Patents Examined by Rasem Mourad
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Patent number: 11962183Abstract: A backup power system according to the present disclosure includes a battery, a charging circuit, power storage, a first load, a second load, and a controller that controls the charging circuit. The controller causes an input current at the charging circuit to increase at a first rate of change in response to a start signal. When the controller detects an increase in a charging voltage at the power storage up to a first voltage at which driving of the first load is possible, the controller controls the charging circuit to cause the input current at the charging circuit to increase at a second rate of change lower than the first rate of change. The charging circuit is controlled by the controller to cause the input current to increase at the second rate of change, and the charging voltage at the power storage increases up to a second voltage at which driving of both the first load and the second load is possible.Type: GrantFiled: June 3, 2020Date of Patent: April 16, 2024Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Kazuo Takenaka, Takashi Higashide, Katsunori Atago, Youichi Kageyama, Hisao Hiragi, Yugo Setsu, Hiroki Nishinaka, Shinichi Tanida
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Patent number: 11955886Abstract: A safety low-voltage electric appliance supplied with power by an energy storage system comprises: a multi-energy power supply monitoring and recognizing unit used for integrating power interfaces for multi-energy power supply, and monitoring and tracking a multi-energy state; an energy storage region dynamic energy level unit used for dividing a multi-energy storage region into energy storage regions in terms of an energy storage form and specification, and adjusting energy levels of the dynamic energy storage regions; a multi-energy power supply and storage conversion unit used for controlling electric energy transmission, converting electric energy of the multi-energy power supply into electric energy needed by DC-operated load terminals, and storing the energy storage region dynamic energy level unit; and a low-voltage direct supply safety protection and stabilization unit used for monitoring an electricity consumption state of the load terminals, and performing safety protection on the load terminals.Type: GrantFiled: April 20, 2023Date of Patent: April 9, 2024Inventor: Shifu Tang
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Patent number: 11949282Abstract: Disclosed are an offline uninterruptible power source and a control method therefor.Type: GrantFiled: May 21, 2020Date of Patent: April 2, 2024Assignee: Lian Zheng Electronics (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd.Inventors: Wuhua Hu, Liang Deng
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Patent number: 11942818Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure include a system comprising at least one energy-storage-device connection, a first output connection to be coupled to a main power source providing main power, a second output connection to be coupled to at least one load, a first and second power converter coupled to the at least one energy-storage-device connection, and at least one controller coupled to the power converters and being configured to control the system to connect the power converters to the output connections, control the system to disconnect the first power converter from the second output connection responsive to detecting a fault in the main power, control the first power converter to provide power to the first output connection responsive to detecting the fault in the main power, and control the system to disconnect the second power converter from the first output connection responsive to detecting the fault in the main power.Type: GrantFiled: March 29, 2022Date of Patent: March 26, 2024Assignee: SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC IT CORPORATIONInventor: Eric Lucien Brun
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Patent number: 11942797Abstract: A wireless power transfer system includes a wireless power transmission system and a wireless power receiver system. The wireless power transmission system includes a transmission antenna, a transmission controller, and a transmission power conditioning system. The transmission controller is configured to provide a driving signal for driving the transmission antenna based on an operating frequency and a virtual AC power frequency. The transmission power conditioning system is configured to generate the virtual AC power signals at the operating frequency and having peak voltages rising and falling based on the virtual AC power frequency. The wireless power receiver system includes the receiver antenna and the power conditioning system. The receiver power conditioning system is configured to receive the virtual AC power signals, convert the virtual AC power signals to alternating current (AC) received power signals, and provide the AC input power signals to a load.Type: GrantFiled: February 10, 2021Date of Patent: March 26, 2024Assignee: NuCurrent, Inc.Inventors: Mark Melone, Alberto Peralta
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Patent number: 11936204Abstract: A wireless power transmitter configured to transfer power to a wireless power receiver including primary coils comprising first and second bottom coils placed adjacent to each other in a line and each consisting of a single layer of 11 turns and a top coil stacked on the first and second bottom coils and consisting of a single layer of 12 turns; a shielding; and a full-bridge inverter, wherein the first and second bottom coils and the top coil have a substantially rectangular frame structure with a through hole in the center, wherein the top coil lies on a plane surface in the middle between the first and second bottom coils, wherein a distance from the center of the first and second bottom coils to the center of the top coil is set to a range of 21 mm to 25 mm, wherein the first and second bottom coils have a height of 48 mm to 50 mm and a width of 43 mm to 45 mm, and the through hole in the first and second bottom coils has a height of 25 mm to 27 mm and a width of 21 mm to 23 mm, wherein the top coil has aType: GrantFiled: March 20, 2023Date of Patent: March 19, 2024Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.Inventors: Jinmoo Park, Jeongkyo Seo, Beomseok Chae, Jaesung Lee, Jihyun Lee
