Patents by Inventor Lokesh Ramanna

Lokesh Ramanna 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).

  • METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR OPERATING ENGINE DRIVEN VEHICLES
    Publication number: 20080157527
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for controlling electrical energy in an engine-driven vehicle are provided. The vehicle includes a battery, a propulsive engine, and a starter-generator assembly coupled to the engine of the vehicle. The method includes supplying an electrical current from the battery to a starting winding of the starter-generator, supplying an electrical current to the battery from a generating winding of the starter-generator, and controlling the voltage of the starter-generator using a unitary, voltage regulator integrated with the starter-generator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2006
    Publication date: July 3, 2008
    Inventors: Michael Lewis Jones, James Edward O'Bryan, Lokesh Ramanna