Patents Assigned to Vena Engineering Corp
  • Patent number: 6856162
    Abstract: A combined AC/DC monitoring system simultaneously monitors an AC power supply and a DC power supply in a mobile unit. The monitoring system is electrically isolated from an AC input source through an AC isolation transformer. A microcontroller digitally provides various computed variables from various digitized input signals. The monitoring system simultaneously displays a plurality of the computed variables while the system monitors for various user-selected high/low conditions of the computed variables. The system monitors AC power surges and can alternately displays a high voltage level for a predetermined time and a low voltage level for a predetermined time. An algorithm determines whether the AC voltage is a true sine wave or otherwise. The system monitors DC current on the high side, or positive terminal, of a battery. User selectable DC shunts are provided to measure a range of DC currents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2005
    Assignee: Vena Engineering Corp
    Inventors: James Martin Greatorex, Jeffrey Miles Greatorex