Patents by Inventor Gregory Lyle Buchholz

Gregory Lyle Buchholz 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).

  • Electrical control circuits for an energy converting apparatus
    Patent number: 8559197
    Abstract: In one aspect the invention relates to an electrical circuit for use with a generator having an output port, the circuit to modify one of an electric current or voltage from the generator. The circuit includes a rectifier to convert the alternating current from the generator to direct current, the rectifier having a first port and a second port, the rectifier first port in communication with the output port of the generator; and a direct current to alternating current inverter to convert the direct current from the rectifier to alternating current, the inverter having a first port and a second port, the first port of the inverter in communication with the second port of the rectifier. In one embodiment, the generator is a linear alternator positioned within an energy converting apparatus comprising a Stirling engine having a piston such that motion of the piston drives the linear alternator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2013
    Assignee: Infinia Corporation
    Inventors: Matthew John Cullinane, Allen Peterson, Paul Fraser, Gregory Lyle Buchholz, Joel Bradley Wacknov
  • Apparatus, Systems, and Methods for Controlling Energy Converting Devices
    Publication number: 20100182809
    Abstract: In one aspect the invention relates to an electrical circuit for use with a generator having an output port, the circuit to modify one of an electric current or voltage from the generator. The circuit includes a rectifier to convert the alternating current from the generator to direct current, the rectifier having a first port and a second port, the rectifier first port in communication with the output port of the generator; and a direct current to alternating current inverter to convert the direct current from the rectifier to alternating current, the inverter having a first port and a second port, the first port of the inverter in communication with the second port of the rectifier. In one embodiment, the generator is a linear alternator positioned within an energy converting apparatus comprising a Stirling engine having a piston such that motion of the piston drives the linear alternator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2009
    Publication date: July 22, 2010
    Inventors: Matthew John Cullinane, Allen Peterson, Paul Fraser, Gregory Lyle Buchholz, Joel Bradley Wacknov