Condition Of Electrical Apparatus Patents (Class 340/635)
  • Patent number: 11843475
    Abstract: Rule-based modeling for building control systems is described herein. One device includes a memory, a user, interface, and a processor configured to execute executable instructions stored in the memory to display, in a single view on the user interface, a listing of all components of a facility controlled by a building control system, display, in an additional view on the user interface, a number of rules for mapping the components of the facility to a common model of the building control system, map the components of the facility to the common model by applying the number of rules to the components of the facility, and display, in the additional view on the user interface, the components of the facility that have been mapped to the common model.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC.
    Inventors: Jerry Marti, Michael Haling, Debra Lynn Pugel, Prabhat Ranjan
  • Patent number: 11777801
    Abstract: An information technology (IT) network includes configuration items (CIs) that may constantly change, where the CIs describe hardware components or software components that are configured to operate on the IT network. A system comprising a server can determine a change associated with a CI, send, to a configuration management database (CMDB), a message that updates the CMDB based on the determined change associated with the CI, determine, for the CI, a monitor configuration that describes one or more variables and corresponding one or more parameters with which the CI is to be monitored, and send the CI with the monitor configuration to a plurality of monitoring software tools operating on a plurality of servers, where each monitoring software tool is configured to monitor the CI based on the monitor configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: United Services Automobile Association (USAA)
    Inventors: Donald Nelson Berg, David Owens, James Austin Adams, Thomas Alexander Hoffman
  • Patent number: 11706019
    Abstract: Systems and methods for implementing confidential communications between nodes of a network provide reduced power consumption, require less memory, and provide improved security, relative to previously-known systems and method. Preferred embodiments implement protocol functions in hardware, as opposed to software, to yield some or all of the foregoing improvements. Some embodiments use a hashing circuit for multiple purposes, while maintaining its ability to compute successive intermediate hash values. Some embodiments improve security of systems using circuits configured to leverage a favorable data format.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Anantha P. Chandrakasan, Chiraag Juvekar, Utsav Banerjee
  • Patent number: 11662704
    Abstract: A control panel is used to control and/or monitor an automation system. The control panel may be removed from a mounted location to repair or replace the control panel. Replacement may be performed by a different provider of automation systems, potentially without prior notice to the current provider of the automation system. To alert the provider of the replacement, the control panel may use an anti-tamper switch to detect removal from the mounted location. A signal may be sent to a remote service system indicating the removal. If the control panel also loses AC power, or if the control panel loses all power, the remote service system may assume that the control panel is being replaced. In response, the remote service center may request that a customer service representative contact the customer to potentially retain the customer, recover equipment, or resolve any concerns about the automation system equipment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: VIVINT, INC.
    Inventors: James E. Nye, Jungtaik Hwang
  • Patent number: 11650239
    Abstract: A main electrical cabling is subject to variations in ambient temperature over its length. A detection system for detecting fault in the main electrical cabling able to cause a serial arc, or heating within a connection, includes a monitor electrical cabling placed as a return loop alongside the main electrical cabling, a monitoring device, and a return cable bringing back electrical potential at the output of the main electrical cabling to the monitoring device. The monitoring device includes a controllable current generator injecting, into the monitor electrical cable, a current dependent on current flowing through the main electrical cabling. Electronic circuitry determines a difference in voltages at inputs and outputs of the main electrical cabling and of the monitor electrical cabling, to detect a potential fault in the main electrical cabling leading to a serial arc or increase in temperature. A fault in the main electrical cabling is detected despite variations in temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: Airbus Operations (S.A.S.)
