Patents by Inventor Alan Thomas Bernier

Alan Thomas Bernier has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • No-break power transfer
    Patent number: 10050548
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for transferring power to a load. An AC-to-DC converter output for an AC-to-DC converter is connected to a filter circuit input in a DC-to-DC converter via a connector such that a no-break power transfer occurs when transferring between providing power for the load by the AC-to-DC converter and providing power for the load by the DC-to-DC converter. The topology of the AC-to-DC converter needs only 21 windings for achieving a 24-pulse transformer rectifier unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Jian Huang, Thomas F. Currier, Alan Thomas Bernier, Ernest H. Kanning
  • Six-phase supplied transformer rectifier unit
    Patent number: 9793820
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for forming a direct current power supply. An apparatus comprises a transformer and a rectifier. The transformer is figured to output a plurality of phase-shifted alternating currents in response to receiving a plurality of alternating currents. The plurality of alternating currents and the plurality of phase-shifted alternating currents form a plurality of input alternating currents that are offset relative to each other by one-twelfth of a cycle in phase. The rectifier is configured to form a direct current power supply having a common mode voltage reduced to zero within selected tolerances in response to receiving the plurality of input alternating currents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2017
    Assignee: THE BOEING COMPANY
    Inventors: Jian Huang, Christopher Mark Severns, Alan Thomas Bernier
  • No-Break Power Transfer
    Publication number: 20160094143
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for transferring power to a load. An AC-to-DC converter output for an AC-to-DC converter is connected to a filter circuit input in a DC-to-DC converter via a connector such that a no-break power transfer occurs when transferring between providing power for the load by the AC-to-DC converter and providing power for the load by the DC-to-DC converter. The topology of the AC-to-DC converter needs only 21 windings for achieving a 24-pulse transformer rectifier unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2014
    Publication date: March 31, 2016
    Inventors: Jian Huang, Thomas F. Currier, Alan Thomas Bernier, Ernest H. Kanning
  • Six-Phase Supplied Transformer Rectifier Unit
    Publication number: 20150256099
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for forming a direct current power supply. An apparatus comprises a transformer and a rectifier. The transformer is figured to output a plurality of phase-shifted alternating currents in response to receiving a plurality of alternating currents. The plurality of alternating currents and the plurality of phase-shifted alternating currents form a plurality of input alternating currents that are offset relative to each other by one-twelfth of a cycle in phase. The rectifier is configured to form a direct current power supply having a common mode voltage reduced to zero within selected tolerances in response to receiving the plurality of input alternating currents.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2014
    Publication date: September 10, 2015
    Applicant: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Jian Huang, Christopher Mark Severns, Alan Thomas Bernier