Patents by Inventor Konstantin Borisov
Konstantin Borisov 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).
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Publication number: 20240074362Abstract: The present invention provides an apparatus for weather modification and related method. The invention offers a solution to enhance the precipitation in arid regions of the planet whereas the enhancement of the precipitation and weather modification is used for irrigation or comfort. The invention is based on the release of charge carriers to ambient and utilization of the electromagnetic field of the planet for their distribution around the planet which brings moisture through the ionic or electric wind and rainfall with condensation. The invention provides other benefits such as low cost and low maintenance light as an alternative to expensive, high maintenance, outdoor light options through wireless solution. The apparatus is also be configured to affect the weather globally and slow down the thinning planet ice caps, with the benefit of slowing down or lowering the rising sea levels.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 5, 2022Publication date: March 7, 2024Inventor: Konstantin A. Borisov
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Publication number: 20230301042Abstract: A power electronics assembly includes one or more power electronics devices, and a heat exchanger to which the one or more power electronics devices are mounted. The heat exchanger includes a heat exchanger body, and one or more fluid pathways extending through the heat exchanger body, the heat exchanger configured to transfer thermal energy from the one or more power electronics devices into a flow of fluid passing through the one or more fluid pathways. A plurality of fins extend from an outer surface of the heat exchanger body. The flow of fluid is a flow of liquid refrigerant diverted from a condenser of a heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) system.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 2, 2022Publication date: September 21, 2023Inventors: Arindom Joardar, Lokanath Mohanta, Konstantin Borisov, Ismail Agirman
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Publication number: 20230292464Abstract: A method of forming a power electronics assembly includes forming a plurality of pathway openings in a heat exchanger body and inserting a tubular member in each pathway opening of the plurality of pathway openings. The tubular member includes a plurality of internal surface enhancements. An interference fit is defined between the tubular members and the heat exchanger body via one or more of mechanical or thermal expansion to define a plurality of fluid pathways in the heat exchanger. One or more power electronics devices are installed to the heat exchanger body.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 2, 2022Publication date: September 14, 2023Inventors: Arindom Joardar, Lokanath Mohanta, Konstantin Borisov, Ismail Agirman
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Publication number: 20230260719Abstract: A system and method for reforming an electrolytic capacitor. A method includes disabling a primary switch, the primary switch selectively couples a power supply to the electrolytic capacitor, and providing a signal to one or more reforming switches to control the one or more reforming switches. The method includes completing the reforming process based at least in part on a detection of a voltage of the electrolytic capacitor or a duration of time, and disabling the one or more switches responsive to completing the reforming process.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 7, 2023Publication date: August 17, 2023Inventors: Ismail Agirman, Konstantin Borisov, William Slay
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Publication number: 20230258348Abstract: An air conditioning system includes a compressor including a motor, a condenser, and an evaporator; a drive including converter and an inverter, the converter and the inverter including power switching devices; a temperature sensor configured to sense a temperature in at least one of the converter and the inverter; a controller configured to communicate with the temperature sensor, the controller configured to provide a control signal to the inverter, the controller configured to execute: monitor the temperature; compare the temperature to a threshold; when the temperature exceeds the threshold, executing an operation to reduce a switching frequency of the power switching devices in the inverter.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 14, 2023Publication date: August 17, 2023Inventors: Chengzhu Piao, Ismail Agirman, David Ginsberg, Konstantin Borisov
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Publication number: 20230138320Abstract: A heat exchanger assembly includes a housing having at least one area of heat flux and a fluid circuit arranged within an interior of the housing. The fluid circuit having an inlet manifold, an outlet manifold, and at least one fluid passage connecting the inlet manifold and the outlet manifold. The at least one fluid passage is positioned relative to the housing to perform localized cooling of the housing at the at least one area of heat flux. A cooling medium circulates through the fluid circuit.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 1, 2022Publication date: May 4, 2023Inventors: Konstantin Borisov, Lokanath Mohanta, Arindom Joardar, Ismail Agirman
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Publication number: 20230126158Abstract: A power electronics assembly includes one or more power electronics devices, and a heat exchanger to which the one or more power electronics devices are mounted. The heat exchanger includes an inlet manifold and an outlet manifold, and one or more fluid pathways extending connecting the inlet manifold and the outlet manifold, the heat exchanger configured to transfer thermal energy from the one or more power electronics devices into a flow of fluid passing through the one or more fluid pathways. Thee one or more fluid pathways include one or more internal enhancements and channel configurations to enhance thermal energy transfer by promoting boiling of the flow of fluid and to reduce the pressure drop in the pathways under a two-phase flow condition. The flow of fluid is a flow of liquid refrigerant diverted from a condenser of a heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) system.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 20, 2022Publication date: April 27, 2023Inventors: Lokanath Mohanta, Arindom Joardar, Srikanth Honavara Prasad, Konstantin Borisov, Ismail Agirman
