Patents by Inventor Hans Wennerstrom

Hans Wennerstrom 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).

  • Publication number: 20210241964
    Abstract: The invention comprises a harmonic filter apparatus and method of use thereof, the harmonic filter including a delta circuit comprising: (1) a first leg connecting a first apex to a second apex of the delta circuit; a second leg connecting the second apex to a third apex of the delta circuit; and a third leg connecting the third apex to the first apex and (2) a first electrical contactor and a second electrical contactor positioned within at least two of: the first leg, the second leg; and the third leg. Optionally and preferably, each apex of the delta circuit is connected to individual phases of three phase power via respective inductor—coupled inductor pairs, where the harmonic filter magnetically isolates individual phases of the three phase power.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2021
    Publication date: August 5, 2021
    Applicant: CTM Magnetics, Inc.
    Inventors: Hans Wennerstrom, Corey Jones, Grant A. MacLennan
  • Publication number: 20200343034
    Abstract: The invention comprises an inverter/converter yielding high frequency harmonics and/or non-sixty Hertz output coupled to a high frequency inductor-capacitor filter apparatus. For example, an inverter/converter apparatus is provided that uses a silicon carbide transistor to output power having a carrier frequency modulated by a fundamental frequency and a set of harmonic frequencies, where the minimum carrier frequency is above that usable by an iron-steel inductor, such as greater than ten kiloHertz at fifty or more amperes. An inductor-capacitor filter, comprising an inductor having a distributed gap core material, receives power output from the inverter/converter and processes the power by passing the fundamental frequency while reducing amplitude of the harmonic frequencies.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2019
    Publication date: October 29, 2020
    Inventors: Hans Wennerstrom, Grant A. MacLennan, Edward Handy
  • Publication number: 20200258676
    Abstract: The invention comprises a method for manufacturing an inductor, comprising the steps of: casting a cast winding comprising an inner cavity; inserting a first inductor core subsection into the inner cavity; inserting a second inductor core subsection into the inner cavity; and mechanically coupling the first inductor core subsection to the second inductor core subsection to form an inductor core wound by the cast windings. The method of manufacturing optionally includes the steps of: forming at least a portion of the cast winding into an arced helical shape; forming the first inductor core subsection and the second inductor core subsection into elements of a torpid shaped inductor core; deforming the cast winding to physically allow the step of inserting the first inductor core subsection into the inner cavity; and/or deforming at least a portion of the cast winding into an arced helical coil shape after the step of inserting.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 26, 2019
    Publication date: August 13, 2020
    Inventors: Grant A. MacLennan, Hans Wennerstrom, Steve Schiffer
  • Publication number: 20200185146
    Abstract: The invention comprises an apparatus, comprising: a toroid shaped inductor and a cooling jacket including at least two sections joined to encase the toroid shaped inductor, where the cooling jacket has an inner toroid shaped surface separated by a coolant flow gap from the toroid shaped inductor. Optionally, the inductor comprises a cast winding, a cast heat sink element of the cast winding protruding from a longitudinal length of a turn of the winding, and/or a distributed gap pressed powder inductor core.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 26, 2019
    Publication date: June 11, 2020
    Inventors: Grant A. MacLennan, Hans Wennerstrom, Steve Schiffer
  • Publication number: 20200185147
    Abstract: The invention comprises an apparatus, comprising: an inductor comprising a cast winding and/or a cast heat sink element of the cast winding protruding from a longitudinal length of a turn of the winding wrapped around an inductor core, such as a distributed gap/pressed powder inductor core. Optionally, the inductor comprises a toroid shape, is cooled using a cooling jacket with a toroid shaped void therein, and/or is wrapped with an arced helical shaped cast winding, which is optionally deformable for insertion of the inductor core in sections.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 26, 2019
