Patents Examined by Carlos Amaya
  • Patent number: 12170445
    Abstract: A high frequency, high efficiency, near field wireless charging system and interface for battery-powered wearable devices are provided. A number of various magnetic core, multi-winding transmitter coil, receiver coil configurations may be used with the transmitter coils generating a charge voltage at the receiver coils through magnetic flux. In some configurations, a buck-boost assisted transmitter, or a buck-boost split between transmitter and receiver charging system may be used. In other configurations, a switch-cap boost block on the transmitter side may be used to increase efficiency. In yet other configurations, a dual path charging system (e.g., for smart glass temples) or a dual transmitter—single receiver charging system with buck-boost or switch-cap blocks may be used. The transmitter-receiver pair configurations may also be used to charge a battery module to be inserted into a wearable device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2024
    Assignee: Meta Platforms Technologies, LLC
    Inventor: Baifeng Chen
  • Patent number: 12166354
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a system for electrical energy storage. More specifically, the system comprises an energy storage retrofitted to an existing photovoltaic system. The present invention further relates to a method for control such a system for electrical energy storage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2024
    Assignee: Lithium Balance A/S
    Inventors: Michael A. E. Andersen, Ziwei Ouyang, Zhe Zhang, Kevin Thomas Manez
  • Patent number: 12160136
    Abstract: Methods and systems for providing intelligent power distribution. A distribution point unit is connected to a plurality of user units in a telecommunications system. A loss of power to the distribution point unit is detected. It is determined that at least one user unit has backup power. Based on a determination that at least one user unit has backup power, a power mode for the distribution point unit is selected. The power mode is implemented on the distribution point unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2024
    Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventors: David Titus, Stewart Barker
  • Patent number: 12157424
    Abstract: A high-voltage module, such as a traction battery, a traction inverter, or a DC/DC converter of a traction powertrain of an electrified vehicle (EV), includes an enclosure, an electronics assembly for performing electrical power operations, and a fuse box for providing a power distribution and fuse protection arrangement to the electronics assembly. The enclosure includes a main enclosure portion and a secondary enclosure portion integrated together. The electronics assembly is housed within the main enclosure portion and the fuse box is housed within the secondary enclosure portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2024
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Mohammed Michael Baydoun, Senate Ghanim, David A. Wilson
  • Patent number: 12160168
    Abstract: An adaptive electrical power distribution panel receives electrical power from at least an alternative power source other than a utility electric grid, and selectively outputs power to a plurality of branch circuits, appliances, or devices. An internal or remote controller monitors conditions. In response to the monitored conditions, the controller algorithmically divides the plurality of branch circuits, appliances, or devices into a first group to receive power from the alternative power source and a second group to not receive power from the alternative power source, and breaks electrical connections between the alternative power source and the second group. The monitored conditions may include operating parameters the grid; an instantaneous or average individual current flow; and a charge state of storage batteries. The division into groups may also be in response to stored information, such as a priority of, or history of current usage by, each branch circuit, appliance, or device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2024
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2024
    Assignee: KOOLBRIDGE SOLAR, INC.
    Inventor: Paul Wilkinson Dent
  • Patent number: 12160113
    Abstract: Provided is a power transmission device that has a simple structure and suppresses magnetic field leakage from a power transmission coil while suppressing excessive increase in the outer shape and the weight of the power transmission device. A power transmission device 1 includes: a power transmission portion 2 including a power transmission coil 20 and a housing 3 made of metal and having a peripheral wall 30 surrounding the power transmission portion 2. A shielding portion 5 protruding inward of the peripheral wall 30 is integrated with, of the peripheral wall 30, a top end 30t located on a power reception coil 90 placement side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2024
    Assignee: TOYODA GOSEI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Toru Kanto, Minoru Shibata, Shin-Ichiro Matsuzawa, Toshiaki Watanabe
  • Patent number: 12155263
    Abstract: A power system that is attachable to a helmet is disclosed. The power system provides power and data connections for helmet-mounted accessory devices and provides power to the accessory devices. The power system includes a base unit that is attachable to the helmet. The base unit includes a processor, an internal power source, and one or more cable interfaces. One or more accessory interfaces can each be attached to the helmet, connected to a cable interface, and connected to an accessory device. The base unit further include an interface for attaching a power module to the base unit. The power module includes one or more removable power sources. The base unit selectively provides, to an accessory device connected to an accessory interface, power from either the internal power source or from a removable power source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2024
    Assignee: GALVION LTD.
