Patents by Inventor Othman LADHARI
Othman LADHARI 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: 10538176Abstract: A method and system manages a load supplied by a converter that is supplied by a battery including modules that can be switched, a capacitor being placed between the battery and the converter. The method includes detecting a switching command, supplying, via the converter, a lower power to the load when the switching command is detected, carrying out the switching, and supplying, via the converter, a normal power to the load when the switching is carried out.Type: GrantFiled: June 13, 2014Date of Patent: January 21, 2020Assignee: RENAULT s.a.s.Inventors: Othman Ladhari, Anh Linh Bui-Van
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Patent number: 10425014Abstract: An AC/DC converter including: an H bridge; an inductance in series with an input of the bridge; an inductance in series with an output of the bridge; and a circuit capable of controlling the bridge alternately to a first configuration where first and second diagonals of the bridge are respectively conductive and non-conductive, and to a second complementary configuration, the circuit being capable, during a phase of transition between the first and second configurations, of: turning on a first switch of the second diagonal; turning off a first switch of the first diagonal when the current flowing through this switch takes a zero value; turning on the second switch of the second diagonal; and turning off the second switch of the first diagonal when the current flowing through this switch takes a zero value.Type: GrantFiled: January 9, 2018Date of Patent: September 24, 2019Assignee: Commissariat à l'Énergie Atomique et aux Énergies AlternativesInventors: Léo Sterna, Othman Ladhari, Jean-Paul Ferrieux, David Frey, Pierre-Olivier Jeannin
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Patent number: 10250158Abstract: An AC/DC conversion circuit, including: four bidirectional switches forming an H bridge; a capacitor connected between input nodes of the bridge; a capacitor connected between output nodes of the bridge; and a control circuit capable of controlling the bridge alternately to a first configuration where first and second diagonals of the bridge are respectively conductive and non-conductive, and to a second configuration where the first and second diagonals are respectively non-conductive and conductive, the control circuit being capable, during a phase of transition between the first and second configurations, of: turning off the switches of the first diagonal; and for each switch of the second diagonal, turning on the switch only when the voltage thereacross takes a zero value.Type: GrantFiled: January 9, 2018Date of Patent: April 2, 2019Assignee: Commisariat à l'Énergie Atomique et aux Énergies AlternativesInventors: Léo Sterna, Othman Ladhari, Jean-Paul Ferrieux, David Frey, Pierre-Olivier Jeannin
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Patent number: 10172201Abstract: An electronic converter allows a power transfer from an AC voltage source, connected between an input terminal and a common terminal, to a load connected between an output terminal and a reference terminal, the AC voltage including positive alternations interspersed with negative alternations at a first frequency. The converter includes an input inductance connected to the input terminal; an output inductance connected to the output terminal; a storage capacitor between the inductances; a chopper circuit that: in a first state, charges the input inductance via the AC voltage source and discharges the storage capacitance in the output inductance by supplying the load; in a second state, discharges the input inductance in the storage capacitance and discharges the output inductance by supplying the load; and a device for controlling the chopper circuit to activate, during each alternations, consecutive operating cycles at a second frequency higher than the first frequency.Type: GrantFiled: August 30, 2016Date of Patent: January 1, 2019Assignee: COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVESInventors: Pierre Perichon, Othman Ladhari, Léo Sterna
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Publication number: 20180263090Abstract: An electronic converter allows a power transfer from an AC voltage source, connected between an input terminal and a common terminal, to a load connected between an output terminal and a reference terminal, the AC voltage including positive alternations interspersed with negative alternations at a first frequency. The converter includes an input inductance connected to the input terminal; an output inductance connected to the output terminal; a storage capacitor between the inductances; a chopper circuit that: in a first state, charges the input inductance via the AC voltage source and discharges the storage capacitance in the output inductance by supplying the load; in a second state, discharges the input inductance in the storage capacitance and discharges the output inductance by supplying the load; and a device for controlling the chopper circuit to activate, during each alternations, consecutive operating cycles at a second frequency higher than the first frequency.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 30, 2016Publication date: September 13, 2018Applicant: COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVESInventors: Pierre PERICHON, Othman LADHARI, Léo STERNA
