Patents Examined by James Split
  • Patent number: 11975620
    Abstract: A power transfer system for supplying electric power to a battery of an electric vehicle including a control architecture capable of controlling the transmission of electric power to a battery of the electric vehicle and, at the same time, capable of providing frequency control functionalities to optimize power transmission efficiency. In a further aspect, the invention relates to a method for controlling a power transfer system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: ABB E-Mobility B.V.
    Inventors: Fabio Tombelli, Pawel Blaszczyk, Marco Lega, Oscar Apeldoorn
  • Patent number: 11957453
    Abstract: Various embodiments are directed to systems, apparatus and methods configured for anthropometrics data/measurement acquisition such as for fitment of handguns, hand tools, weapons and the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army
    Inventor: Jim A. Faughn
  • Patent number: 11914000
    Abstract: A leakage detector is used with a cable tray run configured to support one or more electrical cables. The leakage detector includes an electrical conductor extending around the cable tray run generally transverse to a length of the cable tray run. A magnetic sensor is coupled to the electrical conductor. In use the leakage detector is configured to sense magnetic flux generated by current flowing through the one or more electrical conductors adjacent the leakage detector. More than one leakage detector can be used in a leakage detection system. The leakage detection system may further include a central computing device to determine if there is leakage current from the one or more electrical conductor in the cable tray run based on signals received from the leakage detectors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: EATON INTELLIGENT POWER LIMITED
    Inventors: Anish Haridass, Guruprasad Narayan Solapurkar, Hemraj Keda Thorat
  • Patent number: 11913292
    Abstract: A production logging tool (1) comprising an elongated cylindrical body (10) of longitudinal axis (XX?), the body (10) carrying an articulated dual arms deploying arrangement (12), at least one arm carrying at least one sensor (16, 16A, 16B) to analyze at least one property of a multiphase fluid mixture (MF) flowing in a hydrocarbon well (2), said sensor (16, 16A, 16B) extending along a sensor axis (SS?), the articulated dual arms deploying arrangement (12) comprising two deploying arms (13A, 13B) and a sliding sleeve (19), the deploying arms (13A, 13B) being operable from a retracted configuration into a vertically extended configuration, the deploying arms (13A, 13B) being coupled together through an outermost end hinge (17) at outermost ends of said deploying arms (13A, 13B), one arm (13A) being coupled to a first end part of the body through a first hinge (23A) at another deploying arm end, and the other arm (13B) being coupled to a second end part of the body through a sliding sleeve hinge (26) at the sli
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: OPENFIELD
    Inventors: Eric Donzier, Linda Abbassi, Emmanuel Tavernier
  • Patent number: 11892584
    Abstract: Methods of marine to borehole measurement may include dispersing one or more borehole receivers in one or more boreholes; distributing one or more marine receivers in marine water at a seabed; immersing an electromagnetic dipole source in the marine water above the seabed; energizing the electromagnetic dipole source; measuring one or more borehole signal measurements using the one or more borehole receivers and one or more seabed signal measurements using the one or more marine receivers; and determining a three-dimensional property distribution of a reservoir of interest by processing the one or more borehole signal measurements and the one or more seabed signal measurements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: SCHLUMBERGER TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Alberto Marsala, Nestor Herman Cuevas Maldonado, Andrea Lovatini, Mohammed Badri
  • Patent number: 11859491
    Abstract: A system for determining a water cut of a water/oil emulsion includes a water cut sensor with a magnetoelastic ribbon, an inductive coil arranged proximate to the magnetoelastic ribbon so that an electromagnetic field produced by the inductive coil electromagnetically excites the magnetoelastic ribbon, and an alternating current source. A processor is configured to determine the water cut of the water/oil emulsion based on a resonant frequency of the magnetoelastic ribbon while the magnetoelastic ribbon is excited by the inductive coil. A feed line is coupled to the water cut sensor. The feed line includes an electrical coupling between the alternating current source and the inductive coil of the water cut sensor. The feedline includes an electrical coupling between the processor and the inductive coil of the water cut sensor or the processor is coupled to an acoustic sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: KING ABDULLAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Jürgen Kosel, Altynay Kaidarova, Abdullah Saud Almansouri, Mohammed Asadullah Khan, Liam Swanepoel
  • Patent number: 11841397
    Abstract: Subject matter disclosed herein may relate to wireless energy harvesting devices and may relate more particularly to system-on-a-chip testing for wireless energy harvesting devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: Arm Limited
    Inventors: Fernando Garcia Redondo, James Edward Myers, Parameshwarappa Anand Kumar Savanth, Pranay Prabhat, Gary Dale Carpenter
