Patents by Inventor Dierk Bormann

Dierk Bormann 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: 11031819
    Abstract: A system for wireless power transfer having a power transfer device, including a capacitor unit and an inductor unit connected in series to form an LC resonant circuit. The inductor unit is designed to form an envelope with a toroidal shape, the envelope forming an inductor coil with at least one turn, which generates an oscillating magnetic field outside of the envelope used for the wireless power transfer. The ends of each turn are electrically insulated from each other by means of an insulation gap, and appropriately connected by wires inside the envelope. The capacitor unit is disposed inside this envelope such that the envelope wraps the capacitor unit and wires between the capacitor unit and the inductor unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2021
    Assignee: ABB Power Grids Switzerland AG
    Inventors: Ener Salinas, Dierk Bormann
  • Publication number: 20200119588
    Abstract: A system for wireless power transfer having a power transfer device, including a capacitor unit and an inductor unit connected in series to form an LC resonant circuit. The inductor unit is designed to form an envelope with a toroidal shape, the envelope forming an inductor coil with at least one turn, which generates an oscillating magnetic field outside of the envelope used for the wireless power transfer. The ends of each turn are electrically insulated from each other by means of an insulation gap, and appropriately connected by wires inside the envelope. The capacitor unit is disposed inside this envelope such that the envelope wraps the capacitor unit and wires between the capacitor unit and the inductor unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2018
    Publication date: April 16, 2020
    Applicant: ABB Schweiz AG
    Inventors: Ener Salinas, Dierk Bormann
  • Patent number: 9953760
    Abstract: A transformer arrangement and transformer for mitigating transient voltage oscillations. The transformer included a transformer core enclosing at least one core leg. A winding is wound around one of the at least one core leg. The winding extends from a first winding terminal to a second winding terminal and includes a first winding section along a first conductor extending from the first winding terminal to a first intermediate end point, and a second winding section along a second conductor extending from a second intermediate end point to the second winding terminal. The transformer arrangement further includes an external passive electric component connected between the first intermediate end point and either the second intermediate end point or the second winding terminal arranged to decrease an effective difference between capacitive and inductive voltage distributions between the intermediate end points such that transient voltage oscillations in the winding are mitigated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2018
    Assignee: ABB Research Ltd.
    Inventors: Dierk Bormann, Lars Liljestrand, Martin Carlen, Thorsten Steinmetz, Philipp Buttgenbach, Jens Tepper
  • Publication number: 20160189858
    Abstract: A transformer arrangement and transformer for mitigating transient voltage oscillations. The transformer included a transformer core enclosing at least one core leg. A winding is wound around one of the at least one core leg. The winding extends from a first winding terminal to a second winding terminal and includes a first winding section along a first conductor extending from the first winding terminal to a first intermediate end point, and a second winding section along a second conductor extending from a second intermediate end point to the second winding terminal. The transformer arrangement further includes an external passive electric component connected between the first intermediate end point and either the second intermediate end point or the second winding terminal arranged to decrease an effective difference between capacitive and inductive voltage distributions between the intermediate end points such that transient voltage oscillations in the winding are mitigated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2013
    Publication date: June 30, 2016
    Inventors: Dierk Bormann, Lars Liljestrand, Martin Carlen, Thorsten Steinmetz, Philipp Buttgebach, Jens Tepper