Patents Examined by Johali A Torres Ruiz
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Patent number: 11615923Abstract: This application is directed to an apparatus for providing electrical charge to a vehicle. The apparatus comprises a driven mass configured to rotate in response to a kinetic energy of the vehicle, the driven mass coupled to a shaft, where rotation of the driven mass causes the shaft to rotate. The apparatus further comprises a hardware controller. The hardware controller identifies output power parameters for the vehicle and generate a control signal based on the identified output power parameters for the vehicle. The apparatus also comprises a generator that generates an electrical output based on a mechanical input and a conditioning circuit electrically coupled to the generator. The conditioning circuit receives the electrical output from the generator and the control signal from the hardware controller, generates a charge output based on the electrical output and the control signal, and conveys the charge output to the vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: May 27, 2021Date of Patent: March 28, 2023Inventor: Anthony Macaluso
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Patent number: 11605968Abstract: A charging device that includes (a) a DC to DC converter (“converter”) that includes a converter control input and a converter output for outputting a charging voltage to the supercapacitor, (b) an adjustable voltage divider, (c) a controller that is configured to (i) sense a supercapacitor voltage, (ii) determine a first target value of the supercapacitor voltage, based on an internal impedance of the supercapacitor and on a nominal supercapacitor voltage that is lower than the first target value of the supercapacitor voltage, and (iii) during a first phase of a charging process, output a control signal via the control output and to the converter control input, to set the charging voltage to one or more values that once provided to the supercapacitor cause the supercapacitor voltage to reach, at the end of the first phase of the charging process, the first target value of the supercapacitor voltage.Type: GrantFiled: March 29, 2021Date of Patent: March 14, 2023Assignee: PLIOPS LTD.Inventor: Naseem Jamal
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Patent number: 11590851Abstract: An electric vehicle (EV) charging system includes a number of output connections (e.g., cables). Each of the output connections is connected to at least one head, and each head can be connected concurrently to an EV. A controller can direct a charging current, delivered over a dedicated circuit from an electric power supply, to a first one of the output connections if a first EV is connected to a head connected to the first one of the output connections. Then, the charging current to the first one of the output connections can be stopped, switched to a second one of the output connections, and restarted if a second EV is connected to a head connected to the second one of the output connections.Type: GrantFiled: September 15, 2020Date of Patent: February 28, 2023Assignee: CyberSwitchingPatents, LLC.Inventors: Charles H. Reynolds, Ronald L. Silorio
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Patent number: 11587740Abstract: This application is directed to an apparatus for providing electrical charge to a vehicle. The apparatus comprises a driven mass, a generator, a charger, a hardware controller, and a communication circuit. The driven mass rotates in response to a kinetic energy of the vehicle and is coupled to a shaft such that rotation of the driven mass causes the shaft to rotate. The driven mass exists in one of (1) an extended position and (2) a retracted position. The generator generates an electrical output based on a mechanical input coupled to the shaft such that rotation of the shaft causes the mechanical input to rotate. The charger is electrically coupled to the generator and: receives the electrical output, generates a charge output based on the electrical output, and conveys the charge output to the vehicle. The controller controls whether the driven mass is in the extended position or the retracted position in response to a signal received from the communication circuit.Type: GrantFiled: October 6, 2021Date of Patent: February 21, 2023Inventor: Anthony Macaluso
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Patent number: 11571977Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for reporting an electric car charging space in a parking lot, the method comprising: identifying whether a charger of each of charging spaces in a parking lot is being used; identifying whether a car exists in each of the charging spaces; and selecting a chargeable space and reporting the selected chargeable space.Type: GrantFiled: April 18, 2019Date of Patent: February 7, 2023Assignee: VESTELLALAB INC.Inventors: Sangsu Jung, Eunjung Lee, Youngsoo Lee
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Patent number: 11569691Abstract: According to one embodiment, an electronic apparatus includes a power transmitter and control circuitry. The power transmitter is configured to transmit power by using electromagnetic waves. The control circuitry is configured to transmit a first request including information on the electronic apparatus to a first server before power transmission, and start power transmission by the power transmitter if a first response from the first server relating to the first request is received.Type: GrantFiled: March 11, 2019Date of Patent: January 31, 2023Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBAInventor: Yutaka Asanuma
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Patent number: 11560067Abstract: An apparatus and a method for processing battery cell voltage data, which calculate a moving average by assigning a weight to one or more voltage data acquired from the battery cell and reflect the acquired voltage data to the calculated moving average and use the voltage data to rapidly follow a sudden change of the voltage data applied from the battery cell.Type: GrantFiled: November 28, 2017Date of Patent: January 24, 2023Inventors: Jun Cheol Park, Keunwook Lee
