Patents by Inventor Hector Rafael Rodriguez-Figueroa

Hector Rafael Rodriguez-Figueroa 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).

  • Systems, methods, and apparatus related to wireless charging management
    Patent number: 10146647
    Abstract: Various systems, methods, and apparatuses for operating a wireless charging device in an electric vehicle are disclosed. One method includes detecting a system fault indicative of one or more faults in the wireless charging device in the electric vehicle or in the transmitter. The method further includes determining a fault severity level from a plurality of fault severity levels based on a type of the system fault detected. A total number of types of system faults can be greater than a total number of the plurality of fault severity levels. The method further includes performing one or more system fault response operation based on the determined fault severity level. Each of the plurality of fault severity levels can be associated with a different set of system fault response operations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2018
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Ravi Halker, Donald Joseph Gosnell, Hector Rafael Rodriguez-Figueroa, Christian Yair Reyes, Jayal Madhukumar Mehta, Nicholas Athol Keeling, Michael Le Gallais Kissin
  • SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND APPARATUS RELATED TO WIRELESS CHARGING MANAGEMENT
    Publication number: 20170351587
    Abstract: Various systems, methods, and apparatuses for operating a wireless charging device in an electric vehicle are disclosed. One method includes detecting a system fault indicative of one or more faults in the wireless charging device in the electric vehicle or in the transmitter. The method further includes determining a fault severity level from a plurality of fault severity levels based on a type of the system fault detected. A total number of types of system faults can be greater than a total number of the plurality of fault severity levels. The method further includes performing one or more system fault response operation based on the determined fault severity level. Each of the plurality of fault severity levels can be associated with a different set of system fault response operations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2017
    Publication date: December 7, 2017
    Inventors: Ravi Halker, Donald Joseph Gosnell, Hector Rafael Rodriguez-Figueroa, Christian Yair Reyes, Jayal Madhukumar Mehta, Nicholas Athol Keeling, Michael Le Gallais Kissin
  • Systems, methods, and apparatus related to wireless charging management
    Patent number: 9626258
    Abstract: Various systems, methods, and apparatuses for operating a wireless charging device in an electric vehicle are disclosed. One method includes detecting a system fault indicative of one or more faults in the wireless charging device in the electric vehicle or in the transmitter. The method further includes determining a fault severity level from a plurality of fault severity levels based on a type of the system fault detected. A total number of types of system faults can be greater than a total number of the plurality of fault severity levels. The method further includes performing one or more system fault response operation based on the determined fault severity level. Each of the plurality of fault severity levels can be associated with a different set of system fault response operations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2017
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Ravi Halker, Donald Joseph Gosnell, Héctor Rafael Rodríguez-Figueroa, Christian Yair Reyes, Jayal Madhukumar Mehta, Nicholas Athol Keeling, Michael Le Gallais Kissin