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Tiefu Zhao
Also filed as: ZHAO TIEFU
12 granted patents·6 pending applications·66 citations·filing 2011–2025
89Inventor score
Files withEATON CORP4EATON INTELLIGENT POWER LTD4UNIV NORTH CAROLINA CHARLOTTE4BHAVARAJU VIJAY2EATON CAPITAL UNLIMITED COMPANY2
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18 records- 0195US9722581B2Methods and systems for operating hybrid power devices using driver circuits that perform indirect instantaneous load current sensingEATON CORP·Filed 2014·Granted Aug 1, 2017·22 cites·2 claims
- 0291US9397657B1Methods and systems for operating hybrid power devices using multiple current-dependent switching patternsEATON CORP·Filed 2014·Granted Jul 19, 2016·13 cites·16 claims
- 0391US8638531B2Hybrid bi-directional DC contactor and method of controlling thereofBHAVARAJU VIJAY·Filed 2011·Granted Jan 28, 2014·12 cites·23 claims
- 0484US10020802B2Methods and systems for operating hybrid power devices using driver circuits that perform indirect instantaneous load current sensing using stored I-V characteristicsEATON INTELLIGENT POWER LTD·Filed 2017·Granted Jul 10, 2018·4 cites·7 claims
- 0582US10890932B2Electrical network configured to magnetically couple to a winding and to control magnetic saturation in a magnetic coreEATON INTELLIGENT POWER LTD·Filed 2019·Granted Jan 12, 2021·2 cites·29 claims
- 0676US9287418B2System and method for connection of photovoltaic arrays in series and parallel arrangementsNIRANTARE PRASANNA S·Filed 2012·Granted Mar 15, 2016·3 cites·20 claims
- 0774US9123466B2Wireless power transfer systems containing foil-type transmitter and receiver coilsEATON CORP·Filed 2013·Granted Sep 1, 2015·3 cites·17 claims
- 0874US8587906B2Photovotaic system including hybrid bi-directional DC contactors and method of detection and isolation of faults thereinBHAVARAJU VIJAY·Filed 2012·Granted Nov 19, 2013·5 cites·25 claims
- 0970US11747841B2Current control apparatusEATON INTELLIGENT POWER LTD·Filed 2020·Granted Sep 5, 2023·0 cites·24 claims
- 1066US2025373080A1Wireless power transfer for battery-electric locomotives and other battery-electric vehiclesUNIV NORTH CAROLINA CHARLOTTE·Filed 2025·Application pending·0 cites
- 1163US2025053781A1Convolutional neural network model-based arc fault detectionUNIV NORTH CAROLINA CHARLOTTE·Filed 2024·Application pending·0 cites
- 1260US2025373075A1Magnetic block structures for enhanced coupling coefficients in wireless power transferUNIV NORTH CAROLINA CHARLOTTE·Filed 2025·Application pending·0 cites
- 1358US10038324B2Methods, circuits and articles of manufacture for controlling wireless power transfer responsive to controller circuit statesEATON CORP·Filed 2015·Granted Jul 31, 2018·1 cites·23 claims
- 1455US10116230B2Methods, circuits and articles of manufacture for configuring DC output filter circuitsEATON CAPITAL UNLIMITED COMPANY·Filed 2013·Granted Oct 30, 2018·1 cites·18 claims
- 1555US2025246902A1Convolutional neural network model-based arc fault circuit interrupterUNIV NORTH CAROLINA CHARLOTTE·Filed 2025·Application pending·0 cites
- 1645US10141787B2Receiving circuit for magnetic coupling resonant wireless power transmissionEATON CAPITAL UNLIMITED COMPANY·Filed 2015·Granted Nov 27, 2018·0 cites·18 claims
- 1745US2021287858A1Power source for a voltage regulation deviceEATON INTELLIGENT POWER LTD·Filed 2021·Application pending·0 cites
- 1835US2017344039A1Arcless Tap Changer Using Gated Semiconductor DevicesCOOPER TECHNOLOGIES CO·Filed 2016·Application pending·0 cites
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