Patents Assigned to Redarc Technologies Pty Ltd
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Patent number: 11872974Abstract: The present invention relates to a brake controller for a towed vehicle braking system and a method of operating a brake controller, wherein the towed vehicle has combined brake and turn lights activated by combined light signals from a towing vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: September 29, 2021Date of Patent: January 16, 2024Assignee: Redarc Technologies Pty Ltd.Inventors: Timothy Fosdike, Nathan Kuchel
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Patent number: 11273711Abstract: The present invention relates to a power distribution system for and a method of controlling operation of loads of a vehicle or a towed vehicle, including configuring a controller, adapted to be mounted in a towed vehicle and adapted to be configured to control operation of loads in the towed vehicle, to output state commands to the loads to control the loads.Type: GrantFiled: January 16, 2019Date of Patent: March 15, 2022Assignee: REDARC TECHNOLOGIES PTY LTD [AU/AU]Inventors: Timothy Bates, Clinton Smith, Zacharias Johannes Prinsloo
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Patent number: 9805885Abstract: The present invention relates to a rotary switch. In particular, the rotary switch includes a main contactor having a main contact carrier and a main cam, a shaft rotatably journaled in the main contactor and extending axially through the main contactor, and an auxiliary contactor. When the switch is rotated from the ON position to the OFF position, the shaft rotates to break open auxiliary contacts before main contacts break open upon further rotation of the shaft.Type: GrantFiled: December 18, 2015Date of Patent: October 31, 2017Assignee: REDARC TECHNOLOGIES PTY LTDInventors: Roderick M. Francis, Jon R. Thompson
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Patent number: 9531273Abstract: A synchronous DC-DC converter (300) for converting an input voltage (Vin) into an output voltage (Vout), the converter having a continuous current operative mode (CCM) and a discontinuous current operative mode (DCM), the converter including: an active switch (302) receiving a first gate signal for turning on the active switch for a first time interval (Tq1), the first gate signal having a period (Tprd); a synchronous rectifier (304) receiving a second gate signal for turning on the synchronous rectifier for a second time interval (Tq2); and a controller (306) for determining an estimation (Tq1est) for the first time interval, and thereafter comparing the estimation (Tq1est) with the value of the first time interval (Tq1); wherein responsive to the comparison the controller (306) determines an operative mode of the converter (300) and controls the second time interval (Tq2) depending on the determined operative mode.Type: GrantFiled: February 21, 2012Date of Patent: December 27, 2016Assignee: REDARC TECHNOLOGIES PTY LTDInventor: Igor Abramov
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Patent number: 9446747Abstract: A brake controller is disclosed for a towed vehicle braking system. The controller is adapted to be mounted in a towing or a towed vehicle having a longitudinal axis for generating a braking control signal to the towed vehicle braking system. The controller comprises an inertial sensor including plural sensor axes adapted to be mounted in an undefined orientation relative to the longitudinal axis for generating sensor data associated with each sensor axis. The controller also comprises a memory device for storing the sensor data associated with each sensor axis and a processor for processing the sensor data with the braking control signal to evaluate orientation of the inertial sensor relative to the longitudinal axis.Type: GrantFiled: November 7, 2014Date of Patent: September 20, 2016Assignee: REDARC TECHNOLOGIES PTY LTDInventor: Timothy Fosdike
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Patent number: 8390145Abstract: A battery isolator unit is disclosed for controlling a switching means having a first contact for connection to a terminal of a first battery, a second contact for connection to a corresponding terminal of a second battery, and an actuating input for biasing a switch element of the switching means switch in a closed position. The battery isolator unit includes a sensing circuit and a switch controller. The sensing circuit periodically determines a first and second value attributable to terminal voltage values of the first battery and the second battery respectively. The switch controller is responsive to detecting a predetermined condition of the first battery and/or the second battery to provide to the actuating input a control signal having a characteristic for biasing the switch element to the closed position.Type: GrantFiled: December 1, 2009Date of Patent: March 5, 2013Assignee: Redarc Technologies Pty LtdInventor: John Wayne Harding