Patents Assigned to ABB
  • Patent number: 12237131
    Abstract: A device for door and phase segregation in low voltage circuit breakers, in particular in molded case circuit breakers, having a plurality of phases each provided with a lug for electrical connection of said circuit breaker and a venting aperture for venting off gases, the device comprising a conductive element adapted to be fixed to a corresponding lug of the circuit breaker and provided with electrical connection means for electrical connection of the circuit breaker, comprising a first insulating element covering the conductive element and/or a second insulating element adapted to be interposed between two adjacent phases of the circuit breaker.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2025
    Assignee: ABB S.p.A.
    Inventors: Oscar Taiocchi, Michele Ferrari
  • Patent number: 12237761
    Abstract: Described herein is method for controlling an electrical converter, the electrical converter converting an input voltage (vin) into a multi-level output voltage (vout), the method incudes: determining an optimized pule pattern (u(x)); and determining switching states from the optimized pulse pattern (u(x)) and applying the switching states to semiconductor switches of the electrical converter, such that the multi-level output voltage (vout) is generated, where the optimized pulse pattern (u(x)) includes a plurality of switching transitions (?u), each switching transition (?ui) encoding a transition between two different levels of the multi-level output voltage (vout), at a switching angle (xi), where the optimized pulse pattern (u(x)) is determined by optimizing a cost function, where the cost function J(x)=?uTA(x)?u is a cost matrix A(x), and where each entry of the cost matrix A(x) depends on polynomials into which the switching angles (xi) are input.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2025
    Assignee: ABB Schweiz AG
    Inventors: Tobias Geyer, Hendrik du Toit Mouton
  • Patent number: 12233727
    Abstract: A charging connector for a vehicle charging station comprises a latch configured to secure a mechanical connection of the charging connector to a vehicle-side socket, the charging connector further comprising a sensor configured to indicate a secure and correct mechanical connection. The charging connector further comprises a first casing being an external casing, and a second casing, the second casing being a closed inner casing. The second casing encloses a charging connector interface to the vehicle socket, and a charging cable. The sensor is arranged outside the second casing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2025
    Assignee: ABB E-mobility B.V.
    Inventors: Francisco Garcia-Ferre, Adam Michalik, Artur Zawadzki, Clemens Van-der-Veer
  • Patent number: 12235628
    Abstract: A computer-implemented resource management method for modular plants may include: receiving data identifying a required module type to be assembled into the modular plant as part of a module pipeline including one or more modules; and executing an optimization algorithm to select, from a plurality of modules having the required module type, a module for inclusion in the module pipeline on the basis of one or more predetermined optimization criteria.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2025
    Assignee: ABB Schweiz AG
    Inventors: Marcel Dix, Katharina Stark, Roland Braun, Michael Vach, Sten Gruener, Mario Hoernicke, Nicolai Schoch
  • Patent number: 12235591
    Abstract: A device for positioning a shadow mask includes a mask application tool, the mask application tool comprising an inner body comprising, at an end surface of the inner body, one or more magnets. The mask application tool further comprises a hollow outer body for receiving the inner body, the outer body comprising, at an end surface of the outer body, a mask socket and one or more guide elements for positioning the mask application tool on a substrate tray.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2025
    Assignee: ABB Schweiz AG
    Inventors: Johannes Felix Holger Schmitt, Jan Somboonvong, Stefan Bleil, Dominik Hoegenauer
  • Publication number: 20250062611
    Abstract: A method of handling one or more errors in a microgrid includes measuring an attribute of a device within the microgrid for a measurement cycle and comparing the measured attribute of the device with a predetermined threshold attribute value. The presence of an error associated with the device is detected based on the comparison of the measured attribute with the predetermined threshold attribute value. An error signal is created that includes a numerical sequence having at least three digits, the numerical sequence identifying the measured attribute and the device within the microgrid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2023
    Publication date: February 20, 2025
    Applicant: ABB Schweiz AG
    Inventors: Moein Choobineh, Harish Suryanarayana, Aniket M. Joshi, Jacob T. Miscio
  • Patent number: 12230912
    Abstract: A liquid-tight fitting includes a connector, a seal, and a fastener member. The connector has a first and a second end, a shoulder located between the first and second ends, and a segment that extends from the shoulder to the first end. The segment has an outer surface. The seal has an inner surface in contact with the outer surface of the segment, an outer edge, and first and second seal ends joining the inner surface and the outer edge. The seal surrounds a portion of the segment such that the first seal end abuts against the shoulder. The fastener member is moveably secured to the first end of the connector, and has an end that engages the second seal end to cause the seal to compress between the shoulder and the fastener member. The seal member is adapted to deform toward the segment when compressed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2025
