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7109447 |
Control system for cooking appliance employing convection and radiant cooking
A cooking appliance includes a heating system which is preferably capable of combining radiant, convection, microwave and conduction heating techniques to perform a cooking operation. The cooking...
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7110832 |
Energy management system for an appliance
An energy management system for an appliance comprising an interface to receive a schedule having an off-peak time segment and an on-peak time segment; a control to determine an operation to be...
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7099934 |
Network-connecting power manager for remote appliances
A network comprises a power manager with a network agent in communication over a network with an network manager. The power manager is connected to control several intelligent power modules each...
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7087867 |
Programmable oven with broiler temperature interlock
The oven includes a lower electrical heating element which is located below a support member. Two laterally spaced apart upper electrical heating elements are supported above the support member and...
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7071933 |
Power controlling system
The present invention relates to a power controlling system for a display. When Display Power Management signals, i.e., DPMF/DPMS signals, output from Micom, the controller, are all “Low” and...
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7060948 |
Temperature control method and apparatus for driving polymerase chain reaction (PCR) chip
Provided are a temperature control method and apparatus for driving a polymerize chain reaction (PCR) chip. In the temperature control apparatus, which is for a polymerize chain reaction chip, PCR...
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7030511 |
Soft hybrid-electric vehicle power supply circuit
A soft hybrid-electric vehicle power supply circuit ( 14 ) is provided. The circuit includes a load sensor ( 19 ), which generates a load signal. A high-voltage bus ( 26 ) supplies a high voltage...
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7012342 |
Low power, scalable multichannel high voltage controller
A low voltage control circuit is provided for individually controlling high voltage power provided over bus lines to a multitude of interconnected loads. An example of a load is a drive for...
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7012223 |
Forced-air heater control system and method
The present invention relates to a forced-air electric heater control system for HVAC systems. One embodiment utilizes two heat sensors which are positioned upstream and downstream, equidistant...
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6989514 |
System and method for controlling temperature control elements that are used to alter liquid temperature
A system for controlling temperature control elements used to alter temperatures of a liquid comprises a temperature sensor, a first temperature control element, a second temperature control...
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6892115 |
Method and apparatus for optimized centralized critical control architecture for switchgear and power equipment
A method of monitoring and controlling a power distribution system is provided. The power distribution system includes a plurality of circuit breakers, a plurality of node electronic units, and...
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6870141 |
Method for driving appliances and household appliance with energy management
A method for driving appliances and a household appliance for operating two household appliances includes connecting a first household appliance to an electrical wall outlet and disposing an...
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6860431 |
Strategic-response control system for regulating air conditioners for economic operation
A strategic response control for an air conditioning system for use in an environment with increased power rates during a designated peak period. The air conditioning system includes a power board...
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6831375 |
Diagnostics, protection, and isolation system for electronic devices on a vehicle data communication bus
A system for use in programming and diagnostics of electronic devices ( 32 ) in a vehicle includes a connector jack ( 36 ) having a plurality of electrical connection sites configured for...
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6828528 |
Electric circuit to control an air-conditioned seat
A control circuit for a vehicle seat having at least one heating element and at least one fan is provided. The control circuit includes a two-pole switch having two synchronously actuated switch...
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6828695 |
System, apparatus and method for energy distribution monitoring and control and information transmission
A system by which an electric power utility can selectively limit power supplied to homeowners or other users to conserve electricity in periods of higher usage/shortages. Each home that is...
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6822344 |
Determination of ac path states by floating controls
An electronic control, with a floating ac power supply, that compares the digital signals produced by connections between ac circuit nodes and digital nodes to determine whether path(s) in ac...
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6806446 |
Power management controls for electric appliances
A power management system comprises a microprocessor and a current flow sensor in electrical communication therewith. The current flow sensor measures the amount of electrical current available to...
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6801836 |
Power-conservation system based on indoor/outdoor and ambient-light determinations
A refrigerated vending machine provides separate power conservation modes for the cooling system and the panel lights. Power conservation for the panel lights takes into account whether the vending...
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6759762 |
Device for controlling power distribution to subsystems
A device for controlling a power distribution to subsystems, comprising a power input to be connected to a power source; a primary power output to be connected to a primary device; at least one...
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6759763 |
Apparatus for controlling power distribution to devices
An apparatus for controlling a power distribution to devices has a power inlet to be connected to a power source, a primary power outlet to be connected to a primary device, at least one secondary...
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6754092 |
Method and apparatus for reducing power consumption for power supplied by a voltage adapter
Power consumption is reduced for power supplied by a voltage adapter, such as an AC/DC adapter. A power source is connected to a power unit, including the voltage adapter and control circuitry. The...
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6700224 |
Security and energy control system
A presence detection and control system ( 2 ) outputs an identification code related to an individual, a motion signal in response to detecting motion in a field of view and/or a temperature signal...
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6694753 |
Defrost delay module
A device and method for automatically defrosting a refrigeration system only during times of non-peak energy demand. The device is a defrost delay module that plugs into the current defrost timer...