    Inventor: Patrick Oms
  • Patent number: 11619569
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a tissue planing assembly includes a base frame, a plurality of disassemblable components assembled to the base frame and having a ready configuration, a sample conveyor, a blade assembly configured to be coupled to the base frame, a control unit communicatively coupled to the sample conveyor, and one or more component sensors communicatively coupled to the control unit. The plurality of disassemblable components is configured to support a tissue sample. The sample conveyor is configured to convey the tissue sample through the blade assembly. The one or more components sensors are configured to output a signal indicative of at least one of the plurality of disassemblable components missing from the ready configuration, wherein the control unit prohibits operation of the sample conveyor when at least one of the plurality of disassemblable components is missing from the ready configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Assignee: Community Blood Center
    Inventors: Shawn Aaron Hunter, Robert Hoskins, Gregory S. Lucous
  • Patent number: 11599071
    Abstract: A building system including one or more memory devices configured to store instructions that, when executed on one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to determine an average of a minimum half of sorted energy consumption values for a first time period and determine an average of a maximum half of sorted energy consumption values for a second time period. The instructions also cause the processor to determine a ratio of the average of the minimum half of sorted energy consumption values for the first time period to the average of the maximum half of sorted energy consumption values for the second time period, compare the calculated ratio to an adaptively tunable threshold value and activate a system responsive to the calculated ratio exceeding the adaptively tunable threshold value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: Johnson Controls Tyco IP Holdings LLP
    Inventor: Steven R. Vitullo
  • Patent number: 11477077
    Abstract: An information technology (IT) network includes configuration items (CIs) that may constantly change, where the CIs describe hardware components or software components that are configured to operate on the IT network. A system comprising a server can determine a change associated with a CI, send, to a configuration management database (CMDB), a message that updates the CMDB based on the determined change associated with the CI, determine, for the CI, a monitor configuration that describes one or more variables and corresponding one or more parameters with which the CI is to be monitored, and send the CI with the monitor configuration to a plurality of monitoring software tools operating on a plurality of servers, where each monitoring software tool is configured to monitor the CI based on the monitor configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: United Services Automobile Association (USAA)
    Inventors: Donald Nelson Berg, David Owens, James Austin Adams, Thomas Alexander Hoffman
  • Patent number: 11474142
    Abstract: The invention relates to an optical insulation monitoring device for power cables, having at least one optical waveguide for transmitting an optical signal integrated into a polymer film. The polymer film is arranged in such a way that the radially outer surface of the cable is surrounded by the polymer film in at least one longitudinal portion of the cable. At least some of the optical waveguides can be designed as multimode waveguides. The optical waveguides may be integrated in a plurality of layers in the polymer film, the optical waveguides of a first layer being arranged in staggered fashion with respect to the optical waveguides of a second layer arranged above or below the first layer. In this way, at least a section of the polymer film in the film plane is completely covered by the optical waveguides without any unwanted crosstalk between adjacent optical waveguides resulting.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft Zur Forderung Der Angewandten Forschung E.V.
    Inventor: Wolfgang Schade
  • Patent number: 11444549
    Abstract: A system and apparatus for use in energy conversion. In one embodiment, the apparatus comprises at least one power converter for producing power at a first level while receiving an indicium of proper operation and, upon not receiving the indicium of proper operation, producing power at a second level, where the second level is less than the first level.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: Enphase Energy, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert R. Rotzoll, Rajan N. Kapur, Suhas S. Patil
  • Patent number: 11405776
    Abstract: A method for troubleshooting and resolving access point device uplink failures. The method includes detecting an unresponsive access point on a wired computer network. In addition, the method includes retrieving a record of peer access points to determine the peer access points for the unresponsive access point. Further, the method proceeds to sending a first request to a peer access point of the unresponsive access point to query the unresponsive access point for a response over a wireless network. In response to the query, the network management system sends a notification that the unresponsive access point has a cable malfunction if the unresponsive access point responds to the query. Furthermore, the method includes, in response to the query, sending a notification to the network management system to inform that the unresponsive access point has a power malfunction if the unresponsive access point fails to respond to the query.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignee: Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP
    Inventors: Gopal Agarwal, Gopal Gupta, Sumit Kumar
  • Patent number: 11391767
    Abstract: A measuring arrangement for monitoring a cable extending in a longitudinal direction includes a cable core having at least one electrical line element for transmitting electrical data or electric power, a signal unit for feeding a measurement signal into the cable core and for detecting a response signal, a sensor unit having a sensor line extending in the longitudinal direction and being disposed inside the cable core, and a monitoring unit. A method for monitoring a cable which extends in a longitudinal direction is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Assignee: Leoni Kabel GmbH
