Patents by Inventor Alexander Ahlborn

Alexander Ahlborn has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 8362658
    Abstract: A method for determining a load capability of a direct current (“DC”) voltage source connectable to an alternating current (“AC”) power grid having a predetermined frequency via an inverter and a grid disconnect switch includes controlling, while the grid disconnect switch is in an open position, the inverter so as to convert a DC input voltage to a test frequency different than the predetermined frequency of the AC power grid so as to increase a test load acting on the DC voltage source above an internal consumption of the inverter at the predetermined frequency. The DC input voltage is measured while the grid disconnect switch is in the open position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2013
    Assignee: SMA Solar Technology AG
    Inventors: Alexander Ahlborn, Wilfried Groote, Wolfgang Reichenbaecher
  • Publication number: 20100127576
    Abstract: A method for determining a load capability of a direct current (“DC”) voltage source connectable to an alternating current (“AC”) power grid having a predetermined frequency via an inverter and a grid disconnect switch includes controlling, while the grid disconnect switch is in an open position, the inverter so as to convert a DC input voltage to a test frequency different than the predetermined frequency of the AC power grid so as to increase a test load acting on the DC voltage source above an internal consumption of the inverter at the predetermined frequency. The DC input voltage is measured while the grid disconnect switch is in the open position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2009
    Publication date: May 27, 2010
    Applicant: SMA SOLAR TECHNOLOGY AG
    Inventors: Alexander Ahlborn, Wilfried Groote, Wolfgang Reichenbaecher
  • Patent number: 7692502
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for controlling an oscillatory system with the aid of at least one measured variable by the detection of at least one oscillation component (Sx(t)) over time (t) in the form of at least one measured variable. According to said method a control variable (?u) for controlling the oscillatory system is determined from the sum of the weighted differences of the delayed oscillation component, which has been delayed at least twice by different delay times (?1>O, ?2>0) if there is one measured variable and the respective non-delayed oscillation component and if there are several measured variables the sum of the weighted differences of the delayed oscillation components (Si(t??i)), which have been respectively delayed at least once by a specific delay time (?i>0) and their respective non-delayed oscillation components (Si(t)) according to the relationship ?u=a1S1(t) b1S1(t??1)+ . . . +anSn(t)?bnSn(t??n), wherein a1, . . . , an and b1, . . .
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2010
    Assignee: Georg-August-Universitat Gottingen
    Inventors: Ulrich Parlitz, Alexander Ahlborn
  • Publication number: 20070280312
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for controlling an oscillatory system with the aid of at least one measured variable by the detection of at least one oscillation component (Sx(t)) over time (t) in the form of at least one measured variable. According to said method a control variable (?u) for controlling the oscillatory system is determined from the sum of the weighted differences of the delayed oscillation component, which has been delayed at least twice by different delay times (?1>O, ?2>0) if there is one measured variable and the respective non-delayed oscillation component and if there are several measured variables the sum of the weighted differences of the delayed oscillation components (Si(t??i)), which have been respectively delayed at least once by a specific delay time (?i>0) and their respective non-delayed oscillation components (Si(t)) according to the relationship ?u=a1S1(t) b1S1(t??1)+ . . . +anSn(t)?bnSn(t??n), wherein a1, . . . , an and b1, . . .
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2005
    Publication date: December 6, 2007
    Applicant: GEORG-AUGUST-UNIVERSITAT GOTTINGEN
    Inventors: Ulrich Parlitz, Alexander Ahlborn