Patents Examined by Aqeel Bukhari
  • Patent number: 11121564
    Abstract: Provided is a power supply device for supplying power to load elements. The power supply device includes a main power module including a main battery, a main power controller configured to control charging and discharging of the main power module, a sub-power module including sub-batteries respectively corresponding to the load elements, and a sub-power controller configured to control charging and discharging of the sub-power module, Based on a remaining capacity of the main battery and a remaining capacity of the sub-batteries, the power supply device is selectively operated in a first mode in which charging and discharging are possible for both the main power module and the sub-power module, a second mode in which charging and discharging are possible only for the sub-power module, or a third mode in which charging and discharging are possible only for the main power module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
    Inventors: Yil Suk Yang, Jimin Oh, Young-Gi Lee
  • Patent number: 10601251
    Abstract: A system for inductive power transfer that may selectively transmit power in a plurality of modes based on characteristics of a power receiver and determine which transmitter coils to drive based on received signal strength information. The inductive power transfer transmitter may detect characteristics of the power receiver in order to control the mode of the power transfer and selectively control which transmitter coils are driven based on signal strength information received from a power receiver. The power transmitter may have slugs formed of a magnetically permeable material within common coil winding openings and the transmitter coils may consists of a plurality of parallel windings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2020
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Aaron Rex Keith, Arunim Kumar, Junbo Zeng, Lewis Freeth Harpham, Paul David Marson, Sander Vocke, Ya-Ting Wang
  • Patent number: 10283997
    Abstract: A wireless power transfer apparatus includes a support structure having a top surface and a side surface. The support structure is configured to support a mobile device on the top surface and a wearable device at the side surface. The wireless power transfer apparatus also includes a plurality of transmit coils within the support structure. The plurality of transmit coils are configured to wirelessly transmit power to the mobile device on the top surface and the wearable device at the side surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2019
    Assignee: MediaTek Inc.
    Inventors: Anand Satyamoorthy, Patrick Stanley Riehl, William Kirwin, Ron-Chi Kuo
  • Patent number: 10277079
    Abstract: An electronic device and method for transmitting and receiving a wireless power are provided. An electronic device for transmitting and receiving wireless power may include a resonator configured to operate, based on a plurality of operating modes of the electronic device including a power reception mode, a relay mode, and a power transmission mode, wherein: (i) in the power reception mode, the resonator is configured to receive power from a wireless power transmitter, (ii) in the relay mode, the resonator is configured to relay power received from the wireless power transmitter to a wireless power receiver, and (iii) in the power transmission mode, the resonator is configured to transmit power to the wireless power receiver; and a path controller configured to control at least one electrical pathway of electronic device based on the operating mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2019
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Nam Yun Kim, Young Tack Hong, Sang Wook Kwon, Yun Kwon Park, Ki Young Kim, Young Ho Ryu, Dong Zo Kim, Jin Sung Chol, Chang Wook Yoon
  • Patent number: 10217561
    Abstract: A wireless power transfer coil system using offset of electric and magnetic coupling for frequency splitting suppression, which includes one transmitting coil, one receiving coil and four loaded annular metal sheets, is provided. A first annular metal sheet and a second annular metal sheets of the four loaded annular metal sheets are loaded between the transmitting coil and a third and a fourth annular metal sheets of the four loaded annular metal sheets are loaded between the receiving coil to expand a variable distance range of a power transmission. The coil system enables the coils to worked in a state of magnetic and electric coupling. During a process of moving from a long distance to a short distance, a coupling coefficient between the coils changes gradually, but a low coupling degree is still maintained so that a phenomenon of frequency splitting is not produced, thereby maintaining a high-efficiency power transmission within the system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2019
    Assignee: SOUTH CHINA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Xiuyin Zhang, Chengdai Xue, Bin Li
  • Patent number: 10205347
    Abstract: A power supply device that is capable of suppressing complexity of the circuit structure and increasing in the substrate area for the impedance adjustment configuration is provided. The power supply device includes a power supply antenna, supplying a power to a power receiving device, a reactance adjustment part, adjusting a reactance of the power supply antenna; a power source, supplying a voltage to the power supply antenna; and a controller, controlling the reactance adjustment part and the voltage of the power source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2019
    Assignee: FUNAI ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takafumi Nishikawa, Naoyuki Wakabayashi
  • Patent number: 10168680
    Abstract: A service panel for controlling at least one utility actuator to control the availability of a utility comprises a covered enclosure having an exterior region and an interior region, at least one readily accessible utility control providing ON and OFF request signals and a limited access control in the exterior region providing a temporary activate signal. The service panel has a controller and data storage programmed with code and data and control circuitry providing an “ON” control signal to the at least one utility actuator to switch the at least one utility actuator to the “ON” state, and the control circuitry providing an “OFF” control signal to the at least one utility actuator to switch the at least one utility actuator to an OFF state, the control circuitry further providing a re-key signal to the at least one actuator in response to activation of a switch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2019
    Assignee: WCM INDUSTRIES, INC.
