23rd week of 2016 patent applcation highlights part 69 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20160164225 | CARD HOLDING MEMBER AND CARD CONNECTOR - The card holding member is able to hold a card including terminal members and is able to be inserted into a card connector, and comprises a frame portion opposing the side surfaces of the card, and a movable lock portion arranged in the frame portion which is able to engage and disengage from a lock portion of the card connector, the movable lock portion being a spring member made of a metal plate and including at least one corner portion, and the movable lock portion also being elastically deformable in the width direction of the card holding member. | 2016-06-09 |
20160164226 | CARD CONNECTOR - The card connector includes a socket for inserting a tray, the socket having an ejector for ejecting the inserted tray in response to a pushing operation performed using a pin inserted into a through-hole in the tray, and a lock portion extending from the proximal portion of the socket in an oblique direction vertically with respect to the insertion direction of the tray and engaging an engaged portion of the tray on the proximal side of the ejector, the lock portion being disengaged from the engaged portion of the tray by the leveling action of the pin inserted into the through-hole, and the ejector being pushed in by the pin having leveled the lock portion. | 2016-06-09 |
20160164227 | WAFER CONNECTOR WITH GROUNDING CLAMP - A wafer connector is disclosed in which a plurality of twin-axial wires are terminated to the tails of ground and signal terminals of the connector. Each twin-axial wire includes a pair of signal wires enclosed in a conductive sheath. A conductive grounding clamp is provided that contacts the sheaths of the twin-axial wires and holds them together as a unit to facilitate the attachment of the wires to the connector terminal tails. The clamp has two opposing halves that cooperatively define openings which receive the twin-axial wires and flat, interconnecting portions extending between the openings that provide contact points where the grounding clamp may be attached to the connector terminal tails. | 2016-06-09 |
20160164228 | GROUND CLAMP ADAPTER - A ground clamp adapter for grounding electrical wire. The ground clamp adapter comprises a first section. The first section comprises a body having a platform extending laterally from the body. The platform having a lateral recess and a transverse recess orthogonally integrally formed in the platform. At least one bracket is adjustably coupled to the platform proximate one of the lateral recess and the transverse recess. The bracket and one of the lateral recess and the transverse recess are configured to clamp a grounding wire. A second section has a coupling portion configured to adjustably couple with the first section. The second section is configured to clamp onto a pipe shaped object to conduct electricity to ground. | 2016-06-09 |
20160164229 | MULTIMEDIA FACEPLATES HAVING ETHERNET CONVERSION CIRCUITRY - A multimedia faceplate includes a frame having a front face and a rear face and at least one connector mounting aperture therein, a non-Ethernet connector mounted in the connector mounting aperture, an Ethernet conversion unit that is electrically connected to the non-Ethernet connector and a plurality of wire connection contacts that are electrically connected to the Ethernet conversion unit. The Ethernet conversion unit is configured to draw an electrical power signal from either an AC to DC power conversion unit or from a Power-over-Ethernet power signal received from an Ethernet cable that is connected to the wire connection contacts. | 2016-06-09 |
20160164230 | WALL FEED-THROUGH DEVICE - A connector assembly for transmitting electrical energy through a wall opening, including a horizontal generally-rectangular first connector housing arranged on one side of the wall with a collar portion of the first housing extending through the wall opening. The collar portion contains a plurality of horizontal parallel coplanar first through bores in which are mounted a plurality of electrically conductive spring contacts, respectively. A second connector housing arranged on the other side of the wall opening contains a recess receiving the collar portion, and a plurality of second bores extending collinearly opposite the first bores, respectively. An electrically conductive comb member includes a plurality of integral pin portions that extend from a common spine portion through the second bores and into the first bores for electrical engagement with the spring contacts, respectively, thereby to connect conductors arranged on opposite sides of the wall. | 2016-06-09 |
20160164231 | ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR HAVING A FLANGE - An electrical connector includes an insulative housing, a shell covering the insulative housing, and a flange mounted to the shell. The insulative housing has a front face, a number of outer faces, and a receiving cavity extending through the front face for receiving a mating connector. The shell has a front wall and a number of outer walls covering the housing front and outer faces, respectively. The flange has a mating sleeve mounted to the shell and a mating flange portion for engaging a panel along a front-to-back direction. The mating sleeve is bent from a material band, and the mating flange portion is bent from the mating sleeve. The mating flange portion is substantially perpendicular to and resiliently flexible relative to the mating sleeve. | 2016-06-09 |
20160164232 | HEADER ASSEMBLY - A header assembly includes an outer housing holding a center contact and a dielectric body. The outer housing has a rear shell and an outer contact extending forward from the rear shell. The outer contact has a catch extending therefrom positioned forward of the rear shell. The header assembly includes a nose cone coupled to the outer contact. The nose cone surrounds the outer contact. The nose cone has one or more keying ribs along an exterior thereof. The nose cone has a latch engaging the catch to secure the nose cone to the outer housing in one of at least two distinct rotational orientations. | 2016-06-09 |
20160164233 | FLOAT ADAPTER FOR ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR AND METHOD FOR MAKING THE SAME - A float adapter for an electrical connector that includes a conductive shell that has opposite first and second ends, and at least one insulator received in the conductive shell. The at least one insulator has an engagement end and an interface end opposite the engagement end. The interface end has a lead-in tip portion that extends outside of one of the first and second ends of the shell. The at least one insulator has an inner bore for receiving an inner contact. A retaining sleeve is disposed around the conductive shell, the retaining sleeve having an engagement member for engaging the at least one insulator. | 2016-06-09 |
20160164234 | EARPHONE SOCKET, EARPHONE PLUG, EARPHONE AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - The present disclosure relates to an earphone socket, an earphone plug, an earphone and an electronic device. For example, the earphone socket may include a socket body in which an earphone jack is formed. The earphone socket may include multiple ground terminals, which may be arranged in the earphone jack. The ground terminals may contact a ground section disposed on an earphone plug when the earphone plug is inserted into the earphone jack. The technical solutions of the present disclosure reduce earphone crosstalk and improve tone quality. | 2016-06-09 |
20160164236 | ROTOR OF ROTATING ELECTRIC MACHINE - According to one embodiment, a rotor of a rotating electric machine includes a collector shaft which is fastened to a main shaft of the machine and mounted with paired collector rings on an outer circumferential surface thereof. Longitudinal lead bars extend in electrically insulated state in longitudinal lead grooves provided in an outer circumferential surface of the collector shaft and are connected to ring through studs. Radial lead bars are located at a collector shaft-side end portion of the main shaft and connect at their inner end portions to the bands. And, both ends of conductive longitudinal studs inserted into longitudinal through holes at a main shaft-side end portion of the collector shaft are connected to outer end portions of the radial lead bars and to the longitudinal lead bars. | 2016-06-09 |
20160164237 | BRUSH HOLDER ASSEMBLY AND COMMUTATOR MOTOR COMPRISING SAID BRUSH HOLDER ASSEMBLY - This brush holder assembly includes: a brush holder formed in a disk shape by molding of insulating resin, and including a pair of box fixing sections each including a groove formed from an outer peripheral side toward inside: and brush box assemblies each having a brush box which houses a brush therein, each of the brush box assemblies being disposed in the box fixing section. Each of the brush box assemblies is formed of box-like metal, and has a plurality of mounting legs. Additionally, each of the box fixing sections of the brush holder has a plurality of mounting holes. In this brush holder assembly, these mounting legs are inserted into the respective mounting holes, and the brush box assembly is fixed. Furthermore, in the brush holder assembly of the present invention, the brush holder assemblies face the brush holder through gaps. Additionally, a commutator motor of the present invention includes the above brush holder assembly. | 2016-06-09 |
