Patents Examined by Lincoln D. Donovan
  • Patent number: 11545295
    Abstract: A coil component includes first and second wires wound around a winding core portion of a core, and third and fourth wires wound around outside a portion of the first and the second wires wound around the winding core portion in an opposite direction to a winding direction of the first and second wires. The portion of the first and second wires wound around the winding core portion has a first twisted wire portion twisted together. A length of the first wire or a length of the second wire of the portion of the first and second wires wound around the winding core portion is configured to be equal to a length of the third wire or a length of the fourth wire of the portion of the third and fourth wires wound around outside the portion of the first and second wires wound around the winding core portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Akio Igarashi
  • Patent number: 11535115
    Abstract: An electric vehicle comprises: a plurality of charging ports, at least one of which is configured to provide power to another vehicle; and at least one processor or circuit configured to function as following units: an authentication unit configured to authenticate an electronic device associated with the other vehicle using an electronic key; and a control unit configured to control, in accordance with an authentication result of the authentication unit, power provision to the other vehicle using the charging port configured to provide the power.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ryo Takebayashi, Kengo Naiki
  • Patent number: 11532417
    Abstract: Provided are a coil unit for electromagnetic forming capable of stably processing a plurality of portions in the longitudinal direction of a tubular member while preventing the contact between the tubular member and a conductor or the contact between the conductors even when the tubular member is long, and a method for producing a formed article using the coil unit. The coil unit for electromagnetic forming includes: a shaft core member made of a resin; a conductor having a wound portion, which is wound around the shaft core member, and a pair of conductor extension portions; an insulating support; and a resin coating layer formed on the outer peripheral surface of the wound portion. In the insulating support, a conductor holding portion for holding the conductor extension portions apart from each other is formed along the longitudinal direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2022
    Assignee: Kobe Steel, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshihaya Imamura, Takayoshi Sugisaki, Chieko Imai
  • Patent number: 11533080
    Abstract: A system and method is provided for data over power in an aircraft that includes a direct current power source for providing power over power lines to devices onboard the aircraft and a data injector coupled to the power lines for digitally modulating radio frequency data onto twisted pair data over power lines to provide data and power to the devices. A controller is coupled to the direct current power source and the data injector for providing the data to digitally modulate the radio frequency onto the twisted pair data over power lines such that power for the devices onboard the aircraft and data for control of the device onboard the aircraft are provided to the devices onboard the aircraft over the twisted pair data over power lines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2022
    Inventor: John A. Marchetti
  • Patent number: 11529888
    Abstract: A method for charging a traction battery of a vehicle at a stationary charging column includes having the vehicle charging controller register a charging process to the charging column charging controller with a high voltage value of the traction battery as a requested maximum charging voltage. The charging column charging controller then performs an insulation test at an insulation test voltage that corresponds to the requested maximum charging voltage or to the maximum charging column voltage when the latter is lower than the requested maximum charging voltage. The insulation test voltage is measured by a vehicle voltmeter. If the measured insulation test voltage corresponds to the lower voltage value, the vehicle charging controller registers a charging process to the charging column charging controller with the low voltage value as new requested charging voltage and sets the charging voltage adapter to a charging column voltage corresponding to the low voltage value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2022
    Assignee: Dr. Ing. h. c. F. Porsche AG
    Inventors: Raoul Heyne, Timo Kaul
  • Patent number: 11527910
    Abstract: An uninterruptible power supply (UPS) for a three-phase alternating current network, in particular a medium-voltage network, includes an energy storage system, a switch, an LC resonant circuit, which is a series circuit of an inductance and a capacitance, and a control unit for controlling the switch. The switch and the LC resonant circuit are connected in series, and the series circuit of the switch and the LC resonant is arranged between a network feed and the energy storage system which is connected to a load. There is also described a method for operating such a UPS and a corresponding computer program.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2022
    Assignee: Fluence Energy, LLC
    Inventors: Oliver Reimann, Johannes Reinschke
  • Patent number: 11524589
    Abstract: A power supply system includes a first power circuit coupled to a capacity-type first battery and a drive motor, a second power circuit coupled to an output-type second battery, a voltage converter that converts a voltage between the first power circuit and the second power circuit, and a converter ECU and a management ECU that operate the voltage converter to control converter passing power in the voltage converter. The management ECU sets, when a first SOC that is a percentage of charge in the first battery is less than a predetermined lamp-on threshold and a first maximum output P1_lim that is a maximum output of the first battery is more them a predetermined output threshold Pe0 maximum converter passing power Pcnv_max corresponding to maximum power with respect to the converter passing power to 0 to prohibit discharging of the second battery.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2022
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshihisa Kato, Hirokazu Oguma, Kenta Suzuki
  • Patent number: 11522385
    Abstract: One or more techniques and/or systems are provided for providing power to a plurality of dispensers. For example, a supply coupler, such as an alternating current to direct current power converter, is coupled to an energy storage component and/or a load coupler of a power distribution apparatus. The supply coupler provides power over the load coupler to one or more dispensers for operation. The supply coupler provides power to the energy storage component for energy storage. Responsive to a load on the power distribution apparatus exceeding a supply current of the power provided by the supply coupler (e.g., multiple dispensers may attempt to perform concurrent dispense events), the energy storage component may discharge energy to provide additional power to one or more dispensers to facilitate concurrent dispense events. Because the power distribution apparatus may connect to multiple dispensers, a cord management device may be used for power cord management.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: GOJO INDUSTRIES, INC.
