Patents by Inventor ABB Inc.

ABB Inc. has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20130163302
    Abstract: DC-DC converter systems are disclosed. DC-DC converter systems may include an input, an output, a resonant switched-capacitor DC-DC converter, and a second DC-DC converter. The resonant switched-capacitor DC-DC converter may include a first input side and a first output side. The second DC-DC converter may include a second input side and a second output side. The first input side may be connected to the input, the second input side may be connected to an input voltage, and the first and second output sides may be connected in series to the output. In some examples, the second DC-DC converter may be a buck-boost DC-DC converter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2012
    Publication date: June 27, 2013
    Applicants: ABB INC., ABB RESEARCH LTD.
    Inventors: ABB Research Ltd., ABB Inc.
  • Publication number: 20130071262
    Abstract: When a fossil fuel well is producing fossil fuel, lift gas injected into the well to bring the naturally occurring fluids in the well to the surface along with the fossil fuel and the plunger if the well has a plunger. An instrument is programmed to use the predetermined criteria to dynamically control the rate of injection of the lift gas into the well.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2012
    Publication date: March 21, 2013
    Applicant: ABB Inc.
    Inventor: ABB Inc.
  • Publication number: 20130019464
    Abstract: Arc resistant enclosures for dry-type transformers. More particularly, transformer enclosures having one or more arc-resistant features, including arc channels, arc fault dampers, and arc fault plenums, and methods for providing same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2012
    Publication date: January 24, 2013
    Inventor: ABB Inc.