Patents by Inventor Fernando Oliveira da Fonseca

Fernando Oliveira da Fonseca 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: 10242790
    Abstract: A number of toroidal ferromagnetic cores for an inductor may be arranged to form a ferromagnetic multi-core array, through which a calculated sequence of wire turns is wound. The array may be structured within certain permitting geometries, to a preferred geometrical shape for use within a downhole tool. The array of cores can take any practical form, include square, rectangular, hexagonal, circular, or the like, as long as the magnetic fluxes of all coils wound about a given core create a magnetic flux within the core that flows in the same direction within the core.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2019
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventor: Fernando Oliveira da Fonseca
  • Patent number: 10090766
    Abstract: A biasing circuit for a flyback converter can include a rectifier electrically coupled to an inductor of the flyback converter for generating a direct current signal from an alternating current signal outputted by the inductor in response to the inductor transferring an amount of energy to another inductor. The biasing circuit can also include a storage device electronically coupled to the rectifier to receive the direct current signal and store a charge. The biasing circuit can further include a limiting device electronically coupled to the storage device to provide an amount of the charge that is stored in the storage device to an input lead of a switch of the flyback converter for biasing the switch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2018
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventor: Fernando Oliveira da Fonseca
  • Publication number: 20170271992
    Abstract: A biasing circuit for a flyback converter can include a rectifier electrically coupled to an inductor of the flyback converter for generating a direct current signal from an alternating current signal outputted by the inductor in response to the inductor transferring an amount of energy to another inductor. The biasing circuit can also include a storage device electronically coupled to the rectifier to receive the direct current signal and store a charge. The biasing circuit can further include a limiting device electronically coupled to the storage device to provide an amount of the charge that is stored in the storage device to an input lead of a switch of the flyback converter for biasing the switch.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2015
    Publication date: September 21, 2017
    Inventor: Fernando Oliveira da Fonseca
  • Publication number: 20170133147
    Abstract: An inductor, downhole tool, and method for manufacturing thereof, are disclosed. A number of toroidal ferromagnetic cores may be arranged to form a ferromagnetic multi-core array, through which a calculated sequence of wire turns is wound. The array may be structured within certain permitting geometries, to a preferred geometrical shape for use within a downhole tool. The array of cores can take any practical form, include square, rectangular, hexagonal, circular, or the like, as long as the magnetic fluxes of all coils wound about a given core create a magnetic flux within the core that flows in the same direction within the core.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2015
    Publication date: May 11, 2017
    Inventor: Fernando Oliveira da Fonseca