Patents by Inventor Bjorn Sandin

Bjorn Sandin 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: 11664610
    Abstract: A telescopic electric conductor includes an electrically conductive first tube having a longitudinal axis and an electrically conductive second tube movable relative to the first tube along the longitudinal axis while being at least partly received within the first tube. An electrically conductive flexible self-supporting element is arranged inside the first tube and is mechanically and electrically connected to the first tube and to the second tube. The flexible element is arranged to elastically deform along the longitudinal axis. The flexible element has a waveform shape with several cycles of the waveform includes a number of sections that are welded together, each section having a shape of a half cycle of the waveform.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: Hitachi Energy Switzerland AG
    Inventors: Bjorn Sandin, Jonas Sandin, Olov Andersson, Neven Bucan
  • Publication number: 20220416450
    Abstract: A telescopic electric conductor includes an electrically conductive first tube having a longitudinal axis and an electrically conductive second tube movable relative to the first tube along the longitudinal axis while being at least partly received within the first tube. An electrically conductive flexible self-supporting element is arranged inside the first tube and is mechanically and electrically connected to the first tube and to the second tube. The flexible element is arranged to elastically deform along the longitudinal axis. The flexible element has a waveform shape with several cycles of the waveform includes a number of sections that are welded together, each section having a shape of a half cycle of the waveform.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2019
    Publication date: December 29, 2022
    Applicant: Hitachi Energy Switzerland AG
    Inventors: Bjorn Sandin, Jonas Sandin, Olov Andersson, Neven Bucan
  • Patent number: 10064260
    Abstract: A high voltage valve arrangement includes a high voltage valve unit; an external electric shield structure arranged at least partially around the high voltage modular valve unit and a grounding system. The grounding system includes a grounding system configured to be remotely extended from a retracted position to an extended position, whereby the extendable grounding device establishes electric connection with the external shield structure when it is extended from the retracted position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2018
    Assignee: ABB SCHWEIZ AG
    Inventors: Björn Sandin, Christer Sjöberg, Erik Doré, Johannes Gran Hirvioja
  • Patent number: 9774106
    Abstract: A remotely controllable grounding system including at least one movable rod element having at least one conductive and isolating sections and at least one conductor configured to be electrically connected to ground and the movable rod element. The grounding system including at least one pair of positive and negative grounding terminals arranged to be fixedly connected to electric equipment to be grounded. The grounding system includes a rod propulsion system arranged to be remotely controlled and configured to move the at least one movable rod element from an ungrounded position (U), in which the positive and negative grounding terminals are isolated from one another by the isolating section, into a grounded position (G), in which the positive and negative grounding terminals are galvanically connected with one another by the conductive section and in which grounded position the conductive section is connected to ground via the at least one conductor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2017
    Assignee: ABB Schweiz AG
    Inventors: Erik Doré, Björn Sandin, Olle Ekwall
  • Publication number: 20170054229
    Abstract: A remotely controllable grounding system including at least one movable rod element having at least one conductive and isolating sections and at least one conductor configured to be electrically connected to ground and the movable rod element. The grounding system including at least one pair of positive and negative grounding terminals arranged to be fixedly connected to electric equipment to be grounded. The grounding system includes a rod propulsion system arranged to be remotely controlled and configured to move the at least one movable rod element from an ungrounded position (U), in which the positive and negative grounding terminals are isolated from one another by the isolating section, into a grounded position (G), in which the positive and negative grounding terminals are galvanically connected with one another by the conductive section and in which grounded position the conductive section is connected to ground via the at least one conductor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2014
    Publication date: February 23, 2017
    Inventors: Erik Doré, Björn Sandin, Olle Ekwall
  • Publication number: 20160278192
    Abstract: A high voltage valve arrangement includes a high voltage valve unit; an external electric shield structure arranged at least partially around the high voltage modular valve unit and a grounding system. The grounding system includes a grounding system configured to be remotely extended from a retracted position to an extended position, whereby the extendable grounding device establishes electric connection with the external shield structure when it is extended from the retracted position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2013
    Publication date: September 22, 2016
    Applicant: ABB TECHNOLOGY LTD
    Inventors: Björn SANDIN, Christer SJÖBERG, Erik DORÉ, Johannes GRAN HIRVIOJA
  • Publication number: 20100133676
    Abstract: A power semiconductor arrangement including a clamping device including a first clamping element and a second clamping element. A plurality of power semiconductor elements are stacked on each other between the first and second clamping elements of the clamping device. The first clamping element receives a clamping force in an axial direction of the stack of the power semiconductor elements. At least one spring element is arranged between the first clamping element and the power semiconductor elements. The at least one spring element presents at least one support surface with which the at least one spring element bears against at least one corresponding support surface of an adjacent element. The at least one spring element includes a helical spring.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2007
    Publication date: June 3, 2010
    Applicant: ABB TECHNOLOGY LTD.
    Inventor: Björn Sandin
  • Patent number: 6232865
    Abstract: A tubular core (6) for a controllable inductor with a main winding (1) surrounding the core and a control winding (7) passing substantially axially through the core. The core (6) is capable of receiving a magnetic flux from the main winding (1) running substantially axially therethrough and having a plurality of core rings (8) stacked co-axially on top of each other and connected to a rigid unit. The core rings (8) are connected to each other forming a walled construction. The core (6) also has an inner envelope (18) with an outer cross-section that is substantially equal to the inner cross-section of the core ring walled construction. The walled construction has joints (16) between the core rings (8) in an axial direction which are overlapped by a part of the envelope (18).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 1997
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2001
    Assignee: Asea Brown Boveri AB
    Inventors: Gunnar Zinders, Tommy Holmgren, Björn Sandin, Stefan Valdemarsson, Dan Elofsson, Olle Ekwall
  • Patent number: 5936503
    Abstract: A controllable inductor including a tubular core, a main winding (1) surrounding the core, a control winding running substantially axially to the core and an element (3) surrounding the core and arranged to support the main winding wound outside thereof in radial layers. The element includes means arranged to provide channels (19) partly defined by the radially inner turn of the main winding. Said channels are communicating with spacings between said layers (2). A member is arranged to generate a flow of air in the channels and through the spacings of the layers for cooling the main winding.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 1997
    Date of Patent: August 10, 1999
    Assignee: Asea Brown Boveri AB
    Inventors: Tommy Holmgren, Bjorn Sandin, Stefan Valdemarsson, Dan Elofsson
  • Patent number: 5929737
    Abstract: A controllable inductor including at least one tubular core (10), a main winding (5) surrounding the core and a control winding (11) running substantially axially through said core and returning substantially axially outside thereof between said core and said main winding. The control winding is divided into a plurality of separate part control windings (12). The cross section of the part control windings is formed in a way that at least some adjacent part control windings inside the core are separated by means of a spacing (20, 26), which is at least partly defined by substantially parallel surfaces (16, 17) of these part control windings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 1997
    Date of Patent: July 27, 1999
    Assignee: Asea Brown Boveri AB
    Inventors: Gunnar Zinders, Tommy Holmgren, Bjorn Sandin, Stefan Valdemarsson, Dan Elofsson
  • Patent number: 5371651
    Abstract: A power semiconductor valve device including an enclosure for semiconductor components and a hollow insulating body to supply power to the semiconductor components from a remote location, in which the hollow insulating body is formed from a non-ceramic material and includes concentrically mounted tubes spaced from each other to provide an annular gap between them.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 1993
    Date of Patent: December 6, 1994
    Assignee: Asea Brown Boveri AB
    Inventors: Gunnar Asplund, Urban Astrom, Bjorn Sandin