the reliable and low-emission supply of energy to the electric circuit (3), wherein the energy s... | 02/07/2012 |
| 7965064 | Power conversion regulator with predictive energy balancing A power-conversion regulator comprising an inductive reactor, an output filter reactor, and a switch for admitting energy to the inductive reactor, additionally comprises computation circuitry responsive to the flux in the inductive reactor, to a reference signal, t... | 06/21/2011 |
| 7928701 | AC-DC converter An AC-DC converter includes a rectifier DB for rectifying an alternating current supplied from an alternating power source AC, a power factor controller 11a connected to an output side of the rectifier DB to improve a power factor and also output eithe... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7786709 | Bi-polar bi-directional energy balancing power-conversion engine The invention provides a power converter and method for controlling same, comprising a plurality of switch elements, an inductive reactor, and at least two ports for the movement of electrical energy. Any energy-moving port may be made unipolar, bidirectional, bipol... | 08/31/2010 |
| 7719240 | AC-DC converter An AC-DC converter includes a rectifier DB for rectifying an alternating current supplied from an alternating power source AC, a power factor controller 11 connected to an output side of the rectifier DB to improve a power factor, a DC-DC converter 12 ... | 05/18/2010 |
| 7642758 | Power conversion regulator with predictive energy balancing A power-conversion regulator comprising an inductive reactor, an output filter reactor, and a switch for admitting energy to the inductive reactor, additionally comprises computation circuitry responsive to the flux in the inductive reactor, to a reference signal, t... | 01/05/2010 |
| 7372239 | Multi-output type DC/DC converter Disclosed a multi-output type DC/DC converter including: a reactor connected to a direct-current power supply; a first switching circuit composed of switches to apply a current to the reactor; a second switching circuit composed of switches to switch an output from ... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7193869 | Noise suppressor A noise suppressor capable of achieving reduction in size and weight of devices is provided. The noise suppressor is a circuit for suppressing normal mode noise which is transmitted through a first current-carrying wire and a second current-carrying wire, and causes... | 03/20/2007 |
| 6980890 | Method for designing a power factor controller apparatus A method for designing a power factor controller apparatus for a power distribution network comprising the phases of: configuring, in a predefined computerised support, an interactive computerised environment (2) dedicated to the management of data and/or pro... | 12/27/2005 |
| 6125048 | Method and apparatus for adjusting power delivered from a central power unit to a remote unit via a supply cable A power delivery apparatus and method which calibrates a voltage delivered from a central unit to a remote unit to compensate for losses in the supply lines between the central unit and remote unit is disclosed. The impedance of the supply lines is determ... | 09/26/2000 |
| 5754034 | Electrically controllable inductor An apparatus for providing an electrically controllable inductor which uses a first and a second magnetic core (20, 24) spaced apart from one another. A DC bias coil (22) is wound on the first magnetic core (20). An inductor coil (26) is wound on both the... | 05/19/1998 |
| 5523673 | Electrically controllable inductor An apparatus for providing an electrically controllable inductor uses a first and a second magnetic core (20, 24) spaced apart from one another. A DC bias coil (22) is wound on the first magnetic core (20). An inductor coil (26) is wound on both the first... | 06/04/1996 |
| 5424626 | Tuned A.C. power systems compensator having variable reflective impedance for linear and non-linear reactive load compensation The present invention provides means to instantaneously optimize reactive kva for an a.c. power system containing both linear and non-linear reactive loads. The preferred means utilizes a reflux transformer which is tuned for maximum energy transfer betwe... | 06/13/1995 |
| 5210443 | Process and apparatus for parallel control of tapped transformers A process for parallel control of tap transformers in which individual voltage regulators of parallel operating transformers are connected to a single parallel processor by serial data lines and the measured values of the voltage and current amplitudes an... | 05/11/1993 |
| 5001649 | Linear power control for ultrasonic probe with tuned reactance There is disclosed herein a driver system for an ultrasonic probe for allowing a user to have proportional control of the power dissipated in the probe in accordance with the position of power dissipation controls operable by the user and for automaticall... | 03/19/1991 |
| 4914375 | Saturable reactor apparatus for automatic control of power factor of inductive load An automatic power factor control apparatus for an inductive load such as an AC induction motor includes a circuit for producing a signal varying in accordance with the load power factor, which is applied to control the duty cycle with which switching ele... | 04/03/1990 |
| 4719402 | VAR generator system with minimal standby losses In a hybrid switched-capacitor controlled-reactor static VAR compensator including a fixed-capacitor, hysteresis on switching-OFF a switchable capacitor of the capacitance bank is performed with a minimal fixed-hysteresis at the entrance of the standby re... | 01/12/1988 |
| 4680531 | Method for attenuating at least one electric harmonic of the system frequency in a multi-phase alternating-current system A method for attenuating at least one unwanted harmonic, particularly the second harmonic, with respect to the system frequency in a multi-phase alternating current system, wherein an additional stabilizing circuit is installed into a conventional current... | 07/14/1987 |
| 4503380 | Static reactive compensator A polyphase static reactive compensator comprising a main saturated reactor (SR1) connected in series with a number of smaller saturated reactors (SR2-4) of graded voltage rating. The smaller reactors are shunted by respective thyristor switches (TV2-TV4)... | 03/05/1985 |
| 4445082 | Variable ratio transformer and static balance compensator Variable ratio transformer constructed around a control transformer comprising: two closed magnetic circuits each constructed around a ferromagnetic core. An alternating current magnetic field circulates in the first core and a direct current magnetic fie... | 04/24/1984 |
| 4058761 | Saturated reactors A saturated reactor of the type, for example the treble-tripler reactor, in which groups of 3-phase windings are connected in series to produce multiple flux phases in respective core limbs to achieve harmonic compensation. The windings are connected betw... | 11/15/1977 |
| 4017790 | Alternating current power transmission systems An alternating current power transmission system employing a long transmission line has a stabilizing arrangement comprising a plurality of alternating current saturated reactors connected to intermediate stations along its length, at least some of the re... | 04/12/1977 |
| 3955134 | Reactance controller The invention comprises a reactive device inserted within the secondary circuit of a power transformer connected to a AC transmission line which can be controlled in both inductive and compacitive modes with step changes being achieved by switching capaci... | 05/04/1976 |