Patents Examined by Jared Fureman
  • Patent number: 11817812
    Abstract: An electrical generating system includes an electrical generator having a plurality of motors operably interconnected with one another. An electrical input source includes one or more sets of batteries. One or more controllers are in electrical connection with the electrical generator and the electrical input power source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Inventor: Carl Cheung Tung Kong
  • Patent number: 11817694
    Abstract: To provide a protection element and a protection circuit that can protect from an overcurrent without using rectifying means such as a diode or a switching element, and can more reliably interrupt passage of an electric current during operation with a simpler circuit configuration. A protection element including: an insulating substrate; at least a pair of fuse electrodes provided on the insulating substrate; an intermediate electrode provided on the insulating substrate between the fuse electrodes; a fuse element joined to the fuse electrodes and the intermediate electrode, and electrically connected to the fuse electrodes and the intermediate electrode; and a heating element provided on the insulating substrate to be electrically connected to the intermediate electrode and a heating electrode, wherein conduction means between at least a pair of electrodes of the fuse electrodes including the intermediate electrode is provided differently from conduction means between the other electrodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: Schott Japan Corporation
    Inventor: Shintaro Nakajima
  • Patent number: 11817738
    Abstract: According to an example, an uninterruptible power supply is provided comprising a first input, a backup input, an output to provide output power, an inverter coupled to the first input, the backup input, and the output, a first sensor to detect a voltage at an inverter output, a second sensor to detect a voltage at the first input, a switch coupled between the first input and the output, and a controller coupled to the switch and the first and second sensors, and configured to determine a first voltage difference across the bypass switch using at least one of the first sensor or the second sensor, filter the first voltage difference, determine whether a value derived from the first filtered voltage difference exceeds a threshold, and output an indication of a failure of the bypass switch based on the value derived from the first filtered voltage difference exceeding the threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC IT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kristian Budde, Jesper Hougaard Johansen, Jacob Gregers Hansen
  • Patent number: 11817703
    Abstract: An electrical system for a mobile power generation device and a mobile power generation device are disclosed. The electrical system includes an electrical cabin and a generator switch cabinet located inside the electrical cabin and including a generator switch device, the generator switch device being configured to connect or disconnect the generator of the mobile power generation device from an external load, the electrical system further includes an auxiliary substation cabinet and an auxiliary substation switch device in the auxiliary substation device cabinet, the auxiliary substation cabinet is located inside the electrical cabin and includes an auxiliary substation device, the auxiliary substation device being configured to convert a first voltage output by the generator into a second voltage; and the auxiliary substation switch device is configured to turn on or turn off the auxiliary substation device, the first voltage being larger than the second voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: YANTAI JEREH PETROLEUM EQUIPMENT & TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yannan Liu, Huijuan Cao, Ligong Wu, Hongly Wang, Tao Kou, Xu Liu, Dekun Tian, Libin Zhou
  • Patent number: 11811242
    Abstract: A method of modeling a wireless power transfer system can include constructing a loss-split circuit model of the wireless power transfer system. The loss-split circuit model can include a plurality of resistance values corresponding to power losses in selected components of the power system. The method can further include performing a plurality of finite element analyses to determine the plurality of resistor values. The one or more resistance values can correspond to power losses associated with one or more of: a transmitter coil, a receiver coil, friendly metal associated with a transmitter, friendly metal associated with a receiver, and a foreign object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Alireza Safaee, Matthew J. Chabalko, Douglas Adams, Ruiyang Lin, Zaki Moussaoui
  • Patent number: 11807384
    Abstract: A device includes a current difference measurement module for measuring the difference between a current flowing in a positive contact of the electrical installation and a current flowing in a negative contact of the electrical installation, a low-pass filter for filtering the differential current, a full-wave rectifier without threshold module for rectifying the filtered current and a trip module for emitting a trip command when the rectified current is greater than or equal to a predetermined threshold for a predetermined duration. The device thus makes it possible to protect a DC-voltage electrical installation in a noisy environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: Airbus Operations SAS
    Inventor: Patrick Oms
  • Patent number: 11811301
    Abstract: A three-phase AC solid-state transformer is provided which comprises three DC-DC converters. Each of the DC-DC converters has an internal transformer for galvanic isolation between its input and output sides. Each of the DC-DC converters has unipolar voltage across its input terminals and unipolar voltage across its output terminals. In one embodiment, the positive input terminals of the three DC-DC converters serve respectively as the three AC input terminals of the solid-state transformer and their positive output terminals provide the three phase AC output of the solid-state transformer. The negative input terminals of the three DC-DC converters are connected together to form a first common node, while the negative output terminals are connected together to form a second common node. The first common node has a voltage offset from the neutral of the input AC phases; and the second common node has a voltage offset from the neutral of the output AC phases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Inventor: Ravisekhar Raju
  • Patent number: 11811233