    Inventor: Jackson William Wegelin
  • Patent number: 11518248
    Abstract: A vehicle power delivery assembly that includes a mast configured to couple with a vehicle such that the mast projects from the vehicle, and a collection arm configured to be coupled with the mast in a location apart from the vehicle to engage an off-board source of electric current that is off-board the vehicle while the vehicle moves along one or more routes. One or more of the mast or the collection arm is formed from at least one inductive support member that provides an integrated inductor of the one or more of the mast or the collection arm through which at least some of the electric current that is received from the off-board source of the electric current is filtered prior to being conducted to the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: Transportation IP Holdings, LLC
    Inventor: Jeffrey John Wolff
  • Patent number: 11515084
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a magnetic component including a winding, a first magnetic core and a circuit component, and a wireless power-transferring device including the magnetic component. The winding is formed by winding a coil, and having a first penetration portion at a middle portion of the winding. The first magnetic core is disposed at a side of the winding, and a first insulating support portion is disposed between the first magnetic core and the winding. The circuit component is located within the first penetration portion and electrically connected with the winding. Disposing the circuit component within the first penetration portion at the middle portion of the winding can effectively save space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: Delta Electronics, Inc.
    Inventors: Tianding Hong, Zengyi Lu, Haijun Yang, Jinfa Zhang
  • Patent number: 11515705
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a new and improved method and apparatus of scheduling for a charging infrastructure serving a plurality of electric vehicles. A computer-implemented method for scheduling a charging infrastructure serving a plurality of electric vehicles is provided, in which a prediction for a usage pattern of the charging infrastructure is made with a context based on historical usage patterns of the charging infrastructure and the contexts of the historical usage patterns, and a schedule scheme for deciding a distribution of charging spots of the charging infrastructure among the electric vehicles is determined based on the predicted usage pattern.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Bo Liu, Thomas Page, Qiao Ding, Qing Yang, Christoph Tomoki Hein, Stefan Groesbrink
  • Patent number: 11505076
    Abstract: A system for exchanging electrical energy between an electrical energy source and an electrical energy store of a vehicle, wherein the system includes an electrical connection, at least one electronic component, and a cooling device having a heat transfer medium, wherein, when the electrical energy store of the vehicle is connected to the electrical connection and electrical energy is exchanged between the energy source and the electrical energy store via the at least one electronic component, the heat transfer medium of the cooling device is designed to provide heat, which arises during the exchange of electrical energy in the system, to a consumer of the heat, which is coupled to the system and is arranged in a building.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: AUDI AG
    Inventor: Daniel Ruppert
  • Patent number: 11498592
    Abstract: A system and method are for managing the energy supplied to a transport vehicle. A first and a second source of energy provide electrical energy to power at least one piece of consumer equipment of the vehicle. An intermediate energy transmission system receives electrical energy provided by at least one of the two sources of energy and transfers it to the at least one piece of consumer equipment. An energy conversion-control system applies, at the input of the intermediate energy transmission system, the electrical energy to be provided, adjusted depending on the operational state of the first source of energy and on an input signal indicative of an operational state of the second source. The first source of energy includes an internal combustion engine connected to a permanent-magnet alternator that is placed between the internal combustion engine and the energy conversion-control system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: ALSTOM Transport Technologies
    Inventor: Neil Carson
  • Patent number: 11495968
    Abstract: A device for reactive power compensation in a high-voltage network contains a phase conductor. A high-voltage connection is provided for each phase of the high-voltage network. Each high-voltage connection is connected to a first high-voltage winding which surrounds a first core portion and to a second high-voltage winding which surrounds the second core portion. The core portions are part of a closed magnetic circuit. The low-voltage ends of each high-voltage winding can be connected to at least one saturation switching branch configured to saturate the core portions and has actuatable power semiconductor switches controlled by a control unit. To manufacture the device inexpensively, each saturation switching branch has a two-pole submodule having a bridge circuit and a DC voltage source so that, depending on the actuation of the power semiconductor switches, the DC voltage source can either be connected in series to the high-voltage winding or can be bridged.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: Siemens Energy Global GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Anatoliy Bunin, Matthias Kuestermann, Martin Schwendner, Thomas Manthe
  • Patent number: 11482887
    Abstract: A system for wirelessly charging, via a medium, a device having a receiver coil comprises at least one relay configured to inductively transfer power to the receiver coil of the device and a transmitter configured to inductively transmit, to the at least one relay, power for charging the device. A joint resonance frequencies of a transmitter resonance circuit and a relay resonance circuit have a main resonance frequency (MRF). The transmitter is configured to operate at an operational frequency (OPF) from a range of OPFs. The range of OPFs is different than the MRF. The at least one relay comprises a second relay coil connected in series to the first relay coil. One side of the second relay coil faces the device and a second side of the second relay coil is covered by a relay ferrite layer. The second relay coil is smaller than the first relay coil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Assignee: POWERMAT TECHNOLOGIES LTD.
