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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Oct. 14, 2014

Filed:

Oct. 19, 2010
Applicants:

Henry F. Pruett, North Bend, OR (US);

Vincenzo Ditommaso, Beaverton, OR (US);

Ravindranath Naiknaware, Portland, OR (US);

Jorell A. Olson, Portland, OR (US);

Inventors:

Henry F. Pruett, North Bend, OR (US);

Vincenzo DiTommaso, Beaverton, OR (US);

Ravindranath Naiknaware, Portland, OR (US);

Jorell A. Olson, Portland, OR (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02J 1/00 (2006.01); H02J 3/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

In some embodiments, a system includes a power system coupled to a power bus, and a power line communication (PLC) gateway coupled in series with the power bus. In other embodiments, a system includes first and second power circuits coupled in series with a power bus, and first and second power-line communication circuits coupled in series with the power bus. In additional embodiments, a system includes a power converter coupled to a power bus and having one or more switching frequencies, and a power-line communication circuit coupled to the power bus and having one or more communication frequencies, where at least one of the switching frequencies is substantially greater than at least one of the communication frequencies.


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