Patents Examined by Esayas G Yeshaw
  • Patent number: 11605976
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for wireless transmission of power or information. A supplying system include a signal source and a transmitter unit. A consuming system includes an electrical load and a receiver unit. Electrical power or information are transmitted wirelessly from the supplying system to the consuming system. The transmitter unit can include a step up transformer. The receiver unit can include a step down transformer. The transmitter unit and receiver unit are not connected to a common ground, resulting in a truly wireless system for transmitting power or information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2023
    Inventor: Richard Marion Mansell
  • Patent number: 11579640
    Abstract: A control attachment for an in-wall power adapter configured to control the application of power to a load is described. The control attachment comprises a first contact element of a plurality of contact elements configured to receive a power signal; a second contact element of the plurality of contact elements configured to provide the power signal to the load; a conductor electrically coupling the first contact element to the second contact element; wherein the control attachment enables the in-wall power adapter to control the application of power received at the first contact element to be applied to the load.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: Smart Power Partners LLC
    Inventors: John J. King, Stephen DeLano
  • Patent number: 11577934
    Abstract: An elevator includes an elevator motor; a motor drive for the elevator motor having a frequency converter including a rectifier bridge, an inverter bridge and a DC link in between, which frequency converter is controlled via a controller, the rectifier bridge being connected to AC mains via three feed lines including chokes, and the rectifier bridge being realised via controllable semiconductor switches; a contactor being located between the feed lines and AC mains; and a backup power supply at least for emergency drive operation. An emergency control is associated with the motor drive, which emergency control is configured to perform an automatic emergency drive. The emergency control is connected to a manual drive circuit having a manual drive switch for a manual rescue drive.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: KONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Arto Nakari, Olli Pokkinen
  • Patent number: 11575276
    Abstract: Examples of the disclosure include an uninterruptible power supply comprising an input configured to be coupled to a power source, an output configured to output power to a load, a main controller, a main logic power supply, an auxiliary logic power supply, and an auxiliary controller configured to receive power from the auxiliary logic power supply, the auxiliary controller being configured to receive a signal indicating that the load is not powered by the uninterruptible power supply, output a first signal to initiate shutdown of the main controller and the main logic power supply, and output a second signal to power-up the main controller and the main logic power supply after a predetermined period of time elapses after outputting the first signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC IT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Pradeep Tolakanahalli Nagabhushanrao, Pavan Kumar Gudipalli, Nagaraju Ingurthi
  • Patent number: 11575330
    Abstract: An illustrative dual power inverter module includes a DC link capacitor electrically connectable to a source of high voltage direct current (DC) electrical power. A first power inverter is electrically connectable to the DC link capacitor and configured to convert high voltage DC electrical power to three phase high voltage alternating current (AC) electrical power and is configured to supply the three phase high voltage AC electrical power to a first electric motor. A second power inverter is electrically connectable to the DC link capacitor and configured to convert high voltage DC electrical power to three phase high voltage AC electrical power and is configured to supply the three phase high voltage AC electrical power to a second electric motor. A common controller is electrically connectable to the first power inverter and the second power inverter. The common controller is configured to control the first power inverter and the second power inverter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: Rivian IP Holdings, LLC
    Inventors: Steven E. Schulz, Daniel L. Kowalewski, Silva Hiti, David Tang, Young Doo
  • Patent number: 11574777
    Abstract: A switching apparatus for an electric grid includes first and second electric terminals, each having first and second electric branches having a plurality of switching devices. The first electric branch includes a first switching device switchable between open and closed states, which is driven by a current flowing along said first switching device and without receiving an external control signal or an external power supply, said first switching device switching from said closed state to said open state, when the current flowing along said switching apparatus exceeds a corresponding predefined threshold value or when the changing rate of the current flowing along said switching apparatus exceeds a corresponding predefined threshold value or upon a combination of these two conditions. A second switching device is connected in series with the first switching device and is switchable between closed and open states upon receiving a corresponding input control signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: ABB Schweiz AG
    Inventors: Thorsten Strassel, Antonello Antoniazzi, Markus Abplanalp, Thierry Delachaux
  • Patent number: 11569729
