Storage Battery Or Accumulator Patents (Class 307/66)
  • Patent number: 12103429
    Abstract: A method and a system for a high-voltage (HV) battery pack having multiple rechargeable energy storage devices (RESSs) that are connectable to an external load via a power bus via a pre-charge circuit in parallel with a first electrical contactor. The RESSs are monitored via current sensors. The current sensors monitor current levels between the RESSs and the power bus, detect a low current level from one of the current sensors, identify one of the RESSs associated with the low current level, activate the respective pre-charge circuit, monitor the electrical current, and determine a state of the respective first electrical contactor based upon the electrical current.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2024
    Assignee: GM Global Technology Operations LLC
    Inventors: James C. Gibbs, Anthony H. Heap
  • Patent number: 12107439
    Abstract: A wireless charging transmitting circuit and a wireless charging method are provided. The wireless charging transmitting circuit includes: a power input interface; a voltage regulator circuit, where one end is connected to the power input interface, and the other end is separately connected to a first input end of a first inverter circuit and a first input end of a second inverter circuit; a first transmit coil; a second transmit coil, connected to an output end of the second inverter circuit; and a charging control circuit, configured to: when there is a receive coil in each of a charging range of the first transmit coil and a charging range of the second transmit coil, control the first transmit coil and the second transmit coil to simultaneously perform charging, or control the first transmit coil and the second transmit coil to alternately perform charging.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2024
    Assignee: VIVO MOBILE COMMUNICATION CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Wencheng Zhang
  • Patent number: 12100949
    Abstract: An AC line voltage detection circuit includes an AC sense circuit, a power supply control circuit, and a power supply hold-up circuit. The AC sense circuit is configured to generate a signal to a processor and to the power supply control circuit in response to sensing an absence of AC line voltage. The power supply control circuit is configured to generate a control signal to a power supply that provides power to the processor to shut down the power supply. The processor is configured generate a signal to the power supply hold-up circuit configured to generate a signal to the power supply control circuit to prevent shut down of the power supply. The power supply hold-up circuit signal overrides the AC sense circuit signal. The processor is further configured to generate a subsequent signal to the power supply hold-up circuit to permit shut down of the power supply.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2024
    Assignee: Landis+Gyr Technology, Inc.
    Inventor: Doug Busekrus
  • Patent number: 12095292
    Abstract: A battery charging apparatus includes a battery charger having a housing and a battery mount plate for charging the battery. A contact block of the battery mount plate includes an electrical terminal configured to provide a charging voltage to the battery. The battery can operate in a first state in which the battery delivers a first delivery voltage or in a second state in which the battery delivers a second and higher delivery voltage. The battery can be charged in the first state or the second state. The battery charger switches the battery between the first state and the second state in which power is provided to the battery through the electrical terminal at the second and higher charging voltage to charge the battery.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2024
    Inventor: Ross Kanarek
  • Patent number: 12088132
    Abstract: Systems and methods for extending battery backup power to an electrical substation include or utilize a latching direct current contactor having a current input and a current output, and a controller configured to monitor all alternating current inputs to an electrical substation, and to trip the latching direct current contactor when all alternating current inputs and auxiliary power to the electrical substation are dead, whereby direct current does not flow through the latching direct current contactor when supplied loads in the substation, such as relaying and communications, are not needed, and to close the latching direct current contactor when at least one alternating current input or auxiliary power is live, whereby direct current flows through the latching direct current contactor when the direct current supplied loads are needed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2024
    Inventors: Gerald Robert Callison, Sebastien Christophe Billaut
  • Patent number: 12081204
    Abstract: A power switch device includes a first terminal intended to be connected to a source of a first supply potential, a second terminal configured to supply a second potential, and a third terminal intended to be connected to a second source of a third supply potential. The device includes a first PMOS transistor having a source connected to the second terminal and a drain connected to the third terminal, a second PMOS transistor having a source connected to the second terminal, and a third PMOS transistor having a source connected to the first terminal and a drain connected to the drain of the second transistor. A control circuit generates gate control signals to control operation of the first, second and third PMOS transistors dependent on the first, second, and third supply potentials.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2024
