40th week of 2016 patent applcation highlights part 75 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20160294127 | Electrical Cable Storage Station - An electrical cable storage station adapted to receive and stow a variety of electrical cables for various electronic devices and appliances. The storage station provides a housing having a plurality of slotted receptacles adapted to receive a connector plug having two and/or three connection prongs thereon and a plurality of ports, such as Universal Serial Bus (USB) ports, adapted to receive various other connectors. The storage station further includes a mounting bracket configured for hanging the device on a support surface in a vertical or horizontal orientation and one or more cord holders for suspending and organizing electrical cable cords thereon. | 2016-10-06 |
20160294128 | GROMMET-MOUNT ELECTRICAL POWER UNIT ASSEMBLY - An electrical receptacle assembly is mountable at an opening in a work surface to provide convenient access to electrical power and/or data. The assembly includes a main housing and a housing shell. The main housing defines an interior cavity for receiving a lower portion of an electrical or data outlet, and has an outlet opening in which a face of the electrical or data outlet is supported. The housing shell is coupled to the main housing and surrounds at least a portion of the interior cavity. Respective outer surfaces of the main housing and the housing shell cooperate to form an outer surface of the two-piece housing that is insertable into the opening in the work surface. A fastener, which may be an internally threaded collar, engages the two-piece housing, which may be externally threaded, and also engages the work surface, to secure the assembly to the work surface. | 2016-10-06 |
20160294129 | COAXIAL CONNECTOR - A disclosed coaxial connector includes: an external conductor having a cylindrical shape to be screwed together with a counterpart connector including a circular opening end, the external conductor having a contact surface provided on inner periphery of the external conductor, with which the opening end comes into contact, and also having a slit formed to allow the external conductor to stretch and shrink in a longitudinal direction of the external conductor; and a center conductor provided coaxial with the external conductor, the center conductor having a length long enough to reach a substrate on which the counterpart connector is provided upright. | 2016-10-06 |
20160294130 | ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR WITH IMPROVED TERMINALS ARRAY - An electrical connector includes an insulative housing having a tongue portion, a number of terminals having a number of first contacts and second contacts, and a shielding shell attached to the housing. The tongue portion defines a first surface and a second surface. Each first contact has a first contacting portion exposed from the first surface, a first soldering portion, and a first connecting portion. Each second contact has a second contacting portion exposed from the second surface, a second soldering portion, and a second connecting portion. The first contacts have a first outermost contact, and the first contacting portion of the first outermost contact offsets outwardly beyond the second contacting portion along a transverse direction. | 2016-10-06 |
20160294131 | Electrical Connector - The present disclosure includes teachings for a jack and receptacle, and methods regarding same, that provide increased data capability and backwards compatibility with previous systems, such as RJ45. The present disclosure can be used for hardwire connections between electrical and computing components. Cable such as Cat 5 and Cat 6 can be used with the disclosed jack and receptacle. | 2016-10-06 |
20160294132 | SMART HOME ELECTRIC POWER CONNECTING SYSTEM - A smart home electric power connecting system comprises an electric power connecting guide rail and a socket board module. A slot is formed on the top surface of the electric power connecting guide rail, three conductive copper wires are arranged in the slot, and the three conductive copper wires are connected with a live wire, a null wire and a ground wire of a power source respectively. The socket board module can be inserted in the slot of the electric power connecting guide rail. The electric power connecting guide rail is arranged at the position of a skirting line, a power source bus system is extended to all rooms, the socket board module is capable of being inserted at any place provides available jacks for plugs of electric devices, and an available power source is provided for household appliances nearby. | 2016-10-06 |
20160294133 | PLUG WITH INTEGRATED SELF-REPLICATED SOCKET - An improved electric plug is disclosed having an extra extension cord sticking out of one side and a socket disposed at another end of the plug body so as to permit another plug to be coupled thereto consecutively. In particular, the present invention relates to electrical cable and/or communication cable that terminate in a modular interconnection housing that can be used as charging cable and data cable for a smart phone, and tablet, or something like. A build-in switch can shift its function between Power Sharing and Data Sharing mode. The modular interconnection housings from standard cable style design and keychain style design have a male communication connector protruding from one end, and a female communication connector received at another end or at another attached cable. The male communication connector is designed to provide electrical communication or power through various USB, thunderbolt, lightning cables, but not limited to these cables. | 2016-10-06 |
20160294134 | UNIVERSAL SERIAL CONNECTOR - An apparatus includes a connector body having a first side and a second side, and having a first edge and a second edge and a plurality of electrical connectors along the first edge and the second edge, wherein the connectors on the first edge conform to a first interface format and the connectors on the second edge conform to a second interface format. | 2016-10-06 |
20160294135 | FEMALE ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR, CORRESPONDING MALE ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR AND CONNECTION ASSEMBLY COMPRISING MALE AND FEMALE CONNECTORS - A female electrical connector having a plug defining a connection recess for accommodating a male plug of a complementary male electrical connector and within which contacts are arranged in accordance with the HDMI standard. The female electrical connector further has mechanical securing means suitable for preventing the connection of a standard male HDMI connector to said female electrical connector. A male electrical connector, a combined electrical connector, and a connection assembly having a female electrical connector and a male electrical connector are also provided. | 2016-10-06 |
20160294136 | ELECTRICAL SWITCHING APPARATUS AND SECONDARY DISCONNECT ASSEMBLY WITH CRADLE ASSEMBLY ALIGNMENT AND POSITIONING FEATURES THEREFOR - A secondary disconnect assembly is for an electrical switching apparatus. The secondary disconnect assembly includes a mounting member and a cradle assembly coupled to the mounting member and being movable among a plurality of positions with respect to the mounting member. The cradle assembly includes an inner cradle. When the inner cradle is disposed in a first predetermined one of the positions, movement of the inner cradle is restricted with respect to the mounting member. When the inner cradle is moved toward a second predetermined one of the positions, the inner cradle moves independently with respect to the mounting member. | 2016-10-06 |
20160294137 | ELECTRICAL POWER OUTLET HOUSING ASSEMBLY - An electrical power outlet housing assembly is provided for mounting electrical and/or data outlets in a work area or the like. The housing assembly includes at least one outlet housing portion having an interior surface that is configured to support the electrical components of an electrical and/or data outlet. The outlet housing portion cooperates with a housing enclosure portion by filling an opening of the housing enclosure, where the housing enclosure and outlet housing portions cooperate with a housing base to define an interior cavity that receives the electrical or electronic components associated with the electrical or data outlets. The electrical components may be installed without any separate mechanical fasteners, and the housing components may be assembled with minimal use of separate fasteners. | 2016-10-06 |
20160294138 | CONNECTOR STRUCTURE - Provided is a connector ( | 2016-10-06 |
20160294139 | Hydroplaning Reducing Slip Ring Apparatus - A slip ring apparatus including a ring assembly having a conductive ring with a conductive ring engagement surface, a contact assembly having a contact element with a contact element engagement surface for engaging with the conductive ring engagement surface, and a surface discontinuity provided in at least one of the conductive ring engagement surface and the contact element engagement surface. An apparatus including the slip ring apparatus, wherein the apparatus includes a housing having an interior and a shaft rotatably extending through the interior of the housing. A method for reducing the potential of a hydroplaning effect in a slip ring apparatus, including providing a surface discontinuity in at least one of a conductive ring engagement surface and a contact element engagement surface. | 2016-10-06 |
