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| 20080265672 | MULTIPLE SOURCES OF OPERATING POWER TO A LOAD - A system comprises a first power supply, a second power supply, and a load coupled to the first and second power supplies via separate power connectors. The load receives separate operating power from each of the first and second power supplies. | 10-30-2008 |
| 20080265673 | Express power load center - A power load center comprises a first terminal block adapted to receive multiple high voltage DC power feeder pairs under normal operating conditions and a protector block adapted to receive the multiple high voltage DC power pairs from the first terminal block and to aggregate them. | 10-30-2008 |
| 20090015063 | Method and architecture for reduction in vehicle wiring - Systems and methods perform power conversion and distribution. A system for power conversion and distribution, according to one embodiment comprises: a first generator substation ( | 01-15-2009 |
| 20090236908 | RESERVOIR CAPACITOR AND SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAME - A reservoir capacitor includes a first power supply unit and a second power supply unit, and at least two large-capacity capacitors connected in series between the first and second power supply units. | 09-24-2009 |
| 20090284071 | FEED INTERMEDIATE APPARATUS, FEEDING SYSTEM, AND FEED INTERMEDIATE METHOD - A feed hub includes a priority receiving unit that acquires priority indicating degree of need of electricity feed, for each of plural terminals, a feed relation determining unit that selects two communication devices having different priorities acquired by the priority receiving unit, determines the communication device having lower priority as a feed source and the communication device having higher priority as a feed destination from the selected communication devices, an electricity switching unit that connects the feed source and the feed destination determined by the feed relation determining unit, and a feed requesting unit that requests the feed source determined by the feed relation determining unit to feed electricity. | 11-19-2009 |
| 20100237695 | SMART POWER DEVICE - A power device may include channels coupled to conductors in lines, where each one of the channels is coupled to a different one of the lines than the other channels and where the channels deliver direct current power signals over the conductors to the load devices. Each one of the load devices may be powered by a different one of the direct current power signals. The power device may include a power communicator that communicates with the load devices over the conductors that propagate the direct current power signals. The power communicator may determine a target power level for the load devices based on the communication over the conductors. The load device may adjust an amount of power in the direct current power signals in order to match the target power level. | 09-23-2010 |
| 20100301669 | POWER MANAGEMENT FOR POWER CONSTRAINED DEVICES - Techniques are disclosed for optimizing power consumption in electronic devices that operate on battery-based or scavenged power. The power scavenged or otherwise supplied by such devices may therefore last longer, allowing longer performance on a given charge (whether sourced from scavenged power, battery power, or a combination thereof). An energy distribution circuit can be used in conjunction with a hysteretic switch, wherein the hysteretic switch can be used to switch an energy storage element in-circuit (so that it can provide charge to sub-circuitry or components) when the charge stored on that element exceeds a given charge threshold; otherwise, the hysteretic switch presents as a high resistance or open circuit when the charge stored on the energy storage element drops below a lower recharge threshold. The energy distribution circuit can be configured for adaptively providing different discharge rates for different loads. | 12-02-2010 |
| 20110121647 | SOLAR POWER DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM - The present invention is directed toward a solar power system including an array of photovoltaic panels. The photovoltaic array may include a first module electrically coupled to an AC load and a second module electrically coupled to a DC load. The array may be reconfigured such that individual panels may be transferred from the first module to the second module, and vice versa. The arrays may generate power that is selectively distributed to direct current and alternating current power loads. The system further includes a power management device effective to maximize the power generation of the second module. | 05-26-2011 |
| 20110187186 | UNIVERSAL SINGLE-STAGE POWER CONVERTER WITH PFC CAPABILITY - A switched-mode power converter power converter, in one preferred embodiment with eight switches connected between three ports and an inductive element, with a donor (charging) port, a receptor port (load) and donor/receptor port (storage) operated so that energy may be switch between any of the ports regardless of the polarity and magnitude of the inductor current at the beginning of a chopping cycle. In one embodiment of the invention power conversion and power factor correction are accomplished in a single stage. | 08-04-2011 |
