40th week of 2017 patent applcation highlights part 78 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20170288331 | LINEAR EDGE CONNECTOR WITH A CABLE RETENTION MECHANISM HAVING A BODY WITH A GROOVE WITH AN INDENTATION TO RECEIVE A BOLSTER PLATE PROTRUSION - Embodiments of the present disclosure are directed to a linear edge connector assembly and corresponding bolster plate features for receiving and securing a linear edge connector assembly. Embodiments of the disclosure are directed to a linear edge connector assembly that includes a grooved and indented receiver that can receive a spring loaded ball on the bolster plate. In embodiments, the linear edge connector assembly can include a magnetic element to create a magnetic attraction to magnetic elements on the bolster plate, such as a press-fit ball or a U-shaped hardstop. In some embodiments, the linear edge connector assembly includes a screw or push pin that can be received by a receiver on the bolster plate. The receiver can include a thread or friction fit receiver. | 2017-10-05 |
20170288332 | CONNECTOR - A connector includes a first connector and a second connector mounted on an external device. The first connector includes a contact including a contact portion electrically connected to a connection terminal of the second connector by pressing the connection terminal in a predetermined direction; a flexible conductor connected to the contact; a protection member that protects the contact portion by covering a periphery of the contact; a base body that accommodates the contact, the flexible conductor, and the protection member; and an elastic member that is formed separately from the contact and presses the contact and the protection member in a direction opposite to the predetermined direction. | 2017-10-05 |
20170288333 | WATERPROOF ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR HAVING AN INSULATIVE SHELL INSERT-MOLDED WITH A METAL SHELL - An electrical connector includes: an insulative housing having a base portion and a tongue portion extending forwardly from the base portion; a number of terminals retained in the insulative housing; a shielding shell attached to the insulative housing to form a receiving space; a metal shell for mounting on a printed circuit board, the metal shell being affixed to the shielding shell; and an insulative shell insert-molded with the metal shell and enclosing the shielding shell. | 2017-10-05 |
20170288334 | CONNECTOR - It is aimed to enable a short circuit in a retainer insertion hole to be avoided. Short-circuit preventing walls ( | 2017-10-05 |
20170288335 | WATERPROOF BUSHING CONNECTOR ASSEMBLY, WATERPROOF BUSHING RECEPTACLE CONNECTOR AND WATERPROOF BUSHING PLUG CONNECTOR - A waterproof bushing connector assembly has a waterproof bushing receptacle connector having a receptacle housing assembly, a receptacle bushing module and an optical receptacle connector, and a waterproof bushing plug connector engaged detachably with the waterproof bushing receptacle connector and having a plug housing assembly, a plug bushing module, an optical plug connector and a rear mounting lid. The bushing designs allow different optical receptacle connectors to be replaced on an electrical device easily and conveniently. | 2017-10-05 |
20170288336 | CONNECTOR - A waterproof connector is a connectable to a device-side connector ( | 2017-10-05 |
20170288337 | GROMMET FOR A CABLE CONNECTOR AND A STRAIN RELIEF CABLE FITTING HAVING AN INSERT - A grommet for use in a cable fitting includes a body having a bore substantially therethrough and a resilient membrane located within the bore. The resilient membrane is elastically deformable from a receiving position before the cable is inserted into the bore, to an inserted position, after the cable is fully inserted into the bore. In the receiving position, the resilient membrane is substantially conically shaped having an apex substantially coincident with an insertion opening of the body, and, the resilient membrane is axially displaced during the insertion of the cable to an inverted position with respect to the receiving position where the apex is oriented away from the insertion opening. The resilient membrane has a thinner membrane portion extending from the apex towards the bore to provide a controlled tear during cable insertion. The body has an exit opening which comprises resilient gripping teeth projecting axially from the body with an axially extending resilient foldable membrane located between at least two adjacent resilient teeth and foldable therebetween when they are radially compressed. Once force is applied by the axial movement of the fitting assembly onto a tapered surface of the grommet, the flexible gripping members radially collapse towards an inserted cable. The combination of the resilient membrane and the axially extending teeth separated by a foldable membrane allow for an increased friction fit and sealing interface on the cable. The grommet may be assembled in a strain relief connector having a nut, a connector body and optionally an insert. The insert has a removed section longitudinally coincident with a gripping surface facilitating movement of the gripping surface towards the cable. | 2017-10-05 |
20170288338 | SNAP BUTTON CONNECTOR - A snap button connector has a male connector portion and a female connector portion, the male connector portion including a male connector body with a convex portion, a plurality of first electrodes and one or more positioning keys, the female connector portion including a female connector body with a concave portion, a plurality of second electrodes, and one or more keys to be positioned, and when the male connector portion is fitted with the female connector portion, the convex portion and the positioning keys are fitted with the concave portion and the keys to be positioned, respectively, whereby the plurality of first electrodes are aligned with and electrically connected to the plurality of second electrodes. | 2017-10-05 |
20170288339 | POWER SOURCE CONNECTOR DEVICE - A power source connector device includes a first connector and a second connector. The first connector includes a first housing and first terminals. The second connector includes second terminals. The second terminals face each other at least partially with a space in between. When the first connector and the second connector fit to each other, a portion of the first housing is disposed in the space. At the same time, a portion of an outer wall of one of the first connector and the second connector abuts an inner wall of the other of the second connector or the first connector. An engaging portion is disposed on the outer wall, and a corresponding engaging portion for engaging with the engaging portion is disposed on the inner wall. The engaging portion is supported using the first housing disposed in the space. | 2017-10-05 |
20170288340 | System and Method for Utilizing Smart Data Connectors with Built In Safely Remove Hardware Functionality - An information handling system includes a processor and receptacle module. The processor to receive a request to safely remove a hardware component coupled to the information handling system, to execute a safely remove process for the hardware component, and to send a latch release signal in response to the safely remove hardware process being completed. The receptacle module including a receptacle mounted on a receptacle circuit board, a latch, and a component. The latch is biased in a first position with a hook of the latch being located within in a notch of the receptacle. The latch is configured to rotate from the first position to a second position in response to a plug being inserted into the receptacle, and to snap back to the first position in response to the plug being fully inserted into the receptacle. The component is configured to receive the latch release signal from the processor, and to continually exert a first force on the latch to move the latch to the second position while the latch release signal is received. | 2017-10-05 |
20170288341 | HOUSING FOR CONNECTING TO A PLUG CONNECTOR PART - A housing for connecting to a plug connector part includes a plug-in opening, into which the plug connector part can be plugged in a plug-in direction; a wall which surrounds the plug-in opening; and a coding device which has at least one coding projection that protrudes inwards from the wall into the plug-in opening transversely to the plug-in direction and is designed to allow the plug connector part to be plugged into the plug-in opening in a specified angular position about the plug-in direction. The wall may have a first wall portion and a second wall portion which adjoins the first wall portion axially in the plug-in direction. The second wall portion may be offset outwards relative to the first wall portion in a direction transverse to the plug-in direction. | 2017-10-05 |
20170288342 | Electrical Connector With Rotary Connector Position Assurance Device - An electrical connector comprises a housing and a connector position assurance device. The housing has a locking lever locking the housing to a mating housing of a mating electrical connector. The connector position assurance device is fitted on the locking lever and is pivotable in relation to the housing from a delivery position to a locking position. The connector position assurance device, when in the locking position, prevents unlocking of the locking lever when the housing is connected to the mating housing. | 2017-10-05 |
20170288343 | CONNECTOR SYSTEM IMPEDANCE MATCHING - Connector inserts and receptacles that provide signal paths having desired impedance characteristics. One example may provide a connector system having a connector insert and a connector receptacle. Contacts in the connector insert may form signal paths with corresponding contacts in the connector receptacle. Additional traces in the connector insert and receptacle may be part of these signal paths. The signal paths may have a target or a desired impedance along their lengths such that the power paths electrically appear as transmission lines. Constraints on physical dimensions of the connector insert and connector receptacle contacts may result in variations in impedance along the signal paths. Accordingly, embodiments of the present invention may provide structures to reduce these variations, to compensate for these variations, or a combination thereof. | 2017-10-05 |
