Patents by Inventor Christian Borner

Christian Borner 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: 8629775
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to simplified monitoring and transmission of a binary switch position by means of coded switching, in which corrections caused by different pulse edge delays are eliminated. According to the disclosure, an auxiliary voltage which is to be transmitted when the switch position is closed is coded using two identical pulse edges of two different pulses, that is to say using either the two connection edges or the two disconnection edges of the two pulses. As a result, the previously known pulse duration modulation is replaced with modulation of the delay time between the two pulses. The two pulses mentioned can be repeatedly generated inside a basic period, which is independent of the auxiliary voltage, and have, for distinguishing purposes, a connection duration or pulse length which is different but is independent of the auxiliary voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2014
    Assignee: ABB Technology AG
    Inventors: Christian Borner, Ivan Mettler
  • Publication number: 20100271794
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a flexible and space-saving arrangement of hardware modules in an Intelligent Electronic Device (IED). A module for an IED is configured to engage a slot or socket of a backplane of the IED in order to communicate, in a point-to-point mode over a serial backplane bus system that encompasses the slot or socket, with two neighboring modules in the IED. The module includes a source selector configured to select, in a receiving mode, between reception of signals transmitted via a nearest neighbor slot, or via a next-nearest neighbor slot. The source selector evaluates signals directed towards a rear side of a circuit board of the module, with the rear side being substantially devoid of electronic components.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2010
    Publication date: October 28, 2010
    Applicant: ABB TECHNOLOGY AG
    Inventors: Mathias GLOOR, Christian Borner
  • Publication number: 20080238212
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to simplified monitoring and transmission of a binary switch position by means of coded switching, in which corrections caused by different pulse edge delays are eliminated. According to the disclosure, an auxiliary voltage which is to be transmitted when the switch position is closed is coded using two identical pulse edges of two different pulses, that is to say using either the two connection edges or the two disconnection edges of the two pulses. As a result, the previously known pulse duration modulation is replaced with modulation of the delay time between the two pulses. The two pulses mentioned can be repeatedly generated inside a basic period, which is independent of the auxiliary voltage, and have, for distinguishing purposes, a connection duration or pulse length which is different but is independent of the auxiliary voltage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2008
    Publication date: October 2, 2008
    Applicant: ABB Technology AG
    Inventors: Christian Borner, Ivan Mettler