Patent ID: 9508498
Filing Date: 2016-11-29
CPC Classification: B25F,H01H,H01R,H02K,H02P

Claim Text:
1. An electronic power apparatus comprising: a pair of input power terminals; a pair of output power terminals; a plurality of power components arranged to modulate a supply of power from the input power terminals to the output power terminals; a user-actuated input unit providing an analog signal indicative of a desired power output level of the output power terminals; and a control unit receiving the analog signal from the user-actuated input unit, the control unit comprising: a controller configured to control a switching operation of the power components based on the analog signal; and an input detection unit configured to generate an ON/OFF signal to turn on the controller based on detection of a prescribed change in the analog signal indicative of an initial actuation of the user-actuation unit.