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King Electric Vehicles Inc.

Lockheed Martin Corporation

Transportation IP Holdings, LLC

Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies Corporation

Edison Innovations, LLC

Robert Dean King

Robert Louis Steigerwald

Lembit Salasoo

Ruediger Soeren Kusch

Timothy Gerard Richter

Ayman Mohamed Fawzi EL-Refaie

Ajith Kuttannair Kumar

Irene Michelle Berry

Paul Robert Gemin

Zhi Zhou

Gary Raymond Kilinski

Zhihao Li

Dongwoo Song

Henry Todd Young

John Erik Hershey

John Anderson Fergus Ross

Michael James Hartman

Richard Louis Zinser

Michael Joseph Dell'Anno

Matthew Christian Nielsen

Ahmed Mostafa El-Antably

Parag Vyas

Gautam Sinha

Rik W De Doncker

Santosh Sambamoorthy Veda

Ahmed Mostafa Elantably

Jian Zhou

Christof Martin Sihler

James Pellegrino Alexander

Mark Edward Cardinal

Jan Erich Hemmelmann

Paul Michael Szczesny

Mark Andrew Runkle

Michal-Wolfgang Waszak

Neil Richard Garrigan

Fengcheng Sun

Rik Wivina DeDoncker

Roland Sidney Sedziol

Wolfgang Daum

Manoj Ramprasad Shah

Charles Dominic Iacovangelo

Kum-Kang Huh

Mark A Preston

Danijel Maricic

Xu She

Mark Ronald Lynass

Ruijie Shi

James Patrick Francis Lyons

Kenneth B Haefner

Peter Claudius Sanza

Lorne Wyatt Hofstetter

Leonard Hill

Veera Palanivelu Rajendran

Somanath Nagendra

Xianghui Huang

Roland S Sedziol

Rudolph Alfred Albert Koegl

Chi-Houng Eddie Lu

Kristofor Lynn Redinger

Arthur A Cavelos

James Edward Schwartz

Augusto Espinel Porras

Christopher Michael Wynnyk

Meng Zhu

John David Dubeck

Prahlad Bhugra

Funian Xiao

Michael Joseph Dell'anno

Rik Wivina Dedoncker

Gary Raymond Kilinsky

Ayman Mohamed Fawzi El-Refaie

An apparatus comprises a power electronic energy conversion system comprising a first energy storage device configured to store DC energy and a first voltage converter configured to convert a second voltage from a remote power supply into a first charging voltage configured to charge the first energy storage device. The apparatus also includes a first controller configured to control the first voltage converter to convert the second voltage into the first charging voltage and to provide the first charging voltage to the first energy storage device during a charging mode of operation and communicate with a second controller located remotely from the power electronic energy conversion system to cause a second charging voltage to be provided to the first energy storage device during the charging mode of operation to rapidly charge the first energy storage device.

Apparatus and method for rapid charging using shared power electronics

A system is provided having one or more charging stations that are electrically coupled with a power distribution grid and that may selectively couple with one or more energy storage devices; and a controller that may control transfer of electric power between the one or more charging stations, the one or more energy storage devices, and the power distribution grid. The controller may determine the amount of electric power transferred based at least in part on one or more assessment values.

System and method for a charging station

According to an aspect of the invention, a motor drive circuit includes a first energy storage device configured to supply electrical energy, a bi-directional DC-to-DC voltage converter coupled to the first energy storage device, a voltage inverter coupled to the bi-directional DC-to-DC voltage converter, and an input device configured to receive electrical energy from an external energy source. The motor drive circuit further includes a coupling system coupled to the input device, to the first energy storage device, and to the bi-directional DC-to-DC voltage converter. The coupling system has a first configuration configured to transfer electrical energy to the first energy storage device via the bi-directional DC-to-DC voltage converter, and has a second configuration configured to transfer electrical energy from the first energy storage device to the voltage inverter via the bi-directional DC-to-DC voltage converter.

