Patents Assigned to ABB
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Patent number: 12046782Abstract: A fuel cell power system and a method of starting a fuel cell power system. The fuel cell power system includes a fuel cell system having one or more voltage outputs, one or more DC/DC converters each having an output and an input, the input being connectable to the voltage outputs of the fuel cell system, a DC voltage link connectable to the output of the one or more DC/DC converters, and a local load connectable to the DC voltage link. In the system, the local load is adapted to draw power from the fuel cell system to decrease the voltage of the fuel cell system.Type: GrantFiled: February 11, 2021Date of Patent: July 23, 2024Assignee: ABB Schweiz AGInventors: Harri Lipponen, Arber Haxhiu, Sami Kanerva, Mikko Kajava
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Patent number: 12046880Abstract: An insert device for sealing a conduit, wherein at least one component of the insert device is configured to separate and position at least one wire in the conduit in order to create a space or inner volume for a sealant to be introduced thereinto. The insert device can have a nozzle configured to allow precise injection of the sealant into the inner volume. The insert device can be operated for quick and reliably repeatable sealing of conduits.Type: GrantFiled: October 28, 2021Date of Patent: July 23, 2024Assignee: ABB SCHWEIZ AGInventors: Darren Tremelling, Jonah Kadoko, Nikolaus Zant, Corey Stoner
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Patent number: 12043460Abstract: A cable tie includes a body having a composition wherein the composition includes a base plastic, an antimicrobial additive, and a detectable additive selected from a detectable metal additive, an X-ray detectable additive, and combinations thereof, a head having a bard including a metallic barb material, and wherein the body and the head are integrally formed. The antimicrobial additive can be configured to be resistant against silver-ion resistant pathogens. The antimicrobial additive can include complexes of zinc, copper, other metallic ions, and combinations thereof.Type: GrantFiled: May 26, 2022Date of Patent: July 23, 2024Assignee: ABB SCHWEIZ AGInventor: Jonathan J. Gwaltney
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Patent number: 12045041Abstract: A method including receiving, by an industrial automation device, operational information associated with an industrial asset, wherein the operational information is received from a sensor device via a first wireless connection. The method further includes transmitting, by the industrial automation device, the operational information and internal technical information associated with the industrial automation device to a cloud server via a second wireless connection. The method further includes adjusting, by the industrial automation device, one or more control parameter settings of the industrial automation device based at least partly on the operational information and the internal technical information.Type: GrantFiled: May 25, 2021Date of Patent: July 23, 2024Assignee: ABB Schweiz AGInventors: Juha Mirsch, Harri Mustonen
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Patent number: 12043362Abstract: A draining arrangement of a propulsion unit of a marine vessel. The propulsion unit includes a shell structure. The shell structure limiting at least one bottom section configured to receive liquids. The draining arrangement including a pneumatically operated drainage arrangement including an intermediate tank within the shell structure, a pressurizing arrangement functionally connected to the intermediate tank and configured to selectively provide a vacuum in the intermediate tank or an excess pressure in the intermediate tank, a first liquid line that is provided between the intermediate tank and said at least one bottom section, and a second liquid to line that is provided between the intermediate tank and a collector arrangement within the hull of the marine vessel.Type: GrantFiled: December 12, 2022Date of Patent: July 23, 2024Assignee: ABB OyInventors: Jukka Laine, Sven Willgren, Toni Niska
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Patent number: 12044576Abstract: A system and method includes an infrared camera; a processing unit; and an output unit. The infrared camera is configured to acquire a plurality of infrared images of the device, wherein the plurality of infrared images comprises a first infrared image and a second infrared image acquired a time period after the first infrared image. The processing unit is configured to determine a pixel in the first infrared image with a hottest temperature and determine a pixel in the second infrared image with a hottest temperature. The processing unit is configured to determine a first number of pixels in the first infrared image that have a temperature within a threshold temperature of the hottest temperature of the first infrared image and determine a second number of pixels in the second infrared image that have a temperature within the threshold temperature of the hottest temperature of the second infrared image.Type: GrantFiled: April 15, 2022Date of Patent: July 23, 2024Assignee: ABB Schweiz AGInventors: Ralf Gitzel, Joerg Gebhardt, Joerg Ostrowski, Maciej Mruczek, Anastasios Papageorgiou
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Patent number: 12046883Abstract: A cable fixing accessory includes: a cylinder segment having a surface with a predefined radius of curvature. The surface of the cylinder segment bends a cable having an electrically conductive core at least partially around the surface of the cylinder segment. The radius of curvature of a portion of the surface of the cylinder segment, which has direct contact with the cable, is greater than or equal to six times a diameter of the electrically conductive core of the cable.Type: GrantFiled: December 9, 2020Date of Patent: July 23, 2024Assignee: ABB AGInventor: Stefan Gutermuth