20160294140 | DEVICE FOR WELDING ELECTRICAL CONDUCTORS - The invention relates to a device for welding rod-shaped electrical conductors provided with an outer insulating sheath, the device comprising a compression space for receiving two connecting regions of the conductors to be connected to each other, wherein the compression space is provided with a marking device for axial positioning of the connecting regions, the marking device comprising a radiation-emitting device defining a position mark ( | 2016-10-06 |
20160294141 | WIRE FEEDING AND ATTACHING SYSTEM FOR CAMERA LENS SUSPENSIONS - A wire feeding and bonding tool and method for attaching wires to a component having first and second spaced-apart wire attach structures. Wire from a supply is fed through a capillary having at least a linear end portion with a feed opening. The capillary is positioned with respect to the component to locate a first portion of the wire extending from the feed opening adjacent to the first wire attach structure, and the wire is attached to the first attach structure. The capillary is moved with respect to the component along a wire feed path to feed the wire from the first wire attach structure to the second wire attach structure and to locate a second portion of the wire extending from the feed opening adjacent to the second attach structure. The wire is attached to the second wire attach structure, and cut from the supply. | 2016-10-06 |
20160294142 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING A CRIMP CONNECTION - A method for producing a crimp connection includes a mobile supply unit that can be connected with a crimping press station for storing and supplying crimp contacts to the crimping press station. The mobile supply unit is loaded with two supply rolls with crimp contacts that can be attached laterally to the mobile supply unit. Each supply roll is assigned to a respective coupling device by which the supply unit can be connected in two docking locations with the crimping press station and disconnected from the docking locations. | 2016-10-06 |
20160294143 | TERMINAL INSERTION DEVICE AND WIRING MODULE PRODUCTION METHOD - It is an object of the present invention to enable a terminal to be inserted into a cavity of a connector more reliably. A terminal insertion device inserts a terminal at an end of a terminal-attached electric wire into a cavity of a connector. An insertion wire end holding unit (fourth clamping unit) is advanced toward the cavity in order to insert a front end portion of the terminal at the end of the terminal-attached electric wire held by the wire end holding unit into the cavity of the connector, and it is determined whether or not the front end portion of the terminal has entered the cavity. If it is determined that the front end portion of the terminal has not entered the cavity, the insertion wire end holding unit is retracted away from the cavity, and then the insertion wire end holding unit is again advanced toward the cavity. | 2016-10-06 |
20160294144 | SOLID STATE LASER SYSTEM - A laser system comprising an RE:XAB gain medium within a resonator cavity. X is selected from Ca, Lu, Yb, Nd, Sm, Eu, Gd, Ga, Tb, Dy, Ho, Er, and RE is selected from Lu, Y, Nd, Sm, Eu, Gd, Tb, Dy, Ho, Er, Pr, Tm, Cr, Ho. The system further comprises a pumping source having optical output directed towards the gain medium. A laser controller operates the pumping source. The system further comprises a heat spreader, the heat spreader in thermal communication with the gain medium through a surface wherein the pump source has optical output incident. | 2016-10-06 |
20160294145 | MULTI-WAVELENGTH SOURCE OF FEMTOSECOND INFRARED PULSES - A source of femtosecond pulses at center wavelengths of about 940 nm and about 1140 nanometers (nm) includes a mode-locked fiber MOPA delivering pulses having a center wavelength of about 1040 nm. The 1040-nanometer pulses are spectrally spread into a continuum spectrum extending in range between about 900 nm and about 1200 nm and having well defined side-lobes around the 940-nm and 1140-wavelengths. Radiation is spatially selected from these side-lobes and delivered as the 940-nm and 1140-nm pulses. | 2016-10-06 |
20160294146 | Spatial Chirped Cavity for Temporally Stretching/Compressing Optical Pulses - Systems and methods for optical pulse stretching or compression in time are provided. An apparatus of the subject invention can operate as an optical dispersive element for optical pulse stretching or compression in time, as well as laser scanning in space. An apparatus can include a spatial disperser arranged to divide a collimated optical pulsed beam into an array of collimated beams with equally spaced angles, a beam shaper configured to control the spreading angle of the beam array, and a cavity to sequentially reflect the individual beams within the beam array. The cavity can include two non-parallel surfaces, such as two non-parallel mirrors. | 2016-10-06 |
20160294147 | Optical Pulse Conditioning Apparatus and Methods for Conditioning Optical Pulses - A pulse conditioning apparatus can comprise a signal splitter for splitting a pulsed input signal into first and second pulsed signals; a spectrally dispersive element configured for subjecting the first pulsed signal to a spectral dispersion for compressing or stretching the first pulsed signal, the first and second pulsed signals being subjected to substantially different spectral dispersion; and a combiner for combining the first and second pulsed signals to an output pulsed signal, the output pulsed signal output comprising pulses having a surge pulse portion and a base pulse portion, at least one of the portions derived at least in part from the spectral dispersion and attendant compression or stretching of the first pulsed signal. | 2016-10-06 |
20160294148 | HIGH EFFICIENCY LASER CAVITY - A pumped laser cavity includes two parallel glass tubes forming two cavities, a flashlamp for placement in one of the cavities, wherein either the flashlamp or one or more of the parallel glass tubes are doped with one or more of Samarium or Europium. | 2016-10-06 |
20160294149 | ULTRA-SHORT PULSE MID-IR MODE-LOCKED LASER - A short-pulse mode-locked laser is configured with at least two reflective elements defining a resonant cavity therebetween, a laser gain element (“GE”) placed inside the resonant cavity at normal incidence and selected from transition metal doped II-VI materials; and an optical pump emitting pulsed output to synchronously or quasi-synchronously pump the GE at a pulse repetition rate frequency f | 2016-10-06 |
20160294150 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INCREASING POWER EMITTED FROM A FIBER LASER - A fiber laser having a thermal controller operatively connected to one or more fiber Bragg gratings is provided. The thermal controller does not impart much or imparts very little mechanical stress or strain to the optical fiber in which the FBGs reside because such forces can alter the FBG performance. Rather, the thermal controller utilizes a thermally conductive semi-solid or non-Newtonian fluid to submerge/suspend a portion of the optical fiber in which FBG resides. Temperature control logic controls whether a thermoelectric heater and cooler should be directed to increase or decrease its temperature. The thermoelectric heater and cooler imparts or removes thermal energy from the FBG to efficiently control its performance without the application of mechanical stress. The fiber laser having a thermal controller generally is able to increase laser output power greater than two times the amount of output power of a similarly fabricated fiber laser free of the thermal controller(s). | 2016-10-06 |
20160294151 | SATURABLE ABSORBERS FOR Q-SWITCHING OF MIDDLE INFRARED LASER CAVITIES - A Q-switched laser includes a laser cavity including a cavity mirror and an output coupler mirror. The Q-switched laser also includes a doped laser gain material disposed in the laser cavity and a Q-switch including a saturable absorber comprising Fe | 2016-10-06 |
20160294152 | Laser Systems And Related Methods - A MOPA laser system that includes a seed laser configured to output pulsed laser light, an amplifier configured to receive and amplify the pulsed laser light emitted by the seed laser; and a pump laser configured to deliver a pump laser beam to both the seed laser and the amplifier. | 2016-10-06 |
