Patents by Inventor Achim Langens

Achim Langens 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: 20250023338
    Abstract: The invention relates to a cable joint (1) for connecting two current conductor portions for conducting a direct current, comprising a control body (3) and a conductive connection piece (2) which is surrounded by the control body, wherein the connection piece has a first receptacle and a second receptacle, so that a conductor end of a first current conductor portion can be inserted into the first receptacle in order to establish an electrical contact between the connection piece and the conductor end of the first current conductor portion, and a conductor end of a second current conductor portion can be inserted into the second receptacle in order to establish an electrical contact between the connection piece and the conductor end of the second current conductor portion, and wherein the control body comprises insulation-spaced, concentric, conductive control inserts (11-17) for resistive field control.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2021
    Publication date: January 16, 2025
    Inventor: Achim Langens
  • Patent number: 11923107
    Abstract: A high-voltage bushing has an insulator, which contains an insulating gas and an insulating solid, and an inner conductor which is led through the insulator. A mounting flange is employed for the mounting of the high-voltage bushing on a wall. A sensor, which is arranged on the mounting flange and is configured for the detection of at least one reaction product of the insulating gas and/or of the insulating solid. A corresponding method monitors an operating state of the high-voltage bushing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: Siemens Energy Global GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Achim Langens
  • Patent number: 11469014
    Abstract: An insertable high-voltage bushing includes an inner conductor which extends in a longitudinal direction between a high-voltage terminal and a plug-in section of the high-voltage bushing. The plug-in section is configured for the insertion of the high-voltage bushing into a device connection part of an electrical device. An insulating body at least partially extends around the inner conductor. A housing at least partially extends around the outside of insulating body. The housing includes a tubular housing element which extends between a head fitting at the high-voltage terminal of the high-voltage bushing and a mounting flange for fastening the high-voltage bushing to a device housing of the electrical device. The housing element is made of a composite material and a secondary insulation provided between the housing element and the insulating body is formed of a dry foam.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignee: Siemens Energy Global GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Engelbert Engels, Friedemann Kleinfeld, Achim Langens, Tim Schnitzler
  • Patent number: 11367545
    Abstract: A pluggable high-voltage feed-through has an inner conductor, which extends in a longitudinal direction between a high-voltage connection and a plug-in section of the high-voltage feed-though. The plug-in section is configured for plugging the high-voltage feed-though into a device connection part of an electrical device. An insulating body surrounds the inner conductor. A test tapping point is provided with an electrical contact for connecting to a connection of a measuring device. The test tapping point is arranged outside the plug-in section. An electrical device has a fluid-tight housing and the high-voltage feed-through. A device connection part is provided for receiving and contacting the high-voltage feed-through.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2022
    Assignee: Siemens Energy Global GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Engelbert Engels, Achim Langens, Tim Schnitzler, Joachim Titze
  • Patent number: 11289243
    Abstract: A pluggable high-voltage bushing includes an inner conductor which extends in a longitudinal direction between a high-voltage terminal and a plug-in section of the high-voltage bushing. The plug-in section is configured to plug the high-voltage bushing into a device connection part of an electrical device. An insulating body surrounds the inner conductor. The insulating body includes a textile sheet-like structure. An electrical device having the high-voltage bushing is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignee: Siemens Energy Global GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Achim Langens, Tim Schnitzler
  • Patent number: 10438723
    Abstract: A high-voltage bushing can be plugged into a bushing socket of an electrical device of a high-voltage installation. The high-voltage bushing has an internal conductor, an insulating body which at least partly encloses the internal conductor, and a plug-in section for plugging the high-voltage bushing into the bushing socket. A heat pipe is provided in the internal conductor. The heat pipe is at least partly filled with a vaporizable cooling liquid and the heat pipe extends into the plug-in section. A high-voltage installation having the high-voltage bushing is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2019
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Joachim Titze, Engelbert Engels, Achim Langens, Tim Schnitzler
  • Patent number: 10014676
    Abstract: A high-voltage bushing contains an insulating body that is arranged concentrically around a cylindrical winding support formed of an electrically-conductive material, conductive control inlays which capacitive potential control the high-voltage bushing and are spaced apart from one another by insulation layers, and are arranged concentrically with the winding support. A connection device is provided for establishing an electrical connection between a first control inlay closest to the winding support, and the winding support. The high-voltage bushing is characterized in that the connection device contains an electrical sliding contact.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2018
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Engelbert Engels, Achim Langens
  • Patent number: 9947442
