Abstract: The present invention is a method for performing clustering of sizes of loads of a power supply system with history data for each predetermined period as objects to be classified, wherein the method is such that, for each of the history data, subtraction processing is performed thereupon in which the amounts of specific loads which have been identified as loads of the power supply system are deducted, whereupon clustering is performed for each of the history data for which the subtraction processing has been performed thereupon as the objects to be classified.

Abstract: A power system includes one or more notification circuits for powering notification devices, a backup power source, and a plurality of primary power supplies. The primary power supplies are configured to provide a combined current to the notification circuits. Each primary power supply regulates its output current to equal a highest output current provided by one of the primary power supplies so that each contributes approximately the same current to the load. The primary power supplies also include boost regulator circuits for boosting the voltage of the backup power supply.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, there is provided an output distribution control apparatus for use in a power system including generators, loads and secondary batteries, which are connected to one another. The apparatus determines respective output distributions of the secondary batteries, to maximize a total of control surplus of the secondary batteries or to minimize a transmission power loss of the power system in presence of operation restrictions, based on at least the output distribution of the virtual secondary battery indicative of the secondary batteries regarded as a singular secondary battery, and data representing storage power of the secondary batteries and operation restrictions thereof.

Abstract: An overload protection circuit for supplying electric power has advantageous applications especially in supplying power to capacitive loads. In prior art circuits, the charging current is lead to the capacitive load through a linearly operating transistor or through a power resistor. Therefore, prior art circuits often involve a risk of exceeding safe operating area of a power transistor, or circuits with a large number of components are needed. The present overload protection circuit has an inductor (L) coupled in series with a switching element (Q). Load current is measured (35, 38), and the switching element (Q) is controlled (35, 36) to supply current to the load via the inductor (L) until a determined current limit is achieved. After achieving the current limit the switching element (Q) is controlled to off-state, during which the freewheeling current of the inductor (L) is lead through a voltage dependent element (Z).

Abstract: A configurable power switching controller includes multiple power channels and a programming connector that connects the load outputs of a subset of the multiple power channels thereby creating at least one merged power channel.

Abstract: A control architecture for a power controller has a power line input, a plurality of power channels that are operable to control power flow from the power line input to one or more loads, an isolated power supply, and a microcontroller module that controls each of the multiple power channels.

Abstract: A power demand management apparatus comprising a power demand acquiring section acquiring a predicted power demand; a consumer house information holding section that, for each of a plurality of request methods or request conditions, and for each of a plurality of consumer houses, holds a sensitivity indicating a probability that the consumer house will comply with a request; a consumer house selecting section that, when the predicted power demand exceeds a target value, selects a first consumer house whose sensitivity for a first request method or request condition is no less than a first reference value and selects a second consumer house whose sensitivity for a second request method or request condition is no less than a second reference value; and a restriction requesting section that issues requests for power demand restriction to the first and second consumer houses respectively using the first and second request methods or request conditions.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a dynamic energy-saving socket which comprises: a housing; a first socket; a sensor; a first relay; an active/passive sensing circuit; at least a second socket; a second relay; and a control unit. When a human is approaching the sensor, the first relay is enabled to be conducted for supplying electric source to the first socket, and when the loading value of the first socket exceeds a threshold value, the second relay is enabled to be conducted for supplying the electric source to the second socket, thereby achieving the objective of saving energy.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a socket having loading detecting function, which comprises: a housing; at least a socket; a sensor; a relay; a detection circuit capable of detecting the loading value of the socket; and a control unit. The control unit can be used for recording the maximum of the loading value, and said maximum is multiplied by an coefficient thereby obtaining a first threshold value; meanwhile comparing the loading value to the first threshold value and a second threshold value, when the loading value is lower than both of the first threshold value and the second threshold value, the control unit terminates the relay after a second time period for cutting off the electric source of the socket.

