Patents by Inventor Jim Weinfurther

Jim Weinfurther 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).

  • FET monitoring and protecting system
    Patent number: 7719811
    Abstract: A FET monitoring and protecting system (10) that includes a FET switch device (20). The FET switch device (20) includes a FET (22), a logic device (57), and a feedback status output (26). The logic device (57) is electrically coupled to the FET (22) and generates a feedback status signal. A counter (60) is incremented in response to an actual short circuit condition of the FET switch device (20). A controller (18) is electrically coupled to the feedback status output (26). The controller (18) permits the activation of the FET (22) in response to the feedback status signal and a value of the counter (60).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2010
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies
    Inventors: Ronald Brombach, Karl Wojcik, Jim Weinfurther, Brian Tian
  • FET MONITORING AND PROTECTING SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20080062604
    Abstract: A FET monitoring and protecting system (10) that includes a FET switch device (20). The FET switch device (20) includes a FET (22), a logic device (57), and a feedback status output (26). The logic device (57) is electrically coupled to the FET (22) and generates a feedback status signal. A counter (60) is incremented in response to an actual short circuit condition of the FET switch device (20). A controller (18) is electrically coupled to the feedback status output (26). The controller (18) permits the activation of the FET (22) in response to the feedback status signal and a value of the counter (60).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2006
    Publication date: March 13, 2008
    Inventors: Ronald Brombach, Karl Wojcik, Jim Weinfurther, Brian Tian