Patents by Inventor Christian Fasthuber
Christian Fasthuber 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: 11876483Abstract: A photovoltaic, PV, module level monitoring system (1) comprising a photovoltaic array (PVA) including at least one photovoltaic string (PVS) comprising photovoltaic modules, PVM, (5) each having a module level device, MLD, (4) adapted to monitor and/or to control the associated photovoltaic module, PVM, (5), wherein each module level device, MLD, (4) comprises a transceiver adapted to communicate with a transceiver of a base station (2) of an inverter (6) connected to said photovoltaic array (PVA), wherein the transceivers are coupled by associated duplexer circuits (7) to a DC power network comprising power cables (3) connecting the photovoltaic modules, PVM, (5) of the at least one photovoltaic string (PVS) of said photovoltaic array (PVA) with the base station (2) of the inverter (6), wherein a signal amplitude of a communication signal, CS, transmitted by a transceiver via its associated duplexer circuit (7) is adjusted automatically depending on a monitored impedance, ZPV, of the respective photovoltaicType: GrantFiled: June 17, 2020Date of Patent: January 16, 2024Assignee: Fronius International GmbHInventors: Johann Wilhelm, Christian Fasthuber
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Publication number: 20240014648Abstract: The aim of the invention is to detect an arc in an assembly for transmitting a direct voltage. This aim is achieved by a communication transformer having a primary winding and a secondary winding, the secondary winding being connected to a transmitting device, which is designed to impress a communication signal onto the secondary winding of the communication transformer, and the primary winding being connected to one of the direct voltage lines in order to feed a communication signal transformed by the communication transformer to one of the direct voltage lines. In order to detect, in the assembly, the arc signal caused by an arc, the secondary winding is connected to an arc detection unit, which is designed to detect an arc signal transformed by the communication transformer.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 20, 2023Publication date: January 11, 2024Applicant: Fronius International GmbHInventors: BERND HOFER, CHRISTIAN FASTHUBER, FRANZ FISCHEREDER, STEFAN BREUER, WALTER SPITZER, MARIO BAIRHUBER, REIMAR PFEIL
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Patent number: 11831149Abstract: To recognize a fault in an arrangement including a transformer having a primary winding connected in series with a DC voltage line and a secondary winding coupled magnetically to the primary winding, and including an evaluation unit that processes a secondary signal on the secondary winding, a signal component at at least one frequency is determined from the secondary signal and a signal level of the signal component is compared with a signal threshold. The fault is detected when the signal level falls below the signal threshold.Type: GrantFiled: September 26, 2019Date of Patent: November 28, 2023Assignee: FRONIUS INTERNATIONAL GMBHInventors: Bernd Hofer, Stefan Breuer, Christian Fasthuber, Walter Spitzer, Andreas Hofer
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Patent number: 11804710Abstract: The aim of the invention is to detect an arc in an assembly for transmitting a direct voltage. This aim is achieved by a communication transformer having a primary winding and a secondary winding, the secondary winding being connected to a transmitting device, which is designed to impress a communication signal onto the secondary winding of the communication transformer, and the primary winding being connected to one of the direct voltage lines in order to feed a communication signal transformed by the communication transformer to one of the direct voltage lines. In order to detect, in the assembly, the arc signal caused by an arc, the secondary winding is connected to an arc detection unit, which is designed to detect an arc signal transformed by the communication transformer.Type: GrantFiled: July 26, 2019Date of Patent: October 31, 2023Assignee: FRONIUS INTERNATIONAL GMBHInventors: Bernd Hofer, Christian Fasthuber, Franz Fischereder, Stefan Breuer, Walter Spitzer, Mario Bairhuber, Reimar Pfeil
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Publication number: 20220317168Abstract: A photovoltaic, PV, module level monitoring system (1) comprising a photovoltaic array (PVA) including at least one photovoltaic string (PVS) comprising photovoltaic modules, PVM, (5) each having a module level device, MLD, (4) adapted to monitor and/or to control the associated photovoltaic module, PVM, (5), wherein each module level device, MLD, (4) comprises a transceiver adapted to communicate with a transceiver of a base station (2) of an inverter (6) connected to said photovoltaic array (PVA), wherein the transceivers are coupled by associated duplexer circuits (7) to a DC power network comprising power cables (3) connecting the photovoltaic modules, PVM, (5) of the at least one photovoltaic string (PVS) of said photovoltaic array (PVA) with the base station (2) of the inverter (6), wherein a signal amplitude of a communication signal, CS, transmitted by a transceiver via its associated duplexer circuit (7) is adjusted automatically depending on a monitored impedance, ZPV, of the respective photovoltaicType: ApplicationFiled: June 17, 2020Publication date: October 6, 2022Inventors: Johann Wilhelm, Christian Fasthuber
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Publication number: 20220006282Abstract: To recognize a fault in an arrangement including a transformer having a primary winding connected in series with a DC voltage line and a secondary winding coupled magnetically to the primary winding, and including an evaluation unit that processes a secondary signal on the secondary winding, a signal component at at least one frequency is determined from the secondary signal and a signal level of the signal component is compared with a signal threshold. The fault is detected when the signal level falls below the signal threshold.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 26, 2019Publication date: January 6, 2022Applicant: Fronius International GmbHInventors: Bernd HOFER, Stefan BREUER, Christian FASTHUBER, Walter SPITZER, Andreas HOFER
