Patents Assigned to ABB
  • Publication number: 20190006850
    Abstract: A method for forecasting the power generable by a solar inverter during a current day, including: a) collecting sunrise measurements related to the power generated by the inverter during at least a staring period of the sunrise of one or more days including the current day; and b) performing modelling techniques based on the sunrise measurements of at least one of the one or more days, for determining a forecasting model which fits the sunrise measurements and predicts the power generable by the inverter during the rest of the current day.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2016
    Publication date: January 3, 2019
    Applicant: ABB Schweiz AG
    Inventors: Fabio Bistoni, Filippo Vernia, Andrea Koutifaris, Luca Polverini
  • Patent number: 10170914
    Abstract: A Voltage Source Converter control system for active damping of a resonance oscillation in the VSC includes a regular Phase-Locked Loop 2, and a slow PLL 3. The control system is arranged such that an imaginary part of the AD is obtainable from the slow PLL. The slow PLL is configured for having a closed-loop bandwidth which is less than a frequency, in a synchronous dq frame, of the resonance oscillation to be dampened.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2019
    Assignee: ABB SCHWEIZ AG
    Inventor: Lennart Harnefors
  • Patent number: 10170264
    Abstract: An information display system for a switching device includes a cover for the switching device, the cover including a first section and a second section, and a faceplate magnetically attracted to the cover and configured to carry information about the switching device, the faceplate further including an opening, at least a portion of the second section of the cover overlapped by the faceplate. The faceplate is adjustable with respect to the cover.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2019
    Assignee: ABB Schweiz AG
    Inventors: Ashish Mishra, Allison Stacey Conner, Piotr Slawomir Woronkowicz, Jung Soo Park
  • Patent number: 10171977
    Abstract: A communication network and a power converter cabinet including a control unit, a power switch, a sensor and wherein the first communication point is connected to the control unit inside the power converter cabinet, and the second communication point is connected to the power switch, and a sensor inside the power converter cabinet. The communication network includes: a first antenna configured to wirelessly transmit/receive in the mm-wave frequency band, and a second antenna configured to receive/transmit wirelessly in the mm-wave frequency band, wherein the first and second communication points are configured to set up a communication link with multiple propagation paths, to send data between different active devices inside the power converter cabinet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2019
    Assignee: ABB Schweiz AG
    Inventors: Pal Orten, Batool Talha, Simon Douglas Round, Anne Vallestad
  • Patent number: 10166684
    Abstract: An industrial robot including a manipulator for movement of an object in space. The manipulator includes a movable platform arranged for carrying the object, a first arm arranged for influencing the platform in a first direction and including a first inner arm part rotatable about a first axis, a second arm arranged for influencing the platform in a second direction and including a second inner arm part rotatable about a second axis, a third arm arranged for influencing the platform in a third direction and including a third inner arm part rotatable about a third axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2019
    Assignee: ABB Research Ltd.
    Inventors: Torgny Brogardh, Mats Isaksson
  • Patent number: 10170557
    Abstract: There is provided a thyristor having emitter shorts, wherein in an orthogonal projection onto a plane parallel to a first main side, a contact area covered by an electrical contact of a first electrode layer with a first emitter layer and the emitter shorts includes areas in the shape of lanes, in which an area coverage of the emitter shorts is less than the area coverage of emitter shorts in the remaining area of the contact area, wherein the area coverage of the emitter shorts in a specific area is the area covered by the emitter shorts in that specific area relative to the specific area. The thyristor of the invention exhibits a fast turn-on process even without complicated amplifying gate structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2019
    Assignee: ABB Schweiz AG
    Inventors: Marco Bellini, Jan Vobecky, Paul Commin
  • Patent number: 10166873
    Abstract: A battery charger for electric vehicles includes at least three identical current controlled AC-DC converter modules having reverse current protected outputs connected in parallel to a charge terminal of the battery.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2019
    Assignee: ABB B.V.