    Assignee: STMicroelectronics (Rousset) SAS
    Inventor: Laurent Lopez
  • Patent number: 12071086
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an on-board electrical network for a motor vehicle. The motor vehicle comprises a battery cell unit configured as a so-called SmartCell. The on-board electrical network also comprises a controller for operating the battery cell unit. In order to be able to be supplied with electric energy, the controller comprises a supply connection for supplying a supply voltage. The supply voltage is usually supplied by an energy supply device of the on-board electrical network, which is coupled to the controller via a first connection line. In order to allow for a redundant energy supply for the controller, a second connection line is provided in addition to the first connection line, via which a battery cell of the respective battery cell unit is coupled to the supply connection. The supply voltage can thus be supplied either via the first connection line or via the second connection line on the basis of an operating state of the energy supply device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2024
    Assignee: AUDI AG
    Inventor: Daniel Ruppert
  • Patent number: 12074473
    Abstract: A changeover device for selectively supplying power to at least one load from a grid or a bidirectional inverter includes an input having a grid neutral conductor connection and a grid phase conductor connection for connection to the grid. The changeover device further includes a first output having an inverter neutral conductor connection and an inverter phase conductor connection for connecting the bidirectional inverter, a second output having a load neutral conductor connection and a load phase conductor connection for connecting the load and a switching circuit, the actuator of which is connected to an actuator input of the changeover device. The switching circuit includes a first and a second normally closed contact and a normally open contact that are connected in an interconnection to the grid phase conductor connection, the inverter phase conductor connection, and the load phase conductor connection. An associated method is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2024
    Assignee: SMA Solar Technology AG
    Inventor: Claus Allert
  • Patent number: 12074471
    Abstract: An uninterruptible power supply (UPS) includes an energy routing circuit coupled to a grid and an energy storage device and configured to selectively provide energy to a first load from the grid and the energy storage device based on a state of the grid. The UPS further includes a controller configured to control the energy routing circuit and to implement a first UPS node configured to establish and execute a first smart contract for energy exchange with a first consumer node associated with the first load and at least one second smart contract for energy exchange with at least one of a grid node associated with the grid and a second consumer node associated with a second load coupled to the grid via a second UPS.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2024
    Assignee: Eaton Intelligent Power Limited
    Inventors: James Edwin Martin, James Michael Andrew Queen
  • Patent number: 12065053
    Abstract: This disclosure presents a portable load bank apparatus, system, method of control, and method of manufacture. A portable load bank apparatus may comprise one or more of a vehicle, a load bank, a set of batteries, a set of battery chargers, one or more processors, and/or other components. The load bank may be configured to perform a load test of an external power source. The processor(s) may be configured to cause one or more battery chargers in the set of battery chargers to direct an amount of a power output received by the load bank from the external power source to the set of batteries. The set of batteries may be used to provide electrical energy to one or more of an electric motor of the vehicle, one or more other electric vehicle, and/or other sources that may need electrical energy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2023
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2024
    Inventor: Shelby Kenneth Campbell Tyne
  • Patent number: 12062918
    Abstract: A direct current (DC) bus voltage from a combined output of a plurality of DC power modules is controlled based on an alternating current (AC) voltage of a power grid. The DC bus voltage tracks the AC grid voltage to provide efficient conversion between the DC power sources and the AC grid, even when the amplitude of the AC grid voltage varies. In one example, a variable reference voltage is generated based on a detected AC grid voltage. The reference voltage increases and decreases in proportion to increases and decreases in the AC grid voltage. In this manner, large differences between the bus voltage and the grid voltage are avoided. By closely tracking the two voltages, efficiency in the modulation index for power conversion can be achieved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2024
    Assignee: Huawei Digital Power Technologies Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Xiaolin Mao, Heping Dai, Huibin Zhu, Dianbo Fu
  • Patent number: 12062943