20160164238 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATED SPLICING AND TERMINATING LOW, MEDIUM, HIGH, AND EXTRA HIGH VOLTAGE CABLES - A system and method for additively manufacturing splices and terminations for extra high, high, medium and low voltage power cable includes providing an additive manufacturing machine having at least one print head. Cable ends can be secured within a chamber from which atmospheric air can be evacuated and replaced with non-oxidizing gas. A scanning device can determine the composition and position of the various constituents of the cable ends, from which information a controller can determine the printing sequence and print a termination or splice portion. | 2016-06-09 |
20160164239 | Active Optical Isolators And Active Optical Circulators - An apparatus includes a controllable optical interferometer having first and second external optical ports and a traveling-wave modulation electrode. The apparatus also includes an electrical driver configured and connected to apply a voltage with a periodic modulation to the traveling-wave modulation electrode such that the controllable optical interferometer operates as an optical isolator over a wavelength range. | 2016-06-09 |
20160164240 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GENERATING HIGH ENERGY OPTICAL PULSES WITH ARBITRARY WAVEFORM - A system for generating an optical signal having a preselected waveform includes: a laser source; a first waveform generator configured to apply a first signal to the laser source to create a laser output; an intensity modulator configured to receive the laser output; a second waveform generator configured to apply a second signal to the intensity modulator, the intensity modulator being configured to generate a pre-distorted laser signal based on the second signal and the laser output. | 2016-06-09 |
20160164241 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR COOLING A LASER GAIN MEDIUM USING AN ULTRA-THIN LIQUID THERMAL OPTICAL INTERFACE - A heat sink for cooling a laser gain medium includes a coolant channel, an inlet pore, an outlet pore, and a thermal optical interface (TOI) channel. The coolant channel is configured to receive a coolant for removing heat from the heat sink. The TOI channel is coupled to the coolant channel by the inlet pore and the outlet pore. The TOI channel is configured to receive a portion of the coolant through the inlet pore. The received portion forms an ultra-thin liquid TOI. The TOI channel is further configured to return a portion of the TOI through the outlet pore to the coolant channel. | 2016-06-09 |
20160164242 | Device for Emitting Super-Continuous Wide-Band Light and Uses Thereof - The disclosed broadband supercontinuum light emitting device includes a nonlinear optical fiber, a pump system, a cavity, and an active medium. The active medium may comprise an active fiber and may be located inside the cavity. The active medium is configured and arranged, by means of a pumping provided by the pump system, to generate and emit chaotic pulses of laser light towards the nonlinear optical fiber, which excite the nonlinear effects thereof for the generation and emission of supercontinuum light in the form of pulses of light distributed randomly over time. Numerous uses of the device are disclosed for multiple applications that require a low-cost, very bright light source with an adequate broadband spectrum. | 2016-06-09 |
20160164243 | Multipass fiber amplifiers - An apparatus and method for multipass fiber amplifier comprises: (a) first passing a laser beam having a first linear polarization in the fiber amplifier in a first direction, (b) rotating the first linear polarization of the laser beam to a second linear polarization, the second linear polarization is perpendicular to the first linear polarization, (c) second passing the laser beam having the second linear polarization in the fiber amplifier in a second direction, the second direction is opposite to the first direction, (d) third passing the laser beam having the second linear polarization in the fiber amplifier in the first direction, the laser beam having the second linear polarization is reflected by a polarization separating device and a mirror, (e) rotating the second linear polarization of the laser beam to the first linear polarization, and (f) fourth passing the laser beam having the first linear polarization in the fiber amplifier in the second direction. | 2016-06-09 |
20160164244 | High Power Single Mode Fiber Laser System for Wavelengths Operating in 2 um Range - A high power fiber laser system is configured with a pump cascade and a laser cascade. The pump cascade includes a fiber amplifier provided with a MM core which is doped with ions of rare-earth element including either Er or Yb/Er. The MM core of fiber amplifier is configured with a double bottleneck-shaped cross section. The laser cascade has a fiber laser configured with a core which is doped with Tm ions. The pump light generated by the amplifier is coupled into the upstream end of the Tm laser. | 2016-06-09 |
20160164245 | Laser Lighting Device and Application Thereof - A laser lighting device provides a broad range illumination for an area, such as a smoke filled space, a hallway or an underwater environment with certain turbidity. This lighting device contains a laser diode as a light source and a diffraction grating that is able to diffract an input laser light beam generated from the laser diode into a plurality of output laser light beams with the cross section of the plurality of output laser light beams forming a pattern comprising a plurality of light spots. In addition, this pattern may be in a donut shape. That is to say, the power of a light spot formed by a zero order light beam is lower than other light spots' power. Further, this laser lighting device is used to provide lighting with depth perception and forward visibility. | 2016-06-09 |
20160164246 | TUNABLE SOI LASER - A wavelength tunable silicon-on-insulator (SOI) laser comprising: a laser cavity including: a semiconductor gain medium having a front end and a back end, wherein a mirror of the laser cavity is located at the back end of the semiconductor gain medium; and a phase-tunable waveguide platform coupled to the front end of the semiconductor gain medium, the phase-tunable waveguide platform comprising: a first resonator and a second resonator; at least one resonator being a phase-tunable resonator; wherein the first resonator is any one of: an MMI device including a pair of reflective surfaces defining a resonator cavity therebetween such that the device is configured to act as a Fabry-Perot filter; a ring resonator; or a waveguide Fabry-Perot filter; and wherein the second resonator is any one of: an MMI device including a pair of reflective surfaces defining a resonator cavity therebetween such that the device is configured to act as a Fabry-Perot filter; a ring resonator; or a waveguide Fabry-Perot filter. | 2016-06-09 |
20160164247 | MULTI-MODE FIBER AMPLIFIER - A laser utilizes a cavity design which allows the stable generation of high peak power pulses from mode-locked multi-mode fiber lasers, greatly extending the peak power limits of conventional mode-locked single-mode fiber lasers. Mode-locking may be induced by insertion of a saturable absorber into the cavity and by inserting one or more mode-filters to ensure the oscillation of the fundamental mode in the multi-mode fiber. The probability of damage of the absorber may be minimized by the insertion of an additional semiconductor optical power limiter into the cavity. | 2016-06-09 |
20160164248 | MULTI-WAVELENGTH DISTRIBUTED RAMAN AMPLIFICATION SET-UP - Techniques are presented herein to set power levels for multiple Raman pump wavelengths in a distributed Raman amplification configuration. A first receive power measurement is obtained at a second node with a controlled optical source at a first node turned on and with a plurality of Raman pump lasers at different wavelengths at the second node turned off. A second receive power measurement is obtained at the second node with the controlled optical source at the first node turned on and the plurality of Raman pump lasers turned on to respective reference power levels to inject optical Raman pump power at a corresponding plurality of wavelengths into the optical fiber span. Based on a target Raman gain and a target Raman gain tilt, respective ratios of a total power are obtained, each ratio to be used for a corresponding one of the plurality of Raman pump lasers. | 2016-06-09 |
