Patents by Inventor Erik Soule

Erik Soule 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).

  • Wireless sensing for battery systems
    Patent number: 10914789
    Abstract: A battery system monitor includes cell measurement circuits (CMCs) that each measure a voltage at or current through a pair of terminals of a respective associated battery module from among a plurality of plurality of battery modules in a battery system. Wireless communication transceivers (WCTs), each associated with a different CMC, transmit voltage or current measurement information of the associated CMC across a wireless communication link. A controller receives the voltage or current measurement information from the wireless communication transceivers for monitoring the state of operation of the battery system. Battery system monitoring is improved through synchronization of clocks in different CMCs or WCTs to enable synchronous sampling of multiple battery modules, through systems for determining relative positions of battery modules in a series coupling of battery modules between terminals of the battery system, and through improvements to the reliability of wireless communication.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2021
    Assignee: Analog Devices International Unlimited Company
    Inventors: Mark Alan Lemkin, Alain Pierre Levesque, Brett Warneke, David McLean Dwelley, Erik Soule, Lance Robert Doherty, Gordon Alexander Charles, Thor Nelson Juneau, Jonathan Noah Simon, Robert Dobkin
  • WIRELESS SENSING FOR BATTERY SYSTEMS
    Publication number: 20190242949
    Abstract: A battery system monitor includes cell measurement circuits (CMCs) that each measure a voltage at or current through a pair of terminals of a respective associated battery module from among a plurality of plurality of battery modules in a battery system. Wireless communication transceivers (WCTs), each associated with a different CMC, transmit voltage or current measurement information of the associated CMC across a wireless communication link. A controller receives the voltage or current measurement information from the wireless communication transceivers for monitoring the state of operation of the battery system. Battery system monitoring is improved through synchronization of clocks in different CMCs or WCTs to enable synchronous sampling of multiple battery modules, through systems for determining relative positions of battery modules in a series coupling of battery modules between terminals of the battery system, and through improvements to the reliability of wireless communication.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2017
    Publication date: August 8, 2019
    Inventors: Mark Alan Lemkin, Alain Pierre Levesque, Brett Warneke, David McLean Dwelley, Erik Soule, Lance Robert Doherty, Gordon Charles, Thor Nelson Juneau, Jonathan Noah Simon, Robert Dobkin