Patents Examined by Esayas G Yeshaw
  • Patent number: 11966264
    Abstract: A system of providing power to a chip on a mainboard includes: a first power supply, located on the mainboard, and being configured to receive a first voltage and to provide a second voltage; and a second power supply and a third power supply, located on the mainboard and disposed at different sides of the chip, each of the second power supply and the third power supply is electrically connected to the first power supply to receive the second voltage, the second power supply provides a third voltage to the chip, the third power supply provides a fourth voltage to the chip, and ZBUS_2?5*(ZPS2_2+ZPDN_2), ZBUS_2 is bus impedance between the first power supply and the third power supply, ZPS2_2 is equivalent output impedance of the third power supply, and ZPDN_2 is transmission impedance between the third power supply and the chip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: Delta Electronics (Shanghai) CO., LTD
    Inventors: Haoyi Ye, Jianhong Zeng, Xiaoni Xin
  • Patent number: 11962248
    Abstract: An energy conversion system, an energy conversion method, and a power system. The energy conversion system may include a bridge arm conversion module, a direct current (DC)/DC conversion module, a motor, a bus capacitor, and a control module. The control module may be configured to control a bridge arm switch action in the bridge arm conversion module, drive the motor based on an alternating current input voltage supplied by a power supply, form a bus voltage at two ends of the bus capacitor, and control the DC/DC conversion module to charge a traction battery and an auxiliary battery based on the bus voltage. The traction battery and the auxiliary battery can be charged while the motor is driven, thereby achieving higher energy conversion efficiency, low costs, and strong applicability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: Huawei Digital Power Technologies Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Wei Zhang, Zhaoxue Cui, Ningbo Feng
  • Patent number: 11955819
    Abstract: A wireless power receiver system includes a receiver antenna including a plurality of receiver coils, each of the plurality of receiver coils configured to receive alternating current (AC) wireless power signals from a wireless power transmission system. The system further includes a receiver controller configured to generate communications signals. The system further includes a plurality of modulation circuits, each of the plurality of modulation circuits operatively associated with one of the plurality of receiver coils and the receiver controller, each of the plurality of modulation circuits configured to partially dampen a magnetic field, coupling the wireless power receiver system with the wireless power transmission system, based on the communication signals provided to each of the plurality of modulation circuits by the receiver controller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: NuCurrent, Inc.
    Inventors: Anna Oleksiewicz, Alberto Peralta, Andy Yoon, Alireza Dayerizadeh, Michael Katz
  • Patent number: 11949339
    Abstract: An electronic circuit arrangement for a fuel cell arrangement may include a first electrical voltage converter stage and a second electrical voltage converter stage. An electrical fuel cell voltage may be appliable to the first electrical voltage converter stage on an input side. The electrical fuel cell voltage may be convertible into a first electrical output voltage of the first electrical voltage converter stage via the first electrical voltage converter stage. The first electrical output voltage may be appliable to the second electrical voltage converter stage on an input side. The first electrical output voltage may be convertible into a second electrical output voltage of the second electrical voltage converter stage via the second electrical voltage converter stage. An electrical interconnection of the first electrical voltage converter stage and the second electrical voltage converter stage may be switchable between a first interconnection state and a second interconnection state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: Mahle International GmbH
    Inventors: Tihomir Angelov, Volker Kirschner, Hans C. Uibeleisen
  • Patent number: 11945321
    Abstract: Technologies and techniques for charging a high-voltage battery of an electric drive of a vehicle, in which electrical power is transmitted from a low-voltage on-board electrical system of the vehicle to the high-voltage battery, and, to aid starting of the vehicle, electrical power is transmitted from a separate external unit to the low-voltage on-board electrical system of the vehicle and is transmitted from the low-voltage on-board electrical system to the high-voltage battery. The present disclosure also relates to a related power transmission system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: Volkswagen Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Paul Birgel, Kai Kuhr, Marco Bröcker
  • Patent number: 11949271
    Abstract: An embodiment of the present invention provides a load sharing control device included in each of multiple power supply devices connected to a load in parallel, the load sharing control device comprising: a first control unit for generating a first control signal which controls an output current of a power supply device, by using the output current of the power supply device and a current of a load share bus; and a second control unit for generating a second control signal which controls an output voltage of the power supply device, by using a target voltage of the power supply device, a feedback voltage received as feedback from the output voltage of the power supply device, and a control voltage according to the first control signal of the first control unit, wherein the first control unit generates the first control signal so that the output current is identical to the current of the load share bus, and limits the output current to a threshold current or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: LG INNOTEK CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Jae Sam Lee
  • Patent number: 11942786
    Abstract: A power supply circuit, a compensation circuit and a harmonic distortion compensation method thereof are disclosed. The power supply circuit includes a rectifier and filter module, a main power stage module, a voltage waveform detection module and a compensation module. The rectifier and filter module converts an AC voltage into a DC voltage. The main power stage module receives the DC voltage and provides power to a load. The voltage waveform detection module is configured to detect a waveform of the DC voltage and derive, from the waveform, information about each cycle of the DC voltage. The compensation module is configured to generate a compensation signal based on the information about each cycle of the DC voltage and trigger the main power stage module to perform compensation operation based on the compensation signal. The compensation operation is performed to accomplish total harmonic distortion compensation of the power supply circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: SHANGHAI BRIGHT POWER SEMICONDUCTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jianjing Lv, Minmin Fan
  • Patent number: 11940338
    Abstract: An electric-carrier power-supply device for use in an electric carrier is provided. The electric-carrier power-supply device includes a piezoresistive sensor, a battery interface, and a power-management unit (PMU). The battery interface is connected to an on-board battery and receives power from the on-board battery. The PMU controls power to a motor of the electric carrier. A piezoresistive strain gage is disposed between a contact area between the battery interface and the on-board battery, and is used to detect a pressure value of the contact area. The piezoresistive sensor receives the pressure value detected by the piezoresistive strain gage, and converts the pressure value into a resistance value. The piezoresistive sensor determines whether the resistance value is within a safe resistance value range to generate a resistance-value-determination signal. The PMU determines whether to provide power to the motor is according to the resistance-value-determination signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: WISTRON CORP.
