Portable power manager enclosure

Abstract

Various aspects of the invention provide power manager enclosures. One aspect of the invention provides a power manager enclosure including: a sealed housing comprising opposing substantially rectangular top and bottom faces, opposing substantially rectangular longitudinal front and back faces and opposing substantially rectangular transverse left and right side faces; and a plurality of device ports for operably connecting external power devices to the power manger disposed on one or more of the left and right side faces and on only one of the front and back faces.

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CROSS REFERENCE TO PRIOR APPLICATIONS[0001]This application claims priority under 35 U.S.C. §119(e) based upon U.S. Provisional Patent Application Ser. No. 61 / 270,602, entitled “POWER MANAGER” and filed Jul. 10, 2009, and further based upon U.S. Provisional Patent Application Ser. No. 61 / 283,536, entitled “POWER MANAGER” and filed Dec. 4, 2009. The entire contents of both applications are incorporated herein by reference.[0002]This application is related to concurrently filed U.S. patent application Ser. No. 12 / 815,994, entitled “PORTABLE POWER MANAGER” (Attorney Docket No. 85899(47171)) and U.S. patent application Ser. No. 12 / 816,080, entitled “PORTABLE POWER MANAGER OPERATING METHODS” (Attorney Docket No. 85900(47171)).STATEMENT REGARDING FEDERALLY SPONSORED RESEARCH OR DEVELOPMENT[0003]Inventions disclosed herein relate to work performed under U.S. Army Contract W911NF-08-C-0025 with the U.S. Army Research, Development and Engineering Command (RDECOM). The U.S. Government has cer...

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Benefits of technology

[0017]The power manager enclosure can include one or more indicator lights associated with each device port for displaying a device port status. The power manager enclosure can include one or more indicator lights associated with each device port for displaying a status of an external power device connected to the device port. The power manager enclosure can include a visual display device disposed on the top face. The power manager enclosure can include one or more indicator lights associated with each device port disposed on the top face proximate to corresponding device ports for displaying a device port status.

[0018]The power manager enclosure can include one or more indicator lights associated with each device port and disposed on the top face proximate to corresponding device ports for displaying a status of an external power device connected to the device port. The key pad can include a plurality of keys. The power manager enclosure can include two device ports disposed on each of the transverse left and right side faces, two device ports disposed on the back face and a key pad disposed in the front face.

[0019]The power manager enclosure can include one or more indicator lights associated with each device port and disposed on the top face proximate to corresponding device ports for displaying a device port status. The power manager enclosure can include one or mor

Problems solved by technology

One problem with Castleman is that only one power supply is available for use.

Accordingly, a failure of the single power supply necessarily results in a loss of power in all of the connected power loads.

Another problem with Castleman is that each output port requires a dedicated controllable power regulator increasing the weight and the cost of the power distribution system.

Moreover, the ports are crowded together and may be difficult to connect to due to the crowding.

One problem with the BA-5590-style charge level indicators is that

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