Abstract: An adaptive loader for time varying, non-linear high-impedance power sources (HIS) comprising: an electronic converter, matching the impedance of said HIS to its load; at least one sensor; and a control system, controlling loading factor of the electronic converter to ensures impedance matching between said time varying HIS and its load. The loader may be used for any HIS like piezoelectric, photoelectric, thermoelectric, etc., sources. Impedance matching can be used for energy production, measurement of the input stimuli or both of them. The load may be any active or capacitive load including for example rechargeable battery. A piezoelectric generator producing time varying electrical signal in response to time varying mechanical strain can be used as HIS. For example the piezoelectric generator generates a pulse in response to a mechanical strain caused for example by one of passage of a vehicle or passage of a train.

Abstract: An arrangement for uninterruptible power supply with a rectifier, an energy store, an inverter with an input, a switch and a controller. The rectifier is connected to a rectifier input to a supply grid (AC 1), the energy store is connected to a rectifier output and to an inverter input. A network (AC 3) to be protected is connected to an inverter output of the inverter. The rectifier input or a supply grid (AC2) is connected via the switch to the inverter output, wherein the rectifier , the inverter and the switch are controlled by the controller , wherein the arrangement includes sensors for measuring voltages and/or currents. Each sensor is connected via a sensor output to exactly one controller and each sensor is configured to convert a parameter to be measured into a low-voltage signal.

Abstract: The invention relates to an arrangement for an uninterruptible power supply with a rectifier, an energy store, an inverter, a switching means and a controller. The rectifier is connected to a rectifier input to a supply grid (AC1). The energy store is connected to a rectifier output of the rectifier (1) and to an inverter input of the inverter. A network (AC3) to be protected or a load to be protected is connected to an inverter output of the inverter, wherein the rectifier input or a supply grid (AC2) is connected via the switching means to the inverter output, and wherein the rectifier, the inverter and the switching means is controlled by the controller, wherein the controller has two control parts which are constructed with redundancy, and wherein the rectifier and the switching means or the inverter and the switching means can be controlled simultaneously by the control parts.

Abstract: An apparatus comprises a transformer coupled to a mains power, a backup power source comprising a first battery, a first power supply line switch configured to switch the power source between the backup power source and the mains power, a connecting interface coupling the power source to an external electronic device comprising a second battery which is rechargeable and a second power supply line switch which is configured such that the external electronic device is able to be powered by either the power source or a second battery, and a charging detector configured to detect the availability of the mains power, wherein the first power supply line switch is further configured to couple the backup power source to the external electronic device via the connecting interface when the mains power is not available such that the first battery is able to deliver power to the external electronic device.

Abstract: An electronic device (100), a wireless power supplying system (10) thereof and a wireless power supplying method thereof. The electronic device (100) includes an internal function circuit (30) and the wireless power supplying system (10). The wireless power supply system (10) includes a wireless electric power transmitter (11), a wireless electric power receiver (12) and a power supply detection unit (13). The wireless electric power transmitter (11) includes transmitter control module (111) and a transmitter power supplying module (112). The wireless electric power receiver (12) receives the electric power from the transmitter power supplying module (112). The power supply detection unit (13) includes an electric power detection module (131), a processor (132) and an alarm module (133). The electric power detection module (131) detects an operating voltage received from the wireless electric power receiver (12); and the processor (132) compares the operating voltage with a preset operating voltage range.

Abstract: A DC power supply system includes a DC power supply and a secondary battery for backing up the DC power supply. When a voltage of the DC power supply is lower than a voltage of the secondary battery, the DC power system adds an extra voltage to the voltage of the DC power supply to provide an input voltage to the secondary battery higher than the voltage of the secondary battery by using an electric power of the secondary battery, and the secondary battery is charged.

Abstract: The disclosure is directed at a fuel cell recovery time system for a mobile communication device including a battery for supplying power to the mobile communication device when the device is in a stand-by mode; a fuel cell element including at least two fuel cells, one of the at least two fuel cells being always on and the remaining fuel cells being off in the stand-by mode; wherein the one of at least two fuel cells generates heat to improve operating conditions for the remaining fuel cells in the fuel cell element when the device enters an active mode.