    Abstract: An Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS) including an input configured to receive input AC power having an input AC voltage, a backup power input configured to be coupled to a backup power source and to provide DC power to the backup power source for charging, a positive DC bus and a negative DC bus, the positive and negative DC busses being galvanically coupled to the backup power input, and a converter coupled to the input, the backup power input, and the positive and negative DC busses, the converter including a first inductor, a second inductor, a first converter switch configured to couple the first inductor to a neutral connection, a second converter switch configured to couple the second inductor to the positive DC bus, and a third converter switch configured to couple the second inductor to the negative DC bus, wherein the UPS is voltage-frequency independent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2023
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2024
    Assignee: SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC IT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Sreenadh Peramsetty, Pavan Kumar Gudipalli
  • Patent number: 12046945
    Abstract: A power supply apparatus includes a switching circuit including a switcher, a first input terminal, a second input terminal, and an output terminal, the first input terminal is configured to receive a first voltage provided by a first power supply, the second input terminal is configured to receive a second voltage provided by a second power supply, and the switcher is configured to control the output terminal to be connected to the first input terminal or control the output terminal to be connected to the second input terminal; and a converting circuit including an input terminal connected to the output terminal of the switching circuit, an output terminal connected to an electrical device, and the converting circuit is configured to receive the first or the second voltage, convert the received first second voltage into a third voltage, and output the third voltage through the output terminal of the converting circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2024
    Assignee: Huawei Digital Power Technologies Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Dongsheng Zhao, Jianli Tong, Chuangpeng Li
  • Patent number: 12034087
    Abstract: The inventive technology, in certain embodiments, may be generally described as a solar power generation system with a converter, which may potentially include two or more sub-converters, established intermediately of one or more strings of solar panels. Particular embodiments may involve sweet spot operation in order to achieve improvements in efficiency, and bucking of open circuit voltages by the converter in order that more panels may be placed on an individual string or substring, reducing the number of strings required for a given design, and achieving overall system and array manufacture savings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2024
    Assignee: AMPT, LLC
    Inventors: Anatoli Ledenev, Robert M. Porter
  • Patent number: 12034381
    Abstract: A converter includes a bidirectional DC-AC converter circuit, an input capacitor connected to an AC input of the bidirectional DC-AC converter, a bus capacitor connected to a DC output of the bidirectional DC-AC converter circuit, a switch connected between a positive terminal of the input capacitor and an AC power supply, a pre-charger having an input connected to the AC power supply and an output connected to the DC output of the bidirectional DC-AC converter circuit, and a controller configured to convert the voltage across the bus capacitor into an inverting voltage and apply the inverting voltage to the input capacitor before turning on the switch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2024
    Assignee: Santak Electronic (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Yue Yang, Dengke Zhang, Yulong Hao
  • Patent number: 12021405
    Abstract: Disclosed in the present disclosure are a direct current power distribution method, a direct current power distribution device and a direct current power distribution system. The method includes: determining working modes of a direct current power distribution system, correspondingly obtaining, under different working modes, working parameters of the direct current power distribution system, and regulating operation of the direct current power distribution system according to the working parameters to achieve an electric energy balance of a power consumption side, a power generation side of a power grid, and an energy storage side. According to the embodiments of the present disclosure, by the regulating of the direct current power distribution system, an electric energy balance among the power consumption side, the power generation side of the power grid, and the energy storage side is achieved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2024
    Assignee: GREE ELECTRIC APPLIANCES, INC. OF ZHUHAI
    Inventors: Wu Wen, Shugong Nan, Lei Li, Shiyong Jiang, Zhigang Zhao
  • Patent number: 12015304
    Abstract: A power supply system includes a plurality of parallelly-connected uninterruptible power supplies (UPSs), where each UPS collects a first current of the UPS within a collection period in a first duration. In a current equalization period in the first duration, a direct current to alternating current conversion module is controlled to output a first compensation current, where the first compensation current includes at least one of a first compensation reactive current component or a first quantity of first compensation harmonic components.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2024
    Assignee: HUAWEI DIGITAL POWER TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Zhou Shu, Ran Li
  • Patent number: 12009687
