Patents by Inventor Anita B. Rao

Anita B. Rao 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).

  • Patent number: 6404150
    Abstract: An electric vehicle accessory motor drive power supply system (40) that utilizes a single power supply design to provide efficient variable speed motor control to both brushless and brush-type DC motors (42,44). The power supply system includes at least one of each type of motor along with a first DC-DC converter (46) that provides operating power to the brushless motor (42) and a second DC-DC converter (48) that provides operating power to the brush-type motor (44). Both converters (46,48) have a power input (52) connected to the electric vehicle's high voltage bus (50) and each includes a data input (54) for receiving a speed control signal (SC) indicative of desired motor speed, as well as an output (56) for providing a motor drive signal to its associated DC motor (42,44).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2000
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2002
    Assignee: General Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Thomas Wolfgang Nehl, Malakondaiah Naidu, Avoki Omekanda, Anita B. Rao, Lateef A. Kajouke, Mark M. Osugi