Patents Assigned to ABB
  • Patent number: 11652358
    Abstract: An UPS device for electric power distribution installations, the UPS device including: first electric terminals for electrical connection with an electric load to be fed by the UPS device; second electric terminals for electrical connection with a power supply source adapted to feed the UPS device; third electric terminals for electrical connection with a back-up unit adapted to feed the UPS device, when the power supply source is not available, the back-up unit having one or more replaceable batteries; a power conversion stage electrically connectable with the first, second and third electric terminals, the power conversion stage being adapted to receive a power supply voltage from the power supply source or a back-up voltage from the back-up unit, when the power supply source is not available, and being adapted to provide an adjustable load voltage to the electric load; and an interface stage to electrically couple or decouple the back-up unit with or from the power conversion stage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: ABB SCHWEIZ AG
    Inventors: Roberto Usai, Marco Testa, Yaser Khalifa, Andrea Bianco
  • Patent number: 11652757
    Abstract: A system for enabling Time-Sensitive Networking (TSN)-stream configuration of a TSN network includes: a gathering device for gathering resource utilization information from TSN switches of the TSN-stream configuration as gathered resource utilization information; and a tool device for providing a TSN stream path calculation based on the gathered resource utilization information and allocating stream paths and establishing channel multiplexing in the TSN network based on the gathered resource utilization information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: ABB Schweiz AG
    Inventors: Alexander Gogolev, Thomas Gamer, Jorgen Gade
  • Patent number: 11651921
    Abstract: Electrical connectors are provided for electrically coupling two electrical components. Opposing ends of the connector are coupled to each of the electrical components. At the first end, the connector is disposed in an opening of the first electrical component to establish electrical connection. The first end includes multiple contact portions that are biased with a non-linear spring force against the sides of the opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: ABB SCHWEIZ AG
    Inventors: Steven Andrew Greenwald, Justin Daniel Dubrosky, Jamie Wakefield
  • Patent number: 11652338
    Abstract: A cable conduit comprises at least one cable, a tube, which accommodates the cable in an interior space and a sensor for sensing an environmental condition in the interior space of the tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: ABB Schweiz AG
    Inventors: Pierre Elser, Peter Schuster, Yannick Maret, Rudi Velthuis
  • Patent number: 11650575
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to exemplary systems for providing control and expert services over a communication network by specialized service providers to various kinds of automation needs and methods thereof. The arrangement allows sharing of automated control system components among one or multiple users. Methods to configure and use control and automation service are also described. Exemplary systems for control and automation service as disclosed herein can have greater flexibility and simplicity from the plant user perspective.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: ABB RESEARCH LTD.
    Inventors: Senthil Kumar Sundaram, Sunderam Sankaran, Narayanan Venkateswaran, Georg Guttermuth
  • Patent number: 11651920
    Abstract: A circuit breaker pole for low voltage or medium voltage operation includes: a main body section; a first end section; and a second end section. The first end section is fixedly connectable to a wall of an enclosure. The second end section is fixedly connectable to the wall of the enclosure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: ABB Schweiz AG
    Inventors: Radek Javora, Dietmar Gentsch, Josef Cernohous, Tomas Kozel, Kai Gorlt
  • Patent number: 11652336
    Abstract: A low and medium voltage electrical enclosure comprising a supporting structure which defines an internal space delimited by walls forming one or more compartments housing one or more electrical apparatuses. At least one of said walls is provided with one or more venting openings that put into communication said internal space with the outside of said low voltage electrical enclosure and/or one of said compartments with a second compartment. The venting openings are provided with a cover closing a corresponding venting opening in a first—closed—operating condition at first predetermined temperatures and the enclosure is provided with an actuating device adapted to open said cover in a second—open—operating condition at second predetermined temperatures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: ABB S.P.A.
