Patents Assigned to ABB AS
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Patent number: 11577400Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide methods for managing a robot system. In one method, orientations for links in the robot system may be obtained when the links are arranged in at least one posture, here each of the orientations indicates a direction pointed by one of the links. At least one image of an object placed in the robot system may be obtained from a vision device equipped on one of the links. Based on the orientations and the at least one image, a first mapping may be determined between a vision coordinate system of the vision device and a link coordination system of the link. Further, embodiments of present disclosure provide apparatuses, systems, and computer readable media for managing a robot system. The vision device may be calibrated by the first mapping and may be used to manage operations of the robot system.Type: GrantFiled: September 28, 2020Date of Patent: February 14, 2023Assignee: ABB SCHWEIZ AGInventors: Changnian Qian, Yanjun Wang, Bojun Ma
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Publication number: 20230041244Abstract: An actuation assembly for a double throw switch is disclosed. The assembly includes a pair of links. A distal end (D) of each of the pair of links is connectable to a first switch and a second switch of the double throw switch. A proximal end (P) of each of the pair of links includes a protuberance. Further, the assembly includes a drive disc securable to a wall of the double throw switch. The drive disc is defined with a plurality of slots of pre-defined profile. Each of the plurality of slots is structured to accommodate and guide the protuberance extending from a corresponding link of the pair of links. A lever arm is connectable to the drive disc and is operable to at least one of a first position, a neutral position, and a second position.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 22, 2022Publication date: February 9, 2023Applicant: ABB Schweiz AGInventors: Mahadeva Mittu, Bhavya Dhruvkumar Kapadia, Kiran Teertha, Harshada Pramod Nagare
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Publication number: 20230043212Abstract: A fault state detection apparatus includes an input unit and a processing unit. The input unit receives condition monitoring data. The processing unit implements a trained machine learning algorithm to analyze the received condition monitoring data to determine if the received condition monitoring data is associated with a fault state. The trained machine learning algorithm was trained on the basis of a plurality of non-fault state condition monitoring data and associated ground truth information and on the basis of a plurality of fault state condition monitoring data and associated ground truth information. A subset of the plurality of fault state condition monitoring data was generated from one or more non-fault state condition monitoring data. Generation of fault state conditioning monitoring data in the subset of the plurality of fault state condition monitoring data comprises a transformation of non-fault state condition monitoring data to fault state condition monitoring data.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 21, 2022Publication date: February 9, 2023Applicant: ABB Schweiz AGInventors: Ralf Gitzel, Stephan Wildermuth, Joerg Gebhardt, Joerg Ostrowski, Patrik Reto Kaufmann
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Patent number: 11574783Abstract: A splitter plate for an arc extinguishing chamber in a switching device, the splitter plate including a base portion; a pair of arms extending from the base portion; a recess for a movable contact defined between the arms; and a slot in each arm; wherein the recess is arranged between the slots. An arc extinguishing chamber for a switching device is also provided. A switching device for breaking an electric current, the switching device including a plurality of splitter plates or an arc extinguishing chamber is also provided.Type: GrantFiled: November 15, 2019Date of Patent: February 7, 2023Assignee: ABB Schweiz AGInventors: Alfred Nilsson, Markus Angell, David Karlén, Gunnar Johansson
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Patent number: 11574777Abstract: A switching apparatus for an electric grid includes first and second electric terminals, each having first and second electric branches having a plurality of switching devices. The first electric branch includes a first switching device switchable between open and closed states, which is driven by a current flowing along said first switching device and without receiving an external control signal or an external power supply, said first switching device switching from said closed state to said open state, when the current flowing along said switching apparatus exceeds a corresponding predefined threshold value or when the changing rate of the current flowing along said switching apparatus exceeds a corresponding predefined threshold value or upon a combination of these two conditions. A second switching device is connected in series with the first switching device and is switchable between closed and open states upon receiving a corresponding input control signal.Type: GrantFiled: December 13, 2021Date of Patent: February 7, 2023Assignee: ABB Schweiz AGInventors: Thorsten Strassel, Antonello Antoniazzi, Markus Abplanalp, Thierry Delachaux
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Patent number: 11574786Abstract: A fuse adapter kit for a fuse of a switch-fuse module and a switch-fuse module.Type: GrantFiled: March 8, 2022Date of Patent: February 7, 2023Assignee: ABB Schweiz AGInventors: Terje Thingstad Pettersen, Ståle Talmo, Stanley Lohne, Elham Attar
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Patent number: 11575769Abstract: A method for providing redundancy in a network centric process control system, where at least one node includes at least one control service as well as at least one middleware service for communicating in the process control system, where the control service and middleware service is each a separate executable running in a separate operating system process provided by a real time operating system thereof, wherein a first control service in a first node communicating via a first middleware service and implementing a first control function acts as an active control service for the first control function and a second control service communicating via a second middleware service and implementing the first control function acts as a standby control service for the first control function, the method including performing, by the first control service, the first control function through subscribing, via the first middleware service, to input process data of the first control function and publishing, via the first midType: GrantFiled: July 23, 2021Date of Patent: February 7, 2023Assignee: ABB Schweiz AGInventors: Staffan Andersson, Åke Bromö, Anders Rune, Mats Rågberger