20160164249 | SEMICONDUCTOR LASER DIODE AND LASER ARRAY IMPLEMENTING THE SAME - A semiconductor laser diode (LD) is disclosed. The LD provides a sampled grating distributed feedback (SG-DFB region) region and a distributed feedback (DFB) region accompanied with a region to shift the phase of light between two regions. Because the coupling coefficient κ for the light forwarding the facet of the SG-DFB region is lowered, while, the coupling coefficient for the light forwarding the facet of the DFB region is kept in high, the optical output power extracted from the facet of the SG-DFB region is enhanced. | 2016-06-09 |
20160164250 | Method for Manufacturing an Optical Transmitter by Growth of Structures on a Thin InP Buffer Bonded Onto a Silicon Based Substrate - A method for manufacturing an optical transmitter that includes structures ( | 2016-06-09 |
20160164251 | OPTICAL TRANSMITTER OR TRANSMISSION UNIT IN OPTICAL TRANSMITTER/RECEIVER PROVIDED ON OPTO-ELECTRIC HYBRID BOARD - Provided is a transmission unit for an optical transmitter/receiver or an optical transmitter provided with an optical integrated circuit, characterized in the arrangement of a single-channel or multichannel semiconductor laser and the placement of a plurality of optical waveguides. | 2016-06-09 |
20160164252 | OPTOELECTRONIC PACKAGES HAVING MAGNETIC FIELD CANCELATION - A stacked optoelectronic packaged device includes a bottom die having a top surface including bottom electrical traces and a light source die coupled to ≧1 bottom electrical traces. A first cavity die is on the bottom die. An optics die is on the first cavity die and a second cavity die on the optics die. A mounting substrate is on the second cavity die including top electrical traces. A photodetector die is optically coupled to receive light from the light source. The bottom and top electrical traces are both positioned substantially symmetrically on sides of a mirror plane so that when conducting equal and opposite currents a first magnetic field emanating from the first side and a second magnetic field emanating from the second side cancel one another to provide a reduction in magnetic flux density by more than 50% at one or more die locations on the optics die. | 2016-06-09 |
20160164253 | DRIVING CIRCUIT FOR LIGHT EMITTING ELEMENT - A driving circuit for causing a light emitting element to emit light in response to a driving signal is provided. The driving circuit comprising a first current supply circuit that starts to supply a driving current to the light emitting element in response to the driving signal, a second current supply circuit that starts to supply a supplementary current to the light emitting element in response to the driving signal. The second current supply circuit stops to supply the supplementary current upon detecting that a voltage applied to the light emitting element has reached a threshold voltage. | 2016-06-09 |
20160164254 | SURFACE EMITTING LASER AND OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY APPARATUS - A surface emitting laser is provided which requires a smaller number of components, and which can reduce the cost. | 2016-06-09 |
20160164255 | OPTICAL SOURCE - An optical source is presented comprising a laser and an optical filter in optical communication with the laser. The laser comprises an optical gain section; and an optical phase control section. The filter is configured to receive light output from the laser and filter the said received light. The source is configured to input the filtered light back into the laser. | 2016-06-09 |
20160164256 | LIGHT SOURCE CONTROL APPARATUS, IMAGE PROJECTION APPARATUS AND STORAGE MEDIUM STORING LIGHT SOURCE CONTROL PROGRAM - The light source control apparatus controls drive of multiple light sources included in a light source unit to be used in a state where the multiple light sources are lit. The multiple light sources each include multiple light-emitting elements. The light source control apparatus includes an acquirer acquiring temporal information relating to a temporal change of each of the light sources, an estimator acquiring an estimated lifetime of each of the multiple light sources by using the temporal information, and a controller decreasing, when the multiple light sources include a first light source whose estimated lifetime is shorter than a target lifetime set for the light source unit, a light emission amount of the first light source. | 2016-06-09 |
20160164257 | SEMICONDUCTOR INTEGRATED OPTICAL DEVICE, MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF AND OPTICAL MODULE - Provided is a butt-jointed (BJ) semiconductor integrated optical device having a high manufacturing yield. A semiconductor integrated optical device, which is configured such that, on a semiconductor substrate, a first semiconductor optical element including an active layer and a second semiconductor optical element including a waveguide layer are butt-jointed to each other with their optical axes being aligned with each other, includes: a semiconductor regrowth layer including at least one of a diffraction grating layer or an etching stop layer, which is formed by one epitaxial growth across an entire surface above the active layer and the waveguide layer; and a cladding layer formed above the semiconductor regrowth layer. | 2016-06-09 |
20160164258 | LASER DEVICE WITH ADJUSTABLE POLARIZATION - The invention describes a laser device ( | 2016-06-09 |
20160164259 | OPTICAL SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - A semiconductor laser in a ridge waveguide structure includes: a semiconductor substrate; a lower cladding layer which is formed on the semiconductor substrate; an active layer and a semiconductor layer which are in parallel on the lower cladding layer and are connected with each other; a first upper cladding layer locally aligned above the active layer; a second upper cladding layer locally aligned above the semiconductor layer; and a third upper cladding layer locally aligned above the active layer to confine light which is guided in the active layer, wherein the semiconductor layer has a band gap which is larger than that of the active layer. According to this constitution, an optical semiconductor device with high reliability in which the ridge waveguide structure whose manufacturing is relatively easy is applied, and current diffusion and electrical crosstalk between lasers in the ridge waveguide structure are suppressed is enabled. | 2016-06-09 |
20160164260 | Nitride Laser Diode with Engineered Non-Uniform Alloy Composition in the N-Cladding Layer - An ultraviolet laser diode having multiple portions in the n-cladding layer is described herein. The laser diode comprises a p-cladding layer, an n-cladding layer, a waveguide, and a light-emitting region. The n-cladding layer includes at least a first portion and a second portion. The first portion maintains material quality of the laser diode, while the second portion pulls the optical mode from the p-cladding layer toward the active region. The first portion may have a higher aluminum composition than the second portion. The waveguide is coupled to the n-cladding layer and the light-emitting region is coupled to the waveguide. The light-emitting region is located between the n-cladding layer and the p-cladding layer. Other embodiments are also described. | 2016-06-09 |
20160164261 | COMPACT MULTI-ZONE INFRARED LASER ILLUMINATOR - Methods, devices and systems are described for selectively illuminating different zones of a field of view by a multi-zone illumination device. In one aspect, a multi-zone illuminator may include a plurality of vertical cavity surface emitting lasers (VCSELs), and a plurality of micro-optical devices aligned with apertures of individual or groups of VCSELs, which are configured to be individually activated to provide adjustable illumination to different zones of a field of view of an image sensor. In another aspect, a method of selective illumination may include receiving information specifying a field of view of a camera, and controlling at least two sub arrays or individual illuminators of an illuminating array to output light at independently adjustable illumination powers, wherein each of the at least two sub arrays are independently configurable to illuminate at least one of a plurality of separate zones corresponding to the field of view of the camera. | 2016-06-09 |
20160164262 | POLARIZED LIGHTNING ARRESTORS - Systems and methods for dynamically defending a site from lightning strikes are provided. The systems and methods involve dynamically altering electrostatic fields above the site and/or dynamically intervening in lightning. | 2016-06-09 |
20160164263 | IGNITION DEVICE - In an ignition device, at a timing of a control signal provided by a control device to control an ignition coil device or at a timing prior to the control signal in order that a high voltage is applied to an ignition plug to initiate a spark discharge, a control circuit of an AC power source unit in response to the control signal controls switching elements composing a bridge circuit in the AC power source unit for a DC-AC inversion to thereby short-circuit a winding of a transformer device on the side of the AC power source unit, connected between a boosting device including a capacitor device and the bridge circuit for the circulation of a capacitance discharging current from the boosting device to the transformer device. | 2016-06-09 |
