Patents by Inventor Wayne Chen

Wayne Chen 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).

  • Publication number: 20170012478
    Abstract: A wireless power transfer foreign object detector having, at least one secondary receiver coil, an adjustable load electrically coupled to the at least one secondary receiver coil, and at least one temperature sensor providing at least one temperature detection signal, wherein the at least one temperature sensor responsive to at least one thermal state of the at least one secondary receiver coil, and wherein foreign object detection is based at least in part upon the at least one temperature detection signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 15, 2016
    Publication date: January 12, 2017
    Inventors: Ross E. Teggatz, Amer Atrash, Wayne Chen, Jonathan Knight
  • Publication number: 20170005526
    Abstract: Coupled inductor systems are disclosed in which transmitter and receiver inductors, or coils, are coupled in a configuration for wirelessly transferring power and/or data among them. In preferred implementations, the systems are used for transmitting both power and data in pairs of coupled coils. Primary side circuits in preferred embodiments of the systems of the invention employ Class D or Class G amplifiers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2016
    Publication date: January 5, 2017
    Inventors: Ross E. Teggatz, Amer Atrash, Wayne Chen
  • Publication number: 20160352224
    Abstract: The invention provides advances in the arts with useful and novel driver methods. The invention provides circuit driver and control methods for relatively high-current drivers, usable with relatively low-voltage battery power sources. Preferred embodiments include one or more high series resistance capacitors electrically connected with a power source. A low resistance driver circuit regulates power supplied from the capacitors to the load.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2016
    Publication date: December 1, 2016
    Inventors: Ross E. Teggatz, Wayne Chen, Amer Atrash, Brett Smith, Narasimhan Trichy, James Kohout, Jonathan R. Knight
  • Publication number: 20160268584
    Abstract: A current interrupt device, method thereof, and battery assembly suitable for reducing the likelihood of an overcharge of the battery. The battery assembly includes a busbar electrically connecting an anode of a first battery cell and a cathode of a second battery cell of the battery assembly. The busbar is configured to interrupt the flow of electrical current between the anode and cathode in response to a mechanical impact load, for example an automobile crash.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2016
    Publication date: September 15, 2016
    Inventors: Waterloo Tsutsui, Hangjie Liao, Thomas Heinrich Siegmund, Weinong Wayne Chen
  • Patent number: 9444517
    Abstract: Coupled inductor systems are disclosed in which transmitter and receiver inductors, or coils, are coupled in a configuration for wirelessly transferring power and/or data among them. In preferred implementations, the systems are used for transmitting both power and data in pairs of coupled coils. Primary side circuits in preferred embodiments of the systems of the invention employ Class D or Class G amplifiers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2016
    Assignee: TRIUNE SYSTEMS, LLC
    Inventors: Ross Teggatz, Wayne Chen, Amer Atrash
  • Patent number: 9417199
    Abstract: A wireless power transfer foreign object detector having, at least one secondary receiver coil, an adjustable load electrically coupled to the at least one secondary receiver coil, and at least one temperature sensor providing at least one temperature detection signal, wherein the at least one temperature sensor is responsive to at least one thermal state of the at least one secondary receiver coil, and wherein foreign object detection is based at least in part upon the at least one temperature detection signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2016
    Assignee: TRIUNE SYSTEMS, LLC
    Inventors: Ross E. Teggatz, Amer Atrash, Wayne Chen, Jonathan Knight
  • Patent number: 9413237
    Abstract: The invention provides advances in the arts with useful and novel driver methods. The invention provides circuit driver and control methods for relatively high-current drivers, usable with relatively low-voltage battery power sources. Preferred embodiments include one or more high series resistance capacitors electrically connected with a power source. A low resistance driver circuit regulates power supplied from the capacitors to the load.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2016
    Assignee: TRIUNE SYSTEMS, LLC
    Inventors: Ross E. Teggatz, Wayne Chen, Amer Atrash, Brett Smith, Narasimhan Trichy, James Kohout, Jonathan R. Knight
