13th week of 2016 patent applcation highlights part 53 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20160093995 | RECEPTACLE WITH NON-CONDUCTIVE RETAINING PIN - Panel mount electrical receptacles having a panel mount housing for securing the receptacle to a panel wall, one or more electrical connectors for electrical connections, and one or more non-conductive retaining pin that secures each electrical connector to the panel mount housing are provided. | 2016-03-31 |
20160093996 | RECEPTACLE ASSEMBLY WITH HEAT EXTRACTION FROM A PLUGGABLE MODULE - A receptacle assembly includes a cage having an interior cavity that includes a port. The cage has a front end that is open to the port. The port is configured to receive a pluggable module therein through the front end of the cage. The cage includes a spring. A heat spreader includes a body having a cage segment that is configured to be mounted to the cage such that the cage segment extends over at least a portion of the cage with a module side of the cage segment facing the port. The body includes an extension segment that extends from the cage segment in a direction generally away from the cage. The extension segment is configured to be engaged in thermal communication with a heat exchanger. The spring is configured to engage the pluggable module when the pluggable module is received within the port such that the spring is configured to press the pluggable module in thermal communication with the module side of the cage segment of the heat spreader. | 2016-03-31 |
20160093997 | FIELD DEVICE USING A SEAL BOARD ASSEMBLY - A seal board includes a circuit board with vias, conductor pins, and solder joints. The solder joints connect and seal each conductor pin to a single via, such that each conductor pin extends through the via and extends from a first side of the circuit board and a second side of the circuit board. The seal board is mounted to cover an opening in a bulkhead that separates a first compartment (such as a terminal block compartment) from a second compartment (such as an electronics or feature board compartment). The seal board provides electrical paths between the compartments while protecting components within one of the compartments from the surrounding environment. | 2016-03-31 |
20160093998 | WIRE CONNECTION STRUCTURE FOR VEHICLE OPTIONAL PARTS - A wire connection structure for vehicle optional part includes a power socket connected to a vehicle power supply, and obtains a power supply for an optional part by cutting in a feeder path supplying electric power to the power socket. In the wire connection structure, a main-side output cord branched from a main harness is preliminarily connected to the back surface side of the power socket by way of couplers. In addition, each optional part harness is provided at an end portion thereof with an option-side output cord and an input cord, which each have a standardized structure. At the time of additionally installing each optional part, the option-side output cord is connected to the power socket, and the main-side output cord or the option-side output cord, which has been detached from the power socket, is bent into a U shape and connected to the input cord. | 2016-03-31 |
20160093999 | UNIVERSAL MAGNETIC ADAPTER - Circuits, methods, and apparatus that may reduce the number of connector receptacles on an electronic device. Also, connector inserts mated with these receptacles may be easily removed in the event of an inadvertent disconnection. One example may provide a number of adapters, where each adapter may have a receptacle to accept one of a number of connector inserts. Each adapter may also have an insert portion to fit in a connector receptacle on an electronic device, where each of the number of connector inserts may fit in the same connector receptacle. | 2016-03-31 |
20160094000 | TERMINATION SYSTEM WITH COMMUNICATION DEVICE - A termination system includes an applicator and a communication device mounted to the applicator. The application has a ram that is movable towards and away from a stationary anvil along a crimp stroke. The anvil receives a terminal thereon. The ram is coupled to crimp tooling that is configured to apply the terminal to a wire along the crimp stroke. The communication device includes a storage system, a wireless communication system, and a microcontroller. The storage system stores data relating to the applicator. The wireless communication system wirelessly communicates the data relating to the applicator with an external device accessed by an operator. The microcontroller controls at least one of storage of or access to the data relating to the applicator in the storage system. The microcontroller also controls wireless communication of the data relating to the applicator with the external device via the wireless communication system. | 2016-03-31 |
20160094001 | TUBE HYDROFORMING OF JOINTLESS USB STAINLESS STEEL SHELL - Methods for forming seamless and jointless metal parts suitable in a manufacturing environment are disclosed. The metal parts can be used in the manufacture of electronic devices and accessories of electronic devices, such as connectors. In particular embodiments, the methods involve forming a seamless cylindrical tube. The seamless cylindrical tube can then undergo a series of shaping processes that retain and exterior seamless surface of the tube. In some embodiments, the shaping processes include a hydroforming process. The methods can be performed without the use of dovetails and other types of visible joints that can complicate the manufacturing process and result in a part with aesthetically unappealing visible joints and seams. | 2016-03-31 |
20160094002 | Wire Singulating Device - A wire singulating device includes a stationary plate and a movable plate that define a wire funnel and a wire channel therebetween. The movable plate is movable relative to the stationary plate to control a width of the wire channel. The wire funnel receives a wire bundle that includes plural wires. The wire channel is below the wire funnel and receives the wires from the wire funnel through a top opening in the wire channel. The wire channel directs the wires one at a time to a take away zone below a bottom opening of the wire channel. A wire transfer member below the bottom opening of the wire channel has a slot that receives the wire in the take away zone. The wire transfer member moves relative to the stationary plate and the movable plate to separate the wire in the slot from the wire bundle. | 2016-03-31 |
20160094003 | LASER DEVICE, IGNITION SYSTEM, AND INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - A laser device is provided including a light source configured to emit light, a laser resonator which the light emitted from the light source enters, a first optical element configured to increase a divergence angle of the light emitted from the laser resonator, a second optical element configured to collimate the light whose divergence angle is increased by the first optical element, and a third optical element configured to collect and condense the light collimated by the second optical element. | 2016-03-31 |
20160094004 | LASER OSCILLATOR FOR IMPROVING BEAM QUALITY - A laser oscillator includes a discharge tube having a discharge area in which laser gas is excited and an output coupler and a rear mirror respectively arranged at both sides of the discharge tube. A first coating material having first reflectance is stacked as a dielectric multilayer on a first area including a radial center portion of a surface of the output coupler, which faces the discharge area, and a second coating material having second reflectance higher than the first reflectance is stacked as a dielectric multilayer on a second area around the first area. | 2016-03-31 |
20160094005 | High-Gain Operation of Fiber Lasers at Long Wavelengths - A method of operating a Tm:doped fiber amplifier including selecting a length of Tm:doped optical fiber to be less than one hundred meters, doping the optical fiber with active ions at a doping level of greater than one percent, optically pumping the doped optical fiber with a first laser beam having a wavelength longer than the wavelength where a maximum absorption cross section is provided by the active ions, and creating a population inversion between two active ion energy levels with the first laser beam, the active ions providing a gain to a second laser beam. | 2016-03-31 |
20160094006 | LASER DEVICE, IGNITION SYSTEM, AND INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - A laser device is provided including a light source configured to emit light, a light transmission member configured to transmit the light emitted from the light source, a plurality of optical elements disposed in an optical path of the light transmitted by the light transmission member, a laser resonator which the light passed through the plurality of optical elements enter, and an adjuster configured to adjust a position of at least one of the plurality of optical elements. | 2016-03-31 |
20160094007 | OPTICAL AMPLIFICATION APPARATUS, OPTICAL TRANSMISSION APPARATUS, AND OPTICAL TRANSMISSION SYSTEM - An optical amplification apparatus that amplifies input wavelength-division multiplexed light includes a pump light source that outputs pump light, and an optical amplifier that amplifies the wavelength-division multiplexed light in response to a power level of the pump light. The number of wavelengths multiplexed in the wavelength-division multiplexed light is equal to or less than the maximum available number of wavelengths input to the optical amplification apparatus. The power level of the pump light is determined based on the maximum available number of wavelengths. | 2016-03-31 |