Apparatus for energy transfer using converter and method of manufacturing same

An electric vehicle includes a controller configured to receive sensor feedback from a high voltage storage device and from a low voltage storage device, compare the sensor feedback to operating limits of the respective high and low voltage storage device, determine, based on the comparison a total charging current to the high voltage storage device and to the low voltage storage device and a power split factor of the total charging current to the high voltage device and to the low voltage device, and regulate the total power to the low voltage storage device and the high voltage storage device based on the determination.

Method and apparatus for charging multiple energy storage devices

A drive circuit comprising a DC bus configured to supply power to a load, a first fuel cell coupled to the DC bus and configured to provide a first power output to the DC bus, and a second fuel cell coupled to the DC bus and configured to provide a second power output to the DC bus supplemental to the first fuel cell. The drive circuit further includes an energy storage device coupled to the DC bus and configured to receive energy from the DC bus when a combined output of the first and second fuel cells is greater than a power demand from a load, and provide energy to the DC bus when the combined output of the first and second fuel cells is less than the power demand from the load.

Apparatus and method for high efficiency operation of fuel cell systems

An apparatus includes a multi-channel DC bus assembly comprising a first channel and a second channel, a first electromechanical device coupled to a positive DC link of the first channel, and a second electromechanical device coupled to a positive DC link of the second channel. A first DC-to-AC voltage inverter is coupled to the positive DC link of the first channel and a second DC-to-AC voltage inverter is coupled to the positive DC link of the second channel. The apparatus further includes a bi-directional voltage modification assembly coupled to the positive DC link of the second channel and a first energy storage system electrically coupled to the first electromechanical device.

Vehicle propulsion system with multi-channel DC bus and method of manufacturing same

A system includes a control unit having one or more processors and a communication interface. The communication interface is configured to communicate with one or more charging stations that are electrically coupled to receive electrical power from a power distribution grid and that are configured to selectively charge one or more energy storage devices connected to the charging stations. The one or more processors are configured to generate first control signals for communication by the communication interface to the one or more charging stations to control transfer of reactive and/or active power from the charging stations to the power distribution grid. The control signals are generated based at least in part on a load cycle profile of one or more electric machines electrically coupled to the power distribution grid.

System and method of power control for an energy storage charging station

A traction inverter circuit includes a first energy storage device configured to output a DC voltage, a first bi-directional DC-to-AC voltage inverter coupled to the first energy storage device, and a first electromechanical device. The first electromechanical device includes a first plurality of conductors coupled to the first bi-directional DC-to-AC voltage inverter, a second plurality of conductors coupled together, and a plurality of windings coupled between the first plurality of conductors and the second plurality of conductors. The traction converter circuit also includes a charge bus comprising a first conductor coupled to the second plurality of conductors of the first electromechanical device, the charge bus configured to transmit a charging current to or receive a charging current from the first electromechanical device to charge the first energy storage device via the first electromechanical device and the first bi-directional DC-to-AC voltage inverter.

Apparatus for transferring energy using power electronics and machine inductance and method of manufacturing same

A multi-energy storage device system includes an electric drive coupled to a load, a DC link coupled to the electric drive, and a bi-directional voltage converter having an output channel coupled to the DC link and an input channel. A first energy storage device (ESD) is coupled to the input channel, and a switch is coupled to the DC link and to a second ESD. A system controller causes the switch to couple the second ESD to the DC link for delivering energy stored in the second ESD to the electric drive. The system controller also causes the voltage converter to convert a voltage of the first ESD to a higher voltage and to deliver the higher voltage to the DC link, wherein the higher voltage is greater than the voltage of the second ESD and causes the switch to decouple the second ESD from the DC link.

System for selectively coupling an energy source to a load and method of making same

An electric drive system includes a permanent magnet machine having a rotor and a stator and a power converter electrically coupled to the permanent magnet machine and configured to convert a DC link voltage to an AC output voltage to drive the permanent magnet machine. The power converter includes a plurality of silicon carbide switching devices having a voltage rating that exceeds a peak line-to-line back electromotive force of the permanent magnet machine at a maximum speed of the permanent magnet machine.

High power-density, high back EMF permanent magnet machine and method of making same

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