20170288344 | CONNECTOR, MATCHED CONNECTOR AND CONNECTING ASSEMBLY - The invention discloses a connector, a connector, a matched connector, a matched connector and a connecting assembly. The connecting assembly includes the connector and the matched connector. A terminal fixing portion of the connector is provided with terminal accommodating cavities for accommodating connecting terminals. Separators for separating adjacent connecting terminals are disposed as protruding between the terminal accommodating cavities. The matched connector comprises insertion holes and isolating slots provided on a female end seat. The separators are inserted into the isolating slots. One end of the connecting terminal is disposed on the body of the connector, and the other end is held within the insertion hole and is connectable with a terminal connecting piece of the matched connector. The invention prevents connecting terminals from interfering with each other to provide a higher secure connection performance, while maintaining smaller spacing therebetween. | 2017-10-05 |
20170288345 | ELECTRICAL RECEPTACLE CONNECTOR - An electrical receptacle connector includes a metallic shell, an insulation housing, upper-row plate terminals, and lower-row plate terminals. The metallic shell defines a receptacle cavity to receive the insulation housing. The insulation housing includes a base portion and a tongue portion extending from one side of the base portion. The tongue portion includes an upper surface and a lower surface. The upper-row plate terminals are held on the base portion and tongue portion and include upper-row contact segments at the upper surface for transmitting first signals. The lower-row plate terminals are held on the base portion and tongue portion and include lower-row contact segments at the lower surface for transmitting second signals. The upper-row plate terminals and the lower-row plate terminals are point-symmetrical with a central point of the receptacle cavity as the symmetrical center. | 2017-10-05 |
20170288346 | PLUG HOUSING FOR A SENSOR DEVICE AND PLUG MODULE - A plug module includes a sensor device and a plug housing, the plug housing including a socket, an inner side of which includes a receptacle area for accommodating the sensor device, and a cover that is connected to the socket with the aid of a fastening device, where a plurality of electrically conductive straight contact pins are introduced into the cover in such a way that (a) particular first ends of the contact pins protrude into an internal volume of the plug housing and are situated above the receptacle area of the socket, and (b) particular second ends of the contact pins are situated in the area of a connector of the cover. | 2017-10-05 |
20170288347 | POKE-IN ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR - An electrical connector includes a housing having contact channels with electrical contacts received therein each having a poke-in spring beam configured to engage an electrical wire when poked-in to the housing. The electrical contact is movable between a resting position when no wire is present in the wire channel and a clearance position where the electrical contact allows the electrical wire to be removed from the wire channel. Pivot levers are held by the housing and are coupled to corresponding electrical contacts with a pivot end pivotably coupled to the housing and a push button end having a push button pressed to move the corresponding electrical contact to the clearance position. When the electrical wire is loaded into the wire channel, the electrical contact is positioned in a pinching position in which the spring beam pinches against the electrical wire in physical contact with the electrical wire. | 2017-10-05 |
20170288348 | DETECTING DECOUPLING OF A FIRST CONNECTOR PART FROM A SECOND CONNECTOR PART OF AN ELECTRICAL PLUG CONNECTOR - A technique is provided for detecting decoupling of a first connector part, connected to a first device, of an electrical plug connector from a second connector part, connected to a second device, of the electrical plug connector. A corresponding method, a corresponding apparatus, a corresponding electrical plug connector as well as the first connector part and the second connector part of the plug connector, a corresponding device and a computer program product are stated. | 2017-10-05 |
20170288349 | TELECOMMUNICATIONS DEVICE - The present disclosure relates to a telecommunications jack including a housing having a port for receiving a plug. The jack also includes a plurality of contact springs adapted to make electrical contact with the plug when the plug is inserted into the port of the housing, and a plurality of wire termination contacts for terminating wires to the jack. The jack further includes a circuit board that electrically connects the contact springs to the wire termination contacts. The circuit board includes a multi-zone crosstalk compensation arrangement for reducing crosstalk at the jack. | 2017-10-05 |
20170288350 | ELECTRICAL RECEPTACLE ASSEMBLY WITH OUTWARD-BIASING FACEPLATE - A faceplate assembly may include a faceplate having an opening configured to receive an electrical device insert, and an adapter that is disposed between the faceplate and a structure. The adapter may abut a surface of the structure. The faceplate assembly may include one or more biasing members that may be configured to bias the faceplate outward relative to the structure. A first biasing member may include one or more resilient fingers. The fingers may be configured to abut a yoke that is installed in the structure (e.g., attached within an opening of the structure). A second biasing member may include a resilient spacer that is configured to be disposed between the faceplate and the adapter. The one or more biasing members may apply forces against the faceplate that may cause the faceplate to be biased outward relative to the surface of the structure. | 2017-10-05 |
20170288351 | CONNECTOR DEVICE INCLUDING PLANAR MEMBER WITH SLITS TO RECEIVE ELECTRICAL TABS OF FUEL CELL STACK - An electrical connection system for cell voltage monitoring in a fuel cell stack. A fuel cell stack assembly comprises a plurality of fuel cells disposed in a stacked configuration, each cell substantially parallel to an x-y plane and including an electrical tab extending laterally from an edge of a plate in the cell in the x-direction to form an array of tabs extending along a side face of the fuel cell stack in a z-direction orthogonal to the x-y plane. A connector device comprises a planar member having a plurality of spaced-apart slits formed in an edge of the planar member, each slit having an electrically conductive material on an inside face of the slit. The slits are spaced along the edge of the planar member and configured to receive the tabs by sliding engagement in the y-direction. Alternatively, each tab may be crimped to create a distortion in the tab out of the x-y plane of the plate and a connector device comprises a planar member having a plurality of generally parallel slits formed in the body of the planar member, each slit having an electrically conductive material on an inside face of the slit, the slits being spaced within the planar member and configured to receive the tabs by sliding engagement in the x-direction so that each tab engages with at least a portion of the electrically conductive material on the inside face of a respective slit. | 2017-10-05 |
20170288352 | ELECTRICAL RECEPTACLE CONNECTOR - An electrical receptacle connector includes a terminal module received in a metallic shell. The terminal module includes a base portion and receptacle terminals held on the base portion. A notch is recessed from a periphery of an insertion opening of the metallic shell. Therefore, when the electrical receptacle connector is assembled in an electronic device, the periphery of the notch corresponds to the periphery of a cut opening of a housing of the electronic device. The periphery of the cut opening and the periphery of the notch are aligned along the same profile line, and the periphery of the notch does not protrude out of the cut opening. Therefore, the periphery of the insertion opening will not interfere with other components assembled with the housing, and the problem of that the conventional design cannot satisfy the design change of the housing of the electronic device can be solved. | 2017-10-05 |
20170288353 | ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR - An electrical connector includes a plurality of connector units each having a base, a first pin, a second pin, and a soldering pad. The connector units may be linked together to form an array of connector units by a plurality of bridges that connect the bases of successive connector units. The bases of the connector units may be embedded in a plastic carrier material. The bridges and the portions of the bases to which the bridges connect may be positioned in the carrier unit such that they may be cut away from the rest of the electrical connector. The soldering pads and soldering ports of the first pins are configured to be soldered to a printed circuit board, resulting in two rows of electrically independent pins soldered to a single printed circuit board. A housing may be used to isolate the circuit board from forces applied to the pins. | 2017-10-05 |
20170288354 | CABLE TRAY ASSEMBLY - A cable tray assembly includes a first shell that defines a hollow interior and a second shell that defines a hollow interior, wherein one of the shells is partially inserted into the other shell so that the two hollow interiors are in communication. The shells each include a face that is opposite the face on the other shell and the faces support a plurality of connectors. An adjustment system helps control the distance between the two faces so that the cable tray can connect two row of connectors that are a distance apart where the distance is variable. | 2017-10-05 |