20160294153 | HIGHER ORDER SEEDLESS RAMAN PUMPING - An optical fiber is optically coupled to an optical multiplexer. First and second wavelength-selective reflectors are formed onto the optical fiber. The first wavelength selective reflector is configured to reflect radiation of a first wavelength and the second wavelength reflective selector is configured to reflect radiation of a second wavelength that is longer than the first wavelength. A resonant laser cavity is formed between transmission fiber acting as distributed Rayleigh mirror and first and second wavelength selective reflectors. The first and second wavelength-selective reflectors and the optical fiber are configured such that Raman scattering and gain in the transmission fiber converts pump radiation at a pump wavelength less than the first wavelength to radiation of the first wavelength and also convert radiation of the first wavelength to radiation of the second wavelength. | 2016-10-06 |
20160294154 | LIGHT SOURCE DEVICE AND WAVELENGTH CONVERSION METHOD - A light source device according to the present disclosure includes: a semiconductor laser unit configured to emit excitation light of a prescribed wavelength; a wavelength conversion unit configured to amplify the excitation light by causing the excitation light to resonate and generate output light of a different wavelength from the excitation light using a prescribed non-linear crystal, the wavelength conversion unit including a first optical path for amplifying the excitation light, and a second optical path for generating the output light; a first optical path length control mechanism configured to control an optical path length of the first optical path; and a second optical path length control mechanism configured to control an optical path length of the second optical path. | 2016-10-06 |
20160294155 | INTEGRATED LASER WITH BACK-REFLECTION ISOLATOR - An integrated circuit includes an optical source (such as a laser) with a lens, which is disposed on an isolator. This isolator is disposed on a semiconductor layer in a silicon-on-insulator (SOI) platform that includes an optical coupler and an optical waveguide. During operation, the optical source generates an optical signal that propagates toward the isolator so that the lens focuses the optical signal. Furthermore, the isolator reduces or eliminates back reflection of the optical signal toward the optical source, and the optical coupler couples the optical signal into the optical waveguide. | 2016-10-06 |
20160294156 | CONNECTION STRUCTURE FOR LASER AND LASER ASSEMBLY - A connection structure for a laser and a laser assembly are provided. The connection structure for a laser includes a first insulation substrate, where the first insulation substrate includes a conductive path separately on an upper surface and a lower surface thereof. A second insulation substrate is disposed on the upper surface of the first insulation substrate. An upper surface of the second insulation substrate includes a conductive path. The conductive path on the upper surface of the second insulation substrate is electrically connected to the conductive path on the lower surface of the first insulation substrate via a through-hole. The connection structure for a laser and the laser assembly in the present disclosure are configured to supplying power to a laser. | 2016-10-06 |
20160294157 | Packaging Structure For A Laser Diode - The invention relates to a packaging structure for a laser diode, comprising an electrically insulated, heat-conducting board having an electronic circuit thereon; a laser diode chip mounted on the electronic circuit of the electrically insulated, heat-conducting board and having an anode and a cathode, respectively connected to an external soldering pad for external electrical connections; and a heat-conducting base installed on a surface of the electrically insulated, heat-conducting board to conduct the heat generated by the laser diode chip to the heat-conducting base through the electrically insulated, heat-conducting board, wherein the laser diode chip emits the light from an edge of the electrically insulated, heat-conducting board and the area of a faying plane between the electrically insulated, heat-conducting board and the heat-conducting base is adjusted depending on the power requirements of the laser diode, and the area of the faying plane is from 6 to 5,000 mm | 2016-10-06 |
20160294158 | LASER - A laser includes a substrate and a resonant cavity. In addition to an active gain region, a first phase shift region, an optical branching region, and N reflective mode selection regions, the resonant cavity further includes a highly reflective surface, where a reflectivity of the highly reflective surface is greater than reflectivities of the N reflective mode selection regions, so that laser beams are output from the N reflective mode selection regions. Because the laser naturally includes at least two reflective mode selection regions, at least two laser beams are output. According to the laser provided by the embodiments of the present invention, one laser can output two laser beams or even multiple laser beams; therefore, laser beam generation efficiency is high and average costs for generating a single laser beam are accordingly reduced. | 2016-10-06 |
20160294159 | QUANTUM CASCADE SEMICONDUCTOR LASER - A quantum cascade semiconductor laser includes a substrate with a main surface including a waveguide area and a distributed Bragg reflection area that are arranged in a direction of a first axis; a laser region provided on the waveguide area, the laser region including a mesa waveguide having first and second side surfaces, and first and second burying regions provided on the first and second side surfaces, respectively; a distributed Bragg reflection region provided on the distributed Bragg reflection area, the distributed Bragg reflection region including a semiconductor wall having first bulk semiconductor regions and first laminate regions that are alternately arrayed in a direction of a second axis intersecting the first axis; and an upper electrode provided on the laser region. Each first bulk semiconductor region includes a bulk semiconductor layer. Each first laminate region includes a stacked semiconductor layer having a plurality of semiconductor layers. | 2016-10-06 |
20160294160 | QUANTUM CASCADE SEMICONDUCTOR LASER - A quantum cascade semiconductor laser includes a substrate and a semiconductor region provided on a principal surface of the substrate, the semiconductor region including a mesa waveguide, a first burying region provided on a first side surface of the mesa waveguide, and a second burying region provided on a second side surface of the mesa waveguide. Each of the first and second burying regions includes a plurality of laminate regions and a plurality of bulk semiconductor regions that are alternately arrayed. The laminate regions are separated from each other by the bulk semiconductor region. The bulk semiconductor regions are provided on side surfaces of the laminate regions so as to embed the laminate regions. Each of the laminate regions includes a semiconductor laminate structure having a plurality of semiconductor layers. | 2016-10-06 |
20160294161 | SEMICONDUCTOR LASER - A semiconductor laser includes: a stacked body having an active layer including a quantum well layer, the active layer having a cascade structure including a first region capable of emitting infrared laser light with a wavelength of not less than 12 μm and not more than 18 μm by an intersubband optical transition of the quantum well layer and a second region capable of relaxing energy of a carrier alternately stacked, the stacked body having a ridge waveguide and being capable of emitting the infrared laser light; and a dielectric layer provided so as to sandwich both sides of at least part of side surfaces of the stacked body, a wavelength at which a transmittance of the dielectric layer decreases to 50% being 16 μm or more, the dielectric layer having a refractive index lower than refractive indices of all layers constituting the active layer. | 2016-10-06 |
20160294162 | MANUFACTURABLE LASER DIODE - A method for manufacturing a laser diode device includes providing a substrate having a surface region and forming epitaxial material overlying the surface region, the epitaxial material comprising an n-type cladding region, an active region comprising at least one active layer overlying the n-type cladding region, and a p-type cladding region overlying the active layer region. The epitaxial material is patterned to form a plurality of dice, each of the dice corresponding to at least one laser device, characterized by a first pitch between a pair of dice, the first pitch being less than a design width. Each of the plurality of dice are transferred to a carrier wafer such that each pair of dice is configured with a second pitch between each pair of dice, the second pitch being larger than the first pitch. | 2016-10-06 |
20160294163 | IGNITION PLUG - An ignition plug having a ground electrode that includes a base material layer and an erosion-resistant layer having a thermal conductivity of 40 w/m·K or more. The erosion-resistant layer extends at least from the center-electrode-facing portion to a location closer to the fixed end than a front end of the center electrode and 0.2 mm≦thickness t | 2016-10-06 |
