Patents Assigned to ABB
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Patent number: 11489333Abstract: A method includes energizing a transformer from a deenergized state by turning on a solid-state transfer switch to conductively couple a power source on a first side of the solid-state transfer switch and a transformer on a second side of the solid-state transfer switch, and evaluating an inrush current to the transformer from the power source. The method includes turning off the solid-state transfer switch to conductively decouple the power source and the transformer in response to the inrush current meeting a first criterion, determining a recoupling timing for the solid-state transfer switch, and turning on the solid-state transfer switch in response to the recoupling timing effective to complete energization of the transformer with the inrush current to the transformer being limited by the first criterion.Type: GrantFiled: February 4, 2021Date of Patent: November 1, 2022Assignee: ABB SCHWEIZ AGInventors: Xiaoqing Song, Yu Du, Yuzhi Zhang
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Patent number: 11486251Abstract: A speed control system and a power load balance detector for a turbine is provided. The speed control system includes a speed wheel with a plurality of teeth. A timer stores a time stamp when each of the teeth passes by a speed probe. A first speed estimate is determined for overspeed protection, and a second speed estimate is determined for operational speed control. The power load balance detector trips or shuts down the turbine when an unbalance is above a first threshold and the speed of the turbine is above a second threshold.Type: GrantFiled: November 9, 2020Date of Patent: November 1, 2022Assignee: ABB Schweiz AGInventors: Camilo Lopez, Mark Foltz, Steve Miller, Kevin Dowdell, Mark Wieland, Alan Majors, Xudong Yang
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Patent number: 11486341Abstract: A filter muffler includes a front element, a rear element, and a plurality of damping elements arranged between the front element and the rear element, where the damping elements are arranged radially around a central axis of the filter muffler such that a flow channel is formed between adjacent damping elements, where respective outflow-side ends of the damping elements have a diffuser element which has an outflow-side tapering, and where an angle ? between two opposite sides of the diffuser element is selected from a range of 1°???8°.Type: GrantFiled: January 4, 2019Date of Patent: November 1, 2022Assignee: ABB Schweiz AGInventors: Heinz-Jürgen Feld, Marcel Joho
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Patent number: 11490517Abstract: Interposer printed circuit boards for power modules and associated methods are disclosed. In at least one illustrative embodiment, a printed circuit board assembly may comprise a printed circuit board, an electrical component mounted on a surface of the printed circuit board, and an interposer printed circuit board mounted on the surface of the printed circuit board. The interposer printed circuit board may comprise a first signal path to transmit a first electrical signal and a second signal path to transmit a second electrical signal that is different from the first electrical signal. The interposer printed circuit board may be configured to provide a standoff to prevent the electrical component from contacting a motherboard when the printed circuit board assembly is mounted to the motherboard.Type: GrantFiled: July 31, 2019Date of Patent: November 1, 2022Assignee: ABB POWER ELECTRONICS, INC.Inventors: John Andrew Trelford, Richard John Yeager, Alok Kumar Lohia, Thang Danh Truong
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Patent number: 11489356Abstract: One embodiment is a system comprising a medium voltage direct current (MVDC) link electrically coupling a first AC-DC converter and a second AC-DC converter. The first AC-DC converter is electrically coupled with a first alternating current (AC) feeder. The second AC-DC converter electrically coupled with a second AC feeder. A battery charger electrically coupled with the MVDC link via a converterless connection. A first electronic controller is operatively coupled with the first AC-DC converter. A second electronic controller is operatively coupled with the second AC-DC converter. During operation of the battery charger to charge a battery the first electronic controller is configured to control power flow between the first AC feeder and the second AC feeder and the second electronic controller is configured to control the voltage of the MVDC link.Type: GrantFiled: July 2, 2019Date of Patent: November 1, 2022Assignee: ABB SCHWEIZ AGInventors: Bertil Berggren, Ritwik Majumder, Robert Saers, Frans Dijkhuizen
