Patents by Inventor Alexander FOMENKO
Alexander FOMENKO 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).
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Patent number: 11605942Abstract: An electrical circuit breaker system including an input terminal connecting an electrical current source and a plurality of output terminals for connecting electrical loads. Each output terminal includes an electrical switch and a current measuring unit. The circuit breaker system includes a current acquiring unit for acquiring current magnitudes measured at the output terminals and for determining a total current magnitude. A temperature acquiring unit acquires a temperature, and a computing unit is configured to determine a total current limit as a function of the acquired temperature. Further, a control unit is configured to select one of the plurality of output terminals based on a ranking of the output terminals and to interrupt the current supply at the selected output terminal by means of the corresponding electrical switch when the total current magnitude exceeds the determined total current limit.Type: GrantFiled: January 20, 2021Date of Patent: March 14, 2023Assignee: PHOENIX CONTACT GMBH & CO. KGInventors: Alexander Fomenko, Vjaceslav Magazinik, Gerhard Wölk
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Patent number: 11551885Abstract: A flexible circuit breaker includes at least two semiconductor switches, at least one input and at least two outputs. Each of the at least two semiconductor switches can carry a defined current, and each of the at least two semiconductor switches is monitored individually in relation to the current flowing therethrough, the first output is assigned to a first semiconductor switch, where by a selection using a selection device on the flexible circuit breaker, one can select whether the current flowing through a second semiconductor switch is assigned to the second output or the first output.Type: GrantFiled: May 29, 2019Date of Patent: January 10, 2023Assignee: PHOENIX CONTACT GMBH & CO. KGInventors: Guido Nahles, Martin Striewe, Alexander Fomenko
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Patent number: 11495425Abstract: The disclosure relates to a circuit breaker with a monitoring device having an electronic switch and a mechanical changeover switch, where the mechanical changeover switch has a first terminal, a second terminal and a third terminal, where in a neutral position of the mechanical changeover switch the first terminal is connected to the third terminal and where in an operating position of the mechanical changeover switch the second terminal is connected to the third terminal, where the electronic switch is connected to the third terminal of the mechanical changeover switch as a series circuit, where when switching on the circuit breaker in a first switching state, initially the electronic switch is activated, where a measurement is taken at the first terminal using the monitoring device to determine whether essentially the same potential is present at the first terminal as at the third terminal and, it this is the case, the electronic switch is activated and the mechanical changeover switch is in an operating pType: GrantFiled: June 7, 2019Date of Patent: November 8, 2022Assignee: PHOENIX CONTACT GMBH & CO. KGInventors: Gerhard Wölk, Martin Striewe, Alexander Fomenko
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Patent number: 11418021Abstract: The invention relates to a device circuit breaker having intelligent limit value determination. In a training phase, the device circuit breaker is adjusted to a specific device and its load behavior. In a subsequent monitoring phase—based on the values determined in the training phase—present values or values derived from those are compared and, if necessary, the current flow is interrupted.Type: GrantFiled: July 5, 2019Date of Patent: August 16, 2022Assignee: PHOENIX CONTACT GMBH & CO. KGInventors: Gerhard Wölk, Martin Striewe, Alexander Fomenko, Guido Nahles
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Publication number: 20210273441Abstract: The invention relates to a device circuit breaker having intelligent limit value determination. In a training phase, the device circuit breaker is adjusted to a specific device and its load behavior. In a subsequent monitoring phase—based on the values determined in the training phase—present values or values derived from those are compared and, if necessary, the current flow is interrupted. The invention also relates to a method for such device circuit breakers.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 5, 2019Publication date: September 2, 2021Inventors: Gerhard WÖLK, Martin STRIEWE, Alexander FOMENKO, Guido NAHLES