20160164264 | ENCLOSED SWITCHBOARD - An enclosed switchboard includes: a device containing board which contains main circuit devices such as circuit breakers; and a cable connection board which is arranged side by side adjacently to the device containing board, and contains cables that input and output electric power to/from the main circuit devices. In the enclosed switchboard, the cable connection board is configured by one housing; and the inside of the housing is divided into two by a partition plate to be comparted to a cable lead-in compartment which contains lead-in side cables and a cable lead-out compartment which contains lead-out side cables. | 2016-06-09 |
20160164265 | ELECTRIC CONNECTION BOX - An electric connection box includes a frame, a lower cover that covers the lower surface of the frame, and at least one block that is attached in the frame and disposed at a position along a peripheral wall of the frame. An electric wire that is connected to a component attached to the block out of the blocks is drawn horizontally from the block toward inside the frame. | 2016-06-09 |
20160164266 | ENCLOSED SWITCHBOARD - An enclosed switchboard includes: a device containing board which contains main circuit devices such as circuit breakers; and a cable connection board which is arranged side by side adjacently to the device containing board, and contains cables that input and output electric power to/from the main circuit devices. In the enclosed switchboard, the cable connection board is configured by one housing; and the inside of the housing is divided into two by a partition plate to be comparted to a cable lead-in compartment which contains lead-in side cables and a cable lead-out compartment which contains lead-out side cables. | 2016-06-09 |
20160164267 | TRANSPORTATION DEVICE OF WITHDRAWABLE CIRCUIT BREAKER - The present invention relates to a transportation device of a withdrawable circuit breaker, and more particularly, to a transportation device of a withdrawable circuit breaker capable of simultaneously moving right and left handles of a girder assembly for restricting movement of the transportation device or releasing a restricted state. The transportation device of a circuit breaker includes: a truck assembly on which a body of the circuit breaker is loadable; a body plate of a girder assembly installed on a front surface of the truck assembly; a pair of sliding plates slidably installed in the body plate; and a rotation plate having both sides to which leg portions of the sliding plates are rotatably coupled, respectively, wherein the rotation plate is inserted into a lead screw penetratingly-formed at a central part of the girder assembly. | 2016-06-09 |
20160164268 | SWITCHBOARD APPLIED WITH BUSHING-TYPE CURRENT TRANSFORMER - A switchboard applied with a bushing-type current transformer includes a terminal bushing inserted from a front direction, a switchboard terminal coupled to the terminal bushing, a metering current transformer bushing inserted from a front direction and inserted into the terminal bushing while wrapping the switchboard terminal, and a metering current transformer disposed outside the metering current transformer bushing and assembled or disassembled at a front surface through a circuit breaker chamber. Thus, the switchboard applied with a bushing-type current transformer has an advantage of having a high degree of internal space utilization or capable of being made to be compact. | 2016-06-09 |
20160164269 | WIRE HARNESS - A wire harness is provided with an electrically conductive path, and a tubular sheath member into which the electrically conductive path is inserted. The sheath member includes a straight portion having strength to limit bending. A bellows-shaped portion which is wavy in shape in a tube circumferential direction, is formed in a portion of the straight portion in a sectional view. The bellows-shaped portion is more flexible than a portion of the straight portion other than the bellows-shaped portion. | 2016-06-09 |
20160164270 | CONDUIT APPARATUS USABLE WITH ELECTRICAL ENCLOSURE APPARATUS - An improved conduit apparatus in accordance with the disclosed and claimed concept includes one or more conduits that each enclose therein an electrical conductor that carries a phase of a multi-phase electrical supply. The conduits are connected to the walls of the electrical enclosures with an attachment apparatus that extends between the conduits and the walls of the electrical enclosures. A clamp apparatus retains the electrical conductors in a state of tension within an interior region of the conduits in a position spaced from the walls of the conduits. | 2016-06-09 |
20160164271 | RECESSED EQUIPMENT BOXES AND RELATED ASSEMBLIES AND METHODS - An equipment box assembly includes a housing including a back wall, a bottom wall, a top wall, and first and second sidewalls defining a cavity. At least one mounting feature is on each of the first and second sidewalls. The housing is sized to fit between first and second adjacent studs with the first sidewall mounted to the first stud using the at least one mounting feature on the first sidewall and with the second sidewall mounted to the second stud using the at least one mounting feature on the second sidewall. | 2016-06-09 |
20160164272 | A CABLE SUSPENSION - A cable suspension may allow a cable to be pivoted about a pivot axis that passes through a thickness of a cable. A bend radius of the cable entering and exiting the cable suspension may be increased and/or the degree of bend by a cable entering and exiting the cable support may be decreased. The cable may comprise insulated electrical cables, non-insulated electrical cables (e.g., conductors), shielded cables, non-electrical signal cables (e.g., optical cables), and/or assemblies thereof. | 2016-06-09 |
20160164273 | OVER-VOLTAGE PROTECTION APPARATUS AND METHOD OF OPERATING THE SAME - An over-voltage protection apparatus includes an input voltage detection module ( | 2016-06-09 |
20160164274 | Overvoltage Notching of Electricity Delivered to an Electrical Load - To protect an electrical load from anomalous electricity provided by an electricity source, a switching mechanism is configured to transition into one of conducting and non-conducting states in response to respective on and off states of a switching signal. A power controller evaluates input frequency characteristics of an overvoltage event in input electricity provided by the electricity source against at least one frequency criterion. Event timing is established for the timing signal that corresponds to the frequency characteristics met by the frequency threshold criterion. The event timing coordinates the overvoltage event with the state transitions of the switching mechanism so that an amplitude notch is superimposed on the input electricity over a temporal duration proportionate to that of the overvoltage event. State transitions are compelled in the switching mechanism to superimpose the amplitude notch on the input electricity in accordance with the event timing. | 2016-06-09 |
20160164275 | ELECTRICITY LEAKGE WARNING - The invention discloses an electric leakage warning and protection circuit which includes a zero-sequence transformer, a overcurrent sensor and a zero line electricity leakage sensor are sequentially arranged and connected with a first control module, the first control module is further connected with a control end of a first silicon controlled rectifier, the first silicon controlled rectifier and a tripping coil are serially connected with each other and are jointly arranged between an anode and a cathode of the power module, an electric leakage display circuit is provided with a second silicon controlled rectifier and a first light emitting diode, the second silicon controlled rectifier is serially connected with the first light emitting diode, and a control end of the second silicon controlled rectifier is connected with the second control module. The electricity leakage warning and protection circuit has advantages of implementing electricity leakage warning and automatic tripping protection, so that the safety is greatly improved. | 2016-06-09 |
20160164276 | OVERHEAT PROTECTION DEVICE, OVERHEAT PROTECTION METHOD AND ELECTRICAL DEVICE - The present disclosure provides an overheat protection device, an overheat protection method and an electrical device. The overheat protection device is used in an electrical device and includes a transparent window unit and an optically-controlled switch. The transparent window unit is made of a transparent material and arranged on a housing of the electrical device, and an inner surface of the transparent window unit is coated with a thermochromatic material film. The optically-controlled switch is arranged inside the housing of the electrical device and exposed to an ambient light beam through the transparent window unit. The optically-controlled switch is configured to turn off the electrical device when a spectrum of the received light beam is within a predetermined spectral range. | 2016-06-09 |
