Patents Assigned to ABB AB
  • Patent number: 7154364
    Abstract: An electric machine comprises a core (10) of magnetic material and a first insulating layer (14) of a solid electrically insulating material surrounding the core. A high-voltage winding (17) in the form of an electric conductor is wound around a first part (16) of the first insulating layer and a field-equalizing member (19) is arranged around a second part (18) of the first insulation layer. Further, a second insulating layer (20) of a solid electrically insulating material surrounds the high-voltage winding and the field-equalizing member. The field-equalizing member comprises at least one first sub-member in the form of a winding (27, 28, 37, 38), and an electric cable conductor (31) is intended to be connected to the high-voltage winding at the field-equalizing member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2003
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2006
    Assignee: ABB AB
    Inventor: Stefan Valdemarsson
  • Patent number: 7152306
    Abstract: A method for installing a stator winding in a stator core. A winding turn is formed by drawing a cable portion from a cable reel and inserting it into two winding slots. Each winding turn that is jointlessly connected to first winding turn and has the same winding direction as the first turn is formed by making this winding turn include a cable section corresponding to a turn on the reel that has been lifted off the reel by lateral movement over a gable of the reel. To form each winding turn that is jointlessly connected to the first winding turn and has a second winding direction opposite the winding direction of the first turn, the cable portion forming this winding turn is made to include a section corresponding to a turn on the reel that has been lifted off the reel by lateral movement over the other gable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2006
    Assignee: ABB AB
    Inventors: Birger Andersson, Lars Öhrn, John Seppas, Hans-Åke Eriksson, Gunnar Porsby, Göran Eriksson, Jan-Olof Lamell, Ville Voutilainen, Daniel Dahlblom, Lars Bjernegård
  • Patent number: 7151353
    Abstract: A method for evaluating a condition of a switching device. The switching device includes contact parts, an electric motor and a mechanical coupling device for transforming motion from the electric motor to at least one of the contact parts. A self-diagnostic test is performed on a component of the switching device. The test includes making at least one small movement with the electric motor. A switching device includes contact parts, an electric motor, a mechanical coupling device for transforming motion from the electric motor to at least one of the contact parts, and tester for making self-diagnostic tests, wherein the tester makes small motor movements that are a fraction of a full breaking movement, thereby producing data for evaluating a condition of the switching device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2001
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2006
    Assignee: ABB AB
    Inventors: Sjoerd G. Bosga, Philip C. Kiaer, Magnus Backman, Mats Svensson, Per-Olof Thureson, Lars Jonsson, Freddy Magnussen, Per Larsson, Stefan Valdemarsson
  • Patent number: 7141908
    Abstract: In a rotating electrical machine a stator winding is formed of flexible cables inserted in an open stator in the stator core. The stator slots extend from a radially outermost yoke part of the stator core radially inwards towards the rotor, the stator slots being separated by teeth. The stator slots are shaped as double slots with shoulders arranged in the slot walls such that each cable in the winding is secured between the previous cable in the stator slot and, seen from the slot opening, the next shoulder situated outside that particular cable. In a method for manufacturing such a winding the first cable is inserted through the opening of the stator slot and pressed firmly into a cable slot arranged at the bottom of the stator slot and designed to retain the cable when it has been pressed in.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2001
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2006
    Assignee: ABB AB
    Inventors: Goran Holmstrom, Lars Hedendahl, Lars Walfridsson
  • Patent number: 7143149
    Abstract: A communication system that enables an operator to remotely query and control the process sections in an industrial plant by exchanging data with a central computer that controls the process sections. The operator communicates with the process sections through a mobile wireless device remotely connected with one of the multiple wireless access points on a data network. This data network is, in turn, connected to the central computer that controls these process sections. The central computer stores the location of the process sections and the operator profiles. When requested, it collates and processes this data and presents it to the operator. Further, if the need arises, the central computer tracks and interacts with the operator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2001
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2006
    Assignee: ABB AB
    Inventors: Pierre Öberg, Jan-Erik Frey
  • Patent number: 7135856