20160094008 | OPTICAL SCANNING AND IMAGING SYSTEMS BASED ON DUAL PULSED LASER SYSTEMS - The invention relates to scanning pulsed laser systems for optical imaging. Coherent dual scanning laser systems (CDSL) are disclosed and some applications thereof. Various alternatives for implementation are illustrated, including highly integrated configurations. In at least one embodiment a coherent dual scanning laser system (CDSL) includes two passively modelocked fiber oscillators. The oscillators are configured to operate at slightly different repetition rates, such that a difference δf | 2016-03-31 |
20160094009 | LASER DEVICE, IGNITION SYSTEM, AND INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - A laser device is provided including a surface emitting laser array configured to emit light, an optical system disposed in an optical path of light that is emitted from the surface emitting laser, a laser resonator which the light passed through the optical system enters, where the optical system includes a first optical element configured to collimate the light emitted from the surface emitting laser, and a second optical element configured to collect and condense the light collimated by the first optical element. | 2016-03-31 |
20160094010 | LASER BASED FREQUENCY STANDARDS AND THEIR APPLICATIONS - Frequency standards based on mode-locked fiber lasers, fiber amplifiers and fiber-based ultra-broad bandwidth light sources, and applications of the same. | 2016-03-31 |
20160094011 | Laser Assembly And Inspection System Using Monolithic Bandwidth Narrowing Apparatus - A pulsed UV laser assembly includes a partial reflector or beam splitter that divides each fundamental pulse into two sub-pulses and directs one sub-pulse to one end of a Bragg grating and the other pulse to the other end of the Bragg grating (or another Bragg grating) such that both sub-pulses are stretched and receive opposing (positive and negative) frequency chirps. The two stretched sub-pulses are combined to generate sum frequency light having a narrower bandwidth than could be obtained by second-harmonic generation directly from the fundamental. UV wavelengths may be generated directly from the sum frequency light or from a harmonic conversion scheme incorporating the sum frequency light. The UV laser may further incorporate other bandwidth reducing schemes. The pulsed UV laser may be used in an inspection or metrology system. | 2016-03-31 |
20160094012 | LASER BEAM GENERATING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR ADJUSTING A WAVELENGTH OF A LASER BEAM - The current invention concerns a laser beam generating device and a method for adjusting a wavelength of a laser beam. | 2016-03-31 |
20160094013 | SEMICONDUCTOR LASER DIODE WITH INTEGRATED HEATING REGION - A semiconductor laser diode with integrated heating generally includes a lasing region and a heating region integrated into the same semiconductor structure or chip. The lasing region and the heating region include first and second portions, respectively, of the semiconductor layers forming the semiconductor structure and include first and second portions, respectively, of the active regions formed by the semiconductor layers. Separate laser and heater electrodes are electrically connected to the respective lasing and heating regions for driving the respective lasing and heating regions with drive currents. The heating region may thus be driven independently from the lasing region, and heat may be conducted through the semiconductor layers from the heating region to the lasing region allowing the temperature to be controlled more efficiently. | 2016-03-31 |
20160094014 | Hybrid Silicon Lasers on Bulk Silicon Substrates - Hybrid silicon lasers are provided including a bulk silicon substrate, a localized insulating layer that extends on at least a portion of the bulk silicon substrate, an optical waveguide structure on an upper surface of the localized insulating layer. The optical waveguide structure includes an optical waveguide including a silicon layer. A lasing structure is provided on the optical waveguide structure. | 2016-03-31 |
20160094015 | QUANTUM CASCADE LASER - A quantum cascade laser includes a substrate having a principal surface including first and second regions arranged along a first axis; a laser structure disposed on the principal surface in the second region, the laser structure having an end facet intersecting the first axis, the laser structure including a stripe-shaped stacked semiconductor layer extending along the first axis; and a distributed Bragg reflection structure disposed on the principal surface in the first region, the distributed Bragg reflection structure including a semiconductor wall made of a single semiconductor material, the distributed Bragg reflection structure being optically coupled to the end facet of the laser structure. The semiconductor wall has first and second side surfaces that intersect the first axis and extend along a second axis intersecting the principal surface. The semiconductor wall is located away from the end facet of the laser structure. | 2016-03-31 |
20160094016 | INCREASING THE SPATIAL AND SPECTRAL BRIGHTNESS OF LASER DIODE ARRAYS - Techniques for increasing the spatial and spectral brightness of laser arrays such as laser diode arrays are provided. Passive cavity designs are described that produce wavefront phase locking across the face of large arrays. These designs enable both spatial and spectral selectivity in order to coherently link the individual emitters that make up the diode array. Arrays of customized micro-optics correct aberrations of the individual apertures of the arrays while highly spectrally selective partial reflectors overcome the deleterious effects of inhomogeneities in local thermal environments of the individual emitters that are being phase locked together. Using these two technologies, along with intracavity diffractive beam coupling, solves two long standing problems that have prevented effective and robust phase locking of laser diode arrays. | 2016-03-31 |
20160094017 | TUNABLE LASER SOURCE - A tunable transmission optical filter is optically coupled between a laser section and semiconductor optical amplifier (SOA) section of a tunable laser device. The optical filter may be tuned to provide a high transmission near the lasing peak while suppressing a significant portion of back-propagating amplified spontaneous emission (ASE) of the SOA section. Without the optical filter, the laser output spectrum may develop side lobes of higher intensity after the ASE is amplified and reflected in the forward direction by the laser gain and mirror sections. While lessening the side lobes, the optical filter simultaneously transmits the laser peak for amplification by the SOA section. | 2016-03-31 |
20160094018 | CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENT FOR SURGE PROTECTION IN DC SUPPLY CIRCUITS - The invention relates to a circuit arrangement for surge protection in DC supply circuits of electronic components or devices, in particular telecommunication devices such as transmitting and receiving antennas and/or mobile radio systems. The circuit consists of a coarse protection series circuit comprising spark gaps or gas discharge tubes between the input terminals and of capacitors connected in parallel to the spark gaps or gas discharge tubes. Furthermore, at least one fine protection element is provided between the output terminals, and a decoupling impedance is mounted between the coarse protection series circuit and the fine protection element. According to the invention, the capacitance values of the capacitors are multiple times greater than the capacitance values of the gas discharge tubes or spark gaps, the inductance of the decoupling impedance being chosen such that, in the event of a current rise, a sufficient voltage drop is produced to switch through the spark gaps or gas discharge tubes before the load limit of the fine protection element is reached. | 2016-03-31 |
20160094019 | SCREWDRIVER HAVING CABLE-STRIPPING STRUCTURE - A screwdriver having a cable-stripping structure is disclosed. The screwdriver includes a grip and a screw-driving shaft. In the cable-stripping structure, the grip has a combining portion provided with a cable-stripping groove and a slit crossing the cable-stripping groove. The cable-stripping structure further has a pressing plate combined with the combining portion and has an abutting groove corresponding to the cable-stripping groove. A knife is installed in the slit and has a cable-stripping blade that is sized and shaped in accordance with the cable-stripping groove. The knife further has a retaining block passing through a through hole of the grip and a retaining hole of the pressing plate successively, so as to allow the pressing plate to be pressed and move along the screw-driving shaft. Thereby the cable-stripping structure facilitates stripping electric wires of different diameters and bending cores of the stripped electric wires. | 2016-03-31 |
