Patents Examined by Muhammad S Islam
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Patent number: 11745791Abstract: A control device for an on-board device including an actuator is configured to: supply power to a first microprocessor and a first driver circuit from a first power source through a first power supply path; supply power to a second microprocessor and a second driver circuit from a second power source through a second power supply path; and use the first and second driver circuits to drive the actuator. In this control device, the negative electrodes of the first and second power sources are electrically connected to a common ground portion. Specifically, the first negative electrode of the first power source and the second negative electrode of the second power source are connected to the common ground portion respectively through independent first and second connector portions.Type: GrantFiled: January 24, 2019Date of Patent: September 5, 2023Assignee: HITACHI ASTEMO, LTD.Inventors: Mitsuaki Nakada, Mitsuo Sasaki
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Patent number: 11750120Abstract: One or more multiphase power converters are connected to a power supply via a high potential line and a low potential line, convert DC power of the power supply into multiphase alternate current power by operations of inverter switching elements, and apply a voltage to each of phase windings of the multiphase winding set. A DC rotating machine switch are made up of two or more legs, each of which is made up of switches on a high potential side and a low potential side connected in series via a DC motor terminal connected to a second terminal that is an end of the DC rotating machine. The DC rotating machine switch makes a voltage of the DC motor terminal variable by switching. A control unit controls operations of the inverter switching elements and the DC rotating machine switch.Type: GrantFiled: April 27, 2022Date of Patent: September 5, 2023Assignee: DENSO CORPORATIONInventor: Takashi Suzuki
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Patent number: 11739602Abstract: Certain embodiments of the present application relate to a variable frequency drive (VFD) cabin for a pump configuration including a mobile trailer on which the VFD cabin is to be mounted. The VFD cabin generally includes a medium-voltage VFD and a ventilation system. In certain embodiments, the ventilation system is configured to generate an overpressure condition within the cabin to discourage the entry of dust and debris into the cabin. In certain embodiments, one or more components of the medium-voltage VFD are coupled to the floor of the cabin via a vibration damping system. In certain embodiments, the VFD cabin may be directly coupled to a chassis of the mobile trailer without an intervening suspension being provided between the VFD cabin and the chassis.Type: GrantFiled: January 23, 2023Date of Patent: August 29, 2023Assignee: National Service Alliance—Houston LLCInventors: John Fischer, David Kubricht, Richard Cheatham, Jeffrey Pollack, Chad Lawman, David Todd, Tyler Nolen, John J. Crosetto
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Patent number: 11740104Abstract: A magnetic angle measurement system having magnetic angle sensors, signal processing circuitry and a processor is disclosed. First signal processing circuitry receives a first subset of outputs of a first plurality of outputs from a first magnetic angle sensor and determines first magnetic angle data based on the received first subset of outputs. Second signal processing circuitry receives a second subset of the outputs from the first magnetic angle sensor and determines second magnetic angle data based on the received second subset of outputs. Third signal processing circuitry receives a second plurality of outputs from the second magnetic sensor and determines third magnetic angle data based on the received second plurality of outputs. The processor compares the magnetic angle data and determines a processing result based on the comparison, where fault tolerance resolution of the magnetic angle measurement system is based at least in part on the processing result.Type: GrantFiled: July 14, 2020Date of Patent: August 29, 2023Assignee: Analog Devices International Unlimited CompanyInventors: Gavin Patrick Cosgrave, Jeremy Gorbold, Robert Guyol, James Stegen
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Patent number: 11738432Abstract: A system, an electrical combination and a method for powering a load device. The combination may include a burst circuit configured to provide power to the load device to perform a burst operation, the burst circuit including a supercapacitor, a first switch between a power source and the supercapacitor and operable to control whether power is provided from the power source to charge the supercapacitor, and a second switch between the supercapacitor and the load device and operable to control whether power is provided from the supercapacitor to the load device; and an electronic processor configured to control the first switch and the second switch based at least in part on a voltage of the supercapacitor.Type: GrantFiled: October 19, 2021Date of Patent: August 29, 2023Assignee: Milwaukee Electric Tool CorporationInventors: Kevin Minnickel, Brian Carrillo, Ryan B. Jipp, Samuel Sheeks, Cameron R. Schulz, Aditya Subramanian, Martin Guerrero, Izael Zapata, Jorge Michael Chavez