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Publication number: 20210226438Abstract: An electrical circuit breaker system including an input terminal connecting an electrical current source and a plurality of output terminals for connecting electrical loads. Each output terminal includes an electrical switch and a current measuring unit. The circuit breaker system includes a current acquiring unit for acquiring current magnitudes measured at the output terminals and for determining a total current magnitude. A temperature acquiring unit acquires a temperature, and a computing unit is configured to determine a total current limit as a function of the acquired temperature. Further, a control unit is configured to select one of the plurality of output terminals based on a ranking of the output terminals and to interrupt the current supply at the selected output terminal by means of the corresponding electrical switch when the total current magnitude exceeds the determined total current limit.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 20, 2021Publication date: July 22, 2021Inventors: Alexander Fomenko, Vjaceslav Magazinik, Gerhard Wölk
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Publication number: 20210183592Abstract: A flexible circuit breaker is disclosed having at least two semiconductor switches, where the flexible circuit breaker has at least one input and at least two outputs, where each of the at least two semiconductor switches can carry a defined current, where each of the semiconductor switches is monitored individually in relation to the current flowing through, where the first output is assigned to the first semiconductor switch, where by a selection using a selection device on the flexible circuit breaker, one can select whether the current through a second semiconductor switch is assigned to the second output or the first output.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 29, 2019Publication date: June 17, 2021Inventors: Guido NAHLES, Martin STRIEWE, Alexander FOMENKO
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Publication number: 20210142970Abstract: The disclosure relates to a circuit breaker with a monitoring device having an electronic switch and a mechanical changeover switch, where the mechanical changeover switch has a first terminal, a second terminal and a third terminal, where in a neutral position of the mechanical changeover switch the first terminal is connected to the third terminal and where in an operating position of the mechanical changeover switch the second terminal is connected to the third terminal, where the electronic switch is connected to the third terminal of the mechanical changeover switch as a series circuit, where when switching on the circuit breaker in a first switching state, initially the electronic switch is activated, where a measurement is taken at the first terminal using the monitoring device to determine whether essentially the same potential is present at the first terminal as at the third terminal and, it this is the case, the electronic switch is activated and the mechanical changeover switch is in an operating pType: ApplicationFiled: June 7, 2019Publication date: May 13, 2021Inventors: Gerhard WÖLK, Martin STRIEWE, Alexander FOMENKO
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Patent number: 10594134Abstract: The object of the invention is a distribution system with an electronic fuse terminal and at least one first series terminal, wherein the electronic fuse terminal and the at least one first series terminal are arranged immediately adjacent to one another on a mounting rail, and wherein the electronic fuse terminal and the at least one first series terminal each have at least one adjacent bridging member, wherein the electronic fuse terminal can be supplied with input voltage, with the electronic fuse terminal making at least one protected first output potential available, and wherein the protected first output potential is forwarded to the first series terminal by means of a first bridging plug to the first series terminal.Type: GrantFiled: November 22, 2016Date of Patent: March 17, 2020Assignee: PHOENIX CONTACT GMBH & CO. KGInventors: Peter Berg, Alexander Fomenko, Guido Nahles, Martin Wetter, Christian Juergenhake, Peter Ketler, Carsten Plattmann, Timo Bessler
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Patent number: 10027106Abstract: The invention relates to a power supply unit for the provision of at least one switchable power output, having at least one power input UIN, at least one voltage measuring device that monitors the voltage at the at least one power input UIN, wherein, if the input voltage falls below a defined threshold Uthres or if the change in the input voltage UIN per unit of time rises above a defined threshold ?Uthres/?t, the power output/power outputs is/are switched off and the input voltage is then measured at a first timepoint t1, and, after a first predetermined time (td1) (S240), the input voltage U is measured again at a second timepoint t2, and if the input voltage at the second timepoint is greater than the input voltage at the first timepoint, it is assumed that a short circuit is present at at least one power output.Type: GrantFiled: October 3, 2017Date of Patent: July 17, 2018Assignee: PHOENIX CONTACT GMBH & CO. KGInventors: Alexander Fomenko, Gerhard Wolk
