Patents Examined by Bryan R Perez
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Patent number: 11962215Abstract: A linear motor achieves both a decrease in pulsation and an increase in propulsion with a 6n teeth structure provided with: a first mover for holding permanent magnets arranged longitudinally; a first stator having 6n teeth that are arranged so as to oppose the first mover and 6n windings that are wound on the respective teeth; a second mover holding permanent magnets longitudinally; a second stator having 6n teeth that are arranged in the longitudinal direction so as to oppose the second mover and 6n windings that are wound on the respective teeth The permanent magnets opposing each other in the first mover and the second mover are disposed with a phase difference of ?/2 in the moving direction of the two movers, and electrical currents with a phase difference of (1+6m)?/3 or (2+6m)?/3 are supplied to the windings opposing each other in the first stator and the second stator.Type: GrantFiled: May 18, 2020Date of Patent: April 16, 2024Assignees: HITACHI, LTD., THE UNIVERSITY OF TOKYOInventors: Yasuaki Aoyama, Junnosuke Nakatsugawa, Kunihiko Noriduki, Takafumi Koseki, Salman Ahmed, Yuto Mitsui
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Patent number: 11962256Abstract: A method for controlling an electric machine, in particular a permanent magnet synchronous machine, having a first, in particular three-phase, winding system, which is controlled by a first converter, and having a second, in particular three-phase, winding system, which is controlled by a second converter. The first converter is operated with block commutation and the second converter is operated with pulse width modulation, in particular space vector modulation.Type: GrantFiled: October 21, 2020Date of Patent: April 16, 2024Assignee: Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche AktiengesellschaftInventors: Johannes Wende, Robert Nelles, Thomas Hubert
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Patent number: 11955873Abstract: A drive train is provided comprising: a motor assembly, a gear box assembly (40) and an encoder assembly. The motor assembly comprises an electric motor (21) and a rotatable shaft (26) defining an input axis (27), the shaft (26) comprising a first set of gear teeth (28). The gear box assembly (40) comprises an annular gear (48, 50) comprising a second set of gear teeth (48, 50) which intermesh with the first set of gear teeth (28), and a housing (42, 44, 45) which comprises a fixed portion (42) to which the motor assembly is mounted and a rotatable portion (45) fixed to the annular gear (48, 50) and providing the output from the drive train about an output axis (72) offset from the input axis (27). The encoder assembly is arranged and configured to measure the rotation at the output axis (72). A central opening is defined through the gearbox assembly (40) in alignment with the output axis (72) and passing through the housing (42, 44, 45) and the annular gear (48, 50).Type: GrantFiled: October 25, 2019Date of Patent: April 9, 2024Assignee: Automata Technologies LimitedInventors: Massimo Gandolfi, Neil Patrick Keegan
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Patent number: 11949223Abstract: A direct-current power supply parallel-machine input reverse connection prevention circuit and a server. The circuit comprises a first switch tube, second switch tube (Q2). A first end of the first switch tube is used for being connected to a positive end of a first power supply and a second end of the first switch tube is connected to a positive input end of a first driving module. A first end of the second switch tube is used for being connected to a positive end of a second power supply and a second end of the second switch tube is connected to a positive input end of a second driving module.Type: GrantFiled: December 30, 2019Date of Patent: April 2, 2024Assignee: Inspur Suzhou Intelligent Technology Co., Ltd.Inventor: Pengfei Gao
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Patent number: 11948934Abstract: The present invention is a spark gap protection capable of integrating into multiple layer semiconductor substrate packaging. The initial gap in the spark gap is solid and it can be converted into air, meaning gaseous, and the air gap is achieved by having the gap initially be filled with a solid and then running a voltage through the spark gap so that the gap explodes and the solid is replaced by an air cavity.Type: GrantFiled: June 16, 2022Date of Patent: April 2, 2024Inventor: John Othniel McDonald
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Patent number: 11942827Abstract: A rotor includes an electromagnetic steel sheet, a first permanent magnet, and a second permanent magnet. The electromagnetic steel sheet includes a first magnet insertion hole and a second magnet insertion hole that are arranged in a V shape, and also includes a center rib between the first magnet insertion hole and the second magnet insertion hole. The rotor satisfies T?W1?2×T?W2, where T is a thickness of the electromagnetic steel sheet, W1 is a minimum width of the center rib, and W2 is a maximum width of the center rib.Type: GrantFiled: October 30, 2018Date of Patent: March 26, 2024Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventor: Atsushi Ishikawa
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Patent number: 11942299Abstract: A unipolar switching module made of insulating material and including an incorporated thermomagnetic tripping set, and/or a current measurer and power supply set for an electronic controller A multipolar low-voltage molded case circuit breaker can include unipolar switching modules, which interact with the tripping set and/or the current measurer and power supply set.Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 2018Date of Patent: March 26, 2024Assignee: WEG DRIVES AND CONTROLS AUTOMAÇÃO LTDAInventors: Rodrigo Gonçalves De Villa, Everton Soares Pivotto, Fábio Decker De Souza
