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Patent No.:

US 8566630 B1

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Date of Patent:
Oct. 22, 2013

Filed:

Nov. 30, 2006
Applicants:

Michael Andrew Westerfield, Durham, NC (US);

Christian Gale Redmond, Raleigh, NC (US);

Jonathan Aaron Rodriguez, Raleigh, NC (US);

Jason Scott Anderson, Raleigh, NC (US);

Inventors:

Michael Andrew Westerfield, Durham, NC (US);

Christian Gale Redmond, Raleigh, NC (US);

Jonathan Aaron Rodriguez, Raleigh, NC (US);

Jason Scott Anderson, Raleigh, NC (US);

Assignee:

Eaton Corporation, Cleveland, OH (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

An uninterruptible power supply (UPS) apparatus can include an uninterruptible power supply circuit configured to provide electrical power to a load corresponding to a loss of line power, a network communications interface circuit associated with the uninterruptible power supply circuit, configured to be coupled to a network and a self-identification circuit that determines network identifier availability responsive to communications on the network and assigns a determined available network identifier responsive to an identification enable signal. Methods of self-identification of a device in a network, include determining an identifier via a self-identification process responsive to a relative position in the network.


Find Patent Forward Citations

Westerfield, Michael. (2013). Apparatus, methods and computer program products supporting automatic network identification for power supplies (U.S. Patent No. 8566630). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/8566630

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