Patents by Inventor Alex Skorcz
Alex Skorcz has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
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Patent number: 11258370Abstract: In one aspect, a medium voltage power converter includes a plurality of slices each having: a transformer including a plurality of primary windings to couple to a utility source of input power and a plurality of secondary windings; and a plurality of power cubes coupled to the plurality of secondary windings, each of the plurality of power cubes comprising a low frequency front end stage, a DC link, and a high frequency silicon carbide (SiC) inverter stage to couple to a high frequency load or to a high speed machine.Type: GrantFiled: November 30, 2018Date of Patent: February 22, 2022Assignee: TECO-Westinghouse Motor CompanyInventors: Enrique Ledezma, Paulo Guedes-Pinto, Randall Pipho, Bhaskara Palle, Ryan Edwards, Alex Skorcz
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Publication number: 20200177092Abstract: In one aspect, a medium voltage power converter includes a plurality of slices each having: a transformer including a plurality of primary windings to couple to a utility source of input power and a plurality of secondary windings; and a plurality of power cubes coupled to the plurality of secondary windings, each of the plurality of power cubes comprising a low frequency front end stage, a DC link, and a high frequency silicon carbide (SiC) inverter stage to couple to a high frequency load or to a high speed machine.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 30, 2018Publication date: June 4, 2020Inventors: Enrique Ledezma, Paulo Guedes-Pinto, Randall Pipho, Bhaskara Palle, Ryan Edwards, Alex Skorcz
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Patent number: 10130016Abstract: In one embodiment, a power cell module includes: a high frequency line converter (HFLC) to receive a phase of input power from a utility source, the HFLC including a first silicon carbide (SiC) stage and a second SiC stage; a transformer having a primary coil coupled to the HFLC and a secondary coil coupled to a high frequency motor converter (HFMC); the HFMC to output a phase of output power to a load, the HFMC including a third SiC stage and a fourth SiC stage; and a two-phase cooling system having conduits that are adapted to provide a flow of cooling media through the HFLC, the transformer and the HFMC.Type: GrantFiled: August 25, 2017Date of Patent: November 13, 2018Assignee: TECO—Westinghouse Motor CompanyInventors: Enrique Ledezma, Ryan Edwards, Paulo Guedes-Pinto, Bhaskara Palle, Randall Pipho, Alex Skorcz
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Patent number: 10090773Abstract: In one embodiment, a system includes a plurality of slices each having a transformer including a primary winding to couple to an input power source and a plurality of secondary windings each to couple to one of a plurality of power cells of the slice. Each of the power cells of a first slice may have an output that is phase rotated with respect to a correspondingly positioned power cell of a second slice.Type: GrantFiled: March 30, 2016Date of Patent: October 2, 2018Assignee: TECO-Westinghouse Motor CompanyInventors: Bhaskara Palle, Ryan Edwards, Randall Pipho, Alex Skorcz, Enrique Ledezma, Hossein Karimi
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Publication number: 20180064001Abstract: In one embodiment, a power cell module includes: a high frequency line converter (HFLC) to receive a phase of input power from a utility source, the HFLC including a first silicon carbide (SiC) stage and a second SiC stage; a transformer having a primary coil coupled to the HFLC and a secondary coil coupled to a high frequency motor converter (HFMC); the HFMC to output a phase of output power to a load, the HFMC including a third SiC stage and a fourth SiC stage; and a two-phase cooling system having conduits that are adapted to provide a flow of cooling media through the HFLC, the transformer and the HFMC.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 25, 2017Publication date: March 1, 2018Inventors: Enrique Ledezma, Ryan Edwards, Paulo Guedes-Pinto, Bhaskara Palle, Randall Pipho, Alex Skorcz
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Publication number: 20170288562Abstract: In one embodiment, a system includes a plurality of slices each having a transformer including a primary winding to couple to an input power source and a plurality of secondary windings each to couple to one of a plurality of power cells of the slice. Each of the power cells of a first slice may have an output that is phase rotated with respect to a correspondingly positioned power cell of a second slice.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 30, 2016Publication date: October 5, 2017Inventors: Bhaskara Palle, Ryan Edwards, Randall Pipho, Alex Skorcz, Enrique Ledezma, Hossein Karimi
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Patent number: 9722503Abstract: In an embodiment, a power converter includes: a plurality of power amplifier units, each having: a plurality of slice each with a power conversion module including an AC/DC/AC converter; a mains controller to control the plurality of slices; and a feedback conditioning system coupled to the mains controller; a plurality of input contactors and a plurality of output contactors via which each of the plurality of power amplifier units is to couple between a transformer and a load; and a master controller coupled to the plurality of power amplifier units.Type: GrantFiled: March 26, 2014Date of Patent: August 1, 2017Assignee: TECO-Westinghouse Motor CompanyInventors: Enrique Ledezma, Thomas Keister, Kaiyu Wang, Ryan Edwards, Randall Pipho, Bhaskara Palle, Alex Skorcz