    Inventors: Bernd Janssen, Heiko Weber
  • Patent number: 11393270
    Abstract: A method including transmitting, by a handler device associated with package handler, a message to an access control system requesting access to a secure container secured by an electronic lock mechanism; determining, by the access control system, whether the package handler is authorized to access the secure container based on the received message; transmitting, by the access control system, an unlock command to the secure container in response to a determination that the package handler is authorized to access the secure container; and unlocking the electronic lock mechanism of the secure container in response to successful authentication of the unlock command.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Assignee: Schlage Lock Company LLC
    Inventors: Chris R. Snider, Brian C. Eickhoff, Robert Prostko, Rockwood T. Roberts, III
  • Patent number: 11354008
    Abstract: In an embodiment, an apparatus comprises a primary user interface, a housing of non-translucent material, a slot of translucent material arranged in the housing, the slot having a primary function not related to user interaction, and a light source arranged inside the housing in proximity of the slot; wherein the apparatus has a primary mode in which the primary user interface is on and a secondary mode in which the primary user interface is off, and wherein the apparatus further comprises a controller configured to provide visual notifications to a user with the light source in response to predetermined events when the apparatus is in the secondary mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventor: Antti Karilainen
  • Patent number: 11284492
    Abstract: A lighting system that can thermally balance the usage of elements of the system to manage the wear rates of lifetime limiting components. The lighting system includes multiple light emitting diode illumination sources, each of which driven by a light emitting diode driver positioned in a separate housing remotely from a luminaire. A controller supervises all of the light emitting diode drivers and can adjust the power out of any of the light emitting diode drivers that are experiencing a faster loss of lifespan due to local conditions. The controller may also activate a thermal cooling device positioned in the housing of the light emitting diode driver to stabilize the temperature of a light emitting diode driver with an out of balance temperature, thereby reducing the loss of lifetime relative other drivers operating at lower temperatures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Assignee: M3 Innovation, LLC
    Inventors: Christopher D. Nolan, Joseph R. Casper
  • Patent number: 11271794
    Abstract: According to at least one aspect of the present invention, a system for automatically generating a data-center network mapping for automated alarm consolidation is provided comprising a plurality of devices, and at least one computing device communicatively coupled to each of the devices, the at least one computing device being configured to receive operational data from each of the devices, the operational data being indicative of at least one of a power path, cooling or temperature zones, or communications paths, determine, based on the operational data, device relationships between each of the devices, receive, from each of the devices, a respective alarm of a plurality of alarms, determine alarm relationships between at least two of the plurality of alarms, consolidate, based on the determined device relationships and based on the determined alarm relationships, the plurality of alarms into a consolidated alert, and provide the consolidated alert to a user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignee: SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC IT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Christopher M. Healey, Anna Lake
  • Patent number: 11244437
    Abstract: The complex motion associated with machines is a result of the superposition of various frequencies from the multiple component or elements inherent to the design of the machine. These motions can be captured remotely using position sensitive detectors which respond to specific wavelengths in the electromagnetic spectrum. Present embodiments include but are not limited to a video camera which is able to capture and record video data of an entire machine without contacting the machine, to visually study complex motions which vary both in time and spatially at different locations on the machine, wherein filters applied to the motion present in the video recording are used to identify frequencies of importance and to visualize their impact on the operation of the machine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2022
    Assignee: RDI TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Jeffrey R. Hay, Mark William Slemp, Kenneth Ralph Piety
  • Patent number: 11218826
    Abstract: A loudspeaker system including a loudspeaker array, an audio controller, and one or more insertable columns are provided. The loudspeaker array is configured to playback an audio output in a listening environment. The audio controller is configured to provide the audio output to the loudspeaker array. The one or more insertable columns is positioned between the audio controller and the loudspeaker to adjust a height of the loudspeaker array relative to the audio controller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Assignee: Harman International Industries, Incorporated
    Inventor: Charles Sprinkle
  • Patent number: 11205234
    Abstract: A farm sensing system is provided. The farm sensing system includes a cloud server, a sensing apparatus, and a computer device. The sensing apparatus is configured to be connected to a specific sensor disposed on a farm. The computer device is configured to obtain specific sensor data generated by the specific sensor through the cloud server. In response to there being potential failure of the specific sensor, the sensing apparatus enters a sensor-calibration mode. In response to a reference sensor being connected to the sensing apparatus, the sensing apparatus builds a calibration table by periodically receiving specific sensor data and reference sensor data, and executes a finite-state machine to perform a calibration procedure on each entry in the calibration table.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2021
    Assignee: QUANTA COMPUTER INC.
