Patents Assigned to Siemens Industry, Inc.
  • Publication number: 20240063623
    Abstract: An outdoor busway system includes one or more conductor sections and one or more electrical connectors such that a conductor section of the outdoor busway system comprises a housing assembly and a conductor set. An atmospheric vent system for a busway enclosure of an outdoor busway system comprises a connector housing assembly of the outdoor busway system. The connector housing assembly comprises first opposed metal side plates bolted together with second opposed metal plates that are aligned perpendicularly at either end of the first opposed metal side plates such that the connector housing assembly forms a connector housing which includes one or more atmospheric vents affixed into either of sides or ends of the connector housing. Each atmospheric vent of the connector housing having an elastomeric body and a spherical weight that is moveably restrained such that an internal wall engages the spherical weight to create a seal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2022
    Publication date: February 22, 2024
    Applicant: Siemens Industry, Inc.
    Inventors: Steven E. Pever, Timothy J. J. Fink
  • Patent number: 11906189
    Abstract: There is described a system and method for high ventilation using outdoor air in an indoor area comprising an HVAC unit and a controller. The HVAC unit includes at least one damper and a fan. The controller detects an activation of an emergency purge mode, adjusts the at least one air damper to allow a maximum of outside air to flow through the HVAC unit without circulating return air, and establishes a fan speed of the fan for maximum outside airflow through the HVAC unit. The controller also modifies the fan speed of the fan based on an occupant comfort criteria without regard to energy efficiency of the HVAC unit. The fan speed is modified based on a delta enthalpy of the HVAC unit and a nominal capacity of the HVAC unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: Siemens Industry, Inc.
    Inventors: Jeffrey Hriljac, Jibo Liu, Richard Pope
  • Patent number: 11901147
    Abstract: A solid-state circuit breaker configured to turn off electronics before a pair of opposing primary main contacts are opened. The solid-state circuit breaker includes a main mechanism including a pair of opposing primary main contacts. The solid-state circuit breaker further includes electronics including semiconductors and software algorithms that control the power and can interrupt currents. The solid-state circuit breaker further includes a switching system including a secondary switch that is configured to be actuated prior to opening of the primary main contacts. The secondary switch is configured to turn off the power to the electronics of the solid-state circuit breaker before the primary main contacts are opened to eliminate or reduce electrical arcing across the primary main contacts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: Siemens Industry, Inc.
    Inventor: Solomon R. Titus
  • Patent number: 11894945
    Abstract: A controller of a building automation system comprising a communication component and a processor, and a method thereof. The communication component communicates with one or more other controllers of multiple automation level devices. The automation level devices are associated with an automation level network of the building automation system. The automation level devices include the controller and the other controller(s). The processor performs name resolution in which names of objects for devices associated with a building automation system are synchronized by device object references.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: Siemens Industry, Inc
    Inventors: William Choi, Thomas Evans, Robert L. Johnson
  • Patent number: 11884173
    Abstract: A network-based energy management system of managing electric vehicle (EV) charging network infrastructure is provided. The system comprises a gateway including one or more of an electric vehicle supply equipment (EVSE), a building automation system and any other independent controller. The gateway is configured for performing charging authorization, load management and/or demand response on an EVSE network using more than one communication channels including remote and/or local modes. The EVSE network includes two or more components from a group of components including a first EVSE, a controller, a second EVSE, the building automation system, a local server, a remote server and other energy management device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: SIEMENS INDUSTRY, INC.
    Inventors: Harry Price Haas, Sesha Devastate Yeruva, Celia Dayagi, Ravikumar Balasubramaniam, Steven Six
  • Patent number: 11885342
    Abstract: There is described controllers, methods, and non-transitory computer readable medium for adaptive speed control of a fan array of an air handling unit. A fan speed command for the fan array is identified. The fan speed command is scaled based on a floating maximum fan speed. A fan error of at least one fan of the fan array is detected. The floating maximum fan speed is adjusted in response to detecting the fan error. The fan speed command is rescaled based on the adjusted floating maximum fan speed. The fan speed command is provided to each fan of the fan array.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: Siemens Industry, Inc.
    Inventor: Jibo Liu
  • Patent number: 11874639
    Abstract: There is described an auditor system and method for a building management system environment comprising a blockchain component and an alarm remediation and auditing device. The blockchain component provides communication between the auditor system and a network of peer-to-peer nodes. The alarm remediation and auditing device provides interaction between the auditor system and one or more user, wherein the alarm remediation and auditing device is further configured to process building information associated with a selected remediation type received from the blockchain component as well as requirement for regulatory compliance. The auditor system performs an audit of transaction records of the decentralized ledger relating to the remediation type without providing any new transaction records to the decentralized ledger that relate to the remediation types of the building automation system and do not relate to the audit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: Siemens Industry, Inc.
