Patents by Inventor Cherif KERKAR

Cherif KERKAR 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).

  • Publication number: 20250030333
    Abstract: Voltage conversion module including a high-voltage terminal, low-voltage terminal, ground terminal, an inductor, and a switching arm having a high-side switch and a low-side switch connected at a mid-point. The switching arm is connected between the high-voltage terminal and the ground terminal, the mid-point is electrically connected to the low voltage terminal via the inductor and a device for controlling the switches. The conversion module further includes a device for detecting failure of the high-side switch including a voltage generator having two input terminals and an output terminal and being configured to receive on one of its input terminals voltage of the mid-point, and on the other of its input terminals first reference voltage, and to generate on its output terminal an increasing voltage from a predetermined voltage lower than a threshold value provided that the voltage of the mid-point is higher than or equal to the first reference voltage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2022
    Publication date: January 23, 2025
    Applicant: VALEO SYSTEMES DE CONTROLE MOTEUR
    Inventors: Jean Raphael CAPOUNDA, Cherif KERKAR, Nicolas ALLALI, Emmanuel TALON