Patents Assigned to ABB
  • Publication number: 20230189060
    Abstract: A method for orchestrating use of a communications network for conveying a plurality of data streams transmitted by a plurality of applications includes attributing levels of importance to individual or groups of data streams, determining based at least in part on the levels of importance and on network capacity requirements of the data streams an ordered list of data streams to be curtailed or stopped in case of a shortage of bandwidth in the communications network, providing the list to a management entity that monitors available bandwidth, compares available bandwidth to a combined bandwidth requirement and, in response to determining that the available bandwidth is, or is imminent to become, less than the combined bandwidth requirement, curtails or stops data streams in the order given by the list so as to bring the combined bandwidth requirement back to or below the available bandwidth.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2022
    Publication date: June 15, 2023
    Applicant: ABB Schweiz AG
    Inventor: Dirk Schulz
  • Publication number: 20230189443
    Abstract: A printed circuit board (PCB) assembly is provided. The PCB assembly comprises a printed wiring board (PWB) and one or more electrical components mounted thereon. The PWB comprises a plurality of layers including conductive layers and insulative layers, where one or more of the insulative layers is a prepreg layer that is halogen-free; one or more slotted portions on a surface of the PWB, which are indented into the PWB; and one or more pads disposed on the surface of the PWB, which are paired with the one or more slotted portions. Each of the one or more electrical components is mounted on the surface of the PWB through a pair of a slotted portion and a pad.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2021
    Publication date: June 15, 2023
    Applicant: ABB Schweiz AG
    Inventors: Alok K. Lohia, Arturo Silva, Robert J. Catalano, Robert J. Roessler
  • Publication number: 20230182592
    Abstract: An electric connector includes a connector body having a connector core and two protruding cuboidal elements that, together, form a U shape. At least one conducting element is arranged at an inner side of the protruding cuboidal element. The conducting element protrudes, at least partly, from the inner side. The conducting element is arranged slidably between two notches, which are arranged in the cuboidal element. The conducting element and at least one notch of the two are configured for conducting charging current.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2022
    Publication date: June 15, 2023
    Applicant: ABB E-mobility B.V.
    Inventors: Francisco Garcia-Ferre, Lilian Kaufmann, Pedram Kheiri, Stefan Raaijmakers, Wiebe Zoon
  • Publication number: 20230184848
    Abstract: A fault detector detects grounded-neutral faults. The fault detector is configured to: receive a first signal from a first induction circuit, the first induction circuit configured to detect a current imbalance between a line conductor and a neutral conductor; determine a first frequency and a first phase of a noise signal component of the first signal; output a noise cancellation signal to a primary side of the first induction circuit, the noise cancellation signal having the first frequency of the noise signal component and an opposite phase than the first phase of the noise signal component; and generate a trip signal based on determining that an impedance of the neutral conductor to ground is at or below a threshold level based upon the first signal received during the injection of the noise cancelation signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2021
    Publication date: June 15, 2023
    Applicant: ABB Schweiz AG
    Inventors: Chandrashekar Nagawaram, Lucas J. McPhee, John P. Filipetti
  • Publication number: 20230183339
    Abstract: Aspects of the application provide anti-hemojuvelin antibodies and methods of using the same in treating anemias of chronic disease, iron-restricted anemias, and/or conditions associated with anemia.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2021
    Publication date: June 15, 2023
    Applicants: Disc Medicine, Inc., Abb Vie Deutschland GmbH & Co. KG, Abb Vie Inc.
    Inventors: Maria Beconi, John Quisel, Brian MacDonald, Steven Robinette, Bernhard Mueller, Andreas Popp, Jennifer M. Perez
  • Patent number: 11676082
    Abstract: Technologies for interruptibility analysis and notification are disclosed. In at least one illustrative embodiment, a method may comprise generating a live data stream including activity data received from one or more sensors associated with a worker, repeatedly generating an interruptibility status of the worker as a function of the activity data in the live data stream over a recent time period, and transmitting a signal that causes one of a plurality of status indicators to be displayed, the displayed status indicator corresponding to the current interruptibility status of the worker.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: ABB Schweiz AG
    Inventors: David Shepherd, Patrick Francis, André Meyer, Thomas Fritz, Christopher Corley, Manuela Züger
  • Patent number: 11675487
    Abstract: A method for an automatic generation of industrial process graphics includes: receiving engineering data, device data, and sensor data of an industrial plant having a plurality of field devices, the engineering data, device data, and sensor data being assigned to a single or multiple field devices; extracting field device information for each field device of a plurality of the field devices from the assigned engineering data, device data, and sensor data; and generating a plurality of process graphics for each field device of the plurality of the field devices. The plurality of process graphics for each field device covers a plurality of different abstraction levels of the industrial plant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: ABB Schweiz AG
    Inventors: Heiko Koziolek, Michael Vach, Jens Doppelhamer
  • Patent number: 11677861