20160164277 | PROTECTION CIRCUIT AND INPUT CIRCUIT SUITABLE FOR INTEGRATED CIRCUIT - An input circuit suitable for an integrated circuit (IC) and a protection circuit in the input circuit are provided. The protection circuit includes a transistor, a voltage selector, an inverter, a resistor and a switch circuit. The transistor is coupled to an input end of the protection circuit. The voltage selector is coupled to the transistor and the input end of the protection circuit, and outputs a lower one of a voltage at the input end of the protection circuit and a ground voltage to the transistor. The inverter is coupled to the transistor. The resistor is coupled between a power supply voltage and the inverter. The switch circuit is coupled to the inverter, a preset voltage and an output end of the protection circuit and is controlled by the inverter to connect the preset voltage to the output end or to switch the output end to a floating state. | 2016-06-09 |
20160164278 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - An electronic apparatus includes a rotating electric machine that has a plurality of multi-phase winding sets, each of which has a plurality of phase windings; a plurality of inverter circuits that are connected to the plurality of multi-phase winding sets respectively; and a control circuit that controls the plurality of inverter circuits such that a multi-phase alternating current is supplied to each of the plurality of multi-phase winding sets from each of the plurality of inverter circuits. The control circuit determines that a short circuit occurs when i) a plurality of phase current added values obtained by adding each phase current flowing through each of the plurality of phase windings calculated at each of the plurality of multi-phase winding sets; and ii) an absolute value of a total phase current added value obtained by adding all of the plurality of phase current added values is smaller than a predetermined value. | 2016-06-09 |
20160164279 | CIRCUIT AND METHOD FOR MEASURING A CURRENT - Circuits, switches with over-current protection and methods for measuring a current are described herein. A circuit configured to provide a current from a supply voltage to a load includes a first transistor, a second transistor, and a detecting circuit. The first transistor has a larger active area than the second transistor. The detecting circuit is configured to detect a current through the second transistor. A same voltage is applied between a control terminal of the first transistor and a first controlled terminal of the first transistor and is applied between a control terminal of the second transistor and a first controlled terminal of the second transistor. The detecting circuit is coupled to the second controlled terminal of the second transistor and is coupled to the supply voltage. | 2016-06-09 |
20160164280 | Electrical Facility and Arrangement for Protecting the Electrical Facility - An arrangement for protecting an electrical facility from overvoltages having an overcurrent protection facility arranged in a first series circuit and a shunt circuit arranged between the overcurrent protection facility and the electrical facility to be protected, the shunt series resulting in a second series circuit, wherein a diode for discharging transient overvoltages is arranged in the shunt circuit, which is conductive if a voltage threshold is exceeded, as a result of which the current resulting from the overvoltage can be passed through the shunt circuit to the facility to be protected into the second shunt circuit, where a first inductor is arranged in a series connection to the diode, the diode is connected here to a first diode terminal on the first series circuit and is connected to a second diode terminal on the first inductor, and where the overcurrent protection facility is not triggered prematurely by temporary overvoltages. | 2016-06-09 |
20160164281 | DISTRIBUTED ELECTROSTATIC DISCHARGE PROTECTION FOR AN ON-PACKAGE INPUT/OUTPUT ARCHITECTURE - An on-package interface. A first set of single-ended transmitter circuits on a first die. A first set of single-ended receiver circuits on a second die. The receiver circuits have a termination circuit comprising an inverter and a resistive feedback element. A plurality of conductive lines couple the first set of transmitter circuits and the first set of receiver circuits. The lengths of the plurality of conductive lines are matched. | 2016-06-09 |
20160164282 | ELECTRICITY STORAGE DEVICE, ELECTRICITY STORAGE SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING ELECTRICITY STORAGE DEVICE - A first power source line disposed between a positive electrode side of an electricity storage unit and a first external terminal, a second power source line disposed between a negative electrode side of the electricity storage unit and a second external terminal, a power source circuit connected to both the first and second power source lines and configured to supply an output voltage to a control circuit in an operating state, a power source control circuit configured to control an operating state and a non-operating state of the power source circuit, a first control signal generation circuit configured to supply a first control signal corresponding to transition of an external voltage applied to the first external terminal and the second external terminal to the power source control circuit to set the power source circuit in an operating state for a prescribed time, and a second control signal generation circuit configured to generate a second control signal that allows the power source circuit to be set in an operating state continuously by the control circuit to which an output voltage of the power source circuit is supplied are included. | 2016-06-09 |
20160164283 | POWER MANAGEMENT CIRCUIT AND MOBILE TERMINAL - The present disclosure relates to a power management circuit and a mobile terminal having a first switch for blocking current. The first switch blocks an input of an external power supply in a case that a predetermined load operates in a large current/voltage mode. A bi-directional DC converter boosts a battery voltage and supplies it to the load. Thus, the circuit is simplified and the number of components is reduced for power management. | 2016-06-09 |
20160164284 | SEMICONDUCTOR INTEGRATED CIRCUIT AND OPERATING METHOD THEREOF - A semiconductor integrated circuit and its operating method are provided. The present circuit has first and second supply terminals capable of supplying first and second power supply voltages respectively, an input voltage selection circuit coupled to the first and second supply terminals, and first and second power supply switches. The input voltage selection circuit includes a power-on reset circuit, an input voltage detection circuit and a control circuit. When the supply of the first or second power supply voltage to one of both supply terminals is detected upon completion of a power on reset operation, one of both power supply switches and the other thereof are controlled to on and off respectively. When the supply of both power supply voltages to both supply terminals is detected, the one thereof and the other thereof are respectively controlled to on and off according to the preset order of precedence. | 2016-06-09 |
20160164285 | SWITCHING CONTROLLER - A switching controller for coupling one of a plurality of voltage sources to a load. The switching controller is configured to receive a characteristic of one of the plurality of voltage sources; for each of the plurality of voltage sources, set a proportion of a switching period of a control signal during which the voltage source is connected to the load, wherein the proportion of the switching period is set based on the received characteristic of one of the plurality of voltage sources; and control which of the plurality of voltage sources is connected to the load in accordance with the control signal. | 2016-06-09 |
20160164286 | CONTROL DEVICE, DISTRIBUTION BOARD, AND CONTROL METHOD - A panelboard ( | 2016-06-09 |
20160164287 | BI-DIRECTIONAL COMMUNICATIONS ON AN ELECTRICAL SECONDARY NETWORKED DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM - Mechanisms for bi-directional communications on an electrical secondary networked distribution system are disclosed. A first edge node control device (ENCD) receives, via an off-grid communications interface, a message. The first ENCD is communicatively coupled to the secondary networked distribution system, and the secondary networked distribution system provides electricity to a plurality of consuming endpoints. The method further includes retransmitting, in response to receipt of the message, by the first ENCD on the secondary networked distribution system, the message to a plurality of internal node control devices communicatively coupled to the secondary networked distribution system at a plurality of locations. | 2016-06-09 |
20160164288 | LOAD POWER DEVICE, SYSTEM AND METHOD OF LOAD CONTROL AND MANAGEMENT EMPLOYING LOAD IDENTIFICATION - A load power device includes a power input, at least one power output for at least one load, a plurality of sensors structured to sense voltage and current at the at least one power output, and a processor. The processor provides: (a) load identification based upon the sensed voltage and current, and (b) load control and management based upon the load identification. | 2016-06-09 |
