Nellcor Puritan Bennett Incorporated

Amber Kinetics, Inc.

Afs Trinity Power Corporation

Philip Kenneth Snyder

Donald Bender

Charles E Porges

Edward Young Chiao

Michael J Fullmer

Andrew E Means

Kelly S Gottlib

Bonny Setzer

A flywheel is described having a rotor constructed of wire wound onto a central form. The wire is prestressed, thus mitigating stresses that occur during operation. In another aspect, the flywheel incorporates a low-loss motor using electrically non-conducting permanent magnets.

Flywheel system using wire-wound rotor

A breathing assistance system with functionality for detecting the existence of a fault condition may include a pressure detector, a flow detector and a fault detection system. The pressure detector may take pressure measurements, each measurement including a measurement of a gas flow rate in the breathing assistance system. The flow detector may take flow rate measurements, each flow rate measurement including a measurement of has flow rate in the breathing assistance system. The fault detection system may process the pressure measurements and/or flow rate measurements to determine the existence of a fault condition associated with the breathing assistance system.

Method and system of detecting faults in a breathing assistance device

A dual-energy storage system is described, having two energy sources: (a) a fast-energy storage device (FES) such as an ultracapacitor, and (b) a long duration or steady power device, such as a fuel-cell or battery. A power converter or controller executes an energy management algorithm to determine when to provide bursts of additional power/current from the fast-energy storage device, and when to recharge the fast-energy storage device.

System and method for dual energy storage management

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Philip Kenneth Snyder