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Publication number: 20230127088Abstract: A heat exchanger assembly includes a heat exchanger and a power electronics module mounted to the heat exchanger. The power electronics module is thermally coupled to the heat exchanger at a heat sink interface. A thermal interface material is arranged between the heat sink interface and a surface of the heat exchanger and a gasket arranged between the heat sink interface and the surface of the heat exchanger.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 7, 2022Publication date: April 27, 2023Inventors: Konstantin Borisov, William Tony Slay, Ismail Agirman
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Publication number: 20230128951Abstract: A power electronics assembly includes one or more power electronics devices, and a heat exchanger to which the one or more power electronics devices are mounted. The heat exchanger includes one or more fluid pathways extending through the heat exchanger to transfer thermal energy from the one or more power electronics devices into a flow of fluid passing through the one or more fluid pathways. The flow of fluid is a flow of liquid refrigerant diverted from a condenser of a heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) system. The one or more power electronics devices includes at least one power electronics device located on each opposing lateral side of the heat exchanger.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 20, 2022Publication date: April 27, 2023Inventors: Arindom Joardar, Lokanath Mohanta, Konstantin Borisov, Ismail Agirman
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Publication number: 20230109173Abstract: A drive for an air conditioning system includes a converter assembly including a Vienna rectifier having a converter capacitance across a positive DC bus and a negative DC bus; and an inverter assembly including an inverter capacitance across the positive DC bus and the negative DC bus, the inverter capacitance in electrical parallel with the converter capacitance; wherein the converter assembly and the inverter assembly are physically separate assemblies.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 4, 2022Publication date: April 6, 2023Inventors: Konstantin Borisov, Ismail Agirman
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Publication number: 20230108226Abstract: A converter for an air conditioning system including a rectifier section configured to receive an AC input voltage; a voltage regulator section coupled to the rectifier section, the voltage regulator section configured to control a DC output voltage across a positive DC bus and a negative DC bus; and a controller in communication with the rectifier section and the voltage regulator section, the controller configured to control the converter such that the DC output voltage is greater than AC input voltage by an offset.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 29, 2022Publication date: April 6, 2023Inventors: Konstantin Borisov, Ismail Agirman
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Publication number: 20230059776Abstract: A converter includes an input section including an inductive element, the input section configured to receive a multiphase, AC input voltage; a rectifier section coupled to the input section; a voltage regulator section coupled to the rectifier section, the voltage regulator section configured to control a DC output voltage across a positive DC bus and a negative DC bus; and a controller in communication with the voltage regulator section, the controller configured to command the voltage regulator section to operate in one of a first mode and a second mode.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 3, 2022Publication date: February 23, 2023Inventors: Chengzhu Piao, Konstantin Borisov, Ismail Agirman
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Publication number: 20220373236Abstract: A heat exchanger comprising a pair of metal plates joined along corresponding mating surfaces, wherein at least one of the metal plates comprises a plurality of connected recesses which form a fluid circuit between the plates when the plates are joined, wherein the fluid circuit comprises an inlet, an inlet manifold, an outlet, an outlet manifold, and a plurality of flowpaths extending between and fluidly connecting the inlet manifold and outlet manifold, and wherein one or more of the plurality of flowpaths comprise a fluid passage and a flow constriction and wherein a ratio of the hydraulic diameter of the flow constriction to the hydraulic diameter of the fluid passage increases with increasing distance from the inlet.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 13, 2022Publication date: November 24, 2022Inventors: Lokanath Mohanta, Arindom Joardar, Konstantin Borisov, Ismail Agirman
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Publication number: 20220051556Abstract: A universal wireless control device containing a handle body, sensors for measuring the position of the body, a units for moving, control buttons, a signal processing unit, a power source, a communication channel with a controlled device, characterized in that the signal processing unit and the power source are located in the handle body of the control device, and the handle body itself has an ergonomic shape, adapted to be covered by the hand, and the units are located in blind reach, and the position sensors of the units for moving of the control device the sensors forms the control axes by manipulation of units for moving or the position of handle body.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 27, 2020Publication date: February 17, 2022Inventor: Konstantin BORISOV