    Publication date: June 11, 2020
    Inventors: Grant A. MacLennan, Hans Wennerstrom, Steve Schiffer
  • Patent number: 10594206
    Abstract: The invention comprises an inverter/converter yielding high frequency harmonics and/or non-sixty Hertz output coupled to a high frequency inductor-capacitor filter apparatus. For example, an inverter/converter apparatus is provided that uses a silicon carbide transistor to output power having a carrier frequency modulated by a fundamental frequency and a set of harmonic frequencies, where the minimum carrier frequency is above that usable by an iron-steel inductor, such as greater than ten kiloHertz at fifty or more amperes. An inductor-capacitor filter, comprising an inductor having a distributed gap core material, receives power output from the inverter/converter and processes the power by passing the fundamental frequency while reducing amplitude of the harmonic frequencies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Inventors: Hans Wennerstrom, Grant A. MacLennan, Edward Handy
  • Publication number: 20200027648
    Abstract: The invention comprises an inductor, such as used in processing transmission of a 3-phase power system. The inductor comprises a flat/rectangular winding with a narrow edge of the flat winding wound around a core, where the width of the winding exceeds three times the height of the inductor facing edge of the winding. The inductor optionally comprises a distributed gap particle core and/or is wound in parallel with multiple windings. Optionally, the inductor is used as part of an equal coupling common mode electrical system for processing the 3-phase transmission and/or a high frequency inverter comprising a switching device, such as a silicon carbide metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect transistor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2019
    Publication date: January 23, 2020
    Applicant: CTM Magnetics, Inc.
    Inventors: Hans Wennerstrom, Grant A. MacLennan, Corey Jones
  • Patent number: 10541081
    Abstract: A high frequency inductor filter cooling apparatus, method of manufacture, and method of use thereof is described. In one embodiment, an inductor is potted in an epoxy-silica mixture to facilitate thermal transfer from the inductor. The inductor is optionally used with a capacitor to filter/invert/convert power. The inductor optionally comprises a distributed gap core and/or a powdered core material. In one example, a minimum carrier frequency used with the filter is above that usable by a traditional wound iron-steel inductor, such as greater than seven hundred or ten thousand Hertz at fifty or more amperes. Optionally, the inductor is used in an inverter/converter apparatus in conjunction with a notched low-pass filter, a low pass filter combined with a notch filter and a high frequency roll off filter, and/or one or more of a silicon carbide, gallium arsenide, and/or gallium nitride based transistor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2020
    Inventors: Edward Handy, Grant A. MacLennan, Hans Wennerstrom
  • Patent number: 10535462
    Abstract: The invention comprises an inductor, such as used in processing transmission of a 3-phase power system. The inductor comprises a flat/rectangular winding with a narrow edge of the flat winding wound around a core, where the width of the winding exceeds three times the height of the inductor facing edge of the winding. The inductor optionally comprises a distributed gap particle core and/or is wound in parallel with multiple windings. Optionally, the inductor is used as part of an equal coupling common mode electrical system for processing the 3-phase transmission and/or a high frequency inverter comprising a switching device, such as a silicon carbide metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect transistor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2020
    Inventors: Hans Wennerstrom, Grant A. MacLennan, Corey Jones
  • Patent number: 10312018
    Abstract: A high frequency inductor filter cooling apparatus, method of manufacture, and method of use thereof is described. In one embodiment, an inductor is potted in an epoxy-silica mixture to facilitate thermal transfer from the inductor. The inductor is optionally used with a capacitor to filter/invert/convert power. The inductor optionally comprises a distributed gap core and/or a powdered core material. In one example, a minimum carrier frequency used with the filter is above that usable by a traditional wound iron-steel inductor, such as greater than seven hundred or ten thousand Hertz at fifty or more amperes. Optionally, the inductor is used in an inverter/converter apparatus in conjunction with a notched low-pass filter, a low pass filter combined with a notch filter and a high frequency roll off filter, and/or one or more of a silicon carbide, gallium arsenide, and/or gallium nitride based transistor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2019
