Patents Examined by Bryan R Perez
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Patent number: 11226647Abstract: A supply module includes an electrical control input and an electrical supply input as well as an electrical control output and an electrical supply output, as well as a control line arranged between the control input and the control output, which is designed for the transmission of control information, wherein at least one supply line group is assigned to the electrical supply input, which group includes a supply feed line and a supply outlet line, which are each extended between the electrical supply input and the electrical supply output, and which includes a switching module which is coupled to the control line and which has a feed switch arranged in the supply feed line, wherein a consumer output is formed for an electrical supply of an external consumer and is connected via an output feed line to the supply feed line and via an output drain line to the supply outlet line, the output feed line being connected between feed switch and the electrical supply output.Type: GrantFiled: October 9, 2020Date of Patent: January 18, 2022Assignee: FESTO SE & CO. KGInventors: Andreas Herzog, Timo Dreesmann
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Patent number: 11228240Abstract: A power converter includes a power switch controlling current flow in the power converter and a variable capacitance coupled in parallel to the power switch. The variable capacitance is configured to add a frequency jitter to the power converter.Type: GrantFiled: October 8, 2020Date of Patent: January 18, 2022Assignee: Diodes IncorporatedInventors: Wei Chuan Su, Feng-Jung Huang, Yuan-Hung Lo
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Patent number: 11223295Abstract: In a capacitor device for transferring power between a power source and a target component including an electronic and/or electric component, at least one capacitor is housed in a capacitor case. A busbar is drawn out from the capacitor case. The busbar electrically connects the at least one capacitor to the target component. The capacitor case includes at least first, second, and third fixture members for fixation of the capacitor case. The third fixture member is located to be separated from a virtual line connecting between a first reference point of the first fixture member and a second reference point of the second fixture member, and located to be closer to the target component than the first and second fixture members are. The busbar is located to be closer to the third fixture member than to the virtual line.Type: GrantFiled: September 9, 2019Date of Patent: January 11, 2022Assignee: DENSO CORPORATIONInventors: Tomohisa Sano, Daisuke Harada, Seido Araki, Yohei Imai, Kentaro Hirose
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Patent number: 11222763Abstract: A temperature fuse is ring-shaped and includes an insulation portion and a conductive portion arranged on an inner side and an outer side in a radial direction, and the conductive portion is formed of a thermal fuse element. An electrical junction box includes: a circuit board on which a switching element is mounted; a housing body for housing the circuit board; a conductive plate connected to the switching element, a first hole passing through the conductive plate; a terminal that is shaped as a plate and faces the conductive plate, a second hole passing through the terminal; the temperature fuse interposed between the conductive plate and the terminal in an axial direction, and a shaft-like insertion body for being inserted into the temperature fuse, the first hole, and the second hole.Type: GrantFiled: February 6, 2018Date of Patent: January 11, 2022Assignees: AutoNetworks Technologies, Ltd., Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd., Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.Inventor: Akira Haraguchi
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Patent number: 11218021Abstract: A load controller according to an embodiment includes a switching unit, a power source unit, and a control unit. The switching unit controls supply of power from an AC power supply to a load by selectively connecting or disconnecting the load to/from the AC power supply. The power source unit converts AC power supplied from the AC power supply into DC power. The control unit operates with the DC power supplied from the power source unit and controls the switching unit. The power source unit includes a constant-voltage source and a constant-current source. The constant-voltage source keeps a DC voltage to be output to the control unit a constant voltage. The constant-current source keeps a DC current to be supplied via the constant-voltage source to the control unit a constant current.Type: GrantFiled: November 20, 2019Date of Patent: January 4, 2022Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.Inventors: Shusaku Goto, Kengo Miyamoto
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Patent number: 11217987Abstract: Methods and systems for suppressing arc formation in branch breakers provide a load center that can monitor a branch breaker for indications of arc formation. The load center may include a main breaker that can immediately cut current to the upon receiving an indication of an arc forming in the branch breaker. The indication may be provided by a sensor circuit that sends a trigger signal to the main breaker when arc formation is detected within the branch breaker. The main breaker checks that the trigger signal indicates arc formation, then cuts current to suppress the arc. The main breaker then waits a short period for the branch breaker to clear before restoring current. The wait period is sufficiently short such that devices receiving power from the load center are not adversely affected. To improve cutoff and restoration response times, the main breaker employs a solid-state trip switch.Type: GrantFiled: December 30, 2019Date of Patent: January 4, 2022Assignee: Schneider Electric USA, Inc.Inventors: John J. Shea, Julius M. Liptak