20170288355 | Busway Systems and Related Assemblies and Methods - A busway assembly includes first and second busway sections and a joint assembly connecting the first and second sections. Each busway section includes a housing including first and second opposing side portions. Each busway section includes a first insulator held in the first side portion and a second insulator held in the second side portion. The first and second insulators each hold one or more bus bar conductors. The joint assembly includes first and second connected joint housings and plurality of joint conductors held in the first and second housings. A first exposed portion of each joint conductor extends out of the first housing and is electrically connected with one of the bus bar conductors of the first busway section. A second exposed portion of each joint conductor extends out of the second housing and is electrically connected with one of the bus bar conductors of the second busway section. | 2017-10-05 |
20170288356 | ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR - An electrical connector is provided, including a plastic core having a frame and at least one partition plate integrally formed with the frame for defining a plurality of recesses, a first connector received in one of the recesses, and a second connector received in another one of the recesses. As such, the instant disclosure only needs to solder the electrical connector to a circuit board of an electronic product so as for the electronic product to obtain a plurality of connector ports, thus greatly reducing the fabrication time. | 2017-10-05 |
20170288357 | COMPUTER-AIDED MANUFACTURING PROCESS FOR GENERATING MODULAR DIRECT CURRENT BATTERY ADAPTER AND VOLTMETER DEVICE - A mobile voltmeter device housing for mating with a direct current battery terminal housing including two battery pin connector type terminals may include a voltmeter housing for housing a voltmeter microchip and a voltmeter digital display, a mating housing for mating the voltmeter device housing with a direct current battery having a terminal housing comprising two gendered pin connector type terminals, and a terminal housing for housing two electrically conductive wires and a portion of two device pin connector type terminals. | 2017-10-05 |
20170288358 | CONNECTING ELEMENT FOR ELECTRICAL AND MECHANICAL CONNECTION OF ELECTRONIC MODULES, ELECTRONIC MODULE ARRANGEMENT FOR INSTALLATION IN A CYLINDRICAL INSTALLATION SPACE AND ROLLING BEARING ARRANGEMENT - The present invention relates to a connecting element for electrical and mechanical connection of electronics modules. The connecting element includes a base part having a receptacle area that serves to hold an electronics module, wherein the receptacle area has first electrical contact points for the electrical connection of the connecting element to electrical contact points of the electronics module. The base part includes a first end region having a first recessed section on the top side and has a second end region having a second recessed section on the bottom side. Second electrical contact points for connecting to further connecting elements are disposed on the top side of the first recessed section and on the bottom side of the second recessed section. The recessed sections are designed such that the end regions of connecting elements that are located next to each other can be positioned opposite one another in such a way that the top sides of the connecting elements are located on a plane and the bottom sides of the connecting elements are located on another plane. The second electrical contact points are disposed in such a way that the connecting elements can be positioned at different angles (a) with respect to one another. The invention also relates to an electronic module arrangement having at least one connecting element and an electronics module disposed in the receptacle area of the connecting element. | 2017-10-05 |
20170288359 | METHOD FOR FORMING EMBEDDED MEMBERS, PRE-STRUCTURE PREPARED THEREFROM, AND POSITIONING SCRAP - A method includes the steps: providing a pre-structure comprising a first pre-embedded member and a second pre-embedded member, wherein the first pre-embedded member has a first positioning segment, a connecting segment connected to the first positioning segment, a first piece, and a bridge; the second pre-embedded member has a second positioning segment, a hanging segment connected to the second positioning segment, and a second piece, wherein the bridge is connected to the connecting segment and the second piece; fixing the bridge onto the hanging segment; segmenting the connecting portion of the bridge and the connecting segment to form a first embedded member, which is defined by the first positioning segment, the connecting segment and the first piece, and a second embedded member, which is defined by the second positioning segment, the hanging segment, the second piece and the bridge; separating the second embedded member from the first embedded member. | 2017-10-05 |
20170288360 | ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR AND METHOD OF MAKING THE SAME - An electrical connector includes an insulative housing, a number of conductive contacts affixed to the insulative housing, a middle shielding plate affixed to the insulative housing, a shielding shell enclosing the insulative housing for forming a mating room; and an outer metal shell enclosing the shielding shell. The insulative housing has a base portion and a tongue portion extending forwardly from the base portion. The electrical connector further includes a sealer with an o-ring at a front end thereof. The sealer is insert-molded with the shielding shell for forming a waterproof structure enclosing the insulative housing. A front end of the outer metal shell resists the sealer. The outer metal shell encloses the sealer, making the sealer attach to shielding shell firmly. The sealer achieves a good waterproof effect. | 2017-10-05 |
20170288361 | GAS LASER APPARATUS - A gas laser apparatus may include: a laser chamber connected through a first control valve to a first laser gas supply source that supplies a first laser gas containing a halogen gas and connected through a second control valve to a second laser gas supply source that supplies a second laser gas having a lower halogen gas concentration than the first laser gas; a purification column that removes at least a part of the halogen gas and a halogen compound from at least a part of a gas exhausted from the laser chamber; a booster pump, connected through a third control valve to the laser chamber, which raises a pressure of a gas having passed through the purification column to a gas pressure that is higher than an operating gas pressure of the laser chamber; and a controller that calculates, on a basis of a first amount of a gas supplied from the booster pump through the third control valve to the laser chamber, a second amount of the first laser gas that is to be supplied to the laser chamber and controls the first control valve on a basis of a result of the calculation of the second amount. | 2017-10-05 |
20170288362 | Supercontinuum Source - A supercontinuum optical pulse source provides a combined supercontinuum, and can comprise one or more seed pulse sources; first and second optical amplifiers arranged along first and second respective optical paths, wherein the first and second optical amplifiers are configured to amplify one or more optical signals generated by the one or more seed pulse sources; a first microstructured light-guiding member arranged along the first optical path and configured to generate supercontinuum light responsive to an optical signal propagating along the first optical path; a second microstructured light-guiding member arranged along the second optical path and configured to generate supercontinuum light responsive to an optical signal propagating along the second optical path; a supercontinuum-combining member to combine supercontinuum generated in at least the first and second microstructured light-guiding members to form a combined supercontinuum; wherein the supercontinuum-combining member comprises an output fibre, wherein the output fibre comprises a silica-based multimode optical fibre supporting a plurality of spatial modes at one or more wavelengths of the combined supercontinuum; wherein the supercontinuum-combining member has one or more input fibres which support no more than four spatial modes at any wavelength within the combined supercontinuum; and wherein the output fibre of the supercontinuum-combining member supports no more than four spatial modes at any wavelength within the combined supercontinuum. | 2017-10-05 |
20170288363 | Laser Source, Particularly For Industrial Processes - A laser source for use in providing a laser beam for industrial operations in an industrial plant. The laser source selectively providing a first laser beam at a first outlet having relatively high power and lower beam quality and a second laser beam at a second outlet having relatively lower power and higher beam quality. The laser source including an optical path selector device for selectively transmitting a first laser beam along a first or second optical line toward respective first and second outlets. The second optical path having an optical amplification unit for changing the first laser to the second laser. An industrial plant including at least a first laser source selectively controls the first laser source to provide the first and the second lasers to predetermined laser processing stations. A second laser source may be used and controlled to provide a first or second laser to an alternate laser processing station on a failure of another laser source. | 2017-10-05 |
