Patents Assigned to ABB
  • Publication number: 20230268764
    Abstract: An uninterruptible power supply (UPS) converter circuit includes a controlled switching element, a filter capacitor, and a split DC capacitor comprising a plus DC capacitor and a minus DC capacitor split at a DC-link mid-point, connected to each other at the DC-link mid-point on a respective first side. A second side of the input filter capacitor at an AC point is coupled via an inductor element to a second side of the controlled switching element, the second side of the controlled switching element being coupled to the second side of the plus DC capacitor and the minus capacitor. The controlled switching element operates is configured to be controlled such that a current from the AC point via the inductor element flows alternatingly to either the plus DC output capacitor or the minus DC capacitor, and to the DC-link mid-point, respectively, thereby discharging the input filter capacitor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2023
    Publication date: August 24, 2023
    Applicant: ABB Schweiz AG
    Inventor: Lorenzo Giuntini
  • Publication number: 20230266176
    Abstract: A system and method for determining the type of an analog sensor device in a process control system comprising at least a terminal block unit comprising four connection ports connectable with an analog sensor device, wherein the sensor device to be determined is a 2-wire connection sensor device, a 3-wire connection sensor device, or a 4-wire connection sensor device. The method includes detecting whether: a predefined resistance value is present for a 2-wire connection sensor device, a 3-wire connection sensor device, a predefined resistance value between two predefined pairs of connection ports of the terminal block unit is provided, or a 4-wire connection sensor device is connected to the terminal block unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2023
    Publication date: August 24, 2023
    Applicant: ABB Schweiz AG
    Inventor: Stefan Pook
  • Patent number: 11733272
    Abstract: A submersible current sensor for sensing a current in a submerged conductor includes: a split core current transformer constructed to generate an output representative of the current carried by the conductor, the split core having a first core member, a first winding disposed about at least a portion of the first core member; a second core member; and a second winding disposed about at least a portion of the second core member; and a housing, the housing including: a first housing member constructed to house the first core member and the first winding; and a second housing member constructed to house the second core member and the second winding.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: ABB Schweiz AG
    Inventors: Steven A. Shaw, Vivek Siddharth, David Raschka, Jaroslaw Wojciech Chorzepa, Bandeep Singh
  • Patent number: 11731519
    Abstract: The application relates to an electrical vehicle charging system for charging an electrical vehicle with a DC current, including a charger, an air conditioning device and a control device, whereby the charger is configured for delivering the DC current to the electrical vehicle, the air conditioning device is configured for heating and/or cooling the charging system, the air conditioning device and/or the charger emits a noise, and the control device is configured for controlling delivery of the DC current according to the noise.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: ABB Schweiz AG
    Inventor: Wiebe Zoon
  • Patent number: 11734803
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method and arrangements for generating human machine interface, HMI, graphics associated with an industrial automation system implementing machine learning include receiving migrated HMI graphics. The migrated HMI graphics are obtained from a legacy HMI graphics and comprise a plurality of industrial objects. Further, the method comprises identifying a missing industrial object in said migrated HMI graphics using a historical labelled dataset comprising a plurality of labelled HMI graphics of the industrial object that comprises a graphical object and a data object. Once, the missing industrial object is identified the migrated HMI graphics is therefore corrected to include the identified missing industrial object and a corrected HMI graphics is generated. Furthermore, the method comprises transmitting a notification indicating the corrected HMI graphics to a computing device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: ABB Schweiz AG
    Inventors: Vidyadhar Rao, Jinendra Gugaliya
  • Publication number: 20230260690
    Abstract: An inductor is disposed above and mounted on a printed wire board. The inductor includes a winding and a core. The winding includes first and second terminations that are electrically connected to the printed wire board at different locations. The core includes: a first section including magnetic material with a channel along an inner surface, to receive the winding, and ending at or above first and second bottom corners of the inner surface; a second section that is a mirror image of the first section including an inner surface that faces the inner surface of the first section; and a distributed gap that uniformly separates the first section from the second section except where the winding passes along the mirror-image channels. The winding lies along the distributed gap in the mirror-image channels, and the winding spatially divides the core into an upper and lower portions of equal volume.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2022
    Publication date: August 17, 2023
    Applicant: ABB Schweiz AG
    Inventors: Arturo Silva, Alok K. Lohia, Robert J. Catalano
  • Patent number: 11726131
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a detection system that includes a first sensing device configured for sensing an acoustic wave and an electromagnetic wave and generating a first combined signal and a signal processing device configured to determine the occurrence and properties of an electrical discharge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: ABB Schweiz AG
    Inventors: Kai Hencken, Holger Kaul, Jörg Gebhardt, Yannick Maret, Andrej Krivda
  • Patent number: 11728103
    Abstract: An electrical system includes an enclosure for housing an electrical device. The enclosure includes a door with an operating handle connected to a shaft when the door is closed, which can then be used to turn the electrical device on or off. The shaft rotation is further operable to simultaneously displace an interlock mechanism for engagement or disengagement to a busway structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: ABB Schweiz AG
    Inventors: Mateusz A. Sadowski, Mateusz Sekula
  • Patent number: 11727822
    Abstract: A method for guiding installation of an accessory device in a low voltage switching device having one or more mounting locations for one or more accessory devices using guided mounting means including an image acquisition device, a display, and processing means executing a guided mounting program for guiding installation of the accessory device in the low voltage switching device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: ABB S.p.A.
