Patents by Inventor Daniel Santinho Lopes

Daniel Santinho Lopes 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).

  • Instantaneous line swell protection for UPS
    Patent number: 11824466
    Abstract: A power supply including an input configured to receive input power, an output configured to provide output power to a load, at least one relay, a crowbar circuit configured to selectively divert the input power away from the load, and a controller configured to detect a high-voltage condition at the input, activate, in response to detecting the high-voltage condition at the input, the crowbar circuit to divert the input power away from the load, output, in response to detecting the high-voltage condition at the input, a signal to operate the at least one relay to transition from a first state to a second state, and deactivate the crowbar circuit in response to a determination that the at least one relay has transitioned to the second state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC IT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Qinghong Yu, Camilo Mejia, Daniel Santinho Lopes, Jeffrey M. August
  • INSTANTANEOUS LINE SWELL PROTECTION FOR UPS
    Publication number: 20220200483
    Abstract: A power supply including an input configured to receive input power, an output configured to provide output power to a load, at least one relay, a crowbar circuit configured to selectively divert the input power away from the load, and a controller configured to detect a high-voltage condition at the input, activate, in response to detecting the high-voltage condition at the input, the crowbar circuit to divert the input power away from the load, output, in response to detecting the high-voltage condition at the input, a signal to operate the at least one relay to transition from a first state to a second state, and deactivate the crowbar circuit in response to a determination that the at least one relay has transitioned to the second state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2020
    Publication date: June 23, 2022
    Inventors: Qinghong Yu, Camilo Mejia, Daniel Santinho Lopes, Jeffrey M. August