Patents by Inventor Herbert Toby Lou
Herbert Toby Lou 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).
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Patent number: 11720133Abstract: The disclosure features wireless power transfer systems that include a power transmitting apparatus configured to wirelessly transmit power, a power receiving apparatus connected to an electrical load and configured to receive power from the power transmitting apparatus, and a controller connected to the power transmitting apparatus and configured to receive information about a phase difference between output voltage and current waveforms in a power source of the power transmitting apparatus, and to adjust a frequency of the transmitted power based on the measured phase difference.Type: GrantFiled: August 24, 2021Date of Patent: August 8, 2023Assignee: WiTricity CorporationInventors: Andre B. Kurs, Morris P. Kesler, Noam Katz, Matthew Dillon, Herbert Toby Lou
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Publication number: 20220144092Abstract: A control architecture for electric vehicle wireless power transmission systems that may be segmented so that certain essential and/or standardized control circuits, programs, algorithms, and the like, are permanent to the system and so that other non-essential and/or augmentable control circuits, programs, algorithms, and the like, may be reconfigurable and/or customizable by a user of the system. The control architecture may be distributed to various components of the wireless power system so that a combination of local or low-level controls operating at relatively high-speed can protect critical functionality of the system while higher-level and relatively lower speed control loops can be used to control other local and system-wide functionality.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 20, 2021Publication date: May 12, 2022Inventors: Simon Verghese, Morris P. Kesler, Katherine L. Hall, Herbert Toby Lou, Ron Fiorello
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Publication number: 20220083087Abstract: The disclosure features wireless power transfer systems that include a power transmitting apparatus configured to wirelessly transmit power, a power receiving apparatus connected to an electrical load and configured to receive power from the power transmitting apparatus, and a controller connected to the power transmitting apparatus and configured to receive information about a phase difference between output voltage and current waveforms in a power source of the power transmitting apparatus, and to adjust a frequency of the transmitted power based on the measured phase difference.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 24, 2021Publication date: March 17, 2022Inventors: Andre B. Kurs, Morris P. Kesler, Noam Katz, Matthew Dillon, Herbert Toby Lou
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Patent number: 11112814Abstract: The disclosure features wireless power transfer systems that include a power transmitting apparatus configured to wirelessly transmit power, a power receiving apparatus connected to an electrical load and configured to receive power from the power transmitting apparatus, and a controller connected to the power transmitting apparatus and configured to receive information about a phase difference between output voltage and current waveforms in a power source of the power transmitting apparatus, and to adjust a frequency of the transmitted power based on the measured phase difference.Type: GrantFiled: December 11, 2017Date of Patent: September 7, 2021Assignee: WiTricity CorporationInventors: Andre B. Kurs, Morris P. Kesler, Noam Katz, Matthew Dillon, Herbert Toby Lou
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Patent number: 11097618Abstract: A control architecture for electric vehicle wireless power transmission systems that may be segmented so that certain essential and/or standardized control circuits, programs, algorithms, and the like, are permanent to the system and so that other non-essential and/or augmentable control circuits, programs, algorithms, and the like, may be reconfigurable and/or customizable by a user of the system. The control architecture may be distributed to various components of the wireless power system so that a combination of local or low-level controls operating at relatively high-speed can protect critical functionality of the system while higher-level and relatively lower speed control loops can be used to control other local and system-wide functionality.Type: GrantFiled: September 20, 2019Date of Patent: August 24, 2021Assignee: WiTricity CorporationInventors: Simon Verghese, Morris P. Kesler, Katherine L. Hall, Herbert Toby Lou, Ron Fiorello
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Patent number: 10686337Abstract: The disclosure features apparatus, methods, and systems for wireless power transfer that include a power source featuring at least one resonator, a power receiver featuring at least one resonator, a first detector featuring one or more loops of conductive material and configured to generate an electrical signal based on a magnetic field between the power source and the power receiver, a second detector featuring conductive material, and control electronics coupled to the first and second detectors, where during operation, the control electronics are configured to measure the electrical signal of the first detector and compare the measured electrical signal of the first detector to baseline electrical information for the first detector to determine information about whether debris is positioned between the power source and the power receiver.Type: GrantFiled: February 15, 2019Date of Patent: June 16, 2020Assignee: WiTricity CorporationInventors: Arunanshu Mohan Roy, Noam Katz, Andre B. Kurs, Christopher Buenrostro, Simon Verghese, Morris P. Kesler, Katherine L. Hall, Herbert Toby Lou
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Publication number: 20200014254Abstract: A control architecture for electric vehicle wireless power transmission systems that may be segmented so that certain essential and/or standardized control circuits, programs, algorithms, and the like, are permanent to the system and so that other non-essential and/or augmentable control circuits, programs, algorithms, and the like, may be reconfigurable and/or customizable by a user of the system. The control architecture may be distributed to various components of the wireless power system so that a combination of local or low-level controls operating at relatively high-speed can protect critical functionality of the system while higher-level and relatively lower speed control loops can be used to control other local and system-wide functionality.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 20, 2019Publication date: January 9, 2020Inventors: Simon Verghese, Morris P. Kesler, Katherine L. Hall, Herbert Toby Lou, Ron Fiorello