  • Publication number: 20160214973
    Abstract: The present invention provides compounds having store overload-induced Ca2+ release (SOICR) inhibitory activity and methods for producing and using the same. In particular, compounds of the invention is of the formula: R1—X1-L-X2—R2, wherein R1, X1, L, X2, and R2 are those defined herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2014
    Publication date: July 28, 2016
    Applicant: UTI Limited Partnership
    Inventors: Tom Back, Wayne Chen, Chris Smith, Dawei Jiang
  • Publication number: 20160134191
    Abstract: The disclosed invention provides examples of preferred embodiments including systems for harvesting energy from variable output energy harvesting apparatus. The systems include energy harvesting apparatus for providing energy input to a switched mode power supply and a control loop for dynamically adjusting energy harvesting apparatus input to the switched mode power supply, whereby system output power is substantially optimized to the practical. Exemplary embodiments of the invention include systems for harvesting energy using solar cells in boost, buck, and buck-boost configurations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2015
    Publication date: May 12, 2016
    Inventors: Ross Teggatz, Wayne Chen, Brett Smith, Eric Blackall
  • Publication number: 20160105115
    Abstract: An AC to DC converter system is disclosed in which a conversion circuit for converting an AC input signal to a DC output signal is operably coupled with an enabling circuit designed for sensing and output parameter indicative of the presence or absence of a load at the DC output. The system is designed so that the conversion circuit operates in an inactive standby state when there is no load, and in an active state for supplying DC power when a load is present. The enabling circuit is configured to operate using low power.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2015
    Publication date: April 14, 2016
    Inventors: Ross E. Teggatz, Brett Smith, Amer Atrash, Wayne Chen
  • Publication number: 20160047861
    Abstract: A system for authenticating a rechargeable battery and for detecting counterfeit batteries includes battery characteristics detection circuitry and a battery. Battery characteristics detection circuitry performs an authentication routine on the battery such that battery characteristics of the battery are measured. Battery characteristics include state of health, state of charge, internal resistance, relaxation time, and impedance. The battery is validated by comparing the battery characteristics to validation parameters provided by a manufacturer. If battery characteristics are within ranges of the validation parameters, then the battery is authenticated as originating from a particular manufacturer or batch. If validation fails, then the device is disabled or protected. In one example, validation parameters are stored and compared locally on a device. In another example, the device communicates battery characteristics to a remote entity that performs the validation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2015
    Publication date: February 18, 2016
    Inventors: Wayne Chen, Lawrence Blackledge
  • Patent number: 9214867
    Abstract: An AC to DC converter system is disclosed in which a conversion circuit for converting an AC input signal to a DC output signal is operably coupled with an enabling circuit designed for sensing and output parameter indicative of the presence or absence of a load at the DC output. The system is designed so that the conversion circuit operates in an inactive standby state when there is no load, and in an active state for supplying DC power when a load is present. The enabling circuit is configured to operate using low power.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2015
    Assignee: TRIUNE SYSTEMS, LLC
    Inventors: Ross Teggatz, Brett Smith, Amer Atrash, Wayne Chen
  • Publication number: 20150326118
    Abstract: The invention provides advances in the arts with useful and novel driver methods. The invention provides circuit driver and control methods for relatively high-current drivers, usable with relatively low-voltage battery power sources. Preferred embodiments include one or more high series resistance capacitors electrically connected with a power source. A low resistance driver circuit regulates power supplied from the capacitors to the load.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2015
    Publication date: November 12, 2015
    Inventors: Ross E. Teggatz, Wayne Chen, Amer Atrash, Brett Smith, Narasimhan Trichy, James Kohout, Jonathan R. Knight
  • Patent number: 9089029
