766 results about "Backup battery" patented technology

A powering subassembly for a portable electronic device includes a main battery, a converter, a backup battery, and a controller. The main battery provides a main voltage and the backup battery can provide a backup voltage. The converter receives the main voltage and increases the main voltage to at least one operating voltage. The controller receives the operating voltage from the converter, monitors the voltage of the main battery, and compares the monitored main battery voltage to a main battery low voltage threshold. The controller transmits a disconnect signal to decouple the main battery from the converter if the monitored voltage from the main battery is less than the main battery low voltage threshold. The controller transmits a connection signal to couple the backup battery to the converter if the monitored voltage is less than the main battery low voltage threshold. The backup battery provides the power for a predetermined minimum amount of time.

A flat planar light fixture formed of a translucent panel with suitable opacity for the transmission of light is illuminated by a plurality of high brightness LEDs disposed along the edges thereof. A layer of reflective material on a back surface of the panel facilitates reflection and dispersion of light that occurs within the panel through a front surface thereof. The LEDs are powered by low-voltage direct current and coupled with an emergency backup battery that is maintained in a charged condition by household current. The light fixture may be operatively connected with a signal receiver that controls the light intensity and turns the LEDs on and off responsive to signals transmitted from a remote signal transmitter. The LEDs may be provided in different colors to allow the user to vary the color of illumination. The light fixture may also be operatively connected with an alarm system.

A permanently-installable LED light fixture including a housing including a substantially water-tight chamber, at least one electronic normal-operation LED-driver enclosed within the chamber and receiving power from a general off-location power source during normal operation, an LED assembly secured with respect to the housing, the LED assembly having at least one LED-array module, and at least one backup battery within the chamber capable of providing power during a power outage. In certain preferred embodiments at least one electronic backup LED-driver unit is enclosed within the chamber, the backup LED-driver unit drawing battery power during a power outage.

A programmed microcontroller based sump pump system includes multiple pumps that can be employed with one as a primary pump and one as a back-up, or can be employed in combination to increase the discharge rate. The microcontroller monitors the back-up battery condition, and computes and displays the battery life; monitors the system for clogs or vapor locks in the discharge piping; switches to an emergency periodic pumping mode of operation, when needed; and notifies the user by phone or e-mail of a system malfunction.

A permanently-installable LED light fixture including a housing including a substantially water-tight chamber, at least one electronic normal-operation LED-driver enclosed within the chamber and receiving power from a general off-location power source during normal operation, an LED assembly secured with respect to the housing, the LED assembly having at least one LED-array module, and at least one backup battery within the chamber capable of providing power during a power outage. In certain preferred embodiments at least one electronic backup LED-driver unit is enclosed within the chamber, the backup LED-driver unit drawing battery power during a power outage.

A computer system (20) utilizes a monitor (24), keyboard (26), hard disk drive (28), processor (30), computer memory block (32), and memory based disk emulation device (22) to reduce access time for swap and paging files, thereby enhancing the computer system performance. The disk emulation device includes a device (22) manager (38) operable to select the number of logical drives, and a disk emulator (40) operable to cause actual memory devices (44-50) to appear as the virtual memory of the computer system disk drive (28). A memory controller (42) divides data bytes into data sets of two or four bits and saves the data sets simultaneously to the emulation memory devices (44-50). A backup battery (52) is provided to power the memory controller (42) and emulation memory devices (44-50) in the event of primary power supply failure.

A plurality of pump related monitoring devices can communicate wirelessly with displaced user circuits. The user circuits can in turn acquire data via a respective monitoring device associated with a pump, pump control system, pump motor, backup batteries and the like all without limitations. If desired, the user circuits can carry out a polling process relative to a plurality of monitoring devices.

A disk array device having two or more disk units, each disk unit including at least one disk drive, at least either of said disk units having parity bits carrying data recovery information, comprises at least one backup battery provided for each of said disk unit.

A memory system comprising one or more memory devices is purged to prevent unauthorized access to data stored therein. A host system passes control of purge operations to the memory system. The purge operations are configured to erase data, write a pattern to memory locations, physically damage the memory devices in the memory system, or combinations of the foregoing. The memory system can perform a purge operation on two or more memory devices in parallel. The memory system includes a destroy circuit to provide an over-current and / or over-voltage condition to the memory devices. The memory system also includes one or more isolation circuits to protect control circuitry in the memory system from the over-current and / or over-voltage condition. In some embodiments, the memory system includes a backup battery so it can complete a purge operation if it looses its power connection to the host system.