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Publication number: 20240243575Abstract: A method of predicting energy consumption in electrical distribution systems includes receiving time-series data of plurality of input variables and output variable of electrical distribution system from one or more sensors, determining first set of input variables based on effects of plurality of input variables on output variable, by associating time-series data of each of plurality of input variables with time-series data of output variable, determining a second set of input variables and one or more dependency parameters, based on dependency between each variable of first set of input variables and output variable, at past time instances, generating network representation indicating second set of input variables, output variable, and one or more dependency parameters.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 10, 2024Publication date: July 18, 2024Applicant: ABB S.p.A.Inventors: Mayukha Pal, Maneesh Reddy
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Publication number: 20240244332Abstract: An apparatus for directing a connection element is provided. The apparatus includes a robotic element for manipulating the connection element and a computer vision system communicatively coupled to the robotic element. The computer vision system includes one or more processors configured to: receive a first frame representing an environment at a first time, the environment at the first time comprising marker light of a first mode and other light; receive a second frame of the environment at a second time, the environment at the second time comprising marker light of a second mode and the other light; compare the first frame to the second frame to determine a difference in lighting in the environment between the first time and the second time; and differentiate the marker light of the first mode and the marker light of the second mode from the other light based on the determined difference.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 18, 2023Publication date: July 18, 2024Applicant: ABB E-mobility B.V.Inventor: Matthew Hetrich
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Publication number: 20240241033Abstract: A flow-cell device for sensing electrochemical process parameters includes a cell housing, a sensor housing for receiving a sensor arranged at a side of the cell housing and protruding into the cell housing; and a motor arrangement arranged at the cell housing for stirring the liquid when the flow-cell device is in operation.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 16, 2024Publication date: July 18, 2024Applicant: ABB Schweiz AGInventors: Benjamin Carr, Jonathan Penn, Edis Loveless, Jack Coughlan
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Publication number: 20240241034Abstract: A modular flow-cell unit comprising a mechanical fixing interface configured for receiving a further modular flow-cell unit; and a fluid interface configured for receiving fluid from the further modular flow-cell unit or for transferring fluid to the further modular flow-cell unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 16, 2024Publication date: July 18, 2024Applicant: ABB Schweiz AGInventors: Edis Loveless, Benjamin Carr, Jack Coughlan
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Patent number: 12040660Abstract: The disclosed embodiments describe a partially caged rotor for use in an interior permanent magnet motor and techniques for fabricating thereof. In some embodiments, a caged rotor includes: a rotor core having a shaft; a rotor cage comprising a plurality of conductor bars; and a plurality of permanent magnets at least partially disposed inside a plurality of mounting holes of the core, the plurality of permanent magnets and the plurality of mounting holes forming a plurality of cavities inside the core; wherein each conductor bar is disposed at a respective cavity of the plurality of cavities such that the plurality of conductor bars is of a number greater or equal to 8 and less or equal to 64.Type: GrantFiled: August 12, 2021Date of Patent: July 16, 2024Assignee: ABB SCHWEIZ AGInventors: William E. Martin, Robert McElveen, Nicolas Frank
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Patent number: 12040657Abstract: An uninterruptible power supply, UPS, arrangement for subsea applications, including a container arranged and configured for subsea operation, and the following main modules arranged inside the container: at least one battery module of a predetermined battery capacity; at least one UPS module governing the battery module, the UPS module having a predetermined UPS capacity; at least one control module configured for interfacing and managing the battery module and the UPS module. The UPS arrangement is arranged and configured to vary its overall capacity based on at least the number of battery and UPS modules, wherein the at least one battery module and the at least one UPS module are internally arranged such that the heat losses from the UPS module are used to heat the battery module.Type: GrantFiled: September 13, 2021Date of Patent: July 16, 2024Assignee: ABB Schweiz AGInventors: Paul Midtun, John Pretlove, Nicola Notari, Silvio Colombi, Helge Kolstad, Paolo Catapane