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Patent number: 10424976Abstract: A control architecture for electric vehicle wireless power transmission systems that may be segmented so that certain essential and/or standardized control circuits, programs, algorithms, and the like, are permanent to the system and so that other non-essential and/or augmentable control circuits, programs, algorithms, and the like, may be reconfigurable and/or customizable by a user of the system. The control architecture may be distributed to various components of the wireless power system so that a combination of local or low-level controls operating at relatively high-speed can protect critical functionality of the system while higher-level and relatively lower speed control loops can be used to control other local and system-wide functionality.Type: GrantFiled: November 18, 2016Date of Patent: September 24, 2019Assignee: WiTricity CorporationInventors: Simon Verghese, Morris P. Kesler, Katherine L. Hall, Herbert Toby Lou, Ron Fiorello
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Publication number: 20190181694Abstract: The disclosure features apparatus, methods, and systems for wireless power transfer that include a power source featuring at least one resonator, a power receiver featuring at least one resonator, a first detector featuring one or more loops of conductive material and configured to generate an electrical signal based on a magnetic field between the power source and the power receiver, a second detector featuring conductive material, and control electronics coupled to the first and second detectors, where during operation, the control electronics are configured to measure the electrical signal of the first detector and compare the measured electrical signal of the first detector to baseline electrical information for the first detector to determine information about whether debris is positioned between the power source and the power receiver.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 15, 2019Publication date: June 13, 2019Inventors: Arunanshu Mohan Roy, Noam Katz, Andre B. Kurs, Christopher Buenrostro, Simon Verghese, Morris P. Kesler, Katherine L. Hall, Herbert Toby Lou
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Patent number: 10211681Abstract: The disclosure features apparatus, methods, and systems for wireless power transfer that include a power source featuring at least one resonator, a power receiver featuring at least one resonator, a first detector featuring one or more loops of conductive material and configured to generate an electrical signal based on a magnetic field between the power source and the power receiver, a second detector featuring conductive material, and control electronics coupled to the first and second detectors, where during operation, the control electronics are configured to measure the electrical signal of the first detector and compare the measured electrical signal of the first detector to baseline electrical information for the first detector to determine information about whether debris is positioned between the power source and the power receiver.Type: GrantFiled: October 7, 2016Date of Patent: February 19, 2019Assignee: WiTricity CorporationInventors: Arunanshu Mohan Roy, Noam Katz, Andre B. Kurs, Christopher Buenrostro, Simon Verghese, Morris P. Kesler, Katherine L. Hall, Herbert Toby Lou
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Publication number: 20180101188Abstract: The disclosure features wireless power transfer systems that include a power transmitting apparatus configured to wirelessly transmit power, a power receiving apparatus connected to an electrical load and configured to receive power from the power transmitting apparatus, and a controller connected to the power transmitting apparatus and configured to receive information about a phase difference between output voltage and current waveforms in a power source of the power transmitting apparatus, and to adjust a frequency of the transmitted power based on the measured phase difference.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 11, 2017Publication date: April 12, 2018Inventors: Andre B. Kurs, Morris P. Kesler, Noam Katz, Matthew Dillon, Herbert Toby Lou
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Patent number: 9857821Abstract: The disclosure features wireless power transfer systems that include a power transmitting apparatus configured to wirelessly transmit power, a power receiving apparatus connected to an electrical load and configured to receive power from the power transmitting apparatus, and a controller connected to the power transmitting apparatus and configured to receive information about a phase difference between output voltage and current waveforms in a power source of the power transmitting apparatus, and to adjust a frequency of the transmitted power based on the measured phase difference.Type: GrantFiled: August 14, 2014Date of Patent: January 2, 2018Assignee: WiTricity CorporationInventors: Andre B. Kurs, Morris P. Kesler, Noam Katz, Matthew Dillon, Herbert Toby Lou
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Patent number: 9837860Abstract: The disclosure features a wireless power transmission system for an elevator that includes at least two wireless power sources disposed at intervals along a wall of an elevator shaft and coupled to a power supply, and at least one wireless power receiving device configured to be mounted to an exterior of an elevator cab and to be coupled to a load onboard the elevator cab, where during operation, the at least two wireless power sources are configured to generate an oscillating magnetic field to transfer wireless energy to the at least one wireless power receiving device.Type: GrantFiled: May 5, 2015Date of Patent: December 5, 2017Assignee: WiTricity CorporationInventors: Colin McCarthy, Herbert Toby Lou, Gozde Guckaya
