Patents by Inventor David R. DeBaun

David R. DeBaun 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: 10637292
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for operating wireless power transfer systems. One aspect features a wireless energy transfer system that includes a transmitter, and a receiver. The transmitter has a transmitter-IMN and is configured to perform operations including performing a first comparison between a characteristic of a power of the transmitter and a target power. Adjusting, based on the first comparison, a reactance of the transmitter-IMN to adjust the power of the transmitter. The receiver has a receiver-IMN and is configured to perform operations including determining an efficiency of the wireless energy transfer system at a second time based on power data from the transmitter. Performing a second comparison between the efficiency at the second time and an efficiency of the wireless energy transfer system at a first time, the first time being prior to the second time. Adjusting, based on the second comparison, a reactance of the receiver-IMN.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2020
    Assignee: WiTricity Corporation
    Inventors: David R. DeBaun, Andre B. Kurs
  • Patent number: 10263473
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for operating wireless power transfer systems. One aspect features a wireless energy transfer system that includes a transmitter, and a receiver. The transmitter has a transmitter-IMN and is configured to perform operations including performing a first comparison between a characteristic of a power of the transmitter and a target power. Adjusting, based on the first comparison, a reactance of the transmitter-IMN to adjust the power of the transmitter. The receiver has a receiver-IMN and is configured to perform operations including determining an efficiency of the wireless energy transfer system at a second time based on power data from the transmitter. Performing a second comparison between the efficiency at the second time and an efficiency of the wireless energy transfer system at a first time, the first time being prior to the second time. Adjusting, based on the second comparison, a reactance of the receiver-IMN.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2019
    Assignee: WiTricity Corporation
    Inventors: David R. DeBaun, Andre B. Kurs
  • Publication number: 20170217325
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for operating wireless power transfer systems. One aspect features a wireless energy transfer system that includes a transmitter, and a receiver. The transmitter has a transmitter-IMN and is configured to perform operations including performing a first comparison between a characteristic of a power of the transmitter and a target power. Adjusting, based on the first comparison, a reactance of the transmitter-IMN to adjust the power of the transmitter. The receiver has a receiver-IMN and is configured to perform operations including determining an efficiency of the wireless energy transfer system at a second time based on power data from the transmitter. Performing a second comparison between the efficiency at the second time and an efficiency of the wireless energy transfer system at a first time, the first time being prior to the second time. Adjusting, based on the second comparison, a reactance of the receiver-IMN.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2017
    Publication date: August 3, 2017
    Inventors: David R. DeBaun, Andre B. Kurs
  • Publication number: 20170222484
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for operating wireless power transfer systems. One aspect features a wireless energy transfer system that includes a transmitter, and a receiver. The transmitter has a transmitter-IMN and is configured to perform operations including performing a first comparison between a characteristic of a power of the transmitter and a target power. Adjusting, based on the first comparison, a reactance of the transmitter-IMN to adjust the power of the transmitter. The receiver has a receiver-IMN and is configured to perform operations including determining an efficiency of the wireless energy transfer system at a second time based on power data from the transmitter. Performing a second comparison between the efficiency at the second time and an efficiency of the wireless energy transfer system at a first time, the first time being prior to the second time. Adjusting, based on the second comparison, a reactance of the receiver-IMN.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2017
    Publication date: August 3, 2017
    Inventors: David R. DeBaun, Andre B. Kurs
  • Patent number: 7617082
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method, a system and a program storage device containing instructions for simulating the flow of fluid in a physical system using a composition-based extensible object-oriented program. A computer program includes: (i) a framework subsystem providing a graph package, a compute package and a property package; (ii) an engine subsystem including engine subsystem packages for performing numerical simulation, the engine subsystem packages including a linear solver package and a non-linear solver package; and (iii) a set of model components providing physical and numerical modeling behaviors utilized by the engine subsystem, the model components including at least one of a reservoir model, a well model, an aquifer model, a fluid model and a SCAL model. The framework subsystem, the engine subsystem and the model components work with one other to simulate the flow of fluid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2009
    Assignees: Chevron U.S.A. Inc., Schlumberger Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Paul Childs, David R. DeBaun, Thomas J. Byer
  • Patent number: 4587642
    Abstract: A method of enhancing the signal to noise ratio of seismic data includes the steps of repeatedly obtaining, from at least one array of seismic detectors, analog signals representative of sensed vibrations or pressure waves. Each analog signal is converted to discrete digital values on a time correlation basis until a predetermined quantity of analog signals have been converted. In each time correlation, the two most positive digital values and the two most negative digital values are removed. The remaining values for each time correlation are averaged so as to provide a digital representation of the analog signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 1982
    Date of Patent: May 6, 1986
    Assignee: Texaco Inc.
    Inventors: William S. Currie, David R. DeBaun