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8183712 Method and system for organizing and optimizing electricity consumption  
A method and system for managing power consumption by electrical appliances, is provided. One implementation involves obtaining power consumption information for a use cycle of a each of multiple...
8169106 Energy management system and control method using the same, for determining an operation mode of a high voltage direct current system  
The present disclosure relates to an energy management system (EMS) and a method using the same, wherein the EMS comprises, a communication module receiving a channel information of a high voltage...
8138627 Power management of network-connected devices in peak power periods  
A system and method are provided for managing network-connected devices in peak power periods. The method establishes a network of connected devices, identifying a first device in the network as an...
8135499 Load shedding of a selected substation by an electric utility  
Load shedding by an electric utility, including querying power distribution systems that include a DRG system for present power consumption of the local load of the power distribution system;...
8129859 Extension cord with wireless timing function  
In an extension cord with wireless timing function, there are included a receptacle housing having more than one flush plug receptacles and internally including a current converter, a power switch...
8110943 Energy-saving power socket with slave power supply  
An energy-saving power socket with slave power supply, especially a power socket having plural receptacles, with power supply of part of the receptacles depending upon a working condition of a...
8106541 Outlet power strip with remote control  
An electrical power strip with multiple outlets capable of being controlled by a wireless remote controller is herein disclosed. The handheld wireless controller is used to control the operation of...
8084715 Method and means for heating and controlling the temperatures in a sauna  
A control panel used in combination with a power unit to control the operation of a sauna. The control panel is equipped with a microprocessor that has software and proper circuitry to allow a user...
8072097 Power supply apparatus and voltage monitoring method  
Output voltages of regulators are supplied to each load device and input to a representing-value decision logic circuit that is operated by a dedicated resident power supply. The representing-value...
8058746 Converter for electrical power recovery  
This converter for electrical power recovery (1) for supplying power to a load (6) includes an in-house power generation device (5) for supplying power in cooperation with input terminal power at a...
8053925 Modulation monitor and control  
A system and method are provided for monitoring and controlling voltage modulation on a power grid, in order to maintain closed-loop control of the grid. The power grid has a plurality of...
8044533 Solar module and method of controlling operation of a solar module  
A solar module includes a solar generator for converting incident radiation into electrical power and a solar inverter for feeding the power generated by the solar generator into a power supply...
8035063 Electronic power control for cooktop heaters  
A power control system for an electric cooktop. The power level is set by a knob connected to a potentiometer. Potentiometer information is digitally communicated by a controller over a serial...
8030796 System and method for controlling current in a movable barrier operator  
A barrier operator comprises a current limit portion and a barrier operator portion. The current limit portion is coupled to a mains supply and the barrier operator position is coupled to the mains...
8004827 Fuse module with movable fuse holder for fused electrical device  
Described herein are various embodiments of a fuse module for fused electrical devices. According to one exemplary embodiment, a fuse module is mounted to the housing of a fused electrical device....
7994654 Wireless-controlled power-saving apparatus  
A wireless-controlled power-saving apparatus is disclosed. The apparatus particularly includes a power-saving control strip and a wireless power-detection controller. The power-saving control strip...
7986056 Electrical outlet adapter with automatic power-on and power-off of peripheral outlets  
The present invention provides a device for reducing energy waste. One aspect of the present invention provides an electrical adapter designed to mate with a pre-existing electrical outlet. The...
7973425 Power strip device for powering a master load and multiple slave loads  
A power strip device includes a power plug, a master power outlet, multiple slave power outlets and a control circuit. The control circuit includes an inductor, a reed switch and a switching...
7962994 Vacuum electronic switch detection system  
A vacuum electronic switch detection system allows multiple user selectable vacuum modes to be chosen with only one micro-controller input available for performing the multiple selectable modes....
7960860 Power sourcing equipment device including a serial interface  
In a particular embodiment, a circuit device is disclosed that includes a power sourcing equipment (PSE) circuit having a plurality of high-voltage line circuits adapted to communicate with a...
7947930 Method and circuit for controlling at least a heating element of a heating device  
The invention relates to a circuit layout for controlling at least one heating element, in particular a heating element for an electric cooking and/or baking device, with at least one electric...
7944086 System and method for load control  
A system is described including a master power saving device configured for connection with a master load. The master power saving device is configured to determine when the master load is in an...
7939963 Power supply providing multiple synchronous outputs  
A power supply to provide multiple synchronous outputs includes a standby power system to receive input power and regulate to become standby power and a main power system to receive the input power...
7939964 Modularized power supply switch control structure  
A modularized power supply switch control structure aims to control a main power system of a power supply. The main power system includes at least one high voltage output unit at a high voltage...
7936090 Driving circuit and method for driving current-driven devices  
At the driving initiation, whether the output channels are enabled or disabled is determined by judging whether the voltages of the output channels are changed by a charging or discharging...