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Patent number: 9602168Abstract: Improved configurations for wireless energy transfer can include system elements of a wireless energy transfer system that may pair in-band and out-of-band communication channels by exchanging related information. Energy transfer signals may be modulated according to defined waveforms. Information about the signal may be transmitted using an out-of-band communication channel. A system element that receives both the signal and information may verify that they correspond to the same system element.Type: GrantFiled: October 28, 2014Date of Patent: March 21, 2017Assignee: WiTricity CorporationInventors: Michael F. Lamenza, Kylee D. Sealy, Herbert Toby Lou, Christopher Buenrostro, Alexander P. McCauley, Morris P. Kesler, Matthew J. MacDonald, Katherine L. Hall, Konrad J. Kulikowski
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Publication number: 20170066335Abstract: A control architecture for electric vehicle wireless power transmission systems that may be segmented so that certain essential and/or standardized control circuits, programs, algorithms, and the like, are permanent to the system and so that other non-essential and/or augmentable control circuits, programs, algorithms, and the like, may be reconfigurable and/or customizable by a user of the system. The control architecture may be distributed to various components of the wireless power system so that a combination of local or low-level controls operating at relatively high-speed can protect critical functionality of the system while higher-level and relatively lower speed control loops can be used to control other local and system-wide functionality.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 18, 2016Publication date: March 9, 2017Inventors: Simon Verghese, Morris P. Kesler, Katherine L. Hall, Herbert Toby Lou, Ron Fiorello
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Publication number: 20170025904Abstract: The disclosure features apparatus, methods, and systems for wireless power transfer that include a power source featuring at least one resonator, a power receiver featuring at least one resonator, a first detector featuring one or more loops of conductive material and configured to generate an electrical signal based on a magnetic field between the power source and the power receiver, a second detector featuring conductive material, and control electronics coupled to the first and second detectors, where during operation, the control electronics are configured to measure the electrical signal of the first detector and compare the measured electrical signal of the first detector to baseline electrical information for the first detector to determine information about whether debris is positioned between the power source and the power receiver.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 7, 2016Publication date: January 26, 2017Inventors: Arunanshu Mohan Roy, Noam Katz, Andre B. Kurs, Christopher Buenrostro, Simon Verghese, Morris P. Kesler, Katherine L. Hall, Herbert Toby Lou
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Patent number: 9465064Abstract: The disclosure features apparatus, methods, and systems for wireless power transfer that include a power source featuring at least one resonator, a power receiver featuring at least one resonator, a first detector featuring one or more loops of conductive material and configured to generate an electrical signal based on a magnetic field between the power source and the power receiver, a second detector featuring conductive material, and control electronics coupled to the first and second detectors, where during operation, the control electronics are configured to measure the electrical signal of the first detector and compare the measured electrical signal of the first detector to baseline electrical information for the first detector to determine information about whether debris is positioned between the power source and the power receiver.Type: GrantFiled: October 21, 2013Date of Patent: October 11, 2016Assignee: WiTricity CorporationInventors: Arunanshu Mohan Roy, Noam Katz, Andre B. Kurs, Christopher Buenrostro, Simon Verghese, Morris P. Kesler, Katherine L. Hall, Herbert Toby Lou
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Patent number: 9442172Abstract: A wireless energy transfer system includes a foreign object debris detection system. The system includes at least one wireless energy transfer source configured to generate an oscillating magnetic field. The foreign object debris may be detected by at least one field gradiometer positioned in the oscillating magnetic field. The voltage of the at least one field gradiometer may be measured using readout circuitry and a feedback loop based on the readings from the gradiometers may be used to control the parameters of the wireless energy source.Type: GrantFiled: September 10, 2012Date of Patent: September 13, 2016Assignee: WiTricity CorporationInventors: Simon Verghese, Morris P. Kesler, Katherine L. Hall, Herbert Toby Lou
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Patent number: 9404954Abstract: The disclosure features apparatus, methods, and systems for wireless power transfer that include a power source featuring at least one resonator, a power receiver featuring at least one resonator, a first detector featuring one or more loops of conductive material and configured to generate an electrical signal based on a magnetic field between the power source and the power receiver, a second detector featuring conductive material, and control electronics coupled to the first and second detectors, where during operation, the control electronics are configured to measure the electrical signal of the first detector and compare the measured electrical signal of the first detector to baseline electrical information for the first detector to determine information about whether debris is positioned between the power source and the power receiver.Type: GrantFiled: October 21, 2013Date of Patent: August 2, 2016Assignee: WiTricity CorporationInventors: Arunanshu Mohan Roy, Noam Katz, Andre B. Kurs, Christopher Buenrostro, Simon Verghese, Morris P. Kesler, Katherine L. Hall, Herbert Toby Lou
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Publication number: 20150314984Abstract: The disclosure features a wireless power transmission system for an elevator that includes at least two wireless power sources disposed at intervals along a wall of an elevator shaft and coupled to a power supply, and at least one wireless power receiving device configured to be mounted to an exterior of an elevator cab and to be coupled to a load onboard the elevator cab, where during operation, the at least two wireless power sources are configured to generate an oscillating magnetic field to transfer wireless energy to the at least one wireless power receiving device.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 5, 2015Publication date: November 5, 2015Inventors: Colin McCarthy, Herbert Toby Lou, Gozde Guckaya