    Inventor: Phil A. Parker
  • Patent number: 10164432
    Abstract: In some embodiments, an apparatus includes a power source, a communication bus, a first electrical component connected to the power source and the communication bus, and a second electrical component connected to the communication bus. In such embodiments, the second electrical component can be to be powered by the communication bus such that performance of the communication bus does not fall below a specified performance for the communication bus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2018
    Assignee: PsiKick, Inc.
    Inventors: Benton Calhoun, David Wentzloff
  • Patent number: 10162321
    Abstract: A service panel for controlling at least one utility actuator to control the availability of a utility comprises a covered enclosure having an exterior region and an interior region, at least one readily accessible utility control providing ON and OFF request signals and a limited access control in the exterior region providing a temporary activate signal. The service panel has a controller and data storage programmed with code and data and control circuitry providing an “ON” control signal to the at least one utility actuator to switch the at least one utility actuator to the “ON” state, and the control circuitry providing an “OFF” control signal to the at least one utility actuator to switch the at least one utility actuator to an OFF state, the control circuitry further providing a re-key signal to the at least one actuator in response to activation of a switch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2018
    Assignee: WCM INDUSTRIES, INC.
    Inventor: Phil A. Parker
  • Patent number: 10163592
    Abstract: An equipment isolation switch assembly (200) for use in a remote isolation system (10) for isolating an equipment item (20,21) comprising an equipment isolation switch (400) movable between a first position (NORMAL) in which said equipment item (20,21) is energized by an energy source (30) and a second isolated position (ISOLATE) in which said equipment item (20,21) is isolated from said energy source (30) and an actuating device (500) co-operable with the equipment isolation switch (400) to move it between said first and second positions wherein said isolation switch assembly (200) includes at least one securing means (291,405) for securing said actuating device (500) in co-operation with said equipment isolation switch (400) whenever in operative state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2018
    Assignee: REMSAFE PTY LTD.
    Inventors: Michael Charles Lane, Jack Mross, Kazimierz Kacperek
  • Patent number: 10153662
    Abstract: A wireless transmission device includes a coil that generates a magnetic field; and a resonant power-storage element module that is electrically coupled to a coil, is capable of storing electric power, and forms a resonant circuit corresponding to a power transmission frequency together with the coil when transmitting electric power via the coil. The resonant power-storage element module is formed by connecting a plurality of power storage elements in parallel to form a parallel group, connecting a plurality of such parallel groups in series to form a parallel-series group, and connecting a plurality of such parallel-series groups in parallel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2018
    Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventor: Antony Wambugu Ngahu
  • Patent number: 10144373
    Abstract: A power supply system control device for controlling a power supply system including an electric generator, a first electricity storage configured to be charged with and to discharge electric power generated by the electric generator, a second electricity storage configured to be charged with and to discharge the generated electric power, two paths connecting between the first electricity storage and the second electricity storage, a switching unit including a first switch configured to switch between a conductive state and a non-conductive state of one of the paths, and a second switch configured to switch between a conductive state and a non-conductive state of the other of the paths, and an electric load of a vehicle that is connected to the first electricity storage side of the switching unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2018
    Assignee: NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masahiko Tahara, Terumasa Tsuchiya, Atsushi Tezuka, Tomoyuki Koike, Munemitsu Watanabe, Akifumi Koishi
  • Patent number: 10148088
    Abstract: The invention relates to a power distribution system for distributing power from a power supply (2) to several electrical loads (4, 5) via sockets (3). The sockets receive power requests from the electrical loads and transmit the power requests to a master device (9) which controls the power to be provided by the respective socket based on the received power requests. Since the master device receives all power requests from the sockets and has therefore an overview of the overall power requirements, the master device can determine the power to be provided by the respective socket under consideration of this knowledge. This can lead to an improved determination of the power to be provided by the respective socket and hence to an improved overall power distribution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2018
    Assignee: PHILIPS LIGHTING HOLDING B.V.