    Inventors: Itay Sherman, Ilya Gluzman, Elieser Mach, Amir Salhuv
  • Patent number: 11469037
    Abstract: A magnet coil with reduced losses is stated. The coil has for this purpose a coil core and a winding, the turns of which are distributed over a plurality of portions which are mutually spaced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignee: TDK Electronics AG
    Inventor: Thomas Lohmann
  • Patent number: 11444486
    Abstract: A wireless power feeding device includes an attachment member having a socket to be electrically connected to a power supply and a fastener to be electrically connected to a ground, and a band having a socket pin to be inserted to the socket and a locking tool to be locked to the fastener, the band being attached to the attachment member and fixing a power receiving device to which power is to be wirelessly fed to the attachment member, wherein the socket pin has a power feeding electrode to be electrically connected to the power supply within the socket, and a ground connection sensing electrode to be electrically connected to the ground via the locking tool and the fastener, and the attachment member has a switch circuit electrically connecting the power supply to the power feeding electrode only when the ground connection sensing electrode is electrically connected to the ground.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: Faurecia Clarion Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuaki Shima, Tamaki Goto
  • Patent number: 11437175
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to the field of power electronic technology, provides a magnetic unit, including: a magnetic core and a winding, the magnetic core includes Q magnetic legs arranged in a row, where Q is a natural number and Q?2, and the winding includes a first winding and a second winding, where the first winding is magnetically coupled with the second winding, and the first winding is wound around the Q magnetic legs while the second winding is wound around the Q magnetic legs. The first winding between any two adjacent magnetic legs is generally symmetrically disposed at both sides of the symmetric plane between the any two adjacent magnetic legs, thereby the magnetomotive force (MMF) distribution between any two adjacent magnetic legs is uniform.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: Delta Electronics (Shanghai) CO., LTD
    Inventors: Rui Wu, Yiqing Ye, Yuan Zhou
  • Patent number: 11431190
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a DC power supply system and its control method. The system includes: a first power supply circuit and a second power supply circuit, at least one of the first power supply circuit and the second power supply circuit including a phase shifting transformer, wherein the first power supply circuit includes a number N of first AC/DC conversion circuits, and the second power supply circuit includes a number N of second AC/DC conversion circuits, where N is an integer greater than or equal to 2; an output side of each of the N first AC/DC conversion circuits is electrically connected in parallel with an output side of a corresponding second AC/DC conversion circuit of the N second AC/DC conversion circuits through a DC busbar to form N sets of redundant backup circuits.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Assignee: Delta Electronics (Shanghai) CO., LTD
    Inventors: Hongguang Liu, Yanlong Sun, Huan Wang
  • Patent number: 11424641
    Abstract: A flexible load management (FLM) system and technique adaptively monitors and manages power consumption of a premises. The FLM system includes a virtual critical load panel (vCLP) that utilizes circuit breakers in combination with companion modules (i.e., intelligent controllers) to vary a prioritization arrangement of loads in the premises by time of day, season or even dynamically. The vCLP is a prioritized enumeration (i.e., prioritization) of the loads within the premises, wherein the loads are considered sufficiently important such that they are protected by a local power source. The vCLP is dynamically configurable by a user in real time according to an instantaneous demand for the prioritized loads that is used to determine a number of branch circuits associated with the loads that is able to be powered-on at any time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Assignee: Savant Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert P. Madonna, William H. Dillon, Daniel H. Chapman, Anna E. Demeo, Alex Wiggins, Nicole Madonna