Patents Examined by Emmanuel Dominique
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Patent number: 10707773Abstract: An energy acquisition and power supply system is provided. The power supply system includes a plurality of power elements, each of the power elements including a transistor capable of conduction path switching, a current regulator having a dynamic substrate selection circuit and a reverse leakage current suppression circuit as well as a voltage regulator, wherein the dynamic substrate selection circuit selects a substrate potential of the transistor capable of conduction path switching dynamically to reduce a substrate leakage current of the transistor capable of conduction path switching, and the reverse leakage current suppression circuit is utilized for switching the power element at a local end to reduce transient reverse leakage current and current consumption of the power element at the local end for an input voltage, such that an output current for the power element at the local end is maximized.Type: GrantFiled: November 29, 2017Date of Patent: July 7, 2020Assignee: NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVSERSITYInventors: Shuenn-Yuh Lee, Chih-Hung Lee, Zhan-Xian Liao
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Sheet for shielding electromagnetic waves for wireless charging and method of manufacturing the same
Patent number: 10707013Abstract: A sheet to shield electromagnetic waves for wireless charging includes: a base part formed of a resin; and a magnetic material embedded in the base part, wherein a density of the magnetic material in a region of the magnetic material corresponding to a shape of a coil of a reception coil member or a transmission coil member and a region of the magnetic material corresponding to an inner side of the coil is higher than a density of the magnetic material in other regions of the magnetic material.Type: GrantFiled: September 19, 2017Date of Patent: July 7, 2020Assignee: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.Inventor: Seung Min Lee -
Patent number: 10700542Abstract: A method of controlling the connection of a multiple phase power source to a plurality of capacitors. The method including, for each phase of the power source, determining a first voltage using a first voltage divider, the first voltage divider having a first high voltage resistor and a first low voltage resistor, wherein the first voltage is equal to a voltage across the first low voltage resistor. The method further including, for each phase of the power source, determining a second voltage across using a second voltage divider, the second voltage divider having a second high voltage resistor and a second low voltage resistor, wherein the second voltage is equal to a voltage across the second low voltage resistor. The method further including, for each phase of the power source, generating a close signal when the difference between the first voltage and the second voltage is approximately zero.Type: GrantFiled: June 27, 2017Date of Patent: June 30, 2020Assignee: Hubbell IncorporatedInventors: Joseph Gerovac, Robert A. Traska
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Patent number: 10686316Abstract: An energy storage system that comprises an energy reservoir and a system controller. The energy reservoir is charged by DC energy from a DC energy source while discharging DC energy to a DC/AC converter. A system controller regulates the DC energy discharged from the energy reservoir to the DC/AC converter to nearly balance the amount of DC energy charged into the energy reservoir. Because this charging and discharging is nearly balanced, the size of the energy reservoir can be made quite small relative to the amount of charging and discharging. This is advantageous where the flow of charge and discharge is high, as might be the case if the energy reservoir receives charge from all or a substantial portion of a power station, such as a solar power station. With such a controller, the use of an energy reservoir becomes technically feasible even with such large current flows.Type: GrantFiled: October 27, 2017Date of Patent: June 16, 2020Assignee: LT LIGHTING (TAIWAN) CORP.Inventors: Geoffrey Wen-Tai Shuy, Wen Tien Chang, Chang Horang Li, Zhen Hui Lee, Zheng Zhao Guo, Wen Tsung Lo
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Patent number: 10680678Abstract: Charging for one or more powered devices on a vehicle may be implemented on support components of a vehicle which may be movable with respect to one another to accomplish a function. When the support components are in a first position, a power unit in communication with a power source of the vehicle may be used to charge a powered rail for charging a rechargeable power storage unit in contact with the powered rail. The power storage unit, in turn, may provide power to one or more powered devices which may be separately housed. When the support components are in a second position, such as to accomplish a work function, the charged power storage unit may continue to provide power to the powered device(s) despite the power storage unit and the powered device(s) being distal to the powered rail.Type: GrantFiled: September 27, 2017Date of Patent: June 9, 2020Assignee: Tyri International, Inc.Inventor: Christian Wadell