7932480 Multiple heater control system with expandable modular functionality  
A multiple heater control system includes cables, connectors, and junction boxes for user-friendly daisy chain connections of heater controllers and heaters in various configurations or...
7928699 Battery charging time optimization system  
A system for optimizing battery pack charging is provided. In this system, during charging the coupling of auxiliary systems (e.g., battery cooling systems) to the external power source are delayed...
7911189 Input regulated DC to DC converter for power scavenging  
A method of scavenging power in a circuit having a power source generating electric current includes connecting a power scavenging device having an input terminal pair and an output terminal pair...
7880451 Method and apparatus for power conversion and regulation  
Techniques are disclosed to control a power converter with multiple output voltages. One example regulated power converter includes a an energy transfer element coupled between a power converter...
7868479 Power gating for multimedia processing power management  
Circuitry for implementation of power gating within a multimedia processing environment is described. The disclosed circuitry supports effective power management for a multimedia display processor,...
7868485 Pulsed power supply with current ripple reduction  
A pulsed power source minimizes current ripple disturbance in a main power supply by dividing the pulsed load into a plurality of pulsed sub-loads. The pulsed power source includes a plurality of...
7859132 Apparatus, system, and method for safely connecting a device to a power source  
An apparatus, system, and method are disclosed for safely connecting a device to a power source. The invention includes a power bus switch that operates to selectively allow operational power to...
7852645 Circuit and associated method for reducing power consumption in a power transformer  
A method and circuit is provided for reducing power consumption in a power transformer, typically incorporated into an electrical or electronic device such as a consumer device. In an embodiment, a...
7843081 Power-controllable outlet receptacle  
A multi-type power strip includes a main body having connecting sockets with surfaces indicated by priority of supplying electric power to the connecting sockets, operation lamps, and an electric...
7830037 Grid stabilising system  
The invention provides control of an electric load receiving power from a grid. The frequency of the grid is detected and used to determine a stress level on the grid. A high frequency detection is...
7814348 Power management apparatus  
In one aspect, there is disclosed a power management device that includes a housing, at least one input port, and at least one output port. Also included is a CPU and a user interface. Electrical...
7781909 Control circuit of power supply, power supply and control method thereof  
It is intended to provide a control circuit of power supply, a power supply and a control method thereof capable of achieving power saving in an integrated circuit and reducing a delay time of the...
7781908 Output power port management control  
A power converter that gives priority to the high power output and only provides power to the low power output when the total potential output power is equal to or less than the rated power of the...
7768152 Automatic sensing power systems and methods  
An automatic sensing power system automatically determines a power requirement for an electrical device, converts power to the required level, and outputs the power to the electrical device when...
7742284 Fuse module with movable fuse holder for fused electrical device  
Described herein are various embodiments of a fuse module for fused electrical devices. According to one exemplary embodiment, a fuse module is mounted to the housing of a fused electrical device....
7732943 Method and a device for selecting and dimensioning measures in a case of instability in an electrical power system  
A method for determining/dimensioning measures for restoring an electrical power system, which experiences or is heading for a voltage instability, to a steady-state condition, wherein there is no...
7723864 AC-to-DC electrical switching circuit  
An electrical circuit and method for switching an input voltage onto a load by way of an AC control voltage is provided. A voltage magnitude reduction circuit is configured to be driven by the AC...
7696641 Power supply control circuit and electronic circuit  
A power supply control circuit (3) having control of the supply and shutoff of electrical power from a power source (2), and including a request-receiving unit (11) operable to receive a power...
7675739 Fuse module with removable fuse carrier for fused electrical device  
Described herein are various embodiments of a fuse module with a fuse carrier for fused electrical devices. According to one exemplary embodiment, at least one fuse module can be mounted to a power...
7647125 Time-based control of a system having integration response  
A time-based controller provides control for a controlled system including a plant having an integration response. The time-based controller includes a comparator that detects a polarity change in...
7629712 Electronic apparatus having DC voltage conversion function, and DC voltage converter  
A voltage conversion circuit is provided for efficiently converting the voltage of a DC power source into a lower voltage in accordance with load currents of voltage converters. An electronic...
7608942 Power management system  
An integrated circuit (103) having a plurality of integrated circuit portions (111, 113, and 115) where each of the plurality of integrated circuit portions receives a corresponding voltage of a...
7606639 Local power consumption load control  
A method and system for curtailing energy consumption of an appliance, such as an air conditioning compressor or heat pump, is provided. A control unit stores information relating to the load,...
7589299 Electronic power control for cooktop heaters  
In one aspect, a cooktop heating system that include a first cooktop heating element, a second cooktop heating element, and an interface device. The system also includes a controller for...
7582849 Thermal head, driving method and thermal head drive circuit  
A thermal head driving method of driving thermal heads is disclosed. The method includes a step of dividing the thermal heads into plural groups, providing for each of the groups a common potential...