Portable power source
AssigneeVCM Solutions Inc.
InventorVen Casto
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Abstract
An apparatus for defining an AC power source having a predetermined amperage rating and for use with a pallet truck or fork lift lifting device. The apparatus includes a pair of terminal banks, a battery, a converter adapted to change DC to AC power, a relay, a controller, and a base adapted for engagement by the lifting device for transport of the apparatus. The apparatus is shaped so that it can be transported by the lifting device through a doorway. A pair of terminal banks, battery, converter, relay and controller are coupled to one another and configured for selective operation in a standalone configuration or a stacked configuration.
Claims4
An improved method for use with a generator, the method being of a type wherein said generator undergoes one or more load tests, each load test involving a connection of the generator to a predetermined electrical power load, the improvement comprising:
- a plurality of devices forming a chain of devices, each device comprising:
- a pair of terminal banks;
- a battery;
- a converter adapted to change DC power to AC power and further adapted
- to change AC power to DC power;
- a relay;
- and
- a controller,
- the plurality of devices being adapted for selective operation in a charging mode, wherein
- the device of the plurality of devices forming one end of the chain is connected to the generator and receives power therefrom;
- the other devices of the plurality of devices receive power from the device connected to the generator;
- and
- the predetermined electrical power load is defined by energy storage in the batteries of the devices.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.