Patents by Inventor Ingolf Edgar FRANK

Ingolf Edgar FRANK 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).

  • Bidirectional inverting buck-boost converter converting dissipation current into recycling current
    Patent number: 11025167
    Abstract: A system having a load that generates an EMF energy, comprising: a controller; a switch having a control terminal coupled to the controller and a second terminal coupled to the load; a recycling circuit coupled to the load and the second terminal of the switch, the recycling circuit including a capacitor and a converter coupled to the capacitor, a voltage source and the load; and wherein the capacitor is operable to store the EMF energy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Ingolf Edgar Frank, Lars Lotzenburger, Matthieu Etienne Chevrier
  • BIDIRECTIONAL INVERTING BUCK-BOOST CONVERTER CONVERTING DISSIPATION CURRENT INTO RECYCLING CURRENT
    Publication number: 20200274450
    Abstract: A system having a load that generates an EMF energy, comprising: a controller; a switch having a control terminal coupled to the controller and a second terminal coupled to the load; a recycling circuit coupled to the load and the second terminal of the switch, the recycling circuit including a capacitor and a converter coupled to the capacitor, a voltage source and the load; and wherein the capacitor is operable to store the EMF energy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2020
    Publication date: August 27, 2020
    Inventors: Ingolf Edgar FRANK, Lars LOTZENBURGER, Matthieu Etienne CHEVRIER
  • Bidirectional inverting buck-boost converter converting dissipation current into recycling current
    Patent number: 10666146
    Abstract: In some examples, a device comprises a capacitor a bidirectional inverting buck-boost converter coupled to the capacitor and configured to couple to multiple loads and to a voltage source, wherein the bidirectional inverting buck-boost converter is configured to: compare a voltage across the capacitor with a reference voltage; and based on the comparison, facilitate converting a dissipation current flowing from one of the multiple loads into a recycling current.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2020
    Assignee: Texas Instruments Incorporated
    Inventors: Ingolf Edgar Frank, Lars Lotzenburger, Matthieu Etienne Chevrier
  • BIDIRECTIONAL INVERTING BUCK-BOOST CONVERTER CONVERTING DISSIPATION CURRENT INTO RECYCLING CURRENT
    Publication number: 20190273438
    Abstract: In some examples, a device comprises a capacitor a bidirectional inverting buck-boost converter coupled to the capacitor and configured to couple to multiple loads and to a voltage source, wherein the bidirectional inverting buck-boost converter is configured to: compare a voltage across the capacitor with a reference voltage; and based on the comparison, facilitate converting a dissipation current flowing from one of the multiple loads into a recycling current.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2019
    Publication date: September 5, 2019
    Inventors: Ingolf Edgar FRANK, Lars LOTZENBURGER, Matthieu Etienne CHEVRIER