Patents by Inventor Caleb Wayne Secrest

Caleb Wayne Secrest 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: 11932116
    Abstract: A control system configured to control a rotating electrical machine of a battery electric vehicle (BEV), having one or more microprocessors that execute a low-efficiency mode of operation for the BEV, such that the low-efficiency mode of operation includes determining a high-efficiency mode current command corresponding to operation at a determined physical rotor angular velocity of a rotor of the rotating electrical machine at a commanded torque value, and increasing current supplied to the rotating electrical machine to a level corresponding to operation at an angular velocity higher than the determined physical angular velocity of the rotor at the commanded torque value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: BORGWARNER INC.
    Inventors: Caleb Wayne Secrest, Siddharth Ballal, Vignesh Namasivayam
  • Publication number: 20240083257
    Abstract: A control system configured to control a rotating electrical machine of a battery electric vehicle (BEV), having one or more microprocessors that execute a low-efficiency mode of operation for the BEV, such that the low-efficiency mode of operation includes determining a high-efficiency mode current command corresponding to operation at a determined physical rotor angular velocity of a rotor of the rotating electrical machine at a commanded torque value, and increasing current supplied to the rotating electrical machine to a level corresponding to operation at an angular velocity higher than the determined physical angular velocity of the rotor at the commanded torque value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2022
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Inventors: Caleb Wayne Secrest, Siddharth Ballal, Vignesh Namasivayam
  • Patent number: 11277089
    Abstract: Examples described herein provide a rotary system that includes a rotor having an axis of rotation, a position sensor to measure an angular position of the rotor with respect to the axis of rotation, and a processing system to perform operations. The operations include receiving an output from the position sensor, the output being a measure of an angular position of the rotor with respect to the axis of rotation. The operations further include generating, based on the output from the position sensor, an error signal, an estimated angular velocity, and an estimated position. The operations further include performing a position sensor harmonic adaptation based at least in part on the error signal, the estimated angular velocity, and the estimated position to generate adaptation coefficients. The operations further include performing a position sensor harmonic compensation based on the adaptation coefficients and the estimated position to generate a difference in position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2022
    Assignee: BORGWARNER INC.
    Inventors: Caleb Wayne Secrest, Siddharth Ballal
  • Publication number: 20220038041
    Abstract: Examples described herein provide a rotary system that includes a rotor having an axis of rotation, a position sensor to measure an angular position of the rotor with respect to the axis of rotation, and a processing system to perform operations. The operations include receiving an output from the position sensor, the output being a measure of an angular position of the rotor with respect to the axis of rotation. The operations further include generating, based on the output from the position sensor, an error signal, an estimated angular velocity, and an estimated position. The operations further include performing a position sensor harmonic adaptation based at least in part on the error signal, the estimated angular velocity, and the estimated position to generate adaptation coefficients. The operations further include performing a position sensor harmonic compensation based on the adaptation coefficients and the estimated position to generate a difference in position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2020
    Publication date: February 3, 2022
    Inventors: Caleb Wayne Secrest, Siddharth Ballal