    Inventors: Stefano Gerolamo Besana, Gabriele Perrone
  • Patent number: 11728806
    Abstract: A pulse generator and a method for generating pulses are provided. The pulse generator includes at least one first transmission line with a first and a second end; at least one second transmission line with a first and a second end; a voltage source; a switching unit; and a charge control device. The charge control device is adapted to connect an output of the voltage source to the first end of the at least one first transmission line. A first switch S1 in the switching unit is adapted to connect or disconnect the second end of the at least one first transmission line to the first end of the at least one second transmission line for predetermined time spans. A second switch S2 in the switching unit is adapted to connect or disconnect the first end of the at least one second transmission line to a fixed potential. The opening or closing states of S1 and S2 in the switching unit are mutually exclusive. A second end of the at least one second transmission line is adapted to be connected to a load.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: ABB Schweiz AG
    Inventors: Jan Carstensen, Torsten Votteler
  • Publication number: 20230251635
    Abstract: A method of integrating modules into a hybrid modular plant comprising a discrete manufacturing part and a continuous manufacturing part includes integrating the discrete part into the continuous part, comprising constructing at least one module definition file mapping one or more discrete-part units of the discrete part to a continuous-part module and importing the module definition file into an orchestration layer of the continuous part. Alternatively, the method comprises integrating the continuous part into the discrete part, comprising constructing one or more interfaces representing each continuous-part module as one or more respective discrete-part units.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2023
    Publication date: August 10, 2023
    Applicant: ABB Schweiz AG
    Inventors: Sten Gruener, Mario Hoernicke, Katharina Stark, Roland Braun, Michael Vach, Nicolai Schoch, Marcel Dix
  • Publication number: 20230251191
    Abstract: A cavity enhanced absorption spectroscopy (CEAS) system is provided that utilizes collimators the incorporate gradient index (GRIN) lenses in lieu of conventional spherical or aspheric refractive lenses. The use of smaller diameter GRIN lenses facilitates a reduced initial beam size entering the sample cavity, which reduces self-interference noise and increases a signal to noise ratio of the measurements. Further, a reduced size and mass of the GRIN lens can reduce a size of the mounting hardware utilized to mount the optical components, which enables more laser beams to be coupled to a single gas cell compared to a similar gas cell integrated with conventional refractive collimators. A larger number of lasers enables more gas peaks to be measured substantially simultaneously using the CEAS system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2022
    Publication date: August 10, 2023
    Applicant: ABB Schweiz AG
    Inventors: John B. Leen, Dylan R. Rittman, Kyle G. Owen, Douglas S. Baer
  • Publication number: 20230253901
    Abstract: A system comprising a synchronous three-phase electric motor and a controller is provided. The synchronous three-phase electric motor comprises a rotor, a stator, a plurality of coils, and a plurality of switching devices. The plurality of coils formed from conductive windings each wound around one or more of a plurality of stator teeth of the stator. The plurality of coils comprises a plurality of permanent coils and a plurality of bypass coils. The plurality of switching devices configured to selectively switch between a tapped position and a primary position. The controller is configured to provide a first switching command to the plurality of switching devices to switch from the primary position to the tapped position based on a transition signal. The transition signal is based on comparing an electrical characteristic associated with one or more input currents to the plurality of switching devices with a threshold value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2022
    Publication date: August 10, 2023
    Applicant: ABB Schweiz AG
    Inventors: Frederick L. Hoadley, Hoat V. Phung, Timothy S. Collins, Robert F. McElveen, JR.