    Inventors: Joseph F. Vitaterna, Steven Tattleman
  • Patent number: 11824336
    Abstract: An outdoor busway system includes one or more conductor sections and one or more electrical connectors such that a conductor section of the outdoor busway system comprises a housing assembly and a conductor set. The housing assembly includes an upper housing section and a lower housing section such that the upper housing section and the lower housing section each having opposing counterposed features to oppose a first separation force of the housing assembly. The conductor set includes a plurality of viscoelastic structural sheets stacked alternatively between a plurality of conductor bars to oppose a second separation force between conductor bars of the plurality of conductor bars.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: SIEMENS INDUSTRY, INC.
    Inventors: Steven E. Pever, Timothy J. Fink
  • Publication number: 20230368988
    Abstract: A circuit breaker is configured to ensure electrical safety when working on its circuits. The circuit breaker comprises a housing with an exterior boundary. The housing includes an “integrated” Lock-Off feature. It is integrated to one or more housing components of the circuit breaker not as a separate component to achieve most simplicity and least space used as compared to an “add-on” accessory based Lock-Off feature. The “integrated” Lock-Off feature has a feature that is configured to receive a shackle or a shank of a padlock. The circuit breaker further comprises a built-in Lock-Off mechanism including a handle that is configured to move relative to the feature. The built-in Lock-Off mechanism in combination with the Lock-Off feature is configured to prevent handle from being turned ON with the use of padlock. The padlock prevents circuit breaker from turning ON by impeding the handle from moving to an ON-position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2023
    Publication date: November 16, 2023
    Applicant: Siemens Industry, Inc.
    Inventor: Raiden Jay Kim
  • Patent number: 11816974
    Abstract: A system includes a plurality of remote addressable devices, each remote addressable device of the plurality of remote addressable devices being individually programmed with configuration data of the respective addressable device. Each remote addressable device includes a radio frequency (RF) transceiver to transmit a RF signal encoded with an address and a physical location of the remote addressable device transmitting the RF signal. The system further includes a plurality of bases. Each base of the plurality of bases includes a RF sensor for receiving the RF signal from the RF transceiver of the corresponding remote addressable device subsequent to the remote addressable device being positioned in the base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: Siemens Industry, Inc.
    Inventors: Karen Lontka, Paul Richard Strelecki
  • Patent number: 11798755
    Abstract: An electronic circuit breaker provides waveform data wirelessly and alters a breaker code wirelessly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: Siemens Industry, Inc.
    Inventors: Arthi Sudhakar Janakiraman, Matthew Leidy, Westin Williams
  • Patent number: 11798756
    Abstract: A solid-state circuit breaker (SSCB) comprises a breaker housing, line-in and line-out terminals and one or more solid state switching components. The SSCB further comprises an air gap disposed between the line-in and line-out terminals and coupled in series with the solid-state switching components to complete a current conducting path when closed. The air gap includes an air gap driving mechanism. The solid-state circuit breaker further comprises an air gap actuator to interact with the air gap driving mechanism. The SSCB further comprises a controller that controls the air gap actuator and is configured to: (a). send a tripping signal to the air gap actuator and the one or more solid state switching components at substantially the same time or (b). send a tripping signal to the air gap actuator a short amount of time earlier than sending the tripping signal to the one or more solid state switching components.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: Siemens Industry, Inc.
    Inventor: Guang Yang
  • Patent number: 11798751
    Abstract: A metal contact of a residential circuit breaker with ordered ceramic microparticles is provided. The metal contact comprises an electrical contact material comprising a metal alloy and ceramic particles to form a metal matrix composite material. Both materials the metal alloy and the ceramic particles are present together as a metal compound but without forming an alloy. The metal compound is a matrix and reinforcement being the ceramic particles such that first the ceramic particles has a sintering step to get a homogeneous preform for the metal compound being porous with a controlled size obtained by pressing a particle size of about few micrometers of the ceramic particles and then a liquid metal infiltration step to provide a homogenous distribution of the metal alloy and the ceramic particles in a three-dimensional open porous arrangement and the homogenous distribution results in ordered microstructures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: Siemens Industry, Inc.
    Inventors: Roberto Carlos Hernandez Maya, Luis Miguel Franco Caballero, Francisco Franco Caballero
  • Patent number: 11769393
    Abstract: A system includes a plurality of remote addressable devices, each remote addressable device of the plurality of remote addressable devices being individually programmed with configuration data of the respective addressable device. Each remote addressable device includes a radio frequency (RF) transceiver to transmit a RF signal encoded with an address and a physical location of the remote addressable device transmitting the RF signal. The system further includes a plurality of bases. Each base of the plurality of bases includes a RF sensor for receiving the RF signal from the RF transceiver of the corresponding remote addressable device subsequent to the remote addressable device being positioned in the base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Assignee: Siemens Industry, Inc.
