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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8184422 | Overheat detection in thermally controlled devices Systems and methods of overheat detection provide for generating a control signal on a die containing a processor based on an internal temperature of the processor and a control temperature threshold. It can be determined whether to generate a warning temperature ev... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8179652 | Overvoltage protection element An overvoltage protection element, with a housing, at least one overvoltage-limiting component in the housing, two connecting elements for electrical connection of the overvoltage protection element to the path to be protected, and an electrically conducting disconn... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8169764 | Temperature compensation in integrated circuit In an embodiment, an integrated circuit comprises a plurality of temperature sensors and a power manager coupled thereto. The temperature sensors are physically distributed over an area of the integrated circuit that is occupied by logic circuitry implementing the o... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8159803 | Heat actuated interrupter receptacle Apparatus for detecting an overheating condition at an electrical power device and automatically breaking the circuit when the temperature exceeds a setpoint value. In various configurations the device is a receptacle adapted to be used in a wall mounted box or a re... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8154838 | PTC device, protective circuit module including the same, and secondary battery including the protective circuit module A Positive Temperature Coefficient (PTC) device, a Protective Circuit Module (PCM) including the PTC device, and a secondary battery including the Protective Circuit Module (PCM) are provided. A support portion is formed at one end of a conductive plate of the PTC d... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8149555 | Short-circuit current limiter In order to provide a power semiconductor module for power distribution and transmission, having a power semiconductor circuit which is connected via connecting lines to an energy storage device, which limits the current amplitudes that occur in the electrical fault... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8139338 | Load control apparatus A load control apparatus adapted to indirectly detect an overcurrent, i.e. a current magnitude exceeding a predetermined limit value, occurring in an electric conductor element (4) belonging to a load current circuit (20), on the basis of an increase i... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8139337 | Systems and methods for reducing electrically-caused fires in wiring devices Systems and methods that provide improved detection of series fault conditions are described. The systems provide an increased range of response possibilities upon detection of such conditions. Solid-state temperature sensors are utilized and may be connected to a p... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8068323 | Circuit protector monitoring and management systems and methods Electronic systems and methods automatically monitor a presence, absence, and change of circuit protectors at specified locations in an electrical system. Circuit protectors may be automatically detected and correlated with specific circuit protection holders as the... | 11/29/2011 |
| 8035944 | Power supply system with adaptive blown fuse detection using negative sequence component Existing measurements of an input component (such as voltage or current) in a three phase power supply system are decomposed into a negative sequence component. The negative sequence component, which is significantly higher when a rectifier fuse is blown, is compare... | 10/11/2011 |
| 8035945 | Method and apparatus providing final test and trimming for a power supply controller A power supply controller having final test and trim circuitry. In one embodiment, a power supply controller for switched mode power supply includes a selector circuit, a trim circuit, a shutdown circuit and a disable circuit. The trim circuit includes a programmabl... | 10/11/2011 |
| 8031454 | Electronic system with dynamic thermal management An electronic system is provided including providing a target semiconductor device connected to a system power supply, measuring the system power supply with the control device for a power usage by the target semiconductor device, and controlling a fan with the cont... | 10/04/2011 |
| 8014116 | Computer system and power control apparatus thereof A power control apparatus is disclosed. The power control apparatus includes a temperature sensor, a first voltage converter, an over-temperature protection, a reset unit and a second voltage converter. The temperature sensor is for sensing a measured temperature to... | 09/06/2011 |
| 8000075 | Tube integrity safety switch A safety device for disabling a positive pressure radiant tube heater upon failure of the heat exchanger and a corresponding method are described. This invention relates to the ability to detect a condition where a failure of the heat exchanger triggers the safety d... | 08/16/2011 |
| 7990673 | Safety loop for a light fixture A light fixture and a method for control of a light fixture is supervised by at least one thermoswitch which protects the light source by disconnecting the power supply to the light source at elevated temperature. To achieve a safety circuit in a light fixture witho... | 08/02/2011 |
| 7990674 | Load drive apparatus A load drive apparatus is provided which comprises a switching element 3 connected in series to a DC power source Vcc and an electric load 4, a drive circuit 5 for generating control signals to turn switching element 3 on and o... | 08/02/2011 |
| 7961446 | Temperature protection circuit, power supply, and electronic device A temperature protection circuit comprises means adapted to compare the temperature being monitored with each of threshold temperatures and judging that the temperature being monitored reaches a threshold temperature when the temperature being monitored is maintaine... | 06/14/2011 |
| 7944666 | Hot plug electronic device with high using safety and over-thermal protection device thereof A hot plug electronic device with high using safety is provided. The hot plug electronic device includes an operation circuit, a voltage regulator and an over-thermal protection device. The operation circuit is used for communicating with an external host. The volta... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7911755 | Circuit arrangement for electrically controlling power and cooling arrangement A circuit that electrically controls power includes at least one power control device and at least one heat extraction device. The at least one extraction device is in thermal contact with the at least one power control device. The heat extraction device is arranged... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7881032 | Method and apparatus providing final test and trimming for a power supply controller A power supply controller having final test and trim circuitry. In one embodiment, a power supply controller for switched mode power supply includes a selector circuit, a trim circuit, a shutdown circuit and a disable circuit. The trim circuit includes a programmabl... | 02/01/2011 |
