Patents by Inventor Alexander Winterer

Alexander Winterer 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: 20250350220
    Abstract: A method for adapting a target voltage value for voltage control of a tap-changing transformer by an on-load tap changer is provided. The method includes determining a reverse power flow on a low-voltage side of the tap-changing transformer by measuring a current and a voltage. The on-load tap changer is actuated from a current tap position n to a further tap position. A voltage of a current is measured in the further tap position. A value m is determined from powers of different tap positions, and the determined value m is used as a gradient for a first section of a straight line of the target voltage value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2023
    Publication date: November 13, 2025
    Inventors: Karsten Viereck, Helmut Prölss, Alexander Winterer, Markus Riepl
  • Patent number: 9189000
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for monitoring an on-load tap changer according to the known “windowing technique,” wherein for synchronization, the current (I) on the diverter switch is continuously detected, the effective value (Ieff) is calculated, which in turn is differentiated. The corresponding point in time, at which the maximum or minimum of the differentiated value occurs, is evaluated to be the moment for the diverter switch leap (tLU), and produces the synchronization impulse.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2015
    Assignee: MASCHINENFABRIK REINHAUSEN GMBH
    Inventors: Mario Schmeckebier, Alexander Winterer
  • Publication number: 20150153749
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for monitoring an on-load tap changer according to the known “windowing technique,” wherein for synchronization, the current (I) on the diverter switch is continuously detected, the effective value (Ieff) is calculated, which in turn is differentiated. The corresponding point in time, at which the maximum or minimum of the differentiated value occurs, is evaluated to be the moment for the diverter switch leap (tLU), and produces the synchronization impulse.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2013
    Publication date: June 4, 2015
    Inventors: Mario Schmeckebier, Alexander Winterer