Patents by Inventor Sarah Downing

Sarah Downing 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).

  • Publication number: 20250067203
    Abstract: A system includes prime mover structured to generate power for a mobile vehicle; a power converter structured to receive a portion of the generated power, and to provide configured electrical power to an electric heater device configured to selectively heat an exhaust fluid of the prime mover; at least one aftertreatment component positioned downstream of the electric heater device, and configured to treat at least one constituent of the exhaust fluid; and a controller, including: an operating conditions circuit structured to interpret an operating parameter of at least one of the power converter, the electric heater device, or the exhaust fluid; an aftertreatment diagnostic circuit structured to determine a component diagnostic value in response to the operating parameter; and an emissions reporting circuit structured to transmit an emissions description in response to the component diagnostic value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2024
    Publication date: February 27, 2025
    Inventors: Thomas Joseph Stoltz, Viken Rafi Yeranosian, Sarah Elizabeth Behringer, Elizabeth Jane Mercer, Nicole Downing, James E. McCarthy, JR.
  • Publication number: 20250067204
    Abstract: An aftertreatment system of a vehicle includes an electric heater device; a power converter structured to provide power to the electric heater device, the power converter including at least one phase converter, each phase converter including: a first plurality of switching devices coupled together in parallel; and a second plurality of switching devices coupled together in parallel, wherein the second plurality of switching devices is coupled in series with the first plurality of switching devices, and wherein a number of the first plurality of switching devices is different from a number of the second plurality of switching devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2024
    Publication date: February 27, 2025
    Inventors: Thomas Joseph Stoltz, Viken Rafi Yeranosian, Sarah Elizabeth Behringer, Elizabeth Jane Mercer, Nicole Downing, James E. McCarthy, JR.
  • Publication number: 20250067205
    Abstract: An aftertreatment system of a vehicle includes an electric heater device; a converter structured to provide power to the electric heater device; and a monitoring system including: a current measuring device structured to measure an input current at an input terminal of the converter; and a controller structured to determine an output current at an output terminal of the converter based at least on the input current measured at the input terminal and an operation condition of the converter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2024
    Publication date: February 27, 2025
    Inventors: Thomas Joseph Stoltz, Viken Rafi Yeranosian, Sarah Elizabeth Behringer, Elizabeth Jane Mercer, Nicole Downing, James E. McCarthy, JR.
  • Patent number: 12227077
    Abstract: An example system includes a motor/generator selectively coupled to a drive line of a vehicle, and configured to selectively modulate power transfer between an electrical load and the drive line; a battery pack; a DC/DC converter electrically interposed between the motor/generator and the electrical load, and between the battery pack and the electrical load; a covering tray positioned over a plurality of batteries of the battery pack, the covering tray comprising a connectivity layer that has a charging circuit allowing each of the plurality of batteries to be discharged individually; a plurality of battery microcontrollers, each of the plurality of battery microcontrollers associated with a corresponding one of a plurality of batteries of the battery pack; and a primary DC/DC controller configured to command operations of the DC/DC converter; wherein the plurality of battery microcontrollers are operationally coupled to the primary DC/DC controller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2024
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2025
    Assignee: EATON INTELLIGENT POWER LIMITED
    Inventors: Thomas Joseph Stoltz, Matthew Richard Busdiecker, Sarah Elizabeth Behringer, Elizabeth Jane Mercer, Viken Rafi Yeranosian, Glenn Clark Fortune, Lesley Earl Candler, Nicole Downing
  • Publication number: 20240368642
    Abstract: A molecular manufacturing process includes contacting a platform molecule with (i) a biocatalyst and (ii) a chemical catalyst under conditions suitable to produce a value-added chemical.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2022
    Publication date: November 7, 2024
    Applicant: Solugen, Inc.
    Inventors: Toni M. Lee, Brian F. Fisher, Philipp Wiemann, Gaurab Chakrabarti, Peter Nguyen, Kevin Loftis, Shuai Qian, Konrad Miller, Hans-Joerg Woelk, Sarah Downing, David Weiner, Danielle Fair, Sean Hunt
  • Publication number: 20230121990
    Abstract: A chemoenzymatic process for the preparation of an oxidized glucose product comprising contacting D-glucose with an enzyme selected from the group consisting essentially of galactose oxidase (GAO), glucose oxidase (GOX), polysaccharide monooxygenase, catalase, animal peroxidase, periplasmic aldehyde oxidase (Pao), unspecific peroxygenase (UPO), lactoperoxidase (LPO), myeloperoxidase (MPO), eosinophil peroxidase (EPO), thyroid peroxidase (TPO), ovoperoxidase, salivary peroxidase, vanadium haloperoxidase, non-mammalian vertebrate peroxidase (POX), peroxidasin (Pxd), bacterial peroxicin (Pxc), invertebrate peroxinectin (Pxt), short peroxidockerin (PxDo), alpha-dioxygenase (aDox), dual oxidase (DuOx), prostaglandin H synthase (PGHS), cyclooxygenase (CyOx), linoleate diol synthase (LDS), variants thereof, and combinations thereof under conditions suitable for the formation of an oxidized intermediate; and contacting the oxidized intermediate with a metal catalyst to form an oxidized glucose product.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2021
    Publication date: April 20, 2023
    Applicant: Solugen, Inc.
    Inventors: Toni M. Lee, Shuai Qian, Brian F. Fisher, Sarah Downing, Gaurab Chakrabarti, Sean Hunt