20160094020 | TERMINAL FEEDTHROUGH - A terminal feedthrough is provided. The terminal feedthrough includes a terminal pin insert having a pair of ends. A polymeric body having an externally threaded region is disposed about the terminal pin insert to form an interface with the terminal pin insert. At least one of threads of the externally threaded region and a cylindrical pin interface is configured to provide a flame-quenching pathway. | 2016-03-31 |
20160094021 | Isolator Protection Device - An isolator protection device can include a housing flaying at least one wall and a first coupling feature, where the at least one all forms a cavity, where the first coupling feature is configured to couple to an arrester, and where the at least one wall is configured to house an isolator body of an isolator within the cavity. The isolator protection device can also include a securing device disposed within the cavity, where the securing device is configured to secure a stud of the isolator to the isolator body during normal operating conditions. | 2016-03-31 |
20160094022 | FAIL-SAFE DEVICE CORRESPONDING APPARATUS AND VEHICLE - A fail-safe device may be coupled to a main device for actuating a switch responsive to a failure. The fail-safe device may include a fail-safe circuit, and an isolation trench surrounding the fail-safe circuit and isolating the fail-safe circuit from the main device. The fail-safe device may include an internal power supply connection, an internal reference voltage connection, a self-biased drive block configured to drive the at least one switch, and a receiver configured to receive failure signals from the main device. | 2016-03-31 |
20160094023 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS, POWER SUPPLY DEVICE, AND POWER SUPPLY MONITORING METHOD - An electronic apparatus includes: a power supply circuit that supplies power supply voltage to a load; an overcurrent detection circuit that performs output of detection information indicating the direction of current at a power supply path for the load in the power supply circuit when overcurrent occurs in the power supply path; and a determination circuit that performs output of notification information indicating whether or not a location at which a failure occurs exists within the power supply circuit or outside the power supply circuit, based on the detection information. | 2016-03-31 |
20160094024 | UNDER VOLTAGE PROTECTION DEVICE - An under voltage protection device includes a voltage detector and a starting unit. The voltage detector includes a diode, a variable resistor, a transistor and a fixed-resistance resistor. The starting unit includes a second transistor. When a voltage of the external voltage source is smaller than a voltage of the diode, a voltage between an emitter node and an collector node of the first transistor is smaller than a threshold voltage present between a gate node of and a source node of the second transistor such that the starting unit is turned off. When the voltage of the external voltage source is larger than the voltage of the diode, the voltage between the emitter node and the collector node is larger than the threshold voltage present between the gate node and the source node such that the starting unit is turned on. | 2016-03-31 |
20160094025 | CURRENT DRIVERS THAT UTILIZE SHORT CIRCUIT PROTECTION - Embodiments described herein provide short circuit detection capabilities for current drivers. One embodiment includes a controller and a current driver. The current driver includes a power switch circuit that couples a supply rail to a high side of a load in response to receiving a drive signal. The current driver further includes a continuity circuit that couples the supply rail to the high side and indicates to the controller whether a first current flow to the high side exceeds a first threshold. The current driver further includes a current sense circuit that couples a low side of the load to ground and indicates to the controller whether a second current flow from the low side exceeds a second threshold. The controller identifies, based on the first current flow, the second current flow, and the drive signal, a plurality of short circuit conditions that may exist at the current driver. | 2016-03-31 |
20160094026 | OVERVOLTAGE PROTECTION DEVICE AND METHOD - A protection device is provided that exhibits a turn on time of order of one nanosecond or less. Such a device provides enhanced protection for integrated circuits against electrostatic discharge events. This in turn reduces the risk of device failure in use. The protection device can include a bipolar transistor structure connected between a node to be protected and a discharge path. | 2016-03-31 |
20160094027 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - Provided is a semiconductor device making it possible to promote area reduction while maintaining ESD resistance. The semiconductor device includes a power wire, a ground wire and a protection circuit provided between the power wire and the ground wire so as to cope with electrostatic discharge. The protection circuit includes a first transistor, a first resistive element, a second transistor, a first capacitive element, a first inverter and a protection transistor. Agate width of the second transistor is narrower than a gate width of the first transistor. | 2016-03-31 |
20160094028 | Arrangement and Method for Voltage Conversion - An arrangement for voltage conversion for a boat, for example a leisure boat, includes a DC voltage converter that converts a first DC voltage provided by a low voltage source, for example a battery, to a second DC voltage of at least 24 V for supplying at least one consumer with power. The arrangement also includes an interconnector for interconnecting the voltage converter and the at least one consumer, and a controller that is adapted to transfer the voltage converter between an idle mode, in which substantially no power is supplied to the at least one consumer, and an active mode, in which power is supplied. | 2016-03-31 |
20160094029 | POWER PACKET GENERATION DEVICE, POWER ROUTER, AND POWER NETWORK - A mixer (power packet generation device) | 2016-03-31 |
20160094030 | EMI Filter Systems and Methods For Parallel Modular Converters - A system and method for providing power to a vehicle is disclosed. The system can include a plurality of parallel module converter for prioritizing and allocating each electrical load to one or more parallel module converter modules. The centralization of power distribution can enable the reduction of components. The system can enable fewer power controllers, filters, and other components to be used, saving weight and time. The system can enable the controllers, inverters, and filters, among other things, to be utilized at a higher level reducing unnecessary redundancy. The system can enable the use of a single input EMI filter, for example, reducing the number of filters in the system significantly. Methods for designing EMI filters for each electrical load are also disclosed. | 2016-03-31 |
20160094031 | METHOD, CONTROLLER, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR CONTROLLING A VOLTAGE IN A POWER GRID - For controlling a voltage in a power grid including a PV bus and a PQ bus, a first tolerance range for an active power of the PV bus and a second tolerance range for an active power of the PQ bus are received. A first value for a reactive power of the PQ bus is received. With that, a robust optimization process is run for a set of power flow equations. The first and second tolerance ranges and the first reactive power value are input to the robust optimization process using the first and second tolerance ranges as robust optimization uncertainty. With that, the robust optimization process determines a voltage set point for the PV bus so that the set of power flow equations is fulfilled for the first and second tolerance ranges. According to the determined voltage set point, a voltage at the PV bus is controlled. | 2016-03-31 |
20160094032 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR COMBINING LOAD RESPONSE AND ENERGY STORAGE FOR GRID REGULATION - An energy regulation system is provided that comprises a plurality of demand resources, a metering load controller for each demand resource on the plurality of demand resources, an energy modulator capable of consuming or producing additional power on demand, a system controller communicatively connected to the metering load controller, energy modulator, and an energy source, wherein the system controller manages the energy demand from the metering load controller, the energy modulator, and the energy source. | 2016-03-31 |
20160094033 | SVC COMPENSATION STRATEGY OPTIMIZATION METHOD - An SVC compensation strategy optimization method, comprising: calculating a weak voltage node in a fault state based on risk measure; calculating the weak voltage node in a normal state based on a static stability margin; and determining an optimal SVC distribution point and calculating the optimal configuration of SVC capacity. The SVC compensation strategy optimization method overcomes the defects in the prior art, such as low reliability, low optimization precision, poor applicability, etc., and has the advantages of high reliability, high optimization precision, and good applicability. | 2016-03-31 |
20160094034 | CONTROLLING DEMAND AND ENERGY THROUGH PHOTOVOLTAIC INVERTERS DELIVERING VARS - By virtue of the ability to vary local load via inverter (e.g., solar PV inverter) volt-ampere reactive power (VAR) injection, local demand and energy consumption can be controlled at a system level. Utilities that provide solar PV systems to consumers can leverage this ability to reduce the purchase of high cost energy. Moreover, revenue for such utilities can be maximized. For example, such localized voltage and VAR control allow for precise control to achieve, e.g., plus or minus about two percent of kW and kWHr of power consumed at a node. | 2016-03-31 |
