Patent ID: 11888314
Assignee: ERGOTRON, INC.
Field: Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 12:
13. An apparatus for distributing electrical power to a plurality of electrical loads coupled to a power system of a vehicle, the apparatus comprising:
a load management system to couple an existing group of electrical loads of the vehicle to a common power source;
a comparator circuit to compare an aggregate group load characteristic associated with at least the existing group of the electrical loads to an aggregate group load characteristic threshold value; and
a controller circuit coupled to the comparator circuit and configured for determining that the aggregate group load characteristic exceeds the aggregate group load characteristic threshold value and, in response:
increasing a number of subgroups of the existing group, using subgroups that are formed without requiring information about individual load characteristics associated with the individual electrical loads; and
applying, using the load management system, power to individual subgroups during non-overlapping time periods.