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Patent number: 10666198Abstract: A high frequency electromagnetic radiation generation device is disclosed that includes a high voltage input, a nonlinear transmission line, an antenna, and a pulse recirculating circuit. In some embodiments, the high voltage input may be configured to receive electrical pulses having a first peak voltage that is greater than 5 kV, and/or may be electrically coupled with the nonlinear transmission line. The antenna may be electrically coupled with the nonlinear transmission line and/or may radiate electromagnetic radiation at a frequency greater than 100 MHz about a voltage greater than 5 kV. The pulse recirculating may be electrically coupled with the high voltage input and the antenna. The pulse recirculating circuit may include a diode; a low pass filter; and a delay line. In some embodiments, unradiated energy from the antenna is directed through the pulse recirculating circuit to the nonlinear transmission line with a delay of less than 100 ns.Type: GrantFiled: May 9, 2017Date of Patent: May 26, 2020Assignee: EAGLE HARBOR TECHNOLOGIES, INCInventors: James R. Prager, Timothy M. Ziemba, Kenneth E. Miller
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Patent number: 10665215Abstract: The present invention provides an Effector Power Adapter for connecting an effector, the Effector Power Adapter includes a power supply module, at least one first voltage transformation module and multiple voltage output ports, wherein the voltage output port has at least one first voltage transformation output port. The first voltage transformation module is electrically connected to the power supply module and the first voltage transformation output port, and the first voltage transformation module controls the first voltage transformation output port to output numerically continuously adjustable voltages. The present invention further provides an Effector Working System, which has an effector and the above effector power adapter. The Effector Power Adapter and the Effector Working System provided by the present invention can apply different voltages to an effector to produce different sound effects, which enriches the playing effect and offers more musical creation space for music practitioners.Type: GrantFiled: October 9, 2017Date of Patent: May 26, 2020Assignee: Shenzhen Swiff Technology Co., Ltd.Inventor: He Jia
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Patent number: 10661737Abstract: An energy storage apparatus includes: an energy storage device which is connected to a vehicle load and a vehicle power generator; a current interrupt device that causes the energy storage device and the vehicle load as well as the energy storage device and the vehicle power generator to be in a conduction state or in an interruption state; a voltage detection unit that detects voltage of the energy storage device; and a control unit. The control unit executes: a switching instruction process in which, when determining that the electric storage device will reach an overcharge state on the basis of the voltage, the control unit issues an interruption switching instruction to the current interrupt device; and an interruption maintaining process in which, when the number of times of the switching instruction process exceeds a predetermined value, the control unit issues an instruction to maintain the interruption state.Type: GrantFiled: January 19, 2017Date of Patent: May 26, 2020Assignee: GS YUASA INTERNATIONAL LTD.Inventors: Takeyuki Shiraishi, Masashi Nakamura, Takeshi Nakamoto
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Patent number: 10632856Abstract: An integrated endplate for a battery pack includes an inner wall and an outer wall. The outer wall has a first side adjacent to the inner wall and a second side opposite the first side. The outer wall includes a connector interface protruding from the second side and defining at least one aperture therethrough. The integrated endplate further includes at least one electrical connector extending between the inner wall and the outer wall to the at least one aperture of the connector interface.Type: GrantFiled: January 19, 2017Date of Patent: April 28, 2020Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLCInventors: John Sturza, Neil Robert Burrows, Sai K. Perumalla, Rohit Gunna, Hyung Min Baek
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Patent number: 10637272Abstract: A method for adaptively optimizing wireless charging efficiency is disclosed. The method may comprise providing an input power to a power transmitter, the power transmitter comprising a transmitter-side coil wirelessly coupled to a receiver-side coil of a power receiver, determining, at the power receiver, a real power transferred from the power transmitter, transmitting information associated with the determined real power to the power transmitter through the coupling between the receiver-side coil and the transmitter-side coil, and adjusting, at the power transmitter, the input power in response to determining, according to the transmitted information, that the real power differs from an expected power corresponding to the input power by over a first threshold, causing the real power to tune towards the expected power.Type: GrantFiled: May 10, 2017Date of Patent: April 28, 2020Assignee: SHENZHEN YICHONG WIRELESS POWER TECHNOLOGY CO. LTDInventors: Siming Pan, Dawei He, Tun Li