20160094035 | COMBINED ELECTRICAL POWER PLANT - A combined electrical power plant is provided to supply power to a grid and a method to operate such a combined electrical power plant comprising a thermal power generation facility and an energy storage facility with a suitable energy storage capacity being able to supply additional electrical power to the grid and to receive and store electrical power from the thermal power generation facility or from the grid. Both facilities are electrically coupled to providing a combined power output to the grid and further comprise a plant controller to process the demand signal and to generate at least a first control signal and a second control signal from the demand signal, where the first control signal is a smoothened function of time of the demand signal resulting from a smoothening process executed by the plant controller taking into account operational characteristics of the thermal power generation facility. | 2016-03-31 |
20160094036 | SYSTEM OF PARALLEL-CONNECTED GENERATORS AND METHOD FOR LOAD SHARE BALANCING THEREIN USING A SERIAL COMMUNICATION NETWORK - A parallel generator system wherein a portion of the electrical load of at least one generator unit is incrementally transferred to at least one other generator unit by the controller on the basis of an indication that the operating stresses of the generator units are disallowably unbalanced, whereby load share balancing tending towards equalization of operating stresses amongst the plurality of generator units occurs over the system service life. Also, a method for load share balancing in a parallel generator system which determines whether the operating stress levels of at least two generator units are disallowably unbalanced by comparing operating stress indicators of the generator units with that of a master generator unit, and incrementally transferring portions the electrical load between at least two generator units on the basis of the comparative evaluation, whereby load share balancing occurs tending to equalize the generator unit operating stress levels. | 2016-03-31 |
20160094037 | DC-Bus Controller for an Inverter - Provided are DC-bus voltage or DC-bus current controller methods and circuits, for a voltage or current source inverter. A mean value calculator provides an output signal comprising the mean value of the DC-bus voltage or current, which is used as a feedback signal in a closed loop of the voltage or current source inverter controller, such that a ripple in the DC-bus voltage or current is substantially prevented from entering the closed-loop. In some embodiments a droop controller, which may be adaptive, is used in the closed loop with reverse proportional gain. The adaptive droop controller may provide a constant or variable DC-bus voltage or current. Embodiments regulate the DC-bus voltage or current to an optimized value such that power losses for load and grid conditions are minimized or reduced, and voltage and current ripple is minimized. Embodiments may be used in voltage and current source inverters connected to the utility power distribution grid, in power generation systems, in distributed generation systems, and renewable energy systems. | 2016-03-31 |
20160094038 | METHOD FOR USE OF STATIC INVERTERS IN VARIABLE ENERGY GENERATION ENVIRONMENTS - A method to collect energy from generation systems such as, for example, wind farms or solar farms with widely distributed energy-generation equipment. In some cases, static inverters are used to feed the energy directly into the power grid. In some other cases, back-to-back static inverters are used create a high-voltage DC transmission line to collect power from multiple generation sites into one feed-in site. | 2016-03-31 |
20160094039 | Parallel Modular Converter Architecture - A system and method for providing power to a vehicle is disclosed. The system can include a plurality of parallel module converter modules (“modules”) each capable of supplying a predetermined electrical load. The plurality of parallel module converter modules can be networked to form a parallel module converter (“converter”) for prioritizing and allocating each electrical load to one or more parallel module converter modules. Each module can include an internal protection controller and a logic controller. The individual modules can provide power to various loads in the vehicle either alone, or in concert with other modules. The system can enable fewer power controllers to be used, saving weight and time. The controllers in the system can also be utilized at a higher level reducing unnecessary redundancy. | 2016-03-31 |
20160094040 | Systems and Methods For Reducing Circulating Current and Phase to Phase Imbalance In A Parallel Modular Converter System - A system and method for providing power to a vehicle with reduced circulating current and phase-top-phase imbalance is disclosed. The system can include a plurality of parallel module converter for prioritizing and allocating each electrical load to one or more parallel modular converter modules. The system can also comprise a load balancer to ensure that differences in the properties (e.g., impedance) of the parallel modular converter modules do not create circulating currents or phase-to-phase imbalances. The load balancer can monitor the outputs to the plurality of parallel modular converter modules and modify the inputs to equalize, synchronize, or both the outputs. | 2016-03-31 |
20160094041 | METHODS AND APPARATUSES FOR POWER CONTROL DURING BACKSCATTER MODULATION IN WIRELESS POWER RECEIVERS - A wireless power enabled apparatus including a wireless power receiver. The wireless power receiver includes a receive coil configured to generate an AC power signal responsive to a wireless power signal. A rectifier is configured to receive the AC power signal and generate a DC rectified power signal. A power transistor in a pass-transistor configuration is configured to receive the DC rectified power signal and generate an output power signal. A compensation current source operably coupled to the output power signal is configured to maintain a substantially constant voltage on the output power signal by adjusting a current through the compensation current source during a communication period employing backscatter modulation on the receive coil | 2016-03-31 |
20160094042 | SUPPRESSION OF AUDIBLE HARMONICS IN WIRELESS POWER RECEIVERS - A wireless power enabled apparatus includes a wireless power receiver. The wireless power receiver includes a receive coil, a rectifier, a regulator, and a damping circuit. The receive coil is configured to generate an AC power signal responsive to a wireless power signal. The rectifier is configured to receive the AC power signal and generate a DC rectified power signal relative to a rectified ground signal. The regulator is operably coupled with the rectifier to receive the DC rectified power signal and generate an output voltage. The damping circuit is operably coupled between the DC rectified power signal and the rectified ground signal and in parallel with the regulator. The damping circuit is configured to suppress audible harmonics generated by the wireless power receiver at some loads by providing a damping impedance for the DC rectified power signal. | 2016-03-31 |
20160094043 | APPARATUSES AND RELATED METHODS FOR DETECTING COIL ALIGNMENT WITH A WIRELESS POWER RECEIVER - A wireless power receiver may include a receive coil configured to generate an AC power signal responsive to wireless power transfer from a wireless power transmitter, and control logic configured to detect misalignment of the receive coil and a transmit coil of the wireless power transmitter responsive to a determination of efficiency of wireless power transfer therebetween. A method for operating a wireless power receiver may include detecting misalignment between a receive coil and a transmit coil of a wireless power transmitter responsive to detecting monitoring a value indicative of efficiency of wireless power transfer between the wireless power transmitter and the wireless power receiver, and causing an indication to be provided to a user to assist with correcting the misalignment. | 2016-03-31 |
20160094044 | WIRELESS POWER TRANSMISSION APPARATUS - Disclosed is a wireless power transmission apparatus. The wireless power transmission apparatus includes a mounting member, an upper transmission coil on the mounting member, a lower transmission coil under the mounting member, a first terminal connected with an outer connection part of the upper transmission coil and an inner connection part of the lower transmission coil, and a second terminal connected with an inner connection part of the upper transmission coil and an outer connection part of the lower transmission coil. The upper transmission coil and the lower transmission coil are bilaterally symmetrical to each other about a central axis between the first and second terminals. | 2016-03-31 |
