Patents by Inventor Andreas Falk

Andreas Falk 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: 20090244936
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a three-phase inverter (1) with a circuit arrangement having a DC-voltage input (2) for at least one direct voltage source, and a three-phase alternating voltage output (15) for feeding into a three-phase alternating voltage mains (19), wherein said inverter comprises a three-phase bridge circuit (20) as well as at least one divided intermediate circuit, wherein said inverter (1) is configured to be transformerless, wherein said neutral conductor (N) of the mains (19) is separated from the central point (M) of the intermediate circuit and the inverter (1) is connected to the alternating voltage mains (19) via a three-conductor connection (15).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2009
    Publication date: October 1, 2009
    Applicant: SMA Solar Technology AG
    Inventors: Andreas Falk, Karel De Brabandere, Frank Greizer, Matthias Victor, Torben Westpahl, Henrik Wolf, Thorsten Buelo
  • Patent number: 7463489
    Abstract: The object of the invention is a power inverter, the bottom of the housing (1) of the power inverter being configured to be stepped, cooling bodies (10, 11) being disposed on the exterior face of the stepped bottom, at least two printed circuit boards (6, 8) that overlap each other and communicate with the respective one of the cooling bodies (10, 11) through semiconductor components being provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2008
    Assignee: SMA Solar Technology AG
    Inventors: Andreas Falk, Nafiz Yasat
  • Publication number: 20080203820
    Abstract: The subject matter of the invention is a backup power system configured to be a UPS system, with a customer generation system (5) and with a network monitoring device with a switch topology a. including a first connection node, a.1 that is connected to the customer generation system (5) a.2 that is connected to at least one automatic disconnection switch including a first switch (411, 412), said first switch (411, 412) being disposed between the customer generation system (5) and a utility grid (1), and a.3 that is connected to a second switch (44) that is connected to one or several loads (6), b. said system including a second connection node (9) b.1 that is connected to said second switch (44) b.2 connected to said load (6), b.3 that is connected to a third switch (43) disposed between the utility grid (1) and the load (6) and b.4 that is connected to a fourth switch (45) to which there is connected a standalone inverter (7) with a storage device (71), c.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2008
    Publication date: August 28, 2008
    Applicant: SMA Technologie AG
    Inventors: Thomas Kramer, Martin Rothert, Volker Wachenfeld, Andreas Falk
  • Publication number: 20080192510
    Abstract: A device (1) for feeding electrical energy from an energy source with variable source voltage into an electric power supply network (15), said device (1) including a transformer (112) for galvanic isolation, a resonant inverter (11) with semi-conductor switches (a-d; A, B), one or several resonant capacitors (17; 18, 19; 20, 21) and one rectifier (113), is: intended to provide high efficiency and have galvanic isolation. This is achieved in that the resonant inverter (11) is operated in the full resonant mode if the operating voltage is in an operation point (MPP) and in the hard-switching mode if the voltages exceed the operation point (MPP).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2007
    Publication date: August 14, 2008
    Applicant: SMA Technologie AG
    Inventor: Andreas Falk
  • Publication number: 20080173523
    Abstract: In a device for the accommodation and retention of a lock part, in particular a belt lock of a safety belt, with at least one restraint device for the lock part, which has at least one movable latching element that can be brought into a retentive active connection with the lock part, and with an interrogation device having at least one electrical switching element to record the closing position of the restraint device, the electrical switching element is directly assigned to the latching element. The switching element has an actuating element projecting into the movement space of the latching element and is designed as a button that can be actuated by the latching element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2008
    Publication date: July 24, 2008
    Inventors: Joachim Bahr, Bruno Stenzel, Carsten Weyand, Andreas Falk
  • Publication number: 20080106878
    Abstract: In a circuit configuration having a number of electrical components and having at least one line element which electrically connects the components to one another, the line element is a wire-like stamped part which is inserted into the circuit configuration separately from other line elements. The components of this circuit configuration are to be equipped simply and cost-effectively with electrically conductive line elements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2006
    Publication date: May 8, 2008
    Inventors: Bruno Stenzel, Andreas Falk, Thorsten Weiss
  • Publication number: 20080094860
    Abstract: Disclosed is a bi-directional battery power inverter (1) comprising a DC-DC converter circuit element (3) to which the battery (2) can be connected in order to generate an AC output voltage from a battery (2) voltage in a discharging mode while charging the battery (2) in a charging mode. The inverter (1) further comprises an HF transformer which forms a resonant circuit along with a resonant capacitor (6). In order to increase the efficiency of said battery power inverter, the transformer is provided with two windings (11,12) with a center tap (20) on the primary side, said center tap (20) being connected to a power electronic center-tap connection with semiconductor switches (21,31) while a winding (13) to which the resonant capacitor (6) is serially connected provided on the secondary side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2007
    Publication date: April 24, 2008
    Applicant: SMA Technologie AG
    Inventor: Andreas Falk
  • Publication number: 20080055941
    Abstract: An inverter (1) with galvanic separation including a resonant converter (2) and an upstream mounted boost chopper (3) is intended to provide galvanic separation in the context of a variable input and output voltage as it exists in photovoltaic systems, with the efficiency being intended to be optimized over the entire input voltage range. This is achieved in that a boost chopper (3) or a buck chopper (4) is mounted upstream of the resonant converter (2).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2007
    Publication date: March 6, 2008
    Applicant: SMA Technologie AG
    Inventors: Matthias Victor, Burkhard Muller, Andreas Falk
  • Publication number: 20070247823
    Abstract: The object of the invention is a power inverter, the bottom of the housing (1) of the power inverter being configured to be stepped, cooling bodies (10, 11) being disposed on the exterior face of the stepped bottom, at least two printed circuit boards (6, 8) that overlap each other and communicate with the respective one of the cooling bodies (10, 11) through semiconductor components being provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2007
    Publication date: October 25, 2007
    Applicant: SMA Technologie AG
    Inventors: Andreas Falk, Nafiz Yasat
  • Patent number: 7102901
    Abstract: Disclosed is an electronic circuit for the bidirectional conversion of a high input voltage to a direct-current output voltage with indirect coupling, more specifically such a circuit for use in a power supply system for rail vehicles, that is provided with a primary converter, one single common transformer and a secondary converter. The primary converter includes at least three primary converter sections connected in series, the output lines of which are each connected to a respective one of the transformer primary windings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2006
    Assignee: Alstom SA
    Inventors: Andreas Falk, Mathias Victor, Guido Bachmann
  • Publication number: 20020101747
    Abstract: Disclosed is an electronic circuit for the bidirectional conversion of a high input voltage to a direct-current output voltage with indirect coupling, more specifically such a circuit for use in a power supply system for rail vehicles, that is provided with a primary converter, one single common transformer and a secondary converter. The primary converter includes at least three primary converter sections connected in series, the output lines of which are each connected to a respective one of the transformer primary windings.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2002
    Publication date: August 1, 2002
    Inventors: Andreas Falk, Mathias Victor, Guido Bachmann