Patents by Inventor Noud Johan Hubert SLAATS

Noud Johan Hubert SLAATS 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: 10234519
    Abstract: The present specification relates to an electric power converter, comprising at least a set of four controllable power switches, arranged in an H-bridge or a functionally equivalent circuit comprising two switching legs of two series switches connected to a voltage source, each power switch comprising an antiparallel diode, a controller configured for controlling the switches with a blanking time, a feedback loop for the load current, characterized by a first bias current injection circuit, coupled to the central point of the first leg of the H-bridge and a second bias current injection circuit, coupled to the central point of the second leg of the H-bridge. The specification further relates to a MRI scanner, provided with an electric power converter according to any of the preceding claims, for driving the gradient coils.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2019
    Assignee: Prodrive Technologies B.V.
    Inventors: Antonius Wilhelmus Hendricus Johannes Driessen, Noud Johan Hubert Slaats
  • Publication number: 20170045596
    Abstract: The present specification relates to an electric power converter, comprising at least a set of four controllable power switches, arranged in an H-bridge or a functionally equivalent circuit comprising two switching legs of two series switches connected to a voltage source, each power switch comprising an antiparallel diode, a controller configured for controlling the switches with a blanking time, a feedback loop for the load current, characterised by a first bias current injection circuit, coupled to the central point of the first leg of the H-bridge and a second bias current injection circuit, coupled to the central point of the second leg of the H-bridge. The specification further relates to a MRI scanner, provided with an electric power converter according to any of the preceding claims, for driving the gradient coils.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2016
    Publication date: February 16, 2017
    Inventors: Antonius Wilhelmus Hendricus Johannes DRIESSEN, Noud Johan Hubert SLAATS