Patents Assigned to Exro Technologies Inc.
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Patent number: 11967913Abstract: Disclosed is a series mode modulation configuration and a parallel voltage equivalent modulation configuration. In the series mode modulation configuration a unipolar modulation is utilized. Unipolar modulation utilizes a zero vector and produces a voltage across the load with a frequency factor of 2×. In the parallel voltage equivalent mode modulation configuration there are two H bridges driving two coils with identical current. The H bridges can advantageously be operated out of phase with one another (e.g., 180 out of phase with one another to interleave the currents to further reduce ripple current stress.Type: GrantFiled: May 12, 2022Date of Patent: April 23, 2024Assignee: Exro Technologies Inc.Inventor: Eric Hustedt
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Patent number: 11897362Abstract: A battery control system includes a plurality of battery cells that are separately controllable as units of individual cells or groups of cells. Each controllable unit may be switchably activated or deactivated in the overall battery circuit, and one or more conditions of each controllable unit may be individually measured. Various techniques are disclosed for operating the battery control system to optimize or improve system performance and longevity.Type: GrantFiled: April 22, 2022Date of Patent: February 13, 2024Assignee: Exro Technologies Inc.Inventors: Tung Nguyen, Eric Hustedt
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Patent number: 11785715Abstract: An article for a power inverter, includes a multilayer printed circuit board having a first and second electrically conductive wiring layer and at least a first dielectric layer interposed between the first and second electrically conductive wiring layers. Each conductive wiring layer includes a common input and output line, the common input and output lines at least partially overlapping one another in a projection along a thickness of the multilayer printed circuit board. A set of input mounting pads is carried by the first common input line and a set of input mounting pads is carried by the second common input line, the input mounting pads of the second set of input mounting pads are interleaved with the input mounting pads of the first set of input mounting pads along a first axis. The article further includes a set output mounting pads carried by the common output line.Type: GrantFiled: December 15, 2022Date of Patent: October 10, 2023Assignee: Exro Technologies Inc.Inventor: Eric Hustedt
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Patent number: 11708005Abstract: A battery control system includes a plurality of battery cells that are separately controllable as units of individual cells or groups of cells. Each controllable unit may be switchably activated or deactivated in the overall battery circuit, and one or more conditions of each controllable unit may be individually measured. Various techniques are disclosed for operating the battery control system to optimize or improve system performance and longevity.Type: GrantFiled: June 16, 2022Date of Patent: July 25, 2023Assignee: Exro Technologies Inc.Inventors: Tung Nguyen, Eric Hustedt
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Patent number: 9812981Abstract: One or more variable configuration controller (VCC) systems may produce various combinations of series or parallel couplings of coils, winding or inductive elements of an electric machine such as a generator and/or electric motor. The VCC systems include a plurality of bridge rectifiers, and a first number of switches operated to selectively couple respective pairs of coils in series from parallel on an AC side of the bridge rectifiers. The bridge rectifiers provide for automatic electrical isolation of coils on occurrence of open circuit, low voltage or short circuit conditions. A second number of switches with different performance characteristics (e.g., speed, loss) than the first number of switches may be coupled in parallel with respective ones of the first number of switches. Power factor correction may be used.Type: GrantFiled: June 3, 2014Date of Patent: November 7, 2017Assignee: Exro Technologies Inc.Inventors: Jonathan Gale Ritchey, Mitchell Gordon Burton, Ryan Biffard
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Patent number: 9685827Abstract: A polyphasic multi-coil generator includes a drive shaft, at least first and second rotors rigidly mounted on the drive shaft so as to simultaneously synchronously rotate with rotation of the drive shaft, and at least one stator sandwiched between the first and second rotors. A stator array on the stator has an array of electrically conductive coils mounted to the stator in a first angular orientation about the drive shaft. The rotors each have an array of magnets which are circumferentially equally spaced around the rotor and located at the same radially spacing with respect to the centre of the rotor and the drive shaft at a first angular orientation relative to the drive shaft. The arrays of magnets on adjacent rotors are off-set by an angular offset relative to one another.Type: GrantFiled: December 4, 2013Date of Patent: June 20, 2017Assignee: EXRO TECHNOLOGIES INC.Inventor: Jonathan Gale Ritchey
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Patent number: 9590468Abstract: An electric machine may employ a distributed bearing, for example spaced radially outwardly of a longitudinal center of a rotor and stator assembly. The distributed bearing may take the form of a wire race bearing, which positions a rotor assembly relative to a stator assembly to maintain an air gap therebetween. The rotor assembly may be concentrically located within the stator assembly. Electrically insulative fasteners may couple a race assembly to the stator or rotor assembly. Compensation fastener assemblies may couple the wire race assembly to the rotor or stator assembly, to compensate for differential expansion for instance thermal differential expansion along a longitudinal axis of the electric machine. The electric machines may be arranged in series, for example with drive shafts arranged along a common axis, and may be coupled to the same source of motion (e.g., propeller of wind turbine, without or with a gear box).Type: GrantFiled: October 8, 2013Date of Patent: March 7, 2017Assignee: EXRO TECHNOLOGIES INC.Inventors: Jonathan Gale Ritchey, Daryl Anton Wagner
