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Granted Patent B2
US 12,300,995 · App. 18/161,128 · Granted May 13, 2025

Method of power transmission

Inventor: Takeshi Kiribuchi (Kyoto, JP)
Assignee: OMRON CORPORATION
H02J1/102H02J1/106H02P5/74
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Patent No.
US 12,300,995
App. No.
18/161,128
Granted
May 13, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A signal for supplying power and a signal for transmitting information are transmitted suitably. A method for transmitting a signal to a power transmission path includes: a first step of disposing a first power transmission path and a second power transmission path; a second step of attaching a predetermined process device, being detachable, between the first power transmission path and the second power transmission path such that an input terminal of the predetermined process device is in contact with the first power transmission path and that an output terminal of the predetermined process device is in contact with the second power transmission path; and a third step of supplying an input signal to the first power transmission path and outputting, to the second power transmission path, an output signal obtained by performing a predetermined process on the input signal by the predetermined process device.

Claims (27)

1. A method for transmitting a signal to a power transmission path, the method comprising:

a first step of disposing a first power transmission path and a second power transmission path;

a second step of adjusting a mounting position of a predetermined process device, being detachable, after a construction of the first power transmission path and the second power transmission path and then attaching the predetermined process device between the first power transmission path and the second power transmission path such that an input terminal of the predetermined process device is in contact with the first power transmission path and that an output terminal of the predetermined process device is in contact with the second power transmission path; and

a third step of supplying an input signal to the first power transmission path and outputting, to the second power transmission path, an output signal obtained by performing a predetermined process on the input signal by the predetermined process device.

2. The method of power transmission according to claim 1 , wherein

the predetermined process device is configured to perform a voltage conversion process as the predetermined process, and

in the third step, the voltage conversion process is performed on the input signal, supplied to the first power transmission path, by the predetermined process device, and the voltage of the second power transmission path is adjusted to a predetermined voltage using the output signal.

3. The method of power transmission according to claim 1 , wherein

in the first step, the first power transmission path and the second power transmission path are disposed on the same plane, and

in the second step, the predetermined process device is attached so as to straddle the first power transmission path and the second power transmission path.

4. The method of power transmission according to claim 1 , wherein

in the first step, the first power transmission path and the second power transmission path are disposed on different planes, and

in the second step, the predetermined process device is attached so as to be sandwiched between the first power transmission path and the second power transmission path.

5. The method of power transmission according to claim 1 , wherein

the predetermined process device includes a first output terminal and a second output terminal having different output voltages,

the second power transmission path includes two discontinuous power transmission paths, and

when the predetermined process device is attached in the second step, the first output terminal comes into contact with one of the two discontinuous power transmission paths, and the second output terminal comes into contact with the other of the two discontinuous power transmission paths.

6. The method of power transmission according to claim 1 , wherein

in the first step, a plurality of bus components are prepared, each of the plurality of the bus components including a base member, and a first energization path and a second energization path that are formed to extend from one edge to the other edge of a set of opposing edges of the base member, and

an edge of one of the bus components is brought into contact with an edge of another of the bus components to couple the one of the bus components and the another of the bus components to each other, and the first energization path and the second energization path in the one of the bus components and the first energization path and the second energization path in the another of the bus components are connected to form the first power transmission path and the second power transmission path.

7. A method for transmitting a signal to a power transmission path, the method comprising:

a first step of disposing a first power transmission path and a second power transmission path;

a second step of attaching a predetermined process device, being detachable, between the first power transmission path and the second power transmission path such that an input terminal of the predetermined process device is in contact with the first power transmission path and that an output terminal of the predetermined process device is in contact with the second power transmission path; and

a third step of supplying an input signal to the first power transmission path and outputting, to the second power transmission path, an output signal obtained by performing a predetermined process on the input signal by the predetermined process device, wherein

the predetermined process device includes a first output terminal and a second output terminal having different output voltages,

the second power transmission path includes two discontinuous power transmission paths, and

when the predetermined process device is attached in the second step, the first output terminal comes into contact with one of the two discontinuous power transmission paths, and the second output terminal comes into contact with the other of the two discontinuous power transmission paths.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 30, 2023
From: KIRIBUCHI, TAKESHI
To: OMRON CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 062522/0965 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2022-021135 · Feb 15, 2022 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20230261464A1 · Aug 17, 2023
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