| 20120228933 | DEVICE FOR MONITORING SOURCE OF ELECTRIC POWER SUPPLIED TO STORAGE BATTERY IN POWER SUPPLY SYSTEM - A device for monitoring power sources of a storage battery includes a monitoring unit for monitoring input and output of power to and from a storage battery; and a power source management unit for managing sources from which amounts of power stored in the storage battery have been obtained and extents to which the amounts of power have been stored in the storage battery. | 09-13-2012 |
| 20120256483 | ELECTRICAL CHARGE AND DISCHARGE SYSTEM, METHOD OF MANAGING A BATTERY AND A POWER GENERATOR, AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM - This charge and discharge system comprises a battery connected to a bus to which multiple power a generator and an electric power transmission system are connected, a charger configured to supply power from the bus to the battery, a discharger separate from the charger and configured to output electric power from the battery to the bus, and a controller configured to separately control the charger and the discharger. | 10-11-2012 |
| 20120286572 | SELF-SUFFICIENT GENERATOR FOR PRODUCING ELECTRICAL POWER - A self-sufficient generator system includes one or more battery banks recharged by alternators driven by a motor. A main battery bank provides power to a load while other battery banks power the motor. | 11-15-2012 |
| 20120319475 | CONNECTION BASE AND ELECTRIC POWER INTEGRATION APPARATUS HAVING THE SAME - A connection base is disclosed. The connection base includes a first connection port, a second connection port, a charging unit, a first electric power conversion unit, and a second electric power conversion unit. The first electric power conversion unit is for converting an input voltage to a first output voltage, and for transmitting the first output voltage to the charging unit. The charging unit is for receiving the first output voltage and outputting a charging voltage, in order to charge the electric power bank device which is detachably connected to the first connection port. The second electric power conversion unit is for receiving and converting a second output voltage of the electric power bank device to a supply voltage, and sending the supply voltage to the inverter which is detachably connected to the second connection port. | 12-20-2012 |
| 20120319476 | POWER AND CONTROL UNIT FOR A LOW OR MEDIUM VOLTAGE APPARATUS - A power and control unit for a low or medium voltage apparatus, said apparatus comprising at least a couple of electrical contacts that can be coupled/separated by means of an electro-magnetic actuator, first power storage means for supplying electric power for the operations of said apparatus and power supply means for charging first said power storage means, characterised in that it comprises:
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| 20130026831 | DISTRIBUTED DC ENERGY STORAGE FOR SUPPLYING AN INTERMITTENT SUBSEA LOAD - A power distribution system includes a plurality of load side power converters configured in a modular stacked DC (MSDC) converter architecture. Each load side converter includes a respective energy storage device such that together the plurality of energy storage devices provides a distributed subsea energy storage system configured to maintain a common subsea busbar voltage substantially constant during intermittent load voltage excursions. | 01-31-2013 |
| 20130057067 | MOBILE MICRO-GRID POWER SYSTEM CONTROLLER AND METHOD - Methods and control apparatus are presented for controlling supply of electrical power to a mobile micro-grid power system, in which a master controller automatically rebalances the micro-grid by activating and deactivating individual power supplies to preferentially activate non-fuel consuming power supplies and deactivate fuel consuming power supplies so as to minimize fuel consumption for the micro-grid power system. | 03-07-2013 |
| 20130062942 | SOLAR INVERTER FOR AN EXTENDED INSOLATION RANGE AND OPERATING METHOD - An inverter system ( | 03-14-2013 |
| 20130076131 | DISTRIBUTED POWER GENERATION SYSTEM AND OPERATION METHOD THEREOF - A distributed power generation system ( | 03-28-2013 |
| 20130082524 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR BRANCH ENCODING IN AN ELECTRIC NETWORK - Methods and systems for branch encoding an electric network to identify a direction of power flow in the electric network are provided. Sequential numbers are assigned to a first power source, each one of a plurality of power branches, and each one of a plurality of nodes. A rationalized value indicative of a direction of current flow through a branch is assigned to each branch of the plurality of branches. The rationalized value of each branch is determined as the difference between the numbers assigned to that branch's first connecting node and its second connecting node. | 04-04-2013 |
| 20130113280 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MANAGING BATTERY CELL, AND ENERGY STORAGE SYSTEM - An energy storage system which balances cell voltages and a method of balancing cell voltages are disclosed. The system and method use a temperature of balancing resistors to determine a time for the balancing resistors to be selectively connected across battery cells so as to balance the battery cells. | 05-09-2013 |
| 20130229057 | CONTROL APPARATUS - Provided is a control apparatus for an ancillary service that utilizes storage batteries. The control apparatus, which is for controlling charging/discharging between a power storage unit and a power grid, and of discharging from the power storage unit to a load, allots the rechargeable batteries to a power-grid power-storage section that is for controlling discharging to the power grid on the basis of the amount of economical profit to be raised by this control and/or the state of rechargeable batteries contained in the power storage unit, and to a load power-storage section that is for controlling discharging to the load, to control discharging from the power-grid power-storage section to the power grid, and discharging from the load power-storage section to the load. | 09-05-2013 |