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Patent number: 11488791Abstract: A heat sink for a high voltage switchgear includes: a body. The body is centered around a central axis that extends in an axial direction from a first outer surface of the body to a second outer surface of the body. At least one third outer surface of the body extends from the first outer surface to the second outer surface. At least one air channel extends through the body from the first outer surface to the second outer surface. The at least one air channel is surrounded by the at least one third outer surface.Type: GrantFiled: January 12, 2021Date of Patent: November 1, 2022Assignee: ABB Schweiz AGInventors: Michael Blaz, Oliver Baier, Gianluca Cortinovis
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Publication number: 20220342397Abstract: A system and method includes partitioning a network into first and second sub-networks connected by a network connection. A first component with first configuration data and a first local server are located in the first sub-network; a second component with second configuration data and a second local server are located in the second sub-network. The first configuration data is stored on the first and second local servers. The network connection is interrupted and the first configuration data is updated on the first local server. The network connection is re-connected, and if the first configuration data on the second local server is unchanged, the first configuration data on the second local server is overwritten.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 20, 2022Publication date: October 27, 2022Applicant: ABB Schweiz AGInventors: Sten Gruener, Heiko Koziolek, Julius Rueckert
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Publication number: 20220342382Abstract: A system and method provides an impact list of affecting equipment elements that affect an industrial sub-process. The method comprises the steps of selecting, in a topology model, the sub-process, wherein the sub-process is an equipment element that is a part of an industrial plant or process, and wherein the topology model is a graph, whose nodes represent equipment elements and whose edges represent interconnections between the equipment elements; traversing the nodes of the topology model, wherein the traversing starts from the selected sub-process and uses a traversing strategy; and for each of the at least one equipment elements, if the equipment element affects the industrial sub-process by an affecting degree greater than a first predefined affecting degree, adding the equipment element to the impact list of affecting equipment elements.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 20, 2022Publication date: October 27, 2022Applicant: ABB Schweiz AGInventors: Hadil Abukwaik, Jens Doppelhamer, Marcel Dix, Benjamin Kloepper, Pablo Rodriguez
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Publication number: 20220343193Abstract: A decision support system and method for an industrial plant is configured and operates to: obtain a causal graph modeling causal assumptions relating to conditional dependence between variables in the industrial plant; obtain observational data relating to operation of the industrial plant; and perform causal inference using the causal graph and the observational data to estimate at least one causal effect relevant for making decisions when operating the industrial plant.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 20, 2022Publication date: October 27, 2022Applicant: ABB Schweiz AGInventors: Divyasheel Sharma, Benjamin Kloepper, Marco Gaertler, Dawid Ziobro, Simon Linge, Pablo Rodriguez, Matthias Berning, Reuben Borrison, Marcel Dix, Benedikt Schmidt, Hadil Abukwaik, Arzam Muzaffar Kotriwala, Sylvia Maczey, Jens Doppelhamer, Chandrika K R, Gayathri Gopalakrishnan
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Patent number: 11478929Abstract: A method for determining possible transitions of system states in an industrial system with a plurality of agents with discrete agent states. The method comprises the steps of defining a plurality of rules, each rule comprising a pre-condition of at least one agent state that is to be changed, a post-condition of the at least one agent state, and an action or actions resulting in a corresponding transition of the at least one agent state; defining a plurality of nodes, each node comprising a system state; and evaluating for a plurality of pairs of nodes, whereby one node of each pair acts as a pre- condition node and the other node of each pair acts as a post-condition node, whether the pair can, given the rules, be directly connected by an edge, each edge comprising an action or actions required for a transition between the respective pre- and post-condition system states.Type: GrantFiled: November 9, 2016Date of Patent: October 25, 2022Assignee: ABB Schweiz AGInventors: Johan Wessén, Ivan Lundberg, Sead Travancic