20170288364 | DIODE LASER PACKAGES WITH FLARED LASER OSCILLATOR WAVEGUIDES - A high brightness diode laser package includes a plurality of flared laser oscillator waveguides arranged on a stepped surface to emit respective laser beams in one or more emission directions, a plurality of optical components situated to receive the laser beams from the plurality of flared laser oscillator waveguides and to provide the beams in a closely packed relationship, and an optical fiber optically coupled to the closely packed beams for coupling the laser beams out of the diode laser package. | 2017-10-05 |
20170288365 | LASER MODULE - A laser module according to the present disclosure includes a laser diode, a first collimating lens, and a beam twister. The laser diode includes a plurality of emitters and emits laser light from each of the plurality of emitters through a light emission surface. The first collimating lens is provided at a first distance from the light emission surface of the laser diode and parallelizes a fast-axis-wise divergence of the laser light. The beam twister is provided at a second distance away from the first collimating lens and turns the laser light approximately 90 degrees. Each of the plurality of emitters has a width of 5 μm to 120 μm on the light emission surface. The plurality of emitters have a pitch of 295 μm to 305 μm on the light emission surface. | 2017-10-05 |
20170288366 | THIN LASER PACKAGE FOR OPTICAL APPLICATIONS - An optical projection system includes: a laser emitter configured to emit a beam along an emission axis; an optical element having an optical axis non-parallel to the emission axis, the optical element having a back focal length; and a folding optic configured to redirect the beam toward the optical axis, the beam following a folded optical path having: a first section along the emission axis from the laser emitter to the folding optic; and a second section along the optical axis from the folding optic to the optical element, the sum of the lengths of the first and second sections being equal to the back focal length, the length of the first section being a function of a divergence of the beam and the back focal length, and the folding optic having a height along the optical axis configured to redirect substantially the entire beam emitted by the laser emitter. | 2017-10-05 |
20170288367 | OPTICAL UNIT, FIXING MECHANISM FOR OPTICAL UNIT, AND SEMICONDUCTOR LASER MODULE - A circuit conductor is provided on a base. A semiconductor laser is connected to the circuit conductor. Cutout parts on which the circuit conductor is not formed are provided at, for example, the vicinity of the four corners of the base, and a hole is provided at each of the said portions. The holes penetrate the base. Fixing members are inserted through the holes. The fixing members are, for example, male threads. Since the head part of the fixing members is located in the cutout part, the fixing members and the circuit conductor are not in contact with each other. A platform has holes formed at portions corresponding to the holes in the optical unit and female threads formed on the inner surface. The fixing members and the platform are therefore joined. As a result, the optical unit is fixed to the platform. | 2017-10-05 |
20170288368 | LASER OSCILLATOR - To provide a laser oscillator, in which an LD module is fixed to a cooling plate through insulated fixation that is superior in durability, cost, and workability in an insulated fixation operation. A laser oscillator includes an LD module. The LD module has one or a plurality of LD light source(s), and is placed on a thermally conductive insulating member placed on a cooling plate. The LD module of the laser oscillator is fixed to the cooling plate, via an elastic insulating member fixed to the cooling plate. | 2017-10-05 |
20170288369 | DUAL CLOSED LOOP FOR LASER POWER CONTROL - A power control system comprising a laser driver that receives a data signal, and responsive to a modulation control signal and a bias control signal, processes the data signal to drive a laser to generate an optic signal that represents the data signal. A monitor photodiode configured to receive the optic signal and generate a monitor photodiode signal. | 2017-10-05 |
20170288370 | HIGH BRIGHTNESS COHERENT MULTI-JUNCTION DIODE LASERS - Laser diodes formed on a common substrate with layers of suitable thickness and refractive indices produce output beams that are coherently coupled. A phase mask can be situated to produce phase differences in one or more of the output beams to produce a common wavefront phase. The phase-corrected beams propagate with reduced angular divergence than conventional lasers that are not coherently coupled, and the coherently coupled laser diodes can provide higher beam brightness, enhanced beam parameter product, and superior power coupled into doped fibers in fiber lasers. | 2017-10-05 |
20170288371 | GAS DISCHARGE TUBES AND METHODS AND ELECTRICAL SYSTEMS INCLUDING SAME - A gas discharge tube includes a housing defining a chamber, first and second terminal electrodes mounted on the housing, a plurality of inner electrodes located in the chamber, and a gas contained in the chamber. The inner electrodes are serially disposed in the chamber in spaced apart relation to define a series of spark gaps from the first terminal electrode to the second terminal electrode. The chamber is hermetically sealed. | 2017-10-05 |
20170288372 | SPARK PLUG - A spark plug includes an insulator having an axial hole extending along an axial line, a center electrode disposed in the axial hole, a tubular metallic shell surrounding the insulator, a ground electrode whose proximal end is fixed to the metallic shell, and a cylindrical noble metal tip fixed to the ground electrode via an intermediate tip so as to form a gap between the noble metal tip and the center electrode. A weld portion is provided between the noble metal tip and the intermediate tip. The weld portion has a diameter larger than that of a portion of the intermediate tip which is adjacent to the weld portion. The noble metal tip is located inside a virtual tapered cylindrical surface which extends from a peripheral edge of a gap-side end of the center electrode so as to contact an outer circumferential edge of the weld portion. | 2017-10-05 |
20170288373 | SPARK PLUG AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A spark plug has an elongated center electrode, ground electrode, convex part and noble metal coating layer. The center electrode is held in a housing. The ground electrode has a tip end opposing part opposing the center electrode. The convex part is extended from the tip end opposing part to an opposing part face in an axial direction of the spark plug. A spark discharge gap is formed between a tip end part of the center electrode and the convex part. The noble metal coating layer covers a surface of the convex part. The noble metal coating layer has an end face coating layer covering a projecting end face of the convex part and a side face coating layer covering at least a part of a side face of the convex part extended from the projecting end face. A root part of the side face coating layer is buried in the tip end opposing part. An extension is formed so that at least a part of the root part is extended to an outside of the spark plug along the opposing part face. | 2017-10-05 |
20170288374 | SPARK PLUG - A spark plug includes a cylindrical metallic shell having a ground electrode at a forward end of the cylindrical metallic shell, a cylindrical insulator held in the metallic shell, a center electrode disposed in the insulator, a resistor element disposed in the insulator and having a forward end located rearward of a rear end of the center electrode, a forward-end-side electrically conductive seal layer disposed in the insulator to be located between the center electrode and the resistor element, and a rear-end-side electrically conductive seal layer disposed in the insulator to be located rearward of the resistor element. The forward end of the resistor element is located forward of the rear end of the metallic shell, and the rear end of the resistor element is located rearward of the rear end of the metallic shell. | 2017-10-05 |
20170288375 | SPARK PLUG - The spark plug has a shaft shaped center electrode, insulator, terminal fitting, ground electrode and resistor. The insulator has an axially penetrating shaft hole, and the center electrode is held in a tip end side of the shaft hole. The terminal fitting has a shaft and a terminal part. The shaft is held in a base end side of the shaft hole. The terminal part is projected from a base end of the shaft hole to a base end side of the spark plug. The ground electrode faces the center electrode in a tip end side of the shaft hole. The resistor is disposed between the center electrode and the terminal fitting in the shaft hole. An axial length L of the resistor is 15 mm≦L≦22.5 mm. An axial length T of the shaft satisfies a relation of 1.25≦T/L. | 2017-10-05 |
20170288376 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TESTING BREAKDOWN VOLTAGE/DIELECTRIC STRENGTH OF SPARK PLUG INSULATORS - A system for testing an insulative material for a spark plug comprises a test spark plug having at least a center electrode and an insulator comprised of an insulative material surrounding at least a portion of the center electrode, wherein the insulator has an end that is closed, whereby the closed end of the insulator encloses an end of the center electrode. The system may further include a test engine that simulates engine conditions, wherein a conventional spark plug is installed in a first ignition port of the test engine and the test spark plug is installed in a second ignition portion of the test engine and a control system for controlling ignition signals to the test spark plug and the conventional spark plug. | 2017-10-05 |
20170288377 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DISTRIBUTION OF ELECTRICAL POWER - A method of mounting an electrically powered device having power receiving contacts and a ground contact on a display comprising a mounting wall comprising:
