Patents Examined by Toan Vu
  • Patent number: 10461586
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for cross connection detection and mitigation in wireless power transfer networks are disclosed. An example method includes receiving communication data from the second PTU, the communication data being generated by the PRU, wherein the first PTU and the second PTU are capable of providing wireless power to power receiving units; determining that the communication data is intended for the first PTU based on the connected device mapping; and transmitting the communication data to the first PTU.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignee: INTEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hooman Shirani-Mehr, Ahmad Farbod Khoshnevis, Xintian E. Lin, Sreenivas Kasturi
  • Patent number: 10284013
    Abstract: A system for enhancing power efficiency of a wireless device is disclosed. In one embodiment, the wireless device includes a transmitter having a transmitter antenna and configured to transmit a signal, as well as an energy receiver having a plurality of energy receiver antenna elements positioned across one or more surfaces of the wireless device. The energy receiver antenna elements are each configured to receive a portion of the signal, convert the portion of the signal into power, and provide the power to one or more components of the wireless device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2019
    Inventor: Marcellus Chen
  • Patent number: 10283957
    Abstract: Devices and methods are provided relating to supplying a load having an inrush-current behavior, e.g. charging of a capacitance e.g. at power up of a circuit. A first load path and a second load path are provided which are used in an alternating manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2019
    Assignee: INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES AG
    Inventors: Stephan Donath, Veli Kartal
  • Patent number: 10262298
    Abstract: Techniques are described for a graphical user interface that presents a dashboard on a display of the mobile electronic device. The dashboard includes a footer for presenting commonly used features that are available to a given user. The remaining area in the dashboard is configured to present multiple tiles. Each tile can provide the status of a feature that is available to the user. Depending on the status of a given feature, the tile can change its visual appearance by applying a theme that corresponds to the status. The theme can affect the font, font size, typecast, or general overall appearance of the tile. The dashboard allows a user to monitor the status of features by pushing the status information to the dashboard instead of having the user manually check for the status of each feature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2019
    Assignee: SuccessFactors, Inc.
    Inventors: Ingrid Bernaudin, Michael Dandan
  • Patent number: 10263459
    Abstract: A power supply system includes a plurality of uninterruptible power supplies provided for a load in parallel. The uninterruptible power supplies each include a power supply unit configured to supply the load with power and being larger in capacitance than the load, and a switch provided between the power supply unit and the load. The power supply system further includes a control unit selecting a first uninterruptible power supply of the plurality of uninterruptible power supplies, and setting the switch of the first uninterruptible power supply to the on state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2019
    Assignee: TOSHIBA MITSUBISHI-ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL SYSTEMS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Keisuke Ohnishi, Hiroshi Masunaga
  • Patent number: 10256634
    Abstract: The object of the invention is to provide a power supply system and method for the various elements forming DC/AC electronic power converters that assures the operation of the converters during normal operating conditions and anomalous operating conditions, being specially designed for photovoltaic systems connected to the power grid and capable of providing direct current and alternating current voltages at the output thereof from at least one DC power source (1) and at least one AC power source (2), which basically comprises an output for DC loads (6) connected to the output of a DC/DC converter (3) the input of which is connected to the DC power source (1), an AC output for critical loads (7) connected to a first selector (5) configured for alternating between a first position where said AC output for critical loads (7) is connected to the output of a first DC/AC converter (4) the input of which is connected to the DC power source (1), and a second position where said AC output for critical loads (7) is co
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2019
    Assignee: INGETEAM POWER TECHNOLOGY, S.A.