    Inventors: Chen Yi Liang, Yung Chen Chang
  • Patent number: 11942799
    Abstract: A power transmitter for wireless power transfer includes a sensing system, a feedback mechanism and a control and communications unit includes a controller configured to receive object detection data from the sensing system, if a power receiver is detected, reset an alert timer, if the power receiver has been detected and a disconnect is detected, determine if an alert timer value is greater than an alert threshold, if a disconnect is detected and the alert timer value is greater than the alert threshold, instruct the feedback mechanism to output an alert. The power transmitter further includes an inverter circuit configured to receive a direct current (DC) power and convert the input power to a power signal and a coil configured to transmit the power signal to a power receiver, the coil formed of wound Litz wire and including at least one layer, the coil defining, at least, a top face.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: NuCurrent, Inc.
    Inventors: Andrew Kovacs, Jason Green
  • Patent number: 11932123
    Abstract: Discharge systems for electric vehicles and electric vehicles having discharge systems. In one implementation, a discharge system for an electric vehicle includes a step-down power converter configured to step down an input voltage to an output voltage; discharge circuitry coupled to the output of the step-down power converter, wherein the discharge circuitry is reversibly driveable to load the step-down power converter; an input component configured to receive input that originated from a human user or a sensor of the electric vehicle, wherein the input indicates that the electric vehicle is to shutdown; and discharge drive circuitry configured to drive the discharge circuitry to load the step-down power converter in response to the indication that the electric vehicle is to shutdown.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: POWER INTEGRATIONS, INC.
    Inventors: Christoph Dustert, Andreas Volke, Klaus Harmann
  • Patent number: 11935681
    Abstract: A power converter comprises a chassis and an AC connector, a low-voltage DC connector and a high-voltage DC connector at an exterior surface of the chassis. An AC-DC converter circuit is positioned at least partially within the chassis and is coupled to the AC connector. A first converter circuit is positioned at least partially within the chassis and is coupled to the AC-DC converter circuit and to a high-voltage DC bus. The high-voltage DC bus is connected to the high-voltage DC connector. A second converter circuit is positioned at least partially within the chassis and is coupled to the high-voltage DC bus to a low-voltage DC bus. The low-voltage DC bus is connected to the low-voltage DC connector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: Navitas Semiconductor Limited
    Inventors: Hao Sun, Zhen Zhou
  • Patent number: 11923596
    Abstract: A controllable electrical outlet may comprise a resonant loop antenna. The resonant loop antenna may comprise a feed loop electrically coupled to a radio-frequency (RF) communication circuit and a main loop magnetically coupled to the feed loop. The controllable electrical outlet may comprise one or more electrical receptacles configured to receive a plug of a plug-in electrical load and may be configured to control power delivered to the plug-in electrical load in response to an RF signal received via the RF communication circuit. The RF performance of the controllable electrical outlet may be substantially immune to devices plugged into the receptacles (e.g., plugs, power supplies, etc.) due to the operation of the resonant loop antenna. For example, degradation of the RF performance of the controllable electrical outlet may be less when the controllable electrical outlet includes the resonant loop antenna rather than other types of antennas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: Lutron Technology Company LLC
    Inventors: Robert Bollinger, Jr., Dragan Veskovic
  • Patent number: 11916408
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a wireless power delivery system including: a wireless power generation unit (GU) including: a GU antenna array; and a GU wireless communication circuit; and one or more recovery units (RUs), wherein each RU includes: an RU antenna array; and an RU wireless communication circuit. The GU antenna array is configured to use volumetric refocusing to scan the area for the one or more RUs by sweeping a wireless scan signal to be captured by the RU antenna array. The RU antenna array receives the wireless scan signal, the RU wireless communication unit is configured to transmit a wireless signal back to the GU wireless communication unit. The GU is configured to record the focal coordinates of each RU based upon the signal received by the GU from each RU. The GU is configured to emit a wireless power signal to the recorded focal coordinates of each RU.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: GuRu Wireless, Inc.
