Patents by Inventor Kenneth A. Colby, JR.

Kenneth A. Colby, JR. 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: 20240113552
    Abstract: Power supplies and methods of use thereof are provided, where a power supply includes an input configured to receive input AC power an output configured to provide output AC power to a load, at least one power converter coupled to the input and configured to convert the input AC power into the output AC power, a controller coupled the at least one power converter. The controller is configured to adjust at least one parameter of the output AC power provided by the at least one power converter, detect, in response to adjusting the at least one parameter of the output AC power, at least one of an adjusted input AC power or an adjusted output AC power, and determine that a fault has occurred based on the at least one of the adjusted input AC power or the adjusted output AC power.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2023
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Inventors: Kenneth A. Colby, JR., Wei-Hsiang Lin, Venkatraman Chennakesavan, Eyob Demissie, Luka Petrovic, Himamshu V Prasad, Yu Zhang
  • Patent number: 11909258
    Abstract: Power supplies and methods of use thereof are provided, where a power supply includes an input configured to receive input AC power an output configured to provide output AC power to a load, at least one power converter coupled to the input and configured to convert the input AC power into the output AC power, a controller coupled the at least one power converter. The controller is configured to adjust at least one parameter of the output AC power provided by the at least one power converter, detect, in response to adjusting the at least one parameter of the output AC power, at least one of an adjusted input AC power or an adjusted output AC power, and determine that a fault has occurred based on the at least one of the adjusted input AC power or the adjusted output AC power.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC IT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenneth A. Colby, Jr., Wei-Hsiang Lin, Venkatraman Chennakesavan, Eyob Demissie, Luka Petrovic, Himamshu V Prasad, Yu Zhang
  • Patent number: 11749993
    Abstract: A power converter system including an input configured to receive input AC power from an input power source, the input power source having a peak voltage limit, at least one output configured to provide output power to at least one load, a charger coupled to the input and configured to convert the input AC power into first DC power, a DC bus configured to receive the first DC power, at least one power converter configured to convert DC power from the DC bus into the output power, and an auxiliary power source coupled to the DC bus and configured to provide second DC power to the DC bus to supplement the first DC power provided by the charger in response to a voltage demand of the at least one load exceeding the peak voltage limit of the input power source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC IT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Eyob Demissie, Kaushal J. Patel, Kenneth A. Colby, Jr., Steven Allen Diggins
  • Publication number: 20230032164
    Abstract: A power converter system including an input configured to receive input AC power from an input power source, the input power source having a peak voltage limit, at least one output configured to provide output power to at least one load, a charger coupled to the input and configured to convert the input AC power into first DC power, a DC bus configured to receive the first DC power, at least one power converter configured to convert DC power from the DC bus into the output power, and an auxiliary power source coupled to the DC bus and configured to provide second DC power to the DC bus to supplement the first DC power provided by the charger in response to a voltage demand of the at least one load exceeding the peak voltage limit of the input power source.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2022
    Publication date: February 2, 2023
    Inventors: Eyob Demissie, Kaushal J. Patel, Kenneth A. Colby, JR., Steven Allen Diggins
  • Publication number: 20220302747
    Abstract: Power supplies and methods of use thereof are provided, where a power supply includes an input configured to receive input AC power an output configured to provide output AC power to a load, at least one power converter coupled to the input and configured to convert the input AC power into the output AC power, a controller coupled the at least one power converter. The controller is configured to adjust at least one parameter of the output AC power provided by the at least one power converter, detect, in response to adjusting the at least one parameter of the output AC power, at least one of an adjusted input AC power or an adjusted output AC power, and determine that a fault has occurred based on the at least one of the adjusted input AC power or the adjusted output AC power.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2022
    Publication date: September 22, 2022
    Inventors: Kenneth A. Colby, JR., Wei-Hsiang Lin, Venkatraman Chennakesavan, Eyob Demissie, Luka Petrovic, Himamshu V Prasad, Yu Zhang
  • Patent number: 11418033
    Abstract: A power converter system including an input configured to receive input AC power from an input power source, the input power source having a peak voltage limit, at least one output configured to provide output power to at least one load, a charger coupled to the input and configured to convert the input AC power into first DC power, a DC bus configured to receive the first DC power, at least one power converter configured to convert DC power from the DC bus into the output power, and an auxiliary power source coupled to the DC bus and configured to provide second DC power to the DC bus to supplement the first DC power provided by the charger in response to a voltage demand of the at least one load exceeding the peak voltage limit of the input power source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignee: SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC IT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Eyob Demissie, Kaushal J. Patel, Kenneth A. Colby, Jr., Steven Allen Diggins
  • Publication number: 20220123556
    Abstract: A power converter system including an input configured to receive input AC power from an input power source, the input power source having a peak voltage limit, at least one output configured to provide output power to at least one load, a charger coupled to the input and configured to convert the input AC power into first DC power, a DC bus configured to receive the first DC power, at least one power converter configured to convert DC power from the DC bus into the output power, and an auxiliary power source coupled to the DC bus and configured to provide second DC power to the DC bus to supplement the first DC power provided by the charger in response to a voltage demand of the at least one load exceeding the peak voltage limit of the input power source.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2020
    Publication date: April 21, 2022
    Inventors: Eyob Demissie, Kaushal J. Patel, Kenneth A. Colby, JR., Steven Allen Diggins
  • Patent number: 9787087
    Abstract: An electronic device including first and second line inputs, first and second device inputs, a filter circuit, and a switching circuit. The filter circuit has a first input electrically coupled to the first line input, a second input electrically coupled to the second line input, a first output electrically coupled to the first device input, a second output, and at least one capacitor electrically coupling at least one of the first input to the second input or the first output to the second output. The switching circuit has a control input to receive a control signal, and electrically couples the second output to the second device input in response to the control signal having the first state and electrically couples the second output to one of the first input and the first output through a resistor in response to the control signal having the second state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 24, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2017
    Assignee: SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC IT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Luka Petrovic, Kenneth A. Colby, Jr.
  • Publication number: 20150333507
    Abstract: An electronic device including first and second line inputs, first and second device inputs, a filter circuit, and a switching circuit. The filter circuit has a first input electrically coupled to the first line input, a second input electrically coupled to the second line input, a first output electrically coupled to the first device input, a second output, and at least one capacitor electrically coupling at least one of the first input to the second input or the first output to the second output. The switching circuit has a control input to receive a control signal, and electrically couples the second output to the second device input in response to the control signal having the first state and electrically couples the second output to one of the first input and the first output through a resistor in response to the control signal having the second state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 24, 2012
    Publication date: November 19, 2015
    Inventors: Luka Petrovic, Kenneth A. Colby, JR.