    Inventors: Edward Handy, Grant A. MacLennan, Hans Wennerstrom
  • Patent number: 10211800
    Abstract: The invention comprises an electrical system apparatus for processing three-phase power, comprising: a first, second, and third inductor connected on a first end to a first common magnetic field carrying plate and connected on a second end to a second common magnetic field carrying plate, where the three inductors are equidistant from each other and/or equidistance from a central axis, which yields an equal coupling common mode inductor-capacitor based filtering apparatus. Generally, inductor placement symmetry and/or equal magnetic field permeabilities between each pair of the three inductors balances magnetic fields within each inductor at each point of time, where each of the three inductors is connected to a single phase of three-phase power, the three phases offset from each other by one-third of a period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2019
    Inventors: Hans Wennerstrom, Grant A. MacLennan, Corey Jones
  • Publication number: 20190027305
    Abstract: A high frequency inductor filter cooling apparatus, method of manufacture, and method of use thereof is described. In one embodiment, an inductor is potted in an epoxy-silica mixture to facilitate thermal transfer from the inductor. The inductor is optionally used with a capacitor to filter/invert/convert power. The inductor optionally comprises a distributed gap core and/or a powdered core material. In one example, a minimum carrier frequency used with the filter is above that usable by a traditional wound iron-steel inductor, such as greater than seven hundred or ten thousand Hertz at fifty or more amperes. Optionally, the inductor is used in an inverter/converter apparatus in conjunction with a notched low-pass filter, a low pass filter combined with a notch filter and a high frequency roll off filter, and/or one or more of a silicon carbide, gallium arsenide, and/or gallium nitride based transistor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2018
    Publication date: January 24, 2019
    Applicant: CTM Magnetics, Inc.
    Inventors: Edward Handy, Grant A. MacLennan, Hans Wennerstrom
  • Publication number: 20180091111
    Abstract: The invention comprises an electrical system apparatus for processing three-phase power, comprising: a first, second, and third inductor connected on a first end to a first common magnetic field carrying plate and connected on a second end to a second common magnetic field carrying plate, where the three inductors are equidistant from each other and/or equidistance from a central axis, which yields an equal coupling common mode inductor-capacitor based filtering apparatus. Generally, inductor placement symmetry and/or equal magnetic field permeabilities between each pair of the three inductors balances magnetic fields within each inductor at each point of time, where each of the three inductors is connected to a single phase of three-phase power, the three phases offset from each other by one-third of a period.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2017
    Publication date: March 29, 2018
    Applicant: CTM Magnetics, Inc.
    Inventors: Hans Wennerstrom, Grant A. MacLennan, Corey Jones
  • Publication number: 20180068779
    Abstract: The invention comprises an inductor, such as used in processing transmission of a 3-phase power system. The inductor comprises a flat/rectangular winding with a narrow edge of the flat winding wound around a core, where the width of the winding exceeds three times the height of the inductor facing edge of the winding. The inductor optionally comprises a distributed gap particle core and/or is wound in parallel with multiple windings. Optionally, the inductor is used as part of an equal coupling common mode electrical system for processing the 3-phase transmission and/or a high frequency inverter comprising a switching device, such as a silicon carbide metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect transistor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2017
    Publication date: March 8, 2018
    Applicant: CTM Magnetics, Inc.
