The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 08, 2019
Filed:
Apr. 23, 2018
Applicant:
Eaton Intelligent Power Limited, Dublin, IE;
Inventor:
George William Oughton, Jr., Raleigh, NC (US);
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02J 7/00 (2006.01); H02M 3/155 (2006.01); H02M 7/483 (2007.01); H02J 9/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H02J 7/0063 (2013.01); H02J 7/0016 (2013.01); H02M 3/155 (2013.01); H02M 7/483 (2013.01); H02J 9/06 (2013.01); H02J 2007/0067 (2013.01);
Abstract
An apparatus includes a string of serially-connected energy storage devices, a string of serially-connected windings on at least one core and having a first medial node coupled to a first medial node of the string of serially-connected energy storage devices, and first and second switches configured to connect first and second end nodes of the string of serially-connected storage devices to respective first and second end nodes of the string of serially-connected energy storage devices. A control circuit is configured to operate the first and second switches at the same duty cycle.