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides systems and methods for optimizing loading of battery inverters. A system may include a plurality of inverters configured to output power to a load; a switching system connected to the plurality of inverters; a plurality of energy storage units selectively coupled to the plurality of energy storage units by the switching system; and a controller. The controller can be configured to determine a required power for the load; determine a number of the plurality of inverters to provide the required power; determine a switching position for the switching system based on the determined number of the plurality of inverters, the switching position corresponding to power delivery by a set of the plurality of inverters; and send a control signal to the switching system to connect one or more of the plurality of energy storage units with the set of the plurality of inverters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: 8ME NOVA, LLC
    Inventors: Finbar Sheehy, Gautham Ramesh
  • Patent number: 11811215
    Abstract: A compound control circuit comprises an input end, a light-load signal processing circuit, a slow response circuit and a fast response circuit. The compound control circuit is mainly used as an additional circuit of a work control chip, so that although the work control chip only has a single overcurrent protection level, a compound function control of fast and slow speed, high and low level current protection and light-load signal stabilization can be generated through the compound control circuit, so as to meet the complex application environment and compatible requirements of the current power supply.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: SEA SONIC ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sheng-Chien Chou, Chih-Sheng Chang
  • Patent number: 11811241
    Abstract: An apparatus includes a controller configured to control switches of a rectifier circuit, wherein the rectifier circuit is coupled to two terminals of a receiver coil configured to be magnetically coupled to a transmitter coil of a wireless power transfer system, and wherein in response to a high system gain of the wireless power transfer system, the controller configures the rectifier circuit as a half-bridge rectifier, and in response to a low system gain of the wireless power transfer system, the controller configures the rectifier circuit as a full-bridge rectifier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: NuVolta Technologies (Hefei) Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kaiyong Cui, Zhengyu Li, Zeng Li, Zhijun Luo
  • Patent number: 11811218
    Abstract: The circuit breaker control module of the present disclosure comprises: a plurality of semiconductor switching units for blocking current flows of transmission distribution lines or performing switching operations so as to switch the current flow directions; a control unit for controlling the turn-on/turn-off operation of each semiconductor switching unit by transmitting a trip signal to each of the plurality of semiconductor switching units; and a plurality of insulation type signal transmission element units which are provided between the plurality of semiconductor switching units and the control unit such that the semiconductor switching units and the control unit are insulated, and which transmit the trip signal from the control unit to each of the plurality of semiconductor switching units, and thus the presently disclosed circuit breaker control module can reduce the risk of accidents due to an electrical arc and increase the stability and reliability of the control unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: LS ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Sung-Hee Kang
  • Patent number: 11811125
    Abstract: A power distribution/coupling circuit includes a common terminal, first and second terminals, a first connection point, a first inductor connected between the first connection point and the first terminal, a second inductor connected between the first connection point and the second terminal, a first capacitor connected between an end of the first inductor closer to the first terminal and a ground, a second capacitor connected between an end of the second inductor closer to the second terminal and the ground, a third capacitor connected between the first connection point and the ground, and a resistor connected between the first terminal and the second terminal, wherein the power distribution/coupling circuit further includes a third inductor connected between the common terminal and the first connection point and a fourth capacitor connected between an end of the third inductor closer to the common terminal and the ground.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Makoto Ogata, Takuya Sato
  • Patent number: 11811240
    Abstract: An apparatus includes a receiver coil configured to be magnetically coupled to a transmitter coil, and a rectifier circuit coupled to two terminals of the receiver coil, wherein in response to a high system gain of the apparatus, the rectifier circuit is configured as a half-bridge rectifier, and in response to a low system gain of the apparatus, the rectifier circuit is configured as a full-bridge rectifier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: Nuvolta Technologies (Hefei) Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kaiyong Cui, Zhengyu Li, Zeng Li, Zhijun Luo
  • Patent number: 11811310
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a power conversion system and a control method. The power conversion system includes multiple power modules, and each power module includes a first port, a second port, and a third port, where the first port of each power module is connected to an external device, second ports of the power modules are independent of each other and used as independent ports to output power, third ports of the power modules are connected in parallel to form a power bus and power flow of the third port of each power module is bidirectional.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: Delta Electronics (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Cheng Lu, Hong Liu, Wenfei Hu, Jie Kong
  • Patent number: 11804704
    Abstract: A device, system, and method is disclosed for improving safety of a power system. For example, a differential current may be detected using at least one sensor by temporarily enabling sampling of current flowing through one or more conductors. Additionally, current flow may be temporarily altered in order to sample current in a system. The measurements may be handled locally and/or remotely and appropriate actions may be taken to enhance the overall safety of the system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2023
    Assignee: Solaredge Technologies Ltd.
