Patents by Inventor Scott Garret Berman

Scott Garret Berman 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).

  • Publication number: 20130069492
    Abstract: In one possible embodiment, a motor charging system for connection with a battery is provided having a rotor and a stator. The stator has delta H-bridge connected windings. The delta H-bridge includes an inverter at one side and a switching means at another side with each winding being connected between inverter pole switches and switching means pole switches. An A/C power port is connected to the windings such that when the switching means is off the A/C power port is connected to the battery bus via the windings and the inverter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2012
    Publication date: March 21, 2013
    Applicant: AEROVIRONMENT, INC.
    Inventor: Scott Garret Berman
  • Publication number: 20120326639
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention permit the optimization of torque control of a permanent magnet machine including obtaining instantaneous terminal voltages of the machine, transforming the instantaneous terminal voltages to a zero direct axis voltage and a non-zero quadrature axis voltage, using a mathematical transformation, regulating the electrical frequency of the permanent-magnet machine such that the zero direct-axis voltage is adjusted to have a value of zero, determining a non-final electrical angle of the permanent-magnet machine by applying an integrator to the regulated electrical frequency of the machine, determining a final electrical angle of the of the machine by integrating the non-final electrical angle and an electrical angle from a previous calculation cycle, and regulating the current vector of the machine such that the current vector is perpendicular to the final electrical angle of the machine, thereby optimizing the torque of the machine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2012
    Publication date: December 27, 2012
    Applicant: AeroVironment, Inc.
    Inventors: Zaher Abdallah Daboussi, Scott Garret Berman
  • Patent number: 8296036
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2012
    Assignee: AeroVironment, Inc.
    Inventors: Thaddeus Benjamin Matuszeski, Rolland Mitchell Koch, Scott Garret Berman, Mujahid Abdulrahim
  • Patent number: 8242720
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention permit the optimization of torque control of a permanent magnet machine including obtaining instantaneous terminal voltages of the machine, transforming the instantaneous terminal voltages to a zero direct axis voltage and a non-zero quadrature axis voltage, using a mathematical transformation, regulating the electrical frequency of the permanent-magnet machine such that the zero direct-axis voltage is adjusted to have a value of zero, determining a non-final electrical angle of the permanent-magnet machine by applying an integrator to the regulated electrical frequency of the machine, determining a final electrical angle of the of the machine by integrating the non-final electrical angle and an electrical angle from a previous calculation cycle, and regulating the current vector of the machine such that the current vector is perpendicular to the final electrical angle of the machine, thereby optimizing the torque of the machine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2012
    Assignee: Aerovironment, Inc.
    Inventors: Zaher Abdallah Daboussi, Scott Garret Berman
  • Publication number: 20120116745
    Abstract: Embodiments pertain to simulator circuitry, particularly to simulator circuitry configured to simulate an electric vehicle and test an electric vehicle charger. A test unit is configured to simulate a GFI current via modulator and to simulate electric vehicle loads via switched and combined resistor loads. The test unit provides for reprogramming of the electric vehicle charger via a pilot line. The test unit self-confirms its usability via associating received codes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2011
    Publication date: May 10, 2012
    Inventors: Blake Edward Dickinson, Albert Joseph Flack, Keith Michael Kolb, Scott Garret Berman
  • Publication number: 20120022811
    Abstract: Embodiments pertain to simulator circuitry, particularly to simulator circuitry configured to simulate an electric vehicle and test an electric vehicle charger (110). A test unit (210) is configured to simulate a GFI current via modulator (1623) and to simulate electric vehicle loads via switched and combined resistor loads (1800). The test unit (220) provides for reprogramming of the electric vehicle charger (110) via a pilot line (323). The test unit (220) self-confirms its usability via associating received codes (1300).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2010
    Publication date: January 26, 2012
    Inventors: Blake Edward Dickinson, Albert Joseph Flack, Keith Michael Kolb, Scott Garret Berman
  • Publication number: 20110071705
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2009
    Publication date: March 24, 2011
    Applicant: AEROVIRONMENT, INC.
    Inventors: Thaddeus Benjamin Matuszeski, Rolland Mitchell Koch, Scott Garret Berman, Mujahid Abdulrahim
  • Publication number: 20100194231
    Abstract: In one possible implementation, a method for forming a motor winding is provided which includes compressing a Litz wire to form a compacted Litz wire and forming the winding with the compacted Litz wire. In one possible embodiment, a motor winding is provided that has a high density multi-conductor wire bundle comprises of compacted Litz wire.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2009
    Publication date: August 5, 2010
    Applicant: AeroVironment, Inc.
    Inventors: Wally Ewald Rippel, Zaher Abdallah Daboussi, Bradford M. Hori, Scott Garret Berman, Bart Dean Hibbs
  • Publication number: 20100188033
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention permit the optimization of torque control of a permanent magnet machine including obtaining instantaneous terminal voltages of the machine, transforming the instantaneous terminal voltages to a zero direct axis voltage and a non-zero quadrature axis voltage, using a mathematical transformation, regulating the electrical frequency of the permanent-magnet machine such that the zero direct-axis voltage is adjusted to have a value of zero, determining a non-final electrical angle of the permanent-magnet machine by applying an integrator to the regulated electrical frequency of the machine, determining a final electrical angle of the of the machine by integrating the non-final electrical angle and an electrical angle from a previous calculation cycle, and regulating the current vector of the machine such that the current vector is perpendicular to the final electrical angle of the machine, thereby optimizing the torque of the machine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2009
    Publication date: July 29, 2010
    Applicant: AeroVironment, Inc.
    Inventors: Zaher Abdallah Daboussi, Scott Garret Berman