Patents by Inventor Samuel A. Hanchett

Samuel A. Hanchett 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).

  • Image Processing Architecture For Composite Focal Plane Array (CFPA) Imaging System
    Publication number: 20240163540
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to composite focal plane array (CFPA) imaging systems with techniques and architectures for efficient video data processing and providing video products from such systems.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2023
    Publication date: May 16, 2024
    Inventors: Jonathan Edwards, Daniel George Haas, Samuel Hanchett Henderson, Yiannis Antoniades, David Chester
  • Variable speed motor drive with integrated motor heating systems and methods
    Patent number: 11699972
    Abstract: The present disclosure includes techniques for implementing a variable speed drive (VSD) in an environmental conditioning system to facilitate mitigating or eliminating system faults. The variable speed drive drives a motor during on-cycles and heats motor windings of the motor during off-cycles. The variable speed motor drive includes a rectifier that converts alternative-current (AC) power input to a direct-current (DC) power output, a DC bus that is coupled to the rectifier and includes a DC bus transistor, and an inverter. The DC bus transistor pre-charges a DC capacitor of the DC bus to drive the motor during on-cycles and receives a gate pulse with a duty cycle based on a differential temperature, where the gate pulse heats the motor windings. The inverter receives the gate pulse applied to the DC bus transistor and transmits it a motor winding to prevent moisture on the motor winding.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2023
    Assignee: Johnson Controls Tyco IP Holdings LLP
    Inventor: Samuel A. Hanchett
  • VARIABLE SPEED MOTOR DRIVE WITH INTEGRATED MOTOR HEATING SYSTEMS AND METHODS
    Publication number: 20200067447
    Abstract: The present disclosure includes techniques for implementing a variable speed drive (VSD) in an environmental conditioning system to facilitate mitigating or eliminating system faults. The variable speed drive drives a motor during on-cycles and heats motor windings of the motor during off-cycles. The variable speed motor drive includes a rectifier that converts alternative-current (AC) power input to a direct-current (DC) power output, a DC bus that is coupled to the rectifier and includes a DC bus transistor, and an inverter. The DC bus transistor pre-charges a DC capacitor of the DC bus to drive the motor during on-cycles and receives a gate pulse with a duty cycle based on a differential temperature, where the gate pulse heats the motor windings. The inverter receives the gate pulse applied to the DC bus transistor and transmits it a motor winding to prevent moisture on the motor winding.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2019
    Publication date: February 27, 2020
    Inventor: Samuel A. Hanchett