Patents Assigned to Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
  • Patent number: 11934507
    Abstract: A method for project-oriented authentication of a device in a control system for a technical installation as part of an engineering project, wherein the control system includes at least one local registration service, at least one software inventory and a certification center, where information by the at least one local registration service with respect to what communication protocols and/or applications are supported by the device and/or are active is ascertained during authentication of the device within the control system, a project-oriented device certificate is requested from the first hierarchy of the certification center by the local registration service, and the project-oriented device certificate is deposited in an inventory element, associated with the engineering project, of the software inventory of the control system, the device certificates being issuable by the first hierarchy of the certification center have a unique project identifier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventors: Benjamin Lutz, Anna Palmin
  • Patent number: 11934177
    Abstract: Elements of a machine are moved relative to one another along several axes. A monitoring device receives groups of position values of the axes which specify the relative position of the elements to one another. The surfaces and/or volumes of the elements taking up working space are determined therefrom. The monitoring device checks whether a collision risk between the elements exists. The monitoring device models at least parts of the surfaces of the elements with two-dimensional splines defined by nodes and checkpoints. The monitoring device further determines from the checkpoints of the splines for sections envelopes which envelop respective element in the respective section, and uses the respective envelope as a surface that is taken up by the respective element in the respective section. Boundary lines of faces of the envelopes are straight connecting lines of the checkpoints.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Carsten Hamm, Jörg Handeck, Tomas Sauer
  • Patent number: 11933838
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a system, an apparatus, and a method for managing health condition of at least one rotating system. The method includes receiving, by a processing unit, operational data associated with the rotating system in real-time, from one or more sensing units. The operational data includes parameter values corresponding to an operation of the rotating system. Further, a virtual replica of the rotating system is configured using the operational data. A behavior of the rotating system is simulated on a simulation instance of the rotating system based on the configured virtual replica. The simulation results are analyzed to determine an abnormality in the health condition of the rotating system. The abnormality corresponds to a health status of an internal component of the rotating system. Further, a notification indicating the abnormality is generated, on a Graphical User Interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventor: P. V. Sudev Nair
  • Patent number: 11937404
    Abstract: A device via which components mounted on a carrier plate can be pressed against a heat sink that is arranged on a side or underside of a carrier plate that is not equipped with components at least in a cooling region, the device through which at least one component can be pressed on includes at least one hollow body for receiving at least one fastening body and at least one spring arm formed in an Omega shape and has, at the end thereof, a bearing face formed as a polygonal flattening for transmitting a pressing force onto the component to be cooled, where the device is further formed in one part as a plastics injection-molded part and can be installed easily and quickly (particularly automated manner) and enables a space-saving arrangement of components to be cooled, particularly whilst maintaining predefined electrical clearances and/or predefined air gaps and creepage distances.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventor: Martin Petricek
  • Publication number: 20240085494
    Abstract: Various embodiments of the disclosure include methods for testing measuring devices n for resources of an energy system assigned to a common measuring device. The method may include: acquiring a measurement signal Pn(t) by way of each of the measuring devices n; acquiring a sum signal PPCC(t) by way of the common measuring device; providing an objective function Z, which defines a difference between the acquired sum signal PPCC(t) and a modeled sum signal {circumflex over (P)}PCC(t), wherein the modeled sum signal {circumflex over (P)}PCC(t) is formed by way of the acquired measurement signals Pn(t) and a respective scaling factor Sn; and computing the values of the scaling factors Sn by extremizing the objective function Z. The test includes determining an error with one of the measuring devices n through a deviation of the computed value of the associated scaling factor Sn from a value defined for the respective measuring device n.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 23, 2021
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Applicant: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Oliver Dölle, Thomas Schütz, Arvid Amthor
  • Publication number: 20240088763
    Abstract: In a method for encapsulating a winding overhang of a stator which includes a laminated core with windings inserted in grooves of the laminated core such that winding ends protrude from the grooves to form a winding overhang at a distance from a laminated core end and run in a region between the laminated core end and the winding overhang so as to form intermediate spaces between the winding ends, at least one of the intermediate spaces is spanned by a polymer layer such as to prevent a flow of encapsulating compound through the at least one spanned intermediate space, and the winding overhang is encapsulated with the encapsulating compound after placing the stator in a housing of an electric machine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2022
