Patents by Inventor Brian J. Hanking

Brian J. Hanking 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).

  • Battery string monitoring system
    Patent number: 10120034
    Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure involve a monitoring system for a plurality of batteries connected in series. In one example, the monitoring system includes a monitoring circuit to be coupled across each of a plurality of distinct contiguous subsets of the batteries as a unit. The monitoring circuit includes at least one test signal generation circuit to generate a test signal and apply the test signal to each subset of the batteries, and at least one response measurement circuit to measure a response of each subset of the batteries to the test signal. The monitoring system also includes a control circuit to identify at least one of the subsets of the batteries as including a failing battery based on the measured response of each subset of the batteries.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2018
    Assignee: Canara, Inc.
    Inventor: Brian J. Hanking
  • BATTERY STRING MONITORING SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20170102435
    Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure involve a monitoring system for a plurality of batteries connected in series. In one example, the monitoring system includes a monitoring circuit to be coupled across each of a plurality of distinct contiguous subsets of the batteries as a unit. The monitoring circuit includes at least one test signal generation circuit to generate a test signal and apply the test signal to each subset of the batteries, and at least one response measurement circuit to measure a response of each subset of the batteries to the test signal. The monitoring system also includes a control circuit to identify at least one of the subsets of the batteries as including a failing battery based on the measured response of each subset of the batteries.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2016
    Publication date: April 13, 2017
    Applicant: Canara, Inc.
    Inventor: Brian J. Hanking