Patents by Inventor Mujahid Abdulrahim
Mujahid Abdulrahim 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).
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Patent number: 8457860Abstract: An electric power management system of a vehicle may interconnect a power plant, a propeller drive unit, and a battery via a bus. A command limiting controller may direct the operation of the power plant and the propeller drive unit in fast and slow modes of operation, the fast mode of operation operating at a higher bus voltage than at a slow mode of operation. The command limiting controller may generate a bus current to drive the propeller drive unit according to a command limiting, voltage-versus-current curve that adjusts the bus current depending on an amount of voltage on the power bus; where the command limiting curve includes a minimum voltage portion, a maximum voltage portion and a control range therebetween having upper and lower voltage limits and upper and lower current limits for enhanced reliability and stable control of the propeller drive unit.Type: GrantFiled: October 22, 2012Date of Patent: June 4, 2013Assignee: AeroVironment, Inc.Inventors: Thaddeus Benjamin Matuszeski, Rolland Mitchell Koch, Scott Garret Berman, Mujahid Abdulrahim
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Patent number: 8296036Abstract: An electric power management system of a vehicle may interconnect a power plant, a propeller drive unit, and a battery via a bus. A controller may direct the operation of the power plant and the propeller drive unit. In a slow control mode, the propeller drive unit may react slowly to small throttle change requests. In the slow control mode, the propeller drive unit may draw power completely or substantially from the power plant. Upon a throttle request to rapidly change propeller drive unit speed more than a threshold amount, the controller may direct that the propeller drive unit quickly obtain the requested speed by drawing power required from the battery in excess of that being generated from the power plant. Subsequently, the controller may direct that the power plant increase power generation to maintain the propeller drive unit at the new speed, and recharge or float the battery.Type: GrantFiled: September 23, 2009Date of Patent: October 23, 2012Assignee: AeroVironment, Inc.Inventors: Thaddeus Benjamin Matuszeski, Rolland Mitchell Koch, Scott Garret Berman, Mujahid Abdulrahim
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Publication number: 20110071705Abstract: An electric power management system of a vehicle may interconnect a power plant, a propeller drive unit, and a battery via a bus. A controller may direct the operation of the power plant and the propeller drive unit. In a slow control mode, the propeller drive unit may react slowly to small throttle change requests. In the slow control mode, the propeller drive unit may draw power completely or substantially from the power plant. Upon a throttle request to rapidly change propeller drive unit speed more than a threshold amount, the controller may direct that the propeller drive unit quickly obtain the requested speed by drawing power required from the battery in excess of that being generated from the power plant. Subsequently, the controller may direct that the power plant increase power generation to maintain the propeller drive unit at the new speed, and recharge or float the battery.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 23, 2009Publication date: March 24, 2011Applicant: AEROVIRONMENT, INC.Inventors: Thaddeus Benjamin Matuszeski, Rolland Mitchell Koch, Scott Garret Berman, Mujahid Abdulrahim
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Patent number: 7331546Abstract: A micro air vehicle having a bendable wing enabling the micro air vehicle to fly. The bendable wing may be bent downwards so that the wingspan may be reduced for storing the micro air vehicle. The bendable wing may be formed from one or more layers of material, and the wing may have a camber such that a concave surface of the wing faces downward. The wing may substantially resist flexing upwards and may transfer uplift forces to a central body of the micro air vehicle. In addition, the wing may be bent severely downwards by applying a force to tips of the wing. The micro air vehicle is capable of being stored in a small cylindrical tube and may be deployed from the tube by simply releasing the micro air vehicle from the tube.Type: GrantFiled: August 25, 2006Date of Patent: February 19, 2008Assignee: University of Florida Research Foundation, Inc.Inventors: Peter Ifju, Kyu-Ho Lee, Roberto Albertani, Shawn J. Mitryk, Frank J. Boria, Mujahid Abdulrahim
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Publication number: 20060284005Abstract: A micro air vehicle having a bendable wing enabling the micro air vehicle to fly. The bendable wing may be bent downwards so that the wingspan may be reduced for storing the micro air vehicle. The bendable wing may be formed from one or more layers of material, and the wing may have a camber such that a concave surface of the wing faces downward. The wing may substantially resist flexing upwards and may transfer uplift forces to a central body of the micro air vehicle. In addition, the wing may be bent severely downwards by applying a force to tips of the wing. The micro air vehicle is capable of being stored in a small cylindrical tube and may be deployed from the tube by simply releasing the micro air vehicle from the tube.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 25, 2006Publication date: December 21, 2006Applicant: University of Florida Research Foundation, Inc.Inventors: Peter Ifju, Kyu-Ho Lee, Roberto Albertani, Shawn Mitryk, Frank Boria, Mujahid Abdulrahim
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Publication number: 20040245393Abstract: A micro air vehicle having a bendable wing enabling the micro air vehicle to fly. The bendable wing may be bent downwards so that the wingspan may be reduced for storing the micro air vehicle. The bendable wing may be formed from one or more layers of material, and the wing may have a camber such that a concave surface of the wing faces downward. The wing may substantially resist flexing upwards and may transfer uplift forces to a central body of the micro air vehicle. In addition, the wing may be bent severely downwards by applying a force to tips of the wing. The micro air vehicle is capable of being stored in a small cylindrical tube and may be deployed from the tube by simply releasing the micro air vehicle from the tube.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 9, 2003Publication date: December 9, 2004Applicant: University of FloridaInventors: Peter Ifju, Kyu-Ho Lee, Roberto Albertani, Shawn J. Mitryk, Frank J. Boria, Mujahid Abdulrahim