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"It is my heart-warmed and world-embracing Christmas hope and aspiration that all of us, the high, the low, the rich, the poor, the admired, the despised, the loved, the hated, the civilized, the savage (every man and brother of us all throughout the whole earth), may eventually be gathered together in a heaven of everlasting rest and peace and bliss, except the inventor of the telephone. "
Mark Twain ; Christmas greetings, 1890
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7400986 | Usage monitoring apparatus An apparatus is disclosed for monitoring usage of multiple electrical devices. The apparatus comprises multiple non-invasive current sensors for sensing current in respective conductors associated with the electrical devices. Such conductors may for example be the e... | 07/15/2008 |
| 7363175 | Query based electronic battery tester An electronic battery tester for testing a storage battery provides a test output indicative of a condition of the battery. Electronic measurement circuitry provides a measurement output related to a condition of the battery. The battery condition is determined base... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7319304 | Shunt connection to a PCB of an energy management system employed in an automotive vehicle A method of coupling a shunt to a printed circuit board (PCB) of an energy management system is provided. The method includes coupling flexible electrical connectors to the shunt and soldering the flexible electrical connectors to connection points on the PCB of the... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7295936 | Electronic battery tester with relative test output An electronic battery tester for testing a storage battery determines a condition of the battery. The condition is a relative condition and is a function of a dynamic parameter of the battery and an empirical input variable. ... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7288933 | Position detecting system that self-monitors for connectivity faults A system for detecting position that is capable of self-monitoring for connectivity faults. In one embodiment, the system comprises a transformer, an excitation potential source, a bias potential source, and a processor. ... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7290037 | Scalable wireless remote control and monitoring system with automatic registration and automatic time synchronization A system for controlling, monitoring and receiving data from a plurality of devices located at a remote site. A network operations center (NOC) has a plurality of protocols for a plurality of applications. A customer interface with the NOC provides customer control ... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7262519 | Actuator unit with at least two actuators and a secure control unit In order to provide a bearing for an already prepositioned switching shaft, fitted with coupling levers, of a low-voltage circuit breaker in the region where the switching forces act, a bearing assembly is provided. The bearing assembly includes a bearing body which... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7246015 | Alternator tester An alternator tester is provided for testing an alternator of a vehicle while the alternator is coupled to the vehicle. A sensor is configured to couple to the vehicle and sense a signal related to operation of the alternator. A memory contains data related to opera... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7235897 | Power supply unit for automobiles, which can provide braking force even when abnormality occurs in the power supply unit of electrically driven brake devices A power-supply unit for automobiles, connected to an electrically-driven brake device which generates braking forces by being electrically driven, an electric generator capable of generating braking forces for a vehicle by power generation, and a storage device for ... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7235898 | Vehicle power distribution node with redundant power supply A system and method for providing power redundancy to certain devices of a vehicle that are typically controlled by means of a power distribution and control node. Power is delivered to the node by both a primary power feed as well as a secondary power feed. Provide... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7216043 | Push communications architecture for intelligent electronic devices A power management architecture for an electrical power distribution system, or portion thereof, is disclosed. The architecture includes multiple intelligent electronic devices (“IED's”) distributed throughout the power distribution system to manage the flow and... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7209840 | Systems and methods for providing remote monitoring of electricity consumption for an electric meter A system for providing remote monitoring of electricity consumption is provided. In one embodiment the system may comprise electric meters, communication devices having a unique address and defining a wireless communication network, and a site controller. Each elect... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7187090 | Mobile high voltage network A mobile high voltage network supplies electrical consumer units connected via a plug-in connector and can be switched on and off by means of mechanical switches, with a fuse responding in the event of a short circuit. The high voltage network carries a direct volta... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7188003 | System and method for securing energy management systems A power management architecture for an electrical power distribution system, or portion thereof, is disclosed. The architecture includes multiple intelligent electronic devices (“IED's”) distributed throughout the power distribution system to manage the flow and... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7187091 | Safety switching module and method for testing the switching-off ability of a switching element in a safety switching module A safety switching module for safely switching-off an electrical load (43), comprising a first and a second switching control device (20A, 20B); a first and a second switching element (24.1, 24.2) both being series-connected with each oth... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7174261 | Power line sensors and systems incorporating same An apparatus for sensing the current in a power line of a power system and systems incorporating the apparatus are disclosed. The apparatus may comprise an enclosure providing a window operable to permit the passage of the power line therethrough. The apparatus may ... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7154276 | Method and apparatus for measuring a parameter of a vehicle electrical system An apparatus for measuring electrical parameters for an electrical system measures a first and second parameters of the electrical system between connections to the electrical system. A processor determines a third electrical parameter of the electrical system as a ... | 12/26/2006 |
| 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 |
