Patents Assigned to ABB
  • Publication number: 20220283359
    Abstract: A light guide receptacle for mounting a plurality of light guides in the interior of a housing part, with a plurality of light bulkheads, is configured to arrange the plurality of light guides, which are mechanically coupled to one another by means of a web, in each case in intermediate spaces between two light bulkheads of the plurality of light bulkheads and to optically decouple spatially adjacent light guides from one another by means of the respective light bulkhead, wherein the plurality of light bulkheads are integrated components of the housing part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2022
    Publication date: September 8, 2022
    Applicant: ABB AG
    Inventor: Stefan Gutermuth
  • Publication number: 20220287188
    Abstract: A system and method of mounting and electrically contacting a first printed circuit board perpendicularly onto a second printed circuit board within a housing includes inserting the first printed circuit board into an upper part of the housing using a stop surface arranged on an inner side surface of the upper part of the housing and arranged to support the electrical contacting and assembly, locking the first printed circuit board in the upper part of the housing using a locking system, and mounting the upper part of the housing with the locked printed circuit board on a lower part of the housing in which the second printed circuit board is mounted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2022
    Publication date: September 8, 2022
    Applicant: ABB AG
    Inventor: Stefan Gutermuth
  • Patent number: 11439013
    Abstract: 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 having a surface, an electrical component mounted on the surface, a pin mounted on the surface, and an interposer printed circuit board mounted on the surface. The electrical component may have a first height orthogonal to the surface. The pin may have a second height orthogonal to the surface, where the second height is greater than the first height. The interposer printed circuit board may comprise a pad and an outer solder bump positioned on the pad. The outer solder bump may be positioned at a third height orthogonal to the surface, where the third height is greater than the first height.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: ABB POWER ELECTRONICS, INC.
    Inventors: John Andrew Trelford, Richard John Yeager, Alok Kumar Lohia, Thang Danh Truong
  • Patent number: 11437200
    Abstract: A low voltage contact assembly including a rotating support having a body adapted to rotate around a rotation axis and supporting at least a first couple of movable contacts that can be coupled to/uncoupled from corresponding first fixed contacts by rotation around said rotation axis. The first couple of movable contacts include a first and a second movable contacts housed in the rotating support. The low voltage assembly further includes a pressure exerting device having a pressing bar operatively coupled to the first and second elongated contact body and transversally placed with respect to the rotation plane of the first and second elongated contact bodies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: ABB S.P.A.
    Inventors: Marco Bonfanti, Mauro Ghislotti, Michele Ceroni
  • Patent number: 11433534
    Abstract: A robotic arm assembly is described that incorporates a distributed control arrangement. The robotic arm assembly includes a host computer, a set of robotic arm segments, and a set of actuators, each actuator being interposed between adjacent pairs of the set of robotic arm segments to affect a relative movement between the adjacent pairs of the set of robotic arm segments. The robotic arm assembly further includes an end effector controller configured with a first interface configured to support a first communication link between the end effector controller and the host computer, and a second interface, separate from the first interface. The robotic arm assembly furthermore includes an end effector adapter configured to provide a high speed data interface between the end effector controller and an end effector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: ABB Schweiz AG
    Inventor: Matt Simkins
  • Patent number: 11438380
    Abstract: To commission an industrial automation control system, IACS, a computing device generates commands to automatically set or verify a security configuration of the IACS. The commands are generated by the computing device based on a machine-readable security baseline, and, optionally, based on a machine-readable configuration file of the IACS.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: ABB SCHWEIZ AG
    Inventors: Thomas Locher, Thanikesavan Sivanthi
  • Patent number: 11431521
    Abstract: A method performed by a wireless terminal for installation of Building Automation (BA) devices in a building includes: determining, using a localization application in the wireless terminal, a current location of the wireless terminal in the building; from a BA device database, obtaining an identifier for each of a plurality of the BA devices which should be installed in a vicinity of the determined location of the wireless terminal; presenting a list of the obtained identifiers in a user interface of the wireless terminal; after the presenting, receiving input via the user interface; and in response to the received input, associating at least a first of the plurality of BA devices with at least a second of the plurality of BA devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Assignee: ABB AG
    Inventors: Zhibo Pang, Gargi Bag, Morgan Johansson
  • Patent number: 11427095
