Patents Examined by Dru M Parries
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Patent number: 11958578Abstract: The present invention relates to a power supply system, especially for a floating vessel, comprising at least two segregated power sections, each constituting a main redundancy group, and each comprising at least one of a power generator adapted to generate an electrical power to a main switchboard and a power consumer, such as a propulsion unit, drawing power from said switch board, and a bus-tie connecting the main switch boards of each redundancy group. The system also comprises at least to segregated directly powered thruster redundancy groups, each including a thruster drive, each being connected to the main switch board of a corresponding one of the main redundancy groups, respectively, the thruster redundancy groups including AC/DC converter means and a DC interconnection connecting the thruster redundancy groups thus proving a loop structure, the thruster redundancy groups being able to draw power from both main switchboards.Type: GrantFiled: January 11, 2019Date of Patent: April 16, 2024Assignee: Kongsberg Maritime ASInventor: Rune Van Ravens
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Patent number: 11955811Abstract: A power transmitter (101) of a wireless power transfer system comprises a resonance including a transmitter coil (103) for generating a power transfer signal for wirelessly transferring power to a power receiver (105). Further, a driver (1303) generates a drive signal for the resonance circuit (201) and a message receiver (1305) is arranged to receive messages from the power receiver (105). A power loop controller (1307) implements a power control loop by adapting the power of the drive signal in response to power control messages received from the power receiver (105). However, the regulation is subject to a constraint of at least one of a current or voltage of the resonance circuit and a power of the drive signal being below a maximum limit. Further, the power transmitter (101) comprises an adapter (1309) which adapts the maximum limit in response to a load indication indicative of a loading of the power transfer signal by the power receiver (105).Type: GrantFiled: April 12, 2021Date of Patent: April 9, 2024Assignee: Koninklijke Philips N.V.Inventors: Antonius Adriaan Maria Staring, Andries Van Wageningen
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Patent number: 11949230Abstract: A hybrid power locomotive and an energy balance control method and system thereof is disclosed. In embodiments of the disclosure, the energy utilization rate is maximized by means of self-adaptive matching of the rotating speed and the power, dynamic balance control over the actual output voltage of the power pack is achieved by means of charging and discharging control over the energy storage element, and energy waste and power pack overload are avoided.Type: GrantFiled: November 18, 2020Date of Patent: April 2, 2024Assignee: CRRC ZHUZHOU LOCOMOTIVE CO., LTD.Inventors: Hongtao Liao, Wei Wang, Qingmin Qin, Zhe Chen, Qiang Fu
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Patent number: 11945330Abstract: Systems and methods may coordinate and provide bidirectional energy transfer events between electrified vehicles and households or other structures, such as for supporting transient loads associated with the households/structures, for example. Vehicle information, driving habit information, and household information may be leveraged for providing enhanced transient load capability controls that permit increased appliance usage without increasing energy costs. The proposed systems/methods may particularly allow for bidirectional energy transfer support of high load appliances for increasing a user's comfort, pleasure, and convenience.Type: GrantFiled: October 4, 2021Date of Patent: April 2, 2024Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLCInventors: Stuart C. Salter, Ryan O'Gorman, Peter Phung, Katherine Howard-Cone
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Patent number: 11942816Abstract: An electric utility distribution system in which power is supplied by a distribution transformer through an electric utility meter including an apparatus for detecting the presence of a back-feed voltage source connected to the load. The apparatus includes a virtual neutral established in the electric utility meter at ground potential and a remote switch that is opened to interrupt electric power flow from the distribution transformer to the load. The apparatus further includes a balanced voltage divider circuit including a connection point established between a pair of series connected resistive elements. In addition, the apparatus includes a detection circuit configured to monitor a voltage signal at the connection point to detect a back-feed voltage source connected between a neutral conductor of the electric utility distribution system and one of a first or second power line at the load.Type: GrantFiled: November 30, 2021Date of Patent: March 26, 2024Assignee: Aclara Technologies LLCInventors: Curtis W. Crittenden, Carl Oppenheimer
