Patents by Inventor Thomas Edward Raviele

Thomas Edward Raviele has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20120038213
    Abstract: A battery backup unit (BBU) includes a housing, at least one battery compartment in the housing with an output terminal, a DC input, a DC output, a path from the DC input to the DC output, circuitry for selectively connecting the output terminal to the path, which circuitry includes a switch, and a controller configured to detect a condition of the path and selectively control the switch to connect the output terminal to the path when the condition is detected, the BBU being incapable of charging batteries in the at least one battery compartment. The path from the DC input to the DC output may include a DC/DC step up converter to help maintain a constant output voltage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2011
    Publication date: February 16, 2012
    Inventors: Mark O. Vogel, John Williams, Mark Robert Rowe, Thomas Edward Raviele, Ronald Howard Diego, Jerry Darden Vereen