Patents by Inventor Guillaume Caubert

Guillaume Caubert 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: 10126800
    Abstract: Electronic architecture (3) for controlling a DC/AC voltage converter (2), said converter (2) comprising a plurality of arms mounted in parallel, each arm comprising two controllable switching cells (21), in series and separated by a mid-point, the arms being paired in H-bridges (20), the architecture (3) comprising: —a main control unit (36), configured to communicate through a potential barrier (61) with a remote control unit (35), and —a plurality of secondary control units (37), each secondary control unit (37) being dedicated to controlling a respective H-bridge (20), and comprising: —a processing unit (40) for processing the information received from the main control unit (36), and —a monitoring unit (41) for monitoring the controllable switching cells (21) of said H-bridge (20), said monitoring unit (41) being configured to modify the state of all or some of said switching cells (21) of said H-bridge (20) at least on the basis of information received from the corresponding processing unit (40).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Assignee: Valeo Systemes de Controle Moteur
    Inventor: Guillaume Caubert
  • Publication number: 20160077566
    Abstract: Electronic architecture (3) for controlling a DC/AC voltage converter (2), said converter (2) comprising a plurality of arms mounted in parallel, each arm comprising two controllable switching cells (21), in series and separated by a mid-point, the arms being paired in H-bridges (20), the architecture (3) comprising: —a main control unit (36), configured to communicate through a potential barrier (61) with a remote control unit (35), and —a plurality of secondary control units (37), each secondary control unit (37) being dedicated to controlling a respective H-bridge (20), and comprising: —a processing unit (40) for processing the information received from the main control unit (36), and —a monitoring unit (41) for monitoring the controllable switching cells (21) of said H-bridge (20), said monitoring unit (41) being configured to modify the state of all or some of said switching cells (21) of said H-bridge (20) at least on the basis of information received from the corresponding processing unit (40).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2014
    Publication date: March 17, 2016
    Applicants: VALEO SYSTEMES DE CONTROLE MOTEUR, VALEO SYSTEMES DE CONTROLE MOTEUR
    Inventor: Guillaume Caubert
  • Patent number: 8576581
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a circuit (300) for controlling the current in an electrical control member (110) comprising a bridge provided with four terminals (105, 106, 107, 108) and comprising four control switches (AH, AL, BH, BL), a power source (109), PWM control means for at least two of the four switches. The control circuit exhibits a first state in which said first (AH) and fourth (BL) switches are closed and said second (BH) and third (AL) switches are open, a second state in which said second (BH) and third (AL) switches are closed and said first (AH) and fourth (BL) switches are open and at least one of the following two states: a third state in which said third (AL) and fourth (BL) switches are closed and said first (AH) and second (BH) switches are open and/or a fourth state in which said first (AH) and second (BH) switches are closed and said third (AL) and fourth (BL) switches are open.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2013
    Assignee: Valeo Systemes de Controle Moteur
    Inventors: Guillaume Caubert, Dominique Dupuis, Julien Horbraiche
  • Publication number: 20100270998
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a circuit (300) for controlling the current in an electrical control member (110) comprising a bridge provided with four terminals (105, 106, 107, 108) and comprising four control switches (AH, AL, BH, BL), a power source (109), PWM control means for at least two of the four switches. The control circuit exhibits a first state in which said first (AH) and fourth (BL) switches are closed and said second (BH) and third (AL) switches are open, a second state in which said second (BH) and third (AL) switches are closed and said first (AH) and fourth (BL) switches are open and at least one of the following two states: a third state in which said third (AL) and fourth (BL) switches are closed and said first (AH) and second (BH) switches are open and/or a fourth state in which said first (AH) and second (BH) switches are closed and said third (AL) and fourth (BL) switches are open.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2008
    Publication date: October 28, 2010
    Applicant: VALEO SYSTEMES DE CONTROLE MOTEUR
    Inventors: Guillaume Caubert, Dominique Dupuis, Julien Horbraiche