  • Patent number: 11828791
    Abstract: A test board for testing a semiconductor apparatus includes a first board configured to support a plurality of first Devices Under Test (DUTs) such that the plurality of first DUTs are mounted on the first board, a plurality of first inter-board connectors arranged on the first board, and a plurality of second boards stacked on the first board through the plurality of first inter-board connectors, each second board of the plurality of second boards having a surface configured to support a separate second DUT of a plurality of second DUTs such that the plurality of second DUTs are mounted on separate, respective second boards of the plurality of second board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kijae Song, Jongkook Kim, Dongho Lee, Seonmi Lee
  • Patent number: 11821926
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a voltage fluctuation detection circuit, which includes a voltage adjustment circuit and a comparator. The voltage adjustment circuit includes an adjustment circuit input terminal to receive the operating voltage, a first adjustment circuit output terminal to output a first voltage, and a second adjustment circuit output terminal to output a second voltage that is step-shaped, the second voltage differs from the first voltage by a bias voltage at the beginning of a preset clock period and falls within a first amplitude within the preset clock period, the magnitude of the bias voltage is related to the first voltage. The comparator includes: a first comparator input terminal to receive the first voltage, a second comparator input terminal to receive the second voltage, and a comparator output terminal to output a comparison result of the first voltage and the second voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: Hypower Microelectronics (Wuxi) Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Ning Zhu
  • Patent number: 11802897
    Abstract: An insulation impedance detection method includes: An inverter injects a first common-mode voltage into an alternating current side, where the first common-mode voltage is divided by an alternating current grounding insulation impedance of an alternating current cable and a direct current grounding insulation impedance of a photovoltaic unit. The inverter can obtain an impedance value of the alternating current grounding insulation impedance based on the first common-mode voltage, a voltage divided by the alternating current grounding insulation impedance for the first common-mode voltage (a second common-mode voltage on the alternating current grounding insulation impedance), and an impedance value of the direct current grounding insulation impedance. The alternating current grounding insulation impedance is detected by using a necessary device, namely, the inverter in a photovoltaic power generation system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2023
    Assignee: HUAWEI DIGITAL POWER TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Hualei Ju
  • Patent number: 11796567
    Abstract: A method for electrically contacting components in a semiconductor wafer includes providing a flexible board comprising a first main surface on which a plurality of conductor tracks are arranged, positioning the board with respect to a semiconductor wafer such that the first main surface of the board faces the semiconductor wafer, the board is bent and pressed onto the semiconductor wafer in such a way that contact elements of a plurality of components arranged in a row in the semiconductor wafer come into contact with the conductor tracks, and electrical signals are applied to the components through the conductor tracks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: OSRAM OPTO SEMICONDUCTORS GMBH
    Inventors: Michael Bergler, Roland Zeisel
  • Patent number: 11714111
    Abstract: An electric circuit according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes only a single amperemeter configured to measure either a positive current or a negative current through a respective measurement resistance between a respective high voltage potential and a common ground potential. The respective actual measurement resistance value of the unmeasured measurement resistance is calculated by applying a respectively calculated actual measurement resistance value of the respective measured measurement resistance, a calculated actual positive isolation resistance value, and a calculated negative isolation resistance value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG SDI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jürgen Fritz, Peter Kurcik, Harald Reiter
  • Patent number: 11650174
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method and system for estimating layers on electrodes in an annular, circular symmetric, multiphase pipe flow the pipe including a set of electrodes being evenly distributed along the inner pipe circumference. The method comprises the steps of measuring the impedance between each electrode and the other electrodes and obtaining a set of impedance values, the impedance values being categorized depending on the distance between the measuring electrodes, the impedance categories thus representing layers ranging from close to the pipe wall to the pipe center. The method also includes a precomputed model of a range of expected impedance values in the annular, circular symmetric fluid flow based on known fluid properties.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Inventor: Jonas Haaskjold Inderhaug
  • Patent number: 11630133