Abstract: Compact dynamic Phase Angle Regulators (CD-PARs) are provided. A Compact Dynamic Phase Angle Regulator (CD-PAR) is a stand-alone device that regulates phase angle through a single transformer. A CD-PAR has no external energy source, uses low-rating devices, and can be isolated from a fault in the grid. A CD-PAR may be implemented in a single-phase or in a three-phase configuration, but the operation of a CD-PAR cross-couples all three phases. A CD-PAR controls both the real and the reactive power flow between two AC sources having the same frequency by inserting a voltage with controllable magnitude and phase. A CD-PAR may be implemented in either a buck configuration or a boost configuration.

Abstract: An automatic transfer switch to automatically electrically connect an electrical panel to a second power source, e.g., an electric generator, during interruption or failure of a first power source, e.g., a utility power supply, includes a powered interlock arrangement that is operative to prevent the electrical panel from being electrically connected to both power sources simultaneously.

Abstract: An embodiment of the invention provides an isolation cell for isolating a second power domain from a first power domain. The isolation cell includes an input terminal capable of receiving a first signal of the first power domain, an output terminal capable of outputting an output signal with a predetermined logic state to the second power domain, a first power terminal and a second power terminal The first power terminal is capable of receiving a voltage from a power source, the power source is different from a first power source of the first power domain, and the isolation cell is powered by the voltage.

Abstract: An electronic apparatus includes a communication unit that performs wireless communication, a load unit, a power receiving unit that wirelessly receives power from a power supply apparatus, and a control unit that controls to limit a supply of power to the load unit if the communication unit transmits data to the power supply apparatus.

Abstract: A wireless power supply system and a self adaptive regulation method thereof. The method includes the following steps: detecting an operating mode of an electric power sending unit (210); judging whether the electric power sending unit coincides with a normal operation condition of the wireless power supply system (200) according to the detected operating mode; determining according to a judging result whether to regulate a main oscillating frequency of an oscillating circuit (213) or not, so as to make the main oscillating frequency of the oscillating circuit be maintained between the resonant frequency of a sending coil (214) and the resonant frequency of a receiving coil (221).

Abstract: Embodiments of the invention disclose a system configured to exchange energy wirelessly. The system includes a structure configured to exchange the energy wirelessly via a coupling of evanescent waves, wherein the structure is electromagnetic (EM) and non-radiative, and wherein the structure generates an EM near-field in response to receiving the energy; and a metamaterial arranged within the EM near-field such that the coupling is enhanced.

Abstract: A method and a circuit system for actuating a number of modules. The method is carried out using the circuit system, which implements a flexible trigger mechanism.

Abstract: A sensor device has a sensor unit, a control unit; and multiple power supply paths from a power supply to the sensor unit and the control unit. The multiple power supply paths are configured to be switched in accordance with an operation status of the sensor unit. The sensor device further has a wireless communication device for transmitting a measurement result of the sensor unit. The multiple power supply paths are provided to supply power from the power supply to the wireless communication device. The multiple power supply paths are configured to be switched in accordance with an operation status of the wireless communication device.

Abstract: A method and device are disclosed for diodeless terrestrial photovoltaic solar power arrays. In one or more embodiments, the method and device involve a solar power array device without blocking diodes and/or without bypass diodes. The method comprises providing a solar module, a solar array tracker, a power bus, a controller, and an inverter. In one or more embodiments, the method further comprises providing a circuit breaker and/or a bi-position switch. When the controller senses that the solar module power is below a threshold level, the controller commands the solar tracker to vary the solar module's pointing until the solar module is operating at its maximum power point for the solar module's level of illumination. In some embodiments, when the controller senses that the solar module power is less than a minimum bypass threshold level, the controller commands a bi-position switch to bypass current around the solar module.

