Patents by Inventor William S. Harrington

William S. Harrington 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: 5736831
    Abstract: In an electric vehicle battery charging system where the batteries of an electric vehicle are charged from an external power source including a battery energy management system which monitors the vehicle batteries and develops a current control command representing the current to be supplied to the vehicle batteries and a controllable charger having a design power limit supplies current under command of the current command at a voltage of the vehicle batteries, a charger power limiting circuit is provided and includes a voltage sensor, and a circuit for modifying the current control command to limit power to be low at least in approximation of the designed power limit of the charger. The current control command modifying circuit modifies the current control command from the BEMS to ensure that the controllable charger will not supply power to the batteries in excess of the controllable chargers design power.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 1996
    Date of Patent: April 7, 1998
    Assignee: Northrop Grumman Corporation
    Inventor: William S. Harrington
  • Patent number: 4316352
    Abstract: Frame comprised of I-beam verticals linked by spaced horizontals, fillers serving to separate the horizontals. Assembly involves inserting the horizontals within facing I-beam channels and separating said horizontals by fillers snapped into the I-beam channels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 1980
    Date of Patent: February 23, 1982
    Inventors: William S. Harrington, Richard T. Farley