    Inventors: Pierceleste Benedetti, Alessio Bergamini, Giuseppe Nava, Damiano Cagliani
  • Patent number: 11652091
    Abstract: A solid state switching device, such as a solid state circuit breaker, includes at least one heat sink, a control electronics printed circuit board (PCB), and power electronics. The power electronics are useful to regulate the flow of current from one terminal of the solid state switching device to another terminal. The power electronics can include one or more solid state devices such as FETs, Thyristors, Thyristors+SiC JFET in parallel, IGBTs, and IGCTs. The control PCB can include a variety of circuit elements useful to perform the function of a gate driver useful to activate the solid state device of the power electronics. The heat sink includes one or more signal vias formed therethrough to permit nesting of the control PCB within the heat sink.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: ABB Schweiz AG
    Inventors: Giovanni Salvatore, Slavo Kicin
  • Publication number: 20230148161
    Abstract: A cable tray includes a pair of opposed side rails. Each of the pair of side rails includes an upper flange and a lower flange. A web portion extends between and interconnects the upper flange and the lower flange. The web portion includes an outer side and an inner side and a plurality of stiffeners protrude one or more of inwardly and outwardly therefrom. A plurality of spaced apart rungs extend between and connect the pair of opposed side rails.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2022
    Publication date: May 11, 2023
    Applicant: ABB Schweiz AG
    Inventors: Daniel Lalancette, Jean-Michel Pelletier
  • Publication number: 20230142001
    Abstract: A cable tray of the ladder type configuration can be fabricated from soft solid curable polymer strips comprised of a thermosetting material. The curable polymer strips in a pliable state may be wound into strip rolls for storage and transportation to the installation site. At the installation site, the soft solid curable polymer strips can be deployed, molded into pliable formed rail sections, and transversely connected together by a plurality of rungs. The curing process can be completed by, for example, exposing the thermosetting material to a ultraviolet or visible light source to produce hardened rail sections of the ladder type cable tray.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2022
    Publication date: May 11, 2023
    Applicant: ABB Schweiz AG
    Inventor: Jonah Kadoko
  • Patent number: 11642800
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for calibrating or teaching a robot, the apparatus includes a reflective photoelectric sensor arranged on a gripper of the robot and a controller. The controller is configured to: cause the reflective photoelectric sensor to scan over a target object; monitor changes in an output signal from the reflective photoelectric sensor; for each detected change exceeding a threshold, determine a coordinate of a gripping component on the gripper in a robot coordinate system, to obtain a set of coordinates; determine a position of the target object in the robot coordinate system based on the set of coordinates and a predefined offset value (PO) between the reflective photoelectric sensor and the gripping component; and store the position of target object for future use in assembling objects.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: ABB SCHWEIZ AG
    Inventors: Hao Gu, Cheng Li
  • Patent number: 11644814
    Abstract: A system, method, and apparatus is provided for production processes to coordinate the utilization of the operational zone for process variables and automate the execution of the target settings to maximize the production goals without requiring human intervention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: ABB Schweiz AG
    Inventors: Shih-Chin Chen, Abhay Anand, Balaji Sr
  • Publication number: 20230138964
    Abstract: A method for managing operation of a mobile application, the application being operable in different modes, comprises obtaining a current value of a performance indicator of a network to which a mobile computing device is attached; map, based on a rule set, the value of the performance indicator to an optimal operating mode of the application and/or to at least one action; and cause the application to switch to the optimal operating mode, initiate the action, or prompt a user to switch the application to the optimal operating mode or initiate the action.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2022
    Publication date: May 4, 2023
    Applicant: ABB Schweiz AG
    Inventor: Dirk Schulz
  • Publication number: 20230134409
    Abstract: A robot system includes a robot, the robot including a base and an end effector that is movable relative to the base; and a processing target, the processing target being approachable by the end effector along at least one preferred direction; wherein the processing target is mounted movably relative to the base at least temporarily and at least in the preferred direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2022
    Publication date: May 4, 2023
    Applicant: ABB Schweiz AG
    Inventors: Christoph Byner, Rene Kirsten, Bjoern Matthias, Debora Clever, Harald Staab
  • Publication number: 20230138217