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20170288378 | CONTAINER FOR ENERGY STORAGE APPARATUS - The present invention relates to a container for an energy storage apparatus, the container including: a container main body which defines an internal space finished by an upper plate, a lower plate, and a plurality of sidewalls; a first support frame which is installed on the upper plate of the container main body; a second support frame which is installed on the lower plate of the container main body; and one or more vertical frames which are coupled to the first and second support frames in a vertical direction, and configure vertical frames for a typically used battery rack. | 2017-10-05 |
20170288379 | HIGH VOLTAGE EQUIPMENT BOX FOR RAILWAY VEHICLE - A high voltage equipment box for a rail vehicle includes a box body and electric equipment arranged in the box body, two ends of the box body in a width direction of the vehicle extend to respective skirt plates, and an avoidance gap is provided at a bottom of each of the two ends of the box body, a bottom of each of the skirt plates is fixed at the respective avoidance gap, a top of the box body extends to a position above a bottom beam of a vehicle body, and a bottom of the box body is flush with a bottom plate of the vehicle body and forms a part of the bottom plate of the vehicle body. | 2017-10-05 |
20170288380 | IN-USE WATER-TIGHT COUPLER FOR AN ELECTRICAL FLOOR BOX - An electrical floor box is configured to be electrically connected to an electrical cable that includes a cable terminal. The electrical floor box includes a surface plate oriented parallel to a floor surface. The surface plate includes an aperture. The electrical floor box also includes an electrical connector positioned in the aperture of the surface plate. The electrical connector includes a connector terminal that is configured to engage the cable terminal to provide an electrical connection therebetween. The electrical floor box further includes a sealing member positioned between the electrical connector and the aperture of the surface plate. The sealing member is configured to engage a portion of the electrical cable to provide a water-tight seal between the electrical cable and the connector terminal while the electrical cable is coupled to the electrical connector. | 2017-10-05 |
20170288381 | QUICK-CONNECT ELECTRICAL JUNCTION BOXES AND METHODS - Provided herein in some embodiments is an quick-connect electrical junction box including a front cover, a bus module, and a back cover configured to fit together and form the quick-connect electrical junction box. The front cover can include a front face including a number of sockets configured to accept a number of prongs of one or more electrical accessory modules. The front cover can also include a back face including a number of clamp tunnels corresponding to the number of sockets. The bus module can include a front face including a bus assembly fixed to the bus-module front face, wherein the bus assembly can include a number of clamps correspondingly disposed in the number clamp tunnels. The bus module can also include a back face including a number of bus assembly-connected wire lugs fixed thereto for wiring the quick-connect electrical junction box to a circuit breaker or another quick-connect electrical junction box. | 2017-10-05 |
20170288382 | SUPPORTING STRUCTURE FOR CONTACTS OF HIGH-VOLTAGE DISCONNECTORS - This invention relates to a supporting structure for contacts of high-voltage disconnectors, characterized in that it comprises at least one vertical central composite insulator that is stayed by means of at least two inclined insulators, each of which is coupled at a first end to said at least one central composite insulator and at the second opposite end to a base body for said at least one vertical central composite insulator. | 2017-10-05 |
20170288383 | Cable Connector Accessory Assemblies and Methods for Connecting Cables to Cable Connector Accessories - Methods for connecting cables and cable connector accessories include inserting an end portion of the cable into a bore defined in a main body of the cable connector accessory, the cable connector accessory formed from an aluminum. Methods further include detonating an explosive, the explosive comprising a detonation cord surrounding an outer surface of the main body of the connector accessory. Detonation of the explosive compresses the main body around the end portion of the cable. | 2017-10-05 |
20170288384 | SAFETY SWITCH FOR PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEMS - Various implementations described herein are directed to a methods and apparatuses for disconnecting, by a device, elements at certain parts of an electrical system. The method may include measuring operational parameters at certain locations within the system and/or receiving messages from control devices indicating a potentially unsafe condition, disconnecting and/or short-circuiting system elements in response, and reconnection the system elements when it is safe to do so. Certain embodiments relate to methods and apparatuses for providing operational power to safety switches during different modes of system operation. | 2017-10-05 |
20170288385 | SHORT-CIRCUIT PROTECTION CIRCUIT FOR SELF-ARC-EXTINGUISHING TYPE SEMICONDUCTOR ELEMENT - A short-circuit protection circuit for a self-arc-extinguishing type semiconductor element includes a first protection circuit and a second protection circuit. The first protection circuit is configured to reduce a voltage between a control electrode and a first main electrode of the self-arc-extinguishing type semiconductor element when detecting overcurrent flowing between the first main electrode and a second main electrode. The second protection circuit is configured to: detect current flowing in an interconnection adapted to supply the drive voltage; determine, based on the detected current, whether the first protection circuit is in an operating state; and change the drive voltage to turn off the self-arc-extinguishing type semiconductor element when the first protection circuit is in the operating state. | 2017-10-05 |
20170288386 | POWER SUPPLY WITH CURRENT LIMIT ON INDIVIDUAL CONDUCTORS - Circuits, methods, and apparatus that may provide power supply voltages in a safe and reliable manner that meets safety and regulatory concerns and does not exceed physical limitations of cables and other circuits and components used to provide the power supply voltages. One example may provide a cable having a sufficient number of conductors to provide power without exceeding a maximum current density for the conductors. Another example may provide a cable having more than the sufficient number of conductors in order to provide an amount of redundancy. Current sense circuits may be included for one or more conductors. When an excess current is sensed, a power source in the power supply may be shut down, the power source may be disconnected from one or more conductors, or both events may occur. | 2017-10-05 |
20170288387 | WIDE RANGE CURRENT MONITORING SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ELECTRONIC TRIP UNITS - A circuit interrupter that includes a passive integration channel structured to receive an output signal from a di/dt current sensor and generate a first signal output based on the output signal, and an active integration channel structured to receive the output signal from the di/dt current sensor and generate a second signal output based on the output signal that is proportional to the primary current received by the di/dt current sensor. Circuit protection functionality is provided based on the first signal output responsive to the primary current being determined to be greater than a threshold level, current metering and circuit protection functionality is provided based on the second signal output responsive to the primary current being determined to be less than or equal to the threshold level, and a seed current value is provided to the active integrator based on the first signal output. | 2017-10-05 |
20170288388 | DC CIRCUIT BREAKER - A DC circuit breaker includes: a mechanical switch provided on an electrical path through which a direct current flows; and a semiconductor switch connected in parallel with the mechanical switch. The mechanical switch includes a gas disconnector and a vacuum circuit breaker connected in series. Normally, the direct current flows through the mechanical switch. When interrupting the direct current, the vacuum circuit breaker is made nonconductive to allow the direct current to be commutated to the semiconductor switch, and subsequently the gas disconnector and the semiconductor switch are made nonconductive. A vacuum circuit breaker having a low withstand voltage can be used. | 2017-10-05 |
20170288389 | CONTROLLED POWER-UP SCHEME FOR AN ELECTRONIC TRIP UNIT, AND CIRCUIT INTERRUPTER EMPLOYING SAME - A power supply circuit for a trip unit of a circuit interrupter includes a current transformer, a startup circuit receiving a regulated voltage and a DC/DC converter. The startup circuit is structured to: (i) burden the current transformer with an impedance approximating the trip unit and cause the DC/DC converter to enter the shutdown mode when the regulated voltage is below a predetermined value, (ii) remove the burden and cause the DC/DC converter to exit the shutdown mode and provide power to the trip unit responsive to the regulated voltage reaching the predetermined value, and (iii) remove the burden and cause the DC/DC converter to exit the shutdown mode and provide power to the trip unit responsive to a rate of change of the regulated voltage being at least a predetermined level. | 2017-10-05 |
20170288390 | ELECTRICAL LEAKAGE DETECTION CIRCUIT AND ELECTRICAL LEAKAGE BREAKER - The present invention increases noise immunity of an electrical leakage detection circuit. A first comparator COMP | 2017-10-05 |
20170288391 | Fail-Safe For Shared Pin - An integrated circuit (IC) provides an improved fail-safe signal to a circuit sharing a fail-safe pin at which the voltage can be greater than the voltage of an upper rail. The IC includes a first circuit segment that receives a first fail-safe signal and a first power-down signal and provides an intermediate signal, wherein the first fail-safe signal indicates when the voltage at the fail-safe pin is greater than the upper rail and the first power-down signal indicates when the module is powered down, and a second circuit segment connected to receive the intermediate signal and to provide the improved fail-safe signal to the module. | 2017-10-05 |