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a voltage fluctuation detection circuit, which includes a rising edge trigger circuit and a detection and output circuit connected to an output terminal of the rising edge trigger circuit. When a change of the operating voltage within a preset clock period is greater than a preset bias voltage, an output signal of the output terminal undergoes at least one target flip between a high level and a low level. When the output signal of the rising edge trigger circuit always undergoes the target flips in N consecutive preset clock periods, and the operating voltage is always not less than a starting threshold value in each target flip of all the target flips in the N consecutive clock periods, the detection and output circuit generates an first signal, where N is a natural number not less than 2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: Hypower Microelectronics (Wuxi) Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Ning Zhu
  • Patent number: 9244110
    Abstract: A leakage current detector for an electricity supply comprising a plurality of supply conductors supplying a load, the leakage detector comprising a connection from each supply conductor to a common conductor, a circuit for detecting a differential current flowing in the connections, and a circuit arranged to provide an output signal when the differential current reaches a predetermined magnitude.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2016
    Assignee: Atreus Enterprises Limited
    Inventor: Patrick Ward
  • Patent number: 9229057
    Abstract: A semiconductor test system includes a user device configured to operate a reference device in accordance with an interface signal based on a timing signal having a variable operating frequency, a pattern synthesis apparatus configured to measure an interval between adjacent edges of the timing signal transmitted from the user device, and extract a logic value of the interface signal in accordance with the timing signal so as to generate test pattern data, and a test device configured to receive the test pattern data, reconstruct the timing signal based on the measured interval, generate a test driving signal such that the logic value is extracted from a device under test (DUT) based on the reconstructed timing signal, and apply the test driving signal to the DUT so as to determine an operating state of the DUT.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2016
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sung Yeol Kim, In-su Yang, Min Sung Kim, Jae Hyun Baek, Jin-Kyu Choi, Ho Sun Yoo
  • Patent number: 9217652
    Abstract: A sensor arrangement comprises at least one magnetic-field sensor (SM1). A signal-processing unit (PROC) is set up to determine a minimum signal (MIN) and a maximum signal (MAX) of the magnetic-field sensor (SM1) over the full scale range (FSR) of the sensor arrangement. An adjustment circuit (DSPL) is set up to generate a correction signal (COR) as a function of the minimum and maximum signals (MIN, MAX). A first combination means (ADD1) couples the first magnetic-field sensor (SM1) on the input side to the adjustment circuit (DSPL) and connects the magnetic-field sensor (SM1) on the output side to a signal output (OUT).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2015
    Assignee: AMS AG
    Inventors: Kurt Riedmueller, Thomas Oswald
  • Patent number: 9212934
    Abstract: A sensor arrangement comprises at least a first magnetic-field sensor (SM1) and a second magnetic-field sensor (SM2). A signal-processing unit (PROC) is set up to determine a minimum signal (MIN) and a maximum signal (MAX) of the first or second magnetic-field sensor (SM1, SM2) in the full scale range (FSR) of the sensor arrangement The first or second magnetic-field sensor (SM1, SM2) can be selected by means of a selection means (MOV) depending on the minimum and maximum signal (MIN, MAX).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2015
    Assignee: AMS AG
    Inventors: Kurt Riedmueller, Thomas Oswald
  • Patent number: 9201125
    Abstract: A method for continuous quality control of geometric, structural and functional parameters of an applied element, such as a staple, in printed products. The quality control is realized with the aid of at least one measuring device that comprises at least one measuring head including at least one permanent magnet and at least one giant magneto resistance sensor chip. The applied element is detected with the measuring head and, based thereon, a magnetic image is generated of the condition of the element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2015
    Assignee: Muller Martini Holding AG
    Inventors: Thomas Schenker, Beat Von Aesch, Thomas Liebi
  • Patent number: 9194788
    Abstract: A sensor device includes a first electrode, a second electrode and a functional element. The first electrode includes a porous body having a connecting hole where adjacent holes communicate with each other with the porous body being in at least the vicinity of a surface of the first electrode. The second electrode is spaced apart from the first electrode. The functional element is configured to measure a difference in electric potential between the first electrode and the second electrode. The sensor device is configured to measure a state of a site to be measured based on the difference in electric potential as measured by the functional element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2015
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Juri Kato, Takao Miyazawa