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).

  • Patent number: 11682287
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.
    Inventors: Nipun Kumar Chawda, Ramalingam Pavadai Nallur
  • Patent number: 11395385
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.
    Inventor: Nipun Kumar Chawda
  • Publication number: 20220130226
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: January 5, 2022
    Publication date: April 28, 2022
    Inventors: Nipun Kumar Chawda, Ramalingam Pavadai Nallur
  • Patent number: 11227478
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2022
    Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.
    Inventors: Nipun Kumar Chawda, Ramalingam Pavadai Nallur
  • Publication number: 20210289598
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2020
    Publication date: September 16, 2021
    Inventor: Nipun Kumar Chawda
  • Publication number: 20210280040
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2021
    Publication date: September 9, 2021
    Inventors: Nipun Kumar Chawda, Ramalingam Pavadai Nallur
  • Patent number: 10939520
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2021
    Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.
    Inventor: Nipun Kumar Chawda
  • Patent number: 10806005
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2020
    Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.
    Inventors: Nipun Kumar Chawda, Hans-Willy Schuett, Reiner Wiechert
  • Patent number: 10638574
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2020
    Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.
    Inventor: Nipun Kumar Chawda
  • Publication number: 20200068676
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2019
    Publication date: February 27, 2020
    Inventors: Nipun Kumar Chawda, Hans-Willy Schuett, Reiner Wiechert
  • Patent number: 10485064
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2019
    Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.
    Inventors: Nipun Kumar Chawda, Hans-Willy Schuett, Reiner Wiechert
  • Publication number: 20190261499
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2019
    Publication date: August 22, 2019
    Inventor: Nipun Kumar Chawda
  • Publication number: 20190215922
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2019
    Publication date: July 11, 2019
    Inventors: Nipun Kumar Chawda, Hans-Willy Schuett, Reiner Wiechert
  • Patent number: 10334711
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2019
    Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.
    Inventor: Nipun Kumar Chawda
  • Patent number: 10244594
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2019
    Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.
    Inventors: Nipun Kumar Chawda, Hans-Willy Schuett, Reiner Wiechert
  • Publication number: 20180249540
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2018
    Publication date: August 30, 2018
    Inventors: Nipun Kumar Chawda, Hans-Willy Schuett, Reiner Wiechert
  • Patent number: 9942964
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2018
    Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.
    Inventors: Nipun Kumar Chawda, Raghu Seelamonthula
  • Publication number: 20180049292
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2016
    Publication date: February 15, 2018
    Inventors: Nipun Kumar Chawda, Raghu Seelamonthula
  • Publication number: 20170311427
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2017
    Publication date: October 26, 2017
    Inventor: Nipun Kumar Chawda