20160094045 | WIRELESS POWER TRANSMISSION APPARATUS - A wireless power transmission apparatus is described that comprises a mounting member, an upper transmission coil disposed on the mounting member, and first and second terminals disposed in the mounting member. The upper transmission coil comprises an outer coil part connected to the first terminal and formed in one-turn with respect to a central axis between the first and second terminals, a first inner coil part connected to the outer coil part and formed in a half-turn on a first side of the central axis, a second inner coil part connected to the first inner coil part, formed in a half-turn on a second side of the central axis, a third inner coil part connected to the second inner coil part, formed in a half-turn on the first side of the central axis, and a fourth inner coil part connected to the third inner coil part and the second terminal, formed in a half-turn on the second side of the central axis. | 2016-03-31 |
20160094046 | NON-CONTACT POWER SUPPLY DEVICE - A non-contact power supply device, which supplies electric power to a power reception coil from a power transmission coil in a non-contact manner, includes a power transmission coil, a power transmission circuit switchably coupling a voltage source to the power transmission coil, the power transmission circuit configured to resonate at a fundamental frequency, and a serial LC resonant circuit in parallel with the power transmission coil, and configured to resonate at a frequency of a harmonic wave of the fundamental frequency. The non-contact power supply device suppresses a harmonic wave noise by providing a resonant circuit that resonates at a specific harmonic wave. | 2016-03-31 |
20160094047 | HEATABLE CAPACITOR AND CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENT - A capacitor module having a capacitor and a heater is disclosed. The temperature of the capacitor can be measured by means of a temperature sensor and the temperature of the capacitor is influenced by the heater. The capacitance value changes as a function of the temperature. Thus a circuit apparatus having a resonance converter can be tuned thereby, since the capacitance value can be regulated or controlled. | 2016-03-31 |
20160094048 | WIRELESS POWER TRANSFER SYSTEM - Disclosed is a wireless power transfer system-charger for wireless power transmission. The wireless power transfer system-charger includes: a power converting unit to convert a DC signal into an AC signal; a control unit to control the power converting unit with a first or second operating frequency; and an induction-type antenna system and a resonance-type antenna system connected in parallel to each other, wherein power is transmitted through the induction-type antenna system or the resonance-type antenna system according to a control of the control unit. | 2016-03-31 |
20160094049 | WIRELESS POWER RECEPTION DEVICE - A wireless power reception device for wirelessly receiving electric power from a wireless power transmission device according to an embodiment of the present invention comprises: a magnetic body; a reception coil arranged on the magnetic body and coupled to a transmission coil of the wireless power transmission device to receive electric power; and a magnetic body saturation prevention unit arranged inside the reception coil to prevent the magnetic body from being saturated by an influence of an external magnetic field. | 2016-03-31 |
20160094050 | POWER TRANSMITTING APPARATUS, POWER RECEIVING APPARATUS, WIRELESS POWER TRANSFER SYSTEM, CONTROL METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A power transmitting apparatus that wirelessly transmits power to one or more power receiving apparatuses determines whether each of the one or more power receiving apparatuses has a function for internally lowering a voltage obtained through power reception, and controls the transmitted power so that, in a case where at least one of the one or more power receiving apparatuses does not have the function, overvoltage is not applied to the power receiving apparatus that does not have the function. | 2016-03-31 |
20160094051 | INDUCTIVELY COUPLED WIRELESS POWER AND DATA FOR A GARMENT VIA A DONGLE - A system for transmission of at least power using inductive wireless coupling includes an environmentally sealed dongle and a mounting component which releasably mates with the dongle. The dongle is sized for use with one hand, and may be coupled by an umbilical to either a garment of the user or to a vehicle structure for example a seat, in which case the mounting component is coupled to the vehicle structure or to the garment respectively. The dongle and the mounting component include first and second inductive coils respectively and corresponding ferrite cores. The coils are positioned within the dongle and mounting component so that they are aligned for their inductive coupling when the dongle and mounting component are mated. The positioning and alignment of the coils provides a substantially closed magnetic path between the coils. The mounting component may be a receptacle. | 2016-03-31 |
20160094052 | POWER TRANSFER SYSTEM, POWER RECEIVING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A first power receiving apparatus observes a power transfer signal from a power supply apparatus, and detects whether power transfer is being performed between the power supply apparatus and a second power receiving apparatus. When the power transfer is being performed between the power supply apparatus and the second power receiving apparatus, a waveform of the signal is deformed with a predetermined pattern. The second power receiving apparatus detects deterioration in power which is received from the power supply apparatus and detects whether the waveform of the signal changes with the predetermined pattern within a predetermined time after detecting the power deterioration. When detecting the change in the waveform of the signal with the predetermined pattern, the second power receiving apparatus determines that the first power receiving apparatus is in a power suppliable range of the power supply apparatus. | 2016-03-31 |
20160094053 | POWER TRANSMISSION APPARATUS AND POWER TRANSMISSION METHOD - A power transmission apparatus includes a primary coil connected to an AC source; a primary resonance coil configured to receive power from the primary coil; a secondary resonance coil configured to receive power from the primary resonance coil by magnetic field resonance occurred between the primary resonance coil and the secondary resonance coil; a secondary coil configured to receive power from the secondary resonance coil; a phase difference detector detect a phase difference between a phase of voltage supplied to the primary resonance coil and a phase of current flowing through the primary resonance coil; a variable capacitor provided on the primary resonance coil; and a determination part determining a coupling degree between the primary resonance coil and the secondary resonance coil based on a change degree of the phase difference relative to a change amount of capacitance when the capacitance of the variable capacitor changes. | 2016-03-31 |
20160094054 | WIRELESS LOAD MODULATION - Techniques of load modulation are described herein. A wireless power transmitting unit may include a resonator to periodically transmit a short beacon having a first time period. The wireless power transmitting unit also includes circuitry coupled to the resonator. The circuitry is configured to detect a load change in the resonator when transmitting the short beacon and cause the resonator to transmit a long beacon subsequent to said transmitting the short beacon if said load change is detected. The long beacon has a second time period longer than the first time period. | 2016-03-31 |
20160094055 | Electric Motor, Generator and Battery Combination - To accomplish the invention, each individual stator pole winding has its own voltage and amperage matched battery, capacitor or storage device pack or packs and winding system controller or controllers which are signaled for operations and timing for the operation of all the similar other windings in the whole Electric Motor, Generator and battery combination without the necessity of wired interconnection of whole Electric Motor, Generator and battery combination winding electrical power in order to accomplish Electric Motor, Generator and battery combination functions. | 2016-03-31 |
20160094056 | BATTERY MODULE SHORT CIRCUIT PROTECTION - The present disclosure includes an automotive battery system including a first battery that couples to an electrical system. Additionally, the first battery includes a first battery chemistry. Further, the automotive battery system includes a second battery coupled in parallel with the first battery and couples to the electrical system. Furthermore, the automotive battery system includes a first switch coupled to a positive terminal of the second battery, which electrically couples or decouples the second battery to or from the electrical system. Moreover, the automotive battery system includes a battery control unit that detects a short circuit condition of the first battery, the second battery, or both and decouples the second battery from the electrical system by opening the first switch upon detecting the short circuit condition. | 2016-03-31 |
20160094057 | Method and Apparatus for Start-Up of a Field Device - Method for start-up of a field device, wherein for start-up of the field device an energy storer (R) for storing electrical energy is charged by means of a power supply (PS), preferably a power-limited power supply (PS), and wherein the electrical energy stored in the energy storer (R) is used to supply the field device at least at times with electrical energy, at least during start-up of the field device. | 2016-03-31 |
