Schwan Schorer & Partner mbB

There is provided a transmission system for a wireless mobile electronic device, comprising: a ground plane (20); a first antenna element which is separate from the ground plane and which is implemented as a strip (30) comprising a feeding end (31) configured to be coupled to a transceiver (60) for feeding an RF signal to the first antenna element and a free end (32), wherein the strip comprises a first arm (33) including the feeding end and a second arm (34) extending at an angle from the first arm; and a second antenna element (40) separate from the first antenna element, which is shorted to the ground plane so as to act as a parasitic element. The first and second antenna elements are located adjacent to each other at an end (23) of the ground plane, the second arm of the first antenna element points towards the second antenna element, and the arrangement formed by the first and second antenna elements has no symmetry plane.

A thermal management system for uninterruptible power supplies (UPS) is disclosed. The thermal management system can include a plurality of power modules and a cooling assembly operatively coupled to the power modules. The cooling assembly can include a cold plate cooling arrangement configured to circulate a cooling fluid through cold plates in thermal contact with the power modules. The cooling assembly can include a single-phase immersion cooling arrangement configured to submerge the power modules in a dielectric fluid for direct contact with the power modules. The cooling assembly can include a two-phase immersion cooling arrangement configured to immerse the power modules in a dielectric liquid that transitions from liquid to vapor upon heat absorption, with subsequent condensation and recirculation of the dielectric liquid. The system can be configured to accommodate various power densities and UPS configurations.

The present invention provides an uninterruptible power supply, including: a primary branch, including a rectifier module and an inverter module; a battery branch, including a bidirectional power conversion module and a battery; and a controller, including a charge/discharge controller. The charge/discharge controller is configured to: when an increment of a load amount of the load is greater than a first preset threshold, control the bidirectional power conversion module to perform DC-DC conversion on a direct current output by the battery, so that the battery supplies power to the load to meet an increased power requirement of the load, thereby maintaining a stable output power of the alternating current power supply; and when a decrement of the load amount of the load is greater than a second preset threshold, control the bidirectional power conversion module to perform DC-DC conversion on a direct current that is output by the rectifier module and exceeds a power requirement of the load to charge the battery, thereby maintaining a stable output power of the alternating current power supply.

Systems include a prime mover that generates power for a mobile vehicle; a power converter that receives a portion of the generated power, and provides configured electrical power to an aftertreatment heater device configured to selectively heat an exhaust fluid of the prime mover; at least one aftertreatment component positioned downstream of the aftertreatment heater device, and configured to treat a constituent of the exhaust fluid; and a controller including an operating conditions circuit structured to interpret an operating parameter of one of the power converter, the aftertreatment heater device, the prime mover, or the exhaust fluid; a heater management circuit that determines a heating power value in response to the operating parameter; and a heater control circuit that provides a heating command in response to the heating power value; and wherein the power converter is responsive to the heating command to heat the exhaust fluid of the prime mover.

The present disclosure provides a protection apparatus for a battery management system and a battery management system. The protection apparatus includes a primary protection module and a secondary protection module, where the primary protection module is a controllable switch assembly configured to cut off a battery circuit based on abnormal operating signals of a battery, the abnormal operating signals including a first-type abnormal operating signal and a second-type abnormal operating signal; and the secondary protection module includes an active fuse and a passive fuse that are connected in series with each other, and when the primary protection module cannot operate normally, the active fuse cuts off the battery circuit based on the first-type abnormal operating signal, and the passive fuse cuts off the battery circuit based on the second-type abnormal operating signal.

A circuit interrupter structured to electrically connect between a power source and a load, , the circuit interrupter comprising: separable contacts structured to open to provide galvanic isolation between the power source and the load; an operating mechanism structured to open and close the separable contacts; a first position sensor structured to sense a position of the separable contacts; a solid state switch module structured to have a closed state to allow current to flow through the circuit interrupter and an open state to interrupt current flowing through the circuit interrupter; and an electronic trip unit structured to control the solid state switch module to change between the open state and the closed state and to control the operating mechanism to open the separable contacts, wherein, based on an output of the first position sensor, the electronic trip unit is structured to control the solid state switch module to control the solid state switch module to change from the open state to the closed state when the separable contacts are in a closed position.

A fuse monitoring device for monitoring a fuse supported by a fuse block, the fuse monitoring device including a housing. The housing includes a holder attachment mechanism configured to connect the fuse monitoring device to a fuse block. The housing also includes a mounting attachment mechanism configured to connect the fuse monitoring device to a mounting structure and at least one sensor configured to be operably connected to a fuse and configured to measure fuse data associated with the fuse. The monitoring device further includes at least one processor communicatively coupled to the at least one sensor.

The present invention provides an uninterruptible power supply, including: an input terminal electrically connectable to an alternating current power supply; an output terminal electrically connectable to a load; a primary branch; and a storage battery branch including a power conversion module and a storage battery; where the power conversion module includes the following operating modes: a charging mode, where when an increment of a load amount of the load is less than a preset threshold, the power conversion module is configured to cause the alternating current power supply to charge the storage battery; and a power supply mode, where when the increment of the load amount is greater than or equal to the preset threshold, the power conversion module is configured to convert a direct current output by the storage battery, so as to supply power to the load cooperatively with the alternating current power supply.

An illustrative diagnostic system may perform a process comprising: performing, during a lead insertion procedure during which an electrode lead is inserted into a cochlea of a recipient of a cochlear implant, a first evoked response-based measurement test that generates first result data; determining that the first result data satisfies a first condition; performing, based on the first result data satisfying the first condition and during the lead insertion procedure, a second evoked response-based measurement test that generates second result data, the second evoked response-based measurement test being of a different type than the first evoked response-based measurement test; and performing, based on the second result data, an operation associated with the lead insertion procedure.

A method for locating a high impedance fault event location in a distribution system is provided. The method includes determining a topology ranking for sensors in a distribution system. The topology refers to the arrangement of sensors with respect to one another in network. The topology ranking represents a number of steps from a power source to a sensor with respect to the direction of current flow The method further includes receiving an alarm at a central processor indicating a high impedance fault event, transmitting a request for data associated with the high impedance fault event to the plurality of sensors and a plurality of edge processing devices in the distribution system, receiving the requested data from the edge processing devices and determining a relative location of the high impedance fault event with respect to one of the plurality of sensors using the requested data and the topology ranking.