Patents by Inventor Kenneth Ronald Hilderley

Kenneth Ronald Hilderley 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).

  • Self powered gate driver system
    Patent number: 7576451
    Abstract: An apparatus and method used to charge a self powered gate driver system. The apparatus may include a current loop for inducing a current in a coil. A bridge rectifier may rectify the current induced in the coil and charge a capacitor used to power a driver in a self powered gate driver system. The current loop and coil may be separated by a dielectric to prevent current from passing between the self powered gate driver system and the current loop. The current loop may couple to a line voltage transformer to drive an alternating current through the current loop. In certain embodiments, a single current loop and transformer may charge a plurality of self powered gate driver systems.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2009
    Assignee: Rockwell Automation Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: David Scott S. Maclennan, Kenneth Ronald Hilderley