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Ralph J. Gitomer

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Most Active Art Unit
1657
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1623, 1651, 1211, 1655, 2899, 1657, 1815, 1622, 1803, 1627
Total Applications
3335
Issued Applications
2109
Pending Applications
286
Abandoned Applications
943

Applications

Application numberTitle of the applicationFiling DateStatus
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17/905946
DRIVE APPARATUS Mar 22, 2021 Abandoned
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17/208160
Electrical system having boost converter functionality Mar 21, 2021 Issued
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17/206366
Motor controller providing a dual-channel functional-safety safe-torque-off function Mar 18, 2021 Issued
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17/191348
Controller and drive circuits for electric motors Mar 14, 2021 Issued
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18/255157
AC/DC converter, electric motor drive device and refrigeration cycle device Feb 28, 2021 Issued
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17/183750
Motor drive device and motor drive system Feb 23, 2021 Issued
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17/800961
Motor drive device Feb 9, 2021 Issued
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17/169122
Systems and methods for adapting pulse width modulation with randomized zero-sequence Feb 4, 2021 Issued
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17/166646
Boosted converter for pulsed electric machine control Feb 2, 2021 Issued
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17/146283
Electromagnetic windshield wiper system Jan 10, 2021 Issued
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17/143117
Driving circuit for single phase motor and driving method for the same Jan 5, 2021 Issued
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17/136225
Operation method and operation device of motor driver for driving motor Dec 28, 2020 Issued
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17/130345
Multiple output power supply for a movable barrier operator Dec 21, 2020 Issued
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17/784428
Optimized brushless DC (BLDC) motor drive system Dec 15, 2020 Issued
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17/118995
Tool brownout management Dec 10, 2020 Issued
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17/789921
Motor control device Dec 8, 2020 Issued
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17/116753
Apparatus and method for protecting overcurrent of clutch control system Dec 8, 2020 Issued
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17/115795
Motor output stabilizing circuit and method Dec 8, 2020 Issued
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17/114704
Rectifier and motor control apparatus having power regeneration function Dec 7, 2020 Issued
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17/782862
Door drive with a small high-performance motor unit Dec 2, 2020 Issued
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