    Abstract: A wireless charging system for electric vehicles includes an AC-to-DC converter connectable to an electric AC grid; a DC-to-AC converter interconnected with the AC-to-DC converter; a first inductive coil interconnected with the DC-to-AC converter and for inductively coupling to a second inductive coil for power transfer via an air gap; a first housing, in which the AC-to-DC converter is arranged; a second housing, in which the DC-to-AC converter and the inductive coil are arranged; and a cable for interconnecting the AC-to-DC converter and the DC-to-AC converter outside of the first housing and second housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Assignee: ABB SCHWEIZ AG
    Inventor: Fabio Tombelli
  • Patent number: 11430622
    Abstract: It is provided an interrupter assembly for power distribution systems that is improved in terms of at least one of compactness, durability, synchronicity and dielectric withstand.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Assignee: ABB Schweiz AG
    Inventors: Lars Edvardsen, Robert Espeseth, Pål Skryten, Ganesh Shetiya
  • Patent number: 11422777
    Abstract: A computer system for automated model integration of an information model with a corresponding application includes: an information model server for exposing an information model to a consumer, the exposed information model including model-elements for exposing types or classes, and for exposing instances of types or classes and their member-values; an application component for providing application code augmented with mapping descriptions defining how an internal information model of the application is mapped to the exposed information model; and a model integration component that: registers internal information model-elements to be exposed; maps the registered internal information model-elements to exposed information model-elements in accordance with the mapping descriptions; and updates an information model-element by: detecting a change of an internal or exposed information model-element; determining a synchronization direction; and performing match-making to determine a model-element corresponding to th
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Assignee: ABB Schweiz AG
    Inventors: Johannes O. Schmitt, Sten Gruener, Somayeh Malakuti, Roland Braun
  • Patent number: 11424948
    Abstract: A method for managing communication with a building automation device, the method being performed in a gateway, the method including the steps of: establishing communication with the building automation device over a first communication protocol; installing executable software instructions on the building automation device over the first communication protocol to provide a capability to communicate over a second communication protocol; and establishing communication with the building automation device over the second communication protocol.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Assignee: ABB AG
    Inventors: Gargi Bag, Zhibo Pang, Morgan Johansson
  • Patent number: 11423187
    Abstract: A security device to support secure communication via a field bus, has a connecting apparatus for the direct coupling of the security device to a network interface of a field bus subscriber, which is formed for connecting to a field bus and which is not formed for secure communication via the field bus. In the coupled state, there is a link between the security device and the field bus subscriber such that, if the link is disconnected or damaged, proper operation of the security device is reversibly or irreversibly blocked. Further, a transmitting and receiving apparatus is provided which is formed to securely transfer data coming from a directly coupled field bus participant, which is not formed for secure communication, via the field bus according to a predetermined security protocol, and which is further formed to receive data transferred via the field bus and intended for the field bus participant according to the predetermined security protocol and to deliver them to the field bus participant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Assignees: Phoenix Contact GmbH & Co. KG, ABB SCHWEIZ AG
    Inventors: Guido Venema, Patrick Lessing, Michael Hotz, Stefan Bollmeyer, Ragnar Schierholz, Bernd Wansner, Marten Hinrichs
  • Patent number: 11420323
    Abstract: A method for controlling movement sequences of a robot, the method including predicting values of at least one parameter related to the execution of alternative movement sequences by the robot, where each movement sequence includes at least one movement segment associated with a handling location; selecting a movement sequence based on the predicted values of the at least one parameter; and executing the selected movement sequence by the robot. A control system for controlling movement sequences of a robot is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Assignee: ABB Schweiz AG
    Inventors: Anders Lager, Johnny Holmberg, Magnus Wahlström
  • Publication number: 20220258628
    Abstract: An electric vehicle charging arrangement and method includes an electric vehicle supply equipment, EVSE, and an electric vehicle. The EVSE includes a plurality of power stages, each configured for providing electrical energy to charge the electrical vehicle, and each comprising a Y-capacitance, at least one outlet configured for connecting the electrical vehicle to at least one of the power stages for charging the electrical vehicle. At least one switch is configured for connecting two power stages in parallel and/or in series. A control device and/or the electric vehicle is/are configured for switching the at least one switch based on the Y-capacitance and on a vehicle information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2022
    Publication date: August 18, 2022
    Applicant: ABB E-mobility B.V.