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Patent number: 11571715Abstract: A sequencing station includes a buffer including a plurality of positions, each position being configured to receive an item. An industrial robot is configured to place items to the positions and pick items from the positions, and a transport device is configured to move items into and out of a work area of the robot. The robot has at least four degrees of freedom. A robot with four degrees of freedom manages both sequencing and restacking tasks faster and with lower investment than conventional machines dedicated to specific tasks.Type: GrantFiled: July 7, 2016Date of Patent: February 7, 2023Assignee: ABB Schweiz AGInventor: Ali Raja
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Patent number: 11572959Abstract: The arrangement includes a pressure relief hatch for closing an opening in a wall in an electric cabinet, which. includes a body having an outer surface, an opposite inner surface, an outer perimeter, and a thickness. The body includes a centre portion with a first thickness, an intermediate portion with a second thickness, and an outer portion with a third thickness. The first thickness is greater than the third thickness and the second thickness decreases in a radially outward direction from the first thickness to the third thickness. A spring keeps the pressure relief hatch in a closed position in the opening during normal operation of the electric cabinet.Type: GrantFiled: May 25, 2021Date of Patent: February 7, 2023Assignee: ABB Schweiz AGInventors: Pyry Hartikainen, Teemu Salmia, Hanna Rapinoja
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Patent number: 11575248Abstract: A prefabricated substation is provided with a solid state breaker and a transformer. The substation preferably transforms voltage from a medium voltage to a low voltage. The substation also breaks current flow through the substation when a fault occurs. The primary components of the substation, including the transformer and solid state breaker, are located together within the housing.Type: GrantFiled: December 31, 2019Date of Patent: February 7, 2023Assignee: ABB SCHWEIZ AGInventors: Taosha Jiang, Carlos David Nieto, Debrup Das, Daniel Turk
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Publication number: 20230034953Abstract: This disclosure provides a consolidated electric motor stator lamination for multiple enclosure types such that a single stator assembly can be used for different classifications of an electric motor. Each layer of the stator lamination includes external features that, when combined with the external features of the other layers in the lamination, can be adapted to conform the electric motor to one of a plurality of enclosure types. The external features include retaining features for one or more covers, fins, and a profile configured to accept cooling tubes. In various embodiments, a single consolidated stator lamination assembly can be adapted to provide a motor having at least two of an open-drip proof (ODP), a totally enclosed fan cooled (TEFC), or a totally enclosed water cooled (TEWC) enclosure classification.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 29, 2021Publication date: February 2, 2023Applicant: ABB Schweiz AGInventors: William E. Martin, Stephen T. Evon, Jerry L. Martin, Barron D. Grant, John M. Zedek
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Publication number: 20230035067Abstract: A monitoring system includes a frame, a fixed contact, a moveable contact, a drive mechanism, and a linkage mechanism, wherein the fixed contact is fixed in position with respect to the frame, and wherein the linkage mechanism is coupled to the drive and the moveable contact, and wherein activation of the drive is configured to move the linkage mechanism such that the moveable contact is moved towards or away from the fixed contact, and wherein the monitoring system comprises a sensor system having a position sensor and a processor, the position sensor configured to be positioned with respect to the frame and the linkage mechanism such that lateral movement of a part of the linkage mechanism generates at least one displacement signal; and the processor configured to convert the at least one displacement signal to a displacement movement of the moveable contact toward or away from the fixed contact.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 22, 2022Publication date: February 2, 2023Applicant: ABB Schweiz AGInventors: Vadim Migunov, Aydin Boyaci, Adrian Hozoi, Gianluca Cortinovis
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Publication number: 20230029540Abstract: A medium voltage switchgear or control gear includes at least one first compartment; a cable compartment; a plurality of main components; and a plurality of auxiliary components. The plurality of main components is housed in at least one part of the at least one first compartment. The plurality of auxiliary components is housed in the cable compartment. The second connector is configured to connect to the first connector to connect a cable in the cable compartment to a component of the plurality of main components. The cable compartment is configured to be disconnected from the at least one first compartment and wherein the cable compartment is configured to be spatially separated from the at least one first compartment.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 13, 2022Publication date: February 2, 2023Applicant: ABB Schweiz AGInventors: Radek Javora, Tomas Kozel, Josef Cernohous, Michal Skuci
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Publication number: 20230035276Abstract: A circuit breaker monitoring system and method includes a vibration sensor, a processing unit, and an output unit. The vibration sensor is configured to be mounted to a circuit breaker and to acquire a temporal vibration signal over at least a temporal portion of a closing operation of the circuit breaker. The closing operation comprises: initiation of the closing operation; latch release; movement of a moveable contact towards a fixed contact; contact touch of the moveable contact with the fixed contact; stop of movement of the moveable contact. The sensor provides the temporal vibration signal to the processing unit, which determines a plurality of physical switch events and corresponding plurality of time points of the plurality of physical switch events over the closing operation of the circuit breaker.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 28, 2022Publication date: February 2, 2023Applicant: ABB Schweiz AGInventors: Aydin Boyaci, Ido Amihai