    Abstract: A battery that periodically checks an actual battery capacity or energy with charge to a preset voltage (e.g., 4.1 V). The battery then decides the battery capacity or energy. If the capacity or energy is insufficient, then an apparatus in or associated with the battery slightly increases charging voltage to a point where the capacity is sufficient (e.g. from 4.1 V to 4.11 V). The process of periodically checking and slightly increasing charging voltage is performed until charging voltage reaches specification limit (e.g., 4.2 V). The scheme described herein has benefits such as battery longevity can be extended, risk of insufficient energy reserve can be reduced, burst power can be used as long as possible, and/or even higher burst power can be used.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2024
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Naoki Matsumura, Charles Rego, Minh Le
  • Patent number: 12009693
    Abstract: Embodiments of present disclosure relate to apparatus and method for flux management in the ZISC based UPS system. The apparatus comprises: a first determining unit configured to determine a first offset flux on a series reactor in the ZISC based UPS system when power quality events occur in a grid connected to the ZISC based UPS system and the ZISC based UPS system operates in a grid-connected mode; and a first resetting unit configured to provide synthetic impedance damping to the series reactor to reset the first offset flux.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2024
    Assignee: ABB SCHWEIZ AG
    Inventors: Sridhar Pulikanti, Simon Walton, Robert Turner, Nicholas James Elliott
  • Patent number: 11996730
    Abstract: A backup power supply device having a short charging time is provided. The backup power supply device for supplying power when a main power supply is under a power failure includes first and second battery packs connected in parallel, a charging circuit for charging the first and second battery packs, first and second discharging switches for causing the first and second battery packs to discharge to the load device respectively, and a control unit. The control unit compares the battery voltages of the first and second battery packs with an output voltage from the main power supply. The control unit sets the first and second discharging switches to ON when the battery voltages are lower than the output voltage. When the battery voltage of the battery pack exceeds the output voltage of the main power supply due to charging, the control unit sets the first discharging switch and the second discharging switch to OFF.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: FDK CORPORATION
    Inventor: Katsuhiko Tamaki
  • Patent number: 11996693
    Abstract: A support system for an AC power transmission system, comprising an energy storage arrangement comprising a plurality of storage units and a main controller configured to control the operation of the energy storage arrangement. Each storage unit comprises at least three control signal connections and is configured to receive a control signal from at least three storage entities via said control signal connections, wherein each of the storage entities is either the main controller or a storage unit controller of an adjacent storage unit. The storage units are arranged to forward a control signal received via a first one of said control signal connections to all adjacent storage units that are connected via the remaining ones of said control signal connections.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: HITACHI ENERGY LTD
    Inventors: Per Karreby, Daniel Hallmans, Lexuan Meng, Maria Werlefors
  • Patent number: 11994190
    Abstract: Linear drive with a gear housing extending along a longitudinal axis, in which a spindle is rotatably mounted with a worm wheel connected to it in a rotationally fixed manner, a spindle nut running on the spindle, which is adjustable on the spindle between a retracted position and an extended position and which acts on a lifting tube. The spindle nut is arranged in the retracted position guide tube and retracted in the region of a rear end of the guide tube, and thus the lifting tube is also retracted into the guide tube. The spindle nut is arranged at a front end of the guide tube in the extended position. An electric motor drives the screw, which extends along a transverse axis extending transversely to the longitudinal axis, wherein the electric motor is accommodated in a motor housing which is connected to the gear housing. Furthermore, a control system is arranged in a control housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: DEWERTOKIN KFT
    Inventors: Péter Bartus, Zsolt Mojzes
  • Patent number: 11990761
    Abstract: A power supply system with current sharing includes a current sharing bus, a plurality of power supply units, and a plurality of controllers. The power supply units are connected to each other through the current sharing bus. Each power supply unit provides a current sharing signal value to the current sharing bus, and provides an output current to a load. Each controller receives current sharing signal values provided from other power supply units and current signal values corresponding to the output currents. When determining that the current signal value is less than a reference current sharing signal value, the controller increases an output voltage of the power supply unit to increase the output current. Otherwise, the controller decreases the output voltage to decrease the output current so that so that the output currents of the power supply units are shared to supply power to the load.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: FSP TECHNOLOGY INC.
