System and method for maximizing short-term energy storage in a supercapacitor array for engine start applications

    公开(公告)号:US09816475B1

    公开(公告)日:2017-11-14

    申请号:US15151981

    申请日:2016-05-11

    CPC classification number: F02N11/0866 H02J7/0054 H02J7/345

    Abstract: A system for starting an internal combustion engine includes a battery system, a charger to receive DC battery power from the battery system and convert the power to a DC charging current, a supercapacitor array having a plurality of supercapacitor cells connected to the charger to receive the DC charging current therefrom, and a motor starter to start the internal combustion engine responsive to a DC input from the supercapacitor array. The charger modifies a voltage of the supercapacitor cells in an on-demand fashion, with the charger programmed to provide DC charging current to the supercapacitor array to hold the supercapacitor cells at a first voltage, receive a bump-up command indicative of an upcoming engine start and, responsive to receiving the bump-up command, provide DC charging current to the supercapacitor array to increase a voltage of the supercapacitor cells temporarily to a second voltage higher than the first voltage.

    Conduit receivers
    64.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US09800030B2

    公开(公告)日:2017-10-24

    申请号:US15351890

    申请日:2016-11-15

    Abstract: Example embodiments are directed to an enclosure. The enclosure can include at least one wall forming a cavity. The enclosure can also include a conduit receiver disposed in the at least one wall. The conduit receiver can include a housing having an aperture, where the aperture is configured to receive a conduit. The conduit receiver can also include a retaining element disposed within the housing at a distal end of the housing. The conduit receiver can further include a sealing device disposed within the housing at a proximal end of the housing. The conduit receiver can also include a bushing adjacent to the proximal end of the housing, where the bushing extends radially inward from the at least one wall, where the bushing is configured to abut against the conduit when the conduit is received in the aperture, and where the bushing covers an end of the conduit.

    VOLTAGE REGULATION FOR MULTI-PHASE POWER SYSTEMS

    公开(公告)号:US20170294846A1

    公开(公告)日:2017-10-12

    申请号:US15480784

    申请日:2017-04-06

    CPC classification number: H02M5/12 H01F27/402 H01F29/02 H01F38/38

    Abstract: A power system can include a first tap changer for a first regulated transformer, where the first tap changer has a plurality of first positions. The power system can also include a second tap changer for a second regulated transformer, where the second tap changer has a plurality of second positions. The power system can further include at least one first instrument transformer coupled to the first regulated transformer. The power system can also include at least one second instrument transformer coupled to the second regulated transformer. The power system can further include a controller coupled to the at least one first instrument transformer and the at least one second instrument transformer, where the controller adjusts the first tap changer to a first adjusted position among the first positions based on the first measurements of the first regulated transformer and the second measurements of the second regulated transformer.

    Adapters For Testing Electrical Equipment
    66.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20170276702A1

    公开(公告)日:2017-09-28

    申请号:US15448261

    申请日:2017-03-02

    Abstract: An adapter for testing electrical equipment can include a first receptacle end having at least one first coupling feature, where the at least one first coupling feature is configured to couple to a power source and a first electrical device, where the first receptacle end is configured to receive from the power source at least one first test signal and send the at least one first test signal to the first electrical device. The adapter can also include a sensing device configured to receive at least one first response signal from the first electrical device, where the at least one first response signal is in response to and based on the first electrical device receiving the at least one first test signal.

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