Patents by Inventor Ame Ballantine

Ame Ballantine 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).

  • Input-parallel/output-parallel inverter assembly control device and method
    Patent number: 9362815
    Abstract: A method includes controlling multiple networked input-parallel/output-parallel inverters of a fuel cell system as a single inverter assembly by a master controller. A fuel cell system includes a plurality of fuel cell segments, a plurality of DC/DC converters and at least one DC/AC inverter, where an output of each of the plurality of the fuel cell segments is connected to a pair of DC/DC converters, and each of the pair DC/DC converters is connected to an opposite polarity bus being provided to the inverter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Assignee: BLOOM ENERGY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ranganathan Gurunathan, Aisur Gopalakrishnan Vishal Anand, Ame Ballantine, Saravanakumar Narayanasamy, Kodali Venkata Narasimha Rao
  • Fuel Cell Control Device and Method
    Publication number: 20120098336
    Abstract: A method includes controlling multiple networked input-parallel/output-parallel inverters of a fuel cell system as a single inverter assembly by a master controller. A fuel cell system includes a plurality of fuel cell segments, a plurality of DC/DC converters and at least one DC/AC inverter, where an output of each of the plurality of the fuel cell segments is connected to a pair of DC/DC converters, and each of the pair DC/DC converters is connected to an opposite polarity bus being provided to the inverter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2011
    Publication date: April 26, 2012
    Applicant: Bloom Energy Corporation
    Inventors: Ranganathan Gurunathan, Aisur Gopalakrishnan VishaI Anand, Ame Ballantine, Saravanakumar Narayanasamy, Kodali Venkata Narasimha Rao