Patents by Inventor Bharat Nalla
Bharat Nalla 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: 11949222Abstract: Disclosed herein is a system for time aligning electric power system measurements at an intelligent electronic device (IED) using samples and sample time offset from merging units. The merging units do not require access to a common time signal. The IED does not require storage of a communication latency with the merging units. The sample time offset corresponds to a latency between obtaining the sample and receipt of the sample at the IED. The IED aligns samples from various merging units using sample time offset values communicated from the merging units to the IED. The IED performs monitoring and protection functions using the time aligned samples.Type: GrantFiled: November 30, 2021Date of Patent: April 2, 2024Assignee: Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories, Inc.Inventors: Lisa Gayle Nelms, Tony J. Lee, Bryon S. Bridges, Derek Lautenschlager, Guillermo Ramirez Conejo, Stephanie L. McDaid, Nishchal Sharma, Bharat Nalla, Vinodev E. Rajasekaran
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Publication number: 20240098003Abstract: Systems and methods may be used to assess network communications by generating one or more current communication parameters based on communications at an intelligent electronic device (IED) within an electric power delivery system. Network communications may be assessed by determining, at the IED, whether the communications fall within one or more thresholds for the current communication parameters.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 14, 2023Publication date: March 21, 2024Applicant: Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories, Inc.Inventors: Edson L. Hernandez Cortinas, Preston Stephens, Bharat Nalla, Mauricio G. Silveira, Gabriel DeRuwe, Dennis Holmbo, David J. Dolezilek
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Patent number: 11606281Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed to monitor real-time digital data for degradation. In one embodiment, an intelligent electronic device (“IED”) in an electric power system may include an interface to receive a stream of digital data, the stream of digital data comprising a plurality of data frames. A protective action subsystem may monitor the sampled digital data and implement a protective action based on the stream of sampled digital data. A digital data degradation detection subsystem may analyze a plurality of digital metrics associated with the plurality of data frames and make a determination regarding degradation of a communication channel based on whether the plurality of digital metrics fails at least one threshold. In response to the determination, the digital data degradation detection subsystem may implement a response to the determination that the plurality of digital metrics fails at least one threshold.Type: GrantFiled: May 20, 2021Date of Patent: March 14, 2023Assignee: Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories, Inc.Inventors: Bharat Nalla, Nishchal Sharma, Arun Shrestha, Ozan Akyildiz, Mauricio G. Silveira, Manodev J. Rajasekaran, Sajal Harmukh, Jaya R A K Yellajosula
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Patent number: 11550285Abstract: Systems, methods, and devices are provided for determining a maintenance mode of one or more merging units of an electric power delivery system using an intelligent electronic device that may rely on communication from wired (or wireless) electrical measurement devices. The intelligent electronic device may be a line relay. The merging units may provide data to the line relay including at least one bit indicating a maintenance mode of each merging unit. If a maintenance mode bit from a particular merging unit indicates that the merging unit is in the maintenance mode, logic of the line relay may determine if a maintenance mode override is received. If so, the line relay may disregard the maintenance mode bit and process the data from the merging unit. If the logic determines that the merging unit is in the maintenance mode, the line relay may force data from the merging unit to zero.Type: GrantFiled: June 30, 2021Date of Patent: January 10, 2023Assignee: Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories, Inc.Inventors: Arun Shrestha, Karen S J Wyszczelski, Priyanka Nadkar, Bharat Nalla, Sathish Kumar Mutha
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Publication number: 20230004131Abstract: Systems, methods, and devices are provided for determining a maintenance mode of one or more merging units of an electric power delivery system using an intelligent electronic device that may rely on communication from wired (or wireless) electrical measurement devices. The intelligent electronic device may be a line relay. The merging units may provide data to the line relay including at least one bit indicating a maintenance mode of each merging unit. If a maintenance mode bit from a particular merging unit indicates that the merging unit is in the maintenance mode, logic of the line relay may determine if a maintenance mode override is received. If so, the line relay may disregard the maintenance mode bit and process the data from the merging unit. If the logic determines that the merging unit is in the maintenance mode, the line relay may force data from the merging unit to zero.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 30, 2021Publication date: January 5, 2023Applicant: Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories, Inc.Inventors: Arun Shrestha, Karen SJ Wyszczelski, Priyanka Nadkar, Bharat Nalla, Sathish Kumar Mutha
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Publication number: 20220377003Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed to monitor real-time digital data for degradation. In one embodiment, an intelligent electronic device (“IED”) in an electric power system may include an interface to receive a stream of digital data, the stream of digital data comprising a plurality of data frames. A protective action subsystem may monitor the sampled digital data and implement a protective action based on the stream of sampled digital data. A digital data degradation detection subsystem may analyze a plurality of digital metrics associated with the plurality of data frames and make a determination regarding degradation of a communication channel based on whether the plurality of digital metrics fails at least one threshold. In response to the determination, the digital data degradation detection subsystem may implement a response to the determination that the plurality of digital metrics fails at least one threshold.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 20, 2021Publication date: November 24, 2022Applicant: Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories, Inc.Inventors: Bharat Nalla, Nishchal Sharma, Arun Shrestha, Ozan Akyildiz, Mauricio G. Silveira, Manodev J. Rajasekaran, Sajal Harmukh, Jaya R A K Yellajosula
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Publication number: 20220286534Abstract: The present disclosure pertains to systems and methods to verify information received from a merging unit. In one embodiment, a system may include a merging unit interface comprising a port configured to communicate with the merging unit. The system may include a commissioning subsystem to receive a unique identifier (“UID”) associated with the merging unit using the port during a commissioning process, to store the UID associated with the merging unit, and to associate the UID with the port. In operation, a verification subsystem may receive a plurality of transmissions from the merging unit and verify that the plurality of transmissions originated from the merging unit based on matching the UID stored in the commissioning process with the UID in the plurality of transmissions, and confirming that the plurality of transmissions is received through the port associated with the UID.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 3, 2021Publication date: September 8, 2022Applicant: Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories, Inc.Inventors: Bharat Nalla, Vishal Patil, Lisa Gayle Nelms, Lihua Ran, Ozan Akyildiz
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Publication number: 20220239089Abstract: Disclosed herein is a system for time aligning electric power system measurements at an intelligent electronic device (IED) using samples and sample time offset from merging units. The merging units do not require access to a common time signal. The IED does not require storage of a communication latency with the merging units. The sample time offset corresponds to a latency between obtaining the sample and receipt of the sample at the IED. The IED aligns samples from various merging units using sample time offset values communicated from the merging units to the IED. The IED performs monitoring and protection functions using the time aligned samples.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 30, 2021Publication date: July 28, 2022Applicant: Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories, Inc.Inventors: Lisa Gayle Nelms, Tony J. Lee, Bryon S. Bridges, Derek Lautenschlager, Guillermo Ramirez Conejo, Stephanie L. McDaid, Nishchal Sharma, Bharat Nalla, Vinodev E. Rajasekaran