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method for interoperable data exchange between a first real-world entity and a second real-world entity with both real-world entities connected to a same communication network, the first and second real-world entities having first and second digital representations, respectively, each digital representation being a virtual entity replicating data, structure, and functions associated with any one of the real-world entities, the first and the second digital representations having different formats, the method, executed by at least one computing device of the second real-world entity, including: receiving a request for data of the second digital representation to be provided to the first digital representation; evaluating a set of predefined mapping strategies with each mapping strategy being associated with a target model template, by determining a mapping similarity measure for each mapping strategy based on similarities in a structure and semantics of respective data models of the first
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: ABB Schweiz AG
    Inventors: Marie Christin Platenius-Mohr, Somayeh Malakuti, Thomas Goldschmidt
  • Patent number: 11675685
    Abstract: A preventive switchover from a primary controller to a secondary controller even before the primary controller fails system and method includes a server that collects log files comprising operational parameters of the primary controller from the primary controller in real-time. The server determines abnormal patterns or signatures in the operational parameters of the primary controller by comparing the operational parameters with reference patterns or signatures. The reference patterns or signatures are generated by training one or more Artificial Intelligence (AI) based models. After determining the abnormal patterns or signatures, the server predicts events that will lead to switchover from the primary controller to the secondary controller. Thereafter, the server provides a signal to the primary controller to perform preventive switchover to the secondary controller before the primary controller fails.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: ABB Schweiz AG
    Inventor: Wilhelm Weise
  • Publication number: 20230178946
    Abstract: A power distribution connector is configured to connect an electrical cable to at least three electrical interfaces. The connector includes a housing with first and second sections. The first section includes a first electrical interface disposed at a first end of the first section and a second electrical interface disposed at a second end opposite the first end. The second section forms a T-shaped intersection with the first section between the first and second electrical interfaces. The second section includes a distal end opposite the T-shaped intersection, the distal end being configured to receive the electrical cable; and a third electrical interface oriented parallel to the first section, disposed adjacent to the second electrical interface, and extending a distance from an axis of the second section that is less than or equal to a distance from the axis of the second section that the second electrical interface extends.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2021
    Publication date: June 8, 2023
    Applicant: ABB Schweiz AG
    Inventors: Robert Fong, Jeffrey S. Gieger
  • Publication number: 20230179119
    Abstract: An insulated gate field effect transistor (IGFET) based converter circuit is described that includes a direct current input comprising a high voltage input and a low voltage input, an IGFET gate input, and an equivalent phase leg comprising a plurality of parallel-connected cells. The parallel-connected cells each include: a first wide bandgap IGFET having a first drain electrode connected to the high voltage input, a first gate electrode connected to a first gate control input, and a first source electrode; a second wide bandgap IGFET having a second drain electrode connected to the first source electrode, a second gate electrode connected to a second gate control input, and a second source electrode connected to the low voltage input; and a step-inducing inductor coupled to: the first source electrode of the first wide bandgap IGFET, and an output node. The step-inducing inductor is connected to the output node.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2021
    Publication date: June 8, 2023
    Applicant: ABB Schweiz AG
    Inventors: Eddy C. Aeloiza, Sayan Acharya, Utkarsh Raheja
  • Patent number: 11668753
    Abstract: A contact measurement system for measuring a parameter of a contact of a switchgear includes: a first device for measuring an electrical resistance of the contact and mapping the electrical resistance spatially and/or dynamically; a second device for measuring an axial force of the contact and to map the axial force spatially and/or dynamically as a measured axial force; and a third device for measuring a position of the contact. The contact measurement system determines a position-depending force characteristic based on the measured axial force of the contact and the position of the contact. The contact measurement system determines a status of the contact based on a combination of the position-depending force characteristic with the electrical resistance of the contact.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: ABB Schweiz AG
    Inventors: Alexander Graf, Stefan Wildermuth, Holger Reutner, Thomas Stahl, Sebastian Breisch, Simon Penner
  • Patent number: 11670958
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide an electrical apparatus, a power supply system having the same and a method of manufacturing the electrical apparatus. The electrical apparatus includes a detecting circuit coupled to a generator and configured to detect a frequency of the generator. The electrical apparatus also includes a controller coupled to the detecting circuit and configured to receive a first signal indicating the detected frequency and adjust the frequency of the generator in response to determining that the detected frequency is out of a predetermined frequency range. In this way, an actively controlling of the changing rate of the power to and from generator may be achieved, if the generator frequency exceeds the configured limits.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: ABB Schweiz AG
    Inventors: Simon Walton, Sridhar Pulikanti, Dustin Murdock, Nicholas James Elliott, Robert Turner, Parthasaradhy Kozhiparambil Kumaran
  • Patent number: 11671030
    Abstract: Voltage converter circuits including a first and second branch. The first branch is coupled between a first DC terminal and a second DC terminal and includes a first and second winding around a magnetic core. The first and second winding are coupled to an AC terminal via a common node. The second branch is coupled in parallel to the first branch between the first and second DC terminals and includes a third winding around the magnetic core. The third winding is coupled to the AC terminal such that the first and second branches convert a first voltage into a second voltage. The first, second and third windings are configured to cause magnetic flux generated by a differential mode (DM) component of a first current in the first branch and magnetic flux generated by the DM component of a second current in the second branch to enhance with each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: ABB Schweiz AG
