Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Energy harvesting from current loops
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Application No.: US17122437Application Date: 2020-12-15
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Publication No.: US11482859B2Publication Date: 2022-10-25
- Inventor: Robert Kevin Sexton , Mark Flori Zanella, Sr.
- Applicant: MSA TECHNOLOGY, LLC
- Applicant Address: US PA Cranberry Township
- Assignee: MSA TECHNOLOGY, LLC
- Current Assignee: MSA TECHNOLOGY, LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US PA Cranberry Township
- Agency: Bartony & Associates LLC
- Main IPC: H02J1/06
- IPC: H02J1/06 ; H02J50/80 ; G01R19/00 ; G01R27/02 ; G06F1/3203

Abstract:
A system includes a two-conductor loop in which the loop current or current signal is controlled by a loop current controller to be proportional to a signal output from a sensor. The system further includes energy harvesting circuity in electrical connection with the two-conductor loop which includes a second current controller in parallel electrical connection with the loop current controller and a power converter in electrical connection with the second current controller. The second current controls a portion of current drawn from the two-conductor loop and delivered to the power converter from an output port thereof. The portion of the current drawn from the two-conductor loop is returned to the loop current controller from the energy harvesting circuit. Noise in the portion of the current drawn from the two-conductor loop by the second current controller is controlled by the second current controller to be below a predetermined threshold.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210111557A1 ENERGY HARVESTING FROM CURRENT LOOPS Public/Granted day:2021-04-15
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