Patents by Inventor John Zipfel

John Zipfel 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).

  • Patent number: 10727673
    Abstract: A power system including a rectifier and an inverter. The rectifier has a plurality of phase input terminals and a plurality of rectifier output terminals that provide respective rectified outputs, rectifier circuitry that rectifies the signals on the phase input terminals to generate respective rectified outputs on the rectifier output terminals, a rectifier neutral to receive a power source neutral, and capacitors connected between the rectifier neutral and the rectifier output terminals. The inverter includes a respective plurality of inverter input terminals respectively connected to the rectifier output terminals, a plurality of inverter output terminals, and an inverter neutral. The rectifier neutral and the inverter neutral are coupled by a conductor to form a same neutral.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2020
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Sangsun Kim, Anand Ramesh, Scott Aldous, John Zipfel
  • Publication number: 20190379207
    Abstract: A power system including a rectifier and an inverter. The rectifier has a plurality of phase input terminals and a plurality of rectifier output terminals that provide respective rectified outputs, rectifier circuitry that rectifies the signals on the phase input terminals to generate respective rectified outputs on the rectifier output terminals, a rectifier neutral to receive a power source neutral, and capacitors connected between the rectifier neutral and the rectifier output terminals. The inverter includes a respective plurality of inverter input terminals respectively connected to the rectifier output terminals, a plurality of inverter output terminals, and an inverter neutral. The rectifier neutral and the inverter neutral are coupled by a conductor to form a same neutral.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2019
    Publication date: December 12, 2019
    Inventors: Sangsun Kim, Anand Ramesh, Scott Aldous, John Zipfel
  • Patent number: 10439399
    Abstract: A power system including a rectifier and an inverter. The rectifier has a plurality of phase input terminals and a plurality of rectifier output terminals that provide respective rectified outputs, rectifier circuitry that rectifies the signals on the phase input terminals to generate respective rectified outputs on the rectifier output terminals, a rectifier neutral to receive a power source neutral, and capacitors connected between the rectifier neutral and the rectifier output terminals. The inverter includes a respective plurality of inverter input terminals respectively connected to the rectifier output terminals, a plurality of inverter output terminals, and an inverter neutral. The rectifier neutral and the inverter neutral are coupled by a conductor to form a same neutral.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2019
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Sangsun Kim, Anand Ramesh, Scott Aldous, John Zipfel
  • Publication number: 20180248377
    Abstract: A power system including a rectifier and an inverter. The rectifier has a plurality of phase input terminals and a plurality of rectifier output terminals that provide respective rectified outputs, rectifier circuity that rectifies the signals on the phase input terminals to generate respective rectified outputs on the rectifier output terminals, a rectifier neutral to receive a power source neutral, and capacitors connected between the rectifier neutral and the rectifier output terminals. The inverter includes a respective plurality of inverter input terminals respectively connected to the rectifier output terminals, a plurality of inverter output terminals, and an inverter neutral. The rectifier neutral and the inverter neutral are coupled by a conductor to form a same neutral.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 1, 2018
    Publication date: August 30, 2018
    Inventors: Sangsun Kim, Anand Ramesh, Scott Aldous, John Zipfel
  • Patent number: 9997917
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for non-isolated power conversion. In one aspect, a method includes generating first and second rectified outputs using a rectifier with a first input and a second input connected respectively to a first and second output of a power source, capacitively coupling the first and second rectified outputs to a neutral, generating first and second AC outputs from the first and second rectified outputs, and capacitively coupling the first and second AC outputs to the neutral. Other embodiments of this aspect include corresponding systems, apparatus, and computer programs, configured to perform the actions of the methods, encoded on computer storage devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2018
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Sangsun Kim, Anand Ramesh, Scott Aldous, John Zipfel
  • Publication number: 20170005471
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for non-isolated power conversion. In one aspect, a method includes generating first and second rectified outputs using a rectifier with a first input and a second input connected respectively to a first and second output of a power source, capacitively coupling the first and second rectified outputs to a neutral, generating first and second AC outputs from the first and second rectified outputs, and capacitively coupling the first and second AC outputs to the neutral. Other embodiments of this aspect include corresponding systems, apparatus, and computer programs, configured to perform the actions of the methods, encoded on computer storage devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2015
    Publication date: January 5, 2017
    Inventors: Sangsun Kim, Anand Ramesh, Scott Aldous, John Zipfel
  • Patent number: 5789508
    Abstract: A compound of the formula C.sub.6 F.sub.12 --CH.sub.2 CH.sub.2 --SO.sub.3 M, wherein M is a cation having a valence of 1 is used as a dispersing agent in the aqueous dispersion polymerization of tetrafluoroethylene with at least one other perfluorinated copolymerizable monomer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 1996
    Date of Patent: August 4, 1998
    Assignee: E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company
    Inventors: Bruce Edward Baker, Roger John Zipfel
  • Patent number: 5688884
    Abstract: Compound of the formula C.sub.6 F.sub.12 --CH.sub.2 CH.sub.2 --SO.sub.3 M wherein M is a cation having a valence of 1 is used as a dispersing agent in the aqueous dispersion polymerization of tetrafluoroethylene.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 1996
    Date of Patent: November 18, 1997
    Assignee: E. I. Du Pont de Nemours and Company
    Inventors: Bruce Edward Baker, Roger John Zipfel