    Inventors: Yi-Bing Lin, Yun-Wei Lin, Chia-Yuan Chang
  • Patent number: 11200136
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present specification disclose data monitoring methods, apparatuses, electronic devices, and computer readable storage media. In an embodiment, a method comprising: receiving, from a network device, data at a frequency range higher than a predetermined frequency; determining whether the data belongs to a currently monitored data interval; in response to determining that the data does not belong to the currently monitored data interval, determining whether the data belongs to an abnormal data interval of a plurality of abnormal data intervals; in response to determining that the data belongs to the abnormal data interval, updating the abnormal data interval based on the data; and updating the currently monitored data interval to be the abnormal data interval in response to determining that the abnormal data interval satisfies a predetermined condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2021
    Assignee: Advanced New Technologies Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Yuzhu Li
  • Patent number: 11194690
    Abstract: Various embodiments for management of multipath Input/Output (I/O) in a computing system by a processor device. Upon surpassing a threshold for at least one predetermined criterion associated with near timeouts/near misses in the multipath I/O, a system notification is provided that is usable by the processor device to perform a multipath layer path selection aimed at reducing near timeouts/near misses in the multipath I/O.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2021
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tara Astigarraga, Michael E. Browne, Louie A. Dickens, Shariffa B. Siewrattan
  • Patent number: 11178737
    Abstract: Indicator systems and methods associated with high intensity narrow spectrum light are provided. In one example embodiment, a lighting system can include one or more high intensity narrow spectrum (HINS) light sources configured to emit HINS light. The system can further include an indicator circuit configured to provide at least one indicator associated with one or more parameters of the HINS light and/or operational performance of the HINS light sources.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2021
    Assignee: Hubbell Incorporated
    Inventor: Christopher Bailey
  • Patent number: 11160991
    Abstract: A medical device for caring for a patient includes a patient utility for measuring a patient parameter or administering a therapy to the patient and an alarm system that has a receiver to accept status information about the medical device. A use detector of the alarm system is structured to determine when the medical device is being prepared for use and a status detector of the alarm system is adapted to determine from the status information that the medical device is in a ready state. The alarm system further includes an alarm that is activated when the medical device is both being prepared for use and not in the ready state. This description also includes methods of generating an alarm when the medical device is both being prepared for use and not in the ready state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2021
    Assignee: Physio-Control, Inc.
    Inventors: Angela D. Barnes, Matthew Lawrence Bielstein
  • Patent number: 11146273
    Abstract: The present invention provides an electronic device including a wireless communication module, a counter and a processing circuit. The wireless communication module is configured to receive a first packet and a second packet from another electronic device, wherein the first packet includes a first counter value, the second packet includes a second counter value, and the first counter value and the second counter value correspond to two adjacent edges of an original signal of another electronic device, respectively. The processing circuit is configured to obtain a third counter value from the counter when the first packet is received, and obtain a fourth counter value from the counter when the second packet is received; and the processing circuit further generates an output signal that is substantially the same as the original signal according to the first counter value, the second counter value, the third counter value and the fourth counter value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2021
    Assignee: Realtek Semiconductor Corp.