    Abstract: Provided is a resonant power conversion apparatus including a gate control circuit that controls a first switch to enter an On state and a second switch to enter an Off state at a first stage and controls the first switch to enter the Off state and the second switch to enter the On state at a second stage, a first current transformer that applies current to the first switch at the first stage and applies current to the second switch at the second stage, a load connected to the first current transformer in series, a second current transformer connected to the second switch, and a microcontroller unit (MCU) that determines whether to be zero voltage switching or non-zero voltage switching based on a current flowing in the first current transformer and the second current transformer in a process of transitioning from the first stage to the second stage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Seonho Jeon, Seongho Son, Younghwan Kwack, Chuhyoung Cho, Jongseong Ji
  • Patent number: 11569759
    Abstract: A system may be provided that may include a first battery, and an inverter coupled to the battery. The system may also include a first active filter including a first switch element, second switch element, third switch element, and fourth switch element. Each switch element may be coupled to the first battery or the inverter. The first, second, third, and fourth switch elements may be configured to increase or decrease an applied voltage or current of the first battery.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: WESTINGHOUSE AIR BRAKE TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ajith K. Kumar, Ravisekhar N. Raju, Patrick L. Jansen
  • Patent number: 11569735
    Abstract: A power supply system includes at least two power supply devices that supply a current to a load. Each of the at least two power supply devices includes a converter configured to generate a current that is to be supplied to the load, an FET that is connected in series between the converter and the load, a gate voltage monitoring circuit configured to monitor whether a gate voltage of the FET has fallen below a predetermined first reference voltage, and an alarm generation circuit configured to generate an alarm according to a result of monitoring by the gate voltage monitoring circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: YOKOGAWA ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuusuke Shimizu, Kei Fukuhara, Iwao Nakanishi
  • Patent number: 11569751
    Abstract: A device for providing power to a server rack includes a first AC input port, a second AC input port, a first relay, a second relay, and an output port. The output port is electrically connected to both the first AC input port and second AC input port. The first relay is electrically between the first AC input port and the output port, and the second relay is electrically between the second AC input port and the output port. The first relay and second relay are configured to compare a first phase of a first voltage from the first AC input port to a second phase of a second voltage from the second AC input.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Banha Sok, Brandon Devaul, Chadd Nathaniel Garton, John Joseph Siegler
  • Patent number: 11563225
    Abstract: A method of controlling an air compressor motor for a fuel cell vehicle is provide. The method includes calculating a counter electromotive force constant of the air compressor motor based on a voltage and a current of the air compressor motor for the fuel cell vehicle supplying air to a fuel cell stack and a rotation speed of the air compressor motor. The method additionally includes determining whether a permanent magnet of the air compressor motor is demagnetized based on a result of comparison between the calculated counter electromotive force constant value and a pre-set counter electromotive force constant design value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2023
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Sung Do Kim, Min Su Kang, Chang Seok You, Dong Hun Lee
  • Patent number: 11554642
    Abstract: A voltage conversion system includes an energy storage device; a power conversion unit connected to the energy storage device, the power conversion unit comprising: an inductor, the inductor comprising a number of coils that are non-coupled or weakly coupled, with a coupling coefficient less than 0.05; a multi-phase boost stage coupled to the inductor, wherein the multiphase boost stage comprises a number of phases that equals the number of coils; an inverter coupled to the multiphase boost stage; and a load coupled to the power conversion unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2023
    Assignee: CARRIER CORPORATION
    Inventors: Xu She, XuQiang Liao, Jaegue Shin, Ismail Agirman, HanJong Kim, David Ginsberg
  • Patent number: 11545834
    Abstract: A gateway system for a building comprises: a first relay to couple a first line of the gateway system to a first grid line of a power grid; a second relay to couple a second line of the gateway system to a second grid line of the power grid; a neutral line coupled to a neutral grid line of the power grid; a first electric-vehicle (EV) line coupled to the first line of the gateway system, the first EV line configured for being coupled to a first line of an EV charging connector; a second EV line coupled to the second line of the gateway system, the second EV line configured for being coupled to a second line of the EV charging connector, wherein the EV charging connector has no neutral line; and a balancing converter coupled to the first and second lines of the gateway system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: Atieva, Inc.
    Inventor: Mingkai Mu
  • Patent number: 11541763
    Abstract: A control system implementing a hybrid energy storage system (ESS) optimization strategy is disclosed. The hybrid ESS optimization strategy may be implemented in a machine that comprises a power system that includes a plurality of power sources and a power controller that includes one or more processors. The power controller may receive information related to a set of brake-specific fuel consumption (BSFC) maps associated with the plurality of power sources, determine a performance indicator using a cost function associated with the plurality of power sources, and generate a command to operate the power system based on a power distribution that minimizes an energy cost to operate the power system based on the information related to the set of BSFC maps, the performance indicator, and a load associated with the power system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: Caterpillar Inc.