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Patent number: 11209789Abstract: The invention relates to a safety switching device (10) comprising a control side (40) with at least one single-error tolerance, having a first and second control unit (12, 14), each formed on an actuation side (50) for emitting a switch command (20) to at least two switching elements (52, 54, 56), and comprising a monitoring unit (30, 30.1, 30.2, 30.3) having a first and a second connection element (31, 36), and which monitoring unit (30, 30.1, 30.2, 30.3) is designed to emit the switch command (20) to at least one switching element (52, 54, 56) of a load circuit (23), characterised in that the at least two switching elements (52, 54, 56) are each designed as standard components that are free from a forced guidance of the contacts (62) thereof, and the first connection element (31) is directly connected to the second control unit (14) via a first feedback channel (42) and the second connection element (36) is directly connected to the first control unit (12) via a second feedback channel (44).Type: GrantFiled: February 16, 2016Date of Patent: December 28, 2021Assignee: SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFTInventor: Mario Maier
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Patent number: 11211217Abstract: A relay for a high voltage circuit comprises a main coil and a first armature, wherein the first armature is located in the high voltage circuit and is correspondingly in a position to open and close the high voltage circuit in response to power down and power up of the main coil; a secondary coil that cooperates with the first armature and a driving circuit that supplies power to the secondary coil, wherein the driving circuit is powered by a high voltage supply of the high voltage circuit, the secondary coil is powered up to generate additional electromagnetic force that places the first armature in the closed position when the driving circuit is closed; and a second armature located in the driving circuit, and is correspondingly in a position to open or close the driving circuit in response to power down and power up of the main coil.Type: GrantFiled: September 18, 2018Date of Patent: December 28, 2021Assignee: WM Smart Mobility (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.Inventor: Zhijie Kong
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Patent number: 11205939Abstract: A rotary electric machine of the embodiment includes a stator having a cylindrical stator core and a coil attached to the stator core, and a rotor disposed on a radially inward side of the stator, in which the rotor includes a rotor core having a rotor internal flow path through which a refrigerant can flow by axial cooling, and an end surface plate disposed at an end portion in an axial direction of the rotor core, the end surface plate includes a refrigerant flow hole which communicates with the rotor internal flow path, and a refrigerant passage groove which connects together the refrigerant flow hole and an outer circumferential edge of the end surface plate, and a radially outer groove width is equal to or smaller than a radially inner groove width in the refrigerant passage groove when viewed from the axial direction.Type: GrantFiled: January 9, 2020Date of Patent: December 21, 2021Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Tadashi Yamaguchi, Takuro Kamada
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Patent number: 11201389Abstract: A measurement system includes a stator-side unit and a rotor-side unit installed on the rotary machine. The stator-side unit includes a stator-side antenna, an oscillation unit that oscillates a microwave signal and outputs the oscillated microwave signal to the stator-side antenna, and a reception unit that demodulates the microwave signal and outputs a desired signal. The rotor-side unit includes a sensor, a rotor-side antenna that receives a microwave transmitted by the stator-side antenna and outputs the microwave signal, a power conversion unit that converts the received microwave signal into predetermined DC power and outputs the DC power, and a modulation unit that modulates a rotor output signal or a multiplication rotor output signal obtained by frequency multiplication of the rotor output signal, according to the output signal of the sensor, using the DC power output of the power conversion unit, and outputs the modulated rotor signal to the rotor-side antenna.Type: GrantFiled: November 27, 2019Date of Patent: December 14, 2021Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Kenji Iizuka, Jun Yasui, Naoki Oyama
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Patent number: 11196357Abstract: A fully integrated triboelectric energy harvesting system can comprise a triboelectric generator, an electrical energy harvesting system, and a power amalgamation circuit. The triboelectric generator can comprise triboelectric materials, conductive contacts, and a mechanical motion transformer.Type: GrantFiled: August 30, 2017Date of Patent: December 7, 2021Inventors: Jessica Osemudiamen Idoni Matthews, James Korge
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Patent number: 11195675Abstract: A low-voltage protective switching device includes: at least one outer conductor path from an outer conductor supply terminal of the low-voltage protective switching device to an outer conductor load terminal of the low-voltage protective switching device; a neutral conductor path from a neutral conductor terminal of the low-voltage protective switching device to a neutral conductor load terminal of the low-voltage protective switching device; a mechanical bypass switch disposed in the outer conductor path; a first semiconductor circuit arrangement of the low-voltage protective switching device connected parallel to the mechanical bypass switch; an electronic control unit; a current measuring arrangement disposed in the outer conductor path, the current measuring arrangement being connected with the electronic control unit; and a first mechanical disconnecting switch disposed in series to the first semiconductor circuit arrangement and in parallel to the mechanical bypass switch.Type: GrantFiled: September 29, 2017Date of Patent: December 7, 2021Assignee: EATON INTELLIGENT POWER LIMITEDInventor: Kenan Askan