20160294164 | SPARK PLUG - A spark plug that includes a center electrode and a ground electrode. The center electrode is disposed providing a gap with the center electrode. At least one of the center electrode and the ground electrode includes a tip forming the gap. The tip includes a main body portion and a front surface layer. A composition of the main body portion is Pt as a main constituent and Rh of 5 mass % or more and Ni of 0 mass % or more to less than 8 mass %. The front surface layer is disposed at least at a surface radially outside of an axial line extending in a direction from a center of the main body portion to the gap. The front surface layer contains Ni of 8 mass % or more and has a thickness of 2 μm or more. | 2016-10-06 |
20160294165 | POWER LINE COMMUNICATION APPARATUS - A power line communication apparatus includes a power plug configured to connect to a power line, and a power plug receiver configured to connect to the power plug. The power line communication apparatus also includes a power line communicator configured to receive a signal transmitted through the power line, and a power supplier configured to generate power based on power received from the power plug and supply the generated power to the power line communication apparatus. The power line communication apparatus further includes a power board on which the power plug receiver is mounted, and a heat radiator that connects to the power line communicator and radiates heat generated from the power line communicator, wherein a portion of the heat radiator overlaps a portion of the power board when viewed perpendicular to the power board, and the portion of the power board does not include the power plug receiver. | 2016-10-06 |
20160294166 | MODULE EXTRACTION APPARTATUS OF HIGH VOLTAGE DIRECT CURRENT SYSTEM - The present invention relates to a module extraction apparatus of a high voltage direct current system. In the present invention, a fixed base ( | 2016-10-06 |
20160294167 | GAS CIRCUIT BREAKER AND METHOD FOR ATTACHING BUSHING - An adapter with an insertion guide for connection between a porcelain tube and a branch tube is provided at an upper end portion of the branch tube. The adapter with the insertion guide includes an insertion guide portion extending in an axial direction of the branch tube. After inserting a lower end of a central conductor into an insertion portion of an arc-extinguishing chamber, a flange of the porcelain tube is inserted into the adapter with the insertion guide by guidance of the insertion guide portion. Accordingly, in a state where a bushing and the branch tube are self-aligned with each other, a lower end portion of the central conductor is inserted into the insertion portion. | 2016-10-06 |
20160294168 | HAND TOOL SUCH AS A WIRE STRIPPER OR COMBINATION PLIERS - A hand tool and a wire stripper. The hand tool may include a first jaw portion and a second jaw portion having a spring constant more than about 2,225 lbs./in., measured when a force is applied in a direction parallel to the pivot axis to an associated jaw tip with a pivot member being held. The hand tool may include a jaw portion having a gripping surface and an angled wall connected to a side wall and defining a wire stripping portion, the wire stripping portion including a cutting edge and a recess defined in the angled wall, the recess extending from the cutting edge to an end at the one of the side walls, the angled wall being arranged non-parallel to the gripping surface and non-perpendicular to the side wall. The wire stripper may be a forged wire stripper including jaws defining a stripping aperture for Romex® NM wire. | 2016-10-06 |
20160294169 | CABLE KNIFE HAVING TWO BLADES - A cable knife has a housing as a handle and a slitting blade that projects out at a face side of the housing, above which blade a triangularly bent clamping bracket that is displaceably affixed to the housing is disposed in such a manner that it presses a cable laid in under the clamping bracket onto the slitting blade, and in which knife an additional hooked blade is attached to the housing, wherein the hooked blade is attached to the housing in fixed manner and is protected with a blade guard, and the clamping bracket is held in the housing in replaceable manner, by an engagement tongue. | 2016-10-06 |
20160294170 | WEATHERPROOF BOX WITH CLAMPING HUB - An electrical box assembly includes an electrical box having a side wall and an open top end and a conduit access port opening extending through the side wall and having a dimension to receive a conduit. A seal is received in the opening for surrounding the conduit. A clamp is positioned in the opening in the side wall and is positioned between the side wall and the seal for contacting an outer surface of the seal. An actuator is coupled to the electrical box and extends through the side wall into the opening in the side wall to contact the conduit clamp to constrict said conduit clamp and seal into clamping engagement with the conduit. | 2016-10-06 |
20160294171 | ELECTRICAL ENCLOSURE INCLUDING AN INTEGRAL EXHAUST DUCT AND METHOD - An electrical enclosure includes a first wall having an exhaust opening, a second wall, and a third wall. The electrical enclosure also includes at least one circuit breaker compartment, a line compartment arranged between the third wall and the at least one circuit breaker compartment, and an exhaust duct extending through the electrical enclosure between the first wall and the second wall. The exhaust duct is fluidically connected to the exhaust opening and each of the at least one circuit breaker compartments. At least one passage extends between the line compartment and the at least one circuit breaker compartment through the exhaust duct. The at least one passage is substantially fluidically isolated from the exhaust duct. | 2016-10-06 |
20160294172 | LOW PROFILE WHILE-IN-USE ELECTRICAL BOX AND COVER - A while-in-use electrical box including a housing having a front wall, a back wall, a top wall, a bottom wall and two opposed side walls. The housing has a longitudinal axis extending along the length of the box between the two side walls. The housing has a transverse axis extending from the back wall to the front wall. A device plate is disposed within the housing dividing the housing into a first section and a second section. The first section of the housing is enclosed and adapted to house an electrical device and the second section forms an electrical device access area. The device plate has a first panel forming a face plate for receiving a face of the electrical device. The second section is spaced from the first section along the longitudinal axis, and the face plate is in a non-parallel, non-perpendicular alignment with the housing transverse axis. | 2016-10-06 |
20160294173 | CABLE GLAND - A cable gland having a first cable gland portion and a second cable gland portion in engagement with each other is disclosed. The cable gland comprises earthing members ( | 2016-10-06 |
20160294174 | BUS BAR CONNECTION DEVICE AND SWITCHGEAR INCLUDING THE SAME - A bus bar connection device for a switchgear has a first bushing with an internal stem conductor whose end is a first connection surface at a nose of the bushing. The bus bar connection device has a second bushing with an internal stem conductor whose end is a second connection surface at a nose of the bushing. The first connection surface of the first bushing is placed opposite the second connection surface of the second bushing, the axis of the first bushing being identical to the axis of the second bushing. A connection element electrically connects the first connection surface with the second connection surface. A cylindrical insulation adapter surrounds the nose of the first bushing, the nose of the second bushing, and the connection element as one. | 2016-10-06 |
20160294175 | Flexture-Type Strain Relief Device - The present application is directed to a flexure-type strain relief device and includes a device body having a first surface and at least one support member formed on the device body, at least one fastener receiver may be formed in and traversing through the device body, at least one flex channel formed in and traversing through the device body and configured to be selectively movable in relation to at least one of the first surface of the device body and the support member of the device body, and at least one conduit receiving port formed in the flex channel wherein at least one transverse dimension of the receiving port configured to be selectively adjustable by controllably moving the flex channel thereby applying at least one clamping force to at least one conduit positioned within the receiving port. | 2016-10-06 |
20160294176 | Formable Cable Sleeve - A shape-holding sleeve that can retain an electrical cable, thereby allowing the cable to conform to an exact path between two points. | 2016-10-06 |
