Patents by Inventor Kenneth A. Moore

Kenneth A. Moore 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).

  • Patent number: 11428388
    Abstract: A lighting device assembly includes a light engine assembly and a mounting housing. A rotatable support structure supports the light engine assembly on the mounting housing for rotation relative to the mounting housing about a first axis. A releasable connection mechanism locks the light engine assembly to the rotatable support structure and is selectively releasable to release the light engine assembly from the rotary support structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Assignee: Troy-CSL Lighting Inc.
    Inventors: Ty Hargroder, Kenneth Moore, Jacob Hawkins
  • Publication number: 20220242618
    Abstract: The prep table food bag includes an air tight sealed food bag that is suspended by a Gastronorm sized lip frame that sits on the pan rails of a prep table. The prep table food bag is able to function as an air tight sealed food bag package during storage and transport and is also able to function as a food pan on the pan rails of a prep table.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2020
    Publication date: August 4, 2022
    Inventor: Martie Kenneth Moore
  • Patent number: 11402081
    Abstract: A lighting device assembly includes a light source attached to a heat sink member to emit light in a first direction. A support structure supports the heat sink member in a pivotally adjustable orientation about an adjustment axis, to allow adjustment of the first direction. A drive mechanism selectively drives the heat sink member to pivotally adjust the orientation of the heat sink member about the adjustment axis to change the first direction. The drive mechanism includes a drive screw having, a collar threaded to the drive screw to move linearly along the drive screw axis as the drive screw is rotated, and at least one strut to transfer linear movement of the collar to pivotal movement of the heat sink member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignee: Troy-CSL Lighting Inc.
    Inventors: Ty Hargroder, Kenneth Moore, Jacob Hawkins
  • Patent number: 11394242
    Abstract: In an embodiment, a method for transmitting data from a wireless power receiver to a wireless power transmitter includes: wirelessly receiving power at a first frequency from a transmitter LC tank using a receiver LC tank; rectifying a voltage of the receiver LC tank using a rectifier; and while wirelessly receiving power, controlling a transistor coupled to the receiver LC tank to cause inflections in a transmitter current flowing through the transmitter LC tank to transmit data, detecting time locations of the inflections of the transmitter current within an oscillating cycle of the transmitter current based on a magnitude of the transmitter current, and determining the data based on the detected time locations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Assignee: SPARK CONNECTED LLC
    Inventors: Petru Emanuel Stingu, Kenneth Moore, Yulong Hou, Ruwanga Dassanayake
  • Publication number: 20220181914
    Abstract: In an embodiment, an active stylus includes: an enclosure; a first ferrite core disposed inside the enclosure; a wireless power receiver that includes a first receiving coil wrapped around the first ferrite core between the first ferrite core and the enclosure; and an alignment mark configured to be aligned with a center of a transmitting coil of a wireless power transmitter, where the alignment mark is not align with a center of the first receiving coil.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2021
    Publication date: June 9, 2022
    Inventors: Petru Emanuel Stingu, Malek Ramezani, Kenneth Moore, Ruwanga Dassanayake
  • Publication number: 20220045558
    Abstract: In an embodiment, a wireless power transmitter module includes a sensing grid configured to detect a receiver, a movable wireless power transmitter unit including a wireless power transmitter coil, and a two-dimensional linear motor including a plurality of linear motor coils configured to move the movable wireless power transmitter unit in a two-dimensional plane towards a location of the receiver.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2021
    Publication date: February 10, 2022
    Inventors: Petru Emanuel Stingu, Kenneth Moore, Yulong Hou, Ruwanga Dassanayake
  • Publication number: 20220006332
    Abstract: In an embodiment, a method includes: wirelessly transmitting power to a receiving coil from a transmitting coil, where the receiving coil is in a wireless power transmission space of the transmitting coil; measuring an output of a sensor during a first time to generate a first measurement; measuring the output of the sensor during a second time to generate a second measurement, the second time being after the first time; and when a magnitude of a difference between the first measurement and the second measurement is higher than a predetermined threshold, stopping wirelessly transmitting power to the receiving coil with the transmitting coil.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2021
    Publication date: January 6, 2022
    Inventors: Petru Emanuel Stingu, Yulong Hou, Kenneth Moore, Ruwanga Dassanayake
  • Publication number: 20210399581
