Patents by Inventor Torbjørn SØRBY

Torbjørn SØRBY 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).

  • ONE-HOP EXTENSION
    Publication number: 20240140254
    Abstract: A vehicular battery management system (BMS) comprises a battery controller, a set of battery cells, a primary network node coupled to the battery controller, and a secondary network node coupled to the set of battery cells. The primary and secondary network nodes are configured to wirelessly communicate with each other using frames that share a common frame format. The frame format includes one or more bits and a status of the one or more bits indicates whether the secondary network node is to communicate with the primary network node on behalf of another secondary network node.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2024
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Inventors: Ariton E. XHAFA, Torbjørn SØRBY, Minghua FU, Jesus Daniel TORRES BARDALES, Ramanuja VEDANTHAM, Alexis Justine BURNIGHT, Archanaa SANTHANA KRISHNAN
  • Wireless protocol for battery management
    Patent number: 11872905
    Abstract: A vehicular battery management system (BMS) comprises a battery controller, a set of battery cells, a primary network node coupled to the battery controller, and a secondary network node coupled to the set of battery cells. The primary and secondary network nodes are configured to wirelessly communicate with each other using frames that share a common frame format. The frame format includes one or more bits and a status of the one or more bits indicates whether the secondary network node is to communicate with the primary network node on behalf of another secondary network node.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: Texas Instruments Incorporated
    Inventors: Ariton E. Xhafa, Torbjørn Sørby, Minghua Fu, Jesus Daniel Torres Bardales, Ramanuja Vedantham, Alexis Justine Burnight, Archanaa Santhana Krishnan
  • WIRELESS PROTOCOL FOR BATTERY MANAGEMENT
    Publication number: 20220332213
    Abstract: A vehicular battery management system (BMS) comprises a battery controller, a set of battery cells, a primary network node coupled to the battery controller, and a secondary network node coupled to the set of battery cells. The primary and secondary network nodes are configured to wirelessly communicate with each other using frames that share a common frame format. The frame format includes one or more bits and a status of the one or more bits indicates whether the secondary network node is to communicate with the primary network node on behalf of another secondary network node.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2021
    Publication date: October 20, 2022
    Inventors: Ariton E. XHAFA, Torbjørn SØRBY, Minghua FU, Jesus Daniel TORRES BARDALES, Ramanuja VEDANTHAM, Alexis Justine BURNIGHT, Archanaa SANTHANA KRISHNAN