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Patent number: 10693406Abstract: A system or method for a VSD with an active converter including a controller, an inductor, an active converter, a DC link, and an inverter. The active converter is controlled to receive an input AC voltage and output a boosted DC voltage to a DC link, up to 850 VDC, the active converter using only low voltage semiconductor switches to provide the 850 VDC DC link voltage. The controller is configured to operate with a reactive input current magnitude equal to zero at a predetermined system load, and at system loads less than the predetermined system load, to introduce a reactive input current that results in a converter voltage having a magnitude less than the input voltage, wherein the vector sum of the input voltage and an inductor voltage is equal to the converter voltage.Type: GrantFiled: January 21, 2019Date of Patent: June 23, 2020Assignee: Johnson Controls Technology CompanyInventors: Konstantin A. Borisov, Ivan Jadric
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Patent number: 10462942Abstract: A variable speed drive includes a converter connected to an AC power source, a DC link connected to the converter, and an inverter connected to the DC link. The inverter converts DC voltage into an output AC power having a variable voltage and frequency. The inverter includes at least one power electronics module and associated control circuitry; a heat sink in thermal communication with the power electronics module and in fluid communication with a manifold. The manifold includes a tubular member having at least one vertical member portion and at least one horizontal member portion in fluid communication. A plurality of ports conduct cooling fluid into and out of the manifold. A bracket attaches the manifold to a structural frame. Brackets are provided for attachment of power electronics modules to the manifold.Type: GrantFiled: May 10, 2017Date of Patent: October 29, 2019Assignee: Johnson Controls Technology CompanyInventors: Konstantin Borisov, Mark A. Nielsen, Jeffrey A. Martinelli, Brian L. Stauffer, Seth K. Gladfelter, Michael S. Todd, Ivan Jadric, Jeb W. Schreiber, Tim Beckley
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Publication number: 20190158008Abstract: A system or method for a VSD with an active converter including a controller, an inductor, an active converter, a DC link, and an inverter. The active converter is controlled to receive an input AC voltage and output a boosted DC voltage to a DC link, up to 850 VDC, the active converter using only low voltage semiconductor switches to provide the 850 VDC DC link voltage. The controller is configured to operate with a reactive input current magnitude equal to zero at a predetermined system load, and at system loads less than the predetermined system load, to introduce a reactive input current that results in a converter voltage having a magnitude less than the input voltage, wherein the vector sum of the input voltage and an inductor voltage is equal to the converter voltage.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 21, 2019Publication date: May 23, 2019Inventors: Konstantin A. Borisov, Ivan Jadric
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Patent number: 10187000Abstract: A system or method for a VSD with an active converter including a controller, an inductor, an active converter, a DC link, and an inverter. The active converter is controlled to receive an input AC voltage and output a boosted DC voltage to a DC link, up to 850 VDC, the active converter using only low voltage semiconductor switches to provide the 850 VDC DC link voltage. The controller is configured to operate with a reactive input current magnitude equal to zero at a predetermined system load, and at system loads less than the predetermined system load, to introduce a reactive input current that results in a converter voltage having a magnitude less than the input voltage, wherein the vector sum of the input voltage and an inductor voltage is equal to the converter voltage.Type: GrantFiled: May 6, 2016Date of Patent: January 22, 2019Assignee: Johnson Controls Technology CompanyInventors: Konstantin Borisov, Ivan Jadric
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Publication number: 20170245402Abstract: A variable speed drive includes a converter connected to an AC power source, a DC link connected to the converter, and an inverter connected to the DC link. The inverter converts DC voltage into an output AC power having a variable voltage and frequency. The inverter includes at least one power electronics module and associated control circuitry; a heat sink in thermal communication with the power electronics module and in fluid communication with a manifold. The manifold includes a tubular member having at least one vertical member portion and at least one horizontal member portion in fluid communication. A plurality of ports conduct cooling fluid into and out of the manifold. A bracket attaches the manifold to a structural frame. Brackets are provided for attachment of power electronics modules to the manifold.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 10, 2017Publication date: August 24, 2017Inventors: Konstantin Borisov, Mark A. Nielsen, Jeffrey A. Martinelli, Brian L. Stauffer, Seth K. Gladfelter, Michael S. Todd, Ivan Jadric, Jeb W. Schreiber, Tim Beckley
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Patent number: 9654017Abstract: A variable speed drive includes a converter connected to an AC power source, a DC link connected to the converter, and an inverter connected to the DC link. The inverter converts DC voltage into an output AC power having a variable voltage and frequency. The inverter includes at least one power electronics module and associated control circuitry; a heat sink in thermal communication with the power electronics module and in fluid communication with a manifold. The manifold includes a tubular member having at least one vertical member portion and at least one horizontal member portion in fluid communication. A plurality of ports conduct cooling fluid into and out of the manifold. A bracket attaches the manifold to a structural frame. Brackets are provided for attachment of power electronics modules to the manifold.Type: GrantFiled: December 8, 2015Date of Patent: May 16, 2017Assignee: Johnson Controls Technology CompanyInventors: Konstantin Borisov, Mark A. Nielsen, Jeffrey A. Martinelli, Brian L. Stauffer, Seth K. Gladfelter, Michael S. Todd, Ivan Jadric, Jeb W. Schreiber, Tim Beckley