    Abstract: A method, system and inductive device for accurately determining inclination of a shaft arranged with a gear wheel including a plurality of gear teeth. The inductive measuring device includes a transmitter coil and at least two receiving coils arranged adjacent relative an axis of symmetry of the transmitter coil. Voltages in the receiving coils are measured, summed and integrated. A zero value for the integral is used to determine the position of the center line of the gear tooth. The invention may be used for diagnostic and/or control purposes of an internal combustion engine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2006
    Assignee: ABB AB
    Inventors: Anders Eidenvall, Sten Linder
  • Patent number: 7130718
    Abstract: A method for an industrial robot to increase accuracy in movements of the robot. A first path is formed by bringing a tool supported by the robot to adopt a plurality of generated positions. A plurality of observed positions of the tool moving along the first path are determined. A second path is formed of the determined tool positions. A correction is determined by a path deviation between geometrically determined positions in the first path and the second path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2001
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2006
    Assignee: ABB AB
    Inventors: Svante Gunnarsson, Mikael Norrlof, Geir Hovland, Ulf Carlsson, Torgny Brogardh, Tommy Svensson, Stig Moberg
  • Patent number: 7126348
    Abstract: Measuring equipment for forming a measured value for voltage representing an ac voltage on a high-voltage conductor. The measuring equipment includes capacitor equipment with a known capacitance for connection between the high-voltage conductor and ground potential. The measuring equipment further includes a current-measurer for sensing a capacitor current flowing through the capacitor equipment and for forming the measured value for voltage in dependence on the capacitor current.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2006
    Assignee: ABB AB
    Inventors: Morgan Adolfsson, Jan Lundquist, Jürgen Häfner
  • Patent number: 7124060
    Abstract: A method, a use of the method, a system, a use of the system, a computer program code element, and a computer readable medium for automatically isolating primary faults out from a system log including actual error messages in a system controlled by an object oriented program. Messages are isolated through clustering.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2000
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2006
    Assignee: ABB AB
    Inventors: Peter Eriksson, Magnus Larsson
  • Patent number: 7121324
    Abstract: A device for continuous or semi-continuous casting of metal comprising a mould having a number of mould elements (1, 2) which together form a mould adapted for receiving a liquid metal (6), a mould supporting structure (30, 31) surrounding the mould and mechanically supporting it, and an induction coil (20) arranged close to the mould for reducing the contact pressure between the melt and the mould. At least one of the mould elements is divided into at least a first (1a, 2a) and a second (1b, 2b) part arranged so that they are electrically insulated from each other, the first mould element part being arranged before the second mould element part relative to the casting direction and said induction coil is arranged close to the first mould element part (1a, 2a).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2006
    Assignee: ABB AB
    Inventors: Nils Jacobson, Erik Svensson
  • Patent number: 7123132
    Abstract: A method for aligning a truck chassis with a required position relative to a crane, in which the truck is scanned by a sensor means. The laser scanner is located on the crane in such a way that it will be able to scan at least one of a plurality of loading/unloading lanes. The truck is scanned when it enters into one of the loading/unloading lanes in order to detect/identify at least one edge of the truck. The distance between the identified edge of the truck and a fixed point on the crane is measured. A signal is generated that enables a truck driver to drive the truck into a required position in the loading/unloading lane for accurately receiving or delivering a container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2001
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2006
    Assignee: ABB AB
    Inventors: Claes Heidenback, Christer Johansson
  • Patent number: 7117080
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for accurately determining TDC in a cylinder of an internal combustion engine. Gas pressure is measured in the cylinder relative to crank angle, giving rise to a curve of gas pressure with crank angle. An offset is found by first computing the angular position of an inflexion point of the compression pressure curve measured as a function of the crank angle, and then computing the offset as the difference between the angular position of a piston in the cylinder and a theoretical value for said angular position of the piston dependent on a known or measured flywheel angle. The value of TDC corrected by the offset is then used to calculate a value of work output such as the Indicated Mean Effective Pressure (IMEP) which may be used for diagnostic and/or control purposes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2002
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2006
    Assignee: ABB AB
    Inventor: Jarl R. Sobel
  • Publication number: 20060214643
