Patents by Inventor Robert John Secor

Robert John Secor 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).

  • Lithium-ion cell voltage telemetry circuit
    Patent number: 6717391
    Abstract: A battery is a collection of cells place in series, parallel, or both. A telemetry circuit is presented for determining the individual voltage of each cell making up a battery. This device uses a high voltage isolation circuit to isolate each cell from the remainder of the measuring circuitry. This is to ensure precision cell voltage measurements are made even at high common-mode voltages. This is an inherent problem for high voltage battery telemetry designs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2004
    Assignee: Lockheed Martin Corporation
    Inventors: Frank Andrew Linkowsky, WojCiech Jaklik, Robert John Secor
  • Lithium-ion cell voltage telemetry circuit
    Publication number: 20030189421
    Abstract: A battery is a collection of cells place in series, parallel, or both. A telemetry circuit is presented for determining the individual voltage of each cell making up a battery. This device uses a high voltage isolation circuit to isolate each cell from the remainder of the measuring circuitry. This is to ensure precision cell voltage measurements are made even at high common-mode voltages. This is an inherent problem for high voltage battery telemetry designs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2002
    Publication date: October 9, 2003
    Inventors: Frank Andrew Linkowsky, WojCiech Jaklik, Robert John Secor