Patents by Inventor Richard C. Whitham, II

Richard C. Whitham, II 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: 4916599
    Abstract: A pulse-width-modulated, switching power supply has a pulse width modulator, a full bridge network driving a pulse transformer, power switching section, a high frequency power transformer, an output rectifier and an output inductor. The power switching section includes two or more H-bridge networks each preferably having four FET's. The pulse transformer, controlled by the pulse width modulator, in turn controls the switching of the H-bridge networks. This switching is simultaneous in each H-bridge network, preferably to within 50 nanoseconds. The pulse transformer windings are coaxial and short. The outputs from the H-bridge networks are applied to in-phase windings of the power transformer. The power windings are segmented and wound on cores in side-by-side relationship to produce a "finite" mutual inductance among the primaries of the power transformer. This finite inductive coupling allows variations in the H-bridge power outputs of up to one dB.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 1989
    Date of Patent: April 10, 1990
    Assignee: HyperPower, Inc.
    Inventors: John C. Traxler, Richard C. Whitham, II