Patents by Inventor Catalin F. Gemanaru

Catalin F. Gemanaru 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).

  • Systems and methods for detecting partial discharge in electrical components
    Patent number: 9372172
    Abstract: A system for detecting partial discharge in electrical components may include a control system that may operate a drive in an industrial automation system. The industrial automation system may include the electrical components being analyzed for partial discharge. The system may also include one or more acoustic sensors that may detect one or more acoustic waveforms generated within at least one of the electrical components. The system may also include a monitoring system that may receive the acoustic waveforms from the acoustic sensors and determine whether the one electrical component is experiencing partial discharge based on the acoustic waveforms. The monitoring system may then send a notification to the control system when the one electrical component is determined to be experiencing partial discharge, such that the notification indicates that the one electrical component is experiencing partial discharge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2016
    Assignee: Rockwell Automation Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Zhongyuan Cheng, Catalin F. Gemanaru, Navid Reza Zargari, Robert N. Bickford
  • Systems and methods for detecting partial discharge in electrical components
    Patent number: 9304111
    Abstract: A system for detecting partial discharge in electrical components may include a control system that may operate a drive in an industrial automation system. The industrial automation system may include the electrical components being analyzed for partial discharge. The system may also include one or more acoustic sensors that may detect one or more acoustic waveforms generated within at least one of the electrical components. The system may also include a monitoring system that may receive the acoustic waveforms from the acoustic sensors and determine whether the one electrical component is experiencing partial discharge based on the acoustic waveforms. The monitoring system may then send a notification to the control system when the one electrical component is determined to be experiencing partial discharge, such that the notification indicates that the one electrical component is experiencing partial discharge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2016
    Assignee: Rockwell Automation Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Zhongyuan Cheng, Catalin F. Gemanaru, Navid Reza Zargari, Robert N. Bickford
  • SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETECTING PARTIAL DISCHARGE IN ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS
    Publication number: 20150137827
    Abstract: A system for detecting partial discharge in electrical components may include a control system that may operate a drive in an industrial automation system. The industrial automation system may include the electrical components being analyzed for partial discharge. The system may also include one or more acoustic sensors that may detect one or more acoustic waveforms generated within at least one of the electrical components. The system may also include a monitoring system that may receive the acoustic waveforms from the acoustic sensors and determine whether the one electrical component is experiencing partial discharge based on the acoustic waveforms. The monitoring system may then send a notification to the control system when the one electrical component is determined to be experiencing partial discharge, such that the notification indicates that the one electrical component is experiencing partial discharge.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2015
    Publication date: May 21, 2015
    Inventors: Zhongyuan Cheng, Catalin F. Gemanaru, Navid Reza Zargari, Robert N. Bickford
  • SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETECTING PARTIAL DISCHARGE IN ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS
    Publication number: 20150091597
    Abstract: A system for detecting partial discharge in electrical components may include a control system that may operate a drive in an industrial automation system. The industrial automation system may include the electrical components being analyzed for partial discharge. The system may also include one or more acoustic sensors that may detect one or more acoustic waveforms generated within at least one of the electrical components. The system may also include a monitoring system that may receive the acoustic waveforms from the acoustic sensors and determine whether the one electrical component is experiencing partial discharge based on the acoustic waveforms. The monitoring system may then send a notification to the control system when the one electrical component is determined to be experiencing partial discharge, such that the notification indicates that the one electrical component is experiencing partial discharge.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2013
    Publication date: April 2, 2015
    Applicant: ROCKWELL AUTOMATION TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Zhongyuan Cheng, Catalin F. Gemanaru, Navid Reza Zargari, Robert N. Bickford