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Patent number: 11190006Abstract: A toroidal field coil comprising a central column, a plurality of return limbs, a quench protection system, and a cooling system. The central column comprises IITS material. Each return limb comprises a quenchable section, two IITS sections, and a quenching 5 system. The quenchable section comprises superconducting material, and is configured to contribute towards a magnetic field of the toroidal field coil. The IITS sections comprise IITS material. The IITS sections electrically connect the quenchable section to the central column and are in series with the central column and the quenchable section. The quenching system is associated with the quenchable section 10 and configured to quench the quenchable section.Type: GrantFiled: December 14, 2017Date of Patent: November 30, 2021Assignee: Tokamak Energy Ltd.Inventors: Paul Noonan, Robert Slade
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Patent number: 11181563Abstract: A circuit-breaker includes an electronic trip unit, which initiates an interruption or reduction of the current flow in a low-voltage circuit when current or current-time limits are exceeded in the low-voltage circuit. The electronic trip unit includes at least two processors that independently check whether current or current-time limits are being exceeded. A test signal is fed to the circuit-breaker via a first communication interface, which is fed to one of the two processors during operation so that a test of the circuit-breaker is carried out during operation, while at the same time an active protection is provided with regard to the exceeding of current or current-time limits.Type: GrantFiled: September 17, 2020Date of Patent: November 23, 2021Assignee: SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFTInventors: Marco Bruell, Christoph Boerzsoenyi, Michael Gerstner, Ilka Jakubowski
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Patent number: 11183352Abstract: Disclosed is an air circuit breaker including a safety cover. According to embodiments disclosed herein, a setting unit of an overcurrent trip relay exposed to the outside through an opening is covered by the safety cover, and thus manipulation of the setting unit is not allowed before opening the safety cover. Accordingly, an accident due to malfunction or manipulation of the overcurrent trip relay by an unauthorized person may be prevented.Type: GrantFiled: April 24, 2020Date of Patent: November 23, 2021Assignee: LS ELECTRIC CO., LTD.Inventor: Seungpil Yang
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Patent number: 11146177Abstract: Systems and method for optimizing the efficiency of operation of electronic circuits, configured structured according to a true soft-switching phase-shifted full-bridge topology (where all the primary switching elements turn on at zero voltage and the secondary switching elements turn off at zero current with no ringing and no spikes across the secondary switching elements) with the use of unique current-injection approaches. An additional advantage of the embodiments of this invention is that the true soft switching feature applies regardless of the leakage inductance in the transformer.Type: GrantFiled: May 9, 2019Date of Patent: October 12, 2021Inventor: Ionel Jitaru
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Patent number: 11146258Abstract: A method for protecting a power switch during turn-on includes sensing that a change in current through the power switch is in regulation, measuring a time the change in current through the power switch is in regulation, and comparing the time the change in current through the power switch is in regulation to a reference time. An over current signal, which can be used to disable the power switch, is generated if the time the change in current through the power switch is in excess of the reference time.Type: GrantFiled: October 29, 2019Date of Patent: October 12, 2021Assignee: INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES AUSTRIA AGInventors: Karl Norling, Johannes Groeger, Anton Mauder, Bernhard Wicht
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Patent number: 11139125Abstract: A power relay circuit for switching a load current includes a micro-electro-mechanical system (MEMS) switch and a semiconductor power switch. The MEMS switch and the semiconductor power switch are connected in series with the load current.Type: GrantFiled: November 8, 2019Date of Patent: October 5, 2021Assignee: Infineon Technologies Austria AGInventors: Ingo Muri, Christian Fachmann
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Patent number: 11137782Abstract: An information handling system includes a cooling fan, a voltage regulator, and a slew rate controller. The voltage regulator is configurable to drive a power device with a selectable slew rate. The slew rate controller directs the voltage regulator to change the selectable slew rate in response to determining the operating condition of the cooling fan.Type: GrantFiled: November 20, 2019Date of Patent: October 5, 2021Assignee: Dell Products L.P.Inventors: Johnny Tc Huang, Tse-An Gino Chu
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Patent number: 11133737Abstract: In one embodiment, the electronic circuit includes a first amplifying circuit configured to generate a first compensation voltage based on a first reference voltage and an output voltage. The output voltage is from a functional circuit bloc. A second amplifying circuit is configured to generate a control voltage based on an input voltage, a second reference voltage and the first compensation voltage. The second reference voltage is different than the first reference voltage.Type: GrantFiled: December 6, 2019Date of Patent: September 28, 2021Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventor: Hyunseok Nam