| 7876545 | Protection arrangement for protecting a power semiconductor component against overcurrent and overtemperature A protection arrangement for a power semiconductor component made of a plurality of cells, in which a current sensor made of a current sense transistor and current sense resistors and also a temperature sensor, is disclosed. The current sense transistor and the temp... | 01/25/2011 |
| 7869178 | Augmentation of ambient temperature and free convection effects in thermal circuit breaker trip curve approximations An electrical overload protection system may be based on a solid state control system. A solid state switch may open responsively to commands for a solid-state controller. The controller may perform calculations to determine accumulated energy in a protected conduct... | 01/11/2011 |
| 7859813 | Shutoff system for pool or spa A control system for a bathing installation which has one or more electrically powered devices. A line voltage service is connected through a GFCI to power the electrically powered devices, the GFCI adapted to interrupt the service upon detection of a ground fault. ... | 12/28/2010 |
| 7848074 | Electronic circuit breaker and method An electronic circuit breaker has an input, an output, and a switch electrically connected between the input and the output. The electronic circuit breaker monitors the energy dissipated by the switch and opens the switch when the energy reaches a threshold value in... | 12/07/2010 |
| 7835129 | Circuit arrangement for overtemperature detection The invention relates to a circuit arrangement for detecting the overtemperature of a semiconductor body. The arrangement comprises at least one field effect transistor, having a parasitic diode, which is integrated in the semiconductor body, wherein the parasitic d... | 11/16/2010 |
| 7817394 | Systems, apparatus and methods capable of shelf management A method according to one embodiment may include discovering, by software, at least one variable from at least one component populated on a shelf system. The method may also include performing, by the software, at least one shelf management function based on at leas... | 10/19/2010 |
| 7808761 | Extension cord having a temperature indicator An extension cord comprising of a male electrical plug; at least two electrically conducting wires electrically connected to the male electrical plug, each electrically conducting wire having a length; and at least one thermal indicator circuit electrically connecte... | 10/05/2010 |
| 7808762 | Semiconductor device performing overheat protection efficiently A semiconductor device includes a constant voltage circuit configured to convert an input voltage to a predetermined voltage by controlling an output transistor, and an overheat protection circuit configured to restrict output current of the constant voltage circuit... | 10/05/2010 |
| 7808760 | Electrical fire prevention from over-temperature conditions An electrical device including a heat sensing circuit interrupter to enable a load to be selectively coupled to or disconnected from a power source in accordance with a level of a sensed temperature includes a relay assembly operable between a closed state when the ... | 10/05/2010 |
| 7800879 | On-chip sensor array for temperature management in integrated circuits Embodiments of the invention provide methods and apparatus for managing temperature in integrated circuits. In accordance with an aspect of the invention, an integrated circuit comprises a monitored region defined by three or more edges. What is more, the integrated... | 09/21/2010 |
| 7787229 | CPU power control circuit A CPU power control circuit includes a temperature detection circuit, a power supply circuit and a discharge circuit. The power supply circuit is connected to the temperature detection circuit, a CPU and the discharge circuit. The discharge circuit is connected to t... | 08/31/2010 |
| 7782585 | Semiconductor integrated circuit device An overheat protection circuit 1 of a semiconductor integrated circuit device of the invention has filter means for removing a high frequency component from a power supply voltage Vcc. Specifically, the overheat protection circuit 1 has: a band gap pow... | 08/24/2010 |
| 7782586 | Thermal management within mobile RFID readers through the application of temperature governed variable non-emissive intervals A thermal management system and method to control temperature in an RFID reader is described herein. In particular, by inserting variable periods of inactivity (or latency) at the beginning or at the end of each read cycle, proportional to an instantaneous temperatu... | 08/24/2010 |
| 7782584 | Load drive controller and control system A load drive controller for controlling a heat generating member by a switching element includes a temperature detection portion for detecting a physical quantity of a level corresponding to a temperature of the switching element, a protection function portion for o... | 08/24/2010 |
| 7768760 | Power distribution bus with protection and alarming Power distribution busses and methods are disclosed that provide flexible protection and alarming capabilities. Various embodiments provide interchangeability of fuses and circuit breakers within the same power distribution bus configuration. These various embodimen... | 08/03/2010 |
| 7760482 | Power controller with fusible link The present invention relates to a power control system with a fusible link. In one embodiment, the invention relates to a power control system, having a device possessing an output, a fusible link connected to the output of the device, a heating element controller,... | 07/20/2010 |
| 7746616 | Protection circuit and method of protecting a load circuit A protection circuit includes an interruption device formed to interrupt a current path between a protection circuit input and a protection circuit output upon exceeding a predetermined temperature at a temperature measurement location, and a control device formed t... | 06/29/2010 |
| 7742269 | Circuit breaker The circuit breaker according to the present invention has first and second terminals having favorable electric conductivity and joined to each other with solder; and a heater whose circumference is insulated installed for melting the solder and supplied with electr... | 06/22/2010 |
| 7738228 | Inverter thermal protection An inverter has three redundant modes of thermal protection providing fire protection and secures protection of the inverter from thermal damage. An embodiment of the present invention is disclosed wherein thermal transducers or actuators are located on a control ci... | 06/15/2010 |
| 7710704 | Drive circuit for a firing element of an occupant protection system A drive circuit for a firing element of an occupant protection system comprises first and second supply potential terminals and first and second firing element terminals. A first semiconductor switching element is integrated in a first semiconductor body and has a f... | 05/04/2010 |
