Patents by Inventor STEPHEN MILLEN

STEPHEN MILLEN 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).

  • Functional safety in a battery management system
    Patent number: 11677104
    Abstract: In a particular embodiment, a method of functional safety in a battery management system is disclosed that includes: generating, by a module monitoring system of the battery management system, battery sensor data; generating, by the module monitoring system, based on the battery sensor data, integrity data; sending, by the module monitoring system, via a wireless black communication channel to a wireless network controller of the battery management system, the battery sensor data and the integrity data; and sending, by the wireless network controller, to a vehicle control system, the battery sensor data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: SENSATA TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Stephen Millen, Luis Espaillat, Jonathan M. Rigelsford, Jing Deng
  • Hybrid communication between battery sensor nodes of a battery management system
    Patent number: 11153198
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a system for hybrid communication between electronic circuits is disclosed. The system includes a plurality of sensor nodes configured to read data from one or more sensors. The system also includes a master node configured to receive periodic data transmissions from each of the plurality of sensor nodes via a primary transmission medium and a secondary transmission medium, which is different from the primary transmission medium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignee: Sensata Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Arjang Agahi, Philip S. Craig, Jing Deng, Peter J. Tasker, Stephen Millen
  • FUNCTIONAL SAFETY IN A BATTERY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20210242508
    Abstract: In a particular embodiment, a method of functional safety in a battery management system is disclosed that includes: generating, by a module monitoring system of the battery management system, battery sensor data; generating, by the module monitoring system, based on the battery sensor data, integrity data; sending, by the module monitoring system, via a wireless black communication channel to a wireless network controller of the battery management system, the battery sensor data and the integrity data; and sending, by the wireless network controller, to a vehicle control system, the battery sensor data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2020
    Publication date: August 5, 2021
    Inventors: STEPHEN MILLEN, LUIS ESPAILLAT, JONATHAN M. RIGELSFORD, JING DENG
  • HYBRID COMMUNICATION BETWEEN ELECTRONIC CIRCUITS
    Publication number: 20200252328
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a system for hybrid communication between electronic circuits is disclosed. The system includes a plurality of sensor nodes configured to read data from one or more sensors. The system also includes a master node configured to receive periodic data transmissions from each of the plurality of sensor nodes via a primary transmission medium and a secondary transmission medium, which is different from the primary transmission medium.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2019
    Publication date: August 6, 2020
    Inventors: ARJANG AGAHI, PHILIP S. CRAIG, JING DENG, PETER J. TASKER, STEPHEN MILLEN