20160094058 | EXTERNAL BATTERY APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - An external battery apparatus includes at least one battery cell; a circuit device to increase a voltage of the battery cell to a predetermined voltage level and to output the increased voltage level; a cell voltage measurer configured to measure the voltage of the battery cell; and a controller configured to compare the measured voltage of the battery cell with a predetermined reference value, and to control the circuit device such that a charging current having a different level is output corresponding to a result of the comparison. | 2016-03-31 |
20160094059 | CHARGING/DISCHARGING CONTROL DEVICE AND BATTERY DEVICE - To provide a battery device which blows out a fuse element as a protective element only when overcharging and overcurrent of a secondary battery are detected, and prevents false blowing. The absolute value of a threshold voltage to turn ON a control switch connected to a heating resistor for blowing out the fuse element is set to be equal to or greater than a minimum operating voltage of an overcharge detection circuit and less than an overcharge detection voltage thereof. | 2016-03-31 |
20160094060 | METHOD FOR COMPENSATING ALTERNATOR REGULATION TO CONTROL REMOTE BATTERY VOLTAGE UTILIZING ADAPTIVE VARIABLE - A method for compensating for alternator to battery voltage drop in charging systems lacking external remote sensing capabilities and utilizing serial communications. A controller utilizes an adaptive variable for determining an alternator output voltage setpoint that compensates for battery cable voltage losses, and adjusting the setpoint to achieve substantially constant battery voltage of the entire range of alternator loads. | 2016-03-31 |
20160094061 | CASCADING POWER FOR ACCESSORIES - Methods, systems, and apparatuses for charging a host device from a charging source through an accessory are described. Upon detecting an input power signal from the charging source, an accessory may send an identification request to the host device and authenticate the host device based on the identification information received from the host device. Upon authenticating the host device, the accessory may enable a power path between the charging source and the host device to supply a charging current to charge the host device. | 2016-03-31 |
20160094062 | SWITCHED-MODE POWER SUPPLY HAVING AT LEAST ONE POWER CIRCUIT AND AT LEAST ONE AUXILIARY POWER SUPPLY UNIT - A switched-mode power supply is provided which has at least one power circuit for supplying a first electrical consumer, and at least one auxiliary power supply unit for generating a first transformer-coupled output voltage for a switching controller for controlling or regulating the power circuit, and at least one further transformer-coupled output voltage for at least one further electrical consumer in a first operating mode. The first and the at least one further transformer-coupled output voltage of the at least one auxiliary power supply unit are variable in comparison with the first operating mode in a further operating mode of the switched-mode power supply. | 2016-03-31 |
20160094063 | CONTROLLING POLARITY IN AN ACTIVE BALANCING SYSTEM FOR A BATTERY - A device includes a transformer, a controller, and a switch coupled between the transformer and the controller. The transformer has a primary coil and a secondary coil. The controller receives an indication of a metric of a cell of a battery. In response to the indication, the controller outputs a signal to select a polarity of a balancing current for balancing the cell. The switch receives the signal from the controller. In response to the signal, the switch causes the transformer to generate a primary current of a selected polarity through the primary coil. The transformer generates the balancing current through the secondary coil by inductively coupling the primary coil to the secondary coil. The transformer outputs the balancing current having the polarity for balancing the cell. | 2016-03-31 |
20160094064 | SYSTEM AND A METHOD FOR CHARGING AND MANAGING POWER OF RECHARGEABLE BATTERY PACK OF AN ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT - Disclosed is a system and a method for charging and managing power of atleast a rechargeable battery pack of an electronic equipment. The system includes a charging section, a battery section and a monitoring section. The charging section provides a capacitively coupled AC power. The battery section receives the capacitively coupled AC power, and further charges the rechargeable battery pack by converting the received AC power into DC power. The monitoring section that monitors the charge status of the battery section and releases command data to the charging section for charging the rechargeable battery pack. Further the charging section provides the AC power to start the charging operation of the rechargeable battery pack, on receiving command data from the monitoring section. | 2016-03-31 |
20160094065 | BATTERY PROTECTION CIRCUIT AND DEVICE, BATTERY PACK, AND BATTERY PROTECTION METHOD - A battery protection circuit that protects a rechargeable battery including cells connected in parallel includes an overcharging detection part provided for each of the cells and configured to prevent the corresponding cell from being charged in response to detecting overcharging of the corresponding cell, an overdischarge detection part provided for each of the cells and configured to prevent the corresponding cell from being discharged in response to detecting overdischarge of the corresponding cell, a charging current limiting part provided for each of the cells and configured to prevent a charging current from exceeding a predetermined charging current value during a period for which the charging current flows through the corresponding cell, and a discharge current limiting part provided for each of the cells and configured to prevent a discharge current from exceeding a predetermined discharge current value during a period for which the discharge current flows through the corresponding cell. | 2016-03-31 |
20160094066 | INTELLIGENT COMPOSABLE MULTI-FUNCTION BATTERY PACK - A method of operating a battery pack includes identifying a plurality of batteries in the battery pack, estimating a state of charge of each of the plurality of the batteries, obtaining a plurality of parameters of each of the plurality of the batteries, and determining, selectively, a charge current or a discharge current for each of the plurality of batteries using the state of charge and the plurality of parameters of each of the plurality of the batteries. | 2016-03-31 |
20160094067 | Multi-Battery Charging Circuit and Charging Method Thereof - A multi-battery charging circuit is described and it includes an electric power detecting unit for detecting remaining amount of electric power of each battery; a charging deciding unit provided with a first amount of electric power threshold and for comparing the remaining amount detected with the first threshold; and a charging unit for charging a plurality of batteries with a first strategy in a first time period, and with a second strategy in a second time period when the remaining amount of electric power of one or more of the batteries is equal to a second amount of electric power threshold, and with a third strategy in a third time period when the remaining amount is equal to a third amount of electric power threshold. | 2016-03-31 |
20160094068 | SECONDARY BATTERY PROTECTION CIRCUIT AND BATTERY DEVICE - To realize an overcharge detection device capable of bring about a state of reducing current consumption thereof except for when a lithium ion secondary battery becomes overcharged, and provide a secondary battery protection circuit and a battery device low in power consumption and safe. There is provided a secondary battery protection circuit which is provided with a second detection circuit having a detection voltage threshold identical to or lower than a detection voltage threshold of an overcharge detection circuit and reduces current consumption of the overcharge detection device when the voltage of the secondary battery is less than the detection voltage threshold of the second detection circuit. | 2016-03-31 |
20160094069 | BATTERY PACK AND FLASHLIGHT EQUIPPED WITH THE SAME - A battery pack comprises a cylindrical rechargeable battery, an electronic circuit board including a charging circuit to charge the battery, and being electrically connected to the battery, a cylindrical case incorporating the battery and the electric circuit board, and having openings at both ends thereof, and having a positive terminal and a negative terminal in the openings to discharge the battery, and having a hole in a recess portion at the peripheral surface thereof, and a connector port being disposed at the peripheral surface, and being fixed to the electrical circuit board, and an insertion opening of the connector ports being exposed through the hole at the peripheral surface of the case. | 2016-03-31 |
