Patents by Inventor Rien William O'Steen

Rien William O'Steen 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).

  • Power conversion system and an associated method thereof
    Patent number: 10811985
    Abstract: A system including a converter is disclosed. The converter includes a first switch having one or more first controllable switches coupled in parallel across at least one diode. A first controlling unit is operatively coupled to the converter. The first controlling unit is configured to determine a temperature of the one or more first controllable switches. The first controlling unit is further configured to compare the determined temperature of the one or more first controllable switches with a transition temperature at which a first power loss of the one or more first controllable switches is equal to a second power loss of the at least one diode and control a switching state of the one or more first controllable switches based on the comparison of the determined temperature with the transition temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Prashanth Manikumar Chennamsetty, Rien William O'Steen, Pradeep Vijayan, Arvind Kumar Tiwari
  • POWER CONVERSION SYSTEM AND AN ASSOCIATED METHOD THEREOF
    Publication number: 20190181768
    Abstract: A system including a converter is disclosed. The converter includes a first switch having one or more first controllable switches coupled in parallel across at least one diode. A first controlling unit is operatively coupled to the converter. The first controlling unit is configured to determine a temperature of the one or more first controllable switches. The first controlling unit is further configured to compare the determined temperature of the one or more first controllable switches with a transition temperature at which a first power loss of the one or more first controllable switches is equal to a second power loss of the at least one diode and control a switching state of the one or more first controllable switches based on the comparison of the determined temperature with the transition temperature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2017
    Publication date: June 13, 2019
    Inventors: Prashanth Manikumar Chennamsetty, Rien William O'Steen, Pradeep Vijayan, Arvind Kumar Tiwari