Patents by Inventor Mark Albers

Mark Albers 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: 10218182
    Abstract: A photovoltaic system includes voltage limiting devices that are connected in series. A voltage limiting device clips a corresponding photovoltaic string to limit a voltage of the photovoltaic string. Unclipping of clipped photovoltaic strings is coordinated by a central controller or in a distributed fashion by the voltage limiting devices based on monitored string conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2019
    Assignee: SunPower Corporation
    Inventors: Tuan Truong, Darren Hau, Andrew Ponec, Mark Albers, Benjamin Johnson
  • Publication number: 20180083450
    Abstract: A photovoltaic system includes voltage limiting devices that are connected in series. A voltage limiting device clips a corresponding photovoltaic string to limit a voltage of the photovoltaic string. Unclipping of clipped photovoltaic strings is coordinated by a central controller or in a distributed fashion by the voltage limiting devices based on monitored string conditions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2016
    Publication date: March 22, 2018
    Applicant: SunPower Corporation
    Inventors: Tuan TRUONG, Darren HAU, Andrew PONEC, Mark ALBERS, Benjamin JOHNSON
  • Publication number: 20100188136
    Abstract: A dynamic thermal management system regulates heat dissipation of a system or device including a power supply and an amplifier. The heat dissipation from the power supply and amplifier are regulated to distribute heat more evenly across a heat sink shared by the amplifier and the power supply.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2009
    Publication date: July 29, 2010
    Applicant: ROCKFORD CORPORATION
    Inventors: David Dean Baker, Mark Albers
  • Patent number: 5368184
    Abstract: A vessel for use in the transportation of cryogenic liquids in over the road cryogenic tankers has a double wall with a highly efficient, relatively light weight fiber glass insulation in the cavity between the walls. The fiber glass insulation increases in density from the inner wall of the cavity to the outer wall of the cavity having the least density adjacent the cold inner wall of the vessel which contains the cryogenic liquid and the highest density adjacent the outer wall of the cavity which is exposed to ambient conditions. One or more layers of reflective septa can be incorporated into the fiber glass insulation to reduce radiant heat transfer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 1992
    Date of Patent: November 29, 1994
    Assignee: Schuller International, Inc.
    Inventors: Ralph M. Fay, Mark A. Albers