    Inventors: Tzachi Glovinsky, Ilan Yoscovich
  • Patent number: 11801764
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the technical field of vehicles, and provides an energy conversion device and a vehicle. The energy conversion device includes a reversible pulse-width modulation (PWM) rectifier, a motor coil connected with the reversible PWM rectifier, a one-way conduction module, and a capacitor. A DC charging circuit or a DC discharging circuit is formed by an external DC port with an external battery by using the energy conversion device, and a driving circuit is formed by the external battery with the reversible PWM rectifier and the motor coil in the energy conversion device. The one-way conduction module is connected between a first end of the capacitor and a second end of the external DC port, or the one-way conduction module is connected between a second end of the capacitor and a first end of the external DC port.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2023
    Assignee: BYD COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventors: Yubo Lian, Heping Ling, Jicheng Li, Hua Pan, Feiyue Xie
  • Patent number: 11801772
    Abstract: A thermal management module includes a component carrier, at least two, typically multiple electrically controllable function components for temperature-controlling at least one vehicle component of a motor vehicle, which are detachably or non-detachably connected to the component carrier, at least one electrical control unit, which for electrically controlling at least two, typically multiple, particularly typically all of the function components include a control electronic system, which via at least one electrical control line path and/or via a component field bus is electrically connected to the respective function component and arranged in a housing of the control unit, wherein the housing of the control unit is detachably or non-detachably fastened to the component carrier and/or to at least one of the function components.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2023
    Assignee: Mahle International GmbH
    Inventors: Kristian Haase, Holger Ulrich
  • Patent number: 11801753
    Abstract: A battery system for an electric vehicle includes a high voltage battery including a plurality of battery cells interconnected with one another configured to provide a high voltage output at battery system terminals and a battery disconnecting element powered by the high voltage battery and configured to disconnect the high voltage battery from at least one of the battery system terminals in the event of a malfunction or crash.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG SDI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Wolfgang Reinprecht, Maximilian Hofer
  • Patent number: 11799296
    Abstract: An islanding detection system and method for multiple inverters operating in parallel, wherein the multiple inverters at least comprises a first inverter and a second inverter connected in parallel. The islanding detection system comprises a current detection circuit arranged on a grid side or an AC side of the second inverter; and a controller connected to the current detection circuit and the first inverter. The controller determines whether to perform distributed islanding detection or centralized islanding detection on the first inverter and the second inverter according to a grid voltage signal and a current detection signal of the current detection circuit. By recognizing the islanding detection mode of the second inverter, matching it with typical islanding detection modes preset in a library, and determining to perform a distributed or centralized islanding detection according to matching results, the application improves the success ratio of islanding detection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: DELTA ELECTRONICS (SHANGHAI) CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shen Chen, Feidong Xu, Xuancai Zhu
  • Patent number: 11794607
    Abstract: An electrically powered vehicle includes a plurality of batteries and a plurality of DC to DC converters, each coupled to a respective battery of the plurality of batteries. Each DC to DC converter transfers power from a respective battery to a common DC bus. The common DC bus is coupled to a plurality of inverter circuits that convert the DC power to AC power. A plurality of electric motors receive power from the plurality of inverter circuits to propel the vehicle. During a regenerative event, the DC to DC converters can transfer power from the motors back to the batteries. In response to the failure of a battery, the DC to DC converters can isolate the remainder of the system from the failure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: Wisk Aero LLC
    Inventors: Geoffrey Alan Long, Michael John Burgart