Patents by Inventor GLENN MUELLER

GLENN MUELLER 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).

  • Circuit configuration having a resonant converter, and method for operating a resonant converter
    Patent number: 9608530
    Abstract: A circuit configuration contains a resonant converter feeding energy into a primary winding of a transformer, a control circuit for controlling the resonant converter and a plurality of modules. The modules include a frequency generator controllable with variable frequency, a short circuit monitoring unit configured to protect components of the resonant converter, and an open circuit detection unit. The open circuit detection unit is configured to shut down the resonant converter if a secondary side interacting with the primary winding of the transformer is open circuit, without having information from the secondary side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignee: SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventors: Glenn Mueller, Stephan Rupf
  • CIRCUIT CONFIGURATION HAVING A RESONANT CONVERTER, AND METHOD FOR OPERATING A RESONANT CONVERTER
    Publication number: 20140321169
    Abstract: A circuit configuration contains a resonant converter feeding energy into a primary winding of a transformer, a control circuit for controlling the resonant converter and a plurality of modules. The modules include a frequency generator controllable with variable frequency, a short circuit monitoring unit configured to protect components of the resonant converter, and an open circuit detection unit. The open circuit detection unit is configured to shut down the resonant converter if a secondary side interacting with the primary winding of the transformer is open circuit, without having information from the secondary side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2014
    Publication date: October 30, 2014
    Applicant: SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventors: GLENN MUELLER, STEPHAN RUPF