Patents by Inventor Alvaro Jorge Mari Curbelo
Alvaro Jorge Mari Curbelo 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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Publication number: 20240164042Abstract: A panel system may include a core body having opposite sides and switching devices mounted to at least one of the opposite sides of the core body, a housing in which the core body and the switching devices are disposed, gate drivers coupled to a first side of the housing and to the switching devices, and connectors coupled to one or more other sides of the housing and to the switching devices. The connectors may receive and conduct a voltage to collector terminals of the switching devices. The gate drivers may conduct a gate voltage to gate terminals of the switching devices. The switching devices may control conduction of the voltage out of the housing via the connectors as an alternating current.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 19, 2023Publication date: May 16, 2024Inventors: Mark Murphy, Henry Todd Young, Jason Daniel Kuttenkuler, Andrew Louis Krivonak, Fabio Carastro, Thomas Alois Zoels, Lucia Fantauzzo, Alvaro Jorge Mari Curbelo
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Publication number: 20240136782Abstract: A bus bar includes a load terminal connector comprising a conductive plate that extends from a first edge to an opposite second edge and extends from a third edge to an opposite fourth edge. The third and fourth edges extend from the first edge to the second edge. The plate includes a window opening located between the first and second edges and between the third and fourth edges. The plate also includes a slot extending into the plate from the first edge to the window opening. The plate includes first and second sets of openings configured to receive connections with first and second power terminals of switch packages. The first set of openings and the second set of openings are located on opposite sides of the slot.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 25, 2023Publication date: April 25, 2024Inventors: Henry Todd Young, Alvaro Jorge Mari Curbelo, Jason Daniel Kuttenkuler, Tiziana Bertoncelli, Sean Patrick Cillessen
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Patent number: 11837826Abstract: A bus bar includes a load terminal connector comprising a conductive plate that extends from a first edge to an opposite second edge and extends from a third edge to an opposite fourth edge. The third and fourth edges extend from the first edge to the second edge. The plate includes a window opening located between the first and second edges and between the third and fourth edges. The plate also includes a slot extending into the plate from the first edge to the window opening. The plate includes first and second sets of openings configured to receive connections with first and second power terminals of switch packages. The first set of openings and the second set of openings are located on opposite sides of the slot.Type: GrantFiled: December 7, 2021Date of Patent: December 5, 2023Assignee: TRANSPORTATION IP HOLDINGS, LLCInventors: Henry Todd Young, Alvaro Jorge Mari Curbelo, Jason Daniel Kuttenkuler, Tiziana Bertoncelli, Sean Patrick Cillessen
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Patent number: 11532600Abstract: A half bridge power module (1) comprising a substrate (2) comprising an inner load track (11), two intermediate load tracks (12, 14) and two outer load tracks (10,13), wherein an external terminal is mounted on one of the intermediate load tracks (12, 14), an external terminal (3, 4) is mounted on one of the outer load tracks (10, 13) and an external terminal (5) is mounted on the inner load track (11); wherein semiconductor switches (101, 12, 105, 106) are mounted on the outer load tracks (10, 13) and are electrically connected to the intermediate load track (12); and semiconductor switches (103, 104, 107, 108) are mounted on the intermediate load tracks (12, 14) and are electrically connected to the inner load track (11).Type: GrantFiled: May 14, 2020Date of Patent: December 20, 2022Assignee: Danfoss Silicon Power GmbHInventors: Alvaro Jorge Mari Curbelo, Tobias Schuetz, Robert Roesner
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Publication number: 20220344310Abstract: A half bridge power module (1) comprising a substrate (2) comprising an inner load track (11), two intermediate load tracks (12, 14) and two outer load tracks (10,13), wherein an external terminal is mounted on one of the intermediate load tracks (12, 14), an external terminal (3, 4) is mounted on one of the outer load tracks (10, 13) and an external terminal (5) is mounted on the inner load track (11); wherein semiconductor switches (101, 12, 105, 106) are mounted on the outer load tracks (10, 13) and are electrically connected to the intermediate load track (12); and semiconductor switches (103, 104, 107, 108) are mounted on the intermediate load tracks (12, 14) and are electrically connected to the inner load track (11).Type: ApplicationFiled: July 10, 2022Publication date: October 27, 2022Inventors: Alvaro Jorge Mari Curbelo, Tobias Schuetz, Robert Roesner