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Patent number: 9609777Abstract: In one embodiment, a power cell chamber for a drive system includes moveable and fixed portions. The moveable portion includes a rectifier stage to rectify an input signal received from a secondary winding of a transformer to provide a rectified signal and an inverter stage having a plurality of switching devices to receive a DC signal and output an AC signal. This moveable portion can be slidably adapted within a cabinet of the drive system. In turn, the fixed portion includes a DC link having at least one capacitor to receive the rectified signal and provide the DC signal to the inverter stage.Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 2015Date of Patent: March 28, 2017Assignee: TECO-Westinghouse Motor CompanyInventors: Enrique Ledezma, Thomas Keister, Mehdi Abolhassani, Ryan Edwards, Alex Skorcz, Randall Pipho, Srinivas Satumahanti
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Publication number: 20160105986Abstract: In one embodiment, a power cell chamber for a drive system includes moveable and fixed portions. The moveable portion includes a rectifier stage to rectify an input signal received from a secondary winding of a transformer to provide a rectified signal and an inverter stage having a plurality of switching devices to receive a DC signal and output an AC signal. This moveable portion can be slidably adapted within a cabinet of the drive system. In turn, the fixed portion includes a DC link having at least one capacitor to receive the rectified signal and provide the DC signal to the inverter stage.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 21, 2015Publication date: April 14, 2016Inventors: Enrique Ledezma, Thomas Keister, Mehdi Abolhassani, Ryan Edwards, Alex Skorcz, Randall Pipho, Srinivas Satumahanti
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Patent number: 9220179Abstract: In one embodiment, a power cell chamber for a drive system includes moveable and fixed portions. The moveable portion includes a rectifier stage to rectify an input signal received from a secondary winding of a transformer to provide a rectified signal and an inverter stage having a plurality of switching devices to receive a DC signal and output an AC signal. This moveable portion can be slidably adapted within a cabinet of the drive system. In turn, the fixed portion includes a DC link having at least one capacitor to receive the rectified signal and provide the DC signal to the inverter stage.Type: GrantFiled: January 31, 2012Date of Patent: December 22, 2015Assignee: TECO-Westinghouse Motor CompanyInventors: Enrique Ledezma, Thomas Keister, Mehdi Abolhassani, Ryan Edwards, Alex Skorcz, Randall Pipho, Srinivas Satumahanti
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Patent number: 8711530Abstract: In one embodiment, a power cell chamber for a drive system includes moveable and fixed portions. The moveable portion includes a rectifier stage to rectify an input signal received from a secondary winding of a transformer to provide a rectified signal and an inverter stage having a plurality of switching devices to receive a DC signal and output an AC signal. This moveable portion can be slidably adapted within a cabinet of the drive system. In turn, the fixed portion includes a DC link having at least one capacitor to receive the rectified signal and provide the DC signal to the inverter stage.Type: GrantFiled: July 28, 2010Date of Patent: April 29, 2014Assignee: TECO-Westinghouse Motor CompanyInventors: Enrique Ledezma, Thomas Keister, Mehdi Abolhassani, Ryan Edwards, Alex Skorcz, Randall Pipho, Srinivas Satumahanti
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Patent number: 8601190Abstract: A control system may be provided for a controlled system such as a drive or inverter system. To provide for control in such system, a master controller may be present to receive, via a second communication protocol from a cabinet controller coupled to the master controller, status information of a controlled device, generate control information based at least in part on the status information, and transmit the control information to the cabinet controller via the second communication protocol. In turn, the cabinet controller can generate and communicate a control packet to the controlled device via a first communication protocol. This packet can be interleaved within another message communicated from the cabinet controller to the device.Type: GrantFiled: June 24, 2011Date of Patent: December 3, 2013Assignee: TECO-Westinghouse Motor CompanyInventors: Randall Pipho, Ryan Edwards, Mehdi Abolhassani, Enrique Ledezma, Alex Skorcz, Thomas Keister
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Publication number: 20120331195Abstract: A control system may be provided for a controlled system such as a drive or inverter system. To provide for control in such system, a master controller may be present to receive, via a second communication protocol from a cabinet controller coupled to the master controller, status information of a controlled device, generate control information based at least in part on the status information, and transmit the control information to the cabinet controller via the second communication protocol. In turn, the cabinet controller can generate and communicate a control packet to the controlled device via a first communication protocol. This packet can be interleaved within another message communicated from the cabinet controller to the device.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 24, 2011Publication date: December 27, 2012Inventors: Randall Pipho, Ryan Edwards, Mehdi Abolhassani, Enrique Ledezma, Alex Skorcz, Thomas Keister