20160164289 | ELECTRIC-POWER SUPPLY SYSTEM, AND VEHICLE - An electric-power supply system includes a plurality of vehicles each configured to supply AC electric power to an electric load external to the vehicles, and a switching apparatus provided between the electric load and the plurality of vehicles and that electrically connects one of the vehicles to the electric load. Each of the vehicles includes an internal combustion engine, an electric-power generation device that generates the AC electric power to be supplied to the electric load using output of the internal combustion engine, and a controller controlling the electric-power generation device, when power supply to the electric load is switched by the switching apparatus from one of the vehicles to the vehicle having the controller, to generate the AC electric power in synchronization with a phase of AC voltage which has been output from the one of the vehicles that previously supplied the AC electric power. | 2016-06-09 |
20160164290 | ELECTRIC POWER SYSTEM CONTROL WITH MEASUREMENT OF ENERGY DEMAND AND ENERGY EFFICIENCY - A method, apparatus, system and computer program is provided for controlling an electric power system, including implementation of voltage measurement using paired comparison analysis applied to calculating a shift in average usage per customer from one time period to another time period for a given electrical use population where the pairing process is optimized using a novel technique to improve the accuracy of the measurement. | 2016-06-09 |
20160164291 | Electrical Power Tranmission - An improved management of an electrical power transmission network is obtained by providing at each of the subscriber premises a load control device which includes a power correction system for applying a capacitive load and/or a switched reactor for voltage correction across the input voltage and a sensing system defined by a pair of meters one at the supply and the second downstream of the voltage correction for detecting variations in power factor. A control system operates to control the power correction system in response to variations detected by the sensing system and to communicate between the load control device and the network control system so as to provide a bi-directional interactive system. | 2016-06-09 |
20160164292 | ELECTRICAL POWER DISTRIBUTION DEVICE HAVING A CURRENT DISPLAY - An electrical power distribution unit can include a power distribution unit enclosure, a power input associated with the power distribution unit enclosure, and a plurality of power outputs associated with the power distribution unit enclosure. At least certain power outputs can be connectable to one or more electrical loads external to the power distribution unit enclosure and to the power input. In some embodiments, an intelligent power section can communicate with at least one of the power outputs and can connect to a communications network external to the power distribution unit enclosure. | 2016-06-09 |
20160164293 | GRID POWER FACTOR CONTROL SYSTEM - Various embodiments of the invention include a system including: at least one computing device operably connected with a location on a power grid, the at least one computing device configured to control a power factor at the location on the power grid by performing actions including: determining a phase angle at the location on the power grid in degrees; converting the phase angle to radians from degrees; determining a reactive power exported at the location on the power grid based upon the phase angle in radians and an exported mega-watt measurement at the location on the power grid; and determining the power factor at the location on the power grid based upon the phase angle in radians and the reactive power exported at the location on the power grid. | 2016-06-09 |
20160164294 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR REACTIVE POWER COMPENSATION - A method for compensating self-induced voltage variations includes computing a first reactive power value (Q | 2016-06-09 |
20160164295 | Smart And Grid-Flexible Power Inverters - A method and apparatus is disclosed that can intelligently invert DC power from single or multiple DC sources to single-phase, split-phase, or three-phase AC power, supply the AC power to the electric power grid when the grid is on, or supply AC power to electric devices or loads when the grid is down. A Smart and Grid-Flexible Power Inverter, or On/Off-Grid Power Inverter, is disclosed that can work in either the on-grid or off-grid mode, and switch back and forth between the two modes manually or automatically depending on the power grid conditions. The system provides a simple and cost-effective solution for areas where the power grid has frequent outages or long downtimes. | 2016-06-09 |
20160164296 | MODULE - A module for use in a voltage source converter includes: first and second terminals; an energy storage device; at least one switching element to switch the energy storage device into or out of circuit with the terminals to selectively provide a voltage source; and a voltage-limiting component and/or a resistive element. The switching element(s) are switchable to selectively form a current path that passes through the voltage-limiting component and/or the resistive element and are further switchable to selectively switch the energy storage device into or out of circuit with the voltage-limiting component and/or the resistive element. The module includes electrical blocks including first and second pairs of electrical blocks connected in parallel with the energy storage device in a full-bridge arrangement. Each of the electrical blocks include a switching element, and one of the electrical blocks includes the voltage-limiting component and/or the resistive element. | 2016-06-09 |
20160164297 | ELECTRICITY DISTRIBUTION CIRCUIT WITH SWITCHES SUPPLYING LOADS BY MEANS OF A SELECTABLE NUMBER OF SOURCES - A circuit, an installation that uses the circuit, and its design method, the circuit for distributing electricity that can supply at least two loads from two sources, and including: conductors, some of which form outputs configured to be connected to external equipment, and switching devices configured to establish a path between each load and the two sources by connecting the loads and sources to the outputs. For at least one pair of determined loads, the two switching devices on the paths connecting each source to the two loads of the pair are integrated in a double-flow switch. The double-flow switch is connected at its central point to the output that can be connected to the corresponding source. | 2016-06-09 |
20160164298 | POWER CONVERSION APPARATUS, POWER MANAGEMENT APPARATUS, AND METHOD FOR POWER MANAGEMENT - Remaining power information regarding remaining power generation capability of a power generation apparatus can be transmitted. A power conversion apparatus includes a controller that acquires remaining power generation capability of a power generation apparatus and a communication interface that transmits remaining power information regarding the remaining power generation capability to an external power management apparatus. | 2016-06-09 |
20160164299 | APPARATUS FOR THE CONVERSION AND OPTIMIZED CONSUMPTION MANAGEMENT OF POWER FROM RENEWABLE SOURCES - An apparatus for the conversion and optimized management of power produced from renewable sources, and in particular from solar sources, in the household environment and not only, adapted to control the use of power in order to maximize the management cost-effectiveness whilst ensuring the optimization of the energy collection by the photovoltaic generator. | 2016-06-09 |
20160164300 | AUTOMATIC VOLTAGE REGULATION FOR PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEMS - A photovoltaic system includes solar cells and photovoltaic inverters configured to convert direct current generated by the solar cells to alternating current. Grid voltage at the point of interconnection (POI) of the photovoltaic system and the power grid is measured and compared to a setpoint. A control signal is generated based on the measured grid voltage. The control signal is provided to the photovoltaic inverters. The control signal is adjusted to cause the photovoltaic inverters to generate or absorb reactive power to respond to transient grid voltage changes. | 2016-06-09 |
20160164301 | RESONANT CAVITY MODE ENABLED WIRELESS POWER TRANSFER - An embodiment provides a method of wireless power transmission, including: powering a transmitter that produces electromagnetic waves in a three dimensional structure; selecting a transmission frequency that is a resonance frequency for the three dimensional structure; and transmitting, using the transmitter, electromagnetic waves within the three dimensional structure on the transmission frequency selected. Other systems, methods, apparatuses and products are described and claimed. | 2016-06-09 |
