Patents Assigned to ABB
  • Apparatus for closing a ventilation opening in a housing of a switch gear and a switch gear comprising such an apparatus
    Patent number: 11757266
    Abstract: An apparatus for closing a ventilation opening in a housing of a switch gear in the event of a sudden increase in pressure caused by electric arcing. The apparatus includes a frame which is adapted to be coupled to the housing of the switch gear adjacent the opening, a flap pivotally mounted at the frame, the flap being adapted to be moved from an open position in which the flap overlaps the ventilation opening keeping a gap which allows an airflow through the opening, into a closed position, in which the flap fully covers the opening and blocks the air flow, spring elastic means which urge the flap into the open position, and a retaining element which is adapted to mechanically lock the flap in the closed position after pivoting the flap from the open position into the closed position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: ABB Schweiz AG
    Inventors: Tomas Pasalov, Adam Ondricek, Pavel Vrbka
  • Configuration of a Modular Plant
    Publication number: 20230280725
    Abstract: A method of providing a control software configuration for a module of a modular plant, the method including, in a module engineering phase: receiving a user definition for the module; and automatically generating the control software configuration for the module based on the user definition, the automatically generating including: specifying parameters for the module that are not specific to any target system; and providing the control software configuration as a controller-agnostic configuration file for subsequent binding of controller software instantiated according to the controller-agnostic configuration file to a hardware controller of the module when the module is integrated into a target system during a plant engineering phase.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2023
    Publication date: September 7, 2023
    Applicant: ABB Schweiz AG
    Inventors: Mario Hoernicke, Ralf Jeske, Joerg Schubert
  • Electrical Panel Board
    Publication number: 20230283051
    Abstract: An electrical panel board includes an enclosure defining a first and second chamber, a power distribution module disposed in one of the first chamber and the second chamber and adapted to electrically connect a main power source to receive power thereof with one or more loads. A neutral assembly is positioned in the remaining of the first chamber and the second chamber and securable to the rear wall of the enclosure. The neutral assembly includes a neutral circuit and a ground fault protection unit electrically coupled to each other. The neutral assembly having the neutral circuit and the ground fault protection unit extends from the rear wall to an imaginary plane which is off set rearwardly from an imaginary plane along which the power distribution module extends from the rear wall.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2023
    Publication date: September 7, 2023
    Applicant: ABB Schweiz AG
    Inventor: Kiran Bhattar
  • Mitigation of Peak Power Exchange Between Suppliers and Facilities
    Publication number: 20230281734
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method for determining a mitigated peak power exchange value for power exchange between a supplier and a facility includes receiving a timeseries comprising power exchange values for power exchange between the supplier and the facility over a predetermined time period; executing an optimization algorithm configured to determine a mitigated maximum power exchange value in the timeseries using data defining one or more peak shaving capabilities at the facility as variables; and outputting the determined mitigated maximum power exchange value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2023
    Publication date: September 7, 2023
    Applicant: ABB Schweiz AG
    Inventors: Georg Gutermuth, Felix Lenders
  • Primary Coil and a Method for Manufacturing a Primary Coil
    Publication number: 20230282411
    Abstract: A primary coil suitable for use in a transformer includes a primary winding bobbin onto which a layer of a primary winding and at least one layer, which includes a fixed number of 1 to 3 layers, of an interlayer insulation material are wound alternately, wherein the interlayer insulation material and the primary winding are impregnated with an epoxy, and wherein the interlayer insulation material is a nonwoven material or a crepe paper.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2023
    Publication date: September 7, 2023
    Applicant: ABB Schweiz AG
    Inventors: Jedrzej Banaszczyk, Adam Anszczak, Wojciech Piasecki, Wojciech Wysocki, Bartlomiej Adamczyk
  • Robotic Method of Repair
    Publication number: 20230278225
    Abstract: A method of inspection and repair of a robotic operation is provided. The robotic operation preferably includes dispensing material onto a surface of a component. A camera is used to capture an image of the robotic operation and identify defects in the robotic operation in the captured image. The locations of the defects are then transformed from the image coordinate system to the robot coordinate system. The robot may then be moved to the defect locations in the robot coordinate system to repair the defects, e.g., by dispensing additional material at the defect.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2023
    Publication date: September 7, 2023
    Applicant: ABB Schweiz AG
    Inventor: Louis J. LePage
  • Method for Estimating Flux Using Handheld Gas Sensors and an Inertial Measurement Unit
    Publication number: 20230280230
    Abstract: A system, method, and apparatus are provided for estimating a flux of fugitive gas emissions. The method is performed using a gas analyzer coupled to a sampling wand, where gas enters the inlet tip of the sampling wand prior to being sampled by the gas analyzer. The sampling wand is fixed to a mobile device that includes an inertial measurement unit. Location information from the inertial measurement unit is used to compile a high resolution geo-spatial map of gas concentration levels across a cross-sectional area of a gas plume. A near-field Gaussian plume inversion calculation is then performed to estimate the flux based on the gas concentration data and the location information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2022