Abstract: A switch for a bilge pump of a boat includes a pair of probes for providing a probe signal indicating the presence of fluid at the probes, a current sensor for providing a sensor signal indicating electric current of the pump; and a controller programmed to energize the pump when a threshold level of the probe signal indicates the presence of fluid and to de-energize the pump when a threshold level of the sensor signal indicates that the pump is not pumping fluid. The controller can also be programmed to dynamically change the threshold level of the probe signal based on a prior probe signal that indicates changing probe conditions.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is an apparatus. The apparatus includes a first connector and a switching system. The first connector is configured to receive a second connector having a first contact area and a second different contact area. The switching system is connected to the first connector. The switching system is configured to alternatively connect a ground of the apparatus to the first or the second contact area.

Abstract: There is provided a controlling communication system which includes a control device for transmitting a control signal, an object-side communication device mounted on a controlled object for receiving the control signal, and a drive control device for controlling the controlled object, and which can set a failsafe function of the object-side communication device using the control device, wherein a voltage reference value and a detection time reference value set by the control device are transmitted to the object-side communication device and are stored in a memory unit of the object-side communication device, and wherein the object-side communication device judges if the battery state meets a requirement for activating a failsafe function by referring to the voltage reference value and the detection time reference value stored in the memory unit.

Abstract: In one aspect, the invention provides a system for power distribution. According to some embodiments, the system includes a rack mountable power distribution unit including a housing having a first end and a second end, the housing also including an outer wall defining a cavity within the housing, and fastening elements configured to allow the housing to be mounted within an electrical equipment rack. In accordance with these embodiments, the outer wall of the housing includes an opening extending linearly between the first end and the second end of the housing and a plurality of electrical conductors located within the cavity and oriented linearly between the first end and the second end. In accordance with further embodiments, the system includes a tap module.

Abstract: A method for transmitting power over long distances to a remote device is described. The method includes positioning a lens between a photon source and a photon receiver, the lens, photon source and photon receiver being physically separate systems, focusing a plurality of photons originating from the photon source using the lens, collecting the photons at a receiver, and utilizing the collected photons to generate electrical power.

Abstract: An energy harvesting system for converting mechanical energy into electrical energy uses an electrostatic arrangement based upon the interaction between conductive microfluidic droplets and dielectric-coated electrodes in combination with an electromagnetic arrangement based upon the interaction between magnetic elements and coils, with the two arrangements disposed in an interleaved configuration that provides a degree of synergy to the overall system in the form of providing spacings between adjacent elements and providing a bias voltage source for the electrostatic arrangement from the energy created by the electromagnetic arrangement.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a linear vibration motor including: a stator part including a magnet; a vibrator part including a coil facing the magnet to generate electromagnetic force and a printed circuit board having one end coupled to the stator part and the other end coupled to the coil; and an elastic member connecting the stator part and the vibrator part to each other, wherein the stator part further includes a damper facing the vibrator part. The damper is made of a rubber material having lower density in order to alleviate and absorb impact at the time of contact with the vibrator part, thereby making is possible to prevent vibration noise due to residual vibration generated at the time of contact between the vibrator part and the stator part.

Abstract: A power generation element includes: a first magnetostrictive rod made of a magnetostrictive material; a rigid rod made of a magnetic material and disposed in parallel with the first magnetostrictive rod, the magnetic material having rigidity and a shape that enable uniform application of compression force or tensile force to the first magnetostrictive rod; a first coil wound around the first magnetostrictive rod; and two connecting yokes each of which is provided at one end of each of the first magnetostrictive rod and the rigid rod to connect the first magnetostrictive rod and the rigid rod, wherein the power generation element generates power through expansion or contraction of the first magnetostrictive rod due to vibration in a direction perpendicular to an axis direction of the first magnetostrictive rod.

Abstract: A stator assembly structure for an axial flux electric machine is designed. The back iron for each silicon steel disk stator is formed into a specific structure with tooth-like protrusions for allowing the same to be integrated with the disk-type stator seat, while the disk-type stator seat is made of a material suitable for casting or mold forming. A coil is mounted on the disk stator, and a stator assembly is achieved by integrating the stator, the coil and the stator seat. The stator and the disk-type stator seat of the stator assembly are manufactured by using a one-piece cast or one-piece mold forming method so as to enable the contact surfaces of the stator and the stator seat to engage with each other even more tightly, and consequently enable the heat generated from the coil to be transmitted rapidly from the disk stator to the disk-type stator seat.