    Inventors: Behrooz Abiri, Seyed Ali Hajimiri, Mark Lewis
  • Patent number: 11909258
    Abstract: Power supplies and methods of use thereof are provided, where a power supply includes an input configured to receive input AC power an output configured to provide output AC power to a load, at least one power converter coupled to the input and configured to convert the input AC power into the output AC power, a controller coupled the at least one power converter. The controller is configured to adjust at least one parameter of the output AC power provided by the at least one power converter, detect, in response to adjusting the at least one parameter of the output AC power, at least one of an adjusted input AC power or an adjusted output AC power, and determine that a fault has occurred based on the at least one of the adjusted input AC power or the adjusted output AC power.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC IT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenneth A. Colby, Jr., Wei-Hsiang Lin, Venkatraman Chennakesavan, Eyob Demissie, Luka Petrovic, Himamshu V Prasad, Yu Zhang
  • Patent number: 11901146
    Abstract: A relay drive control device is configured to control drive of a relay for connecting a battery mounted on a vehicle and an external power supply. The relay drive control device includes a controller configured to, when driving the relay, supply an output voltage of the battery to the relay after increasing the output voltage to a voltage value at which the relay is drivable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tomohiro Narematsu, Akira Umemoto, Takuya Itoh, Yasuyuki Morishita, Yu Shimizu, Fumiyoshi Kuribara, Ippei Takesue, Daiki Takayama, Tomoya Aoki, Daisuke Kamikihara
  • Patent number: 11901138
    Abstract: A light switch cover for converting a standard toggle switch into a remote-controlled toggle switch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: ECOLINK INTELLIGENT TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventors: Michael Bailey, Eric Wang, Jerry Huang
  • Patent number: 11894698
    Abstract: A wireless power receiver system includes a receiver antenna including a plurality of receiver coils, each of the plurality of receiver coils configured to receive alternating current (AC) wireless power signals from a wireless power transmission system. The system further includes a receiver controller configured to generate communications signals. The system further includes a plurality of modulation circuits, each of the plurality of modulation circuits operatively associated with one of the plurality of receiver coils and the receiver controller, each of the plurality of modulation circuits configured to partially dampen a magnetic field, coupling the wireless power receiver system with the wireless power transmission system, based on the communication signals provided to each of the plurality of modulation circuits by the receiver controller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: NuCurrent, Inc.
    Inventors: Anna Oleksiewicz, Alberto Peralta, Andy Yoon, Alireza Dayerizadeh, Michael Katz
  • Patent number: 11888322
    Abstract: This application provides a photovoltaic system and a maximum power point tracking control method for a photovoltaic system. The photovoltaic system includes an MPPT controller and a power converter, and the MPPT controller is connected to the power converter. The MPPT controller is configured to: be connected to a photovoltaic array, and track a global maximum power point MPP of the photovoltaic array. The MPPT controller may be further configured to obtain, when there is a periodic shade for the photovoltaic array, a multi-peak search start moment of global MPPT of the photovoltaic array based on a status of tracking the global MPP of the photovoltaic array in a target time period, so that when the multi-peak search start moment in each MPPT period arrives, the global MPPT of the photovoltaic array is started, to output a working point of the global MPP of the photovoltaic array to the power converter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: Huawei Digital Power Technologies Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Binjie Cheng
  • Patent number: 11889604
    Abstract: A load control system includes a load control device and a remote control for configuring and controlling operation of the load control device. The load control device and remote control may be mounted to an electrical wallbox. The system may be configured by associating the remote control with the load control device, and actuating a button on the remote control to configure the load control device. A second remote control device may be directly or indirectly associated with the load control device. The load control device and remote control may communicate via inductive coils that are magnetically coupled together. The remote control may be operable to charge a battery from energy derived from the magnetic coupling between the inductive coils. The load control device and remote control may include near-field communication modules that are operable to communicate wirelessly via near-field radiation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: Lutron Technology Company, LLC
    Inventor: Lawrence R. Carmen, Jr.
  • Patent number: 11876467
    Abstract: An inverter is electrically connected between a traction battery and a switch bank. The inverter includes a plurality of pairs of series connected power semiconductor devices. Each of the pairs is electrically connected in parallel with the traction battery to define a phase leg, and each of the power semiconductor devices has a body diode in parallel therewith. The inverter also includes a plurality of diodes connected in parallel with the power semiconductor devices such that only one of the power semiconductor devices of each of the pairs has one of the diodes connected in parallel therewith.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Kun Zhuge, Baoming Ge, Lihua Chen