20160294177 | Apparatus for Tripping a Circuit Breaker for Vehicles - An apparatus is provided for protecting high-voltage electrical connections, in particular in vehicles. A fuse for interrupting a line includes a conduction coil, which is designed to have a conduction current on the line flowing through the conduction coil and to thereby generate a magnetic field. Furthermore, the includes a control coil, which is magnetically coupled to the conduction coil, and a circuit breaker, which is designed to interrupt the line depending on a field intensity of the magnetic field. In addition, the fuse includes a control unit, which is designed to determine a control current through the control coil in order to vary the field intensity of the magnetic field, and thus to cause or suppress an interruption of the line by way of the circuit breaker. | 2016-10-06 |
20160294178 | LOAD DRIVER CIRCUIT AND LOAD SHORT-CIRCUIT DETECTION CIRCUIT - A load driver circuit includes a detection circuit periodically detecting an inrush current that flows to the detection capacitor from the first terminal through the first switch element and outputting a detection signal responsive to a result of the detection at the first node; a peak hold circuit holding a peak voltage of the detection signal and outputting the held peak voltage as a detection voltage; a comparison circuit comparing the detection voltage with a threshold voltage and outputting a comparison result signal responsive to a result of the comparison; a control circuit controlling the first switch element to switch on and off, controlling a current detection operation of the detection circuit, and outputting a load control signal that controls the operation of the load; and a logic circuit controlling the load switch element based on the comparison result signal and the load control signal. | 2016-10-06 |
20160294179 | DYNAMIC COORDINATION OF PROTECTION DEVICES IN ELECTRICAL DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS - A dynamically coordinatable electrical distribution system includes a plurality of intelligently-controlled protection devices (PDs), a communication and control bus (comm/control) bus, and a central computer. The plurality of intelligently-controlled PDs is configured to protect a plurality of associated electrical loads from faults, developing faults, and other undesired electrical anomalies. Each of the PDs further has electrically adjustable time-current characteristics. The intelligently-controlled PDs are communicatively coupled to the comm/control bus and configured to report current data representative of real-time currents flowing through their respective loads to the central computer, via the comm/control bus. The central computer is configured to communicate with the plurality of PDs over the comm/control bus and dynamically coordinate the time-current characteristics of the plurality of PDs based on the current data it receives from the PDs. | 2016-10-06 |
20160294180 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR WIRELESS POWER TRANSFER USING OVER-VOLTAGE PROTECTION - A system and method of over-voltage protection includes a switch coupled between a power source and a load, a detection circuit configured to detect an onset of an over-voltage event at the load; and a driver circuit coupled to the switch and the detection circuit. The driver circuit includes a boost sub-circuit that provides a low-resistance path for opening the switch in a boost mode, the boost mode being triggered by the onset of the over-voltage event and having a predetermined duration and a steady state sub-circuit that provides a high-resistance path for holding the switch open during steady state operation when the boost mode. | 2016-10-06 |
20160294181 | OVERVOLTAGE PROTECTION FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM IN THE EVENT OF LOAD SHEDDING - A method for operating a motor vehicle electrical system which includes an electric machine, and an active bridge rectifier connected to the electric machine via phase connections. After the bridge rectifier has been operated at least once in a short circuit operating mode, a determination is made, based on at least one feature of a signal which characterizes a voltage that drops between the direct voltage terminals of the bridge rectifier, whether the signal has exceeded the upper threshold value due to a cable break at at least one of the direct voltage terminals. If so, the bridge rectifier is subsequently operated in the short circuit operating mode for an extended period of time, and/or a control signal having a second switching time greater than that in the first method phase is used for controlling the active switching elements. | 2016-10-06 |
20160294182 | MULTI-SOURCE ENERGY STORAGE SYSTEM AND ENERGY MANAGEMENT AND CONTROL METHOD - A multi-source energy storage system, it includes a first energy storage system, a second energy storage system, and a second DC/DC converter and controller and a method for supplying power to an electrical load from multiple energy storage systems. The first energy storage system can be coupled to an electrical load. The second DC/DC converter and controller can be coupled between at least one of the following: a second energy storage system and a first energy storage system or electrical load. The controller settings control the first and second energy storage systems and the second DC/DC converter runs in both precharge mode and normal mode. In the precharge mode, the first energy storage system charges the second energy storage system via the second DC/DC converter. In normal mode, the second energy storage is coupled to the electrical load via the second DC/DC converter. | 2016-10-06 |
20160294183 | Input Circuit for Providing a Supply Voltage - An input circuit for providing a supply voltage, which input circuit has a first input on the input side, wherein the input circuit has at the output end an output which serves to connect an electronic unit. The supply voltage can be transmitted via the first input to the output of the input circuit, and the first input of the input circuit is connected via a first path to the output of the input circuit. In the first path a switching unit is provided which serves for connecting the first input to an auxiliary connection of the input circuit. | 2016-10-06 |
20160294184 | ENERGY COMBINER - A hydraulic system includes a hydraulic circuit with a hydraulic component. A sensor is provided for sensing a characteristic of the hydraulic component. An energy harvester is configured to harvest energy from the hydraulic circuit. An energy combiner receives power outputs from the energy harvester and a battery, and is configured to selectively power the sensor from at least one of the battery and the energy harvester in response to a predetermined condition. | 2016-10-06 |
20160294185 | ENERGY BROWN OUT PREDICTION SYSTEM - A method for predicting when energy consumption on a grid will exceed normal production capacity for buildings within the grid including generating data sets for each of the buildings, each set comprising energy consumption values along with corresponding time and outside temperature values, where the energy consumption values within each set are shifted by one of a plurality of lag values relative to the corresponding time and outside temperature values, and where each lag value is different; performing a regression analysis on each set to yield corresponding regression model parameters and a corresponding residual; determining a least valued residual indicating a corresponding energy lag for each of the buildings; and using outside temperatures, regression model parameters, and energy lags for all of the buildings to estimate a cumulative energy consumption for the buildings, and to predict the time when energy consumption on the grid will exceed normal production capacity. | 2016-10-06 |
20160294186 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR EMPLOYING WEATHER INDUCED FACILITY ENERGY CONSUMPTION CHARACTERIZATIONS IN A DEMAND RESPONSE DISPATCH SYSTEM - A method for dispatching buildings in a demand response program event including retrieving a plurality of baseline energy use data sets for the buildings from a baseline data stores; generating data sets for each of the buildings, each set having energy consumption values along with corresponding time and outside temperature values, where the energy consumption values within each set are shifted by one of a plurality of lag values relative to the corresponding time and outside temperature values, and where each of the plurality of lag values is different from other ones of the plurality of lag values; performing a regression analysis on each set to yield regression model parameters and a residual; determining a least valued residual from all residuals yielded, the least valued residual indicating a corresponding energy lag for the each of the buildings; and using energy lags for all of the buildings to generate a dispatch schedule for the demand response program event according to a prioritization of the energy lags. | 2016-10-06 |
20160294187 | SYSTEM FOR STARTING LARGE-SCALE POWER LOAD IN MICRO-GRID - A system for staring a large-scale power load in a micro grid comprises a PCC grid connection switch, a micro grid alternating-current bus, an active power filter (APF), an energy storage inverter, an energy storage battery, a current-limiting resistor R, contactors K | 2016-10-06 |