    Inventors: Menno Kardolus, Jos Schijffelen, Mark Gröninger, Dolf Van Casteren
  • Patent number: 10166673
    Abstract: A portable apparatus for controlling a robot and a method therefor. The portable apparatus includes: an orientation sensor adapted for measuring orientation of the portable apparatus; an HMI device adapted for detecting two-dimensional manual motion relative to the HMI device; and a processing unit adapted for receiving a first signal representing the measured orientation of the portable apparatus and a second signal representing the detected two-dimensional manual motion relative to the HMI device and controlling a part of the robot to move in a direction in consideration of the measured orientation of the portable apparatus and the detected two-dimensional manual motion relative to the HMI device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2019
    Assignee: ABB Schweiz AG
    Inventors: Maciej Orman, Wanli Jiang, Carlos Martinez, Jacek Plesnar
  • Patent number: 10164387
    Abstract: An electrical device having a bus side and a load side is provided. The electrical device includes a plurality of conductive line terminals disposed on the bus side of said electrical device, and a plurality of electrical connectors. Each electrical connector of the plurality of electrical connectors includes a first end coupled to a respective line terminal of the plurality of line terminals, a second end distal from the first end, and a connector clip disposed at the second end. Each connector clip is configured to engage a bus bar to electrically couple the electrical device to the bus bar, and includes a first contact segment and a second contact segment spaced apart from the first contact segment. The first and second contact segments are configured to deflect towards one another from a relaxed position to a depressed position when inserted into a connector channel defined by the bus bar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2018
    Assignee: ABB Schweiz AG
    Inventors: Jeremy Robert Baillargeon, Michael Richard Wood, Mariusz Duda, Jason William Newby, Matthew Hock, Gregory Mathias Probert, John Matthew Hutson, Seth David Kravetz, Nicholas Hayes Ferruolo
  • Patent number: 10164519
    Abstract: A semiconductor stack for a converter comprises two series-connected semiconductor switches; two terminals for connecting a cell capacitor, which are connected to one another by the two semiconductor switches; at least one cooling element arranged between the semiconductor switches; a frame, by which the semiconductor switches and the cooling element are fixed to one another and which provides the terminals; and at least two snubber capacitors which are mechanically fixed to the frame and which are connected in parallel, are connected to the terminals and which in each case form a commutation loop with the semiconductor switches.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2018
    Assignee: ABB Schweiz AG
    Inventors: Osman Senturk, Peter Steimer
  • Patent number: 10164553
    Abstract: A method for reducing lower order harmonics of a power converter includes, for each phase leg of the converter: obtaining a voltage reference for the phase leg; for a present sample, obtaining a flux error of the output voltage of the leg; dividing the first sample flux error by a time period to obtain an average voltage error over said time period; subtracting an obtained processed average voltage error, based on the average voltage error, from the voltage reference to obtain a modified voltage reference for the phase leg; and providing the modified voltage reference to a modulation unit of the converter for controlling the phase leg.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2018
    Assignee: ABB SCHWEIZ AG
    Inventors: Aravind Mohanaveeramani, Jean-Philippe Hasler, Suman Maiti
  • Patent number: 10165711
    Abstract: An electrical device comprising electrical components, the electrical components of the electrical device being arranged in at least two separate compartments (1, 2) having walls, wherein the at least two compartments are substantially closed and arranged at a distance from each other and the walls of the at least two compartments are arranged to form walls of a cooling channel (7) between the compartments (1, 2).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2018
    Assignee: ABB Schweiz AG
    Inventors: Aaro Pallasmaa, Jaakko Hyytiä
  • Patent number: 10160529
    Abstract: The propulsion unit comprises a strut having an upper portion with an upper end portion passing through a passage formed between a first outer bottom and a second inner bottom in a vessel. The upper end portion is rotatable supported with a slewing bearing and sealed with a slewing seal. An upper slewing seal prevents lubrication medium leakage from the slewing bearing, whereby access to the upper slewing seal is provided in a radial direction from the interior of the vessel or from the interior of the strut in order to be able to service the upper slewing seal. A lower slewing seal is positioned at a vertical distance below the upper slewing seal and prevents sea water from penetrating into the hull of the vessel, whereby access to the lower slewing seal is provided in a radial direction from the interior of the vessel or from the interior of the strut in order to be able to service the lower slewing seal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2018