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Publication number: 20180183334Abstract: The object of the invention is a reversible electronic circuit-breaker terminal, with a current-measuring device for measuring a current flow in a load circuit to be measured, a regulating device for controlling the flow of current in the load circuit to be measured on the basis of a measured current flow in the load circuit to be measured, a switching device which, under the control of the regulating device, regulates or switches the current in the load circuit, wherein the switching device based on MOS-FET technology and can switch the current bidirectionally in the load circuit, and wherein the switching device has at least two anti-serially connected MOS-FET transistors for this purpose whose respective source terminals lie on a common switching potential.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 23, 2016Publication date: June 28, 2018Inventors: Alexander FOMENKO, Guido NAHLES, Carsten PLATTMANN
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Publication number: 20180115147Abstract: The invention relates to a power supply unit for the provision of at least one switchable power output, having at least one power input UIN, at least one voltage measuring device that monitors the voltage at the at least one power input UIN, wherein, if the input voltage falls below a defined threshold Uthres or if the change in the input voltage UIN per unit of time rises above a defined threshold ?Uthres/?t, the power output/power outputs is/are switched off and the input voltage is then measured at a first timepoint t1, and, after a first predetermined time (td1) (S240), the input voltage U is measured again at a second timepoint t2, and if the input voltage at the second timepoint is greater than the input voltage at the first timepoint, it is assumed that a short circuit is present at at least one power output.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 3, 2017Publication date: April 26, 2018Inventors: Alexander FOMENKO, Gerhard WOLK
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Patent number: 9899826Abstract: The object of the invention is a device for detecting an overcurrent, having a current meter, a first counter, and a switch, wherein the current meter measures a current through the device, with the switch being capable of interrupting a current flow through the device, wherein, if the current meter measures a current that exceeds a first current threshold, the first counter is changed by a first increment in a first direction, wherein, if the current meter measures a current that exceeds a second current threshold, the first counter is changed by a second increment in the first direction, with the second current threshold being quantitatively greater than the first current threshold, and with the second increment being quantitatively greater than the first increment, wherein, after a change in the counter, the first counter is compared with a first counter threshold, and if the counter threshold has been reached or exceeded, the switch is actuated continuously such that the current flow is interrupted, and oType: GrantFiled: November 22, 2016Date of Patent: February 20, 2018Assignee: PHOENIX CONTACT GMBH & CO. KGInventors: Alexander Fomenko, Guido Nahles, Gerhard Woelk
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Publication number: 20170149239Abstract: The object of the invention is a distribution system with an electronic fuse terminal and at least one first series terminal, wherein the electronic fuse terminal and the at least one first series terminal are arranged immediately adjacent to one another on a mounting rail, and wherein the electronic fuse terminal and the at least one first series terminal each have at least one adjacent bridging member, wherein the electronic fuse terminal can be supplied with input voltage, with the electronic fuse terminal making at least one protected first output potential available, and wherein the protected first output potential is forwarded to the first series terminal by means of a first bridging plug to the first series terminal.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 22, 2016Publication date: May 25, 2017Inventors: Peter BERG, Alexander FOMENKO, Guido NAHLES, Martin WETTER, Christian JUERGENHAKE, Peter KETLER, Carsten PLATTMANN, Timo BESSLER
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Publication number: 20170149234Abstract: The object of the invention is a device for detecting an overcurrent, having a current meter, a first counter, and a switch, wherein the current meter measures a current through the device, with the switch being capable of interrupting a current flow through the device, wherein, if the current meter measures a current that exceeds a first current threshold, the first counter is changed by a first increment in a first direction, wherein, if the current meter measures a current that exceeds a second current threshold, the first counter is changed by a second increment in the first direction, with the second current threshold being quantitatively greater than the first current threshold, and with the second increment being quantitatively greater than the first increment, wherein, after a change in the counter, the first counter is compared with a first counter threshold, and if the counter threshold has been reached or exceeded, the switch is actuated continuously such that the current flow is interrupted, and oType: ApplicationFiled: November 22, 2016Publication date: May 25, 2017Inventors: Alexander FOMENKO, Guido NAHLES, Gerhard WOELK