Patents by Inventor Alfred-Christophe Rufer

Alfred-Christophe Rufer 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: 7800926
    Abstract: A system and method are disclosed for controlling an inverter to provide an alternating inverter voltage to a load for a transition in which a change in active power (P) and/or reactive power (Q) within a transition time (Ttr) is carried out. The method includes converting a direct current voltage (Udc) into an alternating inverter voltage (Vinv) with a basic frequency (?); and selecting a transition time Ttr for a change in active power (P) and/or reactive power (Q) within a load to be supplied the alternating inventor voltage. To address DC offsets, the transition time Ttr is chosen such that in an equation which is a function of the fundamental period of the basic frequency and the target phase angle after the transition between the inverter voltage Vinv and the load voltage Vn, a variable k is a small integer number between 1-8.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2010
    Assignee: Alstom Technology Ltd
    Inventors: Aziza Benaboud, Alfred-Christophe Rufer
  • Publication number: 20090161398
    Abstract: A system and method are disclosed for controlling an inverter to provide an alternating inverter voltage to a load for a transition in which a change in active power (P) and/or reactive power (Q) within a transition time (Ttr) is carried out. The method includes converting a direct current voltage (Udc) into an alternating inverter voltage (Vinv) with a basic frequency (w); and selecting a transition time Ttr for a change in active power (P) and/or reactive power (Q) within a load to be supplied the alternating inventor voltage. To address DC offsets, the transition time Ttr is chosen such that in an equation which is a function of the fundamental period of the basic frequency and the target phase angle after the transition between the inverter voltage Vinv and the load voltage Vn, a variable k is a small integer number between 1-8.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2008
    Publication date: June 25, 2009
    Applicant: ALSTOM Technology Ltd
    Inventors: Aziza BENABOUD, Alfred-Christophe Rufer
  • Patent number: 6567278
    Abstract: A power supply comprising a DC-DC converter which comprises (a) a first transformer (11); (b) a second transformer (12); (c) a first H-bridge switching circuit (13) for selectively connecting a primary DC source (14) to the primary winding of said first transformer; (d) a second H-bridge (15) switching circuit for selectively connecting said primary DC source (14) to the primary winding of said second transformer (12); (e) a bridge rectifier circuit (16) connected to the secondary windings of said first and second transformers; and (f) a control circuit (17) for providing sets of control pulses for effecting switching of switching elements of the first and the second H-bridge switching circuits (13, 15).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2003
    Assignee: CP Automation S.A.
    Inventors: Alfred-Christophe Rufer, Claudio Zimmermann, Frédéric Muller, Albert Bulliard
  • Publication number: 20030021125
    Abstract: A power supply comprising a DC-DC converter which comprises
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2002
    Publication date: January 30, 2003
    Inventors: Alfred-Christophe Rufer, Claudio Zimmermann, Frederic Muller, Albert Bulliard
  • Patent number: 4800481
    Abstract: A static converter circuit has a voltage summing transformer (Tr-Tr13) with several part transformers (Tr1-Tr13) the static-converter-side winding of which are connected via one four-quadrant actuator each to a direct-voltage link circuit. The four-quadrant actuators are single-phase bridge circuits with one GTO thyristor each and a diode, which is antiparallel thereto, per bridge branch. The static-converter-side windings of the part transformers can be short circuited in each case by means of an alternating-current circuit breaker with antiparallel-connected thyristors. Each part transformer has a separate core. The power-system-side windings of the power transformers are connected in series and are connected at their ends to a railroad power system with 162/3-Hz. The direct-voltage link circuit is connected via power-system-commutated static converters and a static converter transformer to a national power system with 50 Hz.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 1987
    Date of Patent: January 24, 1989
    Assignee: BBC Brown Boveri AG
    Inventors: Berislav Knaffl, Peter Knapp, Alfred-Christophe Rufer, Urs Zurcher, Birger Gotaas