    Publication date: September 7, 2023
    Applicant: ABB Schweiz AG
    Inventors: John B. Leen, Joseph E. Thomaz, Douglas S. Baer
  • Interface Device for Connecting Process Controllers to OPC UA Peer Devices
    Publication number: 20230280710
    Abstract: A system and method for connecting a process controller to one or more peer devices includes providing a process controller interface for bidirectional communication; using a peer device interface for bidirectional OPC UA communication with the peer devices; and providing a logic unit that determines one or more to-be-performed actions from the one or more inputs according to a predetermined logic; determines, according to the predetermined logic, one or more outputs which, when supplied to the process controller, and/or to the peer devices, cause the to-be-performed actions to be performed; and supply these outputs to the process controller, and/or to the one or more peer devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2023
    Publication date: September 7, 2023
    Applicant: ABB Schweiz AG
    Inventors: Roland Braun, Mario Hoernicke
  • Switch-fuse module
    Patent number: 11749976
    Abstract: A switch-fuse module and a ring main unit. The switch-fuse module includes: a housing having therein a switch enclosure including an insulating gas and a cable compartment that is different and separate from the switch enclosure; at least one switch disconnector arranged within the switch enclosure; and at least one fuse canister with a vertically oriented longitudinal axis; wherein the fuse canister i) is adapted to receive a fuse, and ii) is arranged within the cable compartment, and the insulating gas has a global warming potential less than a global warming potential of SF6.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: ABB Schweiz AG
    Inventors: Terje Thingstad Pettersen, John Rune West, Ståle Talmo, Stanley Lohne, Elham Attar
  • Electrically resistive devices, including voltage dividers
    Patent number: 11749428
    Abstract: Electrically resistive devices, such as voltage dividers, and methods of making the same are disclosed. An illustrative voltage divider may include a substrate having an axis, an electrically resistive path applied to the substrate, and at least one terminal positioned around the substrate and in contact with the electrically resistive path. The electrically resistive path may include a primary resistor and a secondary resistor, with the primary resistor having a higher electrical resistance than the secondary resistor. An adjustable displacement of the at least one terminal along the axis of the substrate may allow adjustment of at least one electrical resistance associated with the at least one terminal. An adjustable tightness of the at least one terminal around the substrate may allow adjustment of the at least one electrical resistance associated with the at least one terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: ABB Schweiz AG
    Inventors: Matthew Hetrich, Daniel Pierce Armstrong, Elio Alberto Perigo
  • Corrective coating of objects
    Patent number: 11745218
    Abstract: A method for coating objects starts with dispensing, by means of a first painting system, a first coating layer on a first object. A property of the first coating layer is measured to thereby obtain a first property value, and a coating variable of a second painting system is adjusted based on the first property value. A second coating layer is dispensed on the first coating layer by means of the second painting system which is different from the first painting system. By providing a measurement between the two painting systems, and by adjusting the coating parameters of the downstream painting system based on the measurement results, the overall coating can be corrected by compensating by means of the downstream painting system for a defective coating dispensed by the upstream painting system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: ABB Schweiz AG
    Inventors: Jacobus Lodevicus Martinus van Mechelen, Andreas Frank, Deran Maas
  • Method for failure detection and role selection in a network of redundant processes
    Patent number: 11748217
    Abstract: A method for failure detection and role selection for a process in a network of redundant processes including a primary process configured to transmit a heartbeat signal with a predetermined interval to the processes of the network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: ABB Schweiz AG
    Inventors: Bjarne Johansson, Mats Rågberger, Anders Rune
  • Outlier Detection Based on Process Fingerprints from Robot Cycle Data
    Publication number: 20230274189
    Abstract: A system and method for outlier detection based on process fingerprints from robot cycle data includes a data collection component, which is configured to collect cyclic data, wherein the cyclic data comprises multiple vectors each of which comprises data from one individual cycle of the robot cycle data; a data storage component, wherein which is configured to store the collected cyclic data; and a data processing component, which is configured to perform cloud processing of the stored cyclic data triggered by a cycle-start signal, wherein the data processing component is configured to parse the stored cyclic data and to process the stored cyclic data based on a configuration file defining metadata of the stored cyclic data, wherein the data processing component is configured extract process fingerprints from the stored cyclic data using the metadata.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2023
    Publication date: August 31, 2023
    Applicant: ABB Schweiz AG
    Inventors: Arzam Muzaffar Kotriwala, Benjamin Kloepper, Ido Amihai, Taisuke Minagawa, Dominik Olschewski, Kai Merz
  • Synthesizing Energy Data
    Publication number: 20230273585
