Patents by Inventor Brendan Ronayne

Brendan Ronayne 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).

  • System with flicker control and method of reducing flicker generated by a system
    Patent number: 8119952
    Abstract: A system is disclosed that is designed to be connected to an electrical power supply. The system comprises a plurality of electric load component comprising stages for cooperatively producing an output (Tout), each stage in a first subset of the stages comprising at least one electrical load component having a first load and each stage in a second subset of the stages comprising at least one electrical load component having a second load, the first load being larger than the second load. The system has a controller for controlling the electrical load components. The controller is designed to estimate voltage variations on the electrical power supply from the switching frequencies of the respective electrical load components during a predefined time frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2012
    Assignee: Nestec S.A.
    Inventors: Tim Palmer, Paul Winter, Brendan Ronayne, Matthew Charles Bradley Lumb
  • System with flicker control and method of reducing flicker generated by a system
    Publication number: 20090189544
    Abstract: A system is disclosed that is designed to be connected to an electrical power supply. The system comprises a plurality of electric load component comprising stages for cooperatively producing an output (Tout), each stage in a first subset of the stages comprising at least one electrical load component having a first load and each stage in a second subset of the stages comprising at least one electrical load component having a second load, the first load being larger than the second load. The system has a controller for controlling the electrical load components. The controller is designed to estimate voltage variations on the electrical power supply from the switching frequencies of the respective electrical load components during a predefined time frame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2009
    Publication date: July 30, 2009
    Applicant: Nestec S.A.
    Inventors: Tim Palmer, Paul Winter, Brendan Ronayne, Matthew Charles Bradley Lumb