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Patent number: 12038742Abstract: A method for providing an attribute of an element in a processing system having a plurality of elements, the processing system being represented as a directed graph having a plurality of nodes and directed edges, each node representing an element, each node having an attribute, and each directed edge representing a relation between two elements of the plurality of elements, the method including: selecting one node of the plurality of nodes as a starting node; constructing a subgraph, the subgraph including all the nodes that are forward-connected by at least one directed edge from the starting node; and outputting all nodes and the attribute of the nodes of the subgraph.Type: GrantFiled: April 13, 2021Date of Patent: July 16, 2024Assignee: ABB Schweiz AGInventors: Heiko Koziolek, Julius Rueckert, Benedikt Schmidt, Benjamin Kloepper
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Patent number: 12040907Abstract: A communications interface between electric vehicle supply equipment and an electric vehicle includes: a first connection for connecting to a controller of the electric vehicle supply equipment; a second connection for connecting to a controller of the electric vehicle; and an Ethernet interface coupling the first and second connections for communication between the controller of the electric vehicle supply equipment and the controller of the electric vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: August 20, 2021Date of Patent: July 16, 2024Assignee: ABB E-mobility B.V.Inventors: Stefan Raaijmakers, Lars Peter Bech, Miguel Rodriguez Escude
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Patent number: 12040698Abstract: A system and method for an uninterruptible power supply (UPS) includes a first converter assembly, a second converter assembly, a third converter assembly, a first controlled device configured for disconnecting at least two converters of the first converter assembly from and AC source, and a second controlled device configured for connecting at least two of the first converters together, and comprising the step of: opening the first controlled device and closing the second controlled device such that the first converter assembly transfers energy between split DC link halves to maintain voltage regulation of the DC link with respect to the midpoint reference.Type: GrantFiled: March 10, 2022Date of Patent: July 16, 2024Assignee: ABB Schweiz AGInventors: Esa-kai Paatero, Nicola Notari
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Patent number: 12038378Abstract: A system and method for self-calibrating optical turbidity measurements includes a housing comprising a cavity with an inner wall having an essentially straight section and an opening for the medium. An optical standard is moveable between first and second sections within the essentially straight section, and a light source and a light sensor, arranged at the first section and configured to measure the turbidity of the medium, when the optical standard is at the second section, and configured to measure the turbidity of the optical standard and to determine, as a function of the measured turbidity, a calibration coefficient for performing a self-calibration, when the optical standard is at the first section.Type: GrantFiled: December 30, 2021Date of Patent: July 16, 2024Assignee: ABB Schweiz AGInventors: Benjamin Carr, Andrew James Bowen
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Patent number: 12036663Abstract: A method and a control arrangement for determining a relation R?MA between a robot coordinate system of a robot and an MA coordinate system of a moveable apparatus, the movable apparatus including a sensor device and a localization mechanism configured to localize a sensor coordinate system of the sensor device in the MA coordinate system, wherein a marker is arranged in a fixed relation with a reference location on the robot. The method includes positioning the marker in a plurality of different poses in relation to the robot coordinate system. For each pose of the plurality of different poses, the method includes: determining, on the basis of sensor information, a relation C?M between the sensor coordinate system and a marker coordinate system; determining a relation MA?C between the MA coordinate system and the sensor coordinate system; determining a relation R?E between the robot coordinate system and a reference location coordinate system.Type: GrantFiled: March 25, 2019Date of Patent: July 16, 2024Assignee: ABB Schweiz AGInventors: Michael Stenbacka, Miguel Fernandez
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Patent number: 12037223Abstract: A method for loading a container on a landing target on a land vehicle using a container crane including a trolley and a spreader for holding and lifting the container. The method is performed in a container crane control system and includes the steps of: obtaining two-dimensional images of the landing target from a first pair of cameras arranged on the spreader; performing feature extraction based on the two-dimensional images to identify key features of the landing target; generating a point cloud based on the feature extraction, wherein each point in the point cloud contains coordinates in three dimensions; and controlling movement of the container to the landing target based on the point cloud and the identified key features of the landing target.Type: GrantFiled: November 14, 2018Date of Patent: July 16, 2024Assignee: ABB Schweiz AGInventor: Bjorn Holmberg
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Patent number: D1035590Type: GrantFiled: November 11, 2022Date of Patent: July 16, 2024Assignee: ABB E-mobility B.V.Inventors: Francisco Garcia-Ferre, Clemens Van-Der-Veer, Ali Ugur