Patents by Inventor Nipun Kumar Chawda
Nipun Kumar Chawda 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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Patent number: 11682287Abstract: Methods, devices, and systems for airfield luminaire vibration monitoring are described herein. In some examples, one or more embodiments include a computing device comprising a memory and a processor to execute instructions stored in the memory to receive a vibration signal from a sensor on an airfield luminaire, compare the vibration signal from the sensor to a vibration profile for the airfield luminaire, and determine a status of a bolt of the airfield luminaire based on the comparison.Type: GrantFiled: January 5, 2022Date of Patent: June 20, 2023Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.Inventors: Nipun Kumar Chawda, Ramalingam Pavadai Nallur
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Patent number: 11395385Abstract: Methods, devices, and systems for a current converter circuit for airfield ground lighting are described herein. In some examples, one or more embodiments include a bi-directional switch, an inductor to store energy in response to the bi-directional switch being on, and an output capacitor to discharge power to an LED, where the bi-directional switch can switch off to cause the inductor to discharge to the output capacitor in response to a voltage across the output capacitor being less than a threshold voltage.Type: GrantFiled: December 10, 2020Date of Patent: July 19, 2022Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.Inventor: Nipun Kumar Chawda
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Publication number: 20220130226Abstract: Methods, devices, and systems for airfield luminaire vibration monitoring are described herein. In some examples, one or more embodiments include a computing device comprising a memory and a processor to execute instructions stored in the memory to receive a vibration signal from a sensor on an airfield luminaire, compare the vibration signal from the sensor to a vibration profile for the airfield luminaire, and determine a status of a bolt of the airfield luminaire based on the comparison.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 5, 2022Publication date: April 28, 2022Inventors: Nipun Kumar Chawda, Ramalingam Pavadai Nallur
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Patent number: 11227478Abstract: Methods, devices, and systems for airfield luminaire vibration monitoring are described herein. In some examples, one or more embodiments include a computing device comprising a memory and a processor to execute instructions stored in the memory to receive a vibration signal from a sensor on an airfield luminaire, compare the vibration signal from the sensor to a vibration profile for the airfield luminaire, and determine a status of a bolt of the airfield luminaire based on the comparison.Type: GrantFiled: March 3, 2021Date of Patent: January 18, 2022Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.Inventors: Nipun Kumar Chawda, Ramalingam Pavadai Nallur
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Publication number: 20210289598Abstract: Methods, devices, and systems for a current converter circuit for airfield ground lighting are described herein. In some examples, one or more embodiments include a bi-directional switch, an inductor to store energy in response to the bi-directional switch being on, and an output capacitor to discharge power to an LED, where the bi-directional switch can switch off to cause the inductor to discharge to the output capacitor in response to a voltage across the output capacitor being less than a threshold voltage.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 10, 2020Publication date: September 16, 2021Inventor: Nipun Kumar Chawda
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Publication number: 20210280040Abstract: Methods, devices, and systems for airfield luminaire vibration monitoring are described herein. In some examples, one or more embodiments include a computing device comprising a memory and a processor to execute instructions stored in the memory to receive a vibration signal from a sensor on an airfield luminaire, compare the vibration signal from the sensor to a vibration profile for the airfield luminaire, and determine a status of a bolt of the airfield luminaire based on the comparison.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 3, 2021Publication date: September 9, 2021Inventors: Nipun Kumar Chawda, Ramalingam Pavadai Nallur
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Patent number: 10939520Abstract: Methods, devices, and systems for a current converter circuit for airfield ground lighting are described herein. In some examples, one or more embodiments include a bi-directional switch, an inductor to store energy in response to the bi-directional switch being on, and an output capacitor to discharge power to an LED, where the bi-directional switch can switch off to cause the inductor to discharge to the output capacitor in response to a voltage across the output capacitor being less than a threshold voltage.Type: GrantFiled: March 10, 2020Date of Patent: March 2, 2021Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.Inventor: Nipun Kumar Chawda
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Patent number: 10806005Abstract: Devices, methods, and systems for alternating current circuits for airfield lighting are described herein. One system includes a circuit comprising an isolation transformer, a protection hardware circuit coupled to the isolation transformer, wherein the protection hardware prevents a voltage between an electrical contact of the circuit and a ground contact from meeting or exceeding a threshold voltage, and a load coupled to the protection hardware circuit to receive electrical energy from the isolation transformer.Type: GrantFiled: November 4, 2019Date of Patent: October 13, 2020Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.Inventors: Nipun Kumar Chawda, Hans-Willy Schuett, Reiner Wiechert
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Patent number: 10638574Abstract: An airfield runway lamp controller is described herein. One airfield runway lamp controller includes a current sense transformer configured to detect a failure of a light source of an airfield runway lamp, and an alternating current (AC) switch configured to shunt the light source of the airfield runway lamp upon the current sense transformer detecting a failure of the light source.Type: GrantFiled: May 6, 2019Date of Patent: April 28, 2020Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.Inventor: Nipun Kumar Chawda
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Publication number: 20200068676Abstract: Devices, methods, and systems for alternating current circuits for airfield lighting are described herein. One system includes a circuit comprising an isolation transformer, a protection hardware circuit coupled to the isolation transformer, wherein the protection hardware prevents a voltage between an electrical contact of the circuit and a ground contact from meeting or exceeding a threshold voltage, and a load coupled to the protection hardware circuit to receive electrical energy from the isolation transformer.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 4, 2019Publication date: February 27, 2020Inventors: Nipun Kumar Chawda, Hans-Willy Schuett, Reiner Wiechert