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Publication number: 20230036843Abstract: A method for recovering missing phase measurement unit (PMU) measurements from a plurality of PMUs is provided. The method comprises: receiving a plurality of obtained PMU measurements from the plurality of PMUs; populating a PMU dataset based on the plurality of obtained PMU measurements; determining a plurality of missing entries within the PMU dataset, wherein each of the plurality of missing entries indicates a missing PMU measurement within the PMU dataset at a particular time; determining a plurality of substitute entries for the plurality of missing entries based on an optimization algorithm that determines differences associated with a missing entry, of the plurality of missing entries, and a first set of PMU measurements, of the plurality of obtained PMU measurements, that are taken immediately prior to the missing entry; and inserting the plurality of substitute entries into the PMU dataset to generate a new PMU dataset.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 22, 2021Publication date: February 2, 2023Applicant: ABB Schweiz AGInventors: Mohammad Razeghi-Jahromi, David Lee Coats, James D. Stoupis
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Publication number: 20230033088Abstract: A system and method for monitoring a circuit breaker monitoring system includes a vibration sensor, a processing unit, and an output unit. The vibration sensor is mounted to a circuit breaker acquires a temporal vibration signal over at least a temporal portion of a closing operation of the circuit breaker, wherein the closing operation comprises: initiation of the closing operation, latch release, movement of a moveable contact towards a fixed contact, contact touch of the moveable contact with the fixed contact, and stop of movement of the moveable contact. The vibration sensor provides the temporal vibration signal to the processing unit, which determines a plurality of features of the closing operation and an indication of operational functionality of the circuit breaker.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 28, 2022Publication date: February 2, 2023Applicant: ABB Schweiz AGInventors: Aydin Boyaci, Ido Amihai
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Publication number: 20230030690Abstract: A temperature sensor assembly configured to be coupled thermally to a vessel wall for determining a temperature of a surface of the vessel wall is provided, the assembly includes: a first single-branched thermal conduction path, between the surface of the vessel wall and an environment of the temperature sensor assembly, comprising a temperature measurement sensor, configured to be thermally coupled to a first site of the surface of the vessel wall resulting in a first thermal resistance; and a second single-branched thermal conduction path, between a second site of the surface of the vessel wall and an environment of the temperature sensor assembly, comprising a reference temperature sensor, configured to be thermally coupled to the surface of the vessel wall resulting in a second thermal resistance.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 1, 2022Publication date: February 2, 2023Applicant: ABB Schweiz AGInventors: Joerg Gebhardt, Patric Ackermann, Subhashish Dasgupta, Wilhelm Daake, Karsten Schroeder, Guruprasad Sosale
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Publication number: 20230034769Abstract: A method and computer program product including training a machine learning model by means of input data and score data, wherein the machine learning model is an artificial neural net, ANN; running the trained machine learning model by applying the first time-series to the trained machine learning model; and outputting, by the trained machine learning model, an output value, comprising at least a second criticality value of the at least one predicted observable process-value indicative of the abnormal behaviour of the industrial process in a predefined temporal distance.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 14, 2022Publication date: February 2, 2023Applicant: ABB Schweiz AGInventors: Moncef Chioua, Marcel Dix, Benjamin Kloepper, Ioannis Lymperopoulos, Dennis Janka, Pablo Rodriguez
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Patent number: 11566956Abstract: A pressure sensor for a pipe includes: a flexible strip; at least one strain sensing element; and a tensioning device. A first end of the flexible strip passes through a second end of the flexible strip. Between the first end of the flexible strip and the second end of the flexible strip, the flexible strip includes the at least one strain sensing element. The pressure sensor is attachable to the pipe. The first end of the flexible strip extends through or past the second end of the flexible strip. The tensioning device tensions the pressure sensor around the pipe.Type: GrantFiled: January 20, 2021Date of Patent: January 31, 2023Assignee: ABB Schweiz AGInventors: Paul Szasz, Joerg Gebhardt, Paolo Giovio, Ilario Prina, Fabio Corbelli
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Patent number: 11567483Abstract: A computer-implemented method to control technical equipment that performs a production batch-run of a production process, the technical equipment providing data in a form of time-series from a set of data sources, the data sources being related to the technical equipment, includes: accessing a reference time-series with data from a previously performed batch-run of the production process, the reference time-series being related to a parameter for the technical equipment; and while the technical equipment performs the production batch-run: receiving a production time-series with data, identifying a sub-series of the reference time-series, and comparing the received time-series and the sub-series of the reference time-series, to provide an indication of similarity or non-similarity, in case of similarity, controlling the technical equipment during a continuation of the production batch-run, by using the parameter as control parameter.Type: GrantFiled: April 16, 2020Date of Patent: January 31, 2023Assignee: ABB Schweiz AGInventors: Benedikt Schmidt, Martin Hollender, Felix Lenders