81 |
CONSTANT CURRENT CLASS 3 LIGHTING SYSTEM |
EP05725591.1 |
2005-03-14 |
EP1730617A2 |
2006-12-13 |
RIMMER, Philip John; SHERRINGTON, Carole Frances |
A lighting system having a power supply and at least one luminaire. The power supply includes a power supply input to receive a first signal having a first frequency and a circuit for converting the first signal to a second signal. The power supply also includes at least one power supply output to output a second signal having a substantially constant current and a second frequency distinctly higher than the first frequency. The luminaire includes a lamp coupled to a lamp driver circuit, which has an input for receiving the output signal from the power supply and which is configured to use the received output signal to operate the lamp. The lamp driver input and the power supply output may be connected by a flexible cable. |
82 |
ELECTRICAL ARRANGEMENT |
EP94907647.5 |
1994-02-28 |
EP0686103B1 |
1998-04-29 |
RIMMER, Phillip J. |
An electrical arrangement is disclosed for use in supplying electrical power to the units (24', 35) in a motor vehicle. The arrangement comprises a battery (1), and an inverter (6) to receive power from the battery and to generate a high frequency signal at an intermediate voltage higher than the voltage of the battery. There is a distribution network (7) to distribute the high frequency signal to the units in the vehicle. At least some of the units (24', 35) supplied with electrical power are provided with step-up transformers (19-22) to step-up the intermediate voltage to a higher voltage, that higher voltage being used by the units (24', 35). |
83 |
AN ELECTRICAL ARRANGEMENT |
EP94907647.0 |
1994-02-28 |
EP0686103A1 |
1995-12-13 |
RIMMER, Phillip J. |
An electrical arrangement is disclosed for use in supplying electrical power to the units (24', 35) in a motor vehicle. The arrangement comprises a battery (1), and an inverter (6) to receive power from the battery and to generate a high frequency signal at an intermediate voltage higher than the voltage of the battery. There is a distribution network (7) to distribute the high frequency signal to the units in the vehicle. At least some of the units (24', 35) supplied with electrical power are provided with step-up transformers (19-22) to step-up the intermediate voltage to a higher voltage, that higher voltage being used by the units (24', 35). |
84 |
CONSTANT CURRENT CLASS 3 LIGHTING SYSTEM |
PCT/US2005008523 |
2005-03-14 |
WO2005089302A3 |
2006-01-12 |
RIMMER PHILIP JOHN; SHERRINGTON CAROLE FRANCES |
A lighting system having a power supply and at least one luminaire. The power supply includes a power supply input to receive a first signal having a first frequency and a circuit for converting the first signal to a second signal. The power supply also includes at least one power supply output to output a second signal having a substantially constant current and a second frequency distinctly higher than the first frequency. The luminaire includes a lamp coupled to a lamp driver circuit, which has an input for receiving the output signal from the power supply and which is configured to use the received output signal to operate the lamp. The lamp driver input and the power supply output may be connected by a flexible cable. |
85 |
DC-AC CONVERTER FOR A PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEM COMPRISING A STRING MONITORING ASSEMBLY AND A METHOD FOR MONITORING THE STRINGS |
PCT/AT2010000005 |
2010-01-08 |
WO2010091443A3 |
2010-10-14 |
STOCKINGER WALTER; WOLF CHRISTOPH; HOLZINGER STEPHAN; BITTMANN CLEMENS |
The invention relates to a dc-ac converter (3) for a photovoltaic system (1) comprising a monitoring assembly (5) for the strings of several solar modules (2), said assembly having at least one unit (5') for detecting a direct current and at least one unit (5'') for evaluating said current, the latter being supplied by at least one string of solar modules (2). The converter also comprises an electronic system that contains several components. The invention also relates to a method for monitoring strings of several solar modules (2) in a photovoltaic system (1). To reduce the complexity of the functionality of an accumulator for the strings or the string monitoring assembly, the detection unit (5') and evaluation unit (5'') of the string monitoring assembly (5) are integrated into the dc-ac converter (3) and are directly connected to components of the converter electronic system, for example to a connection region (8) and to an output part (7) of said converter electronic system. |