20160164302 | POWER FEEDING APPARATUS, POWER RECEIVING APPARATUS, POWER FEEDING SYSTEM, AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING POWER FEEDING - A power feeding apparatus is provided. The power feeding apparatus includes a power feeding unit configured to supply electric power to a power receiving apparatus through a magnetic field; a measuring unit configured to measure an electric characteristic value and to generate a measurement value; a power receiving unit configured to provide a set value; and a foreign substance detection unit configured to detect a foreign substance in the magnetic field based on the set value and the measurement value. A power receiving apparatus, a power feeding system, and a method of controlling power feeding are also provided. | 2016-06-09 |
20160164303 | WIRELESS POWER TRANSFER METHOD AND APPARATUS AND METHOD OF DETECTING RESONANT FREQUENCY USED IN WIRELESS POWER TRANSFER - Disclosed herein are a wireless power transfer apparatus, a method for wireless power transfer and a method of detecting a resonant frequency used in a wireless power charging system or a wireless power transfer. The wireless power transfer apparatus includes a plurality of transmission coils, each of which transmits power to a receiver coil through magnetic resonance; a signal generator transmitting signals having different resonant frequencies to the plurality of transmission coils, the signal generator being connected to the plurality of transmission coils; and a feedback unit transferring information on amounts of powers which are respectively output by the plurality of transmission coils to the signal generator. | 2016-06-09 |
20160164304 | Inductively Controlled Series Resonant AC Power Transfer - An inductive power transfer pickup circuit has a pickup coil (L | 2016-06-09 |
20160164305 | Transmission Arrangement Such as for Energy and/or Signal Transmission - A transmission arrangement such as for energy and/or signal transmission, optionally for use in a machining center, respectively a turning and/or milling center, comprising a clamping unit comprising an outer housing of a preferably cylindrical basic shape, an inner housing received within the outer housing, as well as an inner cylinder held within the inner housing to be adjustable in an actuating direction A, said inner cylinder being configured to transmit a compressive or tensile force for clamping purposes, wherein the inner housing is supported against the outer housing via springs, and is displaceably mounted in the actuating direction A with respect to the outer housing and thus forms a spring force storage, wherein an electric motor is arranged integrated within the clamping unit to apply force in the actuating direction A to the inner cylinder via intermediate gear means, a console having a rotary table mounted therein to be rotatable, at least one first transmission device connected to the console and at least one second transmission device connected to the clamping unit, wherein the clamping unit is releasably fastened on the rotary table, and first and second transmission devices are configured to transmit electrical energy for driving the electric motor in a non-contact, preferably inductive manner between a first transmission device and a second transmission device. | 2016-06-09 |
20160164306 | POWER TRANSMISSION APPARATUS, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME, AND PROGRAM - A power transmission apparatus includes a power transmission unit configured to wirelessly transmit power to a power reception apparatus, a detection unit configured to detect an object present in a range of the power transmission apparatus where the power is transmitted based on an intermittent power transmission, and an authentication unit configured to authenticate whether the object detected by the detection unit is the power reception apparatus that receives the power, wherein the authentication unit authenticates the object detected as being present in the range where the power is transmitted at each of a plurality of times of the power transmission for detection during a predetermined period, and wherein the power transmission unit transmits the power to the power reception apparatus that has been successfully authenticated. | 2016-06-09 |
20160164307 | POWER RECEIVING APPARATUS AND POWER TRANSMISSION SYSTEM - A power receiving apparatus to which power is transmitted from a power transmission apparatus through electric field coupling includes a parallel resonance circuit in which an active electrode and a passive electrode are connected, a capacitor and a first switch that change a resonance condition of the parallel resonance circuit, and a second switch that supplies or cuts off an AC voltage, outputted from the parallel resonance circuit, to or from a load. The power receiving apparatus also includes a communication unit that notifies of the start of communication with the power transmission apparatus and receives a response to the notification, a first switching unit that generates a signal to be sent to the power transmission apparatus, and a second switching unit that connects or disconnects the second switch based on the response received by the communication unit. | 2016-06-09 |
20160164308 | METHOD FOR AVOIDING SIGNAL COLLISION IN WIRELESS POWER TRANSFER - A wireless power transmitter is provided that includes a power conversion unit configured to form a wireless power signal for power transmission, and a power transmission control unit. The power transmission control unit is configured to control the power conversion unit to receive a first packet from a first wireless power receiver and a second packet from a second wireless power receiver in the same time slot, detect a collision between the first packet and the second packet, and control the power conversion unit to receive at least one of the first packet from the first wireless power receiver and the second packet from the second wireless power receiver in at least one time slot if the collision is detected at the same time slot. | 2016-06-09 |
20160164309 | CHARGE/DISCHARGE DEVICE FOR A PACK OF SUPERCAPACITORS - A charge/discharge device composed of low cost passive component, which allows charge/discharge a pack of supercapacitors for automotive applications without any risk for operators and without danger of damaging neighboring devices, materials and supercapacitors is disclosed. It contains an inner electric charge line connected to a supply terminal of the device; an inner electric ground discharge line connected to a ground terminal of the device; an inner electric output line connected to an output terminal of the device; an on-off-on toggle switch, and a passive bipolar resistive circuit having an overall resistance comprised between 0.1 Ohms and 10 Ohms and inserted in the inner electric output line, having a power resistor installed on a heat sink. | 2016-06-09 |
20160164310 | SOURCE MANAGEMENT FOR A POWER TRANSFORMATION SYSTEM - A battery life monitoring approach for a power transformation powered system. “Signature profiling” and “power metering” may deal with statistically significant edge cases. Relative to product resources, a battery management module (BMM) may use software services from a “phantom module”, “power broker” and other low level board support package (BSP) software, such as A2D, time bases and memory R/W in order to execute routines needed for successful deployment of the product. The memory resources should be volatile and non-volatile memory resources to fulfill the needs of a fully functional power transformation BMM system. | 2016-06-09 |
20160164311 | SECONDARY-BATTERY MONITORING DEVICE AND BATTERY PACK - A secondary-battery monitoring device capable of realizing highly reliable overcurrent detection and a battery pack having it are provided. When an overcurrent flowing to a secondary battery is to be detected by utilizing a current detection voltage generated via on-resistance of a discharge-control switch and a charge-control switch, a voltage correction circuit that generates a correction voltage having a characteristic varied by positive slope or negative slope along with increase in a power supply voltage is provided, and the correction voltage is added to the detection voltage or a reference power supply voltage with the polarity that cancels out the slope of voltage variation caused in the detection voltage, and then the voltage is input to a comparator circuit. In this manner, variation in the overcurrent determination current is reduced. | 2016-06-09 |
20160164312 | POWER MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND POWER MANAGEMENT METHOD - An object of the present invention is to effectively use an electric power without impairing the convenience for a user. A power management system | 2016-06-09 |
20160164313 | POWER SUPPLY AND DEMAND ADJUSTMENT SYSTEM AND POWER SUPPLY AND DEMAND ADJUSTMENT METHOD - To optimize balance of supply and demand by making a demand amount of electric power as the whole of a plurality of charging apparatuses fluctuate while reflecting an idea of a manager of the charging apparatuses. A power supply/demand adjustment system 1 has a store information management server | 2016-06-09 |