    Inventor: Stefan Raaijmakers
  • Publication number: 20220260965
    Abstract: A method of monitoring an industrial plant, implemented by an apparatus, includes receiving operational data from each of a plurality of electric drives via a corresponding communication interface. The method further includes converting the operational data from a pre-determined data format to a machine-readable data format and determining a plurality of events for each of the plurality of drives based on the corresponding machine-readable data. The method includes determining a plurality of critical events corresponding to the plurality of drives based on the plurality of events and generating a recommendation based on at least one of the plurality of critical events. The method also includes presenting the recommendation on an output device in a human readable format.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2022
    Publication date: August 18, 2022
    Applicant: ABB Schweiz AG
    Inventor: Saurabh Kumar Sharma
  • Patent number: 11413771
    Abstract: A cable harness management module includes a base plate and a rotatable element which matches with and can rotate relative to the base plate. The base plate and the rotatable element form a space for receiving the cable harness including a first end and a second end. The cable harness management module has a first fastening member for fastening the first end onto the base plate, and a second fastening member for fastening member for fastening the second end onto the rotatable element. The cable harness can reel on or off the rotatable element when the rotatable element rotates with the robot joint. The cable harness management module may also include a mounting member for removably mounting the base plate to the robot joint. The cable harness management module protects the cable harness inside the compact space from abrasion and lengthen the lifetime of the cable harness.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignee: ABB SCHWEIZ AG
    Inventors: Shimin Zhang, Kangjian Wang
  • Patent number: 11415466
    Abstract: A temperature measuring device for determining a medium temperature by a temperature of a measuring point on a surface enclosing the medium includes: at least one measuring sensor; at least one reference sensor; and a measured value processing device which is connected via a cable to the at least one measuring sensor and via a cable to the at least one reference sensor. The at least one measuring sensor and the at least one reference sensor are arranged along a main thermal connection path between the surface enclosing the medium and surroundings. The at least one measuring sensor is arranged close to the measuring point. A thermal resistance between a relevant measuring sensor and the at least one reference sensor is smaller than a thermal resistance between a relevant reference sensor and the surroundings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignee: ABB Schweiz AG
    Inventors: Peter Ude, Wilhelm Daake, Juergen Horstkotte, Guruprasad Sosale, Joerg Gebhardt, Paul Szasz, Andreas Decker
  • Patent number: 11413761
    Abstract: The disclosed system includes a robot system with a robot having a modular platform and a controller operably coupled to the robot. The modular platform includes a plurality of mount connectors and a plurality of receiving port connectors. Each of the mount connectors is configured to attach to the robot and each of the receiving ports is configured to connect to an end effector such as a gripper, sensor or other tool. The modular platform is configured to mount to the robot in a plurality of orientations and to connect with a plurality of different end effectors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignee: ABB Schweiz AG
    Inventor: Matt Simkins
  • Patent number: 11418106
    Abstract: An apparatus for conversion between AC power and DC power. The apparatus includes: a first power conversion circuit having a first AC side and a DC side, at least one second power conversion circuit each having a second AC side and sharing the DC side with the first power conversion circuit, and at least one choke having a first terminal, a second terminal and at least one third terminal, wherein: the first terminal is arranged to be electrically coupled to a phase of the AC power, and the second terminal and the at least one third terminal are electrically coupled to respective same phases of the first AC side of the first power conversion circuit and the second AC side of the at least one second power conversion circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignee: ABB SCHWEIZ AG
    Inventors: Kai Tian, Tinho Li, Kuenfaat Yuen, Mei Liang
  • Patent number: 11413772
    Abstract: An industrial robot system includes a manipulator with a drive chain including a motor unit. A controller in the industrial robot system is electrically connected to the drive chain by a set of power transmission lines and is operable to transmit electrical power on the set of power transmission lines so as to impart a controlled movement of the manipulator. A supervision sensor is arranged in the manipulator and configured to sense a property of the manipulator. The supervision sensor is electrically connected to at least a subset of the power transmission lines for transmission of sensor data representing the property to the controller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignee: ABB Schweiz AG
    Inventor: Emil Fjällström