Patents Examined by Esayas G Yeshaw
  • Patent number: 11889604
    Abstract: A load control system includes a load control device and a remote control for configuring and controlling operation of the load control device. The load control device and remote control may be mounted to an electrical wallbox. The system may be configured by associating the remote control with the load control device, and actuating a button on the remote control to configure the load control device. A second remote control device may be directly or indirectly associated with the load control device. The load control device and remote control may communicate via inductive coils that are magnetically coupled together. The remote control may be operable to charge a battery from energy derived from the magnetic coupling between the inductive coils. The load control device and remote control may include near-field communication modules that are operable to communicate wirelessly via near-field radiation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: Lutron Technology Company, LLC
    Inventor: Lawrence R. Carmen, Jr.
  • Patent number: 11873109
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to an electrical power system for providing a stabilised DC voltage to a power bus. Example embodiments include an electrical power system comprising: a DC power bus having first and second DC power bus terminals; an electrical storage unit having first and second terminals, the second terminal connected to the second DC power bus terminal; a DC:DC converter having first and second DC:AC converters and a transformer connected between the first and second DC:AC converters, the first DC:AC converter connected between the first terminal of the electrical storage unit and the first DC power bus terminal; and a controller connected to control a switching operation of one or both of the first and second DC:AC converters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: Rolls-Royce plc
    Inventors: David R. Trainer, Francisco Javier Chivite Zabalza, Mark Sweet, Luke George, Gian Incerpi
  • Patent number: 11872904
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method performed by a control unit (115) for handling charging in an at least partly electric vehicle (100). The control unit (115) transmits, to a charger (103), a request to provide power to at least one auxiliary load (108) and to charge a battery (101) with an amount of voltage. The amount of voltage corresponds to a desired SOC level. The charging of the battery (101) automatically stops when the desired SOC level is reached. The charger (103) continues to provide power to the at least one auxiliary load (108) when the desired SOC level is reached.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: VOLVO TRUCK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Reza Atefi, Henrik Engdahl, Vahid Pektash, Andreas Melin
  • Patent number: 11876467
    Abstract: An inverter is electrically connected between a traction battery and a switch bank. The inverter includes a plurality of pairs of series connected power semiconductor devices. Each of the pairs is electrically connected in parallel with the traction battery to define a phase leg, and each of the power semiconductor devices has a body diode in parallel therewith. The inverter also includes a plurality of diodes connected in parallel with the power semiconductor devices such that only one of the power semiconductor devices of each of the pairs has one of the diodes connected in parallel therewith.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Kun Zhuge, Baoming Ge, Lihua Chen
  • Patent number: 11858439
    Abstract: A circuit and method for providing multi-mode power to a vehicle load may include first and second voltage sources, main positive and main negative relays, and first, second, and third relays. The main positive relay may have a second side connected to a first side of the load, and the main negative relay may have a second side connected to a second side of the load. A first side of the second relay may be connected to a positive side of the first voltage source, and a second side of the second relay to a positive side of the second voltage source and a first side of the main positive relay. A first side of the third relay may be connected to a negative side of the second voltage source, and a second side of the third relay to a first side of the main negative relay.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: LEAR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Wang Xie, Xuebei Ren, Diwei Fang
  • Patent number: 11862993
    Abstract: An apparatus for a high-power reflexive field containment circuit topology for dynamic wireless power transfer systems is disclosed. A wireless power transfer (“WPT”) charging apparatus includes an inverter configured to connect with a direct current (“DC”) source on an input side and one or more WPT charging branches. Each WPT charging branch includes a WPT charging pad circuit with a WPT charging pad connected in series with a first series charging capacitor, a parallel charging capacitor connected in parallel with the WPT charging pad circuit, and a series charging impedance connected in series between an output of the inverter and a connection between the WPT charging pad circuit and the parallel charging capacitor. The series charging impedance includes a second series charging capacitor and/or a series charging inductor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: Utah State University
    Inventors: Shuntaro Inoue, Chakridhar Reddy Teeneti, Abhilash Kamineni, Regan A. Zane
  • Patent number: 11855478
    Abstract: A secondary power system is configured to connect to a motor vehicle having a powertrain comprising an engine and a first alternator. The secondary power system includes a second alternator connected to the engine, one or more electro-chemical storage devices coupled to the second alternator and configured to be charged by the alternator, and one or more inverter chargers. The inverter chargers may operate in a first mode to provide AC power to loads on the vehicle or in a second mode to receive alternative power and charge the storage devices. In an embodiment, the secondary power system includes multiple storage devices each comprising at least one electro-chemical storage pack and a logic. The storage devices are interconnected by a junction box. The logics within each storage device may selectively disrupt power flow from the junction box upon detection of an error condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: VOLTA POWER SYSTEMS, L.L.C.