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Patent number: 11938877Abstract: A method includes detecting a determined operating condition of a first power converter that is one of a plurality of first power converters in a power generating unit, and the power generating unit is one of a plurality of power generating units. The method further includes responding to detection of the determined operating condition by: controlling, via at least one remaining first power converter of the plurality of first power converters, a load current flowing through a power bus coupled to the plurality of power generating units, and altering one or more droop characteristics corresponding to one or more second power converters disposed in other power generating units based at least in part on the controlled load current flowing through the power bus, wherein the one or more second power converters disposed in other power generating units are coupled to the power bus.Type: GrantFiled: August 27, 2020Date of Patent: March 26, 2024Assignee: Transportation IP Holdings, LLCInventors: Govardhan Ganireddy, Ajith Kuttannair Kumar, Shahid Ali, Prashanth Manikumar Chennamsetty
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Patent number: 11932121Abstract: A power supply control system (1) for use in a vehicle, the system including: a first power control arrangement (2) incorporating at least two inputs (3, 4) and at least two outputs (5, 6); and a second power control arrangement (7) incorporating at least two inputs (8, 9) and at least two outputs (10, 11), each power control arrangement (2, 7) being configured to operate in an active mode or an isolated mode. In the active mode, the inputs and outputs of the power control arrangement (2, 7) are connected electrically to one another. In the isolated mode, the inputs and outputs of the power control arrangement (2, 7) are electrically isolated from one another. A selector arrangement (37) is configured to select the operating mode of the power control arrangements (2, 7) so that, at any one time, only one power control arrangement (2, 7) operates in the active mode while the other power control arrangement (2, 7) operates in the isolated mode.Type: GrantFiled: November 28, 2019Date of Patent: March 19, 2024Assignee: VEONEER SWEDEN SAFETY SYSTEMS ABInventor: Jean-Francois Jeannard
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Patent number: 11916391Abstract: Provided is a method for controlling a wind power installation and/or a wind farm having at least one wind power installation, particularly in the case of asymmetrical network voltages, comprising: measuring a first voltage of a first phase, a second voltage of a second phase and a third voltage of a third phase of a three-phase electrical system, calculating a symmetrical negative-sequence voltage system from the measured voltages including a first negative-sequence voltage, a second negative-sequence voltage and a third negative-sequence voltage, predefining setpoints for a negative-sequence current system depending on the calculated, symmetrical negative-sequence voltage system including a first negative-sequence current component, a second negative-sequence current component and a third negative-sequence current component, wherein the setpoints are defined such that a balancing of the measured voltages is achieved, feeding an asymmetrical three-phase AC current into a wind farm network or an electrical suType: GrantFiled: December 11, 2020Date of Patent: February 27, 2024Assignee: Wobben Properties GmbHInventors: Christian Strafiel, Stefan Gertjegerdes, Aramis Schwanka Trevisan, Ingo Mackensen
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Patent number: 11916429Abstract: A power system includes a bidirectional power transfer inverter that receives grid power and can be electrically connected with electric vehicle supply equipment, and an auxiliary battery electrically connected with the bidirectional power transfer inverter and that supplies power to the bidirectional power transfer inverter and electric vehicle supply equipment while the grid power is unavailable.Type: GrantFiled: December 1, 2021Date of Patent: February 27, 2024Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Timothy Harris, Stuart C. Salter, Ryan O'Gorman, Peter Phung, Katherine Howard-Cone
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Patent number: 11916399Abstract: This application describes a coil. The coil includes an output terminal, an input terminal, and a wire-winding part that is connected between the output terminal and the input terminal. A slot is disposed on at least a part of the wire-winding part, and a depth of the slot in any direction of a cross section of the wire-winding part is less than or equal to a distance between two points that are the farthest away from each other on the cross section of the wire-winding part. The wire-winding part is a metal conductor made through spiral winding. The input terminal and the output terminal are configured to connect the wire-winding part to an external circuit.Type: GrantFiled: May 19, 2020Date of Patent: February 27, 2024Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.Inventors: Changsheng Pei, Yongfa Zhu, Heqian Yang, Jinsen Cai