  • Publication number: 20230253145
    Abstract: A reactor, comprising: a support; a coil wound on an outer surface of the support and including a plurality of coil segments electrically connected in sequence; and at least one first insulating separator disposed on the outer surface of the support and separating the outer surface of the support into a plurality of regions, in which the plurality of coil segments is respectively arranged.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2023
    Publication date: August 10, 2023
    Applicant: ABB E-mobility B.V.
    Inventors: Yijie Cen, Bing Huang, ZhiYong Lv
  • Patent number: 11717962
    Abstract: A method for controlling movement of a robot having a plurality of links connected by rotatably driven joints includes the steps of: a) defining a target speed vector of a reference point of the robot in Cartesian space; b) determining rotation speeds ({dot over (q)}ref) of the joints which minimize a weighted sum, the weighted sum having for summands i) a discrepancy (?{dot over (x)}refk?J{dot over (q)}refk?Wx) between the target speed vector ({dot over (x)}ref) and an actual speed vector ({dot over (x)}act) calculated from actual rotation speeds of the joints; and ii) a rate of change ( 1 T S ? ? q . ref k - q . ref k - 1 ? W a ) of the target rotation speeds; and c) setting the rotation speeds ({dot over (q)}ref) determined in step (b) as target rotation speeds of the joints.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignee: ABB Schweiz AG
    Inventors: Tomas Groth, Arne Wahrburg
  • Patent number: 11718195
    Abstract: A charging device autonomously charges an electric vehicle. The charging device includes: a main body and an arm coupled to the main body. The main body is controllably moveable, and the arm is controllably extendable and retractable in a longitudinal direction. A charging plug is included at a distal end of the arm. The charging plug is controllably moveable and insertable into a charging portal of the electric vehicle. The arm comprises: a rigid chain, the rigid chain being compliant in a first direction from a neutral axis and resistant in an opposite second direction past the neutral axis, or at least one scissor arm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignee: ABB E-mobility B.V.
    Inventors: Jonah Kadoko, Matthew Hetrich, Gregory A. Cole, William J. Eakins
  • Patent number: 11719737
    Abstract: A sensing arrangement for detection of electrical discharges in an electrical apparatus is described. The sensing arrangement includes an acoustic sensor and a signal enhancing structure with a funnel region. The acoustic sensor is positioned outside the funnel region on an apex side of the funnel region. An electrical switchgear is described. The electrical switchgear includes a sensing arrangement for detection of electrical discharges in an electrical apparatus. The sensing arrangement includes an acoustic sensor and a signal enhancing structure with a funnel region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignee: ABB Schweiz AG
    Inventors: Jörg Gebhardt, Holger Kaul, Kai Hencken
  • Patent number: 11719666
    Abstract: A reference electrode system for a pH-sensor system includes: a first junction having a membrane with a sealed side; a reference electrode, the reference electrode and/or an electrically conducting wire of the reference electrode being covered completely except for an end portion of the reference electrode, by a sleeve; and a tube that is arranged, at least partly, around the reference electrode, the electrically conducting wire, and the sleeve, the tube having a closed end which is arranged near the end portion of the reference electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignee: ABB Schweiz AG
    Inventors: Benjamin Carr, Kenton Knight
  • Patent number: 11719569
    Abstract: A method of identifying a fault in a synchronous reluctance electric machine, the method including carrying out a first vibration measurement on a stator in a first radial direction of the stator; carrying out a second vibration measurement on the stator in a second radial direction of the stator; determining, on the basis of at least one of the first vibration measurement and the second vibration measurement, a first vibration frequency; determining, on the basis of the first vibration measurement and the second vibration measurement, a mode shape of the vibration at the first vibration frequency; and determining, on the basis that the first vibration frequency fb and the mode shape m fulfil the following barrier fault conditions: fb=fr, and m=1 where fr is a rotation frequency of a rotor, that a flux barrier of the rotor is defect.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignee: ABB Schweiz AG
    Inventors: Pedro Rodriguez, Jahirul Islam, Reza Rajabi Moghaddam
  • Publication number: 20230244218
    Abstract: A system and method for providing a configuration for data extraction from an automation system includes a signal selection agent configured to: receive a user selection of at least one module of the automation system; generate, for display to the user, a user interface identifying one or more selectable signals associated with the selected module and displaying one or more guidance elements comprising data mined from data sources pertaining to the automation system for guiding the user in the selection of relevant signals; receive a user selection of one or more of the selectable signals; and automatically generate the configuration for data extraction on the basis of the selected signals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2023
    Publication date: August 3, 2023
    Applicant: ABB Schweiz AG
    Inventors: Reuben Borrison, Julius Rueckert, Matthias Berning, Roland Braun