Customizable Modular Solar Power System
    44.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20180302021A1

    公开(公告)日:2018-10-18

    申请号:US15591504

    申请日:2017-05-10

    Abstract: Modular solar systems comprise one or more module units that are connectable into a system/assembly for convenient installation on a roof or other surface that receives solar insolation. The modules are adapted for electrical, and preferably also mechanical, connection into a module assembly, with the number of modules and types of modules selected to handle the required loads. Each module is adapted and designed to handle the entire power of the assembly and to provide or receive control signals for cooperative performance between all the modules and for monitoring and communication regarding the assembly performance and condition. Modules with different functional purposes may be included in the system in order to customize system performance based on situational needs.

    REDUNDANT NETWORK SYSTEM
    46.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20180294929A1

    公开(公告)日:2018-10-11

    申请号:US16007279

    申请日:2018-06-13

    Applicant: David R. Hall

    Abstract: A system for a redundant star network is disclosed. The system consists of a control hub, one or more backup hubs, and at least one peripheral device (PD), the peripheral device comprising a housing having at least one selectable side transparent or opaque to radio frequency (RF) transmissions while the remaining sides are opaque to RF transmissions. The control hub controls the PD, for example by controlling how the PD operates under certain conditions. The PD includes a long-range, wireless transceiver and a microcontroller, which includes instructions for periodically testing, via test signals, whether the control hub is functional. In the case that the control hub does not respond to the test signals, the PD includes instructions for switching control of the PD to the backup hub, which also stores control instructions for the PD, similar to the control hub.

    Staged Preconcentration and parallel column gas chromatography

    公开(公告)号:US10088458B2

    公开(公告)日:2018-10-02

    申请号:US15379963

    申请日:2016-12-15

    Abstract: We disclose a device that both extracts and preconcentrates volatile analytes in preparation for separation by gas chromatography. The device includes a conduit that may include two, and sometimes three, separate sections that are connected end-to-end, but which may be separated prior to inserting into a gas chromatograph port. The inner surface of each section is coated with one or more sorbents, each with a different affinity for volatile analytes. The sorbents may be positioned along the sections of the column in order of relative affinity for volatile analytes. The sections may be heated independently of each other to release the volatile analytes from the sorbents more quickly. This device reduces the time and the temperature required to achieve separation by gas chromatography. The device may be used to perform gas chromatography in ubiquitous environments such as the home or a mobile situation.

    In-process calibration system for robot moving in one or more axes

    公开(公告)号:US10086515B2

    公开(公告)日:2018-10-02

    申请号:US15350628

    申请日:2016-11-14

    Abstract: The invention is an in-process calibration system. It is not an open loop system or a closed loop system, but a hybrid system that retains both the low propensity for error of the closed loop system and the simplicity of the open loop system. The invention comprises a housing, one or more robots that move in up to three axes mounted to the housing, at least one sensor for each axis of the robots' movement, and a microcontroller. The sensors are fixed to the housing at known locations, and the microcontroller instructs end effectors of the robots through a sequence of moves that intermittently trigger the sensors. When the sensors are triggered, the microcontroller corrects the idealized location of the end effectors in the microcontroller's calculations to the actual location of the end effectors, which is, at the moment that the sensors are triggered, the known location of the sensors.

    Portable Transfer Switch
    50.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20180278086A1

    公开(公告)日:2018-09-27

    申请号:US15465870

    申请日:2017-03-22

    Abstract: A portable transfer switch assembly for selecting power from a plurality of sources to supply to a load. The assembly contains a controller comprising logic that is defined by a user. The user defined switch controller allows an optimal power source to supply power to selected loads based on user input, sensors and pre-defined data. The assembly further provides load shedding of loads connected via one or more receptacles based on user input, sensors and pre-defined data.

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