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Patent number: 11901734Abstract: A grid side inverter system includes a grid side inverter, a phase locked loop controller arranged to determine a phase of a dq-frame dependent on a monitored grid voltage vector in the dq-frame and a reference grid voltage vector in the dq-frame, a current reference decision unit arranged to generate a reduction of at least one of an active and a reactive current reference, wherein a decision to generate the reduction is based on an electrical parameter relating to the phase difference of the monitored grid voltage vector and the PLL vector, a current controller arranged to determine control signals for the grid side inverter for controlling generation of active and reactive power to the grid dependent on the active and reactive current references and monitored active and a reactive grid currents in the dq-frame.Type: GrantFiled: June 3, 2022Date of Patent: February 13, 2024Assignee: VESTAS WIND SYSTEMS A/SInventors: John Godsk Nielsen, Torsten Lund, Hamid Soltani, Gert Karmisholt Andersen
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Patent number: 11901733Abstract: Provided are hybrid passive power filter and a three-phase power system. The hybrid passive power filter includes: a series passive harmonic isolation unit, a parallel passive filtering unit, and a harmonic load; the series passive harmonic isolation unit has an input terminal electrically connected to a power grid and an output terminal electrically connected to a first terminal of the harmonic load, and the series passive harmonic isolation unit is configured to isolate harmonics; and the parallel passive filtering unit has an input terminal electrically connected to the output terminal of the series passive harmonic isolation unit and an output terminal electrically connected to a second terminal of the harmonic load, and the parallel passive filtering unit is configured to filter out harmonics.Type: GrantFiled: August 10, 2020Date of Patent: February 13, 2024Assignee: QINGYUAN POWER SUPPLY BUREAU OF GUANGDONG POWER GRID CORPORATIONInventors: Fang Yang, Xiaoliang Tang, Yabing Zhou, Wanyu Ye
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Patent number: 11894675Abstract: A DC voltage grid includes an electrical conductor electrically interconnecting electrical components, with a DC voltage applied between parts of the electrical conductor. An actuator is configured to vary the DC voltage such that a value of the DC voltage depends on at least one state of the DC voltage grid. Information about the at least one state is transmitted to the electrical components of the DC voltage grid by way of the DC voltage. A wind farm having wind turbines connected to such a DC voltage grid and a method for operating such a DC voltage grid or such a wind farm are also disclosed. The DC voltage of the DC voltage grid is controlled or regulated depending on a state of the DC voltage grid.Type: GrantFiled: February 6, 2020Date of Patent: February 6, 2024Assignee: Siemens AktiengesellschaftInventor: Markus Matthias Gaudenz
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Patent number: 11890964Abstract: A vehicle includes first and second power supply cords. Positive and negative electrodes of a battery are connected to a first power supply portion and a first ground portion of a first circuit, respectively, by the first power supply cord, and connected to a second power supply portion and a second ground portion of the second circuit, respectively, by the second power supply cord. The first circuit includes a control circuit configured to measure voltages of the second power supply portion as a first voltage and as a second voltage with reference to a potential of the first ground portion and a potential of the second ground portion, respectively. In a case in which the first and second voltages have a predetermined relationship, power supplied from the second power supply cord to the second circuit is set to be a predetermined value or less.Type: GrantFiled: August 11, 2022Date of Patent: February 6, 2024Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Hisashi Senga, Masaya Nishinaka
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Patent number: 11881726Abstract: A shield construction for transfer of wireless power is provided. The shield construction may be a magnetic shield having a plurality of layers and provided for a wireless transmitter or a wireless receiver, or both. The magnetic shield may include a first layer and a second layer, where the first layer may be nearer to a core than the second layer, and where the second layer may include a second layer area that is larger than a first layer area of the first layer. The wireless transmitter and the wireless receiver may be configured to multi-phase wireless power transfer.Type: GrantFiled: January 28, 2022Date of Patent: January 23, 2024Assignee: UT-Battelle, LLCInventors: Mostak Mohammad, Omer C. Oner, Jason L Pries