    Inventors: Chia-Chun Hung, Chih-Wei Ho, Chin-Wen Wang, Liang-Hui Li, Yi-Cheng Chen
  • Patent number: 11112441
    Abstract: There is provided a portable device (100) for monitoring a subject and detecting a source of interference for the portable device (100). The portable device (100) comprises a detector (102) configured to detect the presence of interference in an environment of the portable device (100). The portable device (100) also comprises a processor (104) configured to determine a strength of the interference in the environment of the portable device (100) and to control a user interface (106) to provide an output at a frequency that depends on the determined interference strength.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2021
    Assignee: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
    Inventors: Hansjoerg Geywitz, Albrecht Reinhard Kinzkofer
  • Patent number: 11070362
    Abstract: Systems and methods for implementing confidential communications between nodes of a network provide reduced power consumption, require less memory, and provide improved security, relative to previously-known systems and method. Preferred embodiments implement protocol functions in hardware, as opposed to software, to yield some or all of the foregoing improvements. Some embodiments use a hashing circuit for multiple purposes, while maintaining its ability to compute successive intermediate hash values. Some embodiments improve security of systems using circuits configured to leverage a favorable data format.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2021
    Assignee: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Anantha Chandrakasan, Chiraag Juvekar, Utsav Banerjee
  • Patent number: 11062399
    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for monitoring use of a vehicle having one or more autonomous (and/or semi-autonomous) operation features to determine and respond to incidents, such as collisions, thefts, or breakdowns. According to certain aspects, operating data from sensors within or near the vehicle may be used to determine when an incident has occurred and determine an appropriate response. The responses may include contacting a third party to provide assistance, such as local emergency services. In some embodiments, occurrence of the incident may be verified by automated communication with the vehicle operator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2021
    Assignee: STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANY
    Inventors: Blake S. Konrardy, Scott T. Christensen, Gregory L. Hayward, Scott Farris
  • Patent number: 10956578
    Abstract: According to some embodiments, a system, method and non-transitory computer-readable medium are provided to protect a decision manifold of a control system for an industrial asset, comprising: a detection and neutralization module including: a decision manifold having a receiver configured to receive a training dataset comprising data, wherein the decision manifold is operative to generate a first decision manifold with the received training dataset; and a detection model; a memory for storing program instructions; and a detection and neutralization processor, coupled to the memory, and in communication with the detection and neutralization module and operative to execute program instructions to: receive the first decision manifold, wherein the first decision manifold separates a normal operating space from an abnormal operating space; determine whether there are one or more inadequacies with the detection model; generate a corrected decision manifold based on the determined one or more inadequacies with the
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2021
    Assignee: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventors: Hema Achanta, Lalit Keshav Mestha, Weizhong Yan
  • Patent number: 10944453
    Abstract: In a cellular communication system, particularly in a system using GHz frequencies, communication signals may become blocked by physical objects. As a result, communications may be disrupted or prevented. In a cellular system using beamforming and directional signal beams, a beam is tested prior to its use by sending a discovery signal over the beam, and by detecting any reflections of the discovery signal. A reflection may indicate the presence of a blocking object in the direction of the beam. By repeating this process using different directional beams, it is possible to produce a map of an area surrounding the base station, and to subsequently select or configure a directional beam for communicating with an individual user device. The process may also be used when selecting the antenna position and orientation for a new base station, by testing different alternatives and selecting an alternative that has relatively fewer blocking obstructions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2021
    Assignee: T-Mobile USA, Inc.
    Inventors: Ahmad Armand, Karri Mikael Kuoppamaki
  • Patent number: 10937260
    Abstract: A user interface display system associated with an electronic key that provides feedback to a user engaging the electronic lock, including a user interface display to depict to the user feedback patterns with each feedback pattern displayed to the user providing the feedback to the user as the user engages the electronic lock with the electronic key. Each displayed feedback pattern provides a corresponding color that is associated with the feedback provided to the user as the user engages the electronic lock with the electronic key. A controller transitions the electrochromic filter to each color to correspond with the feedback pattern that is displayed by the user interface display so that the transitioned color and the displayed feedback pattern is in response to the user engaging the electronic lock with the electronic key.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2021
    Assignee: Schlage Lock Company LLC