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Applicant: SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventors: Tobias KATZENBERGER, BASTIAN PLOCHMANN
  • Publication number: 20240088110
    Abstract: A power converter includes at least two power semiconductor modules. Each of the power semiconductor modules includes at least one power semiconductor and power contacts, which are electrically conductively connected to the power semiconductors via an external circuit for the parallel connection of the power semiconductor modules. The power semiconductors are further connected to one another in parallel by way of at least one additional connection having a lower parasitic inductance and/or a lower series resistance than the external circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2021
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Applicant: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Felix ZEYSS, Philipp KNEISSL, Jens SCHMENGER
  • Publication number: 20240087984
    Abstract: A semiconductor module assembly includes a cooling body having a cooling body main body and a cooling body attachment with a channel structure for a heat-transporting fluid. The channel structure is hermetically sealed with a cooling body main body surface so that the cooling body attachment and the cooling body main body are in direct contact with the heat-transporting fluid. The cooling body attachment includes a central piece having essentially parallel channels of the channel structure, and end pieces arranged on both sides of the central piece. Each end piece has deflection channels of the channel structure, which are arranged to establish a fluidic connection between the essentially parallel channels of the central piece. A semiconductor module contacts the cooling body, with the hermetically sealed channel structure of the cooling body attachment and the heat-transporting fluid forming a pulsating heat pipe which is thermally conductively connected to the semiconductor module.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2022
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Applicant: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventor: FLORIAN SCHWARZ
  • Publication number: 20240088654
    Abstract: A method for controlling voltage in a feeder of a distribution system having a plurality of DERs includes executing a feedback control using an integral controller. A voltage signal is generated using measured or estimated voltages at multiple locations along the feeder. An error is determined between the voltage signal and a defined voltage limit. The error is input to a controller including an integrator to generate a control action to counteract the error. The control action is distributed among at least some controllable DERs, from the plurality of DERs, that are capable of responding to the control action by generating actuation signals for absorbing reactive power from or injecting reactive power into the feeder, and/or for reducing active power or increasing active power in the feeder. The control action continues to increase until the voltage signal reaches the defined voltage limit, to thereby control voltage in the feeder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2023
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Applicant: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Ulrich Muenz, Christian Heuer
  • Patent number: 11928689
    Abstract: Various examples of the disclosure generally pertain to storing, in a distributed ledger and in association with one or more transactions, one or more identifiers of owners of respective smart contracts. Various examples of the disclosure relate to deleting transactions associated with a given party as owner upon receiving a withdrawal request of the given party.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventors: Saurabh Narayan Singh, Nejc Zupan
  • Patent number: 11929218
    Abstract: In a rocker arm of an electric switch, the electric switch is actuated by the rocker arm for setting definable positions. The rocker arm of an embodiment includes a first part, for setting the definable positions, and a second part, movable between a first position and a second position. In the first position of the second part, the first part can be moved into the definable positions; and in the second position of the second part, the movement of the first part is blocked.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventor: Ekkehard Plechinger
  • Patent number: 11927936
    Abstract: A method and an associated controller for safely operating a multi-axis kinematic system by using a safety function are disclosed. The method includes calculating compensation values at the run time of a controller of the multi-axis kinematic system, wherein the calculation is performed based on predefinable error values of respective axes, geometric parameters of the multi-axis kinematic system, and current axis values of the multi-axis kinematic system. The method further includes operating the safety function based on the calculated compensation values.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Maximilian Walter, Dominik Budday, Minh Le, Alexander Stein, Sören Burmeister
  • Patent number: 11928203
    Abstract: A method for operating a cooling system of a transformer, wherein the transformer is cooled via a cooling liquid that circulates in the cooling system that includes a heat-exchanger, devices for increasing heat exchange performance of the at heat-exchanger and a controller, where in a normal operating state, the controller adjusts power of the devices for increasing the heat exchange performance as a function of a measured upper temperature and where, irrespective of the measured upper temperature, the controller refrains from activating the devices and/or operates the devices at a reduced power relative to the normal operating state if the lower temperature of the cooling liquid lies below a lower threshold value during operation of the transformer to achieve improved characteristics of the cooling system during operation under low environmental temperatures of the transformer, particularly in the case of a turn-on operation following lengthy storage in a cold state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventors: Markus Höfele, Peter Kob, Rolf Schrey, Armin Zeltner