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Patent number: 11858360Abstract: A method for operating at least one electrical component of a vehicle with the aid of a battery. At least two battery cells of the battery are electrically connected and thus added to the at least one component via at least one particular switching unit. The following steps for precharging a DC link of the vehicle is carried out: a) adding a first of the battery cells, b) incrementally adding at least a second of the battery cells, after a previous adding has taken place in each case.Type: GrantFiled: August 9, 2019Date of Patent: January 2, 2024Assignee: ROBERT BOSCH GMBHInventors: Walter Von Emden, Joachim Joos, Johannes Grabowski
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Patent number: 11862374Abstract: A current-compensated inductor for filtering interference signals which are transmitted between two high-voltage components of a high-voltage on-board electrical system of a motor vehicle, includes a toroidal, in particular circular ring-shaped or oval ring-shaped, magnet core which surrounds an inner opening, and has at least two busbars for electrically connecting the two high-voltage components. The busbars are routed axially through the inner opening of the magnet core and are arranged at a distance from one another in the inner opening so as to form an air gap. An inner side of the magnet core, which inner side faces the inner opening, and regions of outer sides of the busbars, which regions face the inner side of the magnet core, have shapes which correspond to one another.Type: GrantFiled: August 27, 2019Date of Patent: January 2, 2024Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke AktiengesellschaftInventors: Hubert Herrmann, Christoph Mehrwald, Jan Sousek
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Patent number: 11848560Abstract: A method described delivers power to a first load and a second load from networked power plants. The method may include receiving a power delivery profile for the first load, receiving a power delivery profile for a second load, determining a power output capability of a first renewable energy power plant (REPP), and determining a power output capability of a second REPP. The method may also include setting a power output for the first REPP and a power output for the second REPP based on the power delivery profile for the first and second loads and the power output capabilities of the first and second REPPs. The method may also include allocating a combined power output of the first and second REPPs to the first and second loads and delivering the allocated combined power output to the first and second loads.Type: GrantFiled: March 8, 2023Date of Patent: December 19, 2023Assignee: 8ME NOVA, LLCInventor: Thomas Buttgenbach
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Patent number: 11831193Abstract: A power supply system includes: a first power circuit having a first battery and a first power line; a second power circuit having a second battery and a second power line; a voltage converter; a power converter; a first voltage acquisition unit which acquires a first closed circuit voltage lower limit CCVmin1 of the first battery; a second voltage acquisition unit which acquires a second closed circuit voltage lower limit CCVmin2 of the second battery; and a power control unit which operates the second power circuit based on a requested power, in which the power control unit isolates the second battery from the second power lines, in a case of a voltage difference between the first closed circuit voltage lower limit CCVmin1 and the second closed circuit voltage lower limit CCVmin2 becoming less than a first voltage threshold value A while output limitation of the second battery is being requested.Type: GrantFiled: February 23, 2022Date of Patent: November 28, 2023Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Arata Ohishi, Hirokazu Oguma, Yasuo Yamada, Minoru Nagasawa, Yoshihiro Kanamaru
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Patent number: 11821251Abstract: A door operating system includes a door operator; a laser transmitter; and an accessory device operatively connected to a laser receiver, the accessory device is powered, at least in part by, energy received by a laser shining at the laser receiver. A method of providing power to accessory devices associated with a door opening system includes: configuring a laser receiver to receive power from a laser; configuring the laser receiver to provide power to an accessory device; configuring a laser transmitter to convert AC power to a laser; controlling the laser transmitter with a controller that also controls a door operator.Type: GrantFiled: September 17, 2020Date of Patent: November 21, 2023Assignee: GMI Holdings, Inc.Inventor: Gregory D. Matias