Patents by Inventor MUHAMMAD KAMRAN LATIF

MUHAMMAD KAMRAN LATIF 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).

  • Residential static VAR compensator apparatus and method
    Patent number: 10811879
    Abstract: A static volt-ampere reactive (VAR) compensator apparatus includes a capacitor electrically coupled between a phase conductor and a neutral conductor. The apparatus further includes a first switch electrically coupled between the phase conductor and an intermediate node. The apparatus also includes an inductor electrically coupled between the intermediate node and the neutral conductor in series with the first switch. The apparatus includes a second switch electrically coupled between the intermediate node and the neutral conductor in parallel with the inductor. The apparatus further includes a controller configured to transmit signals to the first switch and the second switch that cause the apparatus to modulate between a first state, in which the first switch is open and the second switch is closed, and a second state, in which the first switch is closed and the second switch is open.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Assignee: Boise State University
    Inventors: Said Ahmed-Zaid, Muhammad Kamran Latif
  • RESIDENTIAL STATIC VAR COMPENSATOR APPARATUS AND METHOD
    Publication number: 20190129459
    Abstract: A static volt-ampere reactive (VAR) compensator apparatus includes a capacitor electrically coupled between a phase conductor and a neutral conductor. The apparatus further includes a first switch electrically coupled between the phase conductor and an intermediate node. The apparatus also includes an inductor electrically coupled between the intermediate node and the neutral conductor in series with the first switch. The apparatus includes a second switch electrically coupled between the intermediate node and the neutral conductor in parallel with the inductor. The apparatus further includes a controller configured to transmit signals to the first switch and the second switch that cause the apparatus to modulate between a first state, in which the first switch is open and the second switch is closed, and a second state, in which the first switch is closed and the second switch is open.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2017
    Publication date: May 2, 2019
    Inventors: SAID AHMED-ZAID, MUHAMMAD KAMRAN LATIF