Inventor · Middleton, WI, US

Thomas A. Lipo

51Patents
27h-index
41Co-inventors
88Inventor score

Filing activity: Jan 2, 1975 → Aug 18, 2023

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US6031738A DC bus voltage balancing and control in multilevel inverters Electricity 169 Expired
US5334923A Motor torque control method and apparatus Electricity 130 Expired
US6005788A Hybrid topology for multilevel power conversion Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 126 Expired
US4088934A Means for stabilizing an a-c electric motor drive system Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 105 Expired
US5272429A Air gap flux measurement using stator third harmonic voltage and uses Electricity 83 Expired
US6924574B2 Dual-rotor, radial-flux, toroidally-wound, permanent-magnet machine Electricity 73 Expired
US5304882A Variable reluctance motors with permanent magnet excitation Electricity 73 Expired
US5852558A Method and apparatus for reducing common mode voltage in multi-phase power converters Electricity 72 Expired
US5672925A Doubly salient variable reluctance machine with stationary permanent magnets or auxiliary field windings Electricity 69 Expired
US6097582A Short circuit protection of IGBTs and other power switching devices Electricity 67 Expired
US6570778B2 Adjustable speed drive for single-phase induction motors Electricity 57 Expired
US6710495B2 Multi-phase electric motor with third harmonic current injection Electricity 57 Expired
US5949664A Current stiff converters with resonant snubbers Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 56 Expired
US5825113A Doubly salient permanent magnet machine with field weakening (or boosting) capability Electricity 53 Expired
US4724373A Method and apparatus for flux and torque sensing in electrical machines Electricity 48 Expired
US6242884A Dual stator winding induction machine drive Electricity 46 Expired
US4942511A Static power conversion apparatus using a high frequency series resonant DC link Electricity 44 Expired
US5010267A Variable speed machine with high power density Electricity 44 Expired
US5661390A Inverter-fed motor drive with EMI suppression Electricity 42 Expired
US6208185A High performance active gate drive for IGBTs Electricity 41 Expired
US5510689A Air gap flux measurement using stator third harmonic voltage Electricity 36 Expired
US4137489A Feedback control for reduction of cogging torque in controlled current AC motor drives Electricity 35 Expired
US5825112A Doubly salient motor with stationary permanent magnets Electricity 33 Expired
US6995992B2 Dual bridge matrix converter Electricity 33 Expired
US5448149A Indirect rotor position sensor for a sinusoidal synchronous reluctance machine Electricity 33 Expired

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