Patents by Inventor Victor A. Noel

Victor A. Noel 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).

  • Dual zone discharge of rechargeable batteries
    Patent number: 11553267
    Abstract: The technology described in this document can be embodied in a method of using a silver-zinc rechargeable battery to power a device. The method includes drawing, in a first mode of operation of a power management circuit, a first current from the battery to power the device. The first current is selected such that a target percentage of a capacity of the battery is discharged in a predetermined time of use of the device. The method also includes switching to a second mode of operation after the target percentage of the capacity of the battery is discharged. In the second mode of operation, a second current is drawn from the battery, wherein the second current is less than the first current. The method further includes powering the device using the second current.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: Bose Corporation
    Inventors: Lifun Lin, Daniel K. Lee, Stephen P. Darbin, David E. Thomas, Victor A. Noel
  • DUAL ZONE DISCHARGE OF RECHARGEABLE BATTERIES
    Publication number: 20200007972
    Abstract: The technology described in this document can be embodied in a method of using a silver-zinc rechargeable battery to power a device. The method includes drawing, in a first mode of operation of a power management circuit, a first current from the battery to power the device. The first current is selected such that a target percentage of a capacity of the battery is discharged in a predetermined time of use of the device. The method also includes switching to a second mode of operation after the target percentage of the capacity of the battery is discharged. In the second mode of operation, a second current is drawn from the battery, wherein the second current is less than the first current. The method further includes powering the device using the second current.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2019
    Publication date: January 2, 2020
    Inventors: Lifun Lin, Daniel K. Lee, Stephen P. Darbin, David E. Thomas, Victor A. Noel
  • Dual zone discharge of rechargeable batteries
    Patent number: 10448137
    Abstract: The technology described in this document can be embodied in a method of using a silver-zinc rechargeable battery to power a device. The method includes drawing, in a first mode of operation of a power management circuit, a first current from the battery to power the device. The first current is selected such that a target percentage of a capacity of the battery is discharged in a predetermined time of use of the device. The method also includes switching to a second mode of operation after the target percentage of the capacity of the battery is discharged. In the second mode of operation, a second current is drawn from the battery, wherein the second current is less than the first current. The method further includes powering the device using the second current.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2019
    Assignee: Bose Corporation
    Inventors: Lifun Lin, Daniel Lee, Stephen P. Darbin, David E. Thomas, Victor A. Noel