    Inventors: Chien-Li Tsai, Chih-Fan Lin, Chih-Hsien Hsieh
  • Patent number: 11955838
    Abstract: A system includes a DC bus and an auxiliary power source coupled to the DC bus. The system further includes an energy storage device and a modular uninterruptible power supply (UPS) including a first uninterruptible power module (UPM) coupled to the DC bus and configured to provide power to an AC load from the auxiliary power source and a second UPM coupled to the DC bus and the energy storage device and configured to transfer energy between the DC bus and the energy storage device to regulate a voltage on the DC bus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: Eaton Intelligent Power Limited
    Inventors: George Arthur Navarro, Swanand Juvekar, Vincent Edward Wilder
  • Patent number: 11955836
    Abstract: When a power outage occurs, an uninterruptable power supplies may lose all grid connections including a neutral connection which may be connected to ground. To avoid the loss of a ground connection to the power circuits of the UPS, a switch unit may be used to selectively connect a neutral conductor of the circuit to a ground terminal. The switch unit may comprise a power relay, a fast switch device (FSD), and a controller. The power relay and FSD may be connected in series between the neutral conductor of the circuit and a ground terminal. The controller may be configured to: close the FSD when the voltage between ground and neutral (Vng) goes above a first threshold, open the FSD when the voltage between any grid connection and neutral (Vg) goes above a second threshold, and close the FSD when Vg is below the second threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: Solaredge Technologies Ltd.
    Inventors: Natan Schecter, Roni Salman, Aryeh Zafranski, Yuval Paz
  • Patent number: 11947402
    Abstract: UPS systems, methods, and computer-readable mediums utilizing electromechanical bypass relays to switch from an on-line mode of operation to a green/bypass mode of operation include control logic to adaptively adjust the timing of when an inverter of a UPS turns off to prevent backfeeding a utility. After the UPS is instructed to transition from the on-line mode to the green mode, a monitoring period begins. During the monitoring period, a parameter related to the output current of the inverter is monitored and compared to a predetermined threshold. If the parameter exceeds the predetermined threshold before a fixed period time has elapsed, the inverter is turned off early. If the inverter current does not exceed the predetermined value within the fixed period of time, the inverter is turned off.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC IT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Wei-Hsiang Lin, Adam Daniel Sanner
  • Patent number: 11942818
    Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure include a system comprising at least one energy-storage-device connection, a first output connection to be coupled to a main power source providing main power, a second output connection to be coupled to at least one load, a first and second power converter coupled to the at least one energy-storage-device connection, and at least one controller coupled to the power converters and being configured to control the system to connect the power converters to the output connections, control the system to disconnect the first power converter from the second output connection responsive to detecting a fault in the main power, control the first power converter to provide power to the first output connection responsive to detecting the fault in the main power, and control the system to disconnect the second power converter from the first output connection responsive to detecting the fault in the main power.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC IT CORPORATION
    Inventor: Eric Lucien Brun
  • Patent number: 11936236
    Abstract: Selective discharging of a rechargeable battery pack across a power supply system load is provided, which includes determining occurrence of a condition within the power supply system, the power supply system including a power supply circuit and a backup energy source. The power supply circuit receives main input power, and the backup energy source is operatively coupled to the power supply circuit to supply backup power to the system load when main power input to the power supply circuit is unavailable. Based on determining occurrence of the condition within the power supply system, a controller actively discharges a rechargeable battery pack of the backup energy source. The actively discharging includes controlling the power supply circuit to force discharging of power from the rechargeable battery pack to the power supply system load by suspending the main input power within the system from powering the system load.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Noah Singer, Steven John Ahladas, Robert K. Mullady, Brian Charles Tucker
  • Patent number: 11932408
    Abstract: Series hybrid propulsion unit including a gas turbine driving a mechanical shaft of an electric generator having n output phases and supplying an AC busbar, and a system for monitoring the speed of the gas turbine, the AC busbar supplying a plurality of AC distribution channels each composed of an electric rectifier and a battery sharing the power required to supply a DC bus, the DC bus in turn supplying a plurality of propulsion sub-channels composed of electric inverters supplying, under the monitoring of a control module, motors driving thrusters, further including a battery charger for charging the battery from the DC bus, a power management module delivering a power reference for the electric generator, and a hybridization rate management module monitoring the voltage of the DC bus, the battery being directly connected on the DC bus via a passive component and the electric rectifier being a passive converter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: SAFRAN
    Inventors: Jean-Philippe Hervé Salanne, Stéphane Petibon, Florent Rougier