    Abstract: The invention provides advances in the arts with useful and novel driver methods. The invention provides circuit driver and control methods for relatively high-current drivers, usable with relatively low-voltage battery power sources. Preferred embodiments include one or more high series resistance capacitors electrically connected with a power source. A low resistance driver circuit regulates power supplied from the capacitors to the load.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2015
    Assignee: TRIUNE SYSTEMS, LLC
    Inventors: Ross Teggatz, Wayne Chen, Amer Atrash, Brett Smith, Narasimhan Trichy, James Kohout, Jonathan Knight
  • Publication number: 20150171758
    Abstract: An AC to DC converter system is disclosed in which a conversion circuit for converting an AC input signal to a DC output signal is operably coupled with a communication circuit designed for sensing output indicative of the presence or absence of a load at the DC output. The system is designed so that the conversion circuit operates in an inactive standby state when there is no load, and in an active state for supplying DC power when a load is present. The system is configured to operate using ultra-low power.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2015
    Publication date: June 18, 2015
    Inventors: Amer Atrash, Wayne Chen, Ross E. Teggatz, Brett Smith
  • Publication number: 20150155534
    Abstract: Battery enclosure arrangements for a vehicular battery system. The arrangements, capable of impact resistance include plurality of battery cells and a plurality of kinetic energy absorbing elements. The arrangements further include a frame configured to encase the plurality of the kinetic energy absorbing elements and the battery cells. In some arrangements the frame and/or the kinetic energy absorbing elements can be made of topologically interlocked materials.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 24, 2014
    Publication date: June 4, 2015
    Applicant: PURDUE RESEARCH FOUNDATION
    Inventors: Waterloo Tsutsui, Yuezhong Feng, Weinong Wayne Chen, Thomas Heinrich Siegmund
  • Patent number: 8964418
    Abstract: An AC to DC converter system is disclosed in which a conversion circuit for converting an AC input signal to a DC output signal is operably coupled with a communication circuit designed for sensing output indicative of the presence or absence of a load at the DC output. The system is designed so that the conversion circuit operates in an inactive standby state when there is no load, and in an active state for supplying DC power when a load is present. The system is configured to operate using ultra-low power.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2015
    Inventors: Amer Atrash, Wayne Chen, Ross Teggatz, Brett Smith
  • Publication number: 20140211514
    Abstract: An AC to DC converter system is disclosed in which a conversion circuit for converting an AC input signal to a DC output signal is operably coupled with an enabling circuit designed for sensing and output parameter indicative of the presence or absence of a load at the DC output. The system is designed so that the conversion circuit operates in an inactive standby state when there is no load, and in an active state for supplying DC power when a load is present. The enabling circuit is configured to operate using low power.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2014
    Publication date: July 31, 2014
    Applicant: Triune IP LLC
    Inventors: Ross Teggatz, Brett Smith, Amer Atrash, Wayne Chen
  • Patent number: 8703804
    Abstract: The present invention provides novel ryanodine receptor type 2 (RyR2) inhibitors and methods of their use in the treatment of cardiac conditions. In general, the RyR2 inhibitors of the present invention assist in the normalization of intracellular calcium homeostasis. In certain embodiments, the RyR2 inhibitors are store-overload-induced Ca2+ release (SOICR) inhibitors that minimally inhibit or do not inhibit Ca2+-induced Ca2+ release (CICR), thereby providing beneficial effects in cardiac therapy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2014
    Assignee: UTI Limited Partnership
    Inventors: S. R. Wayne Chen, Thomas G. Back, Dawei Jiang, Kannan Vembaiyan
  • Patent number: 8704450
    Abstract: The invention provides integrated power supplies, circuit drivers, and control methods for relatively high-current drivers, usable with common battery power sources. Preferred embodiments include one or more high series resistance super-capacitors electrically connected with a power. A low resistance driver circuit regulates power supplied from the super-capacitors to the load.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2014
    Assignee: Triune IP, LLC
    Inventors: Wayne Chen, Jonathan Knight, Ross Teggatz, Brett Smith, Trichy Narasimhan