METHOD, A SYSTEM, A COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM, AND A POWER CONTROLLING APPARATUS FOR APPLYING AND DISTRIBUTING POWER

• US 20140195062A1
• Filed: 01/06/2014
• Published: 07/10/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 02/28/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Global Embedded Technologies, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Global Embedded Technologies, Inc.
• Inventors: Stanczak, Mark Stanley, Smutek, Louis Stephen, Brown, Alan Wayne, Backus, David Allen
• Granted Patent: US 9,939,833 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 700/294
• CPC Class Codes: F02N 11/0866 comprising several power sources, e.g. battery and capacitor or two batteries
• CPC Class Codes: F02N 2011/0888 DC/DC converters
• CPC Class Codes: G05F 1/66 Regulating electric power
• CPC Class Codes: G05F 3/02 Regulating voltage or current
• CPC Class Codes: H02H 1/0092 concerning the data processing means, e.g. expert systems, neural networks
• CPC Class Codes: H02H 3/006 Calibration or setting of parameters
• CPC Class Codes: H02H 3/10 additionally responsive to some other abnormal electrical conditions
• CPC Class Codes: H02H 3/207 also responsive to under-voltage window comparators for indication G01R19/165
• CPC Class Codes: H02H 5/04 responsive to abnormal temperature specially adapted for electric machines H02H7/0852
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 4/00 Circuit arrangements for mains or distribution networks not specified as ac or dc
• CPC Class Codes: H02M 1/32 Means for protecting converters other than automatic disconnection
• CPC Class Codes: H02M 1/36 Means for starting or stopping converters

Abstract

Embodiments of the invention relate generally to power management and the like, and more particularly, to an apparatus, a system, a method, and a computer-readable medium for providing power controlling functionality to generate configurable power signals and to deliver power during fault conditions. In at least some embodiments, a power control unit can generate power signals having configurable attributes as a function of a mode of operation, a fault type, and the like.

Claims

1. A power control unit comprising:

a first portion of memory configured to store data representing operational profiles for generating a power signal as a function of a parameter;

a mode controller configured to select an operational profile from the operational profiles to establish a selected operational profile;

a waveform control module configured to generate the power signal in accordance with the selected operational profile;

a second portion of memory configured to store data representing fault profiles that include thresholds for determining types of faults; and

a fault detector configured to;

detect a fault based on the fault profiles, and to

determine whether the fault is associated with a first subset of faults or a second subset of faults, and to

perform a fault action.