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Patent number: 8279640Abstract: In one embodiment, a system may include multiple transformers each to provide an output to one or more power cells, where the power cells provide AC power to a load. Each transformer may have at least one primary winding and multiple secondary windings, where the primary winding of each transformer is phase shifted with respect to its neighboring transformers and the secondary windings are also phase shifted. The phase shift of the primary winding can be based on the phase shift of the secondary windings and a number of the plurality of transformers.Type: GrantFiled: September 24, 2008Date of Patent: October 2, 2012Assignee: TECO-Westinghouse Motor CompanyInventors: Mehdi Abolhassani, Ryan Edwards, Thomas Keister, Alex Skorcz, Enrique Ledezma, Chao Hsu Liao
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Patent number: 8254076Abstract: In one embodiment, a medium voltage drive system includes at least one transformer and multiple power cell chambers each coupled to a transformer. The power cell chambers each may include a rectifier, a DC-link, and an inverter. Each power cell chamber can be separated into fixed and moveable portions, where the moveable portion includes the rectifier and the inverter and the fixed portion includes the DC-link. A power service bus can couple the fixed and moveable portions of each power cell chamber and couple in series groups of the plurality of power cell chambers.Type: GrantFiled: June 30, 2009Date of Patent: August 28, 2012Assignee: TECO-Westinghouse Motor CompanyInventors: Enrique Ledezma, Thomas Keister, Mehdi Abolhassani, Ryan Edwards, Alex Skorcz, Randall Pipho, Srinivas Satumahanti
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Patent number: 8223515Abstract: A transformer module includes a main primary winding coupled to a first input power source to receive a medium voltage signal, multiple main secondary windings each to couple to a power cell of a drive system, and an auxiliary primary winding coupled to a second input power source to receive a low voltage signal. The auxiliary primary winding can be spatially separated from the main windings to increase leakage inductance. The auxiliary primary winding can be active during a pre-charge operation to pre-charge the power cells.Type: GrantFiled: February 26, 2009Date of Patent: July 17, 2012Assignee: TECO—Westinghouse Motor CompanyInventors: Mehdi Abolhassani, Thomas Keister, Alex Skorcz, Ryan Edwards, Enrique Ledezma
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Patent number: 8213198Abstract: In one embodiment, the present invention includes a medium voltage drive system having multiple power cells each to couple between a transformer and a load. A first subset of the power cells are configured to provide power to the load and to perform partial regeneration from the load, and a second subset of the power cells are configured to provide power to the load but not perform partial regeneration. A controller may be included in the system to simultaneously control a DC bus voltage of at least one of the first subset of the power cells, correct a power factor of the system, and provide harmonic current compensation for the system.Type: GrantFiled: April 27, 2011Date of Patent: July 3, 2012Assignee: TECO-Westinghouse Motor CompanyInventors: Mehdi Abolhassani, Thomas Keister, Alex Skorcz, Enrique Ledezma, Ryan Edwards
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Publication number: 20120127673Abstract: In one embodiment, a power cell chamber for a drive system includes moveable and fixed portions. The moveable portion includes a rectifier stage to rectify an input signal received from a secondary winding of a transformer to provide a rectified signal and an inverter stage having a plurality of switching devices to receive a DC signal and output an AC signal. This moveable portion can be slidably adapted within a cabinet of the drive system. In turn, the fixed portion includes a DC link having at least one capacitor to receive the rectified signal and provide the DC signal to the inverter stage.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 31, 2012Publication date: May 24, 2012Inventors: Enrique Ledezma, Thomas Keister, Mehdi Abolhassani, Ryan Edwards, Alex Skorcz, Randall Pipho, Srinivas Satumahanti
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Patent number: 8130501Abstract: In one embodiment, a power cell chamber for a drive system includes moveable and fixed portions. The moveable portion includes a rectifier stage to rectify an input signal received from a secondary winding of a transformer to provide a rectified signal and an inverter stage having a plurality of switching devices to receive a DC signal and output an AC signal. This moveable portion can be slidably adapted within a cabinet of the drive system. In turn, the fixed portion includes a DC link having at least one capacitor to receive the rectified signal and provide the DC signal to the inverter stage.Type: GrantFiled: June 30, 2009Date of Patent: March 6, 2012Assignee: TECO-Westinghouse Motor CompanyInventors: Enrique Ledezma, Thomas Keister, Mehdi Abolhassani, Ryan Edwards, Alex Skorcz, Randall Pipho, Srinivas Satumahanti
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Patent number: 8129853Abstract: In one embodiment, the present invention includes a turbine to generate mechanical energy from kinetic energy, a generator coupled to the turbine to receive the mechanical energy and to output multiple isolated supply powers, and multiple power stages each coupled to the generator. Each of the power stages may receive at least one of the isolated supply powers.Type: GrantFiled: June 30, 2010Date of Patent: March 6, 2012Assignee: TECO-Westinghouse Motor CompanyInventors: Mehdi Abolhassani, Thomas Keister, Haran Karmaker, Ryan Edwards, Enrique Ledezma, Alex Skorcz