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Patent number: 11518259Abstract: A method of managing power for recharging electric vehicles efficiently stores, delivers, and distributes energy. The method includes a plurality of user accounts managed by at least one remote server. The system includes a plurality of mobile computerized recharging stations, wherein each mobile computerized recharging station tracks a location and a current amount of available power within a power storage system. The method begins by prompting each user account to search for at least one best-match station. A search request is relayed for the best-match station from a corresponding user PC device to the remote server. The current location is compared to the station location for each mobile computerized recharging station. The minimum threshold of available power is compared to the current amount of available power for each proximal station. The sufficiently-powered station is displayed as the best-match station through the user PC device.Type: GrantFiled: September 27, 2019Date of Patent: December 6, 2022Inventor: Muhammad Huzaifa
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Patent number: 11518260Abstract: Renewable energy charging stations, systems, and methods are disclosed for capturing storing and delivering large amounts of renewable electrical energy from a renewable energy source to vehicles including passenger aircraft using charging circuits in communication with a demultiplexer and high-temperature superconducting cables to deliver required large electrical charges at fast charging rates safely and at low temperatures.Type: GrantFiled: December 18, 2020Date of Patent: December 6, 2022Assignee: THE BOEING COMPANYInventor: Morteza Safai
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Patent number: 11519967Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a battery test system for a vehicle that includes a camera configured to capture an image of a vehicle identification number located on the vehicle, the camera being coupled to a processor which determines characters of the vehicle identification number from the image of the camera and correlates the characters of the vehicle identification number to a vehicle identification number database to receive battery parameters for the vehicle, a battery tester that is removably connected to terminals of a battery of the vehicle and configured to receive battery test results, and a display which conveys information relating to the battery parameters and the battery test results.Type: GrantFiled: October 7, 2020Date of Patent: December 6, 2022Assignee: CPS Technology Holdings LLCInventors: Michael R. Carlo, Dale A. Gospodarek
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Patent number: 11502538Abstract: A discharge circuit for an X capacitor has a first voltage detection circuit providing a first indicating signal based on a voltage across two input terminals of a switching converter to indicate whether the two input terminals are connected to an AC power source, and a discharge module starting a discharge operation on the X capacitor based on first indicating signal, and the discharge operation discharges the X capacitor during a first time period, and stops discharging the X capacitor and compares a sampled signal with the voltage across the two input terminals during a following second time period.Type: GrantFiled: July 13, 2020Date of Patent: November 15, 2022Assignee: Chengdu Monolithic Power Systems Co., Ltd.Inventor: Yuedong Chen
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Patent number: 11495835Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for optimizing usage of a large number of battery cells, some, most or all of which are fast charging cells, and possibly arranged in battery modules—e.g., for operating an electric vehicle power train. Methods comprise deriving an operation profile for the battery cells/modules for a specified operation scenario and specified optimization parameters, operating the battery cells/modules according to the derived operation profile, and monitoring the operation of the battery cells/modules and adjusting the operation profile correspondingly. Systems may be configured to balance cell/module parameters among modules, to have parallel supplemental modules and/or serial supplementary cells in the modules, and/or have supplemental modules and circuits configured to store excessive charging energy for cells groups and/or modules—to increase the cycling lifetime and possibly the efficiency of the systems. Disclosed redundancy management improves battery performance and lifetime.Type: GrantFiled: March 6, 2019Date of Patent: November 8, 2022Assignee: STOREDOT LTD.Inventors: Daniel Aronov, Avraham Edelshtein, Simon Litsyn
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Patent number: 11486907Abstract: A monitoring device for monitoring an impedance of a protective conductor. The monitoring device has a first voltage divider for connection to a voltage source including a series connection to a first resistor and a second resistor. The second resistor has a resistance value which corresponds to a threshold value for the impedance of the protective conductor. A second voltage divider includes a series connection to a third resistor and a bridge diode and a connection to the first resistor at a first end of the third resistor and connectable to a second end of the third resistor and to the protective conductor. A measuring device is provided for the detection of a bridge voltage between a first node and a second node if the impedance of the protective conductor is greater than the value of the second resistor.Type: GrantFiled: March 15, 2019Date of Patent: November 1, 2022Assignees: TE Connectivity Germany GmbH, Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AGInventors: Stefan Kipp, Gregor Karrasch, Stefan Stross, Stefan Engert
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Patent number: 11485396Abstract: A mobile powered workstation can include a head unit assembly that can have at least one power outlet configured to provide power to at least one electronic device. The workstation can include a power system coupled to the head unit assembly. The power system can include a permanent battery and a battery assembly. The battery assembly can include a battery connection housing that can have a plurality of power connectors configured to electrically couple to a corresponding plurality of power connectors of a replaceable battery, the battery connection housing can have a first face and a second face that extends from the first face. The first face can define a first raised portion configured to engage with a corresponding first recessed portion in the replaceable battery. The second face can define a second raised portion configured to engage with a corresponding second recessed portion in the replaceable battery.Type: GrantFiled: March 1, 2019Date of Patent: November 1, 2022Assignee: Ergotron, Inc.Inventors: Nicholas Simon Hazzard, William Dale Tischer, John William Theis, Matthew J. Janechek, Troy Edward Townes