    Abstract: A system and method for synthesizing energy time-series data for a facility includes a time-series generator configured to receive an input set of attributes comprising attributes characterizing the facility, and to output a synthesized time-series representing estimated energy data for the facility. The synthesized time-series are generated on the basis of the input set of attributes and one or more reference time-series associated with respective reference sets of attributes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 5, 2023
    Publication date: August 31, 2023
    Applicant: ABB Schweiz AG
    Inventors: Georg Gutermuth, Bernhard Primas, Felix Lenders
  • System for Monitoring a Switchgear
    Publication number: 20230273069
    Abstract: A system and method for monitoring a switchgear includes an infrared camera, a processing unit, and an output unit. The infrared camera acquires an infrared image of the switchgear, and the processing unit converts it into a binary image. Pixels in the infrared image having a temperature equal to or above a first threshold value are given the same first value. Pixels in the infrared image having a temperature below the first threshold value are given the same second value. The processing unit is configured to implement a Siamese neural network to determine if a hot spot exists in the infrared image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2023
    Publication date: August 31, 2023
    Applicant: ABB Schweiz AG
    Inventors: Ralf Gitzel, Marcel Dix, Holger Kaul, Tomas Kozel
  • Method and system for monitoring condition of electric drives
    Patent number: 11740607
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to monitoring a condition of an electric drive in an industrial network. A method comprises obtaining values of input parameters, state parameters, and one or more temperatures associated with one or more components, at a first time instant. The method further comprises estimating values of the state parameters at a second time instant with a first layer of a state space model of the electric drive and the values of input parameters at the first time instant. In addition, the method comprises estimating values of the one or more temperatures at a third time instant with a second layer of the model, the values estimated for the state variables and the values of the temperatures at the first time instant. A condition of the electric drive is determined from the values of the temperatures estimated for the third time instant and one or more predetermined thresholds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: ABB Schweiz AG
    Inventors: Jampana Veera Venkata Naga Bapiraju, Nikhil Podila Venkata Saisantosh, Arpit Sisodia, Ramesh Siddalingaiah
  • Permanent magnet machine and rotor therefor
    Patent number: 11742734
    Abstract: An electric machine includes a stator and a rotor. The rotor includes stacked laminations forming a rotor core. The rotor rotates relative to the stator about a central axis. The rotor core has an outer diameter. Each lamination includes a plurality of magnet slots. Each magnet slot includes a ferrite permanent magnet located therein, adjacent pairs of the ferrite permanent magnets defining a number of poles. Each of the laminations includes a plurality of non-circular rotor bar apertures spaced about the central axis of the rotor and disposed adjacent to and radially inward of the rotor outer diameter. A non-cylindrical rotor bar is disposed in each respective of the plurality of rotor bar apertures. The rotor bars are formed of a conductive material, wherein at least some of the plurality of rotor bars collectively form a rotor bar cage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: ABB Schweiz AG
    Inventors: William E. Martin, Robert F. McElveen, Jr., Nicolas W. Frank
  • Rapid turn-off circuit in static transfer switch
    Patent number: 11742849
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a hybrid resonant capacitor circuit including a first capacitor configured to discharge resonant current to interrupt a load current to a switch in parallel with the hybrid resonant capacitor circuit, a second capacitor coupled in parallel with the first capacitor, wherein the second capacitor is configured to transfer energy stored in the second capacitor to the first capacitor after discharge of the resonant current from the first capacitor, and a current limiter coupled in series with the second capacitor. A static transfer switch including a thyristor switch and the hybrid resonant capacitor circuit is also disclosed herein, as is a method for facilitating multiple consecutive voltage source transfers between a first voltage source and a second voltage source powering a load, using the hybrid resonant capacitor circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: ABB Schweiz AG
    Inventors: Yuzhi Zhang, Xiaoqing Song, Veerakumar Bose
  • Bushing for a medium voltage switchgear
    Patent number: 11742114
    Abstract: A bushing for a metal clad medium voltage switchgear includes a hollow body. The body is made of polyamide. A first end of the body connects to a compartment of the medium voltage switchgear. A second end of the body connects to a T-off and pin. A body portion extends from the first end of the body to the second end of the body. The body portion is circular shaped about an axis extending from the first end of the body to the second end of the body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: ABB Schweiz AG
    Inventors: Jakub Horak, Josef Cernohous, Ctibor Kalab
  • Assignment of tasks between a plurality of devices
    Patent number: 11740991
    Abstract: A method that includes defining a functionality of a system, wherein the system includes at least a first device in a first device category and a second device in a second device category, defining a configuration of the system, determining a plurality of tasks comprised in an application, wherein the application is to be executed by the system, simulating, using a simulation environment, execution of the application in the system when the tasks comprised in the application are assigned to be executed by the first device or the second device, based on the simulation, modifying the assignment of the tasks, distributing the application to the system, and receiving data regarding the execution of the application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: ABB Schweiz AG
    Inventors: Pekka Järvinen, Mikko Kohvakka, Teemu Tanila