Patents Assigned to ABB
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Patent number: 11680864Abstract: The present invention relates to a condition monitoring device and method for monitoring an electrical machine. The method includes obtaining, at periodic instants, measurements from sensors of the condition monitoring device, where each sensor is one of a magnetometer and an accelerometer. The method also includes comparing, for one or more instants, amplitude data of the measurements with condition monitoring data, wherein the comparison is performed for the amplitude data in one or more axes and at one or more frequencies. The condition monitoring data includes a relation between a plurality of parameters, a plurality of conditions and a plurality of frequencies. The method additionally includes detecting a condition and at least one parameter associated with the condition, based on the comparison. According to the detection, the method includes utilizing the measurements of the at least one parameter for determining a health condition of the electrical machine.Type: GrantFiled: November 26, 2019Date of Patent: June 20, 2023Assignee: ABB Schweiz AGInventors: Maciej Orman, Heqing Sun, Prasad Venikar, Kavitha Ramasamy
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Patent number: 11682920Abstract: A method of operating a static transfer switch is provided. The method includes monitoring a voltage waveform for each phase of first and second power sources, and calculating flux for each phase of the power sources. The method also includes determining (i) a first flux difference between the respective flux of the first phases of the first and second power sources, (ii) a second flux difference between the respective flux of the second phases of the first and second power sources, and (iii) a third flux difference between the respective flux of the third phases of the first and second power sources. The method further includes turning off a third solid-state switch to disconnect the third phase of the first power source from a load, in response to the controller determining that the third flux difference is greater the first and second flux differences.Type: GrantFiled: December 13, 2021Date of Patent: June 20, 2023Assignee: ABB Schweiz AGInventors: Yuzhi Zhang, Yu Du, Xiaoqing Song, Harish Suryanarayana, Veerakumar Bose, Thomas Anthony Kendzia, III, Harshang Shah, Christopher Alan Belcastro
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Patent number: 11683031Abstract: In one aspect, a solid-state switching apparatus is provided that includes a pair of anti-parallel thyristors, a quasi-resonant turn-off circuit, a sensor, and a control circuit. The turn-off circuit is coupled in parallel with the pair of anti-parallel thyristors and includes a first selectively conductive path and a second selectively conductive path. The sensor is configured to sense a thyristor current conducted by at least one of the pair of anti-parallel thyristors. The control circuit is configured to receive the sensed thyristor current from the sensor and determine a magnitude of the sensed thyristor current and a polarity of the sensed thyristor current. The control circuit is further configured to activate, in response to determining that the magnitude is greater than a threshold value, one of the first selectively conductive path and the second selectively conductive path based on the polarity to commutate and interrupt the thyristor current.Type: GrantFiled: December 23, 2021Date of Patent: June 20, 2023Assignee: ABB Schweiz AGInventors: Xiaoqing Song, Yuzhi Zhang, Thomas Kendzia, III, Yu Du
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Publication number: 20230189060Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: December 14, 2022Publication date: June 15, 2023Applicant: ABB Schweiz AGInventor: Dirk Schulz
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Publication number: 20230189427Abstract: A system including a point of load converter module (POL). The POL module includes a point of load printed circuit board. At least one inductor is mounted to the point of load printed circuit board. The POL module includes a power network. The point of load converter module is configured to be surface mounted. The system includes a heat sink including a first leg configured to be surface mounted adjacent the point of load printed circuit board, a second leg configured to be surface mounted adjacent the point of load printed circuit board opposite the first leg, and a cap portion connecting the first leg to the second leg. The heat sink is sized and shaped to encompass the POL and configured to connect to the power network. The power network may be a PGND network.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 14, 2021Publication date: June 15, 2023Applicant: ABB Schweiz AGInventors: John Andrew Trelford, Alok K. Lohia, Arturo Silva
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Publication number: 20230183339Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: May 13, 2021Publication date: June 15, 2023Applicants: 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
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Publication number: 20230182592Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: December 7, 2022Publication date: June 15, 2023Applicant: ABB E-mobility B.V.Inventors: Francisco Garcia-Ferre, Lilian Kaufmann, Pedram Kheiri, Stefan Raaijmakers, Wiebe Zoon
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Publication number: 20230182593Abstract: An electrical vehicle (EV) connector includes a hybrid cooling system with a first cooling device for cooling a first portion of the connector in an area of effect of the first cooling device, and a second cooling device for cooling a second portion of the connector in an area of effect of the second cooling device. The first portion and the second portion are thermally connected to each other; and the area of effect of the first cooling device is configured for not overlapping or only insignificantly overlapping the area of effect of the second cooling device.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 14, 2022Publication date: June 15, 2023Applicant: ABB E-mobility B.V.Inventors: Francisco Garcia-Ferre, Lilian Kaufmann, Pedram Kheiri, Stefan Raaijmakers, Wiebe Zoon
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Publication number: 20230189443Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: December 9, 2021Publication date: June 15, 2023Applicant: ABB Schweiz AGInventors: Alok K. Lohia, Arturo Silva, Robert J. Catalano, Robert J. Roessler
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Publication number: 20230184848Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: December 13, 2021Publication date: June 15, 2023Applicant: ABB Schweiz AGInventors: Chandrashekar Nagawaram, Lucas J. McPhee, John P. Filipetti
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Patent number: 11675685Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: December 8, 2021Date of Patent: June 13, 2023Assignee: ABB Schweiz AGInventor: Wilhelm Weise
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Patent number: 11676082Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: May 15, 2019Date of Patent: June 13, 2023Assignee: ABB Schweiz AGInventors: David Shepherd, Patrick Francis, André Meyer, Thomas Fritz, Christopher Corley, Manuela Züger
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Patent number: 11675487Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: March 26, 2020Date of Patent: June 13, 2023Assignee: ABB Schweiz AGInventors: Heiko Koziolek, Michael Vach, Jens Doppelhamer
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Patent number: 11677861Abstract: 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 firstType: GrantFiled: September 9, 2021Date of Patent: June 13, 2023Assignee: ABB Schweiz AGInventors: Marie Christin Platenius-Mohr, Somayeh Malakuti, Thomas Goldschmidt
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Publication number: 20230179119Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: December 3, 2021Publication date: June 8, 2023Applicant: ABB Schweiz AGInventors: Eddy C. Aeloiza, Sayan Acharya, Utkarsh Raheja
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Publication number: 20230178946Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: December 3, 2021Publication date: June 8, 2023Applicant: ABB Schweiz AGInventors: Robert Fong, Jeffrey S. Gieger
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Patent number: 11668086Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: January 5, 2021Date of Patent: June 6, 2023Assignee: ABB SCHWEIZ AGInventors: Daniel P. Edwards, Shaun M. Brannen
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Patent number: 11670924Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: October 22, 2021Date of Patent: June 6, 2023Assignee: ABB SCHWEIZ AGInventors: Darren Tremelling, Sheng Zhong, Elio Perigo, Daniel Pierce Armstrong, Marius Rutkeviĉius
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Patent number: 11670919Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: June 11, 2021Date of Patent: June 6, 2023Assignee: ABB Schweiz AGInventors: Tomas Kozel, Radek Javora, Josef Cernohous, Pavel Vrbka, Christoph Budde, Christian Simonidis, Sebastian Breisch, Harald Staab
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Patent number: 11671030Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: June 12, 2019Date of Patent: June 6, 2023Assignee: ABB Schweiz AGInventors: Kai Tian, Tinho Li, Kuenfaat Yuen, Mei Liang