Patents by Inventor Dachuan Yu

Dachuan Yu 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: 20250042273
    Abstract: A portable charging system for an off-road electric vehicle includes a line connection port; a first Alternating Current to Direct Current (AC-to-DC) converter circuit connected to the line connection port, wherein the first AC-to-DC converter circuit is a bidirectional AC-to-DC converter circuit; and a three-port triple active bridge (TAB) converter circuit including a DC line port coupled to the first AC-to-DC converter circuit, a DC charging port, and a DC energy storage port.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2023
    Publication date: February 6, 2025
    Applicant: Caterpillar Inc.
    Inventors: Dachuan Yu, Dustin Craig Selvey, Suresh Baddam Reddy
  • Publication number: 20240348154
    Abstract: Techniques that eliminate the need for a dedicated pre-charge resistor by using the main power path of the AC/DC, DC/DC, or DC/AC converter. By eliminating the pre-charge resistor, the techniques increase the maximum allowable current rating of the converter as well as increase the impedance and inductance of the converter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2023
    Publication date: October 17, 2024
    Applicant: Caterpillar Inc.
    Inventors: Basheer Qattum, Dachuan Yu
  • Patent number: 12066502
    Abstract: An example transformer includes a controller that determines the currents on a power grid side of the transformer, as well as an inverter/load side of the transformer. The transformer may be of a delta-wye configuration. The controller compares the currents on the delta side of the transformer to the currents on the wye side of the transformer to determine whether the currents on either side are imbalanced. If the currents on the delta side are balanced, while the currents on the wye side are imbalanced, then the controller may determine that an open phase condition exists on the wye side of the transformer. Alternatively, if the currents on the delta side are imbalanced or if the currents on the delta side are balanced and the currents on the wye side are also balanced, then the controller determines that no open phase condition exists.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2024
    Assignee: Caterpillar Inc.
    Inventors: Dachuan Yu, Gregory J Speckhart, Jesse R Gerdes
  • Publication number: 20240178487
    Abstract: An energy storage system may include a storage container having an enclosed compartment containing one or more energy storage units and an enclosed compartment duct, an inverter cabinet containing an inverter, the inverter cabinet having one or more inverter cabinet inlets, and an inverter exhaust duct. The storage container may also have a transformer bay containing a transformer. The energy storage system may also include an air temperature control unit, attached to the storage container and configured to circulate conditioned air to the enclosed compartment via the enclosed compartment duct and to the inverter cabinet via the one or more inverter cabinet inlets, and to return air from the enclosed compartment and the inverter cabinet via an air temperature control unit return.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2023
    Publication date: May 30, 2024
    Applicant: Caterpillar Inc.
    Inventors: Jeremy BYRD, Gregory S. HASLER, John M. TANNER, Sampathkumar NACHIMUTHU, Dachuan YU, Eric A. MILLER, Gregory J. DAVIS, Craig P. HITTLE
  • Patent number: 11894682
    Abstract: The present disclosure discloses methods, systems, and non-transitory computer-readable medium for off-grid load stabilization. For instance, the method may include: receiving generator data from at least one generator and energy storage data from at least one energy store; determining, based on the generator data and/or the energy storage data, a moving average of a system load of the at least one generator; and determining, based on the generator data and/or the energy storage data, an instantaneous load value of the at least one generator. The method may further include: determining a first electronic storage dispatch (ESD) based on the moving average of the system load and the instantaneous load value of the at least one generator; and providing the first ESD to the at least one energy store.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: Caterpillar Inc.
    Inventors: Ronald Christopher Gayles, Dachuan Yu, Gregory J. Speckhart
  • Patent number: 11888334
    Abstract: A method of allocating power across a microgrid having a plurality of energy storage systems with different power and/or energy capacities, and different states of charge. The method includes allocating a total charge request and/or a total discharge request across the energy storage systems; and limiting the charge and/or discharge of one or more energy storage systems to a submaximal value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: Caterpillar Inc.
    Inventors: Kevin J. Sergott, Dachuan Yu
  • Publication number: 20230121559
    Abstract: An example transformer includes a controller that determines the currents on a power grid side of the transformer, as well as an inverter/load side of the transformer. The transformer may be of a delta-wye configuration. The controller compares the currents on the delta side of the transformer to the currents on the wye side of the transformer to determine whether the currents on either side are imbalanced. If the currents on the delta side are balanced, while the currents on the wye side are imbalanced, then the controller may determine that an open phase condition exists on the wye side of the transformer. Alternatively, if the currents on the delta side are imbalanced or if the currents on the delta side are balanced and the currents on the wye side are also balanced, then the controller determines that no open phase condition exists.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2021
    Publication date: April 20, 2023
    Applicant: Caterpillar Inc.
