Patents by Inventor Peter Nortman

Peter Nortman 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).

  • Electric traction system and method
    Patent number: 8668035
    Abstract: A power exchange unit (PXU) is coupled to an existing manual transmission of a vehicle via a PTO port. An electric motor generator coupled to the PXU. A battery is electrically coupled to the motor generator for supplying power to propel the vehicle. A control unit is coupled to the motor generator and the battery and configured to switch operation of the vehicle between first and second modes, wherein in the first mode an internal combustion engine of the vehicle propels the vehicle, and in the second mode the motor generator propels the vehicle in a motoring mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2014
    Assignee: Clean Emissions Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Bill C. Bradley, Joel Craig Diehl, Dan Harris, Warner Allen Harris, Warner Olan Harris, Peter Nortman, Wayne Turnbow
  • MULTIPLEXER AND SWITCH-BASED ELECTROCHEMICAL CELL MONITOR AND MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD
    Publication number: 20130119935
    Abstract: A system for monitoring a plurality of battery cells using the switch and multiplexing circuits with the plurality of monitored signal indicating the battery voltage levels for each cell by switching the measured voltage of each cell and using switching of the monitored cell voltage to selectively measure each selected signal (10).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2012
    Publication date: May 16, 2013
    Inventors: Daniel A. Sufrin-Disler, Peter Nortman, Greg Hanssen
  • ELECTRIC TRACTION SYSTEM AND METHOD
    Publication number: 20110031050
    Abstract: A power exchange unit (PXU) is coupled to an existing manual transmission of a vehicle via a PTO port. An electric motor generator coupled to the PXU. A battery is electrically coupled to the motor generator for supplying power to propel the vehicle. A control unit is coupled to the motor generator and the battery and configured to switch operation of the vehicle between first and second modes, wherein in the first mode an internal combustion engine of the vehicle propels the vehicle, and in the second mode the motor generator propels the vehicle in a motoring mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2008
    Publication date: February 10, 2011
    Applicant: ZERO EMISSION SYSTEMS, INC.
    Inventors: Bill C. Bradley, Joel Craig Diehl, Dan Harris, Warner Allen Harris, Warner Olan Harris, Peter Nortman, Wayne Turnbow