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Patent number: 11481883Abstract: A system for monitoring a switchgear includes: an infrared camera for acquiring an infrared image of a switchgear; a visible camera for acquiring a visible image of the switchgear; a processing unit; and an output unit. The processing unit maps a plurality of pixels in the visible image to a plurality of pixels in the infrared image. The plurality of pixels in the visible image includes a plurality of sub-sets of pixels, each sub-set including at least one pixel. Each sub-set of pixels in the visible image is mapped to a corresponding pixel in the infrared image. Each sub-set of pixels in the visible image and the corresponding pixel in the infrared image relates to image data of a same part of the switchgear. The processing unit determines a combined image from the plurality of pixels in the visible image mapped to the plurality of pixels in the infrared image.Type: GrantFiled: January 26, 2021Date of Patent: October 25, 2022Assignee: ABB Schweiz AGInventors: Stephan Wildermuth, Aydin Boyaci
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Patent number: 11482842Abstract: A supporting device for mounting tools on a switchgear front panel which includes a first, fixing, plate and a second, supporting, plate connected to each other and free to rotate with respect to each other in a first plane; a first locking device for locking the first, fixing, plate and the second, supporting, plate at selected angular position with respect to each other; a magnetic fixing device comprising fixing magnets adapted to be fixed on the switchgear front panel; an adjustable connection device connecting the fixing magnets to the first, fixing, plate and including a second locking device for locking the fixing magnets at different positions with respect to the first, fixing, plate; a third locking device for fixing a tool on the second, supporting, plate. A tool kit for a switchgear including a switchgear tool and a supporting device is also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: March 21, 2018Date of Patent: October 25, 2022Assignee: ABB SCHWEIZ AGInventors: Giorgio Magno, Stefano Magoni
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Patent number: 11481892Abstract: A method is disclosed for inspecting electrical components within a housing. The method may be useful for identifying dust, grime, corrosion, tree-like structures, edges and/or slots on electrical components. The method includes capturing two optical images of an electrical component and comparing the images. Variations in pixels between the two images may be used to generate warnings.Type: GrantFiled: May 7, 2020Date of Patent: October 25, 2022Assignee: ABB SCHWEIZ AGInventors: Gregory F. Rossano, Gregory A. Cole, Tomas Kozel, Jianjun Wang
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Patent number: 11480950Abstract: A method of channel mapping in an industrial process control system includes: a) discovering a plurality of devices within the industrial process control system; b) obtaining at least one signal characteristic for each of the plurality of devices; c) determining channel mapping by a processing unit acting as a channel mapping agent, the plurality of devices being mapped to a plurality of communication channels, the channel mapping mapping each device to a communication channel for signal transmission, and the determining including utilizing the at least one signal characteristic for each of the plurality of devices; and d) configuring the devices according to the channel mapping.Type: GrantFiled: July 15, 2020Date of Patent: October 25, 2022Assignee: ABB Schweiz AGInventors: Julius Rueckert, Andreas Burger, Heiko Koziolek, Joerg Jeske, Marie Christin Platenius-Mohr, Sten Gruener
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Patent number: 11480602Abstract: Transformer assembly including a first transformer stage having a plurality of first-stage transformer cells; and a second transformer stage. An input of the second transformer stage is connected to an output of the first transformer stage. A lightning impulse breakdown voltage of a transformer cell of the second stage is at least double of a lightning impulse breakdown voltage of transformer cells of the first stage.Type: GrantFiled: July 10, 2020Date of Patent: October 25, 2022Assignee: ABB Schweiz AGInventors: Uwe Drofenik, Thomas Gradinger, Francisco Canales
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Patent number: 11478811Abstract: The present application relates to a cartridge paint refilling device. More specifically the subject matter of the application relates to cleaning the paint adhered to the feed tube of the cartridge and prevent reduction of the painting quality and undesirable rotation caused by the paint residue. An annular flow path extending from a base end side towards a front end side in the insertion direction is disposed between the feed tube of the cartridge and the feed tube insertion hole of the cartridge supporting member.Type: GrantFiled: October 31, 2019Date of Patent: October 25, 2022Assignee: ABB SCHWEIZ AGInventors: Yamauchi Kuniharu, Sonoda Tetsuya