Abstract: There is provided a spindle motor including a rotor hub having a driving magnet mounted on an internal surface thereof; and a pulling plate fixedly installed on a base member to be disposed below the driving magnet, wherein the pulling plate includes a body having a ring shape, protrusion portions protruded from the body, and an indent portion formed inwardly from an outer circumferential surface of the body.

Abstract: A rotor of a permanent magnet embedded motor according to this invention includes: a rotor iron core formed by stacking a predetermined number of electromagnetic steel plates perforated in a predetermined shape; a plurality of permanent magnet insertion holes formed along an outer circumferential section of the rotor iron core; permanent magnet end gaps provided at both ends of the permanent magnet insertion hole; a permanent magnet inserted in the permanent magnet insertion hole; and a plurality of slits formed in an iron core section on the outer side of the permanent magnet insertion hole. The width in the radial direction of a slit thin section of each of the slits between the slit and the rotor iron core outer circumference gradually increases from an inter-electrode side toward a magnetic pole center and changes in a sine wave shape having a peak in the magnetic pole center.

Abstract: A housing surrounding a stator or a rotor includes an annular cooling chamber, which is formed within the housing and defines a circumferential fluid path around the stator or rotor. A fluid inlet and a fluid outlet are communication with the annular cooling chamber. A primary divider separates the fluid inlet from the fluid outlet.

Abstract: Embodiments of the invention provide an electric machine module. The module can include a housing, which can define a machine cavity. In some embodiments, a coolant jacket can be at least partially positioned within the housing. In some embodiments, a plurality of coolant apertures can be disposed through at least a portion of the housing. A stator assembly can be at least partially disposed within the housing and can include a plurality of coolant channels being in fluid communication with the machine cavity. Each of the coolant channels includes at least one radial subunit and at least one axial subunit. The radial subunits are fluidly coupled to some of the coolant apertures so that the coolant jacket is in fluid communication with the machine cavity via the coolant channels.

Abstract: A stator includes a stator core having a plurality of slot segments, a plurality of stator winding conductors arranged in select ones of the plurality of slot segments, a jumper conductor interconnecting select ones of the plurality of stator winding conductors to form one or more stator windings, a common conductor connected to at least one of the stator winding conductors, a phase conductor connected to corresponding ones of the one or more stator windings, and a composite sleeve provided on at least one of the jumper conductor, the common conductor, and the phase conductor. The composite sleeve includes a first sleeve, and a second sleeve positioned about the first sleeve. One of the first and second sleeves is formed from a compressed amide synthetic fiber. The first and second sleeves cooperate to provide protection for the conductor from external elements.

Abstract: A mounting cap is provided for use with an insulated stator of an outer rotor motor. The mounting cap is configured to support the stator and is fixed to the stator to prevent relative rotation therebetween. The mounting cap includes mounting structure configured to fix the mounting cap to the machine, such that the stator is fixed to and supported on the machine by the mounting cap. Furthermore, the mounting cap is configured to facilitate routing of wiring associated with the stator.

Abstract: A generator motor connected to an output shaft of an engine mounted in a work machine includes a terminal box for connecting an exterior electric-power-supplying cable to the generator motor. The terminal box includes a casing having an inner space in communication with an inside of a housing of the generator motor. A casing of the terminal box is detachably provided to the housing of the generator motor.

Abstract: A starter which includes a shift piece that is relatively rotatably fitted to a groove (6) of a clutch and is also relatively rotatably coupled with a straddle portion of a shift lever (9), for joining the clutch and the shift lever together, so that a pinion gear is engaged with or released from a ring gear by a reciprocal movement of the clutch that is in conjunction with pivotal seesaw motion of the shift lever (9), wherein the shift piece is configured separately by a ring-like shift piece (7) mounting to the groove (6) of the clutch and a shift piece B (8) mounting to the shift lever, which are mounted in a form coupled together.