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Patent number: 11923687Abstract: A bipole power transmission scheme with two independent converts, two power feed and one return conduit. During operation of the bipole power transmission scheme under abnormal conditions, when a return conduit is faulty and unable to provide a return current path, each converter controller is programmed to monitor the first power feed in the first transmission conduit and the second power feed in the second transmission conduit and, if the first power feed in the first transmission conduit and the second power feed in the second transmission conduit differ from one another, at least one converter controller modifies the power infeed from its corresponding power source to reduce the difference between the first power feed and the second power feed.Type: GrantFiled: March 16, 2021Date of Patent: March 5, 2024Assignee: General Electric Technology GmbHInventors: Mita Babu Narayanan, Omar Jasim
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Patent number: 11923692Abstract: Provided are a wireless power transmission device and an operating method therefor, the device confirming an optimum phase adjustment degree for each antenna by applying a reference signal to at least one from among a plurality of patch antennas and sequentially applying a plurality of phase electric signals to each of the remaining antennas, when an RF wave is formed using electric signals from a plurality of power sources.Type: GrantFiled: July 2, 2021Date of Patent: March 5, 2024Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Chongmin Lee, Jaeseok Park, Hyoseok Han, Sangwook Lee, Seunghyun Lee
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Patent number: 11923721Abstract: Disclosed is a system that includes a plurality of battery cells connected in series; a first connection path from an intermediate battery cell of the plurality to an output bus of the system; a second connection path from a last one of the plurality of battery cells to an output bus; a circuit switch installed along the second connection path, the circuit switch configured to open or close the second connection path; and an undervoltage relay in the output bus, wherein the undervoltage relay is set at a threshold voltage, and wherein the undervoltage relay is configured to control the circuit switch when a voltage on the output bus exceeds the threshold voltage or drops below the threshold voltage.Type: GrantFiled: March 7, 2022Date of Patent: March 5, 2024Assignee: Saudi Arabian Oil CompanyInventors: Faisal A. Al Dubaikel, Hossam Abdullah Aldossary, Yaseen M. Al Saleh
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Patent number: 11888331Abstract: In an embodiment, a method includes: wirelessly transmitting power to a receiving coil from a transmitting coil, where the receiving coil is in a wireless power transmission space of the transmitting coil; measuring an output of a sensor during a first time to generate a first measurement; measuring the output of the sensor during a second time to generate a second measurement, the second time being after the first time; and when a magnitude of a difference between the first measurement and the second measurement is higher than a predetermined threshold, stopping wirelessly transmitting power to the receiving coil with the transmitting coil.Type: GrantFiled: June 30, 2021Date of Patent: January 30, 2024Assignee: Spark Connected LLCInventors: Petru Emanuel Stingu, Yulong Hou, Kenneth Moore, Ruwanga Dassanayake
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Patent number: 11876367Abstract: Embodiments of a modular direct current interconnection device (MDCID) include at least three operation branches, at least one transient branch, and a local controller. Each of the operation branches includes a first terminal coupled to a common node and configured to transmit DC current in a normal mode. The transient branch is coupled between second terminals of different ones of the at least three operation branches and configured to provide a transient DC current path in a fault clearance mode. The local controller is coupled to the operation branches and the transient branch, and the local controller is configured to control operation of the operation branches and the transient branch.Type: GrantFiled: March 27, 2019Date of Patent: January 16, 2024Assignee: ABB SCHWEIZ AGInventors: Chunming Yuan, Xiaobo Yang, Xing Huang
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Patent number: 11831172Abstract: In retrodirective wireless power delivery environments wireless power receivers generate and send beacon signals that are received by multiple antennas of a wireless power transmission system. The beacon signals provide the charger with timing information for wireless power transfers and also indicate directionality of the incoming signal. As discussed herein, the directionality information is employed when transmitting in order to focus energy (e.g., power wave delivery) on individual wireless power receiver clients. Techniques are described herein for reducing the burden of sampling the beacon signals across the multiple antennas and determining the directionality of the incoming wave. In some embodiments, the techniques leverage previously calculated values to simplify the receiver sampling.Type: GrantFiled: April 28, 2021Date of Patent: November 28, 2023Assignee: Ossia Inc.Inventors: Hatem Zeine, Dale Mayes, Benjamin Renneberg
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Patent number: 11831198Abstract: Power systems and methods are provided that receive input power and provide output power to a load. Under a first state of operation, power conversion circuitry may receive the input power and provide the output power. A bypass switch includes a controller that detects a failure condition by detecting a link down state on a communications interface. In response to detecting the link down state, the switch controller operates the bypass switch to convey the input power to the output in a second state of operation. The second state of operation is a bypass state of operation whereby the power conversion circuitry is bypassed.Type: GrantFiled: March 26, 2020Date of Patent: November 28, 2023Assignee: SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC IT CORPORATIONInventors: Bo Chen, Richard Dyrmose Olsen
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Patent number: 11817721Abstract: A method of wireless power transmission is performed at a wireless-power-transmitting device having one or more antennas configured to transmit wireless-power signals, one or more processors, and a wireless data transceiver.Type: GrantFiled: April 25, 2022Date of Patent: November 14, 2023Assignee: Energous CorporationInventors: Cesar Johnston, Deepak Jain, Howard Chan
