Power apparatus having expandable outlet and outlet expanding method thereof

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2017033559-A1
Application number	US-201615079610-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Mar 24, 2016
Priority date	Jul 28, 2015
Publication date	Feb 2, 2017
Grant date	—

Abstract

A power apparatus having expandable outlet and outlet expanding method thereof, the power apparatus comprises a plurality of outlets, a first processor and a first network interface; the first processor is electrically connected a switch, the first processor can determine whether the switch be in an expandable outlet mode or not, the first network interface electrically connected to the first processor; wherein the first processor can be provided with a first user interface, the first user interface can be provided with outlet information of each outlet, when the switch be in the expandable outlet mode, the first user interface can increase expanded outlet information of amount X under at least one of the outlet information, therefore at least one outlet can be provided with expandability.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A power apparatus having expandable outlet, the power apparatus comprising:
a first power input terminal ( 10 ) electrically connected to a power source ( 3 ); a plurality of outlets ( 10 n ) connected in parallel to the first power input terminal ( 10 ); a first processor ( 13 ) is electrically connected a switch (Sn), the first processor ( 13 ) can determine whether the switch (Sn) be in an expandable outlet mode or not; and a first network interface ( 17 ) electrically connected to the first processor ( 13 ); wherein the first processor ( 13 ) can be provided with a first user interface ( 50 ), the first user interface ( 50 ) can be provided with outlet information ( 5 n ) of the plural outlets ( 10 n ), when the switch (Sn) be in the expandable outlet mode, the first user interface ( 50 ) can increase expanded outlet information ( 5 n 1 - 5 nx ) of an amount X under the N-th outlet information ( 5 n ), therefore the N-th outlet ( 10 n ) can be provided with expandability.

2 . The power apparatus having expandable outlet of claim 1 , wherein an expanded equipment can be plugged into the N-th outlet ( 10 n ), the expanded equipment has a second power input terminal ( 20 n ) and expanded outlets ( 2 n 1 - 2 nx ) of an amount X, each of the expanded outlets ( 2 n 1 - 2 nx ) connected in parallel to the second power input terminal ( 20 n ), the first user interface ( 50 ) can manage each of the plural outlets ( 10 n ) and each of the expanded outlets ( 2 n 1 - 2 nx ) by each of the plural outlet information ( 5 n ) and each of the expanded outlet information ( 5 n 1 - 5 nx ).

3 . The power apparatus having expandable outlet of claim 1 , wherein the first processor ( 13 ) can electrically connect a first memory ( 19 ), the first processor ( 13 ) will enable each of the plural outlet information ( 5 n ) and each of the expanded outlet information ( 5 n 1 - 5 nx ) to save in the first memory ( 19 ); the first network interface ( 17 ) can select from an Ethernet interface, an optical fiber network interface or a wireless network interface.

4 . The power apparatus having expandable outlet of claim 1 , wherein the first processor ( 13 ) can electrically connect a first built-in memory ( 19 a ), the first processor ( 13 ) will enable each of the plural outlet information ( 5 n ) and each of the expanded outlet information ( 5 n 1 - 5 nx ) to save in the first built-in memory ( 19 a ); the first network interface ( 17 ) can select from an Ethernet interface, an optical fiber network interface or a wireless network interface.

5 . The power apparatus having expandable outlet of claim 1 , wherein the first user interface ( 50 ) has an outlet information page, the outlet information page has a plurality of fields, the plural fields can select from a field ( 501 ) of outlet serial number, a field ( 502 ) of outlet name or a field ( 503 ) of device name or a field ( 504 ) of device URL (Uniform Resource Locator).

6 . The power apparatus having expandable outlet of claim 1 , wherein the first processor ( 13 ) is electrically connected a plurality of switches (Sn), each switch (Sn) can be disposed on one side of each outlet ( 10 n ), the first processor ( 13 ) can determine whether each switch (Sn) be in an expandable outlet mode or not, the first user interface ( 50 ) can increase expanded outlet information ( 5 n 1 - 5 nx ) under each outlet information ( 5 n ).

7 . The power apparatus having expandable outlet of claim 6 , wherein each outlet ( 10 n ) can be plugged an expanded equipment, each expanded equipment has a second power input terminal ( 20 n ) and a plurality of expanded outlets ( 2 n 1 - 2 nx ), each of the expanded outlets ( 2 n 1 - 2 nx ) connected in parallel to the second power input terminal ( 20 n ).