    Inventors: Kai Tian, Tinho Li, Kuenfaat Yuen, Mei Liang
  • Patent number: 11670924
    Abstract: A push-lock coupler includes an annular metal insert with a coaxial profile complementary to a conduit; a cylindrical polymeric housing molded over the annular metal insert and having a first and second end and an inner surface; and wherein the first and second end are capable of deforming to the coaxial profile of the conduit inserted into either the first or second end, and the inner surface of the cylindrical polymeric housing has at least one groove disposed between the annular metal insert and the first end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: ABB SCHWEIZ AG
    Inventors: Darren Tremelling, Sheng Zhong, Elio Perigo, Daniel Pierce Armstrong, Marius Rutkeviĉius
  • Patent number: 11670444
    Abstract: An integrated magnetic assembly includes a magnetic core having a first component and a second component. The first component includes a first face and a winding leg extending from the first face. The winding leg includes a top face spaced from and oriented generally parallel to the first face. The second component is coupled to the first component and has a second face facing the first face. The second component further includes a third face recessed from and oriented generally parallel to the second face and a recess sidewall extending between the second face and the third face. The integrated magnetic assembly further includes an input winding and an output winding each inductively coupled to the magnetic core. The third face and the recess sidewall define a recess within the second face. Additionally, a gap is defined between the top face and the third face.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: ABB Power Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Ke Dai, Tom Sun, Lanlan Yin
  • Patent number: 11669081
    Abstract: A data processing device capable of performing problem diagnosis in a production system with a plurality of robots includes: a first time series obtaining part for obtaining historical event data used for determining some historical alarm indicator in time series and storing the historical event data as first time series data; a historic alarm indicator calculation part for calculating a series of historic alarm indicators using statistic characteristics of the first time series data; a threshold definition part for defining at least one threshold value based on a statistical distribution of the historical alarm indicators; a second time series obtaining part for obtaining operational event data during operation of the robots used for determining some operational alarm indicator in time series and storing the operational event data as second time series data; and an operational alarm indicator calculation part for calculating a series of operational alarm indicators.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: ABB Schweiz AG
    Inventors: Marcel Dix, Boris Fiedler, Benjamin Kloepper
  • Patent number: 11670919
    Abstract: A switchgear or control gear includes: at least one first compartment; a second compartment; a plurality of main switchgear or control gear components, the plurality of main switchgear or control gear components including a main busbar system, a three position linear or rotational movement disconnector, a circuit breaker, and a cable connection; and a plurality of auxiliary switchgear or control gear components, the plurality of auxiliary switchgear or control gear components including a disconnector drive and a circuit breaker drive. The plurality of main switchgear or control gear components are housed in the at least one first compartment. The plurality of auxiliary switchgear or control components are housed in the second compartment. The circuit breaker and three position or rotational movement disconnector are mounted vertically in the at least one first compartment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: ABB Schweiz AG
    Inventors: Tomas Kozel, Radek Javora, Josef Cernohous, Pavel Vrbka, Christoph Budde, Christian Simonidis, Sebastian Breisch, Harald Staab
  • Patent number: 11668086
    Abstract: A magnetic strut channel fitting includes first and second plates connected to each other and a plurality of magnets embedded into at least one of the first and second plates. According to another embodiment of the present invention, a magnetic strut channel fitting includes a substantially flat plate and a plurality of magnets embedded into the plate. According to yet another embodiment of the present invention, a magnetic strut channel fitting includes a substantially flat connecting plate, first and second arm members, each of the first and second arm members having a vertical plate and a horizontal plate, and a plurality of magnets, the plurality of magnets embedded into the connecting plate to allow the magnetic strut channel fitting to magnetically adhere to a strut channel. The plurality of magnets allow the magnetic strut channel fitting to be magnetically adhered to a strut channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: ABB SCHWEIZ AG
    Inventors: Daniel P. Edwards, Shaun M. Brannen
  • Publication number: 20230168791
    Abstract: A system and method for generating a series of content areas for presentation at a display screen that are related to an overall machine-related-status of a machine-system, including: providing a status at an input of a first processing unit; accessing a first database-system storing a plurality of series of content areas including a respective position of each of the content areas for presentation at a display screen assigned to the respective overall machine-related-status; determining the series of content areas related to the actual overall machine-related-status for selecting the series of content areas assigned to the actual overall machine-related-status, and generating the selected series of content areas, including a respective position of each of the content areas for presentation the series of content areas related to the actual provided machine-system status at the respective position at the display screen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2022
    Publication date: June 1, 2023
    Applicant: ABB Schweiz AG
    Inventors: Josef Bicik, Mark Stefan Struempfler