Patents by Inventor Bradley D. Smithson

Bradley D. Smithson 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: 9365174
    Abstract: A battery charger device and controller is provided. The battery charger includes a DC/DC converter operative to convert an input current and an input voltage to an output current and an output voltage. The controller is configured to determine whether the input voltage is between a minimum voltage and a maximum voltage and dynamically adjust the output current based on the determination that the input voltage is between the minimum voltage and the maximum voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2016
    Assignee: LITTELFUSE, INC.
    Inventors: Eric Graham, Chad Beauregard, Bradley D. Smithson
  • Publication number: 20140247005
    Abstract: A battery charger device and controller is provided. The battery charger includes a DC/DC converter operative to convert an input current and an input voltage to an output current and an output voltage. The controller is configured to determine whether the input voltage is between a minimum voltage and a maximum voltage and dynamically adjust the output current based on the determination that the input voltage is between the minimum voltage and the maximum voltage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2014
    Publication date: September 4, 2014
    Applicant: LITTELFUSE, INC.
    Inventors: ERIC GRAHAM, CHAD BEAUREGARD, BRADLEY D. SMITHSON
  • Patent number: 7091874
    Abstract: A temperature compensated warning light includes banks of high output light emitting diodes (LED's), one or more drivers connecting the LED banks to a control processor, and a temperature sensor thermally coupled to the LED's to provide a temperature signal indicative of the temperature of the LED's to the processor. The processor pulse width modulates a base frequency signal to the LED's in such a manner as to maintain a constant brightness of the LED's as the temperature of the LED's varies. The processor also monitors supply voltage and further varies the pulse width of the base frequency signal to compensate for supply voltage variation. The base frequency signal is modulated by a flash signal to create desired flash patterns.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2006
    Inventor: Bradley D. Smithson
  • Patent number: 6842111
    Abstract: An integrated multifunction flasher system includes a pair of light units, each light unit housing an LED array, LED switches, and a programmed controller within an enclosure. The controllers of the pair of units are interconnected and are additionally connected to the turn signal wiring, the backup signal wiring, and to a manually operated switch. The controllers sense the operation of the turn signals, the backup lamps, and the manual switch and cooperate to generate flash patterns which parallel the turn and hazard flasher signals and which generate alternating strobe patterns in response to activation of the backup lamp or closure of the manual switch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2005
    Inventor: Bradley D. Smithson
  • Publication number: 20040257214
    Abstract: An integrated multifunction flasher system includes a pair of light units, each light unit housing an LED array, LED switches, and a programmed controller within an enclosure. The controllers of the pair of units are interconnected and are additionally connected to the turn signal wiring, the backup signal wiring, and to a manually operated switch. The controllers sense the operation of the turn signals, the backup lamps, and the manual switch and cooperate to generate flash patterns which parallel the turn and hazard flasher signals and which generate alternating strobe patterns in response to activation of the backup lamp or closure of the manual switch.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2003
    Publication date: December 23, 2004
    Inventor: Bradley D. Smithson
  • Publication number: 20040207532
    Abstract: A temperature compensated warning light includes banks of high output light emitting diodes (LED's), one or more drivers connecting the LED banks to a control processor, and a temperature sensor thermally coupled to the LED's to provide a temperature signal indicative of the temperature of the LED's to the processor. The processor pulse width modulates a base frequency signal to the LED's in such a manner as to maintain a constant brightness of the LED's as the temperature of the LED's varies. The processor also monitors supply voltage and further varies the pulse width of the base frequency signal to compensate for supply voltage variation. The base frequency signal is modulated by a flash signal to create desired flash patterns.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2003
    Publication date: October 21, 2004
    Inventor: Bradley D. Smithson