    Assignee: ABB Schweiz AG
    Inventors: Omar Alfredo Lopez, Jeffery John Battani, Jacob Stewart Caldwell
  • Patent number: 12228918
    Abstract: A computer system for interoperable data exchange between a plurality of information systems via a digital representation service associated with a digital representation of a physical device with each information system being at least one of an information source and an information consumer regarding data associated with the physical device, the digital representation being a virtual entity replicating data of the physical device and data associated with the device life cycle, includes: at least one digital representation service for the physical device, the at least one digital representation service having: an interface for receiving a request for device related data; a management module for generating and updating the digital representation of the device, the digital representation storing a plurality of data models with each stored data model being associated with a particular information system; and a semantic relations library storing semantic relations between model element types from stored data mode
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2025
    Assignee: ABB Schweiz AG
    Inventors: Somayeh Malakuti, Johannes Schmitt, Prerna Juhlin
  • Patent number: 12228276
    Abstract: An emergency lighting device may include a housing container, wherein the housing container includes: a body defining a cavity, and a structural assembly, wherein the structural assembly is configured to be adjustably rotatable along a first translatable axis and independently rotatable along a second translatable axis extending transversely to the first translatable axis. An emergency lighting device may include a lighting assembly, wherein the lighting assembly includes at least one light source, wherein the at least one light source is mounted to the structural assembly, and the at least one light source is configured to illuminate an asymmetrical beam of light. An emergency lighting device may include an electrical circuit, wherein the electrical circuit is disposed in the cavity of the housing container. An emergency lighting device may include the electrical circuit is configured to electrically power to illuminate the at least one light source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2025
    Assignee: ABB SCHWEIZ AG
    Inventor: Radu Cornel Rapeanu
  • Patent number: 12231287
    Abstract: A method for handling failure of a TSN communication link in a TSN network. The method is performed by a control node and includes estimating requirements for TSN communication for end-points based on application parameters, input/output requirements, and application requirements, wherein each end-point is capable of communicating over a TSN channel and a non-TSN channel in the TSN network using one and the same network interface. The method includes obtaining an indication of a failure of a TSN communication link in the TSN network between two of the end-points. The method includes performing self-healing of the TSN communication link.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2025
    Assignee: ABB Schweiz AG
    Inventors: Johan Åkerberg, Ravish Kumar, Jörgen Gade, Rahul Nandkumar Gore
  • Publication number: 20250053885
    Abstract: A method for explanation of machine learning results based on using a model collection includes training at least two machine learning models with at least two competing strategies for the at least one dataset; and using the least two machine learning models to yield at least two different predictions and/or at least two explanations for the at least one dataset.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2024
    Publication date: February 13, 2025
    Applicant: ABB Schweiz AG
    Inventors: Benedikt Schmidt, Benjamin Kloepper, Arzam Muzaffar Kotriwala, Yemao Man, Dawid Ziobro, Gayathri Gopalakrishnan, Joakim Astrom, Marcel Dix, Divyasheel Sharma
  • Publication number: 20250053879
    Abstract: A method for enabling user feedback and summarizing return of investment for machine learning systems includes providing a training data set and an initial machine learning model; providing a result of the initial machine learning model; receiving feedback on the result of the initial machine learning model from a user enriching the training dataset based on the feedback to an enriched data set; and retraining the initial machine learning model to a retrained machine learning model based on an enriched data set.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2024
    Publication date: February 13, 2025
    Applicant: ABB Schweiz AG
    Inventors: Dawid Ziobro, Benjamin Kloepper, Marcel Dix, Benedikt Schmidt, Arzam Muzaffar Kotriwala, Yemao Man, Divyasheel Sharma, Gayathri Gopalakrishnan, Joakim Astrom
  • Patent number: 12224144
    Abstract: Described herein is a switching apparatus for low or medium voltage electric grids, which includes one or more electric poles. Each electric pole includes: an outer casing defining an internal volume of the electric pole; a fixed contact assembly accommodated in the internal volume of the electric pole and including a fixed contact member extending along a longitudinal axis of the electric pole; at least one movable contact assembly accommodated in the internal volume of the electric pole; an actuation member accommodated in the internal volume of the electric pole and arranged coaxially and externally relative to the fixed contact member, so that the fixed contact member passes through the actuation member along the longitudinal axis. The actuation member is slidingly movable along the fixed contact member. When moving between the first and second actuation positions, the actuation member transiently couples to each trip mechanism to actuate the trip mechanism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2025
    Assignee: ABB S.p.A.
