Patents Examined by Thienvu Tran
  • Patent number: 10186875
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a coil type unit for wireless power transmission, a wireless power transmission device, an electronic device, and a manufacturing method of a coil type unit for wireless power transmission. A coil type unit for wireless power transmission according to the present invention includes a coil pattern having a wiring pattern shape; a magnetic portion having the coil pattern attached to one surface thereof and a conductive pattern formed thereon; an insulating adhesive portion interposed between the magnetic portion having the conductive pattern formed thereon and the coil pattern to bond the magnetic portion and the coil pattern to each other while insulating the coil pattern and the conductive pattern from each other; and a conductive via for electrically connecting both ends of the coil pattern and the conductive pattern.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 22, 2019
    Assignee: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Seung Wook Park, No Il Park, Doo Sung Jung, Jang Su Kim, Chang Bae Lee
  • Patent number: 10186390
    Abstract: Provided is a relay unit that is inexpensive and has a long life, and a method for controlling a relay circuit. A series circuit of mechanical switches is connected in series to a load and a load power supply, and a control unit selects one of the mechanical switches as a selected switch, and performs a switching timing shift, which is constituted by at least one of a first operation in which the selected switch is switched to the closed state after the mechanical switch other than the selected switch, and a second operation in which the selected switch is switched to the open state prior to the mechanical switch other than the selected switch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 22, 2019
    Assignee: OMRON Corporation
    Inventors: Tetsuya Fukumoto, Toshiyuki Higuchi
  • Patent number: 10186896
    Abstract: In at least one embodiment, an apparatus comprising a vehicle inverter is provided. The vehicle inverter is programmed to invert a direct current (DC) input into a maximum alternating current (AC) output to power at least one external load and to receive first information indicative of whether a vehicle is in one of a drive mode and a park mode. The vehicle inverter is further programmed to provide the maximum AC output to the power the at least one external load in response to the information indicating that the vehicle is in the park mode and to invert the DC input into a first AC output that is less than the maximum AC output to power the at least one external load in response to the information indicating that the vehicle is in the drive mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 22, 2019
    Assignee: Lear Corporation
    Inventors: Krzysztof Klesyk, Raef Aidibi
  • Patent number: 10186361
    Abstract: A device preventing misoperation of a vehicle acceleration pedal includes an induction coil, a pedal arm, an electromagnet, and a processor. One end of the pedal arm fastens to the vehicle acceleration pedal, and the other end of the pedal arm inserts into the induction coil. The processor is electrically connected to the induction coil and the electromagnet and the pedal arm is magnetically attracted when the electromagnet is powered on by the processor, preventing the acceleration pedal being used as a brake pedal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 22, 2019
    Assignees: Fu Tai Hua Industry (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd., HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Jin Wen
  • Patent number: 10186801
    Abstract: An electrical buss has a carrier and at least a pair of electrically conductive elements. The at least a pair of electrically conductive elements extend linearly along a length of the carrier and at least a portion of each of the least a pair of electrically conductive elements is exposed at a surface of the carrier. A connector is releasably couplable to the electrical buss adjacent to the surface of the carrier. The connector has at least a pair of electrically conductive contacts for engaging with the electrically conductive elements at any desired location along the length of the carrier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 22, 2019
    Assignee: IDEAL Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Alan Emad Zantout, Benjamin David Swedberg, Trevor Don Fildes
  • Patent number: 10186861
    Abstract: An energy storage device and a DC voltage supply circuit. The energy storage device has at least two energy supply branches connected in parallel. Each of the energy supply branches has a multiplicity of energy storage modules having an energy storage cell module with at least one energy storage cell and a coupling device. The coupling device switches the energy storage cell module selectively into the corresponding energy supply branch or bypasses said energy storage cell module in the energy supply branch. The DC voltage supply circuit has a bridge circuit switchably connected to a first or a second of feed nodes coupled to output connections of the energy storage device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 22, 2019
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Holger Rapp, Martin Braun
  • Patent number: 10187042
    Abstract: A wireless power transfer component with a selectively adjustable resonator circuit having a Q control subcircuit that varies the Q factor of the resonator circuit to control the amount of power relayed by the resonator circuit. The resonator circuit may be in the wireless power supply, the wireless power receiver, an intermediate resonator or any combination thereof. The resonator circuit may be actively configured based on a feedback circuit. The feedback circuit may sense a characteristic in the secondary circuit or elsewhere and actively operate the control subcircuit based on the sensed characteristic. The feedback circuit may cause the Q control subcircuit to change (reduce or increase) the Q factor when the sensed characteristic crosses a threshold value. The Q control subcircuit may include a variable resistor having a value that can be varied to adjust the Q factor of the resonator circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 22, 2019
    Assignee: PHILIPS IP VENTURES B.V.