  • Patent number: 11930071
    Abstract: Provided is a network adapter for unidirectional transmission of a user data stream to a bidirectional network interface, the network adapter including: a first connection unit which is physically connected to a bidirectional network interface of a first device; a second connection unit which is physically connected to a bidirectional network interface of a second device; and a terminating unit which has at least one bit transmission module and which is designed to establish a bidirectional data link to the network interface of the first device, to receive the user data stream from the first device exclusively in a unidirectional fashion via the data link, and not to send a user data stream to the first device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventors: Rainer Falk, Stefan Seltzsam, Hermann Seuschek, Martin Wimmer
  • Patent number: 11928481
    Abstract: A system and method for determining optimal computing configuration for executing a computing operation includes defining one or more constrains of a given computing operation to be executed. The method further includes implementing a knowledge graph to determine at least one suitable combination of computing hardware and computing software based on the given computing operation and the defined one or more constrains therefor. The method further includes quantitatively estimating an energy requirement and qualitatively estimating an energy consumption pattern of the determined at least one suitable combination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Chethan Ravi B R, Vidyabhushana Hande, Vinay Ramanath, Ankit Vijaysing Ghoti
  • Patent number: 11927643
    Abstract: A method for recognizing an electrical oscillation in an electrical power supply system, in which an electrical oscillation variable is determined for at least one measuring point in the power supply system. Parameters of an electrical oscillation are calculated on the basis of a time curve of the oscillation variable for the at least one measuring point, and the presence and type of an electrical oscillation is deduced using the parameters. To be able to provide correct parameters for assessing the oscillation in a timely fashion after the start of the oscillation, it is proposed that the number of those successive values of the oscillation variable from which the parameters of the electrical oscillation are calculated is adapted dynamically to the sequence of values of the oscillation variable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Andreas Litzinger, Stefan Piel, Reinhold Voigt
  • Patent number: 11927942
    Abstract: A method for implementing a digital twin for a physical component of an industrial system includes assigning a unique identifier to the physical component, associating the unique identifier with a digital twin representative of the physical component, placing the digital twin of the physical component on a distributed network. The physical component sends the unique identifier to a known resource, which retrieves the network address of the physical twin associated with the unique identifier and provides the network address to the physical component. A secure communication connection is established between the physical component and the corresponding digital twin via the distributed network. The unique identifier may be a quick read (QR) code displayed on the physical component or a bar code displayed on the physical component. Engineering and simulation software for the digital twin may be supplied on the distributed network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventor: Georg Muenzel
  • Patent number: 11922134
    Abstract: System and method for synthesizing a controller for a dynamical system includes a feeder neural network trained to estimate an ordinary differential equation (ODE) from time series training data (X) of a trajectory having embedded angular data and configured to learn dynamics of a physical system by encoding a generalization of a Hamiltonian representation of the dynamics using a constant external control term (u). A neural ODE solver receives the estimate of the ODE from the feeder neural network and synthesizes a controller to control the system to track a reference configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Biswadip Dey, Yaofeng Zhong, Amit Chakraborty
  • Patent number: 11921005
    Abstract: A system, apparatus, and method for estimating remaining useful life of a bearing are provided. The method includes receiving a request for analyzing a defect in the bearing from a source. The request includes operational data associated with the bearing. An impact of the defect on the bearing is monitored over a period of time. A time period during which the impact of the defect on the bearing is higher than a threshold range is determined using a machine learning model. A severity of the impact associated with the defect is computed during the time period. A remaining useful life of the bearing is determined based on the severity and the operational data during the time period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventors: Sudev Nair, Iniyan Ramasamy
  • Patent number: 11923976
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for transmitting analysis-relevant data from a transmitter (2), in which the analysis-relevant data is present, to a receiver (4), in which data analyses can be performed. In order to improve the method for transmitting analysis-relevant data from the transmitter (2) to the receiver (4), according to the invention one selection rule (30) to be applied to the analysis-relevant data is selected for a data transmission from a plurality of predefinable selection rules (26) for the selection of data to be transmitted from the analysis-relevant data, wherein the selection of the selection rule (30) to be applied for this data transmission is dependent on a data analysis applied to the data to be transmitted and on a state of the data link (6) between the transmitter (2) and the receiver (4).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventors: Michael Wieczorek, Elisabeth Heindl