An apparatus and system are provided for delivering communication services such as video, data and telephony services to individual residential units.According to one embodiment, an optical network terminal (ONT) for providing communication services to a single residential unit comprises a passive optical network interface (PI) circuit, a residential service interface (RSI) circuit, and a power unit. The PI circuit receives optical signals from an optical fiber and transmits optical signals onto the optical fiber. The PI circuit is adapted to convert received optical signals containing voice information to electrical voice ATM cells, received optical signals containing data information to electrical data ATM cells, and received optical signals containing video signals to electrical video signals. The PI circuit is also adapted to convert electrical voice ATM cells and electrical data ATM cells to optical signals for transmission over the optical fiber;The RSI circuit that is adapted to convert the electrical voice ATM cells to a telephony format suitable for use at the residential unit and the electrical data ATM cells to a network format suitable for use at the residential unit. The RSI circuit is also adapted to convert telephony format information received from the residential unit to voice ATM cells and network format information received from the residential unit to data ATM cells.The power unit provides power for use in the PI circuit and the RSI circuit. The power unit includes an AC / DC converter for converting ac power received from the residential unit to dc power for use in the ONT and backup batteries for providing power when there is an interruption of the ac power.

A modular adaptive power management center integrating control and management of multiple electrical power sources such as locally generated solar or wind power, connections to an electrical utility service provider, battery power, and others. The system increases system efficiency by monitoring load requirements and matching available power sources in real time. A wall mounted rack system houses a system backplane and a main system microprocessor. The backplane accepts plug-in power modules including power converters each dedicated to managing one of various energy sources such as local wind or solar sources, as well as utility grid connections and battery backup systems. The system also includes a backup battery bank and a battery power module to control charge / discharge activity of the batteries. A variety of user interfaces are provided including via a local LCD display, LED indicators, and remote access and monitoring through an Internet connection and browser window. The modular nature of the design allows a homeowner / user to “plug-in” additional modules as new power sources become available.

An exit sign comprising a housing and a plurality of red and green color LEDs having the capability of being selectively activated to produce either red light or green light. The plurality of LEDs are mounted in a mutual lighting association in the housing. A switch is manually operable to selectively activate the plurality of red color LEDs to produce the red light and in the alternative, to selectively activate of the plurality of the green color LEDs to produce the green light. Means for passing light from the selected red light or selected green light in the form of indicia symbolizing an exit enables viewing by an observer, such means include a stencil having four independent letters forming the word EXIT. DC circuitry is in operative electrical connection with the plurality of LEDs. A source of DC electrical power activates the DC circuitry. The plurality of LEDs can be monochrome red LEDs and monochrome green LEDs or in the alternative, the plurality of LEDs can be bicolor LEDs having the capability of producing red light or green light. Red light and green light can be simultaneously emitted so as to produce yellow light. An emergency power backup battery is connected to the plurality of color LEDS. Means for producing emergency light is optional.

A modular aircraft emergency backup battery system and methods for operating the system as well as removing and replacing the modules within the system are described. The system includes a module cabinet enclosure that positions and interconnects the modules. A wiring harness provides the necessary electrical connections to and from the aircraft avionics to recharge the batteries within the system to allow the system to provide a source of power when battery backup is required. The cabinet enclosure provides positioned connections for one or more battery cell modules and one or more power control circuitry modules. A hinged front panel allows access to the battery cell modules and provides a switch and an indicator for operation of a test circuit. The modular enclosure is positioned in place of existing aircraft emergency battery backup systems and connects to the aircraft within the same space.

The present invention relates to an electronic apparatus and a power supply controlling method with which input power source is switched efficiently in accordance with a load of a device. A power controller 50, upon detecting a USB connection, monitors power consumption of a CPU 44 based on the operation status of the CPU 44, and controls a switch 42 in accordance with a current supplied from a USB cable 2. When the current is less than or equal to 500 mA, the switch 42 is switched to a terminal a. Before configuration, when the current is less than or equal to 100 mA, the switch 42 is switched to the terminal a, and then a regulator 43 is controlled so that the current will not exceed 100 mA. In USB suspend, the switch 42 is switched to a terminal b, and a regulator 53 stops output to a backup battery 54. The present invention can be applied to a digital still camera supporting USB.

A protective cover of a mobile electronic product capable of adding a backup battery to the exterior of the mobile electronic product, and the mobile electronic product is connected to the backup battery. In the protective cover of the mobile electronic product, a RFID module is installed for applying the mobile electronic product in a non-contact access identification device or a secured transaction device. The backup battery can supply electric power to the mobile electronic product to overcome the difficulty of accessing backup power.

The invention discloses a method for estimating a state of health (SOH) and a state of charge (SOC) of a storage battery. The method is applied to a backup power system. The method comprises the following steps of: estimating the SOH and the SOC of the storage battery by using two branches simultaneously; comparing deviation of estimated values of the two branches; and selecting and determining the estimated values. In the method, a backup battery pack is not needed and measurement can be finished on line; quantitative measurement can be realized and the accuracy is high; and during measurement, complicated equipment is not needed, so that the cost is reduced.

