ENERGY SUPPLY DEVICE FOR A PLURALITY OF ENERGY CONSUMERS CONNECTED THERETO

• US 20090289500A1
• Filed: 04/03/2007
• Published: 11/26/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 04/04/2006
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Kuester Automotive Door Systems GmbH, Kuster Automotive Door Systems GmbH, Grass GmbH (Thyssenkrupp AG)
• Original Assignee: Kuster Automotive Door Systems GmbH, Grass GmbH (Thyssenkrupp AG)
• Inventors: Zipp, Jürgen, Medebach, Steffen, Kammer, Thomas
• Application Number:
  US12/295,638
• Publication Number:
  US 20090289500A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 307/31
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 13/00002 characterised by monitoring
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 13/00016 using a wired telecommunication network or a data transmission bus
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 2310/60 Limiting power consumption in the network or in one section of the network, e.g. load shedding or peak shaving
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 3/14 by switching loads on to, or off from, network, e.g. progressively balanced loading
• CPC Class Codes: Y02B 70/3225 Demand response systems, e.g. load shedding, peak shaving
• CPC Class Codes: Y02E 40/70 Smart grids as climate change mitigation technology in the energy generation sector
• CPC Class Codes: Y02E 60/00 Enabling technologies; Technologies with a potential or indirect contribution to GHG emissions mitigation
• CPC Class Codes: Y04S 10/30 State monitoring, e.g. fault, temperature monitoring, insulator monitoring, corona discharge
• CPC Class Codes: Y04S 10/50 Systems or methods supporting the power network operation or management, involving a certain degree of interaction with the load-side end user applications
• CPC Class Codes: Y04S 20/222 Demand response systems, e.g. load shedding, peak shaving

Abstract

An energy supply device (10) for a plurality of energy consumers (3) connected thereto has a predetermined maximum power output. A monitoring device for the output of power prevents the maximum output of power of the energy supply device (10) from being exceeded.

Claims

1-21. -21. (canceled)

22. In an energy supply device (10) for a plurality of energy consumers (3) that are connected to said energy supply device, wherein the energy supply device exhibits a predetermined maximum power outputs wherein the improvement comprises:

a monitoring device provided for the output power and which prevents the energy supply device (10) from exceeding the predetermined maximum output power and wherein the energy supply device (10) is designed for the purpose of subsequently attaching additional consumers.

35. A bus system, comprising:

at least one power bus (4) for connecting a plurality of energy consumers (3) to an energy supply device (10); and

at least one data bus (5), which is used to communicate between a control unit (7) and the plurality of energy consumers (3) that are attached, in order to check and to control power output of the energy supply device (10) to the energy consumers (3).

36. The bus system, as claimed in claim 35, further comprising an interface with a CHAIN bus for attaching the bus system to an already existing network such as a home appliance network.

38. A furniture article comprising at least one bus system as claimed in claim 35.

40. A building system comprising at least one bus system as claimed in claim 35.

42. A building comprising at least one bus system as claimed in claim 35.

44. A method of monitoring and controlling energy output of an energy supply device (10) so as to prevent exceeding a predetermined maximum power output, comprising:

providing a monitoring device that prevents the energy supply device (10) from exceeding the predetermined maximum output power and wherein the energy supply device (10) is designed for the purpose of subsequently attaching additional consumers, wherein the energy consumers (3), which are to be connected to the energy supply device (10), are assigned a priority, so that the monitoring device is designed for switching off at least one energy consumer having a low priority, if by switching on an additional energy consumer, the predetermined maximum power output would be exceeded.