Patents by Inventor Sergio Zanarini

Sergio Zanarini 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).

  • Solar inverter and plant for converting solar energy into electrical energy
    Patent number: 8148849
    Abstract: There is described a plant (1) for converting solar energy into electrical energy, comprising a photovoltaic generator (2a) including at least one string (2) of photovoltaic modules (M), a pulse generator (31) able to send electrical pulses to the input of the string (2), a signal detector (OP) arranged at the output of the string (2) and able to detect, at the output of the string (2), the presence of a signal which is a function of the electrical pulses at the input, and alarm means connected to the signal detector (OP) and able to generate an alarm in the event that there is no signal at the output of the string (2).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2012
    Assignee: Elettronica Santerno S.p.A.
    Inventors: Sergio Zanarini, Riccardo Morici
  • SOLAR INVERTER AND PLANT FOR CONVERTING SOLAR ENERGY INTO ELECTRICAL ENERGY
    Publication number: 20100007212
    Abstract: There is described a plant (1) for converting solar energy into electrical energy, comprising a photovoltaic generator (2a) including at least one string (2) of photovoltaic modules (M), a pulse generator (31) able to send electrical pulses to the input of the string (2), a signal detector (OP) arranged at the output of the string (2) and able to detect, at the output of the string (2), the presence of a signal which is a function of the electrical pulses at the input, and alarm means connected to the signal detector (OP) and able to generate an alarm in the event that there is no signal at the output of the string (2).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2007
    Publication date: January 14, 2010
    Inventors: Sergio Zanarini, Riccardo Morici