    Inventors: Julián Balda Belzunegui, Roberto González Senosiáin, Luis Pérez Nicuesa
  • Patent number: 10244086
    Abstract: An apparatus for controlling the power delivered from an AC power source to an electrical load may include a controllably conductive device. The apparatus may also include a first wireless communication circuit that may be operable to communicate on a first wireless communication network via a first protocol and the first communication circuit may be in communication with the controller. The apparatus may also include a second communication circuit that may be operable to communicate on a second communication network via a second protocol. The controller may be further operable to control the first wireless communication circuit to communicate configuration data with the first wireless communication network via the first protocol. The controller may also be operable to control the second wireless communication circuit to communicate operational data with the second communication network via the second protocol.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2019
    Assignee: Lutron Electronics Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Robert C. Newman, Jr., Lawrence R. Carmen, Jr., John Bull
  • Patent number: 10236715
    Abstract: The present invention provides a switch power circuit with a backup battery for power supply, comprising an input rectifier module, an PWM switch control module, a transformer module, an output rectifier diode, a negative feedback module, a backup battery, an isolation diode unit and a zener diode; the anode of the output rectifier diode is connected with the positive output end of the transformer unit, the cathode of the output rectifier diode is connected with the cathode of the isolation diode unit, the anode of the isolation diode unit is connected with the anode of the backup battery, the cathode of the backup battery is connected with the negative output end of the transformer module; the cathode of the zener diode is connected between the cathode of the isolation diode unit and the cathode of the output rectifier diode; one end of the negative feedback module is connected with the anode of the zener diode, and the other end of the negative feedback module is connected with the control port of the PWM s
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2019
    Inventor: Dexin Liang
  • Patent number: 10224748
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, there is provided a power transmitting device including: a power supply, a resonator, an adjuster and a controller. The power supply supplies AC power. The resonator includes a magnetic core and a coil wound around the magnetic core, the resonator wirelessly transmitting the AC power supplied from the power supply to a different resonator arranged to be opposed to the resonator. The adjuster relatively moves the coil and the magnetic core along a longitudinal direction of the coil. The controller controls the adjuster based on a value of current flowing in the resonator to adjust relative positions of the magnetic core and the coil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2019
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Akiko Yamada, Tetsu Shijo, Shuichi Obayashi, Hiroaki Ishihara, Kohei Onizuka, Kenichirou Ogawa, Fumi Moritsuka, Hiroki Kudo, Noriaki Oodachi
  • Patent number: 10224741
    Abstract: According to an embodiment, an automatic transfer switch bypass breaker system can include a switch gear configured with an automatic transfer switch electrically coupled to a first power sources and to a common load bus. The automatic transfer switch bypass breaker system can further include an automatic transfer switch bypass breaker electrically coupled to the first power source and to the common load bus and a utility bypass breaker electrically coupled to the first power source and to the common load bus. The utility bypass breaker can be configured for supplying power from the first power source directly to the common load bus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2019
    Assignee: Walmart Apollo, LLC
    Inventors: Corey Cheyne Oliver, Dale Robert Ayres
  • Patent number: 10218186
    Abstract: Power feeding device and non-contact power transmission device which are capable of maintaining high power transmission efficiency even if any displacement occurs in relative positions of each power feeding coil among plurality of power feeding coils and power receiving coil are provided. Power feeding device includes power feeding coil unit which includes magnetic body unit in which at least three magnetic bodies are arranged to be spaced apart in first direction, and plurality of power feeding coils each formed of wire wound around at least two magnetic bodies in magnetic body unit, and plurality of power feeding coils, which are located adjacently in the first direction, are configured such that wires of the plurality of power feeding coils are wound in common around one or more magnetic bodies, number of which is less than number of magnetic bodies around which wires of the respective power feeding coils and are wound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2019
    Assignee: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventor: Takashi Urano
  • Patent number: 10210994
    Abstract: A coil structure may include a first coil wound on one plane, at least one second coil wound around the first coil, and at least one third coil wound around the first coil in a direction which is perpendicular to a winding direction of the at least one second coil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2019
    Assignee: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Isaac Nam
  • Patent number: 10205325
    Abstract: A method of providing power to electronics within a cable is described. The method may include communicatively coupling a first device to a second device via a cable. The cable may include electronic components integrated within the cable. The method may also include providing a signal from the first device to the second device. The method may also include providing, via an internal power line within the cable, power to the integrated electronic components. The method may also include providing, via a device power line within the cable, power between the first device and the second device, wherein the internal power line and the device power line are electrically isolated from one another inside the cable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2019
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Bradley Saunders, Robert Dunstan
  • Patent number: 10199858
    Abstract: An uninterruptible power supply (UPS) system includes a first port configured to be coupled to an AC power source and a second port configured to be coupled to a load. The system also includes a UPS circuit including a first converter circuit coupled to the first port, a second converter circuit coupled to the second port and a DC bus coupling the first converter circuit to the second converter circuit and configured to be coupled to an auxiliary power source and a third converter circuit coupled to the second port and configured to receive power from a variably available power source. The system further includes a control circuit operatively associated with the UPS circuit and the third converter circuit and configured to cooperatively control the UPS circuit and the third converter circuit to selectively transfer power to the load from the AC power source and the variably available power source and from the variably available power source to the AC power source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2019
    Assignee: Eaton Intelligent Power Limited
    Inventors: Robert William Johnson, Jr., Yu Liu, Bobby L. Compton, Pasi S. Taimela, Robert C. Sebald
  • Patent number: 10186898
    Abstract: A capacitive power system having a service life extending approach. The system may have an ultra or super capacitor with high capacitance. A predetermined amount of energy may be stored in the capacitor, sufficient for providing power to an electrically powered mechanism in the event the mechanism loses its power, to place it in a fail safe condition. With the capacitor at an initial capacitance, the working voltage may be set as low as possible while still retaining sufficient capacity for storing the predetermined amount of energy. As the capacitor's capacitance decreases with age, the working voltage of the capacitor may be gradually increased to compensate for lost capacitance. If the mechanism loses power, then a discharge of the capacitor may be initiated to transfer energy to the mechanism. If the electrical mechanism has power, then a charging of the capacitor may be initiated to transfer energy to the capacitor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 22, 2019
    Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.