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Patent number: 10630108Abstract: Embodiments relating to systems, methods, and devices for wireless charging are disclosed. In some embodiments, methods for establishing a communication link between a power transmitting unit (PTU) and a power receiving unit (PRU) through a low energy wireless communication interface are described.Type: GrantFiled: September 26, 2014Date of Patent: April 21, 2020Assignee: Intel CorporationInventors: Xintian Lin, Qinghua Li
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Patent number: 10608468Abstract: A wireless power transmitting device may have control circuitry that supplies drive signals to a coil to produce wireless power signals. The wireless power receiving device may have a coil that receives the transmitted wireless power signals from the wireless power transmitting device. The wireless power receiving device may have a rectifier that rectifies signals received by the coil in the wireless power receiving device and that provides a rectified voltage to a capacitor. A charger in the wireless power receiving device may charge a battery in the device using the rectified voltage. When it is desired to convey information to the wireless power transmitting device, the wireless power transmitting device may cease the transmission of wireless power and the wireless power receiving device may modulate transistors in the rectifier to transmit data to the wireless power transmitting device.Type: GrantFiled: June 1, 2017Date of Patent: March 31, 2020Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Rohan Dayal, Weihong Qiu, Zaki Moussaoui
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Patent number: 10608466Abstract: A power distribution system in a datacenter generates and distributes a pulsed direct current (DC) voltage, instead of alternating current (AC) power or DC power. The system includes an uninterruptible power supply (UPS) and a breaker and may include multiple UPS's and multiple breakers. The UPS is configured to receive an AC voltage. The UPS includes a rechargeable battery and a pulsed DC circuit that generates the pulsed DC output voltage to drive a load external to the UPS. The pulsed DC output voltage comprises a periodic waveform including an on phase and an off phase. The UPS generates a timing signal indicative of occurrence of the off phase of the pulsed DC output voltage. The breaker provides the pulsed DC output voltage from the UPS to the load and decouples the pulsed DC output voltage from the load during an off phase upon detection of a fault condition.Type: GrantFiled: June 15, 2017Date of Patent: March 31, 2020Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.Inventor: Kelsey Michelle Wildstone
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Patent number: 10587115Abstract: This specification describes a power distribution system comprising a first section that receives power from a first source. The power received from the first source is adjusted by a first rectifier unit coupled to a first power bus of the first section. The system also comprises a second section that is separate from the first section and that receives power from a second source. The power received from the second source is adjusted by a second rectifier unit coupled to a second power bus of the second distribution section. The system includes a swing rectifier connected to the first section and connected to the second section. The swing rectifier is configured to provide power to the first power bus and to the second power bus and to dynamically adjust the power capacity of the first section that is available to computing loads, and to dynamically adjust the power capacity of the second section that is available to computing loads.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2016Date of Patent: March 10, 2020Assignee: Google Inc.Inventors: Eduardo Lao, Jyoti Sastry, James Kennedy, Christopher Gregory Malone, Varun Sakalkar
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Patent number: 10574092Abstract: The present invention provides a wireless power transmitter circuit which includes a power converter circuit, a power inverter circuit, a resonant transmitter circuit and a power control circuit. The power conversion circuit converts an input power to a conversion output power which includes a conversion output voltage. The power inverter circuit converts the conversion output power to an AC output power. The resonant transmitter circuit converts the AC output power to a resonant wireless power. The power control circuit generates a current reference signal according to the conversion output voltage, and generates a conversion control signal according to a difference between the current reference signal and a resonant current related signal, to control the power converter circuit such that the resonant wireless power is regulated substantially at a predetermined power level.Type: GrantFiled: June 1, 2017Date of Patent: February 25, 2020Assignee: RICHTEK TECHNOLOGY CORPORATIONInventor: Kuo-Chi Liu