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Publication number: 20220333992Abstract: A system and method includes an infrared camera; a processing unit; and an output unit. The infrared camera is configured to acquire a plurality of infrared images of the device, wherein the plurality of infrared images comprises a first infrared image and a second infrared image acquired a time period after the first infrared image. The processing unit is configured to determine a pixel in the first infrared image with a hottest temperature and determine a pixel in the second infrared image with a hottest temperature. The processing unit is configured to determine a first number of pixels in the first infrared image that have a temperature within a threshold temperature of the hottest temperature of the first infrared image and determine a second number of pixels in the second infrared image that have a temperature within the threshold temperature of the hottest temperature of the second infrared image.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 15, 2022Publication date: October 20, 2022Applicant: ABB Schweiz AGInventors: Ralf Gitzel, Joerg Gebhardt, Joerg Ostrowski, Maciej Mruczek, Anastasios Papageorgiou
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Publication number: 20220337006Abstract: A system and method relating to a liquid cooled cable arrangement includes a charging connector and a liquid cooled charging cable, wherein the liquid cooled charging cable comprises a plurality of conductors for supplying charging current and at least two fluid channels for supply and return liquid coolant, the charging connector comprises a plurality of bus bars and a plurality of contacts, and the charging connector comprises a second part made from a thermally conductive and electrically insulating material to which the bus bars are attached and to which the fluid channels are thermally connected such that heat generated in the contacts during charging can be removed by the liquid coolant, and/or the bus bars may include bus bar fluid channels to which the fluid channels are thermally connected such that heat generated in the contacts during charging can be removed by the liquid coolant.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 24, 2022Publication date: October 20, 2022Applicant: ABB Schweiz AGInventors: Matteo Bortolato, Moritz Boehm, Emmanuel Logakis, Jaroslav Hemrle, Francisco Garcia-Ferre, Jean-marc Oppliger
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Publication number: 20220337037Abstract: A fault detection system and method includes a sensor; a processing unit; and an output unit. The sensor is configured to acquire temperature data at a sensor location of a device, wherein the temperature data comprises first temperature data and second temperature data acquired a first time period after the first temperature data. The processing unit determines a temperature magnitude comprising utilization of the first temperature data and/or the second temperature data, and determines a rate of change of temperature. The processing unit predicts a temperature at a location of the device using the temperature magnitude, the rate of change of temperature, and a correlation, wherein the correlation is a correlation of a plurality of temperature magnitudes and a plurality of rate of change of temperatures at the sensor location with a plurality of hotspot temperatures at the location.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 14, 2022Publication date: October 20, 2022Applicant: ABB Schweiz AGInventors: Joerg Ostrowski, Kai Hencken, Ralf Gitzel, Joerg Gebhardt, Oliver Becker, Maciej Mruczek, Tomas Kozel, Anastasios Papageorgiou
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Patent number: 11476686Abstract: The application relates to a charging system, including a number of m chargers each adapted for providing electrical energy to charge an electrical vehicle, whereby m is an integer and m?1, a number of n outlet ports each adapted for electrically connecting the electrical vehicle, whereby n is an integer and n?2, and a switchable connection matrix device including a number of n outlet port switches each adapted for electrically connecting at least one of the m chargers to one of the n outlet ports and, if m>1, a number of m?1 charger switches each adapted for electrically connecting two of the m chargers, whereby the switchable connection matrix device is adapted for detecting a short-circuit between at least two outlet ports and/or for generating a fault signal if the short-circuit between at least two outlet ports is detected.Type: GrantFiled: October 21, 2019Date of Patent: October 18, 2022Assignee: ABB SCHWEIZ AGInventor: Osman Senturk