Abstract: Provided is a combined explosion-proof electromotor, which includes a body in which an interior space is formed and whose one end is open in an axial direction, a terminal box whose one end is open in the axial direction so as to face the open end of the body and in which a space is formed to hold terminal cables extending from the outside, and a middle plate that is disposed between the opposing ends of the body and the terminal box which are connected by separate fastening means and that includes terminal insertion holes through which ends of the terminal cables are inserted into the body.

Abstract: Electric rotating machine suppressing narrowing of a magnetic path caused by a skin effect in a housing to increase torque, including stator core having e.g. core back and teeth; stator windings wound around the teeth; stator including stator core and stator windings; housing composed of a magnetic body accommodating the stator; rotor disposed for rotation on an inner circumferential side of the stator. An air gap is provided between an inside wall of the housing and an outer circumferential surface of core back. The core back has projections on a radial back surface of a portion where the teeth are provided. The projections are each provided to be continuous in an axial direction and have tip portions in contact with inside wall of the housing. The air gap may be defined by the inside wall of the housing, the outer circumferential surface of the core back and the projections.

Abstract: There is provided a spindle motor including: a base part including a base member and a lower thrust member fixedly installed on the base member; a shaft having a lower end portion fixedly installed on the base part; an upper thrust member fixedly installed on an upper end portion of the shaft; a sleeve disposed between the upper and lower thrust members and rotatably installed on the shaft; and a rotor hub fixedly installed on the sleeve to thereby rotate together therewith, wherein the sleeve includes a connection hole formed therein in order to connect an inner diameter portion thereof to an outer peripheral surface thereof.

Abstract: A rotor core is provided for an electric machine. The rotor core includes a body extending a length along, and being configured to rotate about, a central longitudinal axis. The body includes spokes arranged radially about the central longitudinal axis and conductor openings arranged radially about the central longitudinal axis. The radial arrangement of the spokes and conductor openings about the central longitudinal axis includes an alternating pattern of spokes and conductor openings. The spokes include slots extending therethrough along the central longitudinal axis. The slots are positioned radially about the central longitudinal axis between adjacent conductor openings. The rotor core also includes conductors extending within the conductor openings of the body.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a brushless motor includes a rotor rotating about a rotation axis and having a rotor core and a plurality of magnets, and a stator disposed around the rotor, wherein the magnets are arranged to be equally spaced and embedded in an outer circumferential portion of the rotor core, and the rotor core includes a pair of slits symmetrically disposed about the reference line, wherein when a portion of the magnet between the center point and each of the edges is divided into eleven portions by parting lines parallel to the reference line, an inner end of the slit is positioned outside a parting line set as an eighth parting line when the parting lines are arranged in order from a side of the reference line toward the edge.

Abstract: A manufacturing method for manufacturing a rotating electrical machine equipped with a stator that includes a continuously wound coil unit achieved by continuously winding concentrated winding-type coils via cross wires, with coil wire having a rectangular section.

Abstract: Electrically insulating material so foldable as to form a slot liner and an interphase insulator combination so configured as to be inserted in the slots of the stator or the rotor of an electric machine to prevent coils from being in contact with the slot walls and to prevent separate coils inserted in the same slot to be in direct contact with one another is described herein.

Abstract: A motor stator includes a body member having multiple wire-winding grooves that is formed of a stack of silicon steel plates and defines axially a middle section and two end sections, the wire-dinging grooves in the end sections being greater than in the middle section, two wire racks each having foot tubes respectively inserted into the end sections of the body member in the wire-winding grooves beyond the middle section, the foot tubes having an inner diameter not less than the part of the wire-winding grooves corresponding to the middle section, and insulation sheets having a length greater than the height of the middle section of the body member and being respectively set in the wire-winding grooves and the corresponding foot tubes.