Patents by Inventor Trevor Anthony Smith

Trevor Anthony Smith 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).

  • Control circuit
    Patent number: 7042197
    Abstract: A control circuit (101) is configured for use with a load in the form of hardware (102) of a laptop computer (103). Circuit (101) includes input terminals (105, 106) for electrically connecting with respective terminals (107, 108) of a battery pack (109). The battery pack (109) supplies a battery current and has a predetermined maximum operational current. Circuit (101) also includes output terminals (111, 112) for electrically connecting in parallel hardware (102) and a supercapacitor (113). A controller (115) is disposed between the input and the output terminals for allowing the battery to transfer energy to hardware (102) and supercapacitor (113) while maintaining the battery current at less than the predetermined maximum operational current.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2006
    Assignee: Energy Storage Systems PTO LTD
    Inventors: Geoffrey Alan Turner, Trevor Anthony Smith
  • Control circuit
    Publication number: 20040263127
    Abstract: A control circuit (101) is configured for use with a load in the form of hardware (102) of a laptop computer (103). Circuit (101) includes input terminals (105, 106) for electrically connecting with respective terminals (107, 108) of a battery pack (109). The battery pack (109) supplies a battery current and has a predetermined maximum operational current. Circuit (101) also includes output terminals (111, 112) for electrically connecting in parallel hardware (102) and a supercapacitor (113). A controller (115) is disposed between the input and the output terminals for allowing the battery to transfer energy to hardware (102) and supercapacitor (113) while maintaining the battery current at less than the predetermined maximum operational current.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2004
    Publication date: December 30, 2004
    Inventors: Geoffrey Alan Turner, Trevor Anthony Smith