    Assignee: ABB Oy
    Inventors: Kai Karila, Jussi Kiiskilä, Ville Kortelainen, Erkki Ronkainen, Tero Tamminen
  • Patent number: 10164762
    Abstract: The present invention is directed towards a method, a system, and a device which allow an improved synchronization of a system-wide timing information over a network. Hence, slave clocks can be synchronized to a high quality clock, such as a master clock.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2018
    Assignee: ABB Schweiz AG
    Inventors: Dacfey Dzung, Trond Loekstad
  • Patent number: 10161386
    Abstract: The present application is concerned with a flexible way of operating a wind farm with a plurality of degrading wind turbine components. According to the invention, maintenance scheduling and power production in the wind farm are handled concurrently in a single optimization step. Instead of a serial approach first scheduling maintenance activities and subsequently adapting the power production and/or wind turbine operation the two aspects are optimized together. The wind farm operation takes maintenance aspects into account by adapting life index or health status based on modeled mechanical and electrical stress. Accordingly, the wind farm owner may decide when and how much energy to produce accepting which level of stress to the turbine equipment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2018
    Assignee: ABB Schweiz AG
    Inventors: Adrian Timbus, Carsten Franke, Marija Zima
  • Patent number: 10161972
    Abstract: A voltage and or current sensor device for use in medium- or high voltage application, wherein a sensor or sensors of the sensor device is or are arranged in a housing. To enhance communication between the sensor and an electronical device, in order to use maximum possible accuracy potential of the voltage and current sensors, a signal and/or data memory element is integrated in the sensor housing, or placed near the sensor such that the sensor device output signal can be directly evaluated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2018
    Assignee: ABB Schweiz AG
    Inventors: Radek Javora, Marek Pavlas, Adrian Hozoi, Jaromir Podzemny
  • Patent number: 10160116
    Abstract: A method is disclosed for calibrating a tool center point of tool for an industrial robot system. The method can include moving a first part of said tool and a cross beam sensor by said industrial robot; recording a first posture and a second posture of said industrial robot during the interruptions of a first beam and a second beam of a cross beam sensor; moving a second part of said tool and said cross beam sensor by said industrial robot; recording a third posture and a fourth posture of said industrial robot; calculating the tool orientation in consideration of said first posture, second posture, third posture and fourth posture of said industrial robot; and moving said tool and said cross beam sensor by said industrial robot so that said tool center point of said tool interrupts said crossing point of said cross beam sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2018
    Assignee: ABB Schweiz AG
    Inventors: Jinsong Li, Hao Gu, Yonglin Chi, Yan Xu
  • Patent number: 10164126
    Abstract: A semiconductor power rectifier with increased surge current capability is described. A semiconductor layer includes a drift layer having a first conductivity type, at least one pilot region having a second conductivity type different from the first conductivity type, a plurality of stripe-shaped emitter regions having the second conductivity type, and a transition region having the second conductivity type, wherein the at least one pilot region has in any lateral direction parallel to the first main side a width of at least 200 ?m and is formed adjacent to the first main side to form a first p-n junction with the drift layer, each emitter region is formed adjacent to the first main side form a second p-n junction with the drift layer, and the transition region is formed adjacent to the first main side to form a third p-n junction with the drift layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2018
    Assignee: ABB Schweiz AG
    Inventors: Andrei Mihaila, Munaf Rahimo, Renato Minamisawa, Lars Knoll, Liutauras Storasta
  • Patent number: 10156225
    Abstract: A method for black starting a wind turbine and a wind farm following islanding operation, a method for restoring the wind farm following the islanding operation, and the wind turbine and wind farm. The wind turbine comprises auxiliary equipment, a generator, a converter electrically connectable to the generator, and an energy storage system, the generator is electrically connectable to the auxiliary equipment via the converter, the energy storage system is electrically connectable to the auxiliary equipment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2018
    Assignee: ABB Schweiz AG
    Inventors: Xing Huang, Yao Chen
  • Patent number: D836548
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2018
    Assignee: ABB Oy
    Inventors: Roman Jauhonen, Raimo Heine, Tero Viitanen