Patents by Inventor Adrian Ulrich

Adrian Ulrich 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).

  • Patent number: 7005844
    Abstract: A measuring circuit arrangement (1) for an electricity meter for direct connection is respectively connected, to an input (3) for voltage measurement and an input (4) for current measurement of a measuring chip (2) for each phase of a three phase supply. Upstream of the input (3) for voltage measurement is a voltage divider (R1,R2) provided in order to match the voltage level, and upstream of the input (4) for current measurement is a voltage transformer (5) with measuring shunt (RSH) installed according to the invention. The voltage transformer (5) is so arranged that its ohmic resistance towards the measuring shunt (RSH) on the one hand sufficiently limits standard direct-current impingement of the voltage transformer (5) and on the other hand this ohmic resistance is also small enough so that, together with the inductance of the current transformer (5), it displays no more than standard angle error.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2006
    Assignee: Landis & Gyr AG
    Inventors: Jacob De Vries, Adrian Ulrich
  • Patent number: 6847201
    Abstract: The invention relates to a compensation circuit for the phase shift between a first input (3) for a voltage determination and a second input (4) for a current determination in electric meters for direct connection, whereby a DC-tolerant converter (5), for current transformation, is arranged before said second input (4) and a high pass filter (R1, C) is arranged before the first input (3), for a first equalisation of the non-frequency-dependant phase compensation. A further equalisation of the phase compensation occurs by means of a correction device (5) in a measuring chip (2), which is connected in series with the inputs (3, 4) for voltage determination and current determination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2002
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2005
    Assignee: Landis+Gyr AG
    Inventors: Jacob De Vries, Adrian Ulrich
  • Publication number: 20040090220
    Abstract: A measuring circuit arrangement (1) for an electricity meter for direct connection is respectively connected, for each phase of a three-phase network, to an input (3) for voltage detection and to an input (4) of a measuring chip (2) for detection of the electric current. A voltage divider (R1,R2) used for voltage level adaptation is provided upstream from the input (3) for voltage detection. A current transformer (5) with a series connected measuring shunt (R?SH#191) is installed upstream from the input (4) for current detection. The current transformer (5) is embodied in such a way that the ohmic resistance to the measuring shunt (R?SH#191) sufficiently limits standard direct-current impingement of the current transformer (5) and said ohmic resistance is small enough so that, together with the inductance of the current transformer (5), it only exhibits a standard angle error.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2003
    Publication date: May 13, 2004
    Inventors: Jacob De Vries, Adrian Ulrich
  • Publication number: 20040085786
    Abstract: The invention relates to a compensation circuit for the phase shift between a first input (3) for a voltage determination and a second input (4) for a current determination in electric meters for direct connection, whereby a DC-tolerant converter (5), for current transformation, is arranged before said second input (4) and a high pass filter (R1, C) is arranged before the first input (3), for a first equalisation of the non-frequency-dependant phase compensation. A further equalisation of the phase compensation occurs by means of a correction device (5) in a measuring chip (2), which is connected in series with the inputs (3, 4) for voltage determination and current determination.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2003
    Publication date: May 6, 2004
    Inventors: Jacob De Vries, Adrian Ulrich