The present invention generally relates to ventricular assist device power monitoring and conservation. In some embodiments, a pump controller may transition the pump to operate in a power-saving operational mode when a power source and / or a power source condition indicate a need to conserve power. In some embodiments, when the power source is an emergency battery and when the emergency battery has powered the pump for an extended period of time, the controller may signal the pump to operate in the power saving-operational mode. In some embodiments, when a low power hazard condition is triggered by signals from one or more external power sources, the controller may signal the pump to transition to the power-saving operational mode if the condition lasts for an extended period of time. In some embodiments, the controller may trigger the power-saving mode when the emergency backup battery is below a voltage threshold.

A modular electronic device case includes a jacket and a shell removably coupled to the jacket. A tablet-shaped electronic device, such as a tablet computer, may be secured in the shell and may be covered by the jacket when the shell is coupled to the jacket. The shell may be removably coupled to the jacket using magnetic coupling. Thus, the tablet-shaped electronic device, when secured in the shell, may be used with or without the jacket. The jacket may also include one or more foldable lines separating the jacket into foldable panels capable of being folded to form a stand for supporting the device in different configurations. The modular case may also include one or more additional components coupled to the jacket including, without limitation, a pocket, a backup battery, and / or a keyboard.

This invention discloses a power supply system, a switch circuit and a method for its master supply and a standby battery, in which, the switch circuit includes a P-MOS field effect transistor, a voltage sample circuit and a switch circuit, when the sample voltage of the sample end reaches to a preset value or over it, the switch circuit is turned on, its voltage output end outputs control signals to conduct the P-MOS field effect transistor and the DC master output end of the master supply conducts the bus end, when the voltage of the sample end is lower than a preset value, the switch circuit is turned off to stop the field effect transistor and the standby cell supplies to the bus, since the conduction resistance of the P-MOS field effect transistor is low, its voltage drop can be very small and the power loss of the switch circuit is reduced greatly.

A method for controlling a pitch control system of a wind turbine includes providing a charged backup battery configured to supply no energy to a DC link when full AC input power is available, wherein the DC link includes a DC link capacitor. The method further includes using energy stored in the DC link capacitor to operate a pitch control system during a loss or dip of AC input power, and maintaining charge on the DC link capacitor using the charged backup battery as voltage across the DC link capacitor drops during the operation of the pitch control system.

Methods and apparatus are provided for estimating the remaining state-of-charge of a non-rechargeable power source, such as a back-up battery for an electronic module normally connected to a primary power source. A processor within the electronic module implements a prediction algorithm, in order to monitor the temperature of the back-up attery, and to calculate various current draws of the back-up battery. The processor adjusts the nominal self-discharge rate of the back-up battery in accordance with the measured temperatures, and calculates an adjusted self-discharge quantity. The processor also accumulates current draw data and reduces the initial state-of-charge value of the back-up battery by the temperature-adjusted self-discharge quantity and the cumulative current draw quantities to determine a remaining state-of-charge of the back-up battery. At a predetermined state-of-charge threshold level, an indicator can be activated to advise a user to replace the back-up battery.

An emergency lighting unit includes a lamp, a backup battery, and controller and a network interface. The controller connects the backup battery to the lamp upon detection of an emergency condition and loss of main power. The network interface interfaces with and receives commands via a fire alarm network. Each emergency lighting unit has a unique identifier with respect to the fire alarm network.

An intelligent battery system for powering a mobile workstation includes a mounting block having a first battery interface bracket for the releasable attachment of a first battery, a second battery interface bracket for the releasable attachment of a second battery and a third battery interface bracket for the releasable attachment of a backup battery, and a power control circuit functionally integrated with the mounting block and being capable of detecting a change in status of at least one of the first and second batteries and routing the flow of electrical power from the first, second and backup batteries in dependence thereon.

A smart credit card device for allowing its owner to safely make credit transactions, which comprises a display screen; a memory for storing permanent data of the device and its owner and unique temporary dat regarding an impending specific transaction; a wireless transceiver for being in data communication with the credit company through a point o sale; input components for allowing the owner to input data essential fo performing the transactions; a processor for controlling the operation o the card device; and a power source such as a battery or a solar cell arra with a backup battery for supplying DC power to the card device.

A cell tower is manufactured from a steel plate that is pressed into a polygon form, such as a 12-sided polygon or a 16-sided polygon. The tower is designed for direct embedding into the ground or attachment to a buried portion. The base portion contains apertures sized to permit the installation of an equipment rack directly into the interior of the tower. Other apertures in the tower provide handholes for installation of the equipment, backup batteries, and cabling. The top section of the cell tower includes mounting members for one or more sets of cellular radio antennas and / or microwave antennas. The antennas, and associated remote radio units, are mounted to the top of the cell tower and are hidden from view by one or more shrouds. The shrouds provide a visible barrier, but have minimal impact on the radio frequency characteristics.

An emergency lighting unit includes a lamp, a backup battery, and controller and a network interface. The controller connects the backup battery to the lamp upon detection of an emergency condition and loss of main power. The network interface interfaces with and receives commands via a fire alarm network. Each emergency lighting unit has a unique identifier with respect to the fire alarm network.