    Inventors: Christopher Martin Moore, Adam Hennick, Nicolas Desjardins, David Detroy
  • Patent number: 12156314
    Abstract: A light system for a vehicle using an eight-zone controller for controlling the lights. The eight-zone controller can maintain eight independent signal zones, or two or more zones can be grouped together. The eight-zone controller is configured with splitter hubs and second tier splitter hubs to increase the quantity of lights included in the system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2024
    Inventor: Vernon L. Walker
  • Patent number: 12151570
    Abstract: A coil unit for a contactless power supply system includes a plurality of coils for electric power transfer, and a magnetic flux reduction structure. The plurality of coils include a first coil and a second coil adjacent to the first coil in a predetermined direction. The magnetic flux reduction structure reduces, during electric power transfer using the first coil, magnetic flux by which the first coil causes an induced voltage or induced current to be generated in the second coil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2024
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Mitsuru Shibanuma, Masaya Takahashi, Eisuke Takahashi, Nobuhisa Yamaguchi
  • Patent number: 12156365
    Abstract: A data center power system includes an electrical power conductor that includes a live conductor surface and is configured to carry electrical power from a power source through a human-occupiable workspace of a data center. The live conductor surface includes a rail configured to mount to a floor of the data center. The data power system further includes a grounded conductor positioned in the human-occupiable workspace apart from the electrical power conductor; a first electrical connector configured to mount to a data center rack that supports a plurality of electronic devices and moveable to electrically contact the live conductor surface of the electrical power conductor; and a second electrical conductor positioned on the rack and configured to electrically contact the grounded conductor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2024
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Varun Sakalkar, Jyoti Sastry, James Kennedy, Eduardo Lao, Christopher Gregory Malone, Pascal Kam
  • Patent number: 12149119
    Abstract: A rechargeable lithium-ion battery system includes a cell pack comprising a plurality of battery cells, a charger connection configured to connect to an external battery charger to supply a first charge current to recharge the plurality of battery cells, and a safety switch positioned between the cell pack and the charger connection and operable to divert the first charge current from the external battery charger through a cell recovery charger to the cell pack. The system is configured to operate the cell recovery charger to deliver a charge current to the cell pack to charge the plurality of battery cells until a cell voltage of each of the plurality of battery cells is greater than a threshold cell voltage or until a time out period is reached.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2024
    Assignee: Brunswick Corporation
    Inventors: Aleksandar Lazarov, Ron Hogedoorn
  • Patent number: 12136826
    Abstract: According to various embodiments, a wireless power transmission device may comprise: a coil circuit configured to generate a power signal for power transmission to an electronic device; an inverter configured to convert direct current power to alternating current power and to provide the alternating current power to the coil circuit; a coil-type detection unit comprising a coil disposed to be adjacent to the coil circuit and configured to detect a signal corresponding to the power signal; and a control circuit configured to adjust, based on the detected signal, a switching frequency of the inverter to change the alternating current power output from the inverter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2024
    Assignees: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., KOREA ADVANCED INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Kyungmin Lee, Kiyoung Kim, Gun-Woo Moon, Young-Dal Lee, Dongmin Kim, Jaeil Baek
  • Patent number: 12136829
    Abstract: A Wireless Power Transfer (WPT) system may transfer power, without mechanical contact, underwater between a transmitter device and a receiver device or multiple receiver devices in long ranges (>1 meters). An exemplary embodiment may employ focused acoustic sound wave to transfer wireless power underwater over long distances. An embodiment may include a transmitter and receiving device with onboard electronics that effectively power a target electronic system or battery storage device with minimal power losses during transmission.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2024
    Assignee: Technical Systems Integration, Inc.
