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Transportable modular multi-appliance device

AssigneeVdc Manufacturing Inc.

InventorVincenzo E. Di Cristofaro

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Abstract

A transportable modular multi-appliance device comprises a container, a primary power source for producing AC power, a plurality of AC-powered functional modules, AC outlets, sensors, and a controller. The primary power source is inside the container, and the functional modules are removably mounted inside the container and removably electrically coupled to the primary power source to receive AC power therefrom. The AC outlets are also electrically coupled to the primary power source. The sensors detect conditions inside the container and associated with the functional modules, and the controller is coupled to the primary power source and to the sensors and configured to automatically control the primary power source and allocate the AC power among the functional modules and the AC outlets in response to inputs from the sensors.

Claims20

Dependent claims

A transportable modular multi-appliance device, comprising:

a container having a plurality of enclosures;
a primary power source for producing AC power, the primary power source disposed inside the container;
a plurality of AC-powered functional modules external to the primary power source and external or internal to the container and having a function other than controlling electrical power, said AC-cowered functional modules having electrical coupling means for electrical coupling to the primary power source so as to receive the AC power from the primary power source, each AC-powered functional module being dimensionally configured to removably fit within the enclosures to facilitate exchangeability thereby facilitating reconfiguration of the device to suit different service requirements;
a plurality of sensors for monitoring the AC-powered functional modules;
and
a controller, the controller coupled to the primary power source and to the sensors and configured to automatically control the primary power source and allocate the AC power supplied by the primary power source among the AC-powered functional modules in response to inputs from the plurality of sensors.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 12/784,898Filed 21 May 2010 · us provisional application
Priority: 2 Jun 2009
Published: US 2010/0301672 A12 Dec 2010
Granted: 9 Apr 2013
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification3 codes

H02B 1/52
Casings; Parts thereof or accessories therefor: mobile units, e.g. for work sites
H02B 7/06
Enclosed substations, e.g. compact substations: distribution substations, e.g. for urban network
H02B
Boards, substations or switching arrangements for the supply or distribution of electric

Family

Application61/183,433Us provisional application · filed 2 Jun 2009
Application61/185,474Us provisional application · filed 9 Jun 2009
Application61/185,514Us provisional application · filed 9 Jun 2009
US 2010/0301672 A1Pre-grant publication · published 2 Dec 2010
US 8,415,829 B2This patent

From the US filing history. Foreign family members aren’t listed.