20160094070 | CRADLE FOR HANDHELD MACHINE-READABLE SYMBOL READER - Systems, methods, and articles to provide a charging cradle or base station that includes one or more movable electrical contacts. Generally, each of the movable contacts protrudes through an opening in a surface of the cradle only when a cordless electrical device is positioned on or within the cradle. When the cordless electrical device is not positioned on or within the cradle, the one or more movable contacts are retracted inside the body of the cradle such that the movable contacts cannot be bumped or hit by the reader during insertion of the reader into the cradle and during removal of the reader from cradle. Systems, methods, and articles to provide a charging cradle or base station with selectively removable electrical contacts are also disclosed. | 2016-03-31 |
20160094071 | CONTROLLING POWER IN A MULTI-PORT USB POWER DELIVERY SYSTEM - Systems and methods may provide for a charger that includes a converter with a battery port, a first bypass switch coupled to a first bus port and the battery port, and a second bypass switch coupled to a second bus port and the battery port. Additionally, a charge controller may use one or more control signals to manage power to be delivered from the first bus port through the first bypass switch to the battery port, and power to be delivered from the second bus port through the second bypass switch to the battery port. | 2016-03-31 |
20160094072 | HYBRID ENERGY HARVESTING DEVICE - In one aspect, a hybrid energy harvesting device is presented that comprises a photovoltaic device having a substrate that forms a first side of the photovoltaic device. The substrate has a surface through which photons can pass to produce an electrical current within the photovoltaic device. An electrical storage device is located on a second side of the photovoltaic device that opposes the first side, and an antenna is located on one of the first or second sides of the photovoltaic device. The photovoltaic device and the antenna are electrically coupled to the electrical storage device. | 2016-03-31 |
20160094073 | Cell Assembly having a Plurality of Electrochemical Cells and Method for Operating said Cell Assembly - A method includes activating electrochemical cells of a cell assembly to output electrical energy in accordance with a superordinate clock signal in order to have an activation and/or switch-off time points of the respective cells on the basis of the superordinate clock signal not all occur at the same time. To reduce the complexity of smoothing the total battery voltage, the switching time points according to the disclosure are shifted on the basis of the superordinate clock signal for the first cell in accordance with a first switching specification by a cell-specific first clock shift signal. | 2016-03-31 |
20160094074 | Method and Apparatus for Inductive Power Transfer - Methods and apparatuses for communicating across an inductive charging interface. Methods and apparatuses for improved efficiency of power transfer across an inductive charging interface. | 2016-03-31 |
20160094075 | SYSTEM FOR AND METHOD OF WIRELESS CHARGING OF A DEVICE - A wireless charging system including a first coil configured to be coupled to a transmitter driver circuit and arranged in a first plane, a second coil configured to be coupled to the transmitter driver circuit and arranged in a second plane and a third coil configured to be coupled to the transmitter driver circuit and arranged in a third plane. The transmitter driver circuit is configured to provide a time-varying current signal to one or more of the first coil, the second coil or the third coil. The first coil, the second coil and the third coil are concentric, the first plane is not parallel to the second plane and the third plane, and the second plane is not parallel to the third plane. | 2016-03-31 |
20160094076 | INDUCTIVE CHARGING BETWEEN ELECTRONIC DEVICES - An electronic device and methods for inductively charging an electronic device using another external electronic device. The electronic device may include an enclosure, a battery positioned within the enclosure, and an inductive coil coupled to the battery. The inductive coil may have two or more operational modes, including a power receiving operational mode for wirelessly receiving power and a power transmitting operational mode for wirelessly transmitting power. The electronic device may also have a controller coupled to the inductive coil for selecting one of the operational modes. | 2016-03-31 |
20160094077 | METHOD FOR CHARGING ONE OR MORE ELECTRONIC DEVICES AND CHARGING DEVICE THEREFOR - A charging device for charging one or more electronic devices is provided. The charging device includes a charging unit configured to include a first charging unit, and a second charging unit, the second charging unit protruding from charging unit at an angle greater than or equal to a predetermined reference angle, where, if at least one of the first charging unit and the second charging unit is arranged to face at least one electronic device in a face-to-face manner, the at least one of the first charging unit and the second charging unit supplies wireless power to the at least one electronic device. | 2016-03-31 |
20160094078 | INDUCTIVE COUPLING ASSEMBLY FOR AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE - An inductive coupling assembly for an electronic device is disclosed. The system may include an electronic device having an enclosure, and an internal inductive charging assembly positioned within the enclosure. The internal inductive charging assembly may include a receive inductive coil positioned within the enclosure. The system may also include a charger in electrical communication with the internal inductive charging assembly of the electronic device. The charger may include a transmit inductive coil aligned with the receive inductive coil. The transmit inductive coil may be configured to be in electrical communication with the receive inductive coil. Additionally, the system can include an inductive coupling assembly positioned between the electronic device and the charger. The inductive coupling assembly may include a field-directing component configured to be in electrical communication with the transmit inductive coil, and/or the receive inductive coil of the internal inductive charging assembly of the electronic device. | 2016-03-31 |
20160094079 | SECONDARY BATTERY MODULE AND POWER FEEDING SYSTEM - A secondary battery module capable of feeding power to a wearable device in a non-contact manner is provided. A power feeding system for an electronic device is provided. The power feeding system includes a secondary battery module and an electronic device. The secondary battery module includes a flexible secondary battery, a power sending portion for non-contact power transmission, a flexible thermoelectric power generating device, and a belt portion storing the flexible secondary battery and the flexible thermoelectric power generating device. The electronic device includes a power receiving portion for non-contact power transmission and is capable of power transmission from the power sending portion for non-contact power transmission which is included in the secondary battery module to the power receiving portion for non-contact power transmission which is included in the electronic device. | 2016-03-31 |
20160094080 | CHARGING SYSTEM AND CHARGING METHOD THEREOF AND BATTERY PACK - A charging system includes a wireless power transmitter configured to transmit electromagnetic energy, a wireless power receiver, a wired power receiver, a signal detection means configured to detect whether power is supplied from a wireless power supply and/or from an external, wired power supply, a controller configured to manage power channels in accordance with states of wired and/or wireless power supply detected by the signal detection means, and a charging circuit configured to receive power energy from the wired or wireless power supply for charging a battery. | 2016-03-31 |
20160094081 | WIRELESS POWER TRANSMITTER AND WIRELESS POWER RECEIVER - A wireless power transmitter is provided. The wireless power transmitter includes a power supply unit that supplies Alternating Current (AC) power having a predetermined voltage value, a rectification unit that is connected to the power supply unit, and rectifies the AC power, a voltage adjustment unit that is connected to the rectification unit, and adjusts a magnitude of an output voltage value of the rectified power, and outputs the adjusted power to a power transmission unit, the power transmission unit that generates the adjusted power output from the voltage adjustment unit as a signal in a form in which wireless power transmission is possible, and transmits the generated signal to a wireless power receiver, and a control unit that controls the magnitude of the output voltage value of the rectified power to be adjusted by the voltage adjustment unit in accordance with a predetermined criterion. | 2016-03-31 |
20160094082 | COIL PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD, POWER RECEPTION MODULE, BATTERY UNIT AND POWER RECEPTION COMMUNICATION MODULE - A first coil portion is formed on a first coil region of an upper surface, and a second coil portion is formed on a lower surface, of an insulating layer. A second terminal is formed at a position outside of the first coil region. One or plurality of intersection regions in which a path extending from an inner end of the first coil portion to the second terminal intersects with the first coil portion are provided on the upper surface. The first coil portion is parted in each intersection region. A second lead portion passes between one and the other portions of the first coil portion parted in each intersection region and extends from the inner end of the first coil portion to the second terminal. The first and second coil portions are connected in parallel to each other via a plurality of through holes formed in the insulating layer. | 2016-03-31 |