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Patent number: 10566792Abstract: A method and system for controlling the transfer of electrical power between a first electrical network and a second electrical network is disclosed. The method includes receiving at the second electrical network pricing information from the first electrical network, the pricing information associated with the supply of electrical power between the first electrical network and the second electrical network, and modifying a demand characteristic of the second electrical network based on the pricing information.Type: GrantFiled: June 12, 2014Date of Patent: February 18, 2020Assignee: Applied Hybrid Energy Pty LtdInventors: John Charles Ellice-Flint, Petar Branko Atanackovic
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Patent number: 10567853Abstract: Systems and methods for controlling small grids of appliances are described. One sample method includes receiving consumption data from a plurality of electrical appliances that are plugged into outlets at a first location and monitoring power usage at the first location. The method includes evaluating the received consumption data to identify one or more predetermined conditions in one or more of the plurality of electrical appliances and evaluating stored data related to power consumption preferences at the first location. The power consumption preferences define conditions when a consumer associated with the first location has agreed to enable remote control of at least one designated appliance upon an occurrence of one or more predetermined conditions. The method includes determining that the one or more conditions are satisfied and to provide a first secure communication to the first appliance to control the power consumption.Type: GrantFiled: January 26, 2018Date of Patent: February 18, 2020Assignee: Amtel CorporationInventors: Jeff Kotowski, Charles Cai
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Patent number: 10559984Abstract: In a power transfer system, a power transmitting apparatus includes: power transmission means for wirelessly transmitting power to a power receiving apparatus disposed within a predetermined power transmission range; transmission means for transmitting a power transmitting apparatus identifier unique to the power transmitting apparatus using a power transmission pulse performed by the power transmission means; and power transmitting apparatus communication means for communicating wirelessly with the power receiving apparatus, and a power receiving apparatus includes: power receiving means for receiving power wirelessly from the power transmitting apparatus; extracting means for extracting the power transmitting apparatus identifier from the power transmission pulse received by the power receiving means; and power receiving apparatus communication means for communicating wirelessly with a power transmitting apparatus that transmits a communication packet containing the power transmitting apparatus identifier eType: GrantFiled: July 25, 2014Date of Patent: February 11, 2020Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Takahiro Shichino
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Patent number: 10559559Abstract: Disclosed are systems, devices, circuits, components, mechanisms, and processes in which a switching mechanism can be coupled between components. The switching mechanism is configured to have an on state or an off state, where the on state allows current to pass along a current path. A monitoring mechanism has one or more sensing inputs coupled to sense an electrical characteristic at the current path. The electrical characteristic can be a current, voltage, and/or power by way of example. The monitoring mechanism is configured to output a reporting signal indicating the sensed electrical characteristic. The monitoring mechanism can be integrated with the switching mechanism on a chip.Type: GrantFiled: May 17, 2017Date of Patent: February 11, 2020Assignee: Volterra Semiconductor CorporationInventors: David Lidsky, Ognjen Djekic, Ion Elinor Opris, Budong You, Anthony J. Stratakos, Alexandr Ikriannikov, Biljana Beronja, Trey Roessig
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Patent number: 10559973Abstract: An electronic device and a power supply method thereof are provided. The electronic device includes a control circuit, a detachable power supply device, and an auxiliary power supply device. The control circuit is coupled to a power supply terminal coupled to a system load. When the detachable power supply device is assembled to the electronic device, the detachable power supply device is coupled to the control circuit and supplies power to the system load. The auxiliary power supply device is coupled to the control circuit. When the electronic device is not turned on and the detachable power supply is removed from the electronic device, the electronic device is not turned on by the auxiliary power supply device. When the electronic device is turned on and the detachable power supply is removed from the electronic device, power is continuously supplied to the system load by the auxiliary power supply device.Type: GrantFiled: January 9, 2017Date of Patent: February 11, 2020Assignee: Wistron CorporationInventors: Cheng-Wei Huang, Kuang-Wei Wang, Kai-Cheng Lee, Yen-Hsiang Wang