Patents by Inventor Timothy K. Quakenbush

Timothy K. Quakenbush 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).

  • Patent number: 10637390
    Abstract: Motor driver systems and methods with relatively low electromagnetic interference characteristics are provided. The system includes a motor or other capacitive load with single or multiple phases. Each phase of the motor is connected to a motor phase controller. Each motor phase controller includes a first voltage control loop, a second voltage control loop, and a current control loop. The first and second voltage control loops are nested within the current control loop. The voltage control loops can be configured to control a resonance peak in a frequency response of the motor, while the current control loop can be configured to control a notch in a frequency response of the motor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2020
    Assignee: Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp.
    Inventors: Timothy K. Quakenbush, Cameron L. Mock
  • Patent number: 9746665
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure include an actuator for steering mirrors with low magnetic hysteresis losses at high frequencies, with a fast step response, and without excessive heating of the steering mirror. Various embodiments of the actuator include two stators (a left stator and a right stator or an inner stator and an outer stator) and a rotor positioned between the stators. Each stator has a core assembly with one or more cores, two or more legs, and two or more faces positioned proximate to the rotor. The two or more legs are separated from one another by portions of the one or more coils. The rotor includes a core and a plurality of magnets, where each magnet has a face positioned proximate to the faces of one core assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2017
    Assignee: Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp.
    Inventor: Timothy K. Quakenbush
  • Patent number: 9354422
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure include an actuator for steering mirrors with low magnetic hysteresis losses at high frequencies, with a fast step response, and without excessive heating of the steering mirror. Various embodiments of the actuator include two stators (a left stator and a right stator or an inner stator and an outer stator) and a rotor positioned between the stators. Each stator has a core assembly with one or more cores, two or more legs, and two or more faces positioned proximate to the rotor. The two or more legs are separated from one another by portions of the one or more coils. The rotor includes a core and a plurality of magnets, where each magnet has a face positioned proximate to the faces of one core assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2016
    Assignee: Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp.
    Inventor: Timothy K. Quakenbush