Patents by Inventor Kristophor Ray JENSEN

Kristophor Ray JENSEN 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: 11368014
    Abstract: A fault protection arrangement. The fault protection arrangement may include a neutral grounding resistor including a first non-ground end, connected to a neutralizing point, and a second non-ground end. The fault protection arrangement may include a neutral grounding resistance monitor assembly, directly coupled to the second non-ground end of the neutral grounding resistor. The neutral grounding resistance monitor assembly may include comprising a signal source coupled to the neutralizing-point; a first current sense circuit coupled between the signal source and the neutralizing-point; a first voltage sense circuit coupled between the signal source and the neutralizing-point; a second current sense circuit, comprising a current sensor, coupled between the second non-ground end of the neutral grounding resistor and a protective earth connection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2022
    Assignee: Littelfuse, Inc.
    Inventor: Kristophor Ray Jensen
  • Patent number: 11329481
    Abstract: A floating two-terminal unipolar current limiting circuit arrangement implemented with enhancement mode devices and bipolar devices with a unique voltage-current operation curve. This operation curve makes this device particularly advantageous to instrumentation systems that are intended to experience large voltage transients and long-term exposure to voltages that would normally damage measurement equipment. The present current limiting device is designed to have a large impedance value prior to a “turn-on” voltage, then quickly transitions to a low-impedance state. When the conducted current exceeds a setpoint or a high-voltage event occurs, the current limiting device further transitions to the “cutoff” region, which transition resumes the initial high-impedance state. In one embodiment the threshold current may be set with internal components, while a further embodiment allows the current setpoint to be set by external components.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Assignee: Littelfuse, Inc.
    Inventor: Kristophor Ray Jensen
  • Publication number: 20210359510
    Abstract: A floating two-terminal unipolar current limiting circuit arrangement implemented with enhancement mode devices and bipolar devices with a unique voltage-current operation curve. This operation curve makes this device particularly advantageous to instrumentation systems that are intended to experience large voltage transients and long-term exposure to voltages that would normally damage measurement equipment. The present current limiting device is designed to have a large impedance value prior to a “turn-on” voltage, then quickly transitions to a low-impedance state. When the conducted current exceeds a setpoint or a high-voltage event occurs, the current limiting device further transitions to the “cutoff” region, which transition resumes the initial high-impedance state. In one embodiment the threshold current may be set with internal components, while a further embodiment allows the current setpoint to be set by external components.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2020
    Publication date: November 18, 2021
    Applicant: Littelfuse, Inc.
    Inventor: Kristophor Ray Jensen
  • Publication number: 20210359507
    Abstract: A fault protection arrangement. The fault protection arrangement may include a neutral grounding resistor including a first non-ground end, connected to a neutralizing point, and a second non-ground end. The fault protection arrangement may include a neutral grounding resistance monitor assembly, directly coupled to the second non-ground end of the neutral grounding resistor. The neutral grounding resistance monitor assembly may include comprising a signal source coupled to the neutralizing-point; a first current sense circuit coupled between the signal source and the neutralizing-point; a first voltage sense circuit coupled between the signal source and the neutralizing-point; a second current sense circuit, comprising a current sensor, coupled between the second non-ground end of the neutral grounding resistor and a protective earth connection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2020
    Publication date: November 18, 2021
    Applicant: Littelfuse, Inc.
    Inventor: Kristophor Ray Jensen
  • Publication number: 20190049388
    Abstract: A gas sensor system for use in an exhaust gas tube, the system having at least two separate optical sensor assemblies that are separately positioned across the exhaust gas tube from one another, wherein the optical sensor assemblies each comprise a pair of light sources and a pair of light receivers such that light from each of the multiple light sources is received by each of the four light receivers, thereby generating multiple sets of optical measurements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2018
    Publication date: February 14, 2019
    Applicant: BLACK JOULE, LLC
    Inventor: Kristophor Ray JENSEN