Patents by Inventor Mike Ngo

Mike Ngo 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).

  • Adaptive charge current for a battery
    Patent number: 9929582
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for adjusting the charge for a battery under a power sharing arrangement is disclosed. In one embodiment, the method comprises determining if power output capacity of an alternating current (AC) adapter is less than or greater than a system power requirement for a system that receives power from the AC adapter and a battery, determining a charge current for charging the battery from the AC adapter, based on a voltage range of the battery, the current charge being less than excess current available from the AC adapter in view of determining that the power output capacity of the AC adapter is greater than the system power requirement, and controlling a battery charger to charge the battery with the charge current by specifying the charge current to the battery charger if the power output capacity of the AC adapter is greater than the system power requirement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2018
    Assignee: INTEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Naoki Matsumura, Allen Huang, Jim Xu, Mike Ngo, Vivek Ramani, Darren Crews, Gang Ji, Alexander Uan-zo-li
  • ADAPTIVE CHARGE CURRENT FOR A BATTERY
    Publication number: 20160181830
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for adjusting the charge for a battery under a power sharing arrangement is disclosed. In one embodiment, the method comprises determining if power output capacity of an alternating current (AC) adapter is less than or greater than a system power requirement for a system that receives power from the AC adapter and a battery, determining a charge current for charging the battery from the AC adapter, based on a voltage range of the battery, the current charge being less than excess current available from the AC adapter in view of determining that the power output capacity of the AC adapter is greater than the system power requirement, and controlling a battery charger to charge the battery with the charge current by specifying the charge current to the battery charger if the power output capacity of the AC adapter is greater than the system power requirement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2014
    Publication date: June 23, 2016
    Inventors: Naoki Matsumura, Allen Huang, Jim Xu, Mike Ngo, Vivek Ramani, Darren Crews, Gang Ji, Alexander Uan-zo-li