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Patent number: 9584056Abstract: A polyphasic multi-coil generator includes a driveshaft, at least first and second rotors rigidly mounted on the driveshaft so as to simultaneously synchronously rotate with rotation of the driveshaft, and at least one stator sandwiched between the first and second rotors. The stator has an aperture through which the driveshaft is rotatably journalled. A stator array on the stator has an equally circumferentially spaced-apart array of electrically conductive coils mounted to the stator in a first angular orientation about the driveshaft. The rotors and the stator lie in substantially parallel planes. The first and second rotors have, respectively, first and second rotor arrays.Type: GrantFiled: February 20, 2014Date of Patent: February 28, 2017Assignee: EXRO TECHNOLOGIES INC.Inventor: Jonathan Ritchey
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Patent number: 9379552Abstract: An electric power generation system is provided, including a generator having a plurality of stages engaged by a prime mover; and a plurality of branches for connecting the stages to an electrical load, each of the branches having a switch for connecting or disconnecting the branch to the stages. Power from a prime mover, such as a turbine, is sent by a controller to one or more of the branches as appropriate to handle the power level generated.Type: GrantFiled: August 13, 2014Date of Patent: June 28, 2016Assignee: EXRO TECHNOLOGIES INC.Inventors: Jonathan Ritchey, Edwin Nowicki, Richerd Chan
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Publication number: 20140347903Abstract: One or more variable configuration controller (VCC) systems may produce various combinations of series or parallel couplings of coils, winding or inductive elements of an electric machine such as a generator and/or electric motor. The VCC systems include a plurality of bridge rectifiers, and a first number of switches operated to selectively couple respective pairs of coils in series from parallel on an AC side of the bridge rectifiers. The bridge rectifiers provide for automatic electrical isolation of coils on occurrence of open circuit, low voltage or short circuit conditions. A second number of switches with different performance characteristics (e.g., speed, loss) than the first number of switches may be coupled in parallel with respective ones of the first number of switches. Power factor correction may be used.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 3, 2014Publication date: November 27, 2014Applicant: EXRO TECHNOLOGIES INC.Inventors: Jonathan Gale Ritchey, Mitchell Gordon Burton, Ryan Biffard
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Publication number: 20140252922Abstract: An electric machine may employ a distributed bearing, for example spaced radially outwardly of a longitudinal center of a rotor and stator assembly. The distributed bearing may take the form of a wire race bearing, which positions a rotor assembly relative to a stator assembly to maintain an air gap therebetween. The rotor assembly may be concentrically located within the stator assembly. Electrically insulative fasteners may couple a race assembly to the stator or rotor assembly. Compensation fastener assemblies may couple the wire race assembly to the rotor or stator assembly, to compensate for differential expansion for instance thermal differential expansion along a longitudinal axis of the electric machine. The electric machines may be arranged in series, for example with drive shafts arranged along a common axis, and may be coupled to the same source of motion (e.g., propeller of wind turbine, without or with a gear box).Type: ApplicationFiled: October 8, 2013Publication date: September 11, 2014Applicant: EXRO TECHNOLOGIES INC.Inventors: Jonathan Gale Ritchey, Daryl Anton Wagner
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Publication number: 20140167708Abstract: A polyphasic multi-coil generator includes a driveshaft, at least first and second rotors rigidly mounted on the driveshaft so as to simultaneously synchronously rotate with rotation of the driveshaft, and at least one stator sandwiched between the first and second rotors. The stator has an aperture through which the driveshaft is rotatably journalled. A stator array on the stator has an equally circumferentially spaced-apart array of electrically conductive coils mounted to the stator in a first angular orientation about the driveshaft. The rotors and the stator lie in substantially parallel planes. The first and second rotors have, respectively, first and second rotor arrays.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 20, 2014Publication date: June 19, 2014Applicant: Exro Technologies, Inc.Inventor: Jonathan Ritchey
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Publication number: 20140091661Abstract: A polyphasic multi-coil generator includes a drive shaft, at least first and second rotors rigidly mounted on the drive shaft so as to simultaneously synchronously rotate with rotation of the drive shaft, and at least one stator sandwiched between the first and second rotors. A stator array on the stator has an array of electrically conductive coils mounted to the stator in a first angular orientation about the drive shaft. The rotors each have an array of magnets which are circumferentially equally spaced around the rotor and located at the same radially spacing with respect to the centre of the rotor and the drive shaft at a first angular orientation relative to the drive shaft. The arrays of magnets on adjacent rotors are off-set by an angular offset relative to one another.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 4, 2013Publication date: April 3, 2014Applicant: EXRO TECHNOLOGIES INC.Inventor: Jonathan Gale Ritchey