20160164314 | POWER TRANSFER CIRCUIT FOR ACHIEVING POWER TRANSFER BETWEEN STACKED RECHARGEABLE BATTERY CELLS - A power transfer circuit for achieving power transfer between stacked rechargeable battery cells is disclosed. The power transfer circuit includes an inductor, a first switch, a second switch and a controller. A loop of the rechargeable battery cell having higher power and the inductor is conducted so that the inductor stores power until the current flowing through the inductor meets the cutoff amount. Then, a loop of the rechargeable battery cell having lower power and the inductor is conducted so that the inductor releases the power saved in the inductor to the rechargeable battery cell having lower power until current flowing through the inductor changes direction. Therefore, balance between the rechargeable battery cells can be achieved. | 2016-06-09 |
20160164315 | PROGRAMMABLE BATTERY SOURCE ARCHITECTURE AND METHOD THEREOF - A programmable battery source architecture includes: a battery module, including a plurality of battery units, and a programmable battery connection circuit coupled to the battery module. The programmable battery connection circuit includes: a matrix intersection line module, electrically coupled to the battery module for forming a plurality of battery connection configurations; a switch group, disposed at each line intersection of the matrix intersection line module, for switching the battery connection configurations; and a control unit, for dynamically controlling the switch group based on a load requirement, for selecting at least a battery connection configuration from the battery connection configurations, and accordingly, the battery module outputting at least an output voltage based on the selected at least a battery connection configuration. | 2016-06-09 |
20160164316 | RAPID CHARGING METHOD FOR STORAGE CELL, RAPID CHARGING SYSTEM, AND PROGRAM - The present rapid charging method for electric vehicles includes the steps of A1: measuring charging power for an electric vehicle that is being charged, A2: determining whether the measured charging power decreases monotonically for a certain period of time, A3: determining whether a difference between a maximum value of the measured charging power and a value of the current charging power is equal to or higher than a certain value, A4: calculating a state of charge of the electric vehicle and determining whether a current state of charge is equal to or less than a predetermined value, and A5: stopping temporarily and restarting a charging if (a) the charging power does not decrease monotonically for the certain period of time, (b) the difference between the maximum value of the charging power and the current value of the charging power is equal to or higher than the certain value, and (c) the current state of charge is equal to or less than the predetermined value. | 2016-06-09 |
20160164317 | BATTERY MONITORING METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PERFORMING THE SAME - A battery monitoring apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention includes: a summation processing unit that calculates a voltage for multiple cells including single cells selected from a plurality of single cells of a battery; a monitoring unit that monitors at least one of voltages for single cells of the battery and a voltage for the multiple cells of the battery; and a control unit that identifies whether the battery is normal by using the at least one of the voltages for the single cells of the battery and the voltage for the multiple cells of the battery. | 2016-06-09 |
20160164318 | BATTERY MONITORING UNIT - A battery monitoring unit includes a control IC, a CPU, and a load circuit. In the inside of the battery monitoring unit, the control IC and the CPU each of which is a control circuit are connected to a unit internal ground that is common thereto. The load circuit is connected to a power ground different from the unit internal ground. In the inside of the battery monitoring unit, the power ground and the unit internal ground are connected with each other via a diode. The unit internal ground and the power ground are connected to an external ground that is common thereto via an electric wire extending from a first ground terminal and an electric wire extending from a second ground terminal, respectively. | 2016-06-09 |
20160164319 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF DIRECT CELL ATTACHMENT FOR BATTERIES - Embodiments of the systems and methods of direct cell attachment for battery cells disclosed herein operate without the protection FETs and the protection IC, thereby enabling the direct attachment of battery cells to the system without compromising safety. A charger IC comprises a switching regulator whose output is used to charge the battery through a pass device. In example embodiments of the disclosed systems and methods of direct cell attachment, a combination of switching FETs and the pass device are used as a protection device instead of the charge and discharge FETs. During normal operation, the pass device may be used to charge the battery using the traditional battery charging profile. Under fault condition, the switching FETs and pass device may be driven appropriately to protect the system. | 2016-06-09 |
20160164320 | CHARGING SYSTEM WITH AN ENHANCED CHARGING EFFICIENCY AND CHARGING DEVICE AND POWER STORAGE EQUIPMENT - A charging system with an enhanced charging efficiency has two connectors each having multiple connection points, which are connected between multiple chargers and multiple rechargeable batteries. The chargers are connected to one of the connectors through multiple first connection wire sets. The other connector is connected to the rechargeable batteries through multiple second connection wire sets. Output terminals of the chargers and the positive and negative terminals of the rechargeable batteries are respectively connected to the connectors. Thus, the chargers receive power through a power input port and output power converted thereby to the rechargeable batteries through single-port connection of the connectors in a one-to-one fashion to achieve the purpose of simultaneously and efficiently charging multiple rechargeable batteries and providing operational convenience because of the easy and convenient connection of the connectors. | 2016-06-09 |
20160164321 | PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND CHARGING METHOD THEREFOR - A portable electronic device includes a connector including first and second data pins and a power pin; a battery charging circuit configured to receive a charging current and a power voltage from an external device via the power pin and charge a battery according to the charging current; and a processor configured to make the first and second data pins, which are shorted by the external device, open and obtain an identification code via the first and second data pins from the external device after the first and second data pins are opened, wherein if the identification code matches a specific code, the processor sends a requirement to the external device, and the power voltage and the charging current received by the battery charging circuit are increased by the external device in response to the requirement. | 2016-06-09 |
20160164322 | WEAK COMPONENT DETECTION FOR CHARGING CAPACITY CONTROL - A charger and a mobile device exchange messages indicating that high wattage charging is supported over a bidirectional communication channel. After the message exchange, the charger sends a controlled output voltage and current to the mobile device over a cable connected between the charger and the mobile device. The mobile device takes an input voltage measurement that corresponds to the controlled output voltage after being passed through the cable. The charger or mobile device may then calculate a resistance of the cable based on a difference between the controlled output voltage and the input voltage measurement. Based on the resistance of the cable, the controlled voltage and current used to charge a battery of the mobile device is adjusted in order to avoid exceeding capacity of the cable. | 2016-06-09 |
20160164323 | SUPPORTING DEVICE FOR PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A supporting device includes a base, a fixing structure, a rotating structure, and a supporting structure. The fixing structure is mounted to the base. The rotating structure is rotatably mounted to the fixing structure. The supporting structure is configured to support a portable electronic device. The supporting structure is mounted to the rotating structure and rotates along with the rotating structure relative to the fixing structure. | 2016-06-09 |
20160164324 | PORTABLE DEVICE CAPABLE OF CONTROLLING OUTPUT CHARACTERISTICS OF ADAPTOR, AND CORRESPONDING METHOD - A portable device capable of controlling output characteristics of an adaptor used for charging a battery of the portable device includes a sensing circuit and a controlling circuit. The sensing circuit senses a condition of the battery. The controlling circuit controls the adaptor to adjust its output characteristics based on the condition of the battery. | 2016-06-09 |
20160164325 | Mechanism For Charging An Electronic Device With A Retractable Cord Reel - An mechanism for charging an electronic device with a retractable cord reel. The device maintains a substantially continuous converted power source connection during operation, including operations adjusting the length of the retractable cord. | 2016-06-09 |