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Publication number: 20210159687Abstract: The aim of the invention is to detect an arc in an assembly for transmitting a direct voltage. This aim is achieved by a communication transformer having a primary winding and a secondary winding, the secondary winding being connected to a transmitting device, which is designed to impress a communication signal onto the secondary winding of the communication transformer, and the primary winding being connected to one of the direct voltage lines in order to feed a communication signal transformed by the communication transformer to one of the direct voltage lines. In order to detect, in the assembly, the arc signal caused by an arc, the secondary winding is connected to an arc detection unit, which is designed to detect an arc signal transformed by the communication transformer.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 26, 2019Publication date: May 27, 2021Applicant: Fronius International GmbHInventors: BERND HOFER, CHRISTIAN FASTHUBER, FRANZ FISCHEREDER, STEFAN BREUER, WALTER SPITZER, MARIO BAIRHUBER, REIMAR PFEIL
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Patent number: 10003383Abstract: Power transmission system (1) for power transmission of electric power (P) from a power source (2A) to a power sink (4A) which is connected to the power source (2A) via a power transfer cable (3), wherein the power source (2A) has a first pole with a first electric potential, which is connected via parallel current lines of a first conducting pair of the power transfer cable (3) to a first pole of the power sink (4A), and a second pole with a second electric potential, which is connected via further parallel current lines of a second conducting pair of the power transfer cable (3) to a second pole of the power sink (4A), wherein, during the power transmission via the current lines, a user data signal can be transmitted between the power source (2A) and the power sink (4A) via at least one conducting pair with current lines of the same electric potential, uninfluenced by the power transmission.Type: GrantFiled: December 29, 2015Date of Patent: June 19, 2018Assignee: Fronius International GmbHInventors: Manfred Anzinger-Weitmann, Christian Fasthuber, Helmut Friedl
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Patent number: 9906040Abstract: For a simple and reliable data communication in an arrangement composed of a plurality of inverters (31, 32, . . . 3n) connected in series and a network monitoring unit (5) it is provided that the network monitoring unit (5) superimposes a synchronization pulse (10) to the network voltage (VN) applied to the electrical load (4), which synchronization pulse can be detected by the inverters (31, 32, . . . 3n) for temporal synchronization.Type: GrantFiled: November 8, 2013Date of Patent: February 27, 2018Assignee: FRONIUS INTERNATIONAL GmbHInventors: David Aitzetmueller, Christian Fasthuber, Clemens Bittmann
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Publication number: 20170353217Abstract: Power transmission system (1) for power transmission of electric power (P) from a power source (2A) to a power sink (4A) which is connected to the power source (2A) via a power transfer cable (3), wherein the power source (2A) has a first pole with a first electric potential, which is connected via parallel current lines of a first conducting pair of the power transfer cable (3) to a first pole of the power sink (4A), and a second pole with a second electric potential, which is connected via further parallel current lines of a second conducting pair of the power transfer cable (3) to a second pole of the power sink (4A), wherein, during the power transmission via the current lines, a user data signal can be transmitted between the power source (2A) and the power sink (4A) via at least one conducting pair with current lines of the same electric potential, uninfluenced by the power transmission.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 29, 2015Publication date: December 7, 2017Inventors: Manfred Anzinger-Weitmann, Christian Fasthuber, Helmut Friedl
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Publication number: 20150288191Abstract: For a simple and reliable data communication in an arrangement composed of a plurality of inverters (31, 32, . . . 3n) connected in series and a network monitoring unit (5) it is provided that the network monitoring unit (5) superimposes a synchronization pulse (10) to the network voltage (VN) applied to the electrical load (4), which synchronization pulse can be detected by the inverters (31, 32, . . . 3n) for temporal synchronization.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 8, 2013Publication date: October 8, 2015Applicant: FRONIUS INTERNATIONAL GmbHInventors: David Aitzetmueller, Christian Fasthuber, Clemens Bittmann
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Patent number: 9000348Abstract: The invention relates to a method and an apparatus for performing a switching operation with the aid of a operation element (13). In order to avoid mechanical components, at least one light-emitting diode (14) is used as the operating element (13), and the voltage (U) on the at least one light-emitting diode (14) is measured in the switched-off state, and the switching operation is performed when the measured voltage (15) falls below a pregiven lower threshold (18) over a pregiven time period (19).Type: GrantFiled: May 26, 2011Date of Patent: April 7, 2015Assignee: Fronius International GmbHInventors: Christian Fasthuber, Florian Schuster, Gerald Ortner, Michael Sandberger
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Publication number: 20130062507Abstract: The invention relates to a method and an apparatus for performing a switching operation with the aid of a operation element (13). In order to avoid mechanical components, at least one light-emitting diode (14) is used as the operating element (13), and the voltage (U) on the at least one light-emitting diode (14) is measured in the switched-off state, and the switching operation is performed when the measured voltage (15) falls below a pregiven lower threshold (18) over a pregiven time period (19).Type: ApplicationFiled: May 26, 2011Publication date: March 14, 2013Applicant: FRONIUS INTERNATIONAL GMBHInventors: Christian Fasthuber, Florian Schuster, Gerald Ortner, Michael Sandberger