Patents by Inventor Mike Lees

Mike Lees 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: 11044792
    Abstract: A system includes a switch-mode power supply for drawing low and constant current from a power source. The switch-mode power supply may charge an energy storage element with low and constant current. In a normal condition, a current driver may cause the illuminator to emit electromagnetic radiation as a plurality of flashes. In the normal condition, the system may include an average power that is less than or equal to a threshold value associated with the illuminator. In a fault condition, the illuminator may continuously emit electromagnetic radiation, at low current. In the fault condition, the switch-mode power supply may supply low and constant current to the illuminator. Similarly, in the fault condition, the system may include an average power that is less than or equal to a threshold value associated with the illuminator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2021
    Assignee: Visteon Global Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Spurr, Mike Lees
  • Publication number: 20200059998
    Abstract: A system includes a switch-mode power supply for drawing low and constant current from a power source. The switch-mode power supply may charge an energy storage element with low and constant current. In a normal condition, a current driver may cause the illuminator to emit electromagnetic radiation as a plurality of flashes. In the normal condition, the system may include an average power that is less than or equal to a threshold value associated with the illuminator. In a fault condition, the illuminator may continuously emit electromagnetic radiation, at low current. In the fault condition, the switch-mode power supply may supply low and constant current to the illuminator. Similarly, in the fault condition, the system may include an average power that is less than or equal to a threshold value associated with the illuminator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2019
    Publication date: February 20, 2020
    Inventors: Michael Spurr, Mike Lees
  • Publication number: 20180291858
    Abstract: A system, method and circuit for providing a boost voltage with a transient operation of a vehicular start-stop system are provided. The system includes a duty cycle or current monitor to detect a change in duty cycle or current based on the transient operation; a crank time-out detector to determine whether the change in duty cycle is over a predetermined threshold; and a reset generator to generate a reset of a boost circuit that generates the boost voltage after a predetermined delay.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2018
    Publication date: October 11, 2018
    Inventors: David Ronald Fryc, Harold Ryan Macks, Mike Lees, Joe Pulls
  • Patent number: 10018172
    Abstract: A system, method and circuit for providing a boost voltage with a transient operation of a vehicular start-stop system are provided. The system includes a duty cycle or current monitor to detect a change in duty cycle or current based on the transient operation; a crank time-out detector to determine whether the change in duty cycle is over a predetermined threshold; and a reset generator to generate a reset of a boost circuit that generates the boost voltage after a predetermined delay.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2018
    Assignee: Visteon Global Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: David Ronald Fryc, Harold Ryan Macks, Mike Lees, Joe Pulis
  • Publication number: 20160061171
    Abstract: A system, method and circuit for providing a boost voltage with a transient operation of a vehicular start-stop system are provided. The system includes a duty cycle or current monitor to detect a change in duty cycle or current based on the transient operation; a crank time-out detector to determine whether the change in duty cycle is over a predetermined threshold; and a reset generator to generate a reset of a boost circuit that generates the boost voltage after a predetermined delay.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2014
    Publication date: March 3, 2016
    Inventors: David Ronald Fryc, Harold Ryan Macks, Mike Lees, Joe Pulis