    Inventors: Yanchai Zhang, Baoyang Deng, Michael A. Snopko, Theodore E. Wiersema
  • Patent number: 11539235
    Abstract: A power conversion circuit for an uninterruptible power system, including an inductor, a first capacitor, a second capacitor, a first switch, a second switch, a third switch, a first diode, a second diode, and a third diode body, is provided. A terminal of the second switch is electrically coupled to the inductor through the first switch, and another terminal of the second switch is electrically coupled to a neutral wire and the third switch. An anode and a cathode of the first diode are electrically coupled to the first switch and a positive DC bus, respectively. A cathode and an anode of the second diode are electrically coupled to the first switch and the third switch, respectively. A cathode and an anode of the third diode are electrically coupled to the third switch and a negative DC bus, respectively. In addition, an uninterruptible power system using the same is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: CYBER POWER SYSTEMS, INC.
    Inventors: Yu-Cheng Yang, Kuang-Yu Yang, Cheng-Hsin Yeh
  • Patent number: 11535113
    Abstract: An example operation includes one or more of establishing a communication channel between a computing system associated with a plurality of available power sources and a transport comprising a rechargeable battery that is configured to power the transport, determining a value of charge power for the rechargeable battery, generating a request that identifies the value of charge power in a first field and identifies a power source in a second field from among a plurality of available power sources to source the charge power for the rechargeable battery, and transmitting the request from the transport to a computing system via the established communication channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC.
    Inventor: Norman Lu
  • Patent number: 11539306
    Abstract: An electrical wiring device for delivering power to multiple mobile devices including: a housing having a faceplate; a first power delivery port accessible through the faceplate; a second power delivery accessible through the faceplate; an AC/DC converter disposed in the housing and configured to receive an AC signal from a connection to a source of AC mains power and to output a DC signal; a first DC/DC converter disposed in the housing and configured to receive the DC signal and provide a first DC output signal having a first power to a first power delivery port; a second DC/DC converter disposed in the housing and configured to receive the DC signal and provide a second DC output signal having a second power to a second power delivery port; wherein the first DC output signal is different from the second DC output signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: Pass & Seymour, Inc.
    Inventors: Jeffrey C. Richards, Collin C. Richards, Patrick J. Murphy
  • Patent number: 11533001
    Abstract: A device for harvesting and storing triboelectric charge generated on an exterior surface of a moving vehicle is provided. It is characterised by comprising; a supercapacitor comprised of nano-carbon-containing electrodes; an ionic liquid electrolyte and at least one ion-permeable porous membrane; at least one first element exposed to aerodynamically-induced frictional forces acting thereon and on which the charge is caused to build up and connected to at least one of the electrodes of one polarity; at least one second element having a lower electrostatic potential than the charge-collecting element and connected to at least one of the electrodes of the other polarity; a voltage modification or impedance conversion circuit arranged between the first and/or second elements and the supercapacitor; means to connect the device to an operative component requiring electrical power and a controller for managing the performance of the device and switching between energy-harvesting and energy-utilisation modes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2022
    Assignee: Oxcion Limited
    Inventors: Stephen David Voller, Charles Resnick, Anthony Brun, Hugh Liam Sutherland, Marappa Gounder Rajendran
  • Patent number: 11527374
    Abstract: Provided is a touch sensing system that can make the life of a contact of an electromagnetic contactor longer. A touch sensing system includes a main operation circuit that connects a probe and a main operation power supply, and in which an electromagnetic contactor is provided; and a touch sensing circuit that is connected to the main operation circuit through the electromagnetic contactor in a branched manner, and connects the probe and a touch sensing power supply, is which a solid state relay switch is provided in the touch sensing circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2022
    Assignee: FANUC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Akihiro Yanagita, Takeshi Tsumura, Takahisa Hasegawa
  • Patent number: 11527921
    Abstract: Methods, apparatus and computer-readable storage media for performing foreign object detection (FOD) in a wireless power transfer system. A plurality of FOD measurements may be performed and processed to perform FOD.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2022
    Assignee: MediaTek Inc.
    Inventors: Vladimir A. Muratov, William Plumb