    Inventors: Alessio Bergamini, Nicola Bresciani
  • Patent number: 12224564
    Abstract: A feedthrough assembly including a sealing member including a body part having a sealing member aperture, at least one elongated member extending through the sealing member aperture, and a feedthrough member including a body part having a feedthrough aperture extending through the body part, the feedthrough member being adapted to be attached to a wall having a through hole such that the feedthrough aperture and the through hole together provide a passage through the wall. The feedthrough member is adapted to receive the sealing member in the feedthrough aperture to an operative position in which the feedthrough member is rotatable relative to the sealing member, and a gap between an outer surface of the sealing member and a surface of the feedthrough aperture is less than or equal to 250 micrometres.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2025
    Assignee: ABB Schweiz AG
    Inventors: Hannu Majaniemi, Tomi Rantamarkkula, Eero Tuppi
  • Patent number: 12222709
    Abstract: An intent-based automation engineering method for automation of a production process includes: receiving an intent model, correlating to process intent, including production process functions, constraints on measurable properties on the production process functions, and/or production process function sequences required for the production process, as a received intent model; receiving a process model, correlating to process knowledge including a production process behavior, as a received process model; determining a machine-readable production model linking the received intent model to the received process model as a provided production model; and determining a control strategy for controlling the production process dependent on the provided production model as a determined control strategy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2025
    Assignee: ABB Schweiz AG
    Inventors: Dirk Schulz, Raoul Jetley
  • Patent number: 12224679
    Abstract: A method in a system is provided for handling failures in a process control system including a plurality of compute nodes. The process control system includes at least two instances of virtualized distributed control nodes, VDCNs, deployed in a respective compute node of a cluster of at least two compute nodes, wherein a first VDCN is a primary VDCN controlling an automated process and at least a second VDCN is a backup VDCN. The method includes detecting that the number of instances of the VDCNs is less than a set number and assigning the role of primary VDCN to the second VDCN. A device, computer program, computer program product and system are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2025
    Assignee: ABB Schweiz AG
    Inventors: Bjarne Johansson, Mats Rågberger
  • Patent number: 12224136
    Abstract: An electromechanical switching device for breaking an electric current, the switching device including a stationary main contact; a movable main contact; a stationary arcing contact; a movable arcing contact, the stationary arcing contact and the movable arcing contact being arranged in parallel with the stationary main contact and the movable main contact; an actuating arrangement configured to move the movable main contact and the movable arcing contact; and a magnetic member arranged to generate a magnetic holding force in response to an electric current flow through the movable arcing contact when the movable arcing contact is in the closed position, the magnetic holding force acting on the movable arcing contact in a direction against the stationary arcing contact.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2025
    Assignee: ABB Schweiz AG
    Inventors: Gunnar Johansson, Lisa Almén
  • Patent number: 12224572
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a power collection system for subsea collection of power from offshore power generation units, the system including: a set of power extender modules being independently arrangeable subsea in a local grid and each being connectable with a respective one of a set of offshore power generation units to collect electrical power from the respective offshore power generation units, the set of power extender modules being configured to be electrically series connected in the local grid being connectable with a power consumer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2025
    Assignee: ABB Schweiz AG
    Inventors: Oistein Martinsen, Harald Fretheim, Vitor Moritsugu, Stian Ingebrigtsen, Tor-Eivind Moen
  • Publication number: 20250044758
    Abstract: A controller for a process control system is configured to detect an adapter type of at least one adapter communicatively coupled to the controller, wherein the at least one adapter is for coupling at least one field device of an automation system to the process control system; to select a communications protocol according to the detected adapter type, wherein the communications protocol is for communicating with the at least one field device; and to communicate with the at least one field device using the selected communications protocol to control an industrial process carried out by the automation system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2024
    Publication date: February 6, 2025
    Applicant: ABB Schweiz AG
    Inventors: Stefan Pook, Thomas Keul, Arthur Bebernik, Huan Shi, Tina-TingTing Hong
  • Patent number: D1062821
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2025
    Assignee: ABB Schweiz AG
    Inventors: Simon Hallstadius Linge, Tomas Botold, Jiangwei Huang, Jeanine-Jianing Hu, Perry-WeiLin Li, XiaoDong Cao, XinGuo Fu