    Inventor: Radek Stupka
  • Patent number: 10186987
    Abstract: An electromagnetic drive control system comprising an H-shaped full bridge driving circuit connected to a controlled electromagnetic unit, including a first field effect transistor (FET) and a fourth FET connected in series constituting the left arm of the H-shaped full-bridge driving circuit, and a second FET and a third FET connected in series constituting the right arm of the H-shaped full-bridge driving circuit; PWM control unit is used to provide control signal to the FETs of the left and right bridge arms; it is characterized in that: the left arm comprises a first DC voltage source connected in series to the drain of the first FET, and the right arm includes a second DC voltage source connected in series to the drain of the second FET so as to form a dual power circuit; in this configuration, the first DC voltage source and the second DC voltage source are configured appropriately to greatly weaken the output current ripple of the electromagnetic drive control system and allow the system to realize sup
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 22, 2019
    Assignee: Harbin Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Liyi Li, Donghua Pan, Qingbo Guo, Junjie Hong
  • Patent number: 10186873
    Abstract: The invention relates to a secure electrical supply system for powering an electrical load (3) comprising: a main electrical power supply source (1), an electrical power supply circuit (8) linking the main electrical power supply source (1) to the electrical load, at least one control unit (5) for opening or closing said electrical power supply circuit (8), a secondary electrical power supply source (2) connected to the electrical power supply circuit and designed to power the electrical load (3) in case of interruption of the electrical power supply provided by the main electrical power supply source (1), a control device (6) comprising an emitter device (60) designed to dispatch a message representative of a change of state of the control unit (5) and a receiver device (61) designed to receive said message and to control the turning on or the turning off of said secondary electrical power supply source (2) according to the new state taken by the control unit (5).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 22, 2019
    Assignee: SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES SAS
    Inventors: Gilles Vidalenche, Thierry Peduzzi
  • Patent number: 10186904
    Abstract: A wireless power transmitter can include a transmitting coil configured to wirelessly transmit power to a receiving coil. The wireless power transmitter can include a shield residing on a given side of a substrate spaced apart from the transmitting coil. The shield can be configured to filter an electric field induced by the transmitting coil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 22, 2019
    Assignee: Texas Instruments Incorporated
    Inventors: Vladimir A. Muratov, John C. Rice
  • Patent number: 10181722
    Abstract: A single-inductor DC-DC converter generates two DC output voltages at two capacitors. The converter selectively transfers energy from a battery to the inductor or from the inductor to a selected capacitor. While the converter is still settling, the converter is regulated based on only the more deficient DC output voltage. After the converter has already settled, the converter is regulated based on the common-mode voltage for both DC output voltages. By regulating the still-settling converter based on only the more deficient DC output voltage, instead of the common-mode voltage, even greater deficiencies in that already more-deficient DC output voltage are avoided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2019
    Assignee: NXP USA, INC.
    Inventors: Xiaowen Wu, Lei Tian, Yongqin Liang
  • Patent number: 10177603
    Abstract: A power-supply-side and the power-receiving-side units include power-supply-side and power-receiving-side coils each of which supplies or receives power in a non-contact manner; and a ceramic capacitor provided with an electrode being housed inside power-supply-side and power-receiving-side cases. The ceramic capacitor is arranged such that the electrode is non-perpendicular to each center axis direction of the power-supply-side and power-receiving-side coils.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2019
    Assignee: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventors: Takahiro Nakahara, Ryohei Nishizaki, You Yanagida