| US 7,592,784 B2 | ||
| Power manager for an electrical power generator | ||
| Wei Wei Qi, New Berlin, Wis. (US); Michael Rubbo, Muskego, Wis. (US); and Richard Wainwright, Grand Rapids, Mich. (US) | ||
| Assigned to Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation, Windsor Locks, Conn. (US) | ||
| Filed on Sep. 24, 2008, as Appl. No. 12/237,244. | ||
| Application 12/237244 is a division of application No. 11/156216, filed on Jun. 17, 2005, granted, now 7,486,053. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2009/0045783 A1, Feb. 19, 2009 | ||
| Int. Cl. H02P 9/04 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 322—24 [322/18; 322/20; 322/45; 290/40 C] | 9 Claims |
| 1. An electrical system comprising:
a plurality of variable loads;
an electrical power generator that provides power to the variable loads via an output terminal;
a plurality of system sensors that sense a plurality of generator parameters related to the operation of the generator, the
generator parameters including a voltage at the output terminal of the generator and a current drawn from the output terminal
of the generator;
a generator controller that is coupled to the plurality of system sensors for receipt of data indicative of the plurality
of generator parameters and that determines therefrom a present generator output power proxy and a generator power capacity;
and
at least one load controller that is communicably coupled to the generator controller for receipt of data indicative of the
present generator output power proxy and the generator power capacity and that controls a power consumption of at least one
of the variable loads as a function the present generator output power proxy and the generator power capacity.
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