    Inventors: Hans Wennerstrom, Grant A. MacLennan, Corey Jones
  • Patent number: 9553499
    Abstract: A high frequency inductor filter cooling apparatus and method of use thereof is described. In one embodiment, an inductor is potted in an epoxy-silica mixture to facilitate thermal transfer from the inductor. The inductor is optionally used to filter/invert/convert power. The inductor comprises a distributed gap core and/or a powdered core material. In one example, the minimum carrier frequency is above that usable by an iron-steel inductor, such as greater than ten kiloHertz at fifty or more amperes. Optionally, the inductor is used in an inverter/converter apparatus, where output power has a carrier frequency, modulated by a fundamental frequency, and a set of harmonic frequencies, in conjunction with a notched low-pass filter, a low pass filter combined with a notch filter and a high frequency roll off filter, and/or one or more of a silicon carbide, gallium arsenide, and/or gallium nitride based transistor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2017
    Inventors: Edward Handy, Grant A. MacLennan, Hans Wennerstrom
  • Publication number: 20160294274
    Abstract: A high frequency inductor filter apparatus and method of use thereof is described. In one embodiment, an inductor is used to filter/invert/convert power, where the inductor comprises a distributed gap core and/or a powdered core material. The inductor core is wound with one or more turns, where multiple turns are optionally electrically wired in parallel. In one example, the minimum carrier frequency is above that usable by an iron-steel inductor, such as greater than ten kiloHertz at fifty or more amperes. Optionally, the inductor is used in an inverter/converter apparatus, where output power has a carrier frequency, modulated by a fundamental frequency, and a set of harmonic frequencies, in conjunction with a notched low-pass filter, a low pass filter combined with a notch filter and a high frequency roll off filter, and/or one or more of a silicon carbide, gallium arsenide, and/or gallium nitride based transistor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 5, 2016
    Publication date: October 6, 2016
    Applicant: CTM Magnetics, Inc.
    Inventors: Hans Wennerstrom, Grant A. MacLennan
  • Publication number: 20160285354
    Abstract: A high frequency inductor filter cooling apparatus and method of use thereof is described. In one embodiment, an inductor is potted in an epoxy-silica mixture to facilitate thermal transfer from the inductor. The inductor is optionally used to filter/invert/convert power. The inductor comprises a distributed gap core and/or a powdered core material. In one example, the minimum carrier frequency is above that usable by an iron-steel inductor, such as greater than ten kiloHertz at fifty or more amperes. Optionally, the inductor is used in an inverter/converter apparatus, where output power has a carrier frequency, modulated by a fundamental frequency, and a set of harmonic frequencies, in conjunction with a notched low-pass filter, a low pass filter combined with a notch filter and a high frequency roll off filter, and/or one or more of a silicon carbide, gallium arsenide, and/or gallium nitride based transistor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 5, 2016
    Publication date: September 29, 2016
    Applicant: CTM Magnetics, Inc.
    Inventors: Edward Handy, Grant A. MacLennan, Hans Wennerstrom
  • Publication number: 20160203907
    Abstract: A high frequency inductor filter cooling apparatus, method of manufacture, and method of use thereof is described. In one embodiment, an inductor is potted in an epoxy-silica mixture to facilitate thermal transfer from the inductor. The inductor is optionally used with a capacitor to filter/invert/convert power. The inductor optionally comprises a distributed gap core and/or a powdered core material. In one example, a minimum carrier frequency used with the filter is above that usable by a traditional wound iron-steel inductor, such as greater than seven hundred or ten thousand Hertz at fifty or more amperes. Optionally, the inductor is used in an inverter/converter apparatus in conjunction with a notched low-pass filter, a low pass filter combined with a notch filter and a high frequency roll off filter, and/or one or more of a silicon carbide, gallium arsenide, and/or gallium nitride based transistor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 5, 2016
    Publication date: July 14, 2016
    Applicant: CTM Magnetics, Inc.
    Inventors: Edward Handy, Grant A. MacLennan, Hans Wennerstrom
  • Publication number: 20160204689
    Abstract: The invention comprises an inverter/converter yielding high frequency harmonics and/or non-sixty Hertz output coupled to a high frequency inductor-capacitor filter apparatus. For example, an inverter/converter apparatus is provided that uses a silicon carbide transistor to output power having a carrier frequency modulated by a fundamental frequency and a set of harmonic frequencies, where the minimum carrier frequency is above that usable by an iron-steel inductor, such as greater than ten kiloHertz at fifty or more amperes. An inductor-capacitor filter, comprising an inductor having a distributed gap core material, receives power output from the inverter/converter and processes the power by passing the fundamental frequency while reducing amplitude of the harmonic frequencies.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 4, 2016
    Publication date: July 14, 2016
    Applicant: CTM Magnetics, Inc.
    Inventors: Hans Wennerstrom, Grant A. MacLennan, Edward Handy