| 7126341 | Automotive vehicle electrical system diagnostic device An automotive vehicle electrical system diagnostic apparatus includes first and second electrical connections configured to electrically couple to an electrical system of an automotive vehicle which includes a battery. Digital samples are obtained during operation o... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7127328 | System and method for federated security in an energy management system A system and method are disclosed for providing authentication of data source and integrity between applications and users in different Non Affiliated Entities/organizations while limiting access to resources between private networks of energy management devices. A ... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7123459 | Protective relay capable of protection applications without protection settings The current differential relay operates without adjustable settings, and includes a phase current differential element with a predetermined threshold, responsive to local phase current values and remote phase current values, to detect three-phase faults and producin... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7119686 | Theft prevention device for automotive vehicle service centers An apparatus and method for preventing theft in automotive vehicle service centers. A transmitter transmits a wireless security signal which defines a perimeter. At least one portable tool for use in automotive vehicle service centers includes a receiver configured ... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7110231 | Adaptive protection system for a power-distribution network A preferred embodiment of a system comprises a recloser electrically coupled to a voltage source of a power-distribution network and adapted to isolate a section of a distribution feeder of the power-distribution network from the voltage source in response to an ove... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7106070 | Broad-band low-inductance cables for making Kelvin connections to electrochemical cells and batteries A broad-band technique for reducing the distributed inductance of a four-conductor Kelvin cable is disclosed. A special inductance-canceling cable section is connected in tandem with the cable section contacting the cell/battery. Connections between the two cable se... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7089089 | Methods and apparatus for retrieving energy readings from an energy monitoring device An energy monitoring device including procedures for secure communication of data from the device is disclosed. The energy monitoring device includes a public/private key pair used to encrypt and/or digitally sign communications by the device. This allows the receiv... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7065662 | Information handling system featuring a power-based current limiting circuit A method of implementing a power-based current limiting circuit in an information handling system includes providing a power supply having an output voltage operating range that can vary between a first voltage output level and a second voltage output level. The pow... | 06/20/2006 |
| 7053767 | System and method for monitoring and controlling remote devices The present invention is generally directed to a system for monitoring a variety of environmental and/or other conditions within a defined remotely located region. In accordance with one aspect of the invention, a system is configured to monitor utility meters in a ... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7050280 | High speed transfer system A High Speed Transfer System which comprises three Protection and Control devices. A first and a second of said Protection and Control devices are used for failure detection on the feeder bus-bar; the third of said Protection and Control devices is used for the High... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7043381 | Substation system A network which simplifies structure, realizes autonomous automation, digitalizes data, and effectively uses data is disclosed. A measuring card for measuring voltage and current according to values detected by the state detector that detects voltage and current of ... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7042690 | Power-line, differential, isolation loss detector In one embodiment, an integrated differential isolation loss detector is disclosed that generates a first temperature that is a function of a high side current and a second temperature that is a function of a low side current. A temperature sensor senses the differe... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7034541 | Query based electronic battery tester An electronic battery tester for testing a storage battery provides a test output indicative of a condition of the battery. Electronic measurement circuitry provides a measurement output related to a condition of the battery. The battery condition is determined base... | 04/25/2006 |
| 7012433 | Battery tester upgrade using software key An electronic battery tester, comprising first and second connectors configured to electrically couple to terminals of the battery, a microprocessor configured to test the battery using the first and second connectors, a memory containing a set of locked instruction... | 03/14/2006 |
| 7003411 | Electronic battery tester with network communication An electronic battery tester for testing a storage battery includes test circuitry configured to provide a battery test output related to a condition of the battery. A memory stores a battery tester address of the battery tester, and communication circuitry transmit... | 02/21/2006 |
| 7003410 | Electronic battery tester with relative test output An electronic battery tester for testing a storage battery determines a condition of the battery. The condition is a relative condition and is a function of a dynamic parameter of the battery and an empirical input variable. ... | 02/21/2006 |
| 6998847 | Electronic battery tester with data bus for removable module An electronic battery tester is provided for testing storage batteries. Battery test circuitry is configured to couple to the storage battery and measure a condition of the battery. A removable module is configured to couple to the battery tester to add increased fu... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6985800 | Protection of an electric power transmission network For the control of an electric power transmission network, where local protection functions are implemented by a plurality of local protection devices (3,3a,3b,3b′,3c) located at a plurality of locations thro... | 01/10/2006 |
| 6967484 | Electronic battery tester with automotive scan tool communication An electronic battery tester includes battery test circuitry configured to couple to a battery. A databus is configured to exchange data with external circuitry. ... | 11/22/2005 |
| 6961641 | Intra-device communications architecture for managing electrical power distribution and consumption A power management architecture for an electrical power distribution system, or portion thereof, is disclosed. The architecture includes multiple intelligent electronic devices (“IED's”) distributed throughout the power distribution system to manage the flow and... | 11/01/2005 |
| 6952705 | Method, system and program product that utilize a hierarchical conceptual framework to model an environment containing a collection of items A method, system and program product are disclosed for enabling a user to construct a conceptual hierarchical framework representing a virtual or physical environment. The framework may then be populated with a collection of items. Users may graphically and intuitiv... | 10/04/2005 |
| 6944555 | Communications architecture for intelligent electronic devices A power management architecture for an electrical power distribution system, or portion thereof, is disclosed. The architecture includes multiple intelligent electronic devices (“IED's”) distributed throughout the power distribution system to manage the flow and... | 09/13/2005 |
