Patent ID: 8138626
Filing Date: 2012-03-20
Classification: G01D,G01R,G06F,H01R,H02J,H04L,Y02B,Y04S

Abstract:
1. A power node for energy management comprising: an input power coupler; a first power switch having a first control port, a first power terminal and a second power terminal, the first power terminal electrically connected to the input power coupler, the first control port configured to control an electrical connection between the first power terminal and the second power terminal; a first socket electrically connected to the second terminal of the first power switch; a voltage sensor operable to measure voltage at the first socket; a first current sensor operable to measure current flowing through the first socket; a selector device configured to provide an environmental variable from a plurality of selectable environmental variables; a signal electronics section including a communications block configured to communicate over a network, the signal communications block in signal communication with the selector device, the first control port of the first power switch, the voltage sensor and the first current sensor; the signal electronics section configured to a housing physically coupling the first socket, the first power switch, the signal electronics section, the first current sensor and the voltage sensor.