    Inventors: Bill Cavanaugh, Jack Johnson
  • Patent number: 11850953
    Abstract: In a drive unit, a motor and an inverter having power modules are disposed adjacent in an axial direction of the motor. In the motor, first and second coil groups, each including one U-phase coil, one V-phase coil, and one W-phase coil, are provided. The power modules constitute first and second power module groups that are connected in parallel. The first and second power module groups each include one U-phase power module, one V-phase power module, and one W-phase power module. A distance between the U-phase power module of the first power module group and the U-phase coil of the first coil group, a distance between the V-phase power module of the first power module group and the V-phase coil of the first coil group, and a distance between the W-phase power module of the first power module group and the W-phase coil of the first coil group are equal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignees: MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATION, ROHM CO., LTD
    Inventors: Takayuki Sato, Masashi Hayashiguchi
  • Patent number: 11845344
    Abstract: Provided is a capacitor module in which a plurality of film capacitor cells and a pair of bus bars are housed in a metal case to be integrated with a resin added in the metal case, and an electrical insulating film is formed at least on an inner surface of the metal case or each of outer surfaces of the pair of bus bars. The capacitor module is provided in an inverter device including an inverter circuit that converts DC power into AC power. The inverter device is provided in a motor module including an AC motor rotationally driven by AC power supplied from the inverter device, and the motor module is provided in a vehicle including an electric drive system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignee: NIDEC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Keiichi Suzuki
  • Patent number: 11843271
    Abstract: A power reception control method for a power storage element controls element-receiving electric power received by the power storage element in an electric power system for supplying electric energy to a load group including plural power storage elements. The power reception control method acquires differential electric power by subtracting a current value of total transmitted electric power from a maximum value of the total transmitted electric power that is an available amount to be supplied to the entire load group via an electric power supply base point, calculates a degree of priority of the power storage element in accordance with a numerical value indicating a demand of a user, multiplies the differential electric power by the degree of priority to calculate element differential electric power, and adds the element differential electric power to the previous element-receiving electric power so as to update the element-receiving electric power.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignees: NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD., RENAULT S. A. S.
    Inventors: Kensuke Murai, Kenta Suzuki, Keigo Ikezoe
  • Patent number: 11843303
    Abstract: A transport climate control system is disclosed. The system includes a compressor, a motor-generator-rectifier machine, a belt drive connected to the motor-generator-rectifier machine and the compressor, at least one condenser fan, at least one evaporator fan, and a DC to DC converter. The motor-generator-rectifier machine connects to the at least one condenser fan, the at least one evaporator fan, and the DC to DC converter. The motor-generator-rectifier machine includes a motor, a low voltage generator connected to the motor, and a rectifier connected to the low voltage generator. The motor-generator-rectifier machine can provide a first low voltage DC power to the at least one condenser fan, the at least one evaporator fan, and the DC to DC converter. The DC to DC converter can convert the first low voltage DC power to a second low voltage DC power that is different from the first low voltage DC power.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: THERMO KING LLC
    Inventors: Wayne Donnellan, Sean Keaveney
  • Patent number: 11840153
    Abstract: Examples described herein provide a method that includes determining whether a charging station for charging a battery of a vehicle is operating in a first high voltage mode or a second high voltage mode. The method further includes, responsive to determining that the charging station is operating in the first high voltage mode: enabling an electric motor and a traction power inverter of the vehicle to operate as a boost converter to boost an accessory bus voltage of the vehicle while charging in the first high voltage mode, and charging the battery of the vehicle by supplying electric power, at a first high voltage, from the charging station to the battery.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
    Inventors: Chandra S. Namuduri, Rashmi Prasad
  • Patent number: 11837422
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to an electronic switch device, the device including a housing assembly including a front cover assembly having a user accessible surface, a back body assembly, terminals configured to be coupled to an AC power source and the load; an antenna assembly including an antenna substrate disposed inside the housing assembly adjacent a portion of the front cover assembly, an antenna being disposed on the antenna substrate having a conductive grid structure; and a circuit assembly disposed inside the housing assembly coupled to the terminals, the circuit assembly comprising a printed circuit board, the printed circuit board including a ground plane, the circuit assembly being electrically connected to the antenna assembly via a conductor, the printed circuit board being separated from the antenna assembly by a predetermined distance, the circuit assembly including a relay switch having at least one solenoid winding connected to the circuit assembly and a set of contacts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: Pass & Seymour, Inc.
    Inventors: Joshua P. Haines, Richard M. Rohmer, Gerald R. Savicki, Jr.