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Patent number: 11738426Abstract: A power tool communication system including an external device including a first controller configured to transmit, via wireless communication to a power tool, configuration data including a work light duration parameter value and a work light brightness parameter value. The power tool includes a housing, a brushless direct current (DC) motor, a trigger, a work light, a wireless communication circuit configured to wirelessly communicate with the external device to receive the configuration data, and a second controller configured to control a work light duration of the work light based on the work light duration parameter value, and control a work light brightness of the work light based on the work light brightness parameter value.Type: GrantFiled: December 19, 2022Date of Patent: August 29, 2023Assignee: Milwaukee Electric Tool CorporationInventors: Matthew J. Mergener, Burtrom Lee Stampfl, Michael Monteleone, Cole A. Conrad, Stephen Matson, Robert R. Hollis
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Patent number: 11736047Abstract: Methods and apparatus to control a three-phase BLDC motor with a curve transformer having an index value for each stored input value and output value for providing stored corner points for outputs of the curve transformer. The curve transformer can output interpolated data for input data between adjacent ones of the input values.Type: GrantFiled: March 16, 2020Date of Patent: August 22, 2023Assignee: Allegro MicroSystems, LLCInventor: Yisong Lu
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Patent number: 11728756Abstract: Provided is a control device for controlling an electromagnetic actuator that vibrates an operation device by driving the operation device supported by an elastic support part so as to be elastically vibrated in one direction in a vibrating direction thereof, the control device comprising: a current pulse supply unit configured to supply a driving current pulse to a coil of the electromagnetic actuator as a driving current for driving the operation device in accordance with a touch operation of the operation device, wherein the current pulse supply unit supplies the drive current pulse capable of starting the elastic vibration as a main driving current pulse, and then supplies the drive current pulse capable of adjusting attenuation period of the elastic vibration as a sub-driving current pulse.Type: GrantFiled: October 8, 2020Date of Patent: August 15, 2023Assignee: Minebea Mitsumi Inc.Inventors: Tomoya Ishitani, Yuki Takahashi
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Patent number: 11728657Abstract: A hydraulic fracturing system includes one or more battery trailers having one or more batteries for providing operational energy to one or more connected components. The system also includes a switchgear system and fracturing equipment to receive operational energy from the one or more batteries of the one or more battery trailers to perform one or more fracturing actions.Type: GrantFiled: May 24, 2022Date of Patent: August 15, 2023Assignee: U.S. Well Services, LLCInventor: Brandon Hinderliter
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Patent number: 11728672Abstract: A safety procedure is provided for a vehicle having high-current components and high-voltage components, in particular in a hybrid or electric vehicle. In the event of a crash, in addition to a physical separation of a battery from a HV intermediate circuit, the HV intermediate circuit is discharged.Type: GrantFiled: May 14, 2019Date of Patent: August 15, 2023Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke AktiengesellschaftInventors: Izabella Ferenczi, Lluis Roig, Andreas Rucker, Constantin Ferdinand Roesler
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Patent number: 11721696Abstract: A semiconductor integrated circuit includes first to fourth transistor arrangement regions. A portion of the third transistor arrangement region is located on a second side in a first direction of the second transistor arrangement region. A portion of the first transistor arrangement region connected to the second transistor arrangement region is sandwiched in the first direction by the second transistor arrangement region and the portion of the third transistor arrangement region. The portion of the first transistor arrangement region is located on a first side in the first direction of the fourth transistor arrangement region. The portion of the third transistor arrangement region connected to the fourth transistor arrangement region is sandwiched in the first direction by the fourth transistor arrangement region and the portion of the first transistor arrangement region.Type: GrantFiled: May 14, 2021Date of Patent: August 8, 2023Assignee: Rohm Co., Ltd.Inventor: Hirotaka Takihara
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Patent number: 11717853Abstract: A control console for a powered surgical tool. The console includes a transformer that supplies the drive signal to the surgical tool. A linear amplifier with active resistors selectively ties the ends of the transformer primary winding between ground and the open circuit state. Feedback voltages from the transformer windings regulate the resistances of the active resistors.Type: GrantFiled: August 30, 2021Date of Patent: August 8, 2023Assignee: Stryker CorporationInventors: Adam D. Downey, Neal R. Butler, Scott A. Rhodes
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Patent number: 11722078Abstract: A control apparatus that controls a stepping motor, comprises a determination unit configured to determine a current value to be applied to the stepping motor by looking up a first driving table, which is to be looked up when driving is to be performed in a first driving direction, and a second driving table, which is to be looked up when driving is to be performed in a second driving direction in reverse of the first driving direction. The determination unit includes an interpolation calculation unit configured to calculate the current value by interpolation calculation that looks up both the first driving table and the second driving table, in a case in which driving is to be performed in a driving direction different from a driving direction of a preceding driving operation.Type: GrantFiled: April 20, 2021Date of Patent: August 8, 2023Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Takashi Fujinaga