    Inventors: Rockwood T. Roberts, III, Brian C. Eickhoff, Robert Prostko, Chris R. Snider
  • Patent number: 10931217
    Abstract: A power system, including: a synchronous electrical generator having a rotor; and an angle computation unit configured to: determine a rotor angle in a steady state period of the synchronous electrical generator, determine a change in rotor angle in a transient period of the synchronous electrical generator, and estimate the rotor angle in the transient period based on the steady state rotor angle and the change in rotor angle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2021
    Assignees: ROLLS-ROYCE PLC, MTU FRIEDRICHSHAFEN GMBH, MTU ONSITE ENERGY GMBH
    Inventors: Souvik Dasgupta, Johannes Demharter, Michael Kreissl, Yang Shicong, Amit K Gupta
  • Patent number: 10902008
    Abstract: A provision method provides plurality of pieces of advice pertaining to household appliances of a user on a tablet 103. A priority of each piece of advice is changed by determining whether an advice-specific standard for the user the reference that piece of advice is met by an auto-log or overall user information. The pieces of advice are displayed in accordance with determination results. The format of display according to determination results is a list of advice sorted by priority.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2021
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION OF AMERICA
    Inventors: Hiroshi Yoshitake, Hideo Umetani, Kentaro Nakai, Keigo Aso, Shunsuke Kuhara
  • Patent number: 10895603
    Abstract: A voltage monitoring module including a first input terminal coupled to a high-voltage-side terminal of a battery cell through a first path including an external resistor, a first terminal coupled to the high-voltage-side terminal of the battery cell through a second path; a first switch coupled to the first input terminal, a second switch coupled to the first terminal; a second input terminal and a second terminal coupled to a low-voltage-side terminal of the battery cell, a third switch that is coupled to the second input terminal; a fourth switch that is coupled to the second terminal, and a control circuit that controls ON/OFF of the first through fourth switches, wherein an element that suppresses fluctuation of a voltage input to the first switch through the first input terminal that is coupled between the first switch and a fixed voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2021
    Assignee: RENESAS ELECTRONICS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hideki Kiuchi
  • Patent number: 10884052
    Abstract: Disclosed is a test system for testing electric connections, in particular soldered connections, between electronic components and a printed circuit board to be tested, characterized in that the test system includes a subassembly, which is movably mounted in a housing of the test system, and a current and/or voltage source for energizing the circuit board to be tested, the current and/or voltage source being arranged in the housing of the test system in such a way as to be movable in at least two directions in space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2021
    Assignee: Endress+Hauser Flowtec AG
    Inventors: Thomas Böhler, Matthias Brudermann, Christoph Werle, Markus Wucher, Daniel Kollmer, Ludovic Adam
  • Patent number: 10876928
    Abstract: A method for monitoring and reporting conditions of motors and transformers, the steps including: first, collecting measurements and data using at least one sensor to measure performance indicators of at least one motor or transformer; next, analyzing and processing the data using local computing hardware and software connected to the at least one sensor; then, transmitting the data to a cloud based analytics system for further processing and storage of the data and analytics results; lastly, making the stored analytics results available to a user through user interface processing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Inventor: Tomm Aldridge
  • Patent number: 10877102
    Abstract: A voltage detection device is provided which includes: a plurality of wires that are connected to a plurality of battery cells of a battery; a voltage detection circuit that operates with supply of electric power from the battery and detects voltages of the plurality of battery cells via the plurality of wires; an overvoltage protection circuit that electrically connects one or more wires of the plurality of wires to a minus terminal of the battery when the voltage of the one or more wires is higher than a predetermined threshold value; and a breaker circuit that irreversibly breaks electrical connection between the minus terminal and the voltage detection circuit using a current flowing from the one or more wires to the minus terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignee: KEIHIN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shingo Tsuchiya, Seiji Kamata, Atsushi Hirokawa, Seigo Imai
  • Patent number: 10866274
    Abstract: Example devices and methods for compensating for monitoring a surge protection device are provided. In some embodiments, a device is configured to couple to a surge protection device. The device comprises a processor that is capable of sending a DC current signal. A serial data interface is electrically connected to the processor and includes at least one shift register. The device also comprises a multiplexer coupled to the serial data interface. The serial data interface is operable to direct the DC current through the multiplexer. The device also comprises an analog to digital converter (optionally embedded within the processor) that is operable to output a digital signal corresponding to a voltage induced by the DC current signal. Returned DC signals represent surge protection device's health and a multitude of other surge module information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2020
    Assignee: ASCO POWER TECHNOLOGIES, L.P.