    Abstract: A method for wirelessly providing power to a LED includes: receiving an AC input voltage having a first frequency via a cable; generating a first rectified voltage at a first node from the AC input voltage, the first node coupled to a first filtering non-electrolytic capacitor; powering a driver with the first rectified voltage; wirelessly transmitting power by driving a first resonant tank with the driver with a driving voltage at a second frequency higher than the first frequency, the driving voltage having a sinusoidal envelope at the first frequency and approximating a square-wave at the second frequency; receiving the wirelessly transmitted power with a second resonant tank; generating a second rectified voltage at second node from a voltage across the second resonant tank, the second node coupled to a second filtering capacitor; generating a DC voltage from the second rectified voltage; and powering the LED with the DC voltage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2020
    Publication date: December 23, 2021
    Inventors: Petru Emanuel Stingu, Malek Ramezani, Kenneth Moore, Ruwanga Dassanayake, Yulong Hou
  • Publication number: 20210352997
    Abstract: In an embodiment, a method for heating a personal device using a wirelessly-powered heating device includes: wirelessly receiving power with a receiving coil of the wirelessly-powered heating device, the receiving coil located inside the personal device, where the receiving coil is coupled to a capacitor of the wirelessly-powered heating device to form a receiver resonant tank; and heating the personal device with heat produced by a resistance of the receiving coil, where the receiving coil functions as a receiver antenna and as a heat producing element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2021
    Publication date: November 18, 2021
    Inventors: Petru Emanuel Stingu, Malek Ramezani, Kenneth Moore, Yulong Hou, Ruwanga Dassanayake
  • Patent number: 11159056
    Abstract: In an embodiment, a method for providing power to a load using a wireless power receiver includes: wirelessly receiving power using an LC tank; rectifying a voltage of the LC tank using a rectifier; setting a switched-mode power supply coupled between the rectifier and the load in bypass mode; after setting the switched-mode power supply in bypass mode, providing power to the load without switching transistors of the switched-mode power supply; and when wireless power reception is interrupted, providing power to the load by switching one or more transistors of the switched-mode power supply.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2021
    Assignee: Spark Connected LLC
    Inventors: Petru Emanuel Stingu, Kenneth Moore, Yulong Hou, Ruwanga Dassanayake
  • Patent number: 11159063
    Abstract: In accordance with an embodiment, a wireless power transmitter includes a charging surface, a transmitting antenna configured to generate an electromagnetic field extending above the charging surface, a sensing array disposed between the transmitting antenna and the charging surface, and a controller coupled to the sensing array. The sensing array includes a plurality of sensors. Each sensor of the plurality of sensors is configured to generate a respective signal indicative of a strength of the electromagnetic field. The controller is configured to detect a presence of a metallic object, other than a receiving antenna of a power receiver, in the electromagnetic field based on the respective signal generated by one or more sensors of the plurality of sensors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2021
    Assignee: Spark Connected LLC
    Inventors: Petru Emanuel Stingu, Kenneth Moore
  • Patent number: 11152823
    Abstract: In an embodiment, a wireless power transmitter module includes a sensing grid configured to detect a receiver, a movable wireless power transmitter unit including a wireless power transmitter coil, and a two-dimensional linear motor including a plurality of linear motor coils configured to move the movable wireless power transmitter unit in a two-dimensional plane towards a location of the receiver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignee: Spark Connected LLC
    Inventors: Petru Emanuel Stingu, Kenneth Moore, Yulong Hou, Ruwanga Dassanayake
  • Publication number: 20210320516
    Abstract: In an embodiment, a method includes: placing a template at a first surface of a structure; placing a first magnet at the first surface based on the template; placing a second magnet at a second surface of the structure at a first location in which a magnetic field between the first and second magnets moves the second magnet towards the first magnet; waiting for the second magnet to stop moving at a second location of the second surface; marking the second location; and attaching a sub-surface wireless charger based on a location of the template.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2021
    Publication date: October 14, 2021
    Inventors: Petru Emanuel Stingu, Kenneth Moore, Yulong Hou, Ruwanga Dassanayake
  • Publication number: 20210305850
    Abstract: In accordance with an embodiment, a wireless power transmitter includes a charging surface, a transmitting antenna configured to generate an electromagnetic field extending above the charging surface, a sensing array disposed between the transmitting antenna and the charging surface, and a controller coupled to the sensing array. The sensing array includes a plurality of sensors. Each sensor of the plurality of sensors is configured to generate a respective signal indicative of a strength of the electromagnetic field. The controller is configured to detect a presence of a metallic object, other than a receiving antenna of a power receiver, in the electromagnetic field based on the respective signal generated by one or more sensors of the plurality of sensors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2021