20160094083 | WIRELESS CHARGING EQUIPMENT, TERMINAL, WIRELESS CHARGING SYSTEM COMPRISING THE SAME, CONTROL METHOD THEREOF AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM HAVING COMPUTER PROGRAM RECORDED THEREON - Provided are wireless charging equipment, a terminal, a wireless charging system comprising the same, a control method thereof, and a non-transitory computer readable storage medium having computer program recorded thereon. That is, the present invention performs a charging function based on a charging signal in the corresponding terminal by transmitting the charging signal to only the terminal corresponding to a communication provider or an affiliated company pre-registered in the wireless charging equipment to provide a charging function to only the pre-registered terminal with respect to a terminal to use a wireless charging infrastructure, easily and conveniently perform an authentication function for the terminal without a separate additional component, and improve operation efficiency of the entire wireless charging system. | 2016-03-31 |
20160094084 | POWER FEEDING APPARATUS FOR SOLAR CELL, AND SOLAR CELL SYSTEM - A power feeding apparatus for solar cells has: a voltage regulator, i.e., a voltage adjusting unit; a relay, i.e., a switch unit; and a control unit. The voltage regulator executes voltage adjustment with respect to an input voltage, and outputs, to a power output terminal, a voltage adjusted to a previously set voltage or lower. The relay is provided on a bypass line that is connected between a power input terminal and the power output terminal without having the voltage regulator therebetween, and the relay performs switching such that the bypass line is connected or interrupted. In the cases where the input voltage is equal to or lower than the predetermined voltage, the control unit performs control such that the bypass line is connected by means of the relay, and the input voltage is outputted from the power output terminal. | 2016-03-31 |
20160094085 | System and Method to Improve Engine Response During Hybrid Power Generation - A hybrid energy system including a controller that is coupled to at least one generator set and to at least one energy storage device. The controller is configured to cause the at least one generator set to operate at a first operational speed and a second operational speed in response to a change in the load. The controller receives notice that the at least one energy storage device is providing energy to the load and, in response thereto, to changes the amount of energy that the at least one generator set is providing to the load by causing the at least one generator set to operate at a third operational speed. | 2016-03-31 |
20160094086 | DIRECT CURRENT UNINTERRUPTIBLE POWER SUPPLY SYSTEM - Disclosed is a direct current uninterruptible power supply system. The direct current uninterruptible power supply system according to an embodiment of the present invention is electrically connected to a direct current power converter for converting commercial alternating current power to direct current power, in order to: supply the direct current power to a load and charge an auxiliary power supply device therein with the direct current power. In the case of a short circuit of the direct current power converter due to a current leakage or breakage of the direct current power converter, or if the direct current power converter is disconnected, the direct current uninterruptible power supply system enables the auxiliary power supply device to constantly supply power to the load while completely blocking the electrical connection to the direct current power converter. | 2016-03-31 |
20160094087 | POWER CONTROL SYSTEM, POWER CONTROL DEVICE, AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING POWER CONTROL SYSTEM - This system can manage efficient operation control among distributed power sources without impairing their versatility. This power control system includes a power generation device ( | 2016-03-31 |
20160094088 | LIGHTING UNIT HAVING ENERGY HARVESTING POWER MANAGEMENT SYSTEM - The present invention relates to a light unit comprising a power management system being capable of delivering electrical power from a power generating unit of the light unit to an associated power distributing system, said power management system comprising a system controller adapted to deliver power to the power distributing system in accordance with a number of inputs to said system controller. | 2016-03-31 |
20160094089 | FORM FACTOR SWAPPABLE DC BATTERY BACK-UP - In accordance with the present disclosure, a system and method for providing a battery back-up unit (BBU) for a rack-level power infrastructure is described. The system may include a chassis sized to fit within a commodity power supply unit (PSU) slot in a power distribution unit (PDU). A battery may be disposed within the chassis, and at least one power module coupled to the battery. The system may also include a power module controller coupled to the at least one power module, and a form-factor connector coupled to the power module controller and the at least one power module. | 2016-03-31 |
20160094090 | Contactless Connector - A contactless connector includes a housing having a mating interface configured to be coupled to a connector interface of an electronic device. A connector communication module is held at least partially within the housing and is operable in a transmit mode and/or a receive mode of operation. The connector communication module is configured to wirelessly communicate with a device communication module of the electronic device to wirelessly transfer at least one of data or power between the connector communication module of the contactless connector and the device communication module of the electronic device. An optical contacting element is held by the housing. The optical contacting element is configured to optically contact an optical contacting element of the electronic device such that the housing is mechanically connected to the electronic device with the connector communication module configured to wirelessly communicate with the device communication module. | 2016-03-31 |
20160094091 | WIDEBAND RECTENNA AND RECTIFYING APPARATUS FOR RECTENNA - A rectenna according to the present invention includes a circular-polarized patch antenna having dual slots fed by a microstrip and configured to receive and output a radio frequency (RF) signal, and a rectifying circuit configured to convert for output the RF signal, received by the circular-polarized patch antenna, into a direct current (DC) signal and transfer the DC signal from the antenna to a load, wherein the rectifying circuit comprises at least one radial stub. | 2016-03-31 |
20160094092 | Wireless Power Transmission - A radio-frequency power transmitter. The radio-frequency power transmitter includes an array of patch antennas, an array of phase modulators, each phase modulator having an input port and associated with one or more of the patch antennas, a local oscillator that provides an oscillatory signal to the input port of each of the phase modulators, an array of amplifiers, each amplifier receiving an input from one of the phase modulators, and a microprocessor configured to interface with the array of phase modulators and control a holistic radiative power transmission vector pattern generated by the radio-frequency power transmitter. | 2016-03-31 |
20160094093 | SUPERCONDUCTIVE ELECTRIC MOTOR AND GENERATOR - A non-traditional topology of a superconductive electric motor or generator increases the air gap flux density by reducing stray flux and concentrating lines of flux within the air gap. An electric motor or generator utilizing the invention will include three components: a rotating armature, a permanent magnet stator and a shielding sleeve. The shielding sleeve of the motor is a hollow cylinder that fits between the armature and the stator, and is configured to cool a plurality of high-temperature superconductors within it to a temperature below their critical temperatures. These superconductors are placed at an optimized position to redirect flux and promote greater efficiency. | 2016-03-31 |
20160094094 | ELECTRICAL MACHINES - An electrical machine comprising a first item having a male portion and a second item having a female portion. The male and female portions have a shape adapted to each other such that the male portion can be fitted into the female portion. The male and/or female portion is formed as a stack of sheets comprising standard sheets and protruding sheets. The “male” standard sheets substantially fit into the female portion and the “male” protruding sheets are larger than the female portion such that, in use, said protruding sheets are deformed during insertion of the male portion into the female portion. The “female” standard sheets have an opening into which the male portion substantially fits, and the “female” protruding sheets have an opening smaller than the male portion such that, in use, said protruding sheets are deformed during insertion of the male portion into the opening of the female portion. | 2016-03-31 |