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Patent number: 11942854Abstract: Proposed is a terminal coupling structure of an electric actuator in which a press rib is installed on the end of a contact plate such that a contact protrusion and a motor assembly terminal are more securely in contact with each other.Type: GrantFiled: February 10, 2022Date of Patent: March 26, 2024Assignee: KEYANG ELECTRIC MACHINERY CO., LTD.Inventors: Seongsoo Kim, Sung Su Shin, Seung-Tae Yun
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Patent number: 11936320Abstract: The disclosed computer-implemented method optimizes thermal control of a vehicle motor, the vehicle including a cooling device including an actuator varying cooling capacity, the method including training a reinforcement learning algorithm including the iterative steps: 1) determining an action to control an actuator by applying a control function to a current state of the thermal system, and implementing the action; 2) determining a modified state of the thermal system after implementing the action; 3) calculating, by implementing a thermodynamic reward function of the motor, a reward value based on the modified state of the thermal system, and the action; 4) updating a function for estimating thermal performance based on the current state of the thermal system, the modified state of the thermal system, the action and the reward; and 5) modifying the control function based on the update of the function for estimating thermal performance.Type: GrantFiled: January 9, 2020Date of Patent: March 19, 2024Assignee: VITESCO TECHNOLOGIES GMBHInventors: Michel Povlovitsch Seixas, Julien Métayer
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Patent number: 11936280Abstract: A water jacket is attempted to include a means to provide high heat transfer between coolant and a side wall of a cooling passage to increase a heat transfer capacity thereof. A liquid-cooled motor includes a motor case, a motor provided in the motor case, a motor housing provided in the motor case, and a water jacket provided in the motor housing, the water jacket having a circular shape to allow coolant to flow in a circumferential direction. The water jacket includes a cooling passage in which the coolant flows, the cooling passage having a passage width reduced gradually, a coolant supply port to supply the coolant to the cooling passage, and a coolant drain port to drain the coolant from the cooling passage.Type: GrantFiled: June 8, 2021Date of Patent: March 19, 2024Assignee: KUBOTA CORPORATIONInventor: Sumio Yagyu
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Patent number: 11929428Abstract: An apparatus includes a substrate; a group III-Nitride barrier layer; a source electrically coupled to the group III-Nitride barrier layer; a gate on the group III-Nitride barrier layer; a drain electrically coupled to the group III-Nitride barrier layer; a p-region being arranged at or below the group III-Nitride barrier layer; and a recovery enhancement circuit configured to reduce an impact of an overload received by the gate. Additionally, at least a portion of the p-region is arranged vertically below at least one of the following: the source, the gate, an area between the gate and the drain.Type: GrantFiled: May 17, 2021Date of Patent: March 12, 2024Assignee: Wolfspeed, Inc.Inventors: Thomas J. Smith, Jr., Saptharishi Sriram, Charles W. Richards, IV
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Patent number: 11929673Abstract: An assembly includes a three-level voltage converter and a second voltage converter. The three-level voltage converter is electrically coupled to a battery to convert a battery supply voltage to an intermediate voltage. The second voltage converter is electrically coupled to the three-level voltage converter to convert the intermediate voltage to a processor-supply voltage to operate a processor. At least the second voltage converter and the processor are mounted on a processor-package substrate. The three-level voltage converter can be mounted on the processor-package substrate or on a circuit board on which the processor-package substrate is mounted.Type: GrantFiled: October 29, 2021Date of Patent: March 12, 2024Assignee: Ferric Inc.Inventors: Francesco Carobolante, James T. Doyle, Noah Andrew Sturcken
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Patent number: 11923129Abstract: Methods and systems for controlling a circuit designed to protect electrical equipment, in particular sensitive power grid equipment such as transformers, are disclosed. In particular, methods of local and remote control of operation of protection circuits are provided that allow for remote access to change an operational mode of such protection circuits, while ensuring that power grid equipment is protected locally regardless of any configuration instructions received from a remote or centralized facility. Override levels may be set to ensure power grid transformer protection, regardless of operational mode or remote instruction.Type: GrantFiled: February 8, 2022Date of Patent: March 5, 2024Assignee: TechHold LLCInventors: David Anderson, Greg Fuchs
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Patent number: 11923117Abstract: A method for magnetizing a section of one or more permanent magnets arranged substantially in a V-shape, comprising: applying a first magnetic field such that magnetic flux lines are substantially perpendicular to a first leg of the V-shape, and removing the first magnetic field. Then the method comprises applying a second magnetic field such that magnetic flux lines are substantially perpendicular to a second leg of the V-shape, and removing the second magnetic field. Systems and methods for magnetizing sections of permanent magnet modules are also provided.Type: GrantFiled: June 9, 2021Date of Patent: March 5, 2024Assignee: General Electric Renovables Espana, S.L.Inventors: Mikhail Avanesov, Neus Galles Raventos, Cesar Muñiz Casais, Julio Cesar Urresty