    Inventors: David W. Baarman, Benjamin C. Moes, Joshua K. Schwannecke, Joshua B. Taylor, Neil W. Kuyvenhoven, Matthew J. Norconk, Colin J. Moore, John James Lord, Kristen J. Blood
  • Patent number: 10181717
    Abstract: A surge suppression system provides surge protection both locally within the radio station building were the power plant and telecommunication equipment are located and remotely next to the radios and antennas located outside of the building on the communication tower. An external surge suppression unit provides a waterproof enclosure for both surge suppression devices and fiber optic connectors. A rack mountable surge suppression unit provides local in-line surge suppression protection for the electrical equipment located in the communication station. A unique surge suppression tray is hot swappable so that multiple surge suppression devices can be replaced at the same time without disrupting radio operation. Pluggable surge suppression modules can be used in both the external surge suppression unit and the rack mountable surge suppression unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2019
    Assignee: RAYCAP S.A.
    Inventors: Douglas Wayne Miller, Konstantinos Samaras, Kelly Rae Richards, Daniel Joseph Sullivan, Megaklis Marathias
  • Patent number: 10181808
    Abstract: When an electrical primary frequency of power fluctuation of a motor is smaller than a determination threshold value fth1 that is a lower limit frequency of a frequency band where resonance occurs in a circuit including a reactor and a capacitor of a boosting converter or greater than a determination threshold value that is an upper limit frequency of the frequency band where resonance occurs, a value G2 is set as a gain G and when the electrical primary frequency is equal to or greater than the determination threshold value fth1 and equal to or smaller than the determination threshold value, a value G3 at which the upper limit frequency of the resonant frequency band has a low frequency than the determination threshold value fth1 is set as the gain G, and a current control in the boosting converter is executed using the gain G set in this way. The resonance of the circuit including the reactor and the capacitor of the boosting converter can be prevented.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2019
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kojiro Asakawa, Kazuhito Hayashi, Daigo Nobe
  • Patent number: 10177541
    Abstract: The invention concerns an aerosol charger having electrical discharge comprising: a body (2); an ion source (3) comprising two electrodes (31, 32); the charger being characterized in that the body (2) and at least a first electrode (32) of the ion source (3) are aligned along a same axis of longitudinal symmetry (AA?) of the charger, the body (2) surrounding the first electrode (32) in such a way as to define an area (5) for an aerosol to flow between a space defined between the body (2) and the first electrode (32); and in that the first electrode (32) comprises a hole (321) in communication with the area (5) for the aerosol (Ae) to flow, the hole (321) being designed to allow ions formed at the ion source (3) to pass therethrough in order for them to mix with an aerosol (Ae) flowing in the area (5) for the aerosol (Ae) to flow.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2019
    Assignees: CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE (CNRS), UNIVERSITE PARIS-SUD, SONSEJO SUPERIOR DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTIFICAS
    Inventors: Jean-Pascal Borra, Manuel Alonso, Nicolas Jidenko
  • Patent number: 10176947
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a high-voltage direct current (DC) circuit breaker for cutting off a fault current from flowing through a line during a malfunction in a high-voltage DC line. A DC circuit breaker according to the present invention comprises: a mechanical switch disposed on a DC line; an L/C circuit connected in parallel with the mechanical switch (110), and comprising a capacitor and a reactor connected in series to each other to generate LC resonance; a first semiconductor switch, connected in parallel to the L/C circuit, for switching the unidirectional flow of the current; and a second semiconductor switch, connected in parallel to the first semiconductor switch, for switching the uni- and reverse-directional flow of current.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2019
    Assignee: HYOSUNG HEAVY INDUSTRIES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Byung-Chol Kim, Se-Hee Han
  • Patent number: 10176949
    Abstract: A control apparatus for a relay and controlling method thereof. The controlling method includes: detecting an input voltage of the relay and a current flowing through the relay; obtaining a voltage zero crossing point information according to the input voltage and a reference voltage value; turning on the relay at an initial turn-on time point according to the voltage zero crossing point information, and obtaining a real turn-on time point of the relay according to the current flowing through the relay; obtaining a turn-on delay of the relay according to the initial turn-on time point and the real turn-on time point, and adjusting the initial turn-on time point to obtain a compensated turn-on time point according to the turn-on delay.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2019
    Assignee: COMPAL ELECTRONICS, INC.