20160294188 | ENERGY SUPPLY SYSTEM AND CONDUCTOR LOOP ENCLOSURE - An energy supply system for supplying electrical energy to a building, comprising a meter socket adapter, a principal switching device, an electrical backup device, and an appliance disconnector. The meter socket adapter is placed between a service panel socket and a standard utility meter, allowing the principal switching device to disconnect the building from the power grid. The appliance disconnector is then activated to implement an emergency power prioritization. | 2016-10-06 |
20160294189 | SOLAR CELL ADJUSTMENT SYSTEM, RELATED METHOD, AND MINIMUM CURRENT DETECTION AND CONTROL SYSTEM - [Problem] It is intended to provide a system, a related method and a minimum current detection and control system for, even when partial shading occurs in a string composed of a series connection of a plurality of solar cell modules, maintaining an output current of the whole. | 2016-10-06 |
20160294190 | ENERGY STORAGE SYSTEM WITH RANGE EXTENDER AND ENERGY MANAGEMENT AND CONTROL METHOD - A system comprises a first energy system, a range extender, and a controller. The range extender has a second energy system, first and second converters, and a by-pass. The first converter is selectably coupled between the first energy system and an electric load, the second converter is selectably coupled between the second energy system and at least one of an output side of the first converter and an input side of the electric load, and the by-pass is selectably coupled between the first energy system and at least one of the output side of the first converter, an output side of the second converter and the input side of the electric load. | 2016-10-06 |
20160294191 | PHOTOVOLTAIC-BASED FULLY INTEGRATED PORTABLE POWER MANAGEMENT AND NETWORKING SYSTEM - A photovoltaic-based fully integrated portable power management and networking system includes a flexible photovoltaic module and an integrated power management, storage, and distribution and networking (MSDN) subsystem. The flexible photovoltaic module is capable of being disposed in at least a folded position and an unfolded position, and the MSDN subsystem is mechanically and electrically coupled to the flexible photovoltaic module. The MSDN subsystem includes an integrated networking subsystem for providing Internet connection to one or more devices, and the integrated networking subsystem is at least partially powered from the flexible photovoltaic module. | 2016-10-06 |
20160294192 | POWER CONTROL APPARATUS AND POWER CONDITIONER - A detector detects a peak of a power value in a current-voltage characteristic curve to DC power output from a solar battery module. A setting device, when a plurality of peaks is detected, when a current value is greater than a threshold value in a first peak having a maximum voltage value of the plurality of peaks, sets an operation point based on the first peak. The setting device, when the current value in the first peak is equal to or less than the threshold value, sets the operation point based on a second peak in which the voltage value is less than that in the first peak and the current value is greater than the threshold value, of the plurality of peaks. A power regulator regulates output of the DC power of the solar battery module in accordance with the operation point set. | 2016-10-06 |
20160294193 | VOLTAGE GENERATOR - A voltage generator includes a first voltage generation unit and a second voltage generation unit suitable for generating a second power supply voltage using a first power supply voltage, and being selectively driven, and a control signal generation unit suitable for activating the first voltage generation unit until the second power supply voltage reaches a specific level and activating the second voltage generation unit after the second power supply voltage reaches the specific level. The first voltage generation unit has less driving ability than the second voltage generation unit. | 2016-10-06 |
20160294194 | POWER SUPPLY DEVICE, POWER SUPPLY METHOD, CONTROL DEVICE, AND PROGRAM - A unit selector ( | 2016-10-06 |
20160294195 | POWER RECEIVER FOR WIRELESS CHARGING SYSTEM - A power receiver for a wireless power transmission system that includes a power transmitter has input circuitry that converts power received from the power transmitter into an input signal. A regulator regulates the input signal to generate a regulated output signal based on a current reference signal and a voltage reference signal, and a load receives the regulated output signal. The regulator controls at least one of the current reference signal and the voltage reference signal to control power loss within the regulator. In one embodiment, the regulator globally controls the voltage of the rectified input signal and locally controls the current reference signal to limit power loss in the regulator as well as meet system load requirements. | 2016-10-06 |
20160294196 | WIRELESS POWER SUPPLY METHOD - A rotational deviation and a positional deviation of a power transmission antenna and a power reception antenna are adjusted using an amount of electric power received in adjustment antenna elements provided on the same plane as the power transmission antenna and the power reception antenna. | 2016-10-06 |
20160294197 | Information Handling System Battery Charge Management to Support Variable Increased Current Use Functions - A portable information handling system manages battery charge to maintain a minimum level that supports boot by disconnecting the battery from a battery discharge path so that battery charge is lost substantially only to self-discharge. The battery automatically reconnects to the battery discharge path if external power becomes available to charge the battery. The minimum battery charge level provides adequate power in combination with the external power to support boot of the portable information handling system to an operational state. A power manager monitors power transition events to track power consumption information that a battery charge manager applies to modify the power transition events if external power and available battery charge are not sufficient to perform the power transition event without modification. | 2016-10-06 |
20160294198 | BATTERY MODULE ARCHITECTURE WITH HORIZONTAL AND VERTICAL EXPANDABILITY - A battery module architecture including a plurality of battery cells coupled electrically in series and having a combined battery potential proportional to the combined sum of the battery cells is controlled by microcontroller to balance battery cell voltages by a battery cell voltage balancer having a discharging circuit and a plurality of differential conductive connections each respectively coupled to positive and negative terminals of one of the battery cells. | 2016-10-06 |
20160294199 | Public Service and Charging Kiosk - An autonomous public service and utility providing kiosk apparatus, system and methods are disclosed herein. One particular example includes a structure for an outdoor transit stop for use in bus or rail lines and routes. Many features are optionally provided by the kiosk including: video, audio, interactive display, Internet access, electronic device charging, to name a few. Also optionally, autonomy is provided by photovoltaic solar panels, thereby obviating a need for utility power. The invention can additionally be retrofitted to an existing transit stop or be a new stand alone structure. | 2016-10-06 |
20160294200 | POWER STORAGE APPARATUS, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING STORAGE BATTERY, AND METHOD FOR CONTROL INFORMATION TERMINAL - A power apparatus includes: a storage battery; a first communicator that communicates with external communication equipment through a short-range wireless communication; a power supply circuit that supply power of the storage battery to the electrical equipment; and a control circuitry that causes, when the first communicator receives a request signal for requesting at least one of first information regarding whether or not a power supply operation to supply the power of the storage battery to the electrical equipment through the power supply circuit is normal and second information regarding whether or not an operation of the electrical equipment using power supplied from the storage battery is normal from the external communication equipment, the first communicator to transmit response information including at least one of the first information and the second information to a transmission source of the request signal and to transmit the request signal to another power storage apparatus. | 2016-10-06 |
20160294201 | SLIM-FORM CHARGER FOR A MOBILE PHONE - A device for charging a mobile phone, comprising: a body having a length dimension, a width dimension and a thickness dimension, with the thickness dimension being substantially smaller than the length dimension and the width dimension; a power plug integrated in the body; and a charging and mounting support integrated on a front surface of the body, detachably and mechanically mounting and electronically connecting a back interface integrated on a back surface of a mobile phone; wherein in order to charge the mobile phone, a power connector of the charging and mounting support is connected mechanically and electronically to a power connector of the back interface; and wherein the back interface is rotationally movable and rotationally locking when mounted on the charging and mounting support. | 2016-10-06 |