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Patent number: 8614529Abstract: A polyphasic multi-coil generator includes a drive shaft, at least first and second rotors rigidly mounted on the drive shaft so as to simultaneously synchronously rotate with rotation of the drive shaft, and at least one stator sandwiched between the first and second rotors. A stator array on the stator has an array of electrically conductive coils mounted to the stator in a first angular orientation about the drive shaft. The rotors each have an array of magnets which are circumferentially equally spaced around the rotor and located at the same radially spacing with respect to the centre of the rotor and the drive shaft at a first angular orientation relative to the drive shaft. The arrays of magnets on adjacent rotors are off-set by an angular offset relative to one another.Type: GrantFiled: June 5, 2012Date of Patent: December 24, 2013Assignee: Exro Technologies, Inc.Inventor: Jonathan Gale Ritchey
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Publication number: 20130249502Abstract: A polyphasic multi-coil generator includes a driveshaft, at least first and second rotors rigidly mounted on the driveshaft so as to simultaneously synchronously rotate with rotation of the driveshaft, and at least one stator sandwiched between the first and second rotors. The stator has an aperture through which the driveshaft is rotatably journalled. A stator array on the stator has an equally circumferentially spaced-apart array of electrically conductive coils mounted to the stator in a first angular orientation about the driveshaft. The rotors and the stator lie in substantially parallel planes. The first and second rotors have, respectively, first and second rotor arrays.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 21, 2013Publication date: September 26, 2013Applicant: EXRO TECHNOLOGIES INC.Inventor: Jonathan Ritchey
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Publication number: 20120306302Abstract: A polyphasic multi-coil generator includes a drive shaft, at least first and second rotors rigidly mounted on the drive shaft so as to simultaneously synchronously rotate with rotation of the drive shaft, and at least one stator sandwiched between the first and second rotors. A stator array on the stator has an array of electrically conductive coils mounted to the stator in a first angular orientation about the drive shaft. The rotors each have an array of magnets which are circumferentially equally spaced around the rotor and located at the same radially spacing with respect to the centre of the rotor and the drive shaft at a first angular orientation relative to the drive shaft. The arrays of magnets on adjacent rotors are off-set by an angular offset relative to one another.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 5, 2012Publication date: December 6, 2012Applicant: EXRO TECHNOLOGIES INC.Inventor: Jonathan Gale Ritchey
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Publication number: 20120229060Abstract: One or more variable configuration controller (VCC) systems may produce various combinations of series or parallel couplings of coils, winding or inductive elements of an electric machine such as a generator and/or electric motor. The VCC systems include a plurality of bridge rectifiers, and a first number of switches operated to selectively couple respective pairs of coils in series from parallel on an AC side of the bridge rectifiers. The bridge rectifiers provide for automatic electrical isolation of coils on occurrence of open circuit, low voltage or short circuit conditions. A second number of switches with different performance characteristics (e.g., speed, loss) than the first number of switches may be coupled in parallel with respective ones of the first number of switches. Power factor correction may be used.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 2, 2010Publication date: September 13, 2012Applicant: EXRO TECHNOLOGIES INC.Inventors: Jonathan Gale Ritchey, Mitchell Gordon Burton, Ryan Biffard
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Patent number: 8212445Abstract: A polyphasic multi-coil generator includes a drive shaft, at least first and second rotors rigidly mounted on the drive shaft so as to simultaneously synchronously rotate with rotation of the drive shaft, and at least one stator sandwiched between the first and second rotors. A stator array on the stator has an array of electrically conductive coils mounted to the stator in a first angular orientation about the drive shaft. The rotors each have an array of magnets which are circumferentially equally spaced around the rotor and located at the same radially spacing with respect to the centre of the rotor and the drive shaft at a first angular orientation relative to the drive shaft. The arrays of magnets on adjacent rotors are off-set by an angular offset relative to one another.Type: GrantFiled: August 20, 2009Date of Patent: July 3, 2012Assignee: Exro Technologies Inc.Inventor: Jonathan Gale Ritchey
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Publication number: 20120153757Abstract: A polyphasic multi-coil generator includes a driveshaft, at least first and second rotors rigidly mounted on the driveshaft so as to simultaneously synchronously rotate with rotation of the driveshaft, and at least one stator sandwiched between the first and second rotors. The stator has an aperture through which the driveshaft is rotatably journalled. A stator array on the stator has an equally circumferentially spaced-apart array of electrically conductive coils mounted to the stator in a first angular orientation about the driveshaft. The rotors and the stator lie in substantially parallel planes. The first and second rotors have, respectively, first and second rotor arrays.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 23, 2011Publication date: June 21, 2012Applicant: EXRO TECHNOLOGIES INC.Inventor: Jonathan Ritchey
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Patent number: 8106563Abstract: A polyphasic multi-coil generator includes a driveshaft, at least first and second rotors rigidly mounted on the driveshaft so as to simultaneously synchronously rotate with rotation of the driveshaft, and at least one stator sandwiched between the first and second rotors. The stator has an aperture through which the driveshaft is rotatably journalled. A stator array on the stator has an equally circumferentially spaced-apart array of electrically conductive coils mounted to the stator in a first angular orientation about the driveshaft. The rotors and the stator lie in substantially parallel planes. The first and second rotors have, respectively, first and second rotor arrays.Type: GrantFiled: October 20, 2009Date of Patent: January 31, 2012Assignee: Exro Technologies Inc.Inventor: Jonathan Ritchey