20170288392 | Electronic Device with Reverse Voltage Protection Circuitry for Multiple Control Lines - A host electronic device may be coupled to an accessory electronic device. The host device and the accessory device may be connected via power supply lines and user data lines. If the host and accessory devices are improperly connected or if the accessory device is exposed to an incorrect voltage environment, the internal circuitry on the accessory device can be damaged. The accessory device may therefore include a reverse voltage protection circuit that can help prevent a large amount of current from inadvertently flowing into the accessory device. The protection circuit may include a low-side-enabled reverse current protection switch coupled between the external and internal ground terminals and also a single low-drop switch coupled to each of the user data lines. The low-drop switch will be activated whenever the voltage at the external ground terminal exceeds the voltage at the data line to help deactivate low-side-enabled reverse current protection switch. | 2017-10-05 |
20170288393 | INPUT OVERVOLTAGE PROTECTION CIRCUIT - An input overvoltage protection circuit is equipped with a first wiring and a second wiring which are connected to a protected circuit in order to supply a voltage thereto, a fuse inserted in series in the first wiring and which interrupts a current flowing through the first wiring when a current greater than or equal to a predetermined value flows therethrough, a silicon surge absorber, one end of which is connected between the protected circuit and the fuse in the first wiring, and the other end of which is connected to the second wiring, and a bidirectional two-terminal thyristor connected to the first wiring and to the second wiring at a location between the silicon surge absorber and the protected circuit. | 2017-10-05 |
20170288394 | SYSTEM AND SWITCH ASSEMBLY THEREOF WITH FAULT PROTECTION AND ASSOCIATED METHOD - A system, a switch assembly and an associated method. The system includes a number of switch assemblies, each including a switch module, isolation circuits, a detection unit, and a drive unit. The switch module includes power switch devices connected in parallel. The switch modules are connected in series. The isolation circuits each are connected in series to a gate terminal of at least one corresponding power switch device of the power switch devices. Each isolation circuit includes a capacitor or a controllable switch. The detection unit detects faults in at least one of the power switch devices. The drive unit is coupled to the switch module via the isolation circuits for driving the power switch devices of the corresponding switch module, and when the fault is detected, the drive unit is for turning on the power switch devices parallel connected to the at least one of faulty power switch devices. | 2017-10-05 |
20170288395 | CURRENT CIRCUIT BREAKER - Disclosed herein is a current circuit breaker that protects a semiconductor module by using fast switches to block a current. The current circuit breaker includes: a first switch configured to be opened upon a fault current being generated; a second switch connected to the first switch and configured to be opened after a predetermined period of time elapses since the first switch has been opened; a semiconductor module having an end connected to the first switch and another end connected to the second switch; a capacitor having a terminal connected to the second switch and the other terminal connected to the semiconductor module; and a surge arrester connected across the capacitor and configured to change its resistance according to a voltage across the capacitor to block the fault current. | 2017-10-05 |
20170288396 | VARISTOR FAILURE DETECTOR AND METHOD - A varistor failure detector includes one or more surge detector in communication with a varistor, to detect surges shunted by the varistor and a processor, in communication with the at surge detector(s). The processor is programmed to count surges shunted by the varistor, as indicated by the surge detector (s) and store at least one count representing a cumulative count of surges shunted by the varistor. An indicator of the count may be provided to an operator to indicate that the varistor should be replaced, to avoid catastrophic failure of the varistor. | 2017-10-05 |
20170288397 | ELECTROSTATIC DISCHARGE PROTECTION - Circuits and methods concerning voltage surge protection are disclosed. In an example embodiment, an apparatus includes a switching circuit configured to enable a current path between a first node and a second node in a first mode and disable the current path in a second mode. A biasing circuit configured to, in the surge protection mode, prevent a voltage surge at the first node from enabling the current path to the second node by biasing a voltage of the control node. | 2017-10-05 |
20170288398 | ELECTROSTATIC DISCHARGE (ESD) ISOLATED INPUT/OUTPUT (I/O) CIRCUITS - A method of protecting a serializer/deserializer (SERDES) differential input/output (I/O) circuit includes detecting an electrostatic discharge event. The method also includes selectively disengaging a power supply terminal from a pair of I/O transistors of the SERDES differential I/O circuit in response to the detected electrostatic discharge event. The method further includes selectively disengaging a ground terminal from the pair of I/O transistors of the SERDES differential I/O circuit in response to the detected electrostatic discharge event. | 2017-10-05 |
20170288399 | MACHINE LEARNING OF ELECTRICAL POWER SYSTEM BEHAVIOR, AND RELATED SYSTEMS, APPARATUSES, AND METHODS - The present disclosure is directed to machine learning of electrical power system behavior, and related systems, apparatuses, and methods. A controller of an electrical power system includes a data storage device configured to store model data indicating a model load power consumed by loads of the electrical power system. The controller also includes a processor configured to determine current data including current load power consumed by the loads, modify the model data by aggregating the model data with the current data, and determine a set of control values for a set of control variables to effectuate a change to operation of the electrical power system based, at least in part, on the model data. | 2017-10-05 |
20170288400 | ENERGY PROCESS HANDLING SYSTEM, ASSEMBLY, AND APPARATUS, AND METHOD OF USING OR ASSEMBLING THE SAME - An energy process handling system may include energy process handling modules. Each module may be modularly and operationally engaged with at least one other module of the system, such that each module is inter-operationally engaged with the other modules of the system. The system may include at least one system energy process delivery outlet to a localized environment and at least one system energy inlet. | 2017-10-05 |
20170288401 | ORCHESTRATED ENERGY - A facility providing systems and methods for managing and optimizing energy consumption and/or production is provided. The facility provides techniques for optimizing energy-consuming and energy-producing systems to meet specified demands or goals in accordance with various constraints. The facility relies on models to generate an optimization for an energy system. In order to use generic models to simulate and optimize energy consumption for an energy system, the generic models are calibrated to properly represent or approximate conditions of the energy system during the optimization period. After the appropriate models have been calibrated for a given situation using one or more modeling parameter sets, the facility can simulate inputs and responses for the corresponding system. The facility uses the generated simulations to generate a plan or control schedule to be implemented by the energy system during the optimization period. | 2017-10-05 |
20170288402 | A METHOD FOR OPERATING AT LEAST ONE DISTRIBUTED ENERGY RESOURCE COMPRISING A REFRIGERATION SYSTEM - The invention relates to a method of operating at least one distributed energy resource comprising a refrigeration system ( | 2017-10-05 |
20170288403 | GRID INDEPENDENT OPERATION CONTROL UNIT, POWER CONDITIONER, AND GRID INDEPENDENT OPERATION CONTROL METHOD - A grid independent operation control unit includes a load current estimator to estimate a load current supplied to stand-alone power system in accordance with an output current of the inverter and an output voltage, and a feedback controller configured to PWM control the inverter at a duty ratio feedback calculated to cause the inverter to output an output voltage command value in accordance with the output voltage and the load current. The feedback controller is configured to PWM control the inverter at a duty ratio feedback calculated for output of a normalized output voltage command value obtained by normalizing the output voltage command value with the DC bus voltage in accordance with normalized output voltage obtained by normalizing the output voltage with the DC bus voltage and normalized load current obtained by normalizing the load current with the DC bus voltage. | 2017-10-05 |
20170288404 | METHOD AND CONTROL DEVICE FOR CONTROLLING AN ELECTRICITY GRID - An electricity grid is provided including an AC electricity grid and a DC electricity grid coupled thereto via a converter, a first load flow in the AC electricity grid is modeled by a first load flow model and a second load flow in the DC electricity grid is modeled by a second load flow model. The converter controls an active power flow between the AC electricity grid and the DC electricity grid in dependence on a grid voltage of the DC electricity grid, wherein this dependence is adjustable in a control characteristic of the converter by a first coupling parameter. | 2017-10-05 |