    Inventors: Gong Zhou, Adrian Hernandez, Casey Durr
  • Patent number: 12132422
    Abstract: An electrical power system for a resource extraction system includes a thermoelectric generator assembly configured to couple to a wall of a fluid containment structure. A portion of the thermoelectric generator assembly is configured to be disposed within an opening in the wall that extends through the wall to a cavity within the fluid containment structure. In addition, the thermoelectric generator assembly includes a thermoelectric generator configured to be in thermal communication with a fluid within the opening and with an environment external to the fluid containment structure. The thermoelectric generator is configured to generate electrical power in response to a temperature differential between the fluid within the opening and the environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2024
    Assignee: OneSubsea IP UK Limited
    Inventor: Parth Dilip Pathak
  • Patent number: 12132320
    Abstract: Disclosed is a power management device including a monitoring unit configured to monitor power usage statuses of a plurality of sites individually, a determination unit configured to determine whether to supply the surplus power to a second site of the plurality of sites when the monitoring unit detects that surplus power is generated in a first site of the plurality of sites in accordance with a prediction of a power transmission loss between the first site and the second site, and a site control unit configured to instruct the first site to supply the surplus power to the second site when the determination unit determines that the surplus power is to be supplied to the second site.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2024
    Assignee: Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation
    Inventors: Naoki Hanaoka, Hidetoshi Takada, Toshihiro Hayashi
  • Patent number: 12126198
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a power supply device and a control method for the power supply device. The power supply device includes: a battery; an external interface electrically connected to the battery and electrically attachable to or detachable from an external device; a voltage converter provided between the battery and the external interface; a low-voltage circuit that branches from an interface connection circuit connecting the external interface and the voltage converter and is connected to a low-voltage load having a rated voltage lower than a voltage of the battery; an interrupt circuit provided in the low-voltage circuit and configured to electrically interrupt the low-voltage circuit and the interface connection circuit; and an electronic control unit configured to control operations of the voltage converter and the interrupt circuit. The electronic control unit operates the interrupt circuit when a voltage of the interface connection circuit exceeds the rated voltage of the low-voltage load.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2024
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Daisuke Ueo, Ryota Tanabe, Yohei Imai
  • Patent number: 12126273
    Abstract: A method for driving an electro-optical functional layer by a control, the functional layer being applied on a substrate and being variable in its transmissive and/or reflective properties by applying an electric field, the control unit having a supply voltage input and a feed output, and a voltage measuring system and an energy store, includes measuring a voltage actually available at the supply voltage input, if the available voltage is greater than a reference value, driving the functional layer with an AC voltage via the feed output, the energy store being charged at least in sections, if the available voltage is less than or equal to a reference value, driving the functional layer with a DC voltage via the feed output. At least part of the energy for the driving is drawn from the energy store. The DC voltage is less than the peak value of the AC voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2024
    Assignee: SAINT-GOBAIN GLASS FRANCE
    Inventors: Richard Stelzer, Bastian Klauss, Michael Zeiss, Doane Shelby Craig
  • Patent number: 12122307
    Abstract: A cable assembly for a work machine, includes a cable and a collet. The cable includes an electrically conductive core, an insulating layer covering the core; an electrically conductive shield layer covering the insulating layer over a first length of the cable, and the insulating layer is exposed over a second length of the cable. The shield layer is folded back over a fold length, and the fold length includes two layers of the shield layer. The collet includes an inner sleeve and an outer sleeve extending over a portion of the inner sleeve at an end of the collet. The two shield layers of the fold length are arranged over the inner sleeve and under the outer sleeve, the insulating layer is arranged under the inner sleeve, and the second length of the cable extends through the inner sleeve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2024
    Assignee: Caterpillar Inc.
    Inventor: Robert A. Jackson
  • Patent number: 12126187
    Abstract: The present specification provides a wireless power reception apparatus comprising: a power pick-up unit configured to receive wireless power from a wireless power transmission apparatus by magnetic coupling with the wireless power transmission apparatus and convert an AC signal generated by the wireless power into a DC signal; a communication/control unit configured to receive the DC signal from the power pick-up unit and control the wireless power; and a load configured to receive the DC signal from the power pick-up unit. When foreign material is detected before power transmission, wireless power transmission is sustained on the basis of a safe basic power profile of 5 W or less, without interrupting power transmission, and thus, a charging delay can be prevented and the accuracy and reliability of detection of foreign material can be increased despite individual characteristics of the wireless power reception apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2024
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Yongcheol Park, Kyunghwan Kim
  • Patent number: 12115884
    Abstract: A power supply system for electric vehicle comprising; power; a first power line; and a second power line; wherein the output of the high voltage side from the power line is fed to the high voltage side of each of the first power line and the second power line, the output of the low voltage side from the power line is fed to the low voltage said of each of the first power line and the second power line, the first power line and the second power line are connected at their far ends and a power supply system for electric vehicle that supplies electric power to an electric vehicle by means of said first power line or said second power line. the first power line and the second power line have a bypass line that interconnects from the power to the connection at the far end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2024
    Assignee: Hitachi Industrial Products, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroaki Miyata, Kazuhiro Imaie, Junichi Yanagita