Patents by Inventor Joseph Michael Herko

Joseph Michael Herko 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: 4030015
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is an improved pulse width modulated (PWM) voltage regulator-converter system which can function, alone, as a switched voltage regulator system or in combination with a switched power converter, synchronized therewith to form an improved voltage regulator-converter/power converter system. In the pulse width modulated voltage regulator-converter embodiment of the invention, secondary windings of a "current mode" regulator-converter interstage transformer are coupled to regulator-converter power transistors in a push-push circuit configuration. Signals generated by a system clock means and an error signal, derived from the output of an averaging filter, drive a pulse width modulated control means connected to the primary windings of the regulator-converter interstage transformer to thereby increase the maximum regulated output voltage of the voltage regulator-converter system after conditioning in the averaging filter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 1975
    Date of Patent: June 14, 1977
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Joseph Michael Herko, James Maurice Joyce