Patents by Inventor Spencer Trapp

Spencer Trapp 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).

  • Methods and systems for managing an electrical connection between a power regulating device and an energy storage device included in a vehicle
    Patent number: 9969343
    Abstract: Methods and systems for managing an electrical connection between a power regulating device included in a vehicle and an energy storage device included in the vehicle. One system includes an electronic processor configured to compare a first acceleration of the vehicle to a first threshold and generate a first output representing whether the first acceleration exceeds the first threshold. The electronic processor is also configured to compare a second acceleration of the vehicle to a second threshold and generate a second output representing whether the second acceleration exceeds the second threshold. The electronic processor is further configured to output a signal to disconnect the power regulating device from at least one energy storage device include in the vehicle when the first output represents that the first acceleration exceeds the first threshold and the second output represents that the second acceleration exceeds the second threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2018
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Spencer Trapp, Gunther Lang, Krishnadev Kumar
  • METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR MANAGING AN ELECTRICAL CONNECTION BETWEEN A POWER REGULATING DEVICE AND AN ENERGY STORAGE DEVICE INCLUDED IN A VEHICLE
    Publication number: 20170021789
    Abstract: Methods and systems for managing an electrical connection between a power regulating device included in a vehicle and an energy storage device included in the vehicle. One system includes an electronic processor configured to compare a first acceleration of the vehicle to a first threshold and generate a first output representing whether the first acceleration exceeds the first threshold. The electronic processor is also configured to compare a second acceleration of the vehicle to a second threshold and generate a second output representing whether the second acceleration exceeds the second threshold. The electronic processor is further configured to output a signal to disconnect the power regulating device from at least one energy storage device include in the vehicle when the first output represents that the first acceleration exceeds the first threshold and the second output represents that the second acceleration exceeds the second threshold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2015
    Publication date: January 26, 2017
    Inventors: Spencer Trapp, Gunther Lang, Krishnadev Kumar