Control system for power transmission within a structure

• US 10,447,039 B2
• Filed: 03/21/2019
• Issued: 10/15/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 10/30/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Vikrant Sharma
• Original Assignee: Vikrant Sharma
• Inventors: Sharma, Vikrant
• Primary Examiner(s): Skibinski, Tomi
• Application Number:
  US16/361,068
• Publication Number:
  US 20190222025A1
• Time in Patent Office: 208 Days
• Field of Search: 307 38, 340 434, 713320, 713324
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 19/02 electric
• CPC Class Codes: H01H 47/22 for supplying energising current for relay coil
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 13/00004 characterised by the power network being locally controlled
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 13/00022 using wireless data transmission
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 13/00024 by means of mobile telephony
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 13/00026 involving a local wireless network, e.g. Wi-Fi, ZigBee or Bluetooth
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 2310/14 The load or loads being home appliances
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 3/14 by switching loads on to, or off from, network, e.g. progressively balanced loading
• CPC Class Codes: Y02B 70/30 Systems integrating technologies related to power network operation and communication or information technologies for improving the carbon footprint of the management of residential or tertiary loads, i.e. smart grids as climate change mitigation technology in the buildings sector, including also the last stages of power distribution and the control, monitoring or operating management systems at local level
• CPC Class Codes: Y02B 70/3225 Demand response systems, e.g. load shedding, peak shaving
• CPC Class Codes: Y02B 90/20 Smart grids as enabling technology in buildings sector smart grids supporting the management or operation of end-user stationary applications in general, or like technologies with no associated climate change mitigation effect Y04S20/00
• CPC Class Codes: Y04S 20/00 Management or operation of end-user stationary applications or the last stages of power distribution; Controlling, monitoring or operating thereof
• CPC Class Codes: Y04S 20/14 Protecting elements, switches, relays or circuit breakers
• CPC Class Codes: Y04S 20/222 Demand response systems, e.g. load shedding, peak shaving
• CPC Class Codes: Y04S 20/242 Home appliances
• CPC Class Codes: Y04S 40/126 using wireless data transmission

Abstract

A system of electrical distribution within a building, which selectively energizes power sockets only when an appliance is connected to the socket and in need of power.

Claims

1. A method of controlling electrical mains power to an appliance having an associated conductive member matingly receivable within an electrical socket, the method comprising the steps of:

a) delivering a first amount of said mains electrical power from the socket to the appliance, through the associated member;

b) the appliance using the first amount of electrical power and a wireless signal to selectively increase the mains electrical power from the socket to a second level substantially greater than the first level;

where

c) the wireless signal is received by a controller operated using energy provided from the first amount of mains electrical power.

2. The method of claim 1 where the signal received at the controller is an RF signal broadcast over the air.

3. The method of claim 2 where the signal conforms to the IEEE 802.11 standard.

4. The method of claim 2 where the controller controls a plurality of sockets and a unique ID is assigned to each of the plurality of sockets.

5. The method of claim 4 where the signal includes an ID associated with the socket that the appliance receives power from.

6. The method of claim 1 where a transmitter proximate the socket broadcasts an ID used by the controller to control power from the socket.

7. The method of claim 6 where the controller controls power to each of a plurality of sockets, and the transmitter broadcasts respective second IDs used by the controller to individually control power from each of the plurality of sockets.

8. The method of claim 7 where the signal received at the controller is an RF signal broadcast over the air and includes the ID and a respective one of the second IDs.

9. The method of claim 6 where the signal received at the controller is an RF signal broadcast over the air and includes the ID.

10. A controller for delivering electrical mains power through an appliance having an associated conductive member matingly receivable within an electrical socket, where the controller operates to switch the amount of mains electrical power through the appliance between a first amount and a second amount substantially greater than the first amount, and where the controller uses a wirelessly transmitted ID signal from the appliance to selectively deliver the second amount through the appliance.

11. The method of claim 10 where the ID signal received at the controller is an RF signal broadcast over the air.

12. The method of claim 11 where the ID signal conforms to the IEEE 802.11 standard.

13. The method of claim 11 where the controller is capable of controlling a plurality of sockets and a unique ID is assigned to each of the plurality of sockets.

14. The method of claim 13 where the ID signal includes a socket ID associated with the socket that the appliance receives power from.

15. The method of claim 10 where a transmitter proximate the socket broadcasts an ID used by the controller to control power from the socket.

16. The method of claim 15 where the controller controls power to each of a plurality of sockets, and the transmitter broadcasts respective second ID signals used by the controller to individually control power from each of the plurality of sockets.