    Abstract: A robot comprises at least one articulate arm having members including a base, an end effector and a plurality of links, wherein each link is movably connected to two others of said members by respective joints, at least one sensor for detecting an external force acting on any one of the members, and a controller for controlling movements of the joints, so as to move the end effector along a pre-programmed path. In case of the sensor detecting an external force, the controller is adapted to adopt a first release strategy for escaping from the external force, to evaluate whether the first strategy is successful, and if not, to adopt a second release strategy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2022
    Publication date: May 4, 2023
    Applicant: ABB Schweiz AG
    Inventors: Christoph Byner, Björn Matthias, Harald Staab, Richard Roberts
  • Publication number: 20230135586
    Abstract: A system for determining at least one mechanical property of a mechanical power transmitter may use thermal sensor data. The system may include the mechanical power transmitter; at least one thermal sensor disposed on or in the mechanical power transmitter; and a controller configured to receive data from the at least one thermal sensor and to process the data using a model based on machine learning to determine the at least one mechanical property of the mechanical power transmitter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2021
    Publication date: May 4, 2023
    Applicant: ABB Schweiz AG
    Inventors: Marius Rutkevicius, Stefan Rakuff, Rajib Mikail
  • Patent number: 11641119
    Abstract: A method for detecting a bad contact of a charging cable comprises: measuring a cooling fluid temperature of a cooling fluid flowing through the charging cable; measuring a connector base temperature of a connector base of the charging cable, which connector base carries an electrical contact element of the charging cable; estimating a contact temperature of the electrical contact element by determining the contact temperature from a difference of the connector base temperature and the cooling fluid temperature; and deciding presence of a bad contact, when the estimated contact temperature is higher than a threshold temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2023
    Assignee: ABB E-MOBILITY B.V.
    Inventors: Wiebe Zoon, Matteo Bortolato
  • Patent number: 11641095
    Abstract: A holder for cable conduits including a first holder half connected to a second holder half, wherein the holder halves form at least one opening for holding a cable conduit, wherein the holder halves are aligned to each other by two aligning protrusions of the first holder half arranged inside two aligning recesses of the second holder half and two aligning protrusions of the second holder half arranged inside two aligning recesses of the first holder half. The aligning protrusions of each holder half are arranged symmetric to a central axis of the holder orthogonal to a connection plane between the holder halves.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2023
    Assignee: ABB Schweiz AG
    Inventors: Roger Hüppi-Ziegler, Martin Gueller
  • Patent number: 11639892
    Abstract: Systems and methods for skewed basis set fitting may include obtaining measured absorption data indicative of an amount of absorption of light by a sample gas at each of multiple frequencies, determining an absorption dependent cavity time constant indicative of a skew to the measured absorption data caused by light reflections within a cavity in which the sample gas is contained, obtaining reference absorption data including basis sets indicative of reference amounts of light absorbed by each of multiple gases at each of the multiple frequencies, skewing the reference absorption data based on the absorption dependent cavity time constant to generate skewed reference absorption data, and fitting the measured absorption data to the skewed reference absorption data to identify an amount of at least one constituent gas within the sample gas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2023
    Assignee: ABB SCHWEIZ AG
    Inventors: J. Brian Leen, Kyle Owen, John Savee, Dmitry Skvortsov, Paul Hansen, Raphael Desbiens
  • Patent number: 11640887
    Abstract: A mechanical latching accessory kit for a Medium Voltage contactor including one or more movable contacts connected through a mechanical link to a contact actuator moving the one or more movable contacts between a contact open position and a contact closed position. The mechanical latching accessory kit includes: a supporting interface adapted to be fixed to and removed from the Medium Voltage contactor; a latching element movable between a first operating position and a second resting position; a latching actuating system moving the latching element between the first, operating, position and the second, resting, position; the latching element being adapted, when it is in the first operating position, to cooperate with the mechanical link of the Medium Voltage contactor to latch the one or more movable contacts, and, when it is in the second resting position, to release the one or more movable contacts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2023
    Assignee: ABB SCHWEIZ AG
    Inventors: Andrea Delpozzo, Emanuele Morelli, Gabriele Gasparini, Osvaldo Prestini