Inventor · Blacksburg, VA, US

Krishnan Ramu

28Patents
8h-index
12Co-inventors
68Inventor score

Filing activity: Dec 2, 2003 → Jun 20, 2014

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US7034422B2 Radial-axial electromagnetic flux electric motor, coaxial electromagnetic flux electric motor, and rotor for same Electricity 39 Expired
US7271564B2 Method, apparatus, and system for drive control, power conversion, and start-up control in an SRM or PMBDCM drive system Electricity 23 Expired
US7420308B2 PMBDCM and two phase SRM motor, two phase SRM rotor and stator, and coil wrap for PMBDCM and SRM motors Electricity 13 Expired
US7412339B2 Method and apparatus for identifying an operational phase of a motor phase winding and controlling energization of the phase winding Electricity 12 Expired
US8264182B2 Motor power factor correction apparatus and method Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 12 Active
US7134396B2 System to generate and control levitation, propulsion and guidance of linear switched reluctance machines Performing Operations; Transporting 9 Expired
US7015615B2 Apparatus and method that prevent flux reversal in the stator back material of a two-phase SRM (TPSRM) Chemistry; Metallurgy 9 Expired
US8080964B2 Neural network and method for estimating regions of motor operation from information characterizing the motor Electricity 9 Active
US7372232B2 Apparatus for drive control, power conversion, and start-up control in a PMBDCM or two-phase SRM drive system Electricity 7 Expired
US7852038B2 Single switch controlled switched reluctance machine Electricity 7 Active
US8716961B2 Switched reluctance and PM brushless DC motor drive control for electric vehicle application Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 7 Active
US8901798B2 Switched reluctance machines with minimum stator core Electricity 7 Active
US8981705B2 PM brushless motor drive circuit topology and control Electricity 7 Active
US8319456B2 Method, controller, and power converter for controlling a single-switch based switched reluctance machine Electricity 6 Active
US8618761B2 Method for controlling motor operation using information characterizing regions of motor operation Electricity 5 Active
US8754605B2 Power factor correction circuits for switched reluctance machines Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 5 Active
US9054567B2 High power density SRMs Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 4 Active
US9093943B2 High power density switched reluctance machines with hybrid excitation Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 3 Active
US8203302B2 System and method for controlling four-quadrant operation of a switched reluctance motor drive through a single controllable switch Electricity 3 Active
US8525450B2 Power factor correction drive circuit topologies and control for switched reluctance machines Electricity 3 Active
US8541920B2 High density windings for a concentric wound electrical machine stator Electricity 2 Active
US7579734B2 Apparatus and method that prevent flux reversal in the stator back material of a two-phase SRM (TPSRM) Chemistry; Metallurgy 1 Expired
US9312733B2 High power density SRM Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 1 Active
US8952591B2 Rotor lamination shaping for minimum core loss in SRMs Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 1 Active
US8624541B2 System and method for controlling four-quadrant operation of a switched reluctance motor drive through a single controllable switch Electricity 0 Active

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.