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Patent number: 11809209Abstract: A property power system can include multiple photovoltaic (PV) panels to generate DC electrical energy from solar energy and a first power conversion module to convert between DC and AC electrical energy and to control aspects of each PV panel. The property power system can have a group of battery blades to store electrical energy and another power conversion module to convert between DC and AC electrical energy and to control aspects of each battery blade. The property power system can have a multiple synchronization interfaces configured to aggregate the AC electrical energy of each of the PV panels/battery blades, respectively, and to control delivery of the aggregated AC electrical energy. The property power system can include a grid circuit disconnector to prevent back-feed of power during grid outage condition while the PV panels or the group of battery blades is powering an electrical load center of the property.Type: GrantFiled: September 17, 2021Date of Patent: November 7, 2023Assignee: SineWatts, Inc.Inventor: Shibashis Bhowmik
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Patent number: 11804771Abstract: A customizable power conversion system (1000) is configured to operate with multiple alternating current (AC) and direct current (DC) power sources (1001,1003) and supplies multiple AC and DC loads (1018,1020,1022,1024). The customizable power conversion system is also configured to be assembled from a plurality of customizable power converters (1004,1006,1008,1010,1012), each of which is configured to function as a building block of the customizable power conversion system. More particularly, each customizable power converter may be configured as any DC/DC, DC/AC, AC/DC, or AC/AC converter, such as any of i) an inverter, ii) a DC/DC converter for use with a photovoltaic (PV) array (or string of PV arrays), and iii) a DC/DC converter for use with an energy storage element (e.g., a battery or battery string).Type: GrantFiled: March 15, 2019Date of Patent: October 31, 2023Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Zheyu Zhang, Ramanujam Ramabhadran, Douglas Carl Hofer, Ahmed Elasser
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Patent number: 11770029Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a wireless power transmission device. A wireless power transmission device according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes: a coil part including a plurality of partially overlapping coils; a coil combination generator configured to generate coil combinations including at least one of the plurality of coils; and a controller configured to transmit a coil selection signal through the coil combinations and to select an operating coil combination from the coil combinations based on a response intensity of a response signal for the coil selection signal and charging efficiency of a wireless power reception device. Accordingly, a high-efficiency charging area can be extended in partially overlapping multiple coils.Type: GrantFiled: October 4, 2019Date of Patent: September 26, 2023Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.Inventors: Joonho Park, Bongsik Kwak, Sungkyu Kim, Seonghun Lee, Jihyun Lee
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Patent number: 11764573Abstract: A DC power supply system includes: nodes to connect to a DC bus and constitute a DC grid with the bus; a power management apparatus that manages the power demand of the entire grid; and a starter device that makes the nodes start up and connect to the bus one by one in an order in a state where the bus is down to start up the entire grid. The starter device supplies start-up power through a power supply line to start up each node. The starter device diagnoses nodes to be diagnosed selected from among the nodes before supply of the power to determine the abnormality from a response with respect to a diagnostic signal supplied to the nodes through the start-up power supply line. When the node diagnosed is determined to be normal, the starter device supplies the start-up power thereto and connects it to the bus.Type: GrantFiled: February 28, 2019Date of Patent: September 19, 2023Assignee: TDK CORPORATIONInventor: Masao Ichi
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Patent number: 11764616Abstract: This application relates to an extremely high frequency (mmWave) wireless power transfer device, method, and system using a Rotman lens. The device includes a radio frequency (RF) chain including transmitters individually generating signals of a mmWave band, and adjusting phase and amplitude of each generated signal. The device may also include a switch matrix connected to the RF chain, having a matrix structure, and generating a beam pattern where the adjusted signals are combined through the switches. The device may further include a Rotman lens connected to the switch matrix and performing a signal beamforming of the beam pattern according to predetermined transmission paths, an antenna part connected to the Rotman lens and radiating the beamformed signal, and a controller controlling at least one of the phase, amplitude, beam pattern, or transmission path of the signal so that the signal is radiated.Type: GrantFiled: October 22, 2021Date of Patent: September 19, 2023Assignee: KOREA ELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY INSTITUTEInventors: Chang Seok Yun, Young Han Kim, Hyun Seuk Ahn
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Patent number: 11749987Abstract: Devices and method for selecting voltage sources. A wireless device can include a transceiver configured to process radio-frequency signals, an antenna in communication with the transceiver configured to facilitate transmission of an amplified radio-frequency signal, and a voltage regulator. The wireless device can also include a voltage selection module. The voltage selection module may include an analog voltage input. The voltage selection module may also include a digital based voltage input. The voltage selection module further includes a control component coupled to the analog voltage input and the digital based voltage input, the control component configured to determine whether to use a first voltage received from the analog voltage input or a second voltage received from the digital based voltage input to generate an output voltage.Type: GrantFiled: February 21, 2022Date of Patent: September 5, 2023Assignee: Skyworks Solutions, Inc.Inventor: David Alan Brown