  • Patent number: 11831197
    Abstract: A load shed module configured to be connected in series between a power supply and a load is disclosed. A separate load shed module is connected in series between each load and the power supply. The load shed module determines the frequency of the voltage supplied from the power supply. Based on the frequency, the load shed module determines if utility power is connected or if a generator is connected. If the generator is connected and the frequency of the voltage goes outside of a desired operating range for a preset time, the load shed module disconnects the load from the power supply. Each load shed module includes a priority setting and reconnects its corresponding load after a predetermined time corresponding to the priority setting.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: Generac Power Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Brendan Pancheri, Greg Wischstadt, Robert Iles, Andy Phillips, Taesik Yu, Sungmin Lee
  • Patent number: 11817703
    Abstract: An electrical system for a mobile power generation device and a mobile power generation device are disclosed. The electrical system includes an electrical cabin and a generator switch cabinet located inside the electrical cabin and including a generator switch device, the generator switch device being configured to connect or disconnect the generator of the mobile power generation device from an external load, the electrical system further includes an auxiliary substation cabinet and an auxiliary substation switch device in the auxiliary substation device cabinet, the auxiliary substation cabinet is located inside the electrical cabin and includes an auxiliary substation device, the auxiliary substation device being configured to convert a first voltage output by the generator into a second voltage; and the auxiliary substation switch device is configured to turn on or turn off the auxiliary substation device, the first voltage being larger than the second voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: YANTAI JEREH PETROLEUM EQUIPMENT & TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yannan Liu, Huijuan Cao, Ligong Wu, Hongly Wang, Tao Kou, Xu Liu, Dekun Tian, Libin Zhou
  • Patent number: 11817738
    Abstract: According to an example, an uninterruptible power supply is provided comprising a first input, a backup input, an output to provide output power, an inverter coupled to the first input, the backup input, and the output, a first sensor to detect a voltage at an inverter output, a second sensor to detect a voltage at the first input, a switch coupled between the first input and the output, and a controller coupled to the switch and the first and second sensors, and configured to determine a first voltage difference across the bypass switch using at least one of the first sensor or the second sensor, filter the first voltage difference, determine whether a value derived from the first filtered voltage difference exceeds a threshold, and output an indication of a failure of the bypass switch based on the value derived from the first filtered voltage difference exceeding the threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC IT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kristian Budde, Jesper Hougaard Johansen, Jacob Gregers Hansen
  • Patent number: 11811301
    Abstract: A three-phase AC solid-state transformer is provided which comprises three DC-DC converters. Each of the DC-DC converters has an internal transformer for galvanic isolation between its input and output sides. Each of the DC-DC converters has unipolar voltage across its input terminals and unipolar voltage across its output terminals. In one embodiment, the positive input terminals of the three DC-DC converters serve respectively as the three AC input terminals of the solid-state transformer and their positive output terminals provide the three phase AC output of the solid-state transformer. The negative input terminals of the three DC-DC converters are connected together to form a first common node, while the negative output terminals are connected together to form a second common node. The first common node has a voltage offset from the neutral of the input AC phases; and the second common node has a voltage offset from the neutral of the output AC phases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Inventor: Ravisekhar Raju
  • Patent number: 11801764
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the technical field of vehicles, and provides an energy conversion device and a vehicle. The energy conversion device includes a reversible pulse-width modulation (PWM) rectifier, a motor coil connected with the reversible PWM rectifier, a one-way conduction module, and a capacitor. A DC charging circuit or a DC discharging circuit is formed by an external DC port with an external battery by using the energy conversion device, and a driving circuit is formed by the external battery with the reversible PWM rectifier and the motor coil in the energy conversion device. The one-way conduction module is connected between a first end of the capacitor and a second end of the external DC port, or the one-way conduction module is connected between a second end of the capacitor and a first end of the external DC port.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2023
    Assignee: BYD COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventors: Yubo Lian, Heping Ling, Jicheng Li, Hua Pan, Feiyue Xie
  • Patent number: 11798736
    Abstract: A conductor arrangement for an inductive power transfer wherein a conductor is arranged so as to form at least a first subwinding and a second subwinding that are arranged next to one another, such that at least one conductor segment of each of the first and second subwinding run alongside one another in a first conductor bundle of the conductor arrangement. In the first conductor bundle, the first subwinding and the second subwinding are connected to one another via a first connecting conductor segment that crosses at least one further conductor segment of the conductor arrangement. A system for an inductive power transfer having at least two respective conductor arrangements, and a method for manufacturing a conductor arrangement are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: Bombardier Primove GmbH
    Inventor: Rudolf Lindt
  • Patent number: 11791742
    Abstract: A protection device for a pulse inverter is provided and is configured to be detachably arranged on an opening of an open housing part of the pulse inverter, wherein the protection device is configured to protect from dirt, mechanical impact and/or electrostatic charging, at least one inner element of the pulse inverter, in particular an electrical system and/or an electronic system, which is arranged in the open housing part. Furthermore, a pulse inverter is provided comprising a housing, as well as an e-machine with a pulse inverter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: AUDI AG
    Inventors: Tobias Enzinger, Benjamin Söhnle