GENERATOR CONTROLLER

• US 20070180777A1
• Filed: 01/19/2007
• Published: 08/09/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 02/27/2003
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: ZEN and Invention, LLC
• Original Assignee: Acutrak Incorporated
• Inventors: Schaper, Scott, Aupperle, Donald, Proctor, Richard
• Application Number:
  US11/624,943
• Publication Number:
  US 20070180777A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 49/507
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 2310/40 The network being an on-board power network, i.e. within a vehicle
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 2310/42 for ships or vessels
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 3/00 Circuit arrangements for ac mains or ac distribution networks
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 7/0029 with safety or protection devices or circuits
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 7/0049 Detection of fully charged condition
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 7/1415 with a generator driven by a prime mover other than the motor of a vehicle
• CPC Class Codes: H02M 1/007 Plural converter units in cascade push-pull DC/DC converters with pre-regulator H02M3/3374; DC-AC converters following a DC-DC stage including a high frequency transformer H02M7/4807; DC-AC converters following a DC-DC conversion stage generating periodically varying voltages H02M7/4826
• CPC Class Codes: H02M 1/009 having two or more independently controlled outputs for DC-DC converter with intermediate AC H02M3/33561

Abstract

A generator controller, in its various embodiments, displays genset fault messages, a genset elapsed time hour meter, service countdown reminder, monitors battery voltage changes over multiple periods of time to establish and display the “battery level,” uses the “battery level” to automatically start and stop the genset, and accepts multiple run requests from AC loads such as HVAC systems, and incorporates safety or other start inhibit features.

Claims

1-62. -62. (canceled)

1. An enclosure for an electronic device, comprising:

a housing having an opening and defining an interior space configured to receive an electronic component;

a metal panel mounted to substantially enclose the opening; and

a magnetic panel magnetically removably attached to the metal panel.

2. The enclosure of claim 63, wherein the magnetic panel comprises a first side facing toward the metal panel and a second side facing away from the metal panel, and further comprising an indicia attached to the second side.

3. The enclosure of claim 64, wherein the indicia is formed on an additional layer of material attached to the second side of the magnetic panel.

4. The enclosure of claim 63, wherein the electronic component comprises a printed circuit board.

5. The enclosure of claim 63, wherein the electronic component comprises one or more of a display or a switch.

6. The enclosure of claim 67, wherein the metal panel and the magnetic panel are substantially the same size and further wherein each comprise one or more openings that are oriented such that the display or switch are accessible through the one or more openings.

7. The enclosure of claim 63, wherein the electronic component comprises a display and wherein the metal panel and the magnetic panel each comprise an opening that is oriented such that the display is visible through the one or more openings.

8. The enclosure of claim 69, further comprising a layer of translucent material within the opening.