Patents Assigned to sonnen GmbH
  • Patent number: 11936221
    Abstract: The invention relates to a battery system, particularly for using in a local electrical grid, comprising: at least one battery module (1); an output terminal (2) which is electrically connected to the battery module (1) and used to charge and/or discharge the battery module (1) from and/or into the local electrical grid; a disconnector (3) which is arranged between the battery module (1) and at least one pole (21, 22) of the output terminal (2) and is designed to break the electrical connection between the battery module (1) and the at least one pole (21, 22) of the output terminal (2), when open; and a first signal circuit (41) which is designed to generate the triggering of the disconnector (3) in the event of a faulty state detected by the battery module (1) in such a way as to interrupt the electrical connection between the battery module (1) and the at least one pole (21, 22) of the output terminal (2).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: Sonnen GmbH
    Inventors: Michael Geiger, Wolfram Hennemann
  • Publication number: 20220113691
    Abstract: A non-transitory computer readable medium storing computer code which, when executed by a computer, causes the computer to access and activate software applications of accredited electrical power units by using personal access data that are used for automated access to the software applications of the accredited electrical power units and are held for this purpose in access data storage, and to perform image capture and image evaluation of graphical representations that are available, having been generated by the software applications, during the automated access to the software applications of the accredited electrical power units. The image evaluation ascertains status data of the accredited electrical power units and stores the status data in a status data memory and/or transmits the status data to a controller.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2020
    Publication date: April 14, 2022
    Applicant: Sonnen GmbH
    Inventor: Tim KIMPEL
  • Publication number: 20200266638
    Abstract: The invention relates to a battery system, particularly for using in a local electrical grid, comprising: at least one battery module (1); an output terminal (2) which is electrically connected to the battery module (1) and used to charge and/or discharge the battery module (1) from and/or into the local electrical grid; a disconnector (3) which is arranged between the battery module (1) and at least one pole (21, 22) of the output terminal (2) and is designed to break the electrical connection between the battery module (1) and the at least one pole (21, 22) of the output terminal (2), when open; and a first signal circuit (41) which is designed to generate the triggering of the disconnector (3) in the event of a faulty state detected by the battery module (1) in such a way as to interrupt the electrical connection between the battery module (1) and the at least one pole (21, 22) of the output terminal (2).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2018
    Publication date: August 20, 2020
    Applicant: Sonnen GmbH
    Inventors: Michael GEIGER, Wolfram HENNEMANN
  • Patent number: 10516547
    Abstract: A system and a device are provided. The system includes a battery system and a management device, where the management device transmits a request for customer permission to use electric power stored at the battery system, receives a response to the request, and upon the response permitting use, operate the battery system to supply electric power to an external power grid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2019
    Assignee: Sonnen GmbH
    Inventor: Torsten Stiefenhofer
  • Patent number: 10476271
    Abstract: An energy supply system and electrical outlet are provided. An energy supply system includes an electrical power source connected to an inverter device for forming a local power grid. The electrical outlet includes frequency measuring means for measuring the frequency of the electrical power feed into said local power grid by said inverter device and power control means for controlling said electrical power provided to a load by said electrical outlet dependent on the measured frequency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2019
    Assignee: Sonnen GmbH
    Inventor: Carlos Restrepo
  • Publication number: 20190207390
    Abstract: An energy supply system and electrical outlet are provided. An energy supply system includes an electrical power source connected to an inverter device for forming a local power grid. The electrical outlet includes frequency measuring means for measuring the frequency of the electrical power feed into said local power grid by said inverter device and power control means for controlling said electrical power provided to a load by said electrical outlet dependent on the measured frequency.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2017
    Publication date: July 4, 2019
    Applicant: Sonnen GmbH
    Inventor: Carlos RESTREPO
  • Publication number: 20190157986
    Abstract: An inverter device, an energy storage system comprising such an inverter device, and a method of controlling such an inverter device are provided. The inverter device has a split-phase, transformer-less configuration and is connectable between a battery and a power grid for transferring power in a bidirectional manner between said battery and said power grid. The inverter device further comprises: an inverter circuit comprising switching elements arranged in a multilevel clamped topology; and a control unit controlling said switching elements, wherein said control unit is configured to control said switching elements such that direct current (DC) power from said battery is transformed into alternating current (AC) power and supplied to said power grid during a discharging period, and AC power from said power grid is transformed into DC power and supplied to said battery during a charging period.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2019
    Publication date: May 23, 2019
    Applicant: sonnen GmbH
    Inventors: Antonio GINART, Hermann Schweizer, Carlos Restrepo
  • Patent number: 10205407
    Abstract: An inverter device, an energy storage system comprising such an inverter device, and a method of controlling such an inverter device are provided. The inverter device has a split-phase, transformer-less configuration and is connectable between a battery and a power grid for transferring power in a bidirectional manner between said battery and said power grid. The inverter device further comprises: an inverter circuit comprising switching elements arranged in a multilevel clamped topology; and a control unit controlling said switching elements, wherein said control unit is configured to control said switching elements such that direct current (DC) power from said battery is transformed into alternating current (AC) power and supplied to said power grid during a discharging period, and AC power from said power grid is transformed into DC power and supplied to said battery during a charging period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2019
    Assignee: Sonnen GmbH
    Inventors: Antonio Ginart, Hermann Schweizer
  • Publication number: 20190036724
    Abstract: A system and a device are provided. The system includes a battery system and a management device, where the management device transmits a request for customer permission to use electric power stored at the battery system, receives a response to the request, and upon the response permitting use, operate the battery system to supply electric power to an external power grid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2018
    Publication date: January 31, 2019
    Applicant: Sonnen GmbH
    Inventor: Torsten STIEFENHOFER
  • Patent number: 10116460
    Abstract: An a remote battery management system, a management device for such a system and a remote battery management method are provided, with which a demand for electrical power of an external power grid is identified and then met with the help of a battery system connected to that power grid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2018
    Assignee: Sonnen GmbH
    Inventor: Torsten Stiefenhofer
  • Patent number: 9438040
    Abstract: An energy supply system for supplying electrical energy to a building, comprising a grid connector unit for providing a connection to an external power grid, a load connector unit for connecting to a building power grid, a conductor loop for electrically connecting the grid connector unit to the load connector unit, an energy storage device connected to the conductor loop, and a disconnector placed in the conductor loop for, upon activation of the disconnector, disconnecting the electrical connection between the grid connector unit and the load connector unit, whereby the energy storage device is connected to the conductor loop via a discharging line such that electrical energy stored in the energy storage device may be discharged through part of the conductor loop to the load connector unit when the disconnector is activated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2016
    Assignee: sonnen GmbH
    Inventor: Torsten Stiefenhofer