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Brenton J. Bergkoetter, Milford, MI US
| Patent application number | Description | Published |
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| 20090045780 | BATTERY CONTROL METHOD FOR HYBRID VEHICLES - A hybrid control module comprises a vehicle load module and a hybrid battery discharge module. The vehicle load module determines a first power based on power delivered to an accessory power module (APM). The hybrid battery discharge module determines a discharge power based on the first power and selectively controls power consumed by an inverter based on the discharge power when a state of charge of a hybrid battery is less than a first threshold and greater than a second threshold. The inverter and the APM selectively receive power from the hybrid battery. | 02-19-2009 |
| 20110178661 | CONTROL ALGORITHM FOR LOW-VOLTAGE CIRCUIT IN HYBRID AND CONVENTIONAL VEHICLES - A method for controlling a low-voltage circuit of a vehicle having a generator includes monitoring operating conditions of the vehicle and determining whether surplus generator load is available. Available surplus generator load is captured and used to power the low-voltage circuit. The low-voltage circuit may include a low-voltage battery, which may be charged with the surplus generator load. The surplus generator load may be utilized for anti-sulfation of the low-voltage battery. The method is usable with both a hybrid vehicle and a conventional vehicle. The method may further include powering the low-voltage circuit with energy stored in the low-voltage battery as a result of charging the low-voltage battery with the surplus generator load. | 07-21-2011 |
Brenton J. Knuffman, Montgomery Village, MD US
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| 20100141236 | Integrated Optical Element and Faraday Cup - An integrated optical element and Faraday cup that can measure charged particle beam currents, manipulate light and analyze charged particle beam energy distribution. One boundary of the cup is formed by a lens or other suitable optical element which can be used for manipulating light along the axis of the Faraday cup. The surface of the optical element interior to the cup is coated with a transparent conductor in order to establish the simultaneous functions of taking charged particle beam current measurements, taking energy distribution measurements and manipulating light for such applications as focusing or imaging. A suppressor/blanker/retarder electrode is designed to eliminate spurious current signals that can result from production of secondary electrons by the charged particle beam impinging on the electrode surface. | 06-10-2010 |
| 20110210264 | Distributed Ion Source Acceleration Column - An ion beam system uses a separate accelerating electrode, such as a resistive tube, to accelerate the ions while maintaining a low electric field at an extended, that is, distributed ion source, thereby improving resolution. A magneto-optical trap can be used as the ion source. | 09-01-2011 |
Brenton J. Knuffman US
| Patent application number | Description | Published |
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| 20120027946 | DIRECT DEPOSIT AND REMOVAL OF NANOSCALE CONDUCTORS - A method and apparatus for depositing and removing nanoscale conductors. A magneto-optical trap ion source (MOTIS) creates a beam of focused metal ions that either deposit directly at low energy (<0.5 keV) or sputter material away at high energy (>2 keV). By scanning the beam, layers of material may be built up into a desired pattern. By employing a MOTIS as the source of ions for the beam, and then directing that beam through an appropriate ion-optical column, isotopically pure samples may be deposited into patterns with nanoscale feature sizes. The ability to quickly remove material, and deposit isotopically pure metals is desirable, for instance, during the circuit edit stage of integrated circuit manufacture. | 02-02-2012 |