    Inventors: Glenn Edward Wilson, Matthew Arthur Scott, Daniel George Buchanan
  • Patent number: 10840624
    Abstract: A device includes a connector and a detector device. The connector includes at least one first-type pin and at least one second-type pin. The connector is capable of being connected to a corresponding connector of a solid-state drive (SSD) device. The detector device controls the at least one first-type pin to be coupled to a first power supply voltage based on, at least in part, the at least one second-type pin is connected to a second power supply voltage while the corresponding connector of the SSD device is connected to the first connector. If the at least one second-type pin is detected as being connected to a third power supply voltage different from the second power supply voltage while the corresponding connector of the SSD device is connected to the first connector, the detector device controls the at least one first-type pin to be in a non-connected state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2020
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: David T. Wang, Gwangman Lim, Shinwoo Park
  • Patent number: 10840815
    Abstract: Provided are a power supply circuit, a power supply device and a control method. The power supply circuit includes a primary rectifier unit, a modulation unit, a transformer, a secondary rectifier and filtering unit, a current feedback unit, an isolation unit and a control unit. The power supply circuit removes a liquid electrolytic capacitor at a primary side. In the power supply circuit, the liquid electrolytic capacitor at the primary side is removed, such that a volume of the power supply circuit is smaller, and is safe to use. Moreover, the control unit may determine a type of a voltage of input alternating current, and set a current limit value in the current feedback unit according to the type of the voltage of the alternating current.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2020
    Assignee: GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD.
    Inventors: Chen Tian, Jialiang Zhang
  • Patent number: 10831686
    Abstract: A method of determining a hard disk operation status is for determining an operation status of an electronic device which comprises a SGPIO port and a hard disk. The method comprises receiving an operation status raw signal of the hard disk through the SGPIO port, determining whether receiving a previous operation status raw signal of the hard disk has been performed before an operational period before receiving the operation status raw signal, generating an operation status adjusted signal according to the operation status raw signal of the hard disk and an enabled status signal of the SGPIO port when determining that receiving the previous operation status raw signal has not been performed before an operational period before receiving the operation status raw signal, and performing a delay procedure on the operation status adjusted signal according to a preset time interval to generate and output an operation status determined signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2020
    Assignees: INVENTEC (PUDONG) TECHNOLOGY CORPORTION, INVENTEC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Jian-Fei Liu
  • Patent number: 10819246
    Abstract: Provided are a power supply circuit, a power supply device and a control method. The power supply circuit includes a primary rectifier unit, a modulation unit, a transformer, a secondary rectifier and filtering unit, a current feedback unit, and a control unit. The power supply circuit removes a liquid electrolytic capacitor at a primary side. Moreover, the control unit may determine a type of a voltage of input alternating current, and set a current limit value in the current feedback unit according to the type of the voltage of the alternating current.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2020
    Assignee: GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD.
    Inventors: Chen Tian, Jialiang Zhang
  • Patent number: 10802047
    Abstract: An inspection device according to the invention of the present application includes a fixing plate, plural expanding and contracting portions whose one ends are fixed to the fixing plate, plural contact probes that are fixed to the other ends of the plural expanding and contracting portions respectively, and plural fixing portions which are provided to the plural contact probes respectively, wherein each fixing portion performs switching between a fixing state where an upper end of a corresponding contact probe is fixed at a first position and a releasing state where the contact probe is not fixed, the contact probe is pulled to the fixing plate by a corresponding expanding and contracting portion under the fixing state, and the upper end of the contact probe is placed at a second position closer to the fixing plate than the first position under the releasing state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2020
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Naoto Kaguchi, Yuji Ebiike
  • Patent number: 10757385
    Abstract: In general, this disclosure describes techniques for communicating preferred color gamut settings from a sink device to a source device. The source device may send, through a video interface, first video data to the sink device, which receives the first video data through the video interface. The sink device may then send, through a feedback channel of the video interface, preferred color gamut settings of the sink device to the source device. The preferred color gamut settings may be for content received from the source device. The source device may adapt second video data using the preferred color gamut settings. The source device may then send, through the video interface, the second video data adapted to the preferred color gamut settings to the sink device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2020
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Dmytro Rusanovskyy, Adarsh Krishnan Ramasubramonian
  • Patent number: 10746894
