Patents by Inventor Sergio J. Davila

Sergio J. Davila 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).

  • Communication between photovoltaic devices on a shared power line
    Patent number: 9634723
    Abstract: An electric system, method, and computer-readable medium facilitate shared access to a shared power line for communication using a PLC protocol. The electric system, method, and computer-readable medium may determine when the shared power line is available for a transmission, allocate unicast transmission time slots to each of a plurality of inverters, transmit a multicast message requesting that each of the plurality of inverters communicate information during its allocates transmission time slot, determine whether a first inverter in the plurality of inverters did not communicate using the shared power line during its allocated unicast transmission time slot, and if the first inverter did not communicate information during its allocated unicast transmission time slot, transmit with the line interface a jam signal during the first inverter's unicast transmission time slot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2017
    Assignee: SunPower Corporation
    Inventors: Adedayo Moshood Lawal, Dale Ari Herman, Sergio J. Davila