Patents by Inventor Joerg WALLERATH
Joerg WALLERATH 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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Patent number: 11637422Abstract: An electronic device for series connection on a power supply line includes a plurality of switches and a control unit configured to perform the following steps: operating error detection means during operation of the device in a first mode; operating the device in a second mode in response to an erroneous power state being detected by the error detection means during operation of the device in the first mode; operating the error detection means during operation of the device in the second mode in order to determine an error location associated with the erroneous power state detected by the error detection means during operation of the device in the first mode.Type: GrantFiled: June 27, 2022Date of Patent: April 25, 2023Assignee: APTIV TECHNOLOGIES LIMITEDInventors: Joerg Wallerath, Emmanuel Boudoux
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Publication number: 20220329062Abstract: An electronic device for series connection on a power supply line includes a plurality of switches and a control unit configured to perform the following steps: operating error detection means during operation of the device in a first mode; operating the device in a second mode in response to an erroneous power state being detected by the error detection means during operation of the device in the first mode; operating the error detection means during operation of the device in the second mode in order to determine an error location associated with the erroneous power state detected by the error detection means during operation of the device in the first mode.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 27, 2022Publication date: October 13, 2022Inventors: Joerg WALLERATH, EMMANUEL BOUDOUX
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Publication number: 20220283205Abstract: A device for self-adjusting an electrical threshold includes a framing unit that compares a setpoint signal representative of the supply signal to a plurality of successive intervals of reference signals that increase in value according to a geometric sequence. The framing unit generates an output based on the interval bounding the setpoint signal, wherein the output controls a switch that is configured to provide one of the plurality of reference signals as an output, wherein the output reference signal is representative of the electrical detection threshold.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 6, 2022Publication date: September 8, 2022Inventors: Jörg Wallerath, Emmanuel Boudoux
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Patent number: 11418020Abstract: Testing device for testing an overcurrent protector, and method of operating the same. First and second switches are provided for connecting the first and second terminals of the overcurrent protector to first and second capacitors, respectively. The first and second capacitors are pre-charged to first and second voltages, where the second voltage is lower than the first. A controller switches the first and second switches to their test positions, which establishes a current path from the first capacitor to the second capacitor through the overcurrent protector. The first and second voltages are selected so that the peak current that would be generated in the current path is greater than the overcurrent threshold of the overcurrent protector.Type: GrantFiled: July 13, 2021Date of Patent: August 16, 2022Assignee: Aptiv Technologies LimitedInventors: Jörg Wallerath, Emmanuel Boudoux
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Patent number: 11374399Abstract: An electronic device for series connection on a power supply line, wherein the device comprises a plurality of switches comprising at least a first switch, a second switch, and a third switch. The device further comprises a control unit configured to perform the following steps: operating error detection means during operation of the device in a first mode; operating the device in a second mode in response to an erroneous power state being detected by the error detection means during operation of the device in the first mode; operating the error detection means during operation of the device in the second mode in order to determine an error location associated with the erroneous power state detected by the error detection means during operation of the device in the first mode.Type: GrantFiled: September 18, 2020Date of Patent: June 28, 2022Assignee: APTIV TECHNOLOGIES LIMITEDInventors: Joerg Wallerath, Emmanuel Boudoux
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Patent number: 11360127Abstract: A device for self-adjusting an electrical threshold includes a framing unit that compares a setpoint signal representative of the supply signal to a plurality of successive intervals of reference signals that increase in value according to a geometric sequence. The framing unit generates an output based on the interval bounding the setpoint signal, wherein the output controls a switch that is configured to provide one of the plurality of reference signals as an output, wherein the output reference signal is representative of the electrical detection threshold.Type: GrantFiled: December 13, 2019Date of Patent: June 14, 2022Inventors: Jörg Wallerath, Emmanuel Boudoux
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Patent number: 11362537Abstract: A balancing system for balancing respective voltages of N consecutively connected capacitors during charging or discharging includes balancing units, each having a pair of associated switches and an electromagnetic coil. An inter-switch junction is connected to an inter-capacitor junction of a corresponding group of capacitors through the electromagnetic coil. A control and generation circuit generates PWM control signals and transmits a generated PWM control signal to each of the switches. The PWM control signals have fixed duty cycles that do not vary temporarily during charging or discharging of the N capacitors. The duty cycles of two PWM control signals transmitted to two associated switches are complementary for each balancing unit.Type: GrantFiled: August 25, 2020Date of Patent: June 14, 2022Assignee: APTIV TECHNOLOGIES LIMITEDInventors: Emmanuel Boudoux, Victor Oliveira Tolentino, Jörg Wallerath
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Publication number: 20220102959Abstract: Testing device for testing an overcurrent protector, and method of operating the same. First and second switches are provided for connecting the first and second terminals of the overcurrent protector to first and second capacitors, respectively. The first and second capacitors are pre-charged to first and second voltages, where the second voltage is lower than the first. A controller switches the first and second switches to their test positions, which establishes a current path from the first capacitor to the second capacitor through the overcurrent protector. The first and second voltages are selected so that the peak current that would be generated in the current path is greater than the overcurrent threshold of the overcurrent protector.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 13, 2021Publication date: March 31, 2022Inventors: Jörg Wallerath, Emmanuel Boudoux
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Publication number: 20210098986Abstract: An electronic device for series connection on a power supply line, wherein the device comprises a plurality of switches comprising at least a first switch, a second switch, and a third switch. The device further comprises a control unit configured to perform the following steps: operating error detection means during operation of the device in a first mode; operating the device in a second mode in response to an erroneous power state being detected by the error detection means during operation of the device in the first mode; operating the error detection means during operation of the device in the second mode in order to determine an error location associated with the erroneous power state detected by the error detection means during operation of the device in the first mode.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 18, 2020Publication date: April 1, 2021Inventors: Joerg WALLERATH, Emmanuel BOUDOUX
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Publication number: 20210075249Abstract: A balancing system for balancing respective voltages of N consecutively connected capacitors during charging or discharging includes balancing units, each having a pair of associated switches and an electromagnetic coil. An inter-switch junction is connected to an inter-capacitor junction of a corresponding group of capacitors through the electromagnetic coil. A control and generation circuit generates PWM control signals and transmits a generated PWM control signal to each of the switches. The PWM control signals have fixed duty cycles that do not vary temporarily during charging or discharging of the N capacitors. The duty cycles of two PWM control signals transmitted to two associated switches are complementary for each balancing unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 25, 2020Publication date: March 11, 2021Inventors: Emmanuel BOUDOUX, Victor OLIVEIRA TOLENTINO, Jörg WALLERATH
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Publication number: 20200191839Abstract: A device for selfadjusting an electrical threshold for detecting an electric power consumption failure of an electric charge comprises a plurality of reference signals of increasing values according to a geometric sequence, a setpoint signal representative of the supply signal of the electric charge, a framing unit including a plurality of successive intervals of reference signals successively bounded by the terms of the geometric sequence, a setpoint signal, a plurality of binary output signals, and a logic signal processing means configured to assign to a first binary output signal of the plurality of binary output signals a binary state of belonging of the setpoint signal to a first interval, at least one electrical switch configured to be controlled by the first binary output signal and configured to provide a reference signal of a value of a second term of the geometric sequence, such that the first term and the second term are of equidistant order at both ends of the geometric sequence, the second termType: ApplicationFiled: December 13, 2019Publication date: June 18, 2020Inventors: Jörg WALLERATH, Emmanuel BOUDOUX