Patents by Inventor Kun ZHUGE

Kun ZHUGE 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: 12155167
    Abstract: An electrical connector for a vehicle provides integrated noise suppression and includes a housing having openings at both ends, conductors extending through the openings, a magnetic ring surrounding but spaced from the conductors, capacitors spaced from the magnetic ring and coupled to the conductors, and insulating filler disposed within the housing and contacting the magnetic ring and the capacitors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2024
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Kun Zhuge, Yigang Yuan, Chuan Deng, Guohua Du
  • Patent number: 11876467
    Abstract: An inverter is electrically connected between a traction battery and a switch bank. The inverter includes a plurality of pairs of series connected power semiconductor devices. Each of the pairs is electrically connected in parallel with the traction battery to define a phase leg, and each of the power semiconductor devices has a body diode in parallel therewith. The inverter also includes a plurality of diodes connected in parallel with the power semiconductor devices such that only one of the power semiconductor devices of each of the pairs has one of the diodes connected in parallel therewith.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Kun Zhuge, Baoming Ge, Lihua Chen
  • Publication number: 20220407248
    Abstract: An electrical connector for a vehicle provides integrated noise suppression and includes a housing having openings at both ends, conductors extending through the openings, a magnetic ring surrounding but spaced from the conductors, capacitors spaced from the magnetic ring and coupled to the conductors, and insulating filler disposed within the housing and contacting the magnetic ring and the capacitors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2022
    Publication date: December 22, 2022
    Applicant: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Kun ZHUGE, Yigang Yuan, Chuan DENG, Guohua DU