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Publication number: 20220240376Abstract: Systems and methods described herein relate to an adapter driver board for parallel operation of power modules. The systems and methods receive an electrical signal at an input interface of a high voltage adapter board. The systems and methods may deliver the electrical signals to first and second switches along corresponding first and second conductive traces. The first conductive trace extends along the high voltage adapter board and is conductively coupled to the input interface and the first switch. The second conductive trace extends along the high voltage adapter board and is conductively coupled to the input interface and the second switch. The first and second conductive traces may have an inductance or other property that is substantially the same as each other.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 12, 2022Publication date: July 28, 2022Inventors: Alvaro Jorge Mari Curbelo, Lucia Fantauzzo, Fabio Carastro, Tiziana Bertoncelli, Thomas Alois Zoels
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Publication number: 20220216157Abstract: A power module (1) providing a half bridge, the power module including: at least one substrate (2) including an inner load track (3), two intermediate load tracks (4) and two outer load tracks (5), each of which load tracks is elongated and extends substantially across the at least one substrate (2) in a first direction (6); wherein the two intermediate load tracks (4) are arranged adjacent to the inner load track (3), and each outer load track (5) is arranged on the opposite side of one of the two intermediate load tracks (4) with respect to a second direction (7) substantially orthogonal to the first direction (6).Type: ApplicationFiled: April 22, 2020Publication date: July 7, 2022Inventors: Alvaro Jorge Mari Curbelo, Tobias Schütz, Robert Rösner
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Patent number: 11332087Abstract: A phase module assembly includes a first flat laminated busbar elongated along a first direction, including a positive layer, a negative layer, and a load layer that is configured to be conductively coupled with a load. The first flat laminated busbar is conductively coupled to a second flat laminated busbar extending in a plane that is orthogonal to the first direction. The second flat laminated busbar is conductively coupled with a power source of direct current. The phase module assembly also includes one or more switches conductively coupled with internal terminal connectors of the first flat laminated busbar and configured to convert the direct current into one phase of a multi-phase alternating current, and to output the phase to the load. The phase module assembly also includes one or more capacitors mechanically mounted on and conductively coupled with the second flat laminated busbar.Type: GrantFiled: June 3, 2019Date of Patent: May 17, 2022Assignee: Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies CorporationInventors: Henry Todd Young, Fabio Carastro, Mark Murphy, Jason Kuttenkuler, Alvaro Jorge Mari Curbelo
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Publication number: 20220094124Abstract: A bus bar includes a load terminal connector comprising a conductive plate that extends from a first edge to an opposite second edge and extends from a third edge to an opposite fourth edge. The third and fourth edges extend from the first edge to the second edge. The plate includes a window opening located between the first and second edges and between the third and fourth edges. The plate also includes a slot extending into the plate from the first edge to the window opening. The plate includes first and second sets of openings configured to receive connections with first and second power terminals of switch packages. The first set of openings and the second set of openings are located on opposite sides of the slot.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 7, 2021Publication date: March 24, 2022Inventors: Henry Todd Young, Alvaro Jorge Mari Curbelo, Jason Daniel Kuttenkuler, Tiziana Bertoncelli, Sean Patrick Cillessen
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Patent number: 11239618Abstract: A bus bar includes a load terminal connector comprising a conductive plate that extends from a first edge to an opposite second edge and extends from a third edge to an opposite fourth edge. The third and fourth edges extend from the first edge to the second edge. The plate includes a window opening located between the first and second edges and between the third and fourth edges. The plate also includes a slot extending into the plate from the first edge to the window opening. The plate includes first and second sets of openings configured to receive connections with first and second power terminals of switch packages. The first set of openings and the second set of openings are located on opposite sides of the slot.Type: GrantFiled: May 14, 2020Date of Patent: February 1, 2022Assignee: Transportation IP Holdings, LLCInventors: Henry Todd Young, Alvaro Jorge Mari Curbelo, Jason Daniel Kuttenkuler, Tiziana Bertoncelli, Sean Patrick Cillessen
