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Lockheed Missiles & Space Company, Inc.

Ge Harris Railway Electronics, Inc.

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Nevada Asset Liquidators, LLC

Edison Innovations, LLC

Robert Louis Steigerwald

Robert Dean King

Michael Joseph Schutten

John Norton Park

Ruediger Soeren Kusch

Luis Jose Garces

Ljubisa Dragoljub Stevanovic

Michael Andrew De Rooij

Charles S Korman

Richard S Zhang

Mustansir Hussainy Kheraluwala

Khai D Ngo

James W Wilson

Sriram Ramakrishnan

Keku M Mistry

William P Kornrumpf

John Stanley Glaser

Ravisekhar Nadimpalli Raju

Glen Peter Koste

Juan Antonio Sabate

Todd Alan Anderson

Alexander J Yerman

Rayette Ann Fisher

Milan Zarko Ilic

Maja Harfman Todorovic

William F Wirth

John P Walden

Russell Stephen DeMuth

Jeffrey Joseph Nasadoski

Chester Frank Saj

Matthew Christopher Bringman

Ljubisa Dragolijub Stevanovic

Bantval J Baliga

Jerome Johnson Tiemann

Manoj Ramprasad Shah

David Michael Peltz

Loren H Walker

Glenn Scott Claydon

Ahmed Elasser

George David Goodman

Eladio Clemente Delgado

Rui Zhou

Paul Kenneth Houpt

Allan B Plunkett

Fengfeng Tao

David B Stewart

Hsueh-Rong Chang

Wing Yeung Chung

William Hull Bicknell

Mohammed Agamy

Glen Paul Peltonen

John Andrew Mallick

Waseem A Roshen

Timothy J Miller

Vlatko Vlatkovic

Mark J Kocher

Jing Wang

Jeffrey Neal Slotnick

Kevin C Routh

Vinod John

William George Earls

Edward P Cornell

Gerald W Ludwig

Gerhard A Franz

Peter M Koninsky

Andrew J Macdonald

Keith E Crouch

Andrew Michael De Rooij

Roy Malac

Donald Gene Marabell

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

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 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

An apparatus for transferring energy using onboard power electronics with high-frequency transformer isolation includes a power electronic drive circuit comprises a dc bus and a first energy storage device coupled to the dc bus. A first bi-directional dc-to-ac voltage inverter is coupled to the first energy storage device and to the dc bus, and a first electromechanical device coupled to the first bi-directional dc-to-ac voltage inverter. A charging system coupled to the dc bus via a charge bus comprises a receptacle configured to mate with a connector coupled to a voltage source external to the power electronic drive circuit and an isolation transformer configured to electrically isolate the charge bus from the receptacle. A controller configured to cause the charging system to supply a charging voltage to the dc bus based on a voltage received from the voltage source external to the power electronic drive circuit.

Apparatus for transferring energy using onboard power electronics with high-frequency transformer isolation and method of manufacturing same

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