20170288405 | HYBRID POWER STORAGE APPARATUS - A hybrid power storage apparatus according to one embodiment of the present disclosure includes a battery configured to store first electric power supplied to an electric power system and second electric power supplied therefrom; an electric power conversion unit configured to convert the first electric power into an alternating current (AC) power and the second electric power into a direct current (DC) power; and a control unit configured to receive electric power information of the electric power system from a server, and control the battery and the electric power conversion unit to supply electric power to the electric power system or to receive electric power supplied therefrom based on a magnitude or a frequency of electric power included in the received electric power information. | 2017-10-05 |
20170288406 | POWER CONDITIONING UNITS - We describe a power conditioning unit with maximum power point tracking (MPPT) for a dc power source, in particular a photovoltaic panel. A power injection control block has a sense input coupled to an energy storage capacitor on a dc link and controls a dc-to-ac converter to control the injected mains power. The power injection control block tracks the maximum power point by measuring a signal on the dc link which depends on the power drawn from the dc power source, and thus there is no need to measure the dc voltage and current from the dc source. In embodiments the signal is a ripple voltage level and the power injection control block controls an amplitude of an ac current output such that an amount of power transferred to the grid mains is dependent on an amplitude of a sinusoidal voltage component on the energy storage capacitor. | 2017-10-05 |
20170288407 | RENEWABLE ENERGY POWER GENERATION SYSTEMS - We describe a modular adjustable power factor renewable energy inverter system. The system comprises a plurality of inverter modules having a switched capacitor across its ac power output, a power measurement system coupled to a communication interface, and a power factor controller to control switching of the capacitor. A system controller receives power data from each inverter module, sums the net level of ac power from each inverter, determines a number of said capacitors to switch based on the sum, and sends control data to an appropriate number of the inverter modules to switch the determined number of capacitors into/out of said parallel connection across their respective ac power outputs. | 2017-10-05 |
20170288408 | Solar Panel Disconnect and Reactivation System - A photovoltaic system with an inverter, at least one solar panel for providing electrical power, and electrical wiring for coupling electrical power from the at least one solar panel to the inverter. Also included is a transmitter for transmitting a messaging protocol along the electrical wiring, where the protocol includes a multibit wireline signal. Also included is circuitry for selectively connecting the electrical power from the at least one solar panel along the electrical wiring to the inverter in response to the messaging protocol. | 2017-10-05 |
20170288409 | Optimizer Garland - Various implementations described herein are directed to methods for connecting power devices prior to deployment in a photovoltaic installation, for cost savings and easy deployment. Some embodiments disclosed herein include manufacturing a chain of power devices already coupled by conductors, and providing a mechanical assembly for convenient storage and deployment. | 2017-10-05 |
20170288410 | ENERGY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM - An energy management system that includes a power generating device, bidirectional DC-DC converter, and inverter connected to an HVDC bus. A gain of a voltage change to a current change in the bidirectional DC-DC converter is equal to the gain in the inverter. When an output power of the inverter or the bidirectional DC-DC converter varies in response to a variation in an output current of the power generating device, the energy management system can control the output power of the inverter to conform to a target value by adjusting an offset of gain characteristics of the bidirectional DC-DC converter to gain characteristics of the inverter. As a result, the energy management system is capable of stabilizing the output power of the inverter. | 2017-10-05 |
20170288411 | RECONFIGURABLE POWER CONTROL SYSTEM - Systems and methods for the creation of a centrally controlled DC and AC power rail system within a structure. The rails utilize a centralized controller along with a plurality of distributed controllers to allow for power in the rails to be selectively distributed or not distributed to outlets attached to the rails. This allows for power to be distributed without the need for users to utilize hardwired switches, but to instead utilize generally wireless switch modules, which may be implemented in hardware and/or software to control the outlets. It also allows for devices designed to utilize DC power to be directly supplied with such power from the DC power rail without the need to include onboard AC-DC converters with each device. | 2017-10-05 |
20170288412 | WIRELESS POWER TRANSMISSION SYSTEM AND POWER TRANSMISSION DEVICE OF WIRELESS POWER TRANSMISSION SYSTEM - A power transmission device includes an inverter using a frequency f11 lower than a frequency f0 between a first resonator and a second resonator or a frequency f12 higher than the frequency f0 to generate a first power; an oscillator using a frequency f10 lower than a frequency fr between the first resonator and the second resonator or a frequency f20 higher than the frequency fr to generate a second power; and a power transmission control circuitry setting a foreign object detection period between first and second transmission periods, using the frequency f11 or frequency f12 in the first transmission period, using the frequency f10 or frequency f20 in the foreign object detection period, and if it is determined that a substance is present in the foreign object detection period, transmitting power in the second transmission period at a frequency different from the frequency used in the first transmission period. | 2017-10-05 |
20170288413 | CONTROL SYSTEM FOR MAINTAINING PREFERRED BATTERY LEVELS IN A MICROGRID - A system for controlling a battery state-of-energy within a microgrid includes an energy generation (EG) system, an electrical load coupled to the EG system, an energy storage system coupled to the EG system and the electrical load, and a controller coupled to the EG system and the energy storage system. The energy storage system can charge and discharge according to a target charge value and a target discharge value, which may be based on a state-of-energy of the energy storage system. The controller can control a power generation of the EG system based on the load demand and the target charge value and target discharge value of the energy storage system. The controller can further control a power generation of a second EG system when the EG system cannot meet the load demand and maintain the state-of-energy of the energy storage system within a desired level. | 2017-10-05 |
20170288414 | BATTERY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM WITH MULTIPLE OBSERVERS - A method of managing a battery system using a battery management system. The method includes receiving, measured characteristics of one or more battery cells from one or more sensors, receiving, estimated parameters of the battery cells, estimating, one or more states of the battery cells by applying a battery model based on the measured characteristics and the estimated parameters of the battery cells, updating, at least a portion of the estimated parameters based at least in part on the estimation of the states of the battery cells by applying two or more separate battery models, updating, the one or more states of the battery cells based at least in part on the updated estimated parameters of the battery cells, and regulating charging or discharging of the battery based on the updated estimation of the states of the battery cells. | 2017-10-05 |
20170288415 | POWER HARVESTING - Techniques for harvesting electrical energy from a plurality of harvesters is disclosed. An example energy harvesting system includes a plurality of harvesters and a signal conditioning circuit selectively coupled to an output of each of the plurality of harvesters. The system also includes an energy storage element coupled to the output of the signal conditioning circuit to be charged by the plurality of harvesters through the signal conditioning circuit. The system also includes a controller to discharge a selected harvester to the signal conditioning circuit when an output of the selected harvester triggers a charge collection. | 2017-10-05 |
20170288416 | POWER STORAGE CONTROL APPARATUS, DIRECT-CURRENT POWER SYSTEM, AND CONTROLLING METHOD THEREOF - A power line interface is electrically connectable to a direct-current power system including a power line. A bidirectional DC-DC converter is electrically connected to the power line interface and a battery. A controller receives a first current value measured by a first current sensor and a current command value and performs constant current control processing that controls the bidirectional DC-DC converter so that the first current value equals the current command value. The controller receives a first voltage value measured by a voltage sensor and a voltage command value and performs constant voltage control processing that controls the bidirectional DC-DC converter so that the first voltage value equals the voltage command value. The controller switches operation from the constant current control processing to the constant voltage control processing. | 2017-10-05 |
