Patents by Inventor Bobby Leonard Compton

Bobby Leonard Compton 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).

  • UPS systems and methods using coordinated static switch and inverter operation for generator walk-in
    Patent number: 10778007
    Abstract: An uninterruptible power supply (UPS) system includes an AC output, an inverter coupled to the AC output and configured to provide power at the AC output, and a switch configured to selectively couple a generator (e.g., an engine-generator set) to the AC output. The system further includes a control circuit configured to variably modulate the switch to gradually increase control power flow from the generator to the AC output while causing the inverter to concurrently provide power to the AC output. The switch may be a static switch that includes at least one silicon controlled rectifier (SCR), and the control circuit may be configured to control a conduction interval of the at least one SCR to control power flow from the generator to the AC output.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Assignee: Eaton Intelligent Power Limited
    Inventor: Bobby Leonard Compton
  • Wireless power transfer apparatus using enclosures with enhanced magnetic features and methods of fabricating the same
    Patent number: 10116144
    Abstract: An apparatus includes an enclosure and a coil assembly in the enclosure. The coil assembly includes a magnetic core and a coil disposed on the magnetic core. The magnetic core is positioned adjacent a wall of the enclosure such that a direction of a main flux path in the magnetic core is through at least one portion of the wall having a magnetic permeability greater than air. Such an arrangement may be used for a wireless power receiver unit configured to be installed in an equipment rack in data center applications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2018
    Assignee: Eaton Intelligent Power Limited
    Inventors: Jun Xu, Xiaojun Wang, Yilei Gu, Qinjie Zheng, Bobby Leonard Compton, Birger Pahl
  • UPS SYSTEMS AND METHODS USING COORDINATED STATIC SWITCH AND INVERTER OPERATION FOR GENERATOR WALK-IN
    Publication number: 20180131181
    Abstract: An uninterruptible power supply (UPS) system includes an AC output, an inverter coupled to the AC output and configured to provide power at the AC output, and a switch configured to selectively couple a generator (e.g., an engine-generator set) to the AC output. The system further includes a control circuit configured to variably modulate the switch to gradually increase control power flow from the generator to the AC output while causing the inverter to concurrently provide power to the AC output. The switch may be a static switch that includes at least one silicon controlled rectifier (SCR), and the control circuit may be configured to control a conduction interval of the at least one SCR to control power flow from the generator to the AC output.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2018
    Publication date: May 10, 2018
    Inventor: Bobby Leonard Compton
  • UPS systems and methods using coordinated static switch and inverter operation for generator walk-in
    Patent number: 9876354
    Abstract: An uninterruptible power supply (UPS) system includes an AC output, an inverter coupled to the AC output and configured to provide power at the AC output, and a switch configured to selectively couple a generator (e.g., an engine-generator set) to the AC output. The system further includes a control circuit configured to variably modulate the switch to gradually increase control power flow from the generator to the AC output while causing the inverter to concurrently provide power to the AC output. The switch may be a static switch that includes at least one silicon controlled rectifier (SCR), and the control circuit may be configured to control a conduction interval of the at least one SCR to control power flow from the generator to the AC output.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2018
    Assignee: Eaton Corporation
    Inventor: Bobby Leonard Compton
  • WIRELESS POWER TRANSFER APPARATUS USING ENCLOSURES WITH ENHANCED MAGNETIC FEATURES
    Publication number: 20160344195
    Abstract: An apparatus includes an enclosure and a coil assembly in the enclosure. The coil assembly includes a magnetic core and a coil disposed on the magnetic core. The magnetic core is positioned adjacent a wall of the enclosure such that a direction of a main flux path in the magnetic core is through at least one portion of the wall having a magnetic permeability greater than air. Such an arrangement may be used for a wireless power receiver unit configured to be installed in an equipment rack in data center applications.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2015
    Publication date: November 24, 2016
    Inventors: Jun Xu, Xiaojun Wang, Yilei Gu, Qinjie Zheng, Bobby Leonard Compton, Birger Pahl
  • UPS SYSTEMS AND METHODS USING COORDINATED STATIC SWITCH AND INVERTER OPERATION FOR GENERATOR WALK-IN
    Publication number: 20150340864
    Abstract: An uninterruptible power supply (UPS) system includes an AC output, an inverter coupled to the AC output and configured to provide power at the AC output, and a switch configured to selectively couple a generator (e.g., an engine-generator set) to the AC output. The system further includes a control circuit configured to variably modulate the switch to gradually increase control power flow from the generator to the AC output while causing the inverter to concurrently provide power to the AC output. The switch may be a static switch that includes at least one silicon controlled rectifier (SCR), and the control circuit may be configured to control a conduction interval of the at least one SCR to control power flow from the generator to the AC output.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2014
    Publication date: November 26, 2015
    Applicant: Eaton Corporation
    Inventor: Bobby Leonard Compton