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6670728 |
Method and system to automatically reduce generated power
Consumer use of 240 VAC power can be reduced automatically by a power utility. A switch, remotely controllable by the power utility, can break the normal T 1 -P 1 and T 2 -P 2 power connections,...
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6670584 |
Spa electric heater system using multiple spa heaters
A process of electrically heating a spa having electrically operated devices connected to the spa, such as one or more water pumps, lights, and at least two heaters, in an environment in which...
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6657418 |
Parasitic power supply system for supplying operating power to a control device
A system and method to parasitically take electrical power from a source of ac load power to provide a voltage source to directly power an associated control device is described. The system...
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6639329 |
Isolated power input architecture
An isolated power input architecture that includes hot swappable input modules that are electrically isolated from each other so that each may provide input power to power supplies for an...
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6624532 |
System and method for utility network load control
A load management system includes a load management control center, at least one power management termination system, a plurality of power line nodes, and a plurality of load management devices....
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6614131 |
Power supply with magnetic reset of saturable amplifier
A switched mode power supply having a first circuit provided with a primary winding of a transformer to which a pulse voltage is applied, a second circuit having a secondary winding of the...
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6611067 |
Electric power supplier, method for controlling supplying of electric power, and information processing device
An electric power supplier includes an alternating/direct current conversion circuit, a first path, a second path, a switch circuit, and a current detection circuit. The alternating/direct current...
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6608900 |
Load management system for an electrical device
A load management system for monitoring the output from a power supply and managing the load on said power supply, said load management system comprising a hysteresis circuit for signaling a load...
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6608401 |
Alternator/inverter with dual H-bridge
An alternator/inverter system for use with a portable generator which includes a voltage regulation system. The alternator/inverter incorporates a pair of permanent magnet generators (PMGs), a pair...
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6590304 |
Electrical peak load distributor
A method and apparatus for peak load distribution is disclosed. A peak load distributor reduces the demand on a power distribution system by controlling the power available to loads. The apparatus...
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6573619 |
Controllable power-economizing extension sockets
A controllable power-economizing extension sockets includes a socket body, a main control socket and plural interactive sockets formed properly spaced apart in the socket body, a voltage...
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6566633 |
Thermal control apparatus and method for thermally controlling a plurality of objects within a predetermined temperature range
When controlling operation of heaters or coolers provided in a plurality of thermal control objects, the priority for turning on the heaters or the coolers set based on temperature and speed of...
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6552445 |
Electronic apparatus and circuit board
An electronic apparatus feeds a power to loads in response to a plurality of action modes. The electronic apparatus comprises a power source in the form of, e.g., an on/off controllable-DC/DC...
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6540148 |
Method and apparatus for sequencing multistage systems of known relative capacities
Disclosed is a method and apparatus for controlling multistage systems where the relative capacities (process gains) of each stage are known. The method uses a split-range control concept in order...
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6538343 |
Method for reducing the load imposed on a power source, and apparatus for implementing the method
A load reduction system switches from a commercial power distribution system to an onsite power source when a fault in the commercial distribution system is detected, and reduces the drain on the...
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6528903 |
Converter system having converter modules connected by a DC intermediate circuit, and method for operating such a system
A converter system has a number of individual converter modules, which are in the form of load converter modules or power supply system converter modules and are connected to one another via a DC...
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6525434 |
Binary demand switching circuit
A switching circuit useful in a binary demand feedback DC converter having multiple DC outputs which are all independently regulated using a binary on/off technique is disclosed. A comparator...
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6522513 |
Back-electromotive force protection circuit
A back-electromotive force protection circuit that is able to protect circuit components other than a hard disc against the back-electromotive force generated in the hard disc. A back-electromotive...
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6522110 |
Multiple output switching regulator
A voltage regulator is provided for taking an input voltage and providing a multiple of output voltages of differing voltage values. The voltage regulator includes a power switch and an inductor...
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6493643 |
Method for the energy management in a domestic environment
A system provides to respective appliances information relating to the total power consumption and, as appropriate, other information relating to the operating conditions of the other appliances...
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6483204 |
Power supply system with information exchange between plural loads and plural power sources
A notebook-sized personal computer representing consumption-side hardware sends electric power data, which indicates an electric power (including voltage, alternating or direct current, cycle and...
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6480803 |
Load shedding thermostat
A method of load shedding wherein a series of load shedding thermostats are mounted in building serviced by a utility. Each thermostat contains an addressable processor arranged to receive...
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6476519 |
Power back-up unit with low voltage disconnects that provide load shedding
A power back-up unit is provided which includes a primary power source that is connected to a plurality of loads, including a critical load and a non-critical load. A secondary power source is also...
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6472774 |
Device for distributing energy between a plurality of electronic modules with possibility of shedding
This device allows secure electrical supply of several electronic modules able to be brought together in the same electronic rack and having several levels of criticality. It includes an electrical...
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6454177 |
Air-conditioning controlling system
An air-conditioning operation management company provides control information concerning air-conditioning equipments to a plurality of semiconductor manufacturing factories. The air-conditioning...
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6445087 |
Networking power plug device with automated power outlet control
A power plug device has a power plug, at least one switched power socket at least one socket switch, a embedded controller and a telephone jack. The embedded controller can send and receive network...
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