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Publication number: 20210070240Abstract: A vehicle electrical power system includes a phase module assembly of a multi-phase inverter. The phase module assembly includes first and second flat laminated busbars extending in orthogonal planes. The phase module assembly also includes one or more transistors that convert direct current into one phase of a multi-phase alternating current of the multi-phase inverter, and to output the phase of the multi-phase alternating current to the load. The phase module assembly also includes one or more capacitors conductively coupled with the internal positive and negative terminal connectors and with the external positive and negative bushings configured to be conductively coupled with the power source of direct current. The assembly can be useful for vehicles because the components of the system are configured to carry large amounts of current in a more reliable and sustainable manner.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 24, 2020Publication date: March 11, 2021Inventors: Henry Todd Young, Fabio Carastro, Mark Murphy, Jason Kuttenkuler, Alvaro Jorge Mari Curbelo
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Patent number: 10882474Abstract: A vehicle electrical power system includes a phase module assembly of a multi-phase inverter. The phase module assembly includes first and second flat laminated busbars extending in orthogonal planes. The phase module assembly also includes one or more transistors that convert direct current into one phase of a multi-phase alternating current of the multi-phase inverter, and to output the phase of the multi-phase alternating current to the load. The phase module assembly also includes one or more capacitors conductively coupled with the internal positive and negative terminal connectors and with the external positive and negative bushings configured to be conductively coupled with the power source of direct current. The assembly can be useful for vehicles because the components of the system are configured to carry large amounts of current in a more reliable and sustainable manner.Type: GrantFiled: June 4, 2019Date of Patent: January 5, 2021Assignee: Transportation IP Holdings, LLCInventors: Henry Todd Young, Fabio Carastro, Mark Murphy, Jason Kuttenkuler, Alvaro Jorge Mari Curbelo
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Publication number: 20200365564Abstract: A half bridge power module (1) comprising a substrate (2) comprising an inner load track (11), two intermediate load tracks (12, 14) and two outer load tracks (10,13), wherein an external terminal is mounted on one of the intermediate load tracks (12, 14), an external terminal (3, 4) is mounted on one of the outer load tracks (10, 13) and an external terminal (5) is mounted on the inner load track (11); wherein semiconductor switches (101, 12, 105, 106) are mounted on the outer load tracks (10, 13) and are electrically connected to the intermediate load track (12); and semiconductor switches (103, 104, 107, 108) are mounted on the intermediate load tracks (12, 14) and are electrically connected to the inner load track (11).Type: ApplicationFiled: May 14, 2020Publication date: November 19, 2020Inventors: Alvaro Jorge Mari Curbelo, Tobias Schuetz, Robert Roesner
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Publication number: 20200274307Abstract: A bus bar includes a load terminal connector comprising a conductive plate that extends from a first edge to an opposite second edge and extends from a third edge to an opposite fourth edge. The third and fourth edges extend from the first edge to the second edge. The plate includes a window opening located between the first and second edges and between the third and fourth edges. The plate also includes a slot extending into the plate from the first edge to the window opening. The plate includes first and second sets of openings configured to receive connections with first and second power terminals of switch packages. The first set of openings and the second set of openings are located on opposite sides of the slot.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 14, 2020Publication date: August 27, 2020Inventors: Henry Todd Young, Alvaro Jorge Mari Curbelo, Jason Daniel Kuttenkuler, Tiziana Bertoncelli, Sean Patrick Cillessen
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Patent number: 10693265Abstract: A current shaping phase leg bus bar for power electronics systems includes a first terminal connector, a second terminal connector, insulated from the first terminal connector, and a third terminal connector, insulated from the first and second terminal connectors. At least one of the terminal connectors is a current shaping terminal connector that includes one or more layers having a plurality of pre-defined locations for electrical connections, said plurality of pre-defined locations including one or more first locations and a plurality of second locations, and includes one or more gaps within or among its one or more layers, to provide substantially balanced conductive pathways among its one or more first locations and its plurality of second locations.Type: GrantFiled: October 2, 2018Date of Patent: June 23, 2020Assignee: GE GLOBAL SOURCING LLCInventors: Henry Todd Young, Alvaro Jorge Mari Curbelo, Jason Daniel Kuttenkuler, Tiziana Bertoncelli, Sean Patrick Cillessen