    Abstract: Disclosed is a magnetotelluric measurement system, comprising: a magnetic sensor probe for collecting an electromagnetic signal as an impulse response of an earth and transmitting the same to a signal readout circuit; the signal readout circuit configured for receiving and amplifying the electromagnetic signal collected by the magnetic sensor probe; a data acquisition and processing module configured for receiving and processing electromagnetic signal amplified by the signal readout circuit; a storage module configured for storing the electromagnetic signals amplified by the signal readout circuit and processed by the data acquisition and processing module; a first casing for enclosing the magnetic sensor probe and the signal readout circuit; and a second casing for enclosing the data acquisition and processing module and the storage module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES
    Inventors: Zhongxing Wang, Qingyun Di, Tianxin Zhang, Fei Tian, Yongyou Yang, Wenxiu Zhang, Yujie Yang
  • Patent number: 10705126
    Abstract: A system for energy metering with temperature monitoring that includes a plurality of current sensors, suitable to sense a changing current in a respective power cable, that provide a respective first output. The energy metering system includes a support and current sensors interconnected to the support at spaced apart locations along the support. A temperature sensor that provides a second output and is interconnected to the support. The energy metering system receives the respective first output and the second output and determines characteristics of the energy system based upon the second output.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2020
    Assignee: Veris Industries, LLC
    Inventor: Martin Cook
  • Patent number: 10679666
    Abstract: A data storage library system includes at least one data storage library comprising at least one library frame and at least one environmental conditioning unit, the at least one environmental conditioning unit configured to control one or more environmental conditions within the at least one library frame. The system further includes at least one access door for providing access to an interior portion of the data storage library, a library controller, and at least one warning indicator associated with the data storage library and in electronic communication with the library controller. The at least one warning indicator is configured to provide an indication to an operator when the conditions within the data storage library are such that the at least one access door may be opened and when the conditions within the data storage library are such that the access door should not be opened.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Ernest S. Gale, Icko E. T. Iben, Leonard G. Jesionowski, James M. Karp, Michael P. McIntosh, Shawn M. Nave, Lee C. Randall
  • Patent number: 10670637
    Abstract: A current measuring circuit for redundantly measuring electrical current includes a measuring resistor, a magnetic field sensor, and an evaluation circuit on an evaluation circuit board. The evaluation circuit is used to determine electrical current using the measuring resistor. The magnetic field sensor on the evaluation circuit board and the evaluation circuit board are arranged in direct proximity to the measuring resistor such that the magnetic field sensor is configured to detect the magnetic field from the current-carrying resistor. A battery includes the current measuring circuit and a motor vehicle includes the battery.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2020
    Assignees: Robert Bosch GmbH, Samsung SDI Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Patrick Kaupp
  • Patent number: 10665081
    Abstract: An awakening support apparatus includes an acquisition portion acquiring surroundings information which indicates information of at least one of a temperature and a vibration around a driver of a movable object, a determination portion determining a drowsiness inducing level of the driver based on the surroundings information acquired by the acquisition portion, and an execution portion executing an awakening support for decreasing a possibility of induction of drowsiness of the driver based on a determination result of the drowsiness inducing level determined by the determination portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2020
    Assignee: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hideaki Yamaguchi, Yoshihisa Suetsugu
  • Patent number: 10652096
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are systems, methods, and software for providing a network structure for a network. In one example, a method includes identifying an occurrence of a cascade amongst a plurality of nodes of the network. The method also includes determining respective activation times for each node of a plurality of activated nodes activated during the cascade. The method further includes, for each pairwise combination of activated nodes from the plurality of activated nodes, computing, based on the respective activation times, a connection probability that a pair of nodes from the plurality of activated nodes is connected by an edge. The method further includes mapping a true edge between two activated nodes of the plurality of activated nodes in the network based on computed connection probabilities for the each pairwise combination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: University of Notre Dame du Lac
    Inventors: Dervis Can Vural, Sushrut Ghonge
  • Patent number: 10651954
    Abstract: To provide a calibration system and a calibration method capable of measuring the amplitude and the phase of the radio signal on the electromagnetic radiation surface of the measured antenna, even in the case where the interval between antenna elements is narrow. The calibration system 1 includes: an antenna control unit 16 that selects and excites a combination of antenna elements from among a plurality of antenna elements provided in the measured antenna 100 and thereafter selects and excites another combination of antenna elements; and a probe antenna 12 that receives an electromagnetic wave of the radio signal transmitted from the combination of the antenna elements at a plurality of measurement positions set within a predetermined measurement plane P of the near field area of the measured antenna 100, each time a combination of the antenna elements selected by the antenna control unit 16 are switched.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: ANRITSU CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takashi Kawamura, Masaaki Fuse