# US 2014/0195061 A1 · Method, a system, a computer-readable medium, and a power controlling apparatus for applying and distributing power

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- Number: US 2014/0195061 A1
- Document ID: US20140195061A1
- Status: Published application
- Kind: A1
- Application number: 14/148,684
- Filed: 2014-01-06
- Published: 2014-07-10
- Earliest claimed: 2007-02-28
- Assignees: Global Embedded Technologies, Inc.
- Inventors: Mark Stanley Stanczak; Louis Stephen Smutek; Alan Wayne Brown; David Allen Backus
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20140195061A1

## CPC

- G05F 1/66: Regulating electric power
- G05F 3/02: Regulating voltage or current
- H02H 1/0092: {concerning the data processing means, e.g. expert systems, neural networks}
- H02H 3/006: {Calibration or setting of parameters}
- H02J 4/00: Circuit arrangements for mains or distribution networks not specified as AC or DC; Circuit arrangements for mains or distribution networks combining AC and DC sections or sub-networks (arrangements using intermediate DC-AC-DC conversion H02J1/002; arrangements using high-voltage DC [HVDC] links H02J3/36)
- H02M 1/32: Means for protecting converters other than automatic disconnection
- F02N 11/0866: {comprising several power sources, e.g. battery and capacitor or two batteries}
- F02N 2011/0888: {DC/DC converters}
- H02H 3/10: additionally responsive to some other abnormal electrical conditions
- H02H 3/207: {also responsive to under-voltage (window comparators for indication G01R19/165)}
- H02H 5/04: responsive to abnormal temperature {(specially adapted for electric machines H02H7/0852)}
- H02M 1/36: Means for starting or stopping converters
- G05F: SYSTEMS FOR REGULATING ELECTRIC OR MAGNETIC VARIABLES
- H02H: EMERGENCY PROTECTIVE CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENTS (indicating or signalling undesired working conditions G01R, e.g. G01R31/00, G08B; locating faults along lines G01R31/08; emergency protective devices H01H)
- H02J: ELECTRIC POWER NETWORKS; CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENTS OR SYSTEMS FOR SUPPLYING OR DISTRIBUTING ELECTRIC POWER; SYSTEMS FOR STORING ELECTRIC ENERGY
- H02M: APPARATUS FOR CONVERSION BETWEEN AC AND AC, BETWEEN AC AND DC, OR BETWEEN DC AND DC, AND FOR USE WITH MAINS OR SIMILAR POWER SUPPLY SYSTEMS; CONVERSION OF DC OR AC INPUT POWER INTO SURGE OUTPUT POWER; CONTROL OR REGULATION THEREOF (transformers H01F; dynamo-electric converters H02K47/00; controlling transformers, reactors or choke coils, control or regulation of electric motors, generators or dynamo-electric converters H02P)
- F02N: STARTING OF COMBUSTION ENGINES; STARTING AIDS FOR SUCH ENGINES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR

## 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

### Claim 1

A method of controlling the application of power during faults conditions comprising:
generating a power signal to deliver to a power sink, the power signal having a programmable waveform;
monitoring a parameter to determine whether the parameter is within a range of parameter values associated with normal operation of the power sink;
detecting a fault as a function of a value for the parameter being noncompliant; and
initiating a fault action.