    Inventors: Matthias Wendt, Eberhard Waffenschmidt
  • Patent number: 10135498
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a wireless power transmission method, a wireless power transmission apparatus, and a wireless charging system in a wireless power transmission field, and there is provided a communication method of a wireless power transmitter capable of the transmission of power in a wireless manner, and the communication method may include receiving communication information indicating whether or not a second communication mode is available using a first communication mode from a wireless power receiver, determining whether or not communication in a second communication mode is available using the communication information, notifying either one of the first communication mode and second communication mode to the wireless power receiver based on the determination result, and performing communication with the wireless power receiver using a communication mode notified to the wireless power receiver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2018
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Yongcheol Park, Hyunbeom Lee
  • Patent number: 10126765
    Abstract: A semiconductor device including a first internal voltage generating circuit that includes a capacitor including a first electrode and a second electrode, and the first internal voltage generating circuit to generate an internal voltage by charging the capacitor to a first voltage and applying a second voltage to the first electrode of the capacitor to generate a third voltage that is greater than the first and the second voltages on the second electrode in absolute value, and a control circuit to perform a control by applying a fourth voltage that is less than the first voltage to the capacitor when the first internal voltage generating circuit is in a standby state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Assignee: LONGITUDE LICENSING LIMITED
    Inventor: Koichiro Hayashi
  • Patent number: 10120402
    Abstract: A system includes at least one pair of series adaptive clamps (SACs). Each SAC is configured to connect to a single conductor that is configured to conduct a constant current between shore-side power sources on opposite ends of the single conductor. Each SAC is configured to clamp a specified amount of power from the single conductor. Each SAC is configured to connect to one end of two ends of a power transfer bus, wherein the other end of the power transfer bus is connected to another SAC of a same pair of SACs. Each SAC is configured to provide a constant voltage to the power transfer bus at the constant current in order to supply at least some of the specified amount of power to a load connected to the power transfer bus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2018
    Assignee: Raytheon Company
    Inventors: Mark S. Langelier, Boris S. Jacobson, George E. Anderson, Michael F. Janik
  • Patent number: 10118497
    Abstract: A receiving device for receiving a magnetic field and for producing electric energy by magnetic induction, wherein the receiving device includes at least one coil of at least one electric line and wherein the magnetic field induces an electric voltage in the at least one coil during operation. The receiving device and the at least one coil are adapted to receive the magnetic field from a receiving side of the receiving device. The receiving device includes a first field shaping arrangement having magnetizable material adapted to shape magnetic field lines of the magnetic field. The receiving device includes a capacitor arrangement electrically connected to the at least one coil. The receiving device includes a first cooling structure having conduits for guiding a flow of a cooling fluid to cool the receiving device and is placed in between the first field shaping arrangement and the capacitor arrangement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2018
    Assignee: Bombardier Primove GmbH
    Inventors: Federico Garcia, Nestor Martinez Pelaez
  • Patent number: 10121620
    Abstract: An electronic control unit (1) or an electric actuator (2), respectively, have a switch-off device (4) which includes at least one reed switch (6, 18, 26) and at least one permanent magnet arranged outside the housing (3) and removable from the housing (3). If the permanent magnet (7) is removed from its position of usage at the housing (3), for example in order to perform maintenance of the electronic control unit (1) or of the actuator (2), respectively, the at least one reed switch (6, 18, 26) is opened, as result of which the supply link (8, 10) between the activating terminal (5) and the supply terminals (9, 11) of the control unit are interrupted in order to switch voltage-carrying functional elements of the control unit (1) and/or of the electric actuator (2) to be currentless and thus to effectively prevent an unwanted spark discharge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2018
    Assignee: AUMA Riester GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Wilfried Platzer, Benjamin Hofmann
  • Patent number: 10116171
    Abstract: A power receiving apparatus carried in an electronic device comprises a power receiving module configured to receive electric power supplied from a power supply apparatus in a non-contact manner; a supply module configured to supply the electric power received by the power receiving module to a power load section of the electronic device; an acquisition module configured to acquire identification information for identifying the power supply apparatus from the power supply apparatus; a determination module configured to determine whether the identification information acquired by the acquisition module is coincident with preset identification information; and a control module configured to suppress the electric power supplied to the power load section if the determination module determines that the identification information is not coincident with the preset identification information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2018
    Assignee: TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Hiroshi Iwasaki
  • Patent number: 10116138
    Abstract: In various embodiments of the present disclosure, there is provided a method for controlling a reactive current injection in a wind power plant during a grid fault. According to an embodiment, the method includes measuring an amount of reactive current to be provided by the wind power plant to the grid during the grid fault. The method further includes determining a difference between a given required reactive current contribution from the wind power plant and the amount of reactive current to be provided by the wind power plant to the grid during the grid fault. According to an embodiment, the method includes controlling a plurality of wind turbine generators in the wind power plant to generate additional reactive current according to a reactive current reference generated based on the difference. A corresponding wind power plant is further provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2018
    Assignee: VESTAS WIND SYSTEMS A/S
    Inventors: Abdul Saboor, Manoj Gupta