Patents by Inventor Briag Allain

Briag Allain 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: 8363387
    Abstract: A converter arrangement comprising a switchgear cabinet for a plurality of converter assemblies forming respective main modules and each consisting of submodules, formed as a switching module and a capacitor module. The switchgear cabinet has connection devices for electrical connection of the converter assemblies and also, for each converter assembly, a rail system for the mechanical arrangement thereof. The capacitor module has a DC voltage contact device for electrical connection to the assigned switching module, and also sliding elements. The switching module has a cooling device, power semiconductor modules and also dedicated sliding elements. The sliding elements of the submodules are arranged in a stacked manner in the same rails of the rail system of the switchgear cabinet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2013
    Assignee: Semikron Elektronik GmbH & Co., KG
    Inventors: Francois Vanhyfte, Briag Allain
  • Publication number: 20110110021
    Abstract: A converter arrangement comprising a switchgear cabinet for a plurality of converter assemblies forming respective main modules and each consisting of submodules, formed as a switching module and a capacitor module. The switchgear cabinet has connection devices for electrical connection of the converter assemblies and also, for each converter assembly, a rail system for the mechanical arrangement thereof. The capacitor module has a DC voltage contact device for electrical connection to the assigned switching module, and also sliding elements. The switching module has a cooling device, power semiconductor modules and also dedicated sliding elements. The sliding elements of the submodules are arranged in a stacked manner in the same rails of the rail system of the switchgear cabinet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2010
    Publication date: May 12, 2011
    Applicant: SEMIKRON Elektronik GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Francois VANHYFTE, Briag Allain
  • Patent number: 7667952
    Abstract: The invention concerns a connection system between batteries or banks of capacitors associated with a circuit, for example of the inverter type and whereof the capacitors are connected by a busbar consisting of two thin bars of different polarities stacked and separated by an insulating layer. Each busbar comprises at least one protuberance designed to co-operate with a linking member between two protuberances derived from two batteries or banks of adjacent capacitors. The linking member comprises two conductive strips designed to be contacted each with the bars of same polarity of two opposite protuberances, said strips being arranged on either side of an insulating layer. One of the protuberances or of each co-operating zone of the linking member with one protuberance comprises a clamp forming a slide enabling the other to be slidingly positioned perpendicular to the axis of the link.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2010
    Assignee: Semikron
    Inventors: Briag Allain, Phillipe Lebreton, Jean Frederic Sargos
  • Publication number: 20080002328
    Abstract: The invention concerns a connection system between batteries or banks of capacitors associated with a circuit, for example of the inverter type and whereof the capacitors are connected by a busbar consisting of two thin bars of different polarities stacked and separated by an insulating layer. Each busbar comprises at least one protuberance designed to co-operate with a linking member between two protuberances derived from two batteries or banks of adjacent capacitors. The linking member comprises two conductive strips designed to be contacted each with the bars of same polarity of two opposite protuberances, said strips being arranged on either side of an insulating layer. One of the protuberances or of each co-operating zone of the linking member with one protuberance comprises a clamp forming a slide enabling the other to be slidingly positioned perpendicular to the axis of the link.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2005
    Publication date: January 3, 2008
    Applicant: SEMIKRON
    Inventors: Briag Allain, Phillipe Lebreton, Jean Sargos