20170288417 | Fast Charging Apparatus and Method - A method comprises setting a first termination voltage, a first charging current and a first termination current in a first charging step, wherein the first termination current is a fraction of the first charging current, passing a current from a power source to a battery through a charger, wherein the charger operates in a first constant current mode and the current is equal to the first charging current, monitoring a voltage across two terminals of the battery and configuring the charger to operate in a first constant voltage mode when the voltage across the two terminals of the battery is equal to the first termination voltage and monitoring the current in the first constant voltage mode and configuring the charger to operate in a second charging step when the current is equal to the first termination current. | 2017-10-05 |
20170288418 | Battery Charging System - A method of controlling the charging of a battery of an electronic device comprises selectively charging the battery according to a first charging mode or a second charging mode. In the first charging mode, the battery is charged uniformly. In the second charging mode, the battery is charged using at least a first charge phase and a second charge phase. A start time of the first charge phase and an end time of the second charge phase are determined according to a specified idle time of the electronic device, the end time of the first charge phase is determined according to a first specified battery charge level, and the start time of the second charge phase is determined according to a difference between the first specified battery charge level and a second specified battery charge level. | 2017-10-05 |
20170288419 | BATTERY CHARGING AND COOLING APPARATUS - An apparatus is disclosed. The apparatus may include a cooling chamber. The apparatus may include a battery slot. The battery slot may be at least partially cooled by cooling chamber. The apparatus may include a cooler. The cooler may connect to the cooling chamber. The apparatus may include a power source. The power source may be in electrical communication with the cooler. A method and system are also disclosed. | 2017-10-05 |
20170288420 | BATTERY EXERCISING DEVICE - The disclosure relates to a battery exercising device configured to discharge and charge a rechargeable battery, such as a lead-acid battery, after a set amount of time has elapsed. The battery exercising device is configured to receive electrical power from a power source and periodically transfer this power into a battery connected to the battery exercising device. After a period has elapsed, for example two weeks, the device applies a discharging load to the connected battery to drain the battery to a predetermined discharge level. Thereafter, the device charges the connected battery to a predetermined charge level. Once charged to the predetermined charge level, the device again waits the set period of time and repeats the discharge/recharge sequence. | 2017-10-05 |
20170288421 | BATTERY CHARGER WITH GAUGE-BASED CLOSED-LOOP CONTROL - Systems and methods for power management are disclosed. In an embodiment, a battery charging system includes closed-loop control of a battery charger using a servo target based on measurements taken by a battery gauge. | 2017-10-05 |
20170288422 | CHARGE EQUALIZATION APPARATUS FOR A BATTERY STRING - Provided are a charge equalization apparatus for a battery string. According to the exemplary embodiments of the present invention, the charge equalization apparatus are modularized by being divided into the master unit and the slave unit, such that the charge equalization apparatus may be expanded and contracted independent of the number of batteries, the circuits are separated for each module, such that the circuits may be easily implemented, and when the circuits are damaged, only the damaged module is replaced, such that the effective countermeasure may be performed. | 2017-10-05 |
20170288423 | CHARGING DEVICE, SYSTEM AND METHOD - The present disclosure relates to a charging device for charging a battery back, comprising: a plurality of charging assemblies for charging a plurality of battery cells connected electrically in series in the battery back, wherein the plurality of charging assemblies are configured to charge a first set of the plurality of battery cells in a first time period and a second set of the plurality of battery cells in a second time period, any two of the plurality of battery cells that neighbor with each other are from different sets of the plurality of battery cells, and each of the plurality of charging assemblies comprises: an AC/DC converter for converting an inputted AC voltage to a first DC voltage; and a DC/DC converter for converting the first DC voltage to a second DC voltage for charging the battery cell. The present disclosure further relates to a charging system and method. | 2017-10-05 |
20170288424 | CHARGE-DISCHARGE CONTROL CIRCUIT - The present invention aims to efficiently use all of a plurality of capacitors connected in series, and control a voltage held by a capacitor unit according to environmental temperature. A switch element inserted into a charging path leading to the capacitor unit, and a switch control part controlling the opening and closing of the switch element, are provided. The switch control part includes: a first voltage divider circuit that includes a pair of resistor elements, and that produces and outputs a voltage that is a fraction of the voltage held by the capacitor unit; and a comparison result output circuit that controls the opening and closing of the switch element based on the result of comparing a potential output from the first voltage divider circuit and a predetermined potential. The pair of resistor elements are different from each other in terms of temperature dependency of resistance values thereof. | 2017-10-05 |
20170288425 | ENERGY STORAGE DEVICE MANAGEMENT DEVICE, ENERGY STORAGE APPARATUS AND ENERGY STORAGE SYSTEM - Provided is an energy storage device management device which includes a controller configured to decide a charge voltage to be applied to a plurality of energy storage devices connected in series, wherein the controller is configured to perform deciding the charge voltage based on a difference in charge amount or a voltage difference between the energy storage devices. | 2017-10-05 |
20170288426 | MULTI CHARGING DEVICE ENABLED BY CURRENT AND VOLTAGE CONTROL - The present invention relates to a multi charging device enabled by current and voltage control and, most particularly, to a multi charging device enabled by current and voltage control being configured to include a main charging unit being capable of changing a charging speed, and an auxiliary charging unit being connected to the main charging unit by a wired connection and being incapable of changing the charging speed, wherein the main charging unit includes a power input module being supplied with power from an external power source, a voltage/current control module controlling voltage and current of the power being delivered from the power input module so as to vary the voltage and current, a variable charging module being supplied with voltage/current in accordance with a size that is varied by the voltage/current control module and performing wireless charging of devices, and a power output module being supplied with specific voltage/current controlled by the voltage/current control module and supplying power to the auxiliary charging unit, and wherein the auxiliary charging unit includes a non-variable charging module being supplied with the specific voltage/current from the power output module and performing wireless charging of devices. | 2017-10-05 |
20170288427 | CHARGER CIRCUIT WITH BATTERY PROTECTION MECHANISM - A charger circuit for use in controlling charge of a battery pack, which includes a charge control switch and a control unit. The charger circuit has at least one power output terminal and one connection terminal for coupling the battery pack. The charge control switch is arranged to selectively provide a power from a power source to the battery pack through the power output terminal. The control unit is coupled to the charge control switch and the connection terminal, and determines whether to turn off the charge control switch according to a signal based on the connection terminal, wherein the signal based on the connection terminal indicates at least one of an over-voltage condition and an over-temperature condition. | 2017-10-05 |
20170288428 | BATTERY CHARGER AND METHOD OF DETECTING ABNORMALITY OF BATTERY CHARGER - A battery charger in one aspect of the present disclosure comprises a charging unit, a first voltage detector, a second voltage detector, and a determination unit. The determination unit determines that there is an abnormality in at least one of a charge path or a detection path when an absolute value of a difference between a voltage of a battery detected by the first voltage detector and a voltage of the battery detected by a second voltage detector is equal to or greater than a threshold value. | 2017-10-05 |
20170288429 | RECHARGEABLE BATTERY PACK FOR AN ELECTRO-OPTICAL READER, AND METHOD OF CHARGING THE BATTERY PACK AND POWERING THE READER WITH THE CHARGED BATTERY PACK - A battery pack for an electro-optical reader includes a rechargeable battery and a printed circuit board (PCB), both mounted in a battery housing. First and second electrical connectors are supported by the same PCB and/or the battery housing. The first electrical connector is connected to reader contacts in the reader when the battery pack is mounted in the reader. The second electrical connector is either connected to station contacts in a docking station when the reader is docked, or to a recharging cable. | 2017-10-05 |
20170288430 | POWER SUPPLY CONTROL SYSTEM - A method and apparatus for controlling the power supply for a system. In one embodiment, a power supply apparatus comprises a rechargeable battery; and a battery charger coupled to the battery and comprising a first circuit to generate an output that controls whether the battery is to provide power to the system to supplement the power provided by the power source when an input voltage from the power source of undetermined output power is less than a predetermined level. | 2017-10-05 |