    Inventors: Dachuan Yu, Gregory J Speckhart, Jesse R Gerdes
  • Publication number: 20220131388
    Abstract: A method of allocating power across a microgrid having a plurality of energy storage systems with different power and/or energy capacities, and different states of charge. The method includes allocating a total charge request and/or a total discharge request across the energy storage systems; and limiting the charge and/or discharge of one or more energy storage systems to a submaximal value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2020
    Publication date: April 28, 2022
    Applicant: Caterpillar Inc.
    Inventors: Kevin J. SERGOTT, Dachuan YU
  • Publication number: 20210359521
    Abstract: The present disclosure discloses methods, systems, and non-transitory computer-readable medium for off-grid load stabilization. For instance, the method may include: receiving generator data from at least one generator and energy storage data from at least one energy store; determining, based on the generator data and/or the energy storage data, a moving average of a system load of the at least one generator; and determining, based on the generator data and/or the energy storage data, an instantaneous load value of the at least one generator. The method may further include: determining a first electronic storage dispatch (ESD) based on the moving average of the system load and the instantaneous load value of the at least one generator; and providing the first ESD to the at least one energy store.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2020
    Publication date: November 18, 2021
    Applicant: Caterpillar Inc.
    Inventors: Ronald Christopher GAYLES, Dachuan YU, Gregory J. SPECKHART
  • Patent number: 10998732
    Abstract: A hybrid micro-grid system for providing power to a load connected to a common bus. The system includes at least one renewable power source, at least one genset, at least one energy storage unit, and an asset management controller operatively coupled to the power sources supply power to the common bus. The AMC is configured to determine a renewable cost function, a genset cost function, and a storage cost function, then assigns a priority of each power source based on the corresponding cost function. The AMC determines a cascade of the power sources based on the determined priority and selectively distributes a power demand of the load between each power source based on the determined cascade.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2021
    Assignee: Caterpillar Inc.
    Inventors: Suresh B. Reddy, Dachuan Yu
  • Patent number: 10856205
    Abstract: A method includes identifying multiple communication paths extending from a source device and for each path, determining a data rate, a power level used to communicate over at least a portion of the path and a power per data rate value by dividing the power level by the data rate. One of the multiple communication paths is selected such that the selected communication path has the lowest power per data rate value given quality of service requirements of an application. The power per data rate can be optimized from the device perspective as well as an overall network perspective. A message is then sent over the selected communication path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2020
    Assignee: ORANGE
    Inventors: John Benko, Akshay Jain, Dachuan Yu
  • Publication number: 20200303925
    Abstract: A hybrid micro-grid system for providing power to a load connected to a common bus. The system includes at least one renewable power source, at least one genset, at least one energy storage unit, and an asset management controller operatively coupled to the power sources supply power to the common bus. The AMC is configured to determine a renewable cost function, a genset cost function, and a storage cost function, then assigns a priority of each power source based on the corresponding cost function. The AMC determines a cascade of the power sources based on the determined priority and selectively distributes a power demand of the load between each power source based on the determined cascade.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2019
    Publication date: September 24, 2020
    Applicant: Caterpillar Inc.
    Inventors: Suresh B. Reddy, Dachuan Yu
  • Patent number: 10146242
    Abstract: A micro grid power system includes a plurality of generator sets, a photovoltaic system, an external load, and a controller. Each generator set includes an engine and a sensor to determine a temperature of exhaust gases exiting the engine. The photovoltaic system includes a plurality of photovoltaic panels for generating power. The external load is powered by the plurality of generator sets and the photovoltaic system. The controller is configured to determine the external load, and control the plurality of generator sets to maintain the temperature above a threshold temperature. The controller is further configured to determine a remaining load which is the external load subtracted by a portion of the external load powered by the plurality of generator sets, and control the photovoltaic system to power the remaining load.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2018
    Assignee: Caterpillar Inc.
