Patents by Inventor Eino Silander

Eino Silander 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: 10581357
    Abstract: Unique systems, methods, techniques and apparatuses of a rotating DC power supply are disclosed. One exemplary embodiment includes a first and second DC bus rail, a first and second leg, and a discharge resistor. The first leg includes a first semiconductor device and a second semiconductor device coupled in series at a first midpoint connection, the first semiconductor device being coupled to a first point on the first DC bus rail and the first midpoint connection being coupled to a field winding. The second leg includes a third semiconductor device and a fourth semiconductor device coupled in series at a second midpoint connection, the third semiconductor device being coupled to a second point on the first DC bus rail and the second midpoint connection being coupled to the field winding. The discharge resistor is operatively coupled to the first DC bus rail between the first point and the second point.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2020
    Assignee: ABB Schweiz AG
    Inventors: Chenjie Lin, Ghanshyam Shrestha, Mehanathan Pathmanathan, Pedro Rodriguez, Pasi Paloheimo, Tuomas Janhunen, Susanna Bäckström-Andersson, Eino Silander
  • Publication number: 20190348936
    Abstract: Unique systems, methods, techniques and apparatuses of a rotating DC power supply are disclosed. One exemplary embodiment includes a first and second DC bus rail, a first and second leg, and a discharge resistor. The first leg includes a first semiconductor device and a second semiconductor device coupled in series at a first midpoint connection, the first semiconductor device being coupled to a first point on the first DC bus rail and the first midpoint connection being coupled to a field winding. The second leg includes a third semiconductor device and a fourth semiconductor device coupled in series at a second midpoint connection, the third semiconductor device being coupled to a second point on the first DC bus rail and the second midpoint connection being coupled to the field winding. The discharge resistor is operatively coupled to the first DC bus rail between the first point and the second point.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2018
    Publication date: November 14, 2019
    Inventors: Chenjie Lin, Ghanshyam Shrestha, Mehanathan Pathmanathan, Pedro Rodriguez, Pasi Paloheimo, Tuomas Janhunen, Susanna Backstrom-Andersson, Eino Silander
  • Publication number: 20170005543
    Abstract: Wind power generator (WPG) comprising a stator, rotor with a shaft connectable to wind turbine and a stationary superconducting coil for magnetizing the wind power generator rotor, the WPG stator comprising a multi-phase winding for producing electricity. The WPG is a synchronous generator, and the superconducting coil comprises end portions arranged to be magnetized with opposing polarities by a superconducting coil, the rotor comprises poles extending in the surface of the rotor in the direction of the shaft of the generator, the poles arranged to be magnetized using the superconducting coil, each rotor pole extends inwardly at one end of the pole such that the inwardly extended end is arranged in the vicinity of an end portion of the superconducting coil for magnetizing the rotor pole and the rotor poles comprises pole shoes formed to provide sinusoidally varying air gap flux in the air gap between stator and rotor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2013
    Publication date: January 5, 2017
    Inventor: Eino Silander
  • Patent number: 9325225
    Abstract: A rotating electric machine and a method of magnetizing a rotor of a brushless rotating electric machine are disclosed, the method including forming a stationary magnetic field, rotating a rotor of a magnetizing machine in the stationary magnetic field for producing alternating current, rectifying the alternating current with a controllable bridge situated in the rotor, receiving control instructions wirelessly to the rotor, controlling a magnitude of current with the controllable bridge based on the control instructions, and feeding the controlled current to the magnetizing winding of the rotating electric machine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2016
    Assignee: ABB TECHNOLOGY AG
    Inventor: Eino Silander
  • Publication number: 20140266080
    Abstract: A rotating electric machine and a method of magnetizing a rotor of a brushless rotating electric machine are disclosed, the method including forming a stationary magnetic field, rotating a rotor of a magnetizing machine in the stationary magnetic field for producing alternating current, rectifying the alternating current with a controllable bridge situated in the rotor, receiving control instructions wirelessly to the rotor, controlling a magnitude of current with the controllable bridge based on the control instructions, and feeding the controlled current to the magnetizing winding of the rotating electric machine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2014
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: ABB Technology AG
    Inventor: Eino Silander
  • Patent number: 8084910
    Abstract: The object of the invention is a rotor for a permanent-magnet synchronous machine in which a pole structure is fitted onto the surface of the rotor body structure facing the air gap. Each of the rotor's pole structures comprises at least one permanent magnet and a shell structure fitted on top of it. According to the invention, an intermediate layer made of magnetic composite is fitted between the permanent magnet and the shell structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2011
    Assignee: ABB Oy
    Inventor: Eino Silander
  • Publication number: 20080150385
    Abstract: The object of the invention is a rotor for a permanent-magnet synchronous machine in which a pole structure is fitted onto the surface of the rotor body structure facing the air gap. Each of the rotor's pole structures comprises at least one permanent magnet and a shell structure fitted on top of it. According to the invention, an intermediate layer made of magnetic composite is fitted between the permanent magnet and the shell structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2005
    Publication date: June 