Patents by Inventor Charles Tracy Compton

Charles Tracy 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).

  • Publication number: 20220329083
    Abstract: A battery array comprising a plurality of battery modules each having one or more battery cells. The battery array comprises a plurality of switching elements configured to switch the one or more battery cells in circuit and out of circuit with the battery array, and a memory storing a connection map indicating an identifier associated with each of the plurality of battery modules, a location of one or more electrical outputs of the battery array, and interconnections between each of the plurality of battery modules. The battery array also comprises a module management unit coupled to the memory that controls the plurality of switching elements. The module management unit is in electronic communication with remaining battery modules of the battery array based on a data mesh architecture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2022
    Publication date: October 13, 2022
    Inventors: Dean Sherwin Hallmark, Patrick Walton Johnson, Charles Tracy Compton, Arron Boden
  • Patent number: 10320034
    Abstract: A modular power system is configured to supply configurable power to a load. The system includes battery submodules, each having at least one submodule circuit that is configured to replaceably connect one or more of a plurality of battery cells to a submodule positive bus and a submodule negative bus. The system further includes a power output that is in operable connection with each of the one or more battery submodules. The power output is configured to receive electrical power transmission from one or more of the plurality of battery cells, via the one or more battery submodules. The power output is further configured to transmit electrical power to the load. The system further includes a configuration circuit configured to interconnect each of the one or more battery submodules, operably connect the one or more battery submodules to the power output, and reconfigure characteristics of electrical power output.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2019
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Dean Sherwin Hallmark, Larry Alan Foy, Patrick W. Johnson, Charles Tracy Compton
  • Publication number: 20180254651
    Abstract: A modular power system is configured to supply configurable power to a load. The system includes battery submodules, each having at least one submodule circuit that is configured to replaceably connect one or more of a plurality of battery cells to a submodule positive bus and a submodule negative bus. The system further includes a power output that is in operable connection with each of the one or more battery submodules. The power output is configured to receive electrical power transmission from one or more of the plurality of battery cells, via the one or more battery submodules. The power output is further configured to transmit electrical power to the load. The system further includes a configuration circuit configured to interconnect each of the one or more battery submodules, operably connect the one or more battery submodules to the power output, and reconfigure characteristics of electrical power output.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 5, 2017
    Publication date: September 6, 2018
    Applicant: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Dean Sherwin Hallmark, Larry Alan Foy, Patrick W. Johnson, Charles Tracy Compton