20160294202 | CHARGING CIRCUIT - A charging circuit includes a power supply chipset, a charging port, and a detecting circuit. The power supply chipset includes an enable pin. A voltage on the enable pin controls the power supply chipset. The charging port includes a detecting pin which detects whether there is an electronic device connected on the charging port. The detecting circuit is connected between the detecting pin and the enable pin. The detecting circuit controls the voltage on the enable pin to cause the power supply chipset to output a charging voltage to the power supply chipset in event an electronic device that requires charging is connected to the charging port. | 2016-10-06 |
20160294203 | CHARGER, CHARGING SYSTEM AND POWER TOOL WITH BATTERY PACK - A electrical combination includes a battery pack and a charger. The battery pack includes a battery pack housing including a first connecting portion for connecting the battery pack to the charger and a vent for placing an inside and an outside of the battery pack housing into communication. Battery cells are disposed within the battery pack housing. The charger includes a charger housing including a second connecting portion for engaging with the first connecting portion and an air flue having an air inlet and an air outlet, and a fan disposed within the charger housing. When the battery pack is connected to the charger, the air inlet is connected with the vent of the battery pack and the battery pack is positioned between the air outlet and the second connecting portion. | 2016-10-06 |
20160294204 | ADAPTIVE BATTERY PACK - According to at least one aspect, embodiments herein provide an adaptive battery pack module comprising a Li-ion battery, a low-voltage bus coupled to the Li-ion battery, a bi-directional DC-DC converter coupled to the low-voltage bus, a low-voltage output coupled to the low-voltage bus, a high-voltage output, and a high-voltage bus coupled between the bi-directional DC-DC converter and the high-voltage output, wherein the low-voltage output is configured to be coupled to at least one Li-ion battery of at least one external battery pack module, and wherein the bi-directional DC-DC converter is configured to receive DC power from the Li-ion battery and the at least one Li-ion battery of the at least one external battery pack module via the low-voltage bus, convert the received DC power into output DC power, and provide the output DC power to the high-voltage bus. | 2016-10-06 |
20160294205 | Hybrid Power Supply Unit For Audio Amplifier - A system and method for using a circuit for providing power from multiple sources for a variable audio amplifier. The system includes a battery, a power supply and a controller which provides a power supply for the variable load demands of the amplifier, while still maintaining a substantially constant battery charge over an extended period of time. | 2016-10-06 |
20160294206 | BATTERY CONTROL IC, BATTERY PACK, AND AUTHENTICATION METHOD THEREOF - It is possible to limit the use of non-authentic battery packs. A battery control IC ( | 2016-10-06 |
20160294207 | LITHIUM-ION BATTERY AND CHARGE/DISCHARGE CONTROL METHOD - A lithium-ion battery includes a lithium-ion cell, a positive electrode terminal, a positive/negative electrode insulation sheet, a connector and a housing used as a negative electrode. The lithium-ion cell is arranged in the housing, the connector is arranged between the lithium-ion cell and the housing. The positive electrode terminal is installed on one end of the lithium ion cell. A circuit board is arranged between the battery positive/negative electrode and the lithium-ion cell. A voltage/current control and overcharge/over-discharge protection circuit is integrated on the circuit board. The voltage/current control and overcharge/over-discharge protection circuit can adjust the voltage of the lithium-ion battery to be a voltage of 1.5V/1.2V. The shape and size of the housing can be designed to be any shapes to replace traditional dry batteries according to requirements. The lithium-ion battery can be designed to be using the same port to do the discharging and charging work. | 2016-10-06 |
20160294208 | Wireless Charging Circuit - A wireless charging circuit includes a substrate. The first surface of the substrate includes a first metal wire, which is spirally disposed on the first surface. A second metal wire is disposed on the second surface of the substrate. An end of the second metal wire is electrically connected to an end of the first metal wire. The second metal wire further has a first extending portion on the second surface; wherein the first extending portion is corresponding to the first metal wire and the length of the first extending portion is smaller than a half of that of the first metal wire. | 2016-10-06 |
20160294209 | PORTABLE POWER CHARGER WITH WIRELESS AND DIRECT CHARGING CONNECTIVITY - A power charging kit is provided for charging one or more electronic devices. The power charging kit includes a portable charger unit that includes wireless power transmission components, such as a transmitter and a receiver for recharging the charger as well as electronic devices via wireless power transmission methods. The portable charger unit also includes at least one power connection for connecting the charger with an external power source, or at least one electronic device, or both, for direct charge connectivity. The power connection can be a power connection port or a power connector cable, attached to the charger housing, each capable of acting as a power input, a power output, or both. A processing unit controls operation of the charger unit for wireless and direct charging. | 2016-10-06 |
20160294210 | Powering Loads with a Power Supply and an Uninterruptible Power Supply - A system in accordance with an example includes a first load and a second load. The first load includes a first power supply connected to a first uninterruptible power supply (UPS). The second load includes a second power supply connected to a second UPS, where the first UPS is connected to the second UPS. The first power supply is to deliver power to the first load and to the second load when power to the second load is disabled, and the second power supply is to deliver power to the second load and to the first load when power to the first load is disabled. | 2016-10-06 |
20160294211 | METHOD OF CONTROLLING AN UNINTERRUPTIBLE POWER SUPPLY SYSTEM TO OPTIMIZE COMPONENT LIFE - A method of controlling an uninterruptible power supply system to increase component life includes decreasing a maximum output power limit of the uninterruptible power supply system when a temperature that the uninterruptible power supply system is experiencing has increased and increasing the maximum output power limit when this temperature has decreased. In an aspect, this temperature is ambient temperature of an equipment enclosure of the uninterruptible power supply system in which at least a rectifier and inverter of the uninterruptible power supply system are located. In an aspect, the method further includes upon the system going into an overload condition, determining an overload time limit based upon the temperature, the overload condition and an initial load condition. In an aspect, the method further includes upon the system going into a back-up power mode, determining a battery autonomy based upon the temperature. | 2016-10-06 |
20160294212 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR HIGH-SPEED POWER SOURCE TRANSFER (HS-PST) - An electronic device configured to switchover power from a primary source to an alternate source to maintain continuity of power supplied to a load bus. The electronic device includes one or more processors configured to identify availability of the alternate source using source monitoring in order to measure and calculate a tracking frequency for controlling a variable sampling interval of the one or more processors. The processors are configured to store signal samples and associated time stamps into a variable length buffer and store new sample values and associated new time stamps into the fixed length buffer. The processors are configured to determine attributes from samples of the alternate source using the tracking frequency. The processors are configured to execute a source switchover signal when the primary source is unavailable based by comparing load bus attributes to alternate source attributes at an estimated instance of switchover. | 2016-10-06 |