    Inventors: Jian-Wei Hu, Chih-Tarng Chuang
  • Patent number: 10176957
    Abstract: A method of executing a self-test of an alternating current circuit breaker involves executing a self-test of the circuit breaker for each of a plurality of functional blocks, wherein a sequence and timing of the executing a self-test for each of the plurality of functional blocks is programmed in and executed under control of a processing unit, and entering a failure mode of the circuit breaker upon detection of a failure status in any one of the functional blocks. The alternating current circuit breaker includes a live line between a live supply connecting terminal and a live load connecting terminal, and a neutral line between a neutral supply connecting terminal and a neutral load connecting terminal, the plurality of functional blocks, and the processing unit, which is connected to the first and second galvanic separation switch, the bypass switch and the semiconductor switch element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2019
    Assignee: EATON INTELLIGENT POWER LIMITED
    Inventor: Ronaldus Niehoff
  • Patent number: 10177555
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a reverse grounding protection circuit and a ground fault circuit interrupter. The reverse grounding protection circuit may include a power supply circuit, a leakage signal amplifying circuit, a leakage grounding detection circuit, a power supply indicator circuit, a manual detection circuit, a tripping mechanism control circuit, a reverse connection detection and execution circuit, and a power-on driving signal generating circuit. A ground fault circuit interrupter may comprise an interrupter body and a reverse grounding protection circuit in the interrupter body. The practice of the present disclosure may avoid the risk from reverse connection of the ground fault circuit interrupter and output of power of reverse connection, and thus improve safety of the ground fault circuit interrupter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2019
    Inventor: Ze Chen
  • Patent number: 10176939
    Abstract: Provided is a high-voltage direct current (DC) circuit breaker which interrupts a fault current flowing in a power transmission or power distribution DC line when a fault occurs in the DC line. The high-voltage DC circuit breaker includes: a main switch, installed in the DC line, for interrupting a current in the DC line by being opened when a fault occurs in one side or the other side of the DC line; a nonlinear resistor, connected in parallel to the main switch, for consuming overvoltage; and an LC circuit connected in parallel to the main switch and comprising a capacitor and an inductor that are connected to each other in series to generate LC resonance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2019
    Assignee: HYOSUNG HEAVY INDUSTRIES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jung-Soo Park, Se-Hee Han, Hui-Dong Hwang
  • Patent number: 10177781
    Abstract: A method includes selectively coupling first and second input nodes of a capacitive bridge to first and second voltages, respectively, and selectively coupling first and second output nodes of the capacitive bridge to first and second output terminals, respectively, during a first phase of a clock cycle. The method further includes selectively coupling the first and second input nodes to the second and first voltages, respectively, and selectively coupling the first and second output nodes to the second and first output terminals, respectively, during a second phase of the clock cycle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2019
    Assignee: Silicon Laboratories Inc.
    Inventors: Louis Nervegna, Bruce Del Signore
  • Patent number: 10177817
    Abstract: A non-contact power supply system is provided employing an electric power transmitting device which can improve the transmission efficiency of electric power, suppressing the circuit scale. The electric power transmitting device is configured with a resonance circuit including a resonance capacity and a resonance coil acting as a transmitting antenna, and a first coil arranged magnetically coupled with the resonance coil. The electric power transmitting device transmits electric power in a non-contact manner using resonant coupling of the resonance circuit. When transmitting the electric power, the electric power transmitting device controls the first coil to connect or disconnect both ends thereof so as to bring a resonance frequency of the resonance circuit close to a frequency of an electric power transmission signal outputted as the electric power to be transmitted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2019
    Assignee: Renesas Electronics Corporation
    Inventor: Katsuei Ichikawa
  • Patent number: 10170257
    Abstract: A relay control circuit for use with a relay having a coil voltage input. The relay control circuit includes a first input to receive a first voltage capable of energizing the relay, a second input to receive a second voltage, less than the first voltage, that is capable of maintaining the relay in an energized state, and means, responsive to a relay control signal having one of a first state and a second state, for switchably coupling the coil voltage input to the first input in response to the relay control signal having the first state, and for switchably coupling the coil voltage input to the second input in response to the relay control signal having the second state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2019
    Assignee: SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC IT CORPORATION
    Inventor: Venkatraman Chennakesavan
  • Patent number: 10163564
    Abstract: Disclosed are a wireless power transmitter and a method of controlling power thereof. A wireless power transmitter includes a power supply device to supply AC power to the wireless power transmitter; and a transmission coil to transmit the AC power to a reception coil of a wireless power receiver by resonance. The wireless power transmitter controls transmission power to be transmitted to the wireless power receiver based on a coupling state between the transmission coil and the reception coil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2018
    Assignee: LG INNOTEK CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Su Ho Bae
  • Patent number: 10160556
    Abstract: A satellite electric propulsion power supply unit comprises: an internal source of electrical power; an external input adapted to receive an electrical power supply from an external source of electrical power; a first external output and a second external output adapted to deliver as output, respectively, a first electrical power supply and a second electrical power supply; a first selector element and a second selector element such that: the first selector element is equipped with a first internal input connected to the internal source and with two outputs: the first external output and an internal output connected to a second internal input of the second selector element; and the second selector element is equipped with an output corresponding to the second external output and with two inputs: the external input and the second internal input.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2018
    Assignee: THALES
    Inventors: Alain Gruwe, Philippe Ledent