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Publication number: 20180198380Abstract: An AC/DC conversion circuit, including: four bidirectional switches forming an H bridge; a capacitor connected between input nodes of the bridge; a capacitor connected between output nodes of the bridge; and a control circuit capable of controlling the bridge alternately to a first configuration where first and second diagonals of the bridge are respectively conductive and non-conductive, and to a second configuration where the first and second diagonals are respectively non-conductive and conductive, the control circuit being capable, during a phase of transition between the first and second configurations, of: turning off the switches of the first diagonal; and for each switch of the second diagonal, turning on the switch only when the voltage thereacross takes a zero value.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 9, 2018Publication date: July 12, 2018Applicant: Commissariat à I'Énergie Atomique et aux Énergies AlternativesInventors: Léo Sterna, Othman Ladhari, Jean-Paul Ferrieux, David Frey, Pierre-Olivier Jeannin
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Publication number: 20180198381Abstract: An AC/DC converter including: an H bridge; an inductance in series with an input of the bridge; an inductance in series with an output of the bridge; and a circuit capable of controlling the bridge alternately to a first configuration where first and second diagonals of the bridge are respectively conductive and non-conductive, and to a second complementary configuration, the circuit being capable, during a phase of transition between the first and second configurations, of: turning on a first switch of the second diagonal; turning off a first switch of the first diagonal when the current flowing through this switch takes a zero value; turning on the second switch of the second diagonal; and turning off the second switch of the first diagonal when the current flowing through this switch takes a zero value.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 9, 2018Publication date: July 12, 2018Applicant: Commissariat à l'Énergie Atomique et aux Énergies AlternativesInventors: Léo Sterna, Othman Ladhari, Jean-Paul Ferrieux, David Frey, Pierre-Olivier Jeannin
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Patent number: 9783077Abstract: A system and corresponding method, including a battery including a plurality of battery modules arranged in series, each module including a switch and a diode arranged in series and connected in parallel to the module. The system further includes a capacitor connected directly by an electrical connection to a point situated between the diode and the switch of each module, and directly to the negative terminal of the battery, and a load connected in parallel to the capacitor, a mechanism controlling each module switch using a pulse width modulation signal having a duty cycle that varies between 0% and 100%.Type: GrantFiled: December 17, 2013Date of Patent: October 10, 2017Assignee: RENAULT s.a.s.Inventors: Othman Ladhari, Remy Thomas, Pierre Perichon, Anh Linh Bui Van
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Publication number: 20160152148Abstract: A method and system manages a load supplied by a converter that is supplied by a battery including modules that can be switched, a capacitor being placed between the battery and the converter. The method includes detecting a switching command, supplying, via the converter, a lower power to the load when the switching command is detected, carrying out the switching, and supplying, via the converter, a normal power to the load when the switching is carried out.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 13, 2014Publication date: June 2, 2016Applicant: RENAULT s.a.sInventors: Othman LADHARI, Anh Linh BUI-VAN
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Publication number: 20150336469Abstract: A system and corresponding method, including a battery including a plurality of battery modules arranged in series, each module including a switch and a diode arranged in series and connected in parallel to the module. The system further includes a capacitor connected directly by an electrical connection to a point situated between the diode and the switch of each module, and directly to the negative terminal of the battery, and a load connected in parallel to the capacitor, a mechanism controlling each module switch using a pulse width modulation signal having a duty cycle that varies between 0% and 100%.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 17, 2013Publication date: November 26, 2015Applicant: RENAULT S.A.S.Inventors: Othman LADHARI, Remy THOMAS, Pierre PERICHON, Anh Linh BUI VAN