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Patent number: 10485064Abstract: Devices, methods, and systems for alternating current circuits for airfield lighting are described herein. One system includes a circuit comprising an isolation transformer, a protection hardware circuit coupled to the isolation transformer, wherein the protection hardware prevents a voltage between an electrical contact of the circuit and a ground contact from meeting or exceeding a threshold voltage, and a load coupled to the protection hardware circuit to receive electrical energy from the isolation transformer.Type: GrantFiled: March 13, 2019Date of Patent: November 19, 2019Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.Inventors: Nipun Kumar Chawda, Hans-Willy Schuett, Reiner Wiechert
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Publication number: 20190261499Abstract: An airfield runway lamp controller is described herein. One airfield runway lamp controller includes a current sense transformer configured to detect a failure of a light source of an airfield runway lamp, and an alternating current (AC) switch configured to shunt the light source of the airfield runway lamp upon the current sense transformer detecting a failure of the light source.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 6, 2019Publication date: August 22, 2019Inventor: Nipun Kumar Chawda
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Publication number: 20190215922Abstract: Devices, methods, and systems for alternating current circuits for airfield lighting are described herein. One system includes a circuit comprising an isolation transformer, a protection hardware circuit coupled to the isolation transformer, wherein the protection hardware prevents a voltage between an electrical contact of the circuit and a ground contact from meeting or exceeding a threshold voltage, and a load coupled to the protection hardware circuit to receive electrical energy from the isolation transformer.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 13, 2019Publication date: July 11, 2019Inventors: Nipun Kumar Chawda, Hans-Willy Schuett, Reiner Wiechert
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Patent number: 10334711Abstract: An airfield runway lamp controller is described herein. One airfield runway lamp controller includes a current sense transformer configured to detect a failure of a light source of an airfield runway lamp, and an alternating current (AC) switch configured to shunt the light source of the airfield runway lamp upon the current sense transformer detecting a failure of the light source.Type: GrantFiled: July 13, 2017Date of Patent: June 25, 2019Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.Inventor: Nipun Kumar Chawda
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Patent number: 10244594Abstract: Devices, methods, and systems for alternating current circuits for airfield lighting are described herein. One system includes a circuit comprising an isolation transformer, a protection hardware circuit coupled to the isolation transformer, wherein the protection hardware prevents a voltage between an electrical contact of the circuit and a ground contact from meeting or exceeding a threshold voltage, and a load coupled to the protection hardware circuit to receive electrical energy from the isolation transformer.Type: GrantFiled: February 26, 2018Date of Patent: March 26, 2019Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.Inventors: Nipun Kumar Chawda, Hans-Willy Schuett, Reiner Wiechert
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Publication number: 20180249540Abstract: Devices, methods, and systems for alternating current circuits for airfield lighting are described herein. One system includes a circuit comprising an isolation transformer, a protection hardware circuit coupled to the isolation transformer, wherein the protection hardware prevents a voltage between an electrical contact of the circuit and a ground contact from meeting or exceeding a threshold voltage, and a load coupled to the protection hardware circuit to receive electrical energy from the isolation transformer.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 26, 2018Publication date: August 30, 2018Inventors: Nipun Kumar Chawda, Hans-Willy Schuett, Reiner Wiechert
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Patent number: 9942964Abstract: A constant current regulator for airfield ground lighting is described herein. For example, one or more embodiments include a power converter configured to receive a signal from an alternating current (AC) mains, where the power converter includes a number of bi-directional switches, a transformer configured to isolate the AC signal from an airfield ground lighting circuit, and a rectifier configured to convert the signal from the AC mains from AC to direct current (DC), an inverter configured to convert the DC signal from the power converter and convert the DC to AC, an output filter configured to receive the AC signal from the inverter and send the AC signal to the airfield ground lighting circuit, and a controller configured to switch the number of bi-directional switches of the power converter to allow an input voltage and current of the signal from the AC mains to be in phase.Type: GrantFiled: August 12, 2016Date of Patent: April 10, 2018Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.Inventors: Nipun Kumar Chawda, Raghu Seelamonthula
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Publication number: 20180049292Abstract: A constant current regulator for airfield ground lighting is described herein. For example, one or more embodiments include a power converter configured to receive a signal from an alternating current (AC) mains, where the power converter includes a number of bi-directional switches, a transformer configured to isolate the AC signal from an airfield ground lighting circuit, and a rectifier configured to convert the signal from the AC mains from AC to direct current (DC), an inverter configured to convert the DC signal from the power converter and convert the DC to AC, an output filter configured to receive the AC signal from the inverter and send the AC signal to the airfield ground lighting circuit, and a controller configured to switch the number of bi-directional switches of the power converter to allow an input voltage and current of the signal from the AC mains to be in phase.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 12, 2016Publication date: February 15, 2018Inventors: Nipun Kumar Chawda, Raghu Seelamonthula
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Publication number: 20170311427Abstract: An airfield runway lamp controller is described herein. One airfield runway lamp controller includes a current sense transformer configured to detect a failure of a light source of an airfield runway lamp, and an alternating current (AC) switch configured to shunt the light source of the airfield runway lamp upon the current sense transformer detecting a failure of the light source.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 13, 2017Publication date: October 26, 2017Inventor: Nipun Kumar Chawda