Brendan T Reilly

US Patent:

20080291879, Nov 27, 2008

Filed:

May 22, 2007

Appl. No.:

11/752033

Inventors:

Adam C. Duff - Nashua NH, US
Jerard I. Herman - Nashua NH, US
Brendan Reilly - Westport CT, US

International Classification:

H04Q 7/24
H02J 1/00
H02J 7/02
H02J 7/04

US Classification:

370338, 307 11, 320137, 320150

Abstract:

A man-portable incident command platform is provided. A controller for a rechargeable battery system is disclosed that evaluates whether a cover of the rechargeable battery system is open or closed; determines whether an AC power source is available; evaluates a charge level (for example, from a system management bus) of one or more batteries in the rechargeable battery system; and enables a charging circuit for one or more batteries requiring a charge based on whether the cover of the rechargeable battery system is open or closed and if the AC power source is available A charging circuit for the rechargeable battery system is disclosed that comprises one or more programmable voltage sources for charging one or more batteries in the rechargeable battery system. A power distribution unit (PDU) is disclosed for a rechargeable battery system that supplies power to a plurality of devices each having a different voltage requirement The PDU comprises a plurality of DC/DC converters for converting a first DC value to a plurality of DC levels, wherein each of the plurality of DC levels are associated with a different one of the voltage requirements. A portable communications device is disclosed that comprises a plurality of wireless backhaul connections to a public network; and a mobile mesh network connection for establish a wireless local area network.