    Abstract: An electric network for generation and transmission of electric power, including a power generating part, a point of common connection for the power generating part, a transmission link, a load network, and a reactive power compensator. The transmission link is coupled between the point of common connection and a grid connection point at the load network. The reactive power compensator is coupled to transmission link. The power generating part includes at least one wind turbine with an electric generator of induction type, coupled to the point of common connection. The reactive power compensator includes a capacitor bank and in parallel coupling to the capacitor bank a controllable inductor having a magnetic core, a main winding for alternating current, and a DC-control winding for direct current. The DC-control winding for control of the magnetic flux is set up by the main winding via orthogonal magnetization of the core.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2002
    Publication date: September 28, 2006
    Applicant: ABB AB
    Inventors: Lennart Angquist, Per Hal Varsson, Lars Liljestrand, Stefan Valdemarsson, Claes Bengtsson, Willie Wong
  • Publication number: 20060208673
    Abstract: An apparatus for monitoring and control of one or more electric motors, including a motor controller, equipped with a soft starter. The soft starter includes memory for storing operations and event data, as well as a human-machine interface for making the event information available for display and/or analysis. A method to monitor and diagnose a condition of an electric motor controlled by a motor controller equipped with a soft starter including a human-machine interface. A computer program for carrying out the method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2004
    Publication date: September 21, 2006
    Applicant: ABB AB
    Inventors: Soren Kling, Gunnar Johansson
  • Publication number: 20060190584
    Abstract: A method and an alarm processing system for deciding what alarm, out of a number of alarms generated in an industrial plant or process, to present to a system operator. The method includes creating hiding rules, associating each hiding rule with a real-world object, storing these rules in a storage means, receiving an alarm related to a real-world object, determining if a hiding rule is associated with the real-world object evaluating the hiding rule, deciding from the hiding rule whether to present or hide the alarm, selectively and actively hide such alarms that are decided to be hidden and not presenting the alarm to the system operator. The invention also includes an alarm processing system and a computer program for carrying out the method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2005
    Publication date: August 24, 2006
    Applicant: ABB AB
    Inventors: Mikael Skold, Magne Hansen, Jan Gjerseth
  • Publication number: 20060182595
    Abstract: A robot wrist for an industrial robot. A wrist housing and a wrist part, designated a tilt, are journalled at the wrist housing. The tilt is rotatable relative to the wrist housing about an axis of rotation and includes a drive unit including a motor with a motor housing. A shell part of the motor housing is designed to connect the tilt to the wrist housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2003
    Publication date: August 17, 2006
    Applicant: ABB AB
    Inventors: Christer Lundstrom, Rafael Nissfolk
  • Publication number: 20060181236
    Abstract: A method and a system for programming an industrial robot to move relative to defined positions on an object. The system includes a geometrical model of the object, the real object, and an industrial robot. A plurality of measuring points are generated corresponding to different points on the surface of the real object expressed in a coordinate system associated with the robot. The system further includes a calibration module arranged to determine orientation and position of the geometrical model of the object relative to the coordinate system associated with the robot, a calculating module arranged to calculate the deviation between the measuring points and corresponding points on the geometrical model, and an adjusting module arranged to adjust the defined positions based on the calculated deviations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2003
    Publication date: August 17, 2006
    Applicant: ABB AB
    Inventor: Torgny Brogardh
  • Patent number: 7091811
    Abstract: A device for absorbing axial and radial short-circuit forces in a cable-wound inductor. A fixing member includes an inner envelope surface that surrounds the cable winding of the inductor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2006
    Assignee: ABB AB
    Inventor: Sebastian Gudmundson
  • Patent number: 7088027
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a rotating asynchronous converter and a generator device. The converter comprises a first stator connected to a first AC network with a first frequency f1, and a second stator connected to a second AC network with a second frequency f2. The converter also comprises a rotor means which rotates in dependence of the first and second frequencies f1, f2. The stators each comprises at least one winding, wherein each winding comprises at least one current-carrying conductor, and each winding comprises an insulation system, which comprises on the one hand at least two semiconducting layers, wherein each layer constitutes substantially an equipotential surface, and on the other hand between them is arranged a solid insulation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2006
    Assignee: ABB AB
    Inventors: Mats Leijon, Thorsten Schütte, Christian Sasse, Udo Fromm
  • Patent number: D530287
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2006
    Assignee: ABB AB
    Inventors: Johan Stolpe, Sven-Eric Gunnarsson