20160294213 | EMERGENCY POWER SYSTEM - An emergency power system for maintaining power to a refrigeration unit during a power outage includes a refrigeration unit to contain food items and maintain the food items at a cooled temperature to preserve the food items. The refrigeration unit is electrically coupled to a power source. A backup apparatus provides electrical power to the refrigeration unit in the event of failure of the power source such that the refrigeration unit maintains the food items at the cooled temperature. | 2016-10-06 |
20160294214 | DIRECT CURRENT ISOLATED-PARALLEL UNINTERRUPTIBLE POWER SUPPLY SYSTEM - A Direct Current (DC) Isolated-Parallel (Iso-Parallel or IP) Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS) system and method for converting incoming AC power to DC power using several modules which are paralleled at their outputs yet fault isolated from each other. The DCIP UPS has two or more modules connected to a common IP Bus which operates at AC voltage and is disposed between a facility electrical distribution system and the facility's critical electrical loads which operate at DC voltage. The electrical distribution system receives power from a local utility, or from a standby power source when utility power is unavailable, and delivers AC power to the DCIP UPS input. The DCIP UPS converts the power to DC and delivers it to critical electrical loads associated with computer equipment or other devices using DC power. The individual modules that comprise the DCIP UPS share the DC loads equally, yet remain isolated such that a fault within one module or its load will not disrupt the operation or loads of the remaining modules. | 2016-10-06 |
20160294215 | POWER CONTROL SYSTEM, POWER CONTROL METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - A power control system includes an acquisition unit that acquires information indicating the amount of power demand that is used by a consumer according to predetermined information that prompts adjustment of the power demand, and a control unit that controls a predetermined apparatus in accordance with a target demand amount and the information indicating the power demand amount. | 2016-10-06 |
20160294216 | Field Neutralization During Inductive Charging - A device and a corresponding method are provided for reducing an electromagnetic field in a vehicle. A control unit for a vehicle is designed to determine one or more properties of an electromagnetic interference field. The control unit is further designed to incite an emission unit in the vehicle to emit an opposing field which reduces a strength of the interference field in a first zone around and/or in the vehicle. | 2016-10-06 |
20160294217 | Double-Sided LCLC-Compensated Topology For Capacitive Power Transfer - A double-sided LCLC-compensated network is proposed for a capacitive power transfer (CPT) system. In one design, four metal plates are used to form two power transmitting and receiving capacitors and the LCLC network is used to compensate the capacitors. In the second design, two extra metal plates are used to couple with the previous four plates at the transmitting and receiving side, respectively, which forms the capacitor-integrated structure. The circuit parameter values are tuned to achieve zero voltage switching (ZVS) of the input side switches. There is also a CLLC topology proposed, which is a similar variation of LCLC circuit. A 3.3 kW input power capacitive power transfer prototype is designed and built. The experiment results show that the proposed CPT system can transfer 3.1 kW output power through an air gap distance of 70 mm with a dc-to-dc efficiency of 92.1%. | 2016-10-06 |
20160294218 | POWER LINE COMMUNICATION CONTROL SYSTEM - A power line communication control system for coupling between an power line and a load is disclosed. The exemplary system is capable of simultaneously distributing electrical power and transmitting communication signals with minimized interference there-between. The exemplary system includes an inductive coupling input terminal and an inductive coupling output terminal. Each of the input and the output terminals includes a pair of series-connected inductors having substantially identical inductance value. Accordingly, the system is capable of may deliver the household power signal under common mode transmission while transmitting the communication signal using differential mode transmission, thereby minimizing the interference between the power line AC current and the communication signal. | 2016-10-06 |
20160294219 | THERMAL BARRIER FOR WIRELESS POWER TRANSFER - A thermal barrier for a wireless power transfer system comprises a first surface area ( | 2016-10-06 |
20160294220 | METHOD FOR DISTRIBUTING WIRELESS CHARGE POWER FOR MULTIPLE WIRELESS POWER RECEIVERS - One embodiment of the present invention is capable of providing a method for efficiently transmitting power for multiple wireless power receivers by distributing the power of the wireless power receivers as power which matches the respective wireless power receivers in accordance with demand power information from the multiple wireless power receivers. | 2016-10-06 |
20160294221 | Secondary-Side Output Boost Technique in Power Converters and Wireless Power Transfer Systems - In one embodiment, a power converter includes a wireless transmitter coil and a resonant capacitor that is configured to resonate at a first frequency. The wireless transmitter coil and resonant capacitor are configured to receive an alternating current at a second frequency such that the power converter outputs a first voltage that is dependent on the second frequency. In one embodiment, the first and second frequency are substantially equal. The power converter may also include an interconnection link configured to substantially double or vary the first voltage depending on a duty cycle that is applied to the interconnection link. | 2016-10-06 |
20160294222 | ELECTRIC POWER RECEIVING DEVICE AND ELECTRIC POWER TRANSMISSION DEVICE - An electric power receiving device has an electric power receiving unit that contactlessly receives electric power from an electric power transmission device, and the power receiving unit includes a first node, a second node, and a capacitor, a coil, a capacitor, a coil, and a capacitor, which are sequentially connected in series, between the first node and the second node. | 2016-10-06 |
20160294223 | WIRELESS POWER TRANSMISSION AND CHARGING SYSTEM, AND RESONANCE FREQUENCY CONTROL METHOD OF WIRELESS POWER TRANSMISSION AND CHARGING SYSTEM - A wireless power transmission and charging system, and a communication method of the wireless power transmission and charging system are provided. In one embodiment, a resonance frequency control method of a wireless power transmitter may include: generating communication power used for communication in a plurality of target devices using a reference resonance frequency; transmitting communication power to the plurality of target devices; transmitting charging power to the plurality of target devices; and adjusting the reference resonance frequency based on a reflected wave of the charging power, the amount of power received by one or more of the target devices, the amount of the charging power, the transmission efficiency of the charging power, or any combination thereof. | 2016-10-06 |
20160294224 | EFFICIENT AND ROBUST WIRELESS ENERGY TRANSFER - A method or apparatus for wireless transferring energy between a source coil and a drain coil, comprises setting an initial resonant frequency of the source coil as a first condition; setting the source coil and said drain coil in positions relative to each other to define an initial coupling coefficient therebetween, so that the initial coupling coefficient comprises a second condition; and adiabatically changing one or both of the conditions while pumping energy into the source coil. The source coil energy is transferred to the drain coil over the course of the adiabatic change. | 2016-10-06 |
20160294225 | WIRELESS POWER SYSTEMS AND METHODS SUITABLE FOR CHARGING WEARABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICES - Base units, systems and methods for wireless energy transfer are described. A wireless energy transfer system according to some examples includes a transmitter of wireless energy and a distance separated receiver. Examples of transmitter and receiver coils are described. Examples of distance and orientation optimization are described. Examples of wireless charging systems that may be include helmets, body worn units, and/or light sockets are described. | 2016-10-06 |
20160294226 | POWER SUPPLY APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR WIRELESS POWER TRANSMISSION - Provided is an apparatus and method that may stably perform wireless transmission. According to one general aspect, a power supply for a wireless power transmitter may include: a detecting unit configured to detect voltage, current, or both supplied to a power amplifier (PA); a controller configured to determine power supplied to the PA based on the detected voltage, the detected current, or both, and to determine a reference current based on the determined power supplied to the PA; and a breaker configured to cut off the power supplied to the PA based on a comparison of current supplied to the PA and the reference current. | 2016-10-06 |