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Patent number: 11417449Abstract: A magnetic sheet 1 of an embodiment includes a stack of a plurality of magnetic thin strips and resin film parts. The stack includes from 5 to 25 pieces of the magnetic thin strips. The magnetic thin strips are provided with cutout portions each having a width of 1 mm or less (including 0 (zero)). A ratio (B/A) of a total length B of the cutout portions provided to the magnetic thin strip to a total outer peripheral length A of an outer peripheral area of the magnetic thin strip arranged on one of the resin film parts is in a range of from 2 to 25.Type: GrantFiled: September 24, 2018Date of Patent: August 16, 2022Assignees: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, TOSHIBA MATERIALS CO., LTD.Inventors: Takao Sawa, Katsuhiko Yamada, Tadao Saito
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Patent number: 11407322Abstract: A smart power hub has an AC port, a first DC port to a car battery, a second DC port to DC devices such as car instruments, and a third DC port to solar panels or another smart power hub. An AC bi-directional converter has six transistors in a B6 configuration to convert three-phase AC, acting as an interleaved totem-pole Power-Factor-Corrector for one-phase AC. A switch connects the DC bi-directional converter with either the AC bi-directional converter or the solar panels on the third DC port. A link capacitor has a DC link voltage that rises during battery charging. A DC bi-directional converter has a transformer, a primary bridge connected to the DC link voltage, and a secondary bridge of transistors connected to the first DC port. Auxiliary windings in the transformer drive a rectifier to the second DC port to power on-board DC devices. Solar DC charges the battery without AC conversion.Type: GrantFiled: September 5, 2019Date of Patent: August 9, 2022Assignee: Hong Kong Applied Science and Technology Research Institute Company, LimitedInventors: Xuechao Liu, Kin Lap Wong, Qingchun Li, Bin Xie, Danting Xu
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Patent number: 11394217Abstract: A method and an apparatus for detecting a battery state of an electronic device are provided. The electronic device includes a battery, a charger circuit for charging the battery, a measurement circuit for checking a state of the battery, and a processor configured to charge the battery using the charger circuit, determine whether the charging operation satisfies a preset condition, when the charging operation satisfies the preset condition, obtain first state information of the battery using the measurement circuit, determine an abnormal state of the battery at least based on a difference between the first state information and second state information which is obtained when the preset condition is satisfied before the first state information is acquired, and output notification information regarding the abnormal state.Type: GrantFiled: December 26, 2017Date of Patent: July 19, 2022Inventors: Byungwook Kim, Jaemu Ha, Hyunho Park, Ki-Jong Byun, Jongkyu Lee, Jaekyong Choi, Moo-Young Kim
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Patent number: 11390182Abstract: The present disclosure is generally directed to an integrated charging and data transfer station for an electric vehicle. The integrated station includes a charger to transfer electricity to the electric vehicle. A data transfer system of the integrated station includes a fiber optic system to connect the electric vehicle to a network. Optionally, the integrated station can include a roof with a landing station for an unmanned aerial vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: August 11, 2020Date of Patent: July 19, 2022Assignee: ZAYO GROUP, LLCInventors: Jose Catarino, Aaron Werley, John Knauss, Benjamin Campbell, Christopher Parra
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Patent number: 11376981Abstract: Systems and methods in accordance with embodiments of the invention impalement adaptive electric vehicle (EV) charging. One embodiment includes one or more electric vehicle supply equipment (EVSE); an adaptive EV charging platform, including a processor; a memory containing: an adaptive EV charging application; a plurality of EV charging parameters. In addition, the processor is configured by the adaptive EV charging application to: collect the plurality of EV charging parameters from one or more EVSEs, simulate EV charging control routines and push out updated EV charging control routines to the one or more EVSEs. Additionally, the adaptive EV charging platform is configured to control charging of EVs based upon the plurality of EV charging parameters collected from at least one EVSE.Type: GrantFiled: February 10, 2020Date of Patent: July 5, 2022Assignee: California Institute of TechnologyInventors: Zachary J. Lee, Tongxin Li, Steven H. Low, Sunash B. Sharma
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Patent number: 11322311Abstract: This application is directed to an apparatus for providing electrical charge to a vehicle. The apparatus comprises a driven mass, a generator, a charger, a hardware controller, and a communication circuit. The driven mass rotates in response to a kinetic energy of the vehicle and is coupled to a shaft such that rotation of the driven mass causes the shaft to rotate. The driven mass exists in one of (1) an extended position and (2) a retracted position. The generator generates an electrical output based on a mechanical input coupled to the shaft such that rotation of the shaft causes the mechanical input to rotate. The charger is electrically coupled to the generator and: receives the electrical output, generates a charge output based on the electrical output, and conveys the charge output to the vehicle. The controller controls whether the driven mass is in the extended position or the retracted position in response to a signal received from the communication circuit.Type: GrantFiled: October 6, 2021Date of Patent: May 3, 2022Inventor: Anthony Macaluso