    Inventors: Karen Lontka, Paul Richard Strelecki
  • Patent number: 11761655
    Abstract: There is described a zone controller and method for identifying a root cause failure at a zone. The zone controller determines whether a temperature measurement deviates from a temperature setpoint of the temperature sensor, and generates a first repair code, a second repair code, and/or a third repair code. The first repair code replaces a temperature sensor in response to detecting that a reading of the temperature sensor has failed. The second repair code releases an operator override on the reading of the temperature sensor in response to detecting that the reading of the temperature sensor has been overridden. The third repair code releases an operator override on a setpoint of the temperature sensor in response to detecting that the setpoint of the temperature sensor is outside the predetermined setpoint range. One or more of these repair codes are provided to a remote device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: Siemens Industry, Inc.
    Inventors: Jesse Craft, Melvin Hidayat, David Latour
  • Patent number: 11728104
    Abstract: A circuit breaker is configured to ensure electrical safety when working on its circuits. The circuit breaker comprises a housing with an exterior boundary. The housing includes an “integrated” or “pre-installed” Lock-Off feature extending away from the exterior boundary. The Lock-Off feature having a hole that is configured to receive a shackle or a shank of a padlock. The circuit breaker further comprises a built-in Lock-Off mechanism including a handle integrated with the housing using a pivot such that the handle is configured to pivot relative to the hole in the Lock-Off feature. The built-in Lock-Off mechanism in combination with the Lock-Off feature is configured to prevent the handle from being turned ON with the use of the padlock. The padlock prevents the handle from rotating on its pivot such that the padlock disables the circuit breaker from turning ON by impeding the handle from rotating to an ON-position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: Siemens Industry, Inc.
    Inventor: Raiden Jay Kim
  • Patent number: 11710612
    Abstract: A molded case circuit breaker configured to protect its ports and cables is provided. The molded case circuit breaker comprises an electronic trip unit (ETU) including communication ports or a thermomagnetic trip unit (TMTU). The molded case circuit breaker further comprises a terminal cover configured to pass cables that connect to the communication ports of the ETU and pass the cables over lugs without touching the lugs. The molded case circuit breaker further comprises a cable box cover that protects the cables of the ETU from external harm. The terminal cover including an emboss fixture having emboss guides for alignment and fixing of the cable box cover. The electronic trip unit (ETU) or the thermomagnetic trip unit (TMTU) and the cable box cover are assembled with one or more screws. The cable box cover is prevented from falling after the one or more screws are taken out from the terminal cover regardless of how the circuit breaker is mounted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2023
    Assignee: Siemens Industry, Inc.
    Inventors: Luis Fernando Quintana Ramos, Carlos Andres Espinosa Perez, Ismael Francisco Morales Trevino
  • Patent number: 11708985
    Abstract: There is described a system and method for configuring, commissioning and troubleshooting an HVAC unit. A unit type configuration is established based on a type of HVAC system and temperature data, humidity data, and/or indoor air quality data. A fan configuration is established based on whether a variable frequency drive fan is identified. Cooling and heating stage configurations are established based on a compressor parameter and a heating stage parameter. An available auxiliary termination is identified in response to establishing the configurations. A safety is assigned to the available auxiliary termination in response to identifying the available auxiliary termination. An IO table is provided to an HVAC controller, which includes physical input/output assignments for the terminations of the HVAC controller based on the configurations and the assigned safety. For another embodiment, the fan configuration is established based on one of a traditional stage blower fan or variable frequency drive fan.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2023
    Assignee: Siemens Industry, Inc.
    Inventors: Jeffrey Hriljac, Jibo Liu, Steven Brens, Ariane Roberson, Sandeep Billa
  • Patent number: 11657988
    Abstract: A mounting base or a riser base for a switchgear is provided with side interior openings to provide an internal arc pathway through which arc gasses or plasma are safely discharged to an outside air. The mounting base includes a front wall having a first end and a second end, a rear wall having a first end and a second end, a first side channel connecting the first end of the front wall to the first end of the rear wall, a second side channel connecting the second end of the front wall to the second end of the rear wall, and forming the mounting base having a central open area in a first section of a switchgear that is adjacent a second section of the switchgear. The mounting base further includes at least one opening in the first side channel for the passage of an arc from the first section of the switchgear to the second section of the switchgear, and thereby forming the mounting base with the internal arc pathway.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: SIEMENS INDUSTRY, INC.
    Inventors: Rahul Rajvanshi, Thomas W. Hawkins
  • Patent number: D989052
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: SIEMENS INDUSTRY, INC.
    Inventor: Rong Cao