| 20130320761 | METHOD FOR MANAGING THE LEVEL OF CHARGE OF AT LEAST TWO BATTERIES, CORRESPONDING DEVICE AND COMPUTER PROGRAM - A method is provided for managing the level of charge of at least two batteries respectively powering a first and a second device. The devices are able to cooperate physically with one another via a modular interface, and the method includes a step of transferring energy from one of the batteries to the other of the batteries, the transferring step being implemented as a function of a level of charge of at least one of the batteries. | 12-05-2013 |
| 20140054961 | WIRELESSLY POWERED FURNITURE - A remote transmitter wirelessly transmits energy to an article of furniture adapted to receive and store the wireless energy. The article of furniture is further adapted distribute the stored energy to electrical loads such as peripheral electronic devices, portable electronic devices and other articles of furniture. The remote transmitter may wirelessly transfer energy during inactive periods. The stored energy may be distributed to an electrical loads during an active period. | 02-27-2014 |
| 20140084684 | POWER SUPPLY CIRCUIT - The present invention provides a power supply circuit, which includes a plurality of switchable bidirectional regulators, respectively coupled between a first common node and a plurality of external terminals, and each external terminal has a switchable connection selectively electrically connectable to a external power source for receiving power supply from the external power source or to an external device for charging the external device. Each switchable bidirectional regulator includes: an upper power transistor switch, a lower power transistor switch, an inductor, and a buck-boost controller for controlling operations of the upper power transistor switch and the lower power transistor switch to perform either buck or boost voltage conversion according to a mode control signal. | 03-27-2014 |
| 20140091622 | Modular Power Conversion System - A modular power conversion system. The modular power conversion system includes at least one first electric resource, a modular power stage, at least one second electric resource, and wherein the modular power stage comprising at last one module including power electronics for converting power between the at least one first electronic resource and the at least one second electric resource. | 04-03-2014 |
| 20140152097 | POWER SUPPLY SYSTEM, POWER DISTRIBUTION APPARATUS, AND POWER CONTROL METHOD - A power supply system comprises a path switching means that switches a power supply path between power generation equipment and a load so that at least a part of output power of each power generation equipment is supplied to another power generation equipment during a power failure or power instability in the grid. | 06-05-2014 |
| 20150303692 | ARCHITECTURE AND MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND DEVICE FOR MICRO-GRIDS WITH ENERGY GENERATION, STORAGE AND CONSUMPTION, OF THE TOTALLY INTEGRATED, DYNAMIC AND SELF-CONFIGURABLE TYPE - Architecture system of a local grid made up of at least two single nodes constituting micro-grids, each managed by a self-configurable node controller that is also connected to the controllers of the other nodes and to the single energy generation, storage and consumption elements of its own node, the elements being variable in their configuration and dynamic in their behaviour; the controller also optimizing the energy transfers according to specific management logics of the routine and sub-routine type. | 10-22-2015 |
| 20150318701 | ENERGY STORAGE SYSTEM - An energy storage system is provided with one or more local energy storage systems and a procedure to operate such an energy storage system. The local energy storage systems are connected to a non-local power supply grid and/or one or more local power supply grids each compromising at least one local control unit, which is intended at least for control of the respective energy storage system for localized regulating and system tasks (LRS) for the one or more respective local power supply grids. The energy storage system furthermore comprises a central control unit connected via the communication network to the respective local control units, which is intended for control (SNL) of absorbing (En) and emitting (Ep) energy of the one or more local energy storage systems to the non-local power supply grid, with the central control unit being equipped to dispose of all portions of the local storage capacities (LSKg). | 11-05-2015 |
| 20160006276 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR STATE OF CHARGE COMPENSATION OF AN ENERGY STORAGE SYSTEM - An apparatus for state of charge compensation includes at least two energy storage modules, each energy storage module having an energy storage module voltage, at least two voltage converter modules, with each voltage converter module being electrically connected to a respective one of the at least two energy storage modules in one-to-one correspondence and forming a corresponding submodule, an electrical machine electrically connected to the at least two submodules, and a control device configured to control a flow of electrical energy between at least one of the submodules and the electrical machine. | 01-07-2016 |