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Publication number: 20190366951Abstract: A vehicle electrical power system includes a phase module assembly of a multi-phase inverter. The phase module assembly includes first and second flat laminated busbars extending in orthogonal planes. The phase module assembly also includes one or more transistors that convert direct current into one phase of a multi-phase alternating current of the multi-phase inverter, and to output the phase of the multi-phase alternating current to the load. The phase module assembly also includes one or more capacitors conductively coupled with the internal positive and negative terminal connectors and with the external positive and negative bushings configured to be conductively coupled with the power source of direct current. The assembly can be useful for vehicles because the components of the system are configured to carry large amounts of current in a more reliable and sustainable manner.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 4, 2019Publication date: December 5, 2019Inventors: Henry Todd Young, Fabio Carastro, Mark Murphy, Jason Kuttenkuler, Alvaro Jorge Mari Curbelo
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Publication number: 20190372473Abstract: A phase module assembly includes a first flat laminated busbar elongated along a first direction, including a positive layer, a negative layer, and a load layer that is configured to be conductively coupled with a load. The first flat laminated busbar is conductively coupled to a second flat laminated busbar extending in a plane that is orthogonal to the first direction. The second flat laminated busbar is conductively coupled with a power source of direct current. The phase module assembly also includes one or more switches conductively coupled with internal terminal connectors of the first flat laminated busbar and configured to convert the direct current into one phase of a multi-phase alternating current, and to output the phase to the load. The phase module assembly also includes one or more capacitors mechanically mounted on and conductively coupled with the second flat laminated busbar.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 3, 2019Publication date: December 5, 2019Inventors: Henry Todd Young, Fabio Carastro, Mark Murphy, Jason Kuttenkuler, Alvaro Jorge Mari Curbelo
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Patent number: 10425001Abstract: A power switch apparatus for a power converter includes a semiconductor power switch and a gate drive unit connected to the semiconductor power switch for supplying gate drive signals to the semiconductor power switch to switch it on and off to cause the power converter to generate an alternating current voltage having a nominal operational frequency based on command signals received from a controller. The gate drive unit receives command signals based on the AC voltage to be generated and to alter the switching events of the semiconductor power switch by addition of a pre-defined jitter-like deviation to the gate drive signals such as to cause the power converter to generate an AC voltage having a modified operational frequency which partly and temporarily deviates from the nominal operational frequency by a pre-defined minimum percentage. A power converter comprising such a power switch apparatus is also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: October 31, 2016Date of Patent: September 24, 2019Assignee: GE Energy Power Conversion Technology LimitedInventors: Alvaro Jorge Mari Curbelo, Christof Sihler, Miguel Garcia Clemente, Thomas Alois Zoels
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Patent number: 10403623Abstract: A gate network of a silicon-carbide (SiC) power conversion device includes a plurality of gate electrodes of SiC metal-oxide-semiconductor-based (MOS-based) transistor device cells disposed in an active area of the SiC power conversion device, and a gate pad disposed in a gate pad and bus area of the SiC power conversion device. The gate network also includes a gate bus disposed in the gate pad and bus area of the SiC power conversion device, wherein the gate bus extends between and electrically connects the gate pad to at least a portion of the plurality of gate electrodes in the active area of the SiC power conversion device. At least a portion of the gate pad, the gate bus, the plurality of gate electrodes, or a combination thereof, of the gate network have a positive temperature coefficient of resistance greater than approximately 2000 parts-per-million per degree Celsius (ppm/° C.).Type: GrantFiled: July 6, 2017Date of Patent: September 3, 2019Assignee: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANYInventors: Peter Almern Losee, Alexander Viktorovich Bolotnikov, Fabio Carastro, Alvaro Jorge Mari Curbelo
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Patent number: 10300791Abstract: A trolley interfacing device for interfacing a traction load to a voltage source is presented. The trolley interfacing device includes a first charging unit coupled in parallel to the voltage source. Further, the trolley interfacing device includes a second charging unit coupled in parallel to the traction load, where the second charging unit includes at least one inductor. Also, the trolley interfacing device includes a pre-charging unit coupled in parallel to the second charging unit and configured to pre-charge the first charging unit with a voltage across the at least one inductor prior to electrically coupling the first charging unit to the voltage source. In addition, the trolley interfacing device includes a voltage converting unit disposed between the first charging unit and the second charging unit and configured to step down a voltage provided by the voltage source to the traction load.Type: GrantFiled: December 18, 2015Date of Patent: May 28, 2019Assignee: GE GLOBAL SOURCING LLCInventors: Said Farouk El-Barbari, Alvaro Jorge Mari Curbelo, Paolo Soldi, Simon Herbert Schramm