    Inventors: Joshua W. Steffen, Gregory S. Hasler, Dachuan Yu
  • Publication number: 20180070285
    Abstract: A method includes identifying multiple communication paths extending from a source device and for each path, determining a data rate, a power level used to communicate over at least a portion of the path and a power per data rate value by dividing the power level by the data rate. One of the multiple communication paths is selected such that the selected communication path has the lowest power per data rate value given quality of service requirements of an application. The power per data rate can be optimized from the device perspective as well as an overall network perspective. A message is then sent over the selected communication path.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2015
    Publication date: March 8, 2018
    Inventors: John Benko, Akshay Jain, Dachuan Yu
  • Publication number: 20180059700
    Abstract: A micro grid power system includes a plurality of generator sets, a photovoltaic system, an external load, and a controller. Each generator set includes an engine and a sensor to determine a temperature of exhaust gases exiting the engine. The photovoltaic system includes a plurality of photovoltaic panels for generating power. The external load is powered by the plurality of generator sets and the photovoltaic system. The controller is configured to determine the external load, and control the plurality of generator sets to maintain the temperature above a threshold temperature. The controller is further configured to determine a remaining load which is the external load subtracted by a portion of the external load powered by the plurality of generator sets, and control the photovoltaic system to power the remaining load.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2016
    Publication date: March 1, 2018
    Applicant: Caterpillar Inc.
    Inventors: Joshua W. Steffen, Gregory S. Hasler, Dachuan Yu
  • Patent number: 9906162
    Abstract: A method is provided to control the output voltage across an unbalanced load connected to a three-phase inverter, The method includes transformation of a set of three-phase voltage signals to a dq-coordinate system. Based on the transformation, a set of d-axis and a set of q-axis positive, negative and a set of zero sequence signals are generated. The method includes phase shifting of each of the zero sequence signals to generate 120 degrees and 240 degrees phase shifted zero sequence signals. Each of the zero sequence signals, the 120 degrees and the 240 degrees phase shifted zero sequence signals are transformed to a set of d-axis and q-axis zero sequence signals. A set of error signals, calculated based on the set of d-axis and q-axis zero, positive and negative sequence signals, are minimized and transformed to abc-coordinate system to obtain a three-phase control voltage signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2018
    Assignee: Caterpillar Inc.
    Inventors: Dachuan Yu, Osama M. Alkhouli
  • Patent number: 9729008
    Abstract: A variable speed genset system is provided that may include a primary power source, an electric machine, an energy storage device, a boost converter, and a controller. The electric machine may be coupled to the primary power source and electrically coupled to a load through a common bus. The boost converter may be in electrical communication with the common bus and the energy storage device. The controller may determine a State of Health (SOH) for the energy storage device, selectively engage the energy storage device to provide a first power amount to the common bus, and selectively change the operating speed of the primary power source to provide a second power amount to the common bus, the speed based on the SOH, a temperature of the energy storage device, and the load demand. The combination of the first and second power amounts substantially meet a load power demand.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2017
    Assignee: Caterpillar Inc.
    Inventors: John J. Votoupal, Dachuan Yu, Gregory S. Hasler, Gregory J. Speckhart
  • Patent number: 9722445
    Abstract: A hybrid energy storage system (HESS) and method of controlling a HESS is provided. The HESS comprises a common direct current (DC) bus having a DC bus voltage, an energy storage device electrically coupled to the common DC bus, a power device electrically coupled to the common DC bus, and a controller in operable communication with the energy storage device, the power device and the common DC bus. The controller is configured to, when the energy storage device is charging, increase a power device charging current if an energy storage device charging current is greater than a charging limit for the energy storage device, and when the energy storage device is discharging, increase a power device discharging current if an energy storage device discharging current is greater than a discharging limit for the energy storage device. The HESS can be part of a power system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2017
    Assignee: Caterpillar Inc.
    Inventors: Dachuan Yu, Gregory J. Speckhart, Eric Matthew Andris
  • Patent number: 9686288
    Abstract: A method and apparatus is disclosed herein for constructing security policies for content instrumentation against attacks. In one embodiment, the method comprises constructing one or more security policies for web content using at least one rewriting template, at least one edit automata policy, or at least one policy template; and rewriting a script program in a document to cause behavior resulting from execution of the script to conform to the one or more policies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2017
    Assignee: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Haruka Kikuchi, Dachuan Yu, Ajay Chander
  • Publication number: 20170063124
    Abstract: A HESS and method of controlling a HESS is provided. The HESS may comprise a common DC bus having a DC bus voltage, an energy storage device electrically coupled to the common DC bus, a power device electrically coupled to the common DC bus, and a controller in operable communication with the energy storage device, the power device and the common DC bus. The controller may be configured to, when the energy storage device is charging, increase a power device charging current if an energy storage device charging current is greater than a charging limit for the energy storage device, and when the energy storage device is discharging, increase a power device discharging current if an energy storage device discharging current is greater than a discharging limit for the energy storage device. The HESS may be part of a power system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2015
    Publication date: March 2, 2017
    Applicant: CATERPILLAR INC.
    Inventors: Dachuan Yu, Gregory J. Speckhart, Eric Matthew Andris