US 8,305,737 B2 · Power distribution apparatus with input and output power sensing and method of use

Abstract

Power distribution apparatus with input and output power sensing and a method of use. A power distribution unit includes a sensor that senses power parameters of power outputs and a power input, a processor, and a communication circuit. A power management system includes a power manager, a user interface, and a plurality of power distribution units that may be located in one or more equipment cabinets and data centers. The system may compute apparent power, RMS power, power factor, energy usage over time, power usage history, or environmental history for any or all of the power distribution units. The system may identify an under-utilized server connected to one of the power distribution units and initiate a shut-down of that server.

Claims8

Dependent claims

A power distribution unit comprising:

a housing;
a power input;
a plurality of power outputs;
a sensor system comprising a plurality of sensors connected to sense one or more power parameters of the power input and each of the power outputs;
a processor in electrical communication with the sensor system and configured to periodically sample the plurality of sensors and compute two or more power values each associated with a respective one of the power outputs, the two or more power values computed based on two or more samples from the sensor associated with the respective power output;
and
a communication circuit connected to receive the computed power values from the processor and communicate the computed power values to one or more of a local display and a remote system.

4 more elements

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application

12/824,059Filed 25 Jun 2010 · us provisional application

Priority

25 Jun 2009

Published

US 2010/0328849 A130 Dec 2010

Granted

6 Nov 2012

Term ends

Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification19 codes

G05F 3/00
Non-retroactive systems for regulating electric variables by using an uncontrolled element, or
G06F 1/266
Power supply means, e.g. regulation thereof: arrangements to supply power to external peripherals either directly from the computer or under…
G06F 11/3062
Monitoring arrangements for monitoring environmental properties or parameters of the computing system or of the computing system component, e.g.…:…
G06F 11/3089
Monitoring: monitoring arrangements determined by the means or processing involved in sensing the monitored data, e.g. interfaces, connectors,…

Power distribution apparatus with input and output power sensing and method of use

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Power distribution apparatus with input and output power sensing and method of use

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