| 20160036268 | Light Fixture Emergency Power System - Techniques are presented herein to operate a light fixture as in an emergency mode in order to verify that the light emitted by the light fixture when operated in the emergency mode complies with emergency operating policies, as well as to detect failures. The light emitted by the light fixture in emergency mode may be measured and adjusted to optimize the runtime of the light fixture in the emergency mode. The light fixture is connected to a lighting control system via a control network which supplies electrical power to charge an onboard battery of a light fixture and to operate the light fixture. The light fixture may be caused to operate in the emergency lighting mode when a main electrical power supply is interrupted or when performances of the light fixture and of the onboard battery are tested. | 02-04-2016 |
| 20160043547 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ENERGY SHEDDING - This invention discloses a method and apparatus for managing energy shedding by utilizing built-in energy storage capacity of electronic devices to realize load shedding by selecting disconnecting the devices from the electrical grid and operating on battery power and detecting appropriate periods to reconnect the devices to the grid to replenish the expended energy in the energy storage capacity. | 02-11-2016 |
| 20160087488 | Automatic dual battery charger mobile communication apparatus - A mobile communication apparatus securely attached to a person or a subject to be monitored, wherein said apparatus utilizes first and a second internal batteries to provide power to the mobile communication apparatus electronic circuitry, a detachable battery used to charge the first internal battery, and the first internal battery provides power the tracking device electronic circuitry and charges the second internal battery. Wherein when the first internal battery is been charged by the detachable battery, the mobile communication apparatus is operative by the second internal battery power. And when the second internal battery is been charged by the detachable battery, the mobile communication device becomes operative by the first internal battery power. | 03-24-2016 |
| 20160099608 | POWER ADAPTER WITH BUILT-IN BATTERY AND POWER STORAGE AND SUPPLY METHOD THEREOF - A power storage and supply method for a power adapter includes determining whether the power adapter is connected to an external power source; if yes, further determining whether the power adapter is connected to an electronic device; if yes, selecting to charge the electronic device or a battery module built in the power adapter; determining whether a physical quantity of the power adapter reaches a first reference value; and, if yes, selecting to charge the electronic device and/or the battery module. The power adapter includes a microcontroller that uses the physical quantity of the power adapter to determine charging sequence, so that the power adapter is not interfered and limited by incompatible device signal control and can be directly used to charge any electronic device while automatically switching among different charging operation states to complete charging of the electronic device and the built-in battery module in increased charging efficiency. | 04-07-2016 |
| 20160128151 | Low Current LED Lighting System - A solar powered lighting system comprises a photovoltaic array coupled to a rechargeable battery and an LED array having a variable brightness output. A memory device contains a lighting profile for each day of a calendar year at a predetermined geophysical location on the surface of the earth, and includes a calendar of events including times of activation and deactivation of one or more LED arrays and brightness levels associated with each array for each event. A real time clock times the reading of the events by a controller in a control module for controlling the intensity of the LED array such that the LED array is energized at preselected times as determined by the real time clock and at preselected intensities based upon the lighting profile and includes a control module that consumes on average no more than 2 mA of current. | 05-05-2016 |
| 20160149438 | POWER SUPPLY SYSTEM - A power supply system includes a battery, a controller, and an adaptor. A power supply is configured to supply power to an electronic device. The controller includes a detecting module, a comparison module, and a control module. The detecting module is configured to detect working status of the electronic device. The comparison module is configured to compare a capacity of the adaptor with a load. The control module is configured to determine a supply status of the adaptor, control the adaptor to output a first charging current to charge the battery when the adaptor is normal supply status, the capacity of the adaptor is greater than the load, and the electronic device is normal, and control the adaptor to output a second charging current to charge the battery when the adaptor is the normal supply status and the electronic device is in a stand-by mode. | 05-26-2016 |
| 20160157307 | LIGHTING LAMP SYSTEM AND POWER DISTRIBUTOR USED FOR LIGHTING LAMP SYSTEM | 06-02-2016 |
| 20160181801 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS | 06-23-2016 |
| 20190148944 | POWER CONTROL APPARATUS, POWER CONTROL METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM | 05-16-2019 |