8 . An outlet expanding method of power apparatus, the method comprising the steps of:
a 1 ) displaying all outlet information of a power apparatus by a first user interface ( 50 ); a 2 ) determining whether a switch (Sn) be in an expandable outlet mode or not by a first processor ( 13 ) of the power apparatus, if the determination is NOT, that means the switch (Sn) has not been switched on the expandable outlet mode, the first processor ( 13 ) will re-determine until the determination is YES, then execute next step; a 3 ) displaying an inquiring field ( 55 ) on the first user interface ( 50 ), therefore can use to input a quantity X of expanded outlets ( 2 n 1 - 2 nx ), and execute next step after the value X is inputted; a 4 ) increasing input fields of X items on the first user interface ( 50 ), therefore can use to individually input expanded outlet information ( 5 n 1 - 5 nx ) of X items.

9 . The outlet expanding method of power apparatus of claim 8 , wherein a step a 5 can be executed after the step a 4 , in the step a 5 , the first processor ( 13 ) re-determines whether the switch (Sn) be in an expandable outlet mode or not; if the determination is NOT, that means the switch (Sn) has closed the expandable outlet mode, then return to the step a 1 , the first user interface ( 50 ) displays all outlet information; if the determination is YES, that means the switch (Sn) is still switched to the expandable outlet mode, then the first processor ( 13 ) will re-determine.

10 . The outlet expanding method of power apparatus of claim 8 , wherein a step a 6 can be executed after the step a 4 , in the step a 6 , the first processor ( 13 ) saves all outlet information, and return to the step a 1 , the first user interface ( 50 ) displays all outlet information.

11 . The outlet expanding method of power apparatus of claim 8 , wherein the first user interface ( 50 ) has an outlet information page, the outlet information page has a plurality of fields, the plural fields can select from a field ( 501 ) of outlet serial number, a field ( 502 ) of outlet name, a field ( 503 ) of device name or a field ( 504 ) of device URL.

12 . The outlet expanding method of power apparatus of claim 11 , wherein the outlet information page has a save button ( 56 ) and an edit button ( 57 ); when clicks the save button ( 56 ), the first processor ( 13 ) will enable all outlet information to be saved in a first memory ( 19 ) of the power apparatus or a first built-in memory ( 19 a ) of the first processor ( 13 ); when clicks the edit button ( 57 ), each of the outlet information can be re-inputted, or each of the outlet information can be edited.

13 . A power apparatus having expandable outlet, the power apparatus comprising:
a first power equipment ( 8 ) having a first power input terminal ( 10 ), a plurality of outlets ( 10 n ), a first processor ( 13 ) and a first network interface ( 17 ), the first power input terminal ( 10 ) electrically connected to a power source ( 3 ), the plural outlets ( 10 n ) connected in parallel to the first power input terminal ( 10 ), the first processor ( 13 ) can be provided with a first user interface ( 50 ); a second power equipment ( 9 ) having a second power input terminal ( 20 n ), a plurality of outlets ( 2 n 1 - 2 nx ), a second processor ( 23 ) and a second network interface ( 27 ), the plural outlets ( 2 n 1 - 2 nx ) connected in parallel to the second power input terminal ( 20 n ), the quantity of the plural outlets ( 2 n 1 - 2 nx ) is X, the second processor ( 23 ) can be provided with a second user interface ( 50 a ); and a management equipment communicated with the first network interface ( 17 ) and the second network interface ( 27 ), the first user interface

Assignees

• Cyber Power Systems Inc

Inventors

• Chien Hung-Chun

Classifications

• G06F1/30 Primary

  Means for acting in the event of power-supply failure or interruption, e.g. power-supply fluctuations (for resetting only G06F1/24) · CPC title

• G06F1/266 Primary

  Arrangements to supply power to external peripherals either directly from the computer or under computer control, e.g. supply of power through the communication port, computer controlled power-strips · CPC title

• G06F1/28

  Supervision thereof, e.g. detecting power-supply failure by out of limits supervision · CPC title

• H04L41/0246

  Exchanging or transporting network management information using the Internet; Embedding network management web servers in network elements; Web-services-based protocols · CPC title

• H02J3/00 Primary

  Circuit arrangements for AC mains or AC distribution networks · CPC title