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Patent number: 11920673Abstract: An electric drive apparatus includes a rotating electric machine and a transmission. The rotating electric machine includes a rotor, a stator and a first housing. The transmission includes a motive power transmitting unit, a second housing provided integrally with the first housing, and lubricating oil provided in the second housing to lubricate the motive power transmitting unit. The stator includes a stator coil that has first and second coil end parts respectively protruding from first and second axial end faces of a stator core. Each of phase windings of the stator coil has turn portions included in the first coil end part and joints included in the second coil end part. The second coil end part is located on the same axial side of the stator core as the transmission whereas the first coil end part is located on the opposite axial side of the stator core to the transmission.Type: GrantFiled: September 22, 2022Date of Patent: March 5, 2024Assignee: DENSO CORPORATIONInventors: Hiroshi Endo, Ryo Tanie
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Patent number: 11921170Abstract: A method for protecting a low-voltage distribution network. The low-voltage distribution network includes a low-voltage side of a three-phase distribution transformer that is configured to supply electrical power to at least one single-phase load through a respective distribution line of a plurality of three-phase distribution lines distribution lines. The method includes measuring variations of a periodic neutral-to-ground voltage between a neutral terminal of the three-phase distribution transformer and a local ground node by sampling the variations at a sampling frequency, detecting a fault in the low-voltage power distribution network based on the variations of the periodic neutral-to-ground voltage, and disconnecting the low-voltage side from the low-voltage power distribution network responsive to the fault being detected.Type: GrantFiled: April 15, 2022Date of Patent: March 5, 2024Assignees: ELECTRONIC SAZAN FAN ARIA COMPANYInventors: Mahdi Davarpanah, Ahmadreza Darabi, Pooria Allah Karami, Hamed Morsali
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Patent number: 11916480Abstract: In an embodiment, A switched-mode power supply includes: a first node; a second node configured to receive a DC input voltage; a third node configured to receive a reference voltage; first and second switching transistors; a first circuit configured to control the first switching transistor; and a second circuit configured to control the second switching transistor, wherein the switched-mode power supply is configured to deliver a regulated output voltage at the first node from the DC input voltage, and wherein the first and second circuits are configured to be powered from the output voltage.Type: GrantFiled: October 6, 2021Date of Patent: February 27, 2024Assignee: STMicroelectronics (Grenoble 2) SASInventor: Vincent Pinon
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Patent number: 11908609Abstract: A conductive winding arrangement for generating a varying magnetic field in the neighborhood of the winding arrangement, comprising a plurality of coil pairs arranged one after another along a sequence axis with a virtual coil pair winding axis oriented transversely to the sequence axis, of which each coil pair exhibits a first coil and a second coil, each with a coil winding axis parallel or collinear respectively to the coil pair winding axis, where the first and the second coil are arranged axially adjacent to each other relative to the coil pair winding axis in such a way that turns of the first and of the second coil are axially adjacent to each other and that eye regions of the first coil and of the second coil are axially adjacent to each other while forming a common coil-pair eye region, where the coil pair winding axis penetrates through the coil-pair eye region; at least one coil pair being configured as a single conductor coil pair, in which the first and the second coil each exhibit a connecting sType: GrantFiled: July 22, 2021Date of Patent: February 20, 2024Assignee: Intrasys GmbH Innovative TransportsystemeInventors: Arnulf Grimm, Tobias Hollmer
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Patent number: 11906996Abstract: In accordance with an embodiment, a circuit includes: a pass transistor drive circuit including an digital input, and at least one output configured to be coupled to at least one pass transistor; a digital feedback circuit having a first analog input configured to be coupled to the at least one pass transistor, and a digital output coupled to the digital input of the pass transistor drive circuit; and an analog feedback circuit including a second analog input configured to be coupled to the at least one pass transistor, and an analog output coupled to an over voltage node of the pass transistor drive circuit, where the analog feedback circuit has a DC gain greater than zero.Type: GrantFiled: June 15, 2021Date of Patent: February 20, 2024Assignee: Infineon Technologies AGInventor: Stefano Bonomi
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Patent number: 11901147Abstract: A solid-state circuit breaker configured to turn off electronics before a pair of opposing primary main contacts are opened. The solid-state circuit breaker includes a main mechanism including a pair of opposing primary main contacts. The solid-state circuit breaker further includes electronics including semiconductors and software algorithms that control the power and can interrupt currents. The solid-state circuit breaker further includes a switching system including a secondary switch that is configured to be actuated prior to opening of the primary main contacts. The secondary switch is configured to turn off the power to the electronics of the solid-state circuit breaker before the primary main contacts are opened to eliminate or reduce electrical arcing across the primary main contacts.Type: GrantFiled: August 25, 2022Date of Patent: February 13, 2024Assignee: Siemens Industry, Inc.Inventor: Solomon R. Titus