    Abstract: A high-voltage bushing has an internal conductor and an insulating body which surrounds the internal conductor along its longitudinal direction. The internal conductor is routed out of the insulating body at a head end of the high-voltage bushing. A fastening flange is arranged on the insulating body at an end opposite the head end. An outer housing encloses the internal conductor and the insulating body from the fastening flange up to and including the head end in a moisture-tight manner. A high-voltage installation has a high-voltage conductor which is routed through a housing wall of the high-voltage installation by way of the novel high-voltage bushing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2018
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Engelbert Engels, Achim Langens, Christian Paul
  • Patent number: 9887026
    Abstract: A high-voltage bushing includes an insulating body disposed concentrically around a cylindrical winding support formed of electrically conductive material, and a sealing device for sealing a gap between the winding support and the insulating body. The sealing device includes a sealing element disposed in a circumferential sealing groove. The circumferential sealing groove is disposed in the winding support and accommodates the sealing element. A method for producing a high-voltage bushing includes placing an insulating body concentrically around a cylindrical winding support formed of electrically conductive material. The insulating body has mutually concentrically disposed insulating layers. A sealing element is introduced into a circumferential sealing groove in the winding support, and the insulating body is subsequently impregnated with a resin to seal a gap between the winding support and the insulating body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2018
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Engelbert Engels, Achim Langens
  • Patent number: 9837184
    Abstract: A high-voltage insulator has an insulating body which is arranged around a high-voltage conductor. The high-voltage insulator has a damping chamber which at least partially engages around the insulating body and which is filled with an electrically insulating damping medium for damping an action of external mechanical force on the insulating body. A transformer bushing for routing a high-voltage conductor out of a transformer housing in an electrically insulating manner is further disclosed. The transformer bushing is characterized in that the transformer bushing contains a high-voltage insulator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2017
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Paul Juntermanns, Achim Langens
  • Patent number: 8969729
    Abstract: A high-voltage bushing with conductive inserts for a DC voltage has a bushing body surrounding a high-voltage conductor and containing a paper insulation. The bushing body tapers conically, at least at one end region thereof, from a ground-potential-side location to a high-voltage-side end and is surrounded by an insulating barrier. In order to provide a high-voltage bushing of this type with a particularly good potential distribution, the outside of the bushing body is coated at least in the region of the at least one end region with a coating to form a coating layer, which has a greater electrical conductivity than the bushing body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2015
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Dietmar Jahnel, Achim Langens, Tim Schnitzler
  • Publication number: 20120292073
    Abstract: An improved high-voltage duct has an electrically insulated winding body extending in a longitudinal direction and contains electrically conductive inserts wound about a winding core. The inserts are spaced apart from each other by insulation layers soaked in resin. A high-voltage conductor extends as a winding core in the winding body. A fastening flange is mounted on the winding body in a fastening area of the flange for assembly of the high-voltage duct, such that the duct can also be used for DC levels above 550 kV. Accordingly, the winding body contains different thicknesses in the fastening area thereof, so that areas of changes in diameter are configured in which the winding body contains different diameters at different locations along in a longitudinal direction thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 7, 2011
    Publication date: November 22, 2012
    Applicant: SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventors: Engelbert Engels, Michael Koch, Achim Langens
  • Publication number: 20110286145
    Abstract: An assembly has at least two conducting surfaces and a dielectric therebetween formed of a plastic nonwoven fabric that is impregnated with cast resin. A corresponding feed-through for high voltages has a central conductor, around which conducting intermediate layers concentrically spaced from each other are arranged as conducting surfaces. A plastic nonwoven fabric impregnated with cast resin is located between the conducting intermediate layers as a dielectric.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2010
    Publication date: November 24, 2011
    Applicant: SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventors: Achim Langens, Christian Paul, Tim Schnitzler
  • Patent number: 5377106
    Abstract: Disclosed is a process for navigating an unmanned vehicle over a predeterable course, respectively such a vehicle. A steering and control unit determines by a first sensor at least the stretch covered and detects by at least one second sensor objects in the vicinage the position of which is stored in the steering and control unit and which serve the purpose of checking the position of the vehicle computed on the basis of the covered stretch. In accordance with the present invention the distance of the vehicle from the objects in the vicinage stored with their exact position in relation to the planned path in the steering and control unit is ascertained by the second sensor at points on the path spaced at intervals. The ascertained distance is compared with the stored distance of the planned coordinates of the point on the path from the object in vicinage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 1992
    Date of Patent: December 27, 1994
    Assignee: Fraunhofer Gesellschaft zur Foerderung der angewandten Forschung e.V.
    Inventors: Gerhard Drunk, Achim Langen, Stefan Forster, Christoph Hug, Joachim Mullerschon