George A Altemose

US Patent:

7592775, Sep 22, 2009

Filed:

May 31, 2006

Appl. No.:

11/443151

Inventors:

George Altemose - Stony Brook NY, US
Tsvi Lissack - Great Neck NY, US

Assignee:

Aeroflex Plainview, Inc. - Plainview NY

International Classification:

H02J 7/00

US Classification:

320128, 320118

Abstract:

A system for balancing charge between a plurality of storage battery cells within a storage battery. The battery balancing system sense changes, possibly caused by environmental influences, in the overall resonant frequency of charge balancing circuits contained within the battery balancing system. Using a phase locked loop based controller, the battery balancing system compensates for the change in resonant frequency by driving the battery balancing circuits at a frequency that matches the actual sensed resonant frequency of the battery balancing circuits.

US Patent:

7786701, Aug 31, 2010

Filed:

Jul 5, 2007

Appl. No.:

11/773567

Inventors:

George Altemose - Stony Brook NY, US

Assignee:

Aeroflex Plainview, Inc. - Plainview NY

International Classification:

H02J 7/00

US Classification:

320136, 320103

Abstract:

A system for balancing charge between a plurality of storage battery cells within a storage battery. The battery balancing system may sense changes, possibly caused by environmental influences, in the overall resonant frequency of charge balancing circuits contained within the battery balancing system and compensate for the change in resonant frequency. Further, the system may correct battery cell voltages monitored by a controller that may include errors due to intrinsic circuit problems, such as parasitic voltage, to reflect an actual voltage of a battery cell.

US Patent:

8058844, Nov 15, 2011

Filed:

Feb 8, 2008

Appl. No.:

12/028600

Inventors:

George Altemose - Stony Brook NY, US

Assignee:

Aeroflex Plainview, Inc. - Plainview NY

International Classification:

H02J 7/00
H02J 7/04

US Classification:

320118, 320119, 320133, 320141

Abstract:

A system for balancing the charge level of a plurality of electrically coupled battery units. The system configuration may utilize an architecture and/or methodology that is more appropriate for lower power applications. In particular, the present invention, in accordance with at least one embodiment, may provide a battery balancing system that implements low loss charge balancing circuits in a compact configuration suitable for a multitude of applications, such as smaller cell battery balancing. The charge balancing circuits may be incorporated within each battery unit.

US Patent:

20120200968, Aug 9, 2012

Filed:

Feb 6, 2012

Appl. No.:

13/366596

Inventors:

George Altemose - Stony Brook NY, US
Michael Consi - Lindenhurst NY, US

International Classification:

H02H 3/20

US Classification:

361 86

Abstract:

A system comprises a battery including one or more cells, an energy source, a load, and a battery protection circuit coupled to the battery, the energy source and the load. The circuit determines if the charge of each cell is at/above a predetermined, band gap supplied threshold voltage, which results in disconnecting of the battery from the energy source. The circuit also may determine if the charge of any cell is at/below a second predetermined level, which may result in disconnecting of the battery from the load. The circuit may be radiation-hardened (e.g., via redundancy), through the use of two sets of field effect transistors, two logic gates, two groups of comparator circuits, and two relays. The circuit provides multiply redundant protection comprising: redundantly assessing the overvoltage determination; redundantly triggering battery isolation; and preventing inadvertent isolation and non-charging, occurring absent overvoltage, through redundant first and second relays.

US Patent:

55764800, Nov 19, 1996

Filed:

May 25, 1994

Appl. No.:

8/249373

Inventors:

Scott D. Hopkins - Dryden NY
Daniel W. Spencer - Cortland NY
Charles P. Lipari - Port Jefferson NY
George A. Altemose - Stony Brook NY

Assignee:

Pall Corporation - East Hills NY

International Classification:

G01N 1508
G01N 2914

US Classification:

73 38

Abstract:

An apparatus for detecting defects in porous elements including systems and methods for quantifying acoustic signal data. A transducer receives acoustic signals generated within a test chamber by a porous element. A signal processing device may be included for analyzing the acoustic signals received, for quantifying the acoustic signals, and for correlating the acoustic signals with physical attributes of the porous element.

US Patent:

50235311, Jun 11, 1991

Filed:

May 19, 1988

Appl. No.:

7/195914

Inventors:

George A. Altemose - Stony Brook NY
Michael Consi - Deer Park NY
Edwin R. Joscelyn - Commack NY
William Wiemann - Wantagh NY
David B. Giguere - Palos Verdes Estates CA
Wilfred J. Gully - Torrance CA
Stanley E. Spencer - Palos Verdes Estates CA

Assignee:

Arx, Inc. - Plainview NY

International Classification:

H02P 602
G05D 2300

US Classification:

318471

Abstract:

A refrigeration control apparatus especially adapted for use in conjunction with cryogenic coolers includes a brushless variable speed drive motor for powering a mechanical cooler-compressor and electronic control circuitry coupled to the motor allowing motor speed and hence cooling rate to be responsive to changes in the temperature of the volume sought to be cooled. A signal corresponding to sensed temperature is compared to a reference signal derived from motor speed. The difference therebetween used to vary the duty cycle of a high frequency pulse train. The pulse train is used to modulate the drive current applied to the motor through pulse position switching circuitry to vary the speed of the drive motor. High and low motor speed limits are provided along with sensor failure protection circuitry to insure continuous motor operation between chosen limits.

US Patent:

20180375345, Dec 27, 2018

Filed:

Jun 22, 2017

Appl. No.:

15/630172

Inventors:

- Cedar Rapids IA, US
George Altemose - Setauket NY, US

International Classification:

H02J 7/00

Abstract:

In an illustrative embodiment, a supercapacitor system includes a common bus and a number of supercapacitor units, each of the supercapacitor units including one or more supercapacitors, coupled to the common bus via a balancing circuit, where each balancing circuit is configured to balance a charge of the one or more supercapacitors in the supercapacitor units by conducting current to supercapacitor units with a lower charge from supercapacitor units with a higher charge over the common bus, each balancing circuit including at least a first switch and a second switch, each switch controlled by a clock signal.

US Patent:

20180347575, Dec 6, 2018

Filed:

Jun 2, 2017

Appl. No.:

15/612852

Inventors:

- Cedar Rapids IA, US
George Altemose - Setauket NY, US

Assignee:

ROCKWELL COLLINS, INC. - Cedar Rapids IA

International Classification:

F04D 27/00
H03L 7/08
H03G 3/20
F04D 25/16
F04D 25/08

Abstract:

In an illustrative embodiment, a control system to synchronize a number of slave fans to a master fan may include a master voltage controlled oscillator to receive input voltages, rotate master blades of the master fan pursuant to the input voltages, and provide reference synchronization signals; a slave voltage controlled oscillator to receive the input voltages modified by a gain, rotate slave blades of the slave fan at slave fan speed pursuant to the input voltages, and provide slave synchronization signals; and a phase lock loop configured to receive the reference synchronization signals and the slave synchronization signals, provide a comparison between the reference slave synchronization signals, and provide the gain pursuant to the comparison between the reference synchronization signals and the slave synchronization signals.