  • Patent number: 11932121
    Abstract: A power supply control system (1) for use in a vehicle, the system including: a first power control arrangement (2) incorporating at least two inputs (3, 4) and at least two outputs (5, 6); and a second power control arrangement (7) incorporating at least two inputs (8, 9) and at least two outputs (10, 11), each power control arrangement (2, 7) being configured to operate in an active mode or an isolated mode. In the active mode, the inputs and outputs of the power control arrangement (2, 7) are connected electrically to one another. In the isolated mode, the inputs and outputs of the power control arrangement (2, 7) are electrically isolated from one another. A selector arrangement (37) is configured to select the operating mode of the power control arrangements (2, 7) so that, at any one time, only one power control arrangement (2, 7) operates in the active mode while the other power control arrangement (2, 7) operates in the isolated mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: VEONEER SWEDEN SAFETY SYSTEMS AB
    Inventor: Jean-Francois Jeannard
  • Patent number: 11934566
    Abstract: A voltage attack detection circuit of a chip includes: a first programmable resistor and a second programmable resistor, a first terminal of the first programmable resistor is connected to a supply voltage, a second terminal of the first programmable resistor is connected to a ground voltage through the second programmable resistor, the first terminal outputs a first voltage, the second terminal outputs a second voltage; a voltage detection circuit, receives the first voltage and a first reference voltage and output a first signal, where the first signal is configured to indicate whether the first voltage is greater than or equal to the first reference voltage, the voltage detection circuit is further configured to receive the second voltage and a second reference voltage and output a second signal, and the second signal is configured to indicate whether the second voltage is less than or equal to the second reference voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: SHENZHEN GOODIX TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jiang Yang, Jianfeng Xue
  • Patent number: 11929615
    Abstract: A system includes a battery system including a plurality of batteries and configured to be selectively coupled to and charged by a renewable energy source and selectively coupled to and charged by a power grid. The system further includes a DC bus shared by a plurality of loads and an energy management system connected between the battery system and the plurality of loads. The energy management system is configured to selectively connect individual ones of the plurality of batteries to at least one of the plurality of loads via the DC bus, selectively connect the battery system to the power grid and disconnect the battery system from the power grid, and selectively connect at least one of the plurality of loads directly to the power grid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
    Inventors: Venkata Prasad Atluri, Ian J. Sutherland, Paul M. Najt, Chandra S. Namuduri
  • Patent number: 11923711
    Abstract: A system comprises a positive voltage supply node and a negative voltage supply node configured for connection to a load, a power source coupled between the positive voltage supply node and the negative voltage supply node, an energy storage device, a solid-state switch, and a control system. The energy storage device and the solid-state switch are connected in series between the positive voltage supply node and the negative voltage supply node. The control system is configured to control activation and deactivation of the solid-state switch to (i) allow the energy storage device to be discharged and supply power to a load, and to (ii) modulate an amount of charging current that flows through the energy storage device from the power source (or load) to recharge the energy storage device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: AMOGY INC.
    Inventor: Maxwell Spencer Mann
  • Patent number: 11923723
    Abstract: In the uninterruptible power supply, when the input switch is connected between the input terminal and the AC node of the converter and the fourth operation mode is selected, the input switch is turned off and the bypass switch is turned on, and the converter is controlled to convert the DC power of the battery into AC power and supply the AC power to the load via the bypass switch. Thus, even if the inverter is failed when the commercial AC power source is failed, it is possible to drive the load.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: TOSHIBA MITSUBISHI-ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL SYSTEMS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hiroki Shigeta
  • Patent number: 11916431
    Abstract: A converter includes a DC split link with a positive line, a floating midpoint, and a negative DC line, a first DC capacitance arranged between the positive line and the floating midpoint, a second DC capacitance arranged between the negative line and the floating midpoint, a first resistor arranged in parallel to the first DC capacitance, a second resistor is arranged in parallel to the second DC capacitance. The first and the second resistors are configured to be engaged during a pre-charge phase of the converter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: ABB Schweiz AG
    Inventor: Lorenzo Giuntini
  • Patent number: 11909305
    Abstract: An object is to obtain a power conversion device that can stabilize output voltage to a DC load. A power conversion device includes an AC/DC conversion unit having a power conversion circuit composed of a plurality of first semiconductor switching elements connected in a full-bridge form, and a full-bridge chopper circuit unit having a full-bridge chopper circuit composed of a plurality of second semiconductor switching elements connected in a full-bridge form, and connected to a positive terminal and a negative terminal. A neutral point of an AC filter capacitor unit and a neutral point of a DC filter capacitor unit are connected via a neutral point line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ryoji Tsuruta, Tsuguhiro Takuno, Takushi Jimichi, Kikuo Izumi