    Publication date: September 30, 2021
    Inventors: Petru Emanuel Stingu, Kenneth Moore
  • Publication number: 20210257864
    Abstract: In an embodiment, a method includes: wirelessly transmitting power using a transmitter LC tank to a wireless power receiver having a receiver LC tank; receiving a first received power packet from the wireless power receiver, the first received power packet including a received power value field indicative of a power level; determining a first power difference between transmitted power and received power based on the first received power packet; calculating a first received power compensation factor based on the first power difference; interrupting wirelessly transmitting power for a first slot period after receiving the first received power packet; performing a first measurement of a first signal associated with the transmitter LC tank during the first slot period; determining a first Q factor value based on the first measurement; comparing the first Q factor value with a reference Q factor value; and detecting a metallic object based on the comparison.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2021
    Publication date: August 19, 2021
    Inventors: Petru Emanuel Stingu, Ruwanga Dassanayake, Yulong Hou, Kenneth Moore
  • Patent number: 11043854
    Abstract: In accordance with an embodiment, a wireless power transmitter includes a charging surface, a transmitting antenna configured to generate an electromagnetic field extending above the charging surface, a sensing array disposed between the transmitting antenna and the charging surface, and a controller coupled to the sensing array. The sensing array includes a plurality of sensors. Each sensor of the plurality of sensors is configured to generate a respective signal indicative of a strength of the electromagnetic field. The controller is configured to detect a presence of a metallic object, other than a receiving antenna of a power receiver, in the electromagnetic field based on the respective signal generated by one or more sensors of the plurality of sensors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2021
    Assignee: Spark Connected LLC
    Inventors: Petru Emanuel Stingu, Kenneth Moore
  • Publication number: 20210083528
    Abstract: In an embodiment, a method for transmitting data from a wireless power receiver to a wireless power transmitter includes: wirelessly receiving power at a first frequency from a transmitter LC tank using a receiver LC tank; rectifying a voltage of the receiver LC tank using a rectifier; and while wirelessly receiving power, controlling a transistor coupled to the receiver LC tank to cause inflections in a transmitter current flowing through the transmitter LC tank to transmit data, detecting time locations of the inflections of the transmitter current within an oscillating cycle of the transmitter current based on a magnitude of the transmitter current, and determining the data based on the detected time locations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2020
    Publication date: March 18, 2021
    Inventors: Petru Emanuel Stingu, Kenneth Moore, Yulong Hou, Ruwanga Dassanayake
  • Publication number: 20210083525
    Abstract: In an embodiment, a method includes: wirelessly transmitting power using a transmitter LC tank; wirelessly receiving power from the transmitter LC tank using a receiver LC tank; interrupting wirelessly transmitting power for a slot period; during the slot period, shorting the receiver LC tank; during the slot period and after shorting the receiver LC tank, measuring a transmitter signal associated with the transmitter LC tank; determining a power loss associated with the wirelessly transmitting power based on the measured transmitter signal; and detecting a metallic object based on the determined power loss.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2020
    Publication date: March 18, 2021
    Inventors: Petru Emanuel Stingu, Kenneth Moore, Yulong Hou, Ruwanga Dassanayake
  • Publication number: 20210083518
    Abstract: In an embodiment, a method for providing power to a load using a wireless power receiver includes: wirelessly receiving power using an LC tank; rectifying a voltage of the LC tank using a rectifier; setting a switched-mode power supply coupled between the rectifier and the load in bypass mode; after setting the switched-mode power supply in bypass mode, providing power to the load without switching transistors of the switched-mode power supply; and when wireless power reception is interrupted, providing power to the load by switching one or more transistors of the switched-mode power supply.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2020
    Publication date: March 18, 2021
    Inventors: Petru Emanuel Stingu, Kenneth Moore, Yulong Hou, Ruwanga Dassanayake
  • Publication number: 20210083509
    Abstract: An electronic device, a wireless charger and a wireless charging system are disclosed. In an embodiment an electronic device includes a metal housing including electronic components of the electronic device, a recess in the metal housing, a receiver coil configured to receive wireless power, the receiver coil located in the recess outside of the metal housing and a holding structure for the receiver coil, wherein the holding structure comprises a material with a high magnetic permeability, and wherein the receiver coil is electrically connected to the electronic components inside the metal housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2020
    Publication date: March 18, 2021
    Inventors: Petru Emanuel Stingu, Kenneth Moore, Yulong Hou, Ruwanga Dassanayake