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Patent number: 11720078Abstract: A system comprising a processor, a non-transitory memory, and an application stored in the non-transitory memory is provided. The application is configured, upon execution by the processor, to cause the processor to generate a first controller signal based on a first set of feedback from an electric motor, based on a characterization tone, and based on a controller gain, to provide the first controller signal for operation of the electric motor, to generate a frequency response analysis on a second set of feedback from the electric motor in response to the first controller signal, and to determine a new value of the controller gain based on the frequency response analysis.Type: GrantFiled: February 16, 2021Date of Patent: August 8, 2023Assignee: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATEDInventors: Ramesh Tiruvannamalai Ramamoorthy, Sam Gnana Sabapathy, Manish Bhardwaj
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Patent number: 11722026Abstract: The disclosed technology provides systems and methods to employ fault tolerance for rotating electric machines operating as motors or generators. A unique system architecture and control elements allow rotating electric machines the ability to isolate faulted conditions and continue to operate.Type: GrantFiled: April 23, 2020Date of Patent: August 8, 2023Assignee: DPM TECHNOLOGIES INC.Inventor: Jonathan Gale Ritchey
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Patent number: 11716047Abstract: A system and method for shaping the trajectory of a motion command to reduce the effects of a load on performance of a motor dynamically modifies the motion profile in real time to limit the reference signals in the motion profile to feasible commands. A load observer determines an estimated disturbance acceleration. The estimated disturbance acceleration includes the dynamics of the controlled load and is used to modify a maximum and a minimum limit for the acceleration reference. The acceleration limits are, in turn, used to determine velocity limits. The motion profile and modified acceleration and velocity limits are provided to a state filter which determines a new motion profile for use by the motor drive to control operation of a motor and to control the load connected to the motor.Type: GrantFiled: June 21, 2021Date of Patent: August 1, 2023Assignee: Rockwell Automation Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Jonathan D. Hoffman, Brian Fast, Robert J. Miklosovic
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Patent number: 11715848Abstract: A battery pack sensing module includes a temperature sensor input connected with a battery cell temperature sensor, an integrated circuit, and a field effect transistor connected between the temperature sensor input and the integrated circuit, and having a gate that selectively opens based on a voltage on the temperature sensor input.Type: GrantFiled: May 27, 2021Date of Patent: August 1, 2023Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLCInventors: Benjamin A. Tabatowski-Bush, Baojin Wang
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Patent number: 11716039Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a winding switching device capable of enhancing the reliability of electrical contact between a movable unit and a fixed unit, and a rotating electrical machine drive system including such a winding switching device.Type: GrantFiled: August 14, 2020Date of Patent: August 1, 2023Assignee: Hitachi Astemo, Ltd.Inventors: Kazuo Nishihama, Akeshi Takahashi, Katsuhiro Hoshino, Noriyuki Maekawa
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Patent number: 11716042Abstract: The present subject matter refers a discharge circuit for a smoothing capacitor within a power-distribution-unit. The discharge circuit comprises a first sub-circuit connected in parallel to a DC-Link capacitor, said first sub-circuit in turn comprises a series connection of a first switching element (SE) and a first discharge resistor, wherein the DC-link capacitor is connected in parallel to a power supply. A second sub-circuit is connected in parallel to the DC-Link capacitor and comprises a series connection of a second switching element (SE) and a second discharge resistor. A control device is configured to control the plurality of SEs within the sub-circuits by scheduling switching of the plurality of SEs. Such scheduling comprises switching ON of the second SE after a switching ON of the first SE for enabling a discharging of the DC link capacitor within a predetermined duration.Type: GrantFiled: October 27, 2020Date of Patent: August 1, 2023Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Max Richter, Eike Meints
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Patent number: 11707850Abstract: An objective of the present invention is to reduce the downtime which occurs when changing a servo motor device. A servo motor device includes a motor section and a reduction gear configured to output a driving force by reducing a speed of rotation of the motor section, wherein a control device includes a detecting section configured to acquire detected information about operation of the motor section, and a computing section configured to generate an approximate curve based on a behavior for a time sequence of a parameter and to calculate predicted lifetime information of the servo motor device based on the approximate curve thus generated, wherein the parameter has been calculated by means of the detected information.Type: GrantFiled: July 26, 2021Date of Patent: July 25, 2023Assignees: Futaba Corporation, Chiba Institute of TechnologyInventors: Shotaro Kudo, Yasuyuki Suzuki, Toru Kono, Ryosei Kuramoto, Hidetoshi Muramatsu, Takayuki Furuta, Masaharu Shimizu, Hideaki Yamato