  • Patent number: 11904652
    Abstract: A vehicle control device that controls an air conditioning device and a battery in a vehicle that uses a coolant of the air conditioning device that cools a vehicle cabin for cooling the battery, the vehicle control device including: an air conditioning load determination unit that determines whether the air conditioning device is driven by a predetermined load or more; and a battery input-output control unit that controls at least one of an input power or an output power of the battery. When the air conditioning device is driven by the predetermined load or more, at least one of the input power or the output power is restricted without cooling the battery.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Yu Hoshino
  • Patent number: 11889732
    Abstract: A display device includes a plurality of first pixels each including a first light emitting diode element and a second light emitting diode element having different colors, and a plurality of second pixels each including a third light emitting diode element and a fourth light emitting diode element having different colors. The first pixel and the second pixel have different combinations of colors of light emitting diode elements, the first light emitting diode element is a green light emitting diode element, and the third light emitting diode element is a green light emitting diode element, a yellow light emitting diode element, or a white light emitting diode element. The first pixels and the second pixels are alternately arranged in a first direction and alternately arranged in a second direction intersecting the first direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation
    Inventors: Norifumi Kikuchi, Hisao Sakurai, Ippei Nishinaka
  • Patent number: 11888342
    Abstract: An electric system has an input terminal to receive an input voltage, a system output terminal to provide a system voltage, and N charging units for charging N loads respectively. The electric system has an input switch coupled between the input terminal and a first terminal, a switching circuit coupled between the first terminal and the system output terminal. The switching circuit converts the a boost output voltage at the first terminal to the system voltage, or converts the system voltage to the boost output voltage. The electric system further has a voltage control module having N input terminals coupled to the N charging units respectively, the voltage control module senses N charging currents passing through the N charging units respectively, and adjusts the boost output voltage based on the N charging currents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: Monolithic Power Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Yuncong Jiang, Christian Sporck, Guanghui Li
  • Patent number: 11872903
    Abstract: Methods and system are described for recalibrating a charge storage capacity value of an electric energy storage device. In one example, the charge electric energy storage device may be a battery. The charge storage capacity value may be recalibrated via discharging and charging a battery via electric vehicle supply equipment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Yuan Zhang, Rui Wang, Xu Wang
  • Patent number: 11863013
    Abstract: A method for selecting a power source for a load is provided. The method includes monitoring the primary power source, when the primary power source is providing power to the load, determining if a condition of the primary power source crosses a first threshold, when the condition crosses the first threshold, turning on a first power field effect transistor to couple a back-up power source to the load through a second power field effect transistor, when the primary power source is not providing power to the load, determining if a condition of the primary power source crosses a second threshold, and when the condition crosses the second threshold, switching off the first power field effect transistor to couple the primary power source to the load through a third power field effect transistor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: CommScope Technologies LLC
    Inventor: Daryl A Coleman
  • Patent number: 11854098
    Abstract: A system includes a first renewable energy source (RES) configured to provide electrical energy, a first circuit including a first energy storage system (ESS) and a point of interconnection (POI) coupled to a power grid, a second circuit including a second ESS and a source-sensitive destination, and a first switch configured to selectively connect one of the first circuit or the second circuit to the first RES.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: 8ME NOVA, LLC
    Inventors: Gautham Ramesh, Zeljko Gigio Sakota
  • Patent number: 11849515
    Abstract: A low voltage power distribution system that provides low voltage DC power to LED light fixtures and provides for backup or redundant power in the event of a failure of the one of the primary power supplies feeding the output channels to the respective LED light fixtures. The system allows for the automatic switching out of a failed power supply and the switching in of a spare power supply to minimize any down time for a output channel in the event of a primary power supply failure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignee: USAI, LLC
    Inventor: Donald L. Wray
  • Patent number: 11843273
    Abstract: A battery module includes a battery, a bidirectional DC-DC converter, and a controller. The bidirectional DC-DC converter may convert a direct-current voltage output from the battery and thereafter output the direct-current voltage to a load. The controller is configured or programmed to perform constant voltage control of the bidirectional DC-DC converter and receive a stop warning signal providing advance notice that output of a power supply is to stop. The controller is configured or programmed to, before receiving the stop warning signal, perform control such that an output voltage of the bidirectional DC-DC converter is lower than a first target voltage, and, after receiving the stop warning signal and before the output of the power supply stops, increase the output voltage of the bidirectional DC-DC converter to the first target voltage or higher.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Michiya Mori, Kouta Furuhashi
  • Patent number: 11822415
    Abstract: In one or more embodiments, one or more systems, one or more methods, and/or one or more processes may: determine a difference between a first voltage value associated with an electrical power output of a power system of an information handling system (IHS) and a second voltage value associated with a battery system of the IHS is greater than a first voltage value threshold; turn a first switch on to conduct electrical power from the battery system to an electrical power output of the power system; set a voltage value associated with the electrical power output to a voltage value associated with the battery system; permit an amount of time to transpire; determine a difference between a third voltage value associated with the electrical power output and a fourth voltage value associated with the battery system is less than a second voltage value threshold; and turn the first switch off.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Inventors: Hao-Yu Chung, Chun-Yen Lu
  • Patent number: 11822303
    Abstract: A power supply device for the electrical power supply of electrical components from a power source, wherein the power supply device has at least one communication unit by which the power supply device is designed for data communication with an external computer device, wherein the power supply device has connections for supplying the electrical power for the power supply of the electrical components, wherein the power supply device has at least one controllable digital or analog output connection and/or at least one digital or analog input connection as a further connection, wherein in the case of a controllable digital or analog output connection, this can be controlled by the external computer device via the communication unit and in the case of a digital or analog input connection an input value can be read from this input connection via the communication unit by the external computer device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: WAGO Verwaltungsgesellschaft mbH
    Inventors: Stefan Wagner, Philipp Neugebauer
  • Patent number: 11818518
    Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure provide systems and devices for providing power to one or more remote radio heads used in telecommunications. Some aspects provide a power supply system comprising a first power supply and a plurality of second power supplies configured to be installed in a rack shelf. Each of the plurality of second power supplies is configured to receive a first power signal from the first power supply and provide a second power signal to a respective remote radio head from a plurality of remote radio heads, and at least first inputs to each of the plurality of second power supplies may be ganged together.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: CommScope Technologies LLC
    Inventors: John Thomas Hanley, Charles John Mann
  • Patent number: 11817738
    Abstract: According to an example, an uninterruptible power supply is provided comprising a first input, a backup input, an output to provide output power, an inverter coupled to the first input, the backup input, and the output, a first sensor to detect a voltage at an inverter output, a second sensor to detect a voltage at the first input, a switch coupled between the first input and the output, and a controller coupled to the switch and the first and second sensors, and configured to determine a first voltage difference across the bypass switch using at least one of the first sensor or the second sensor, filter the first voltage difference, determine whether a value derived from the first filtered voltage difference exceeds a threshold, and output an indication of a failure of the bypass switch based on the value derived from the first filtered voltage difference exceeding the threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC IT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kristian Budde, Jesper Hougaard Johansen, Jacob Gregers Hansen
  • Patent number: 11804716
    Abstract: A system for powering a device is disclosed. The system includes at least one internal battery located in a device, at least one external battery connected to the device, and a master controller configured to connect either the at least one internal battery or the at least one external battery to a power bus to power the device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2023
    Assignee: DEKA Products Limited Partnership
    Inventors: N. Christopher Perry, Stewart M. Coulter, Thomas A. Doyon
  • Patent number: 11799412
    Abstract: A motor including: a stator including plural windings that form coils and are connected together at a neutral point; a switching circuit that generates a rotating magnetic field around the stator by switching of a power supply to the plurality of windings; a rotor that rotates in response to the rotating magnetic field generated around the stator; a resistor for current detection that detects a current in the switching circuit and that is disposed between the switching circuit and a grounding point; and a filter element that reduces a fluctuation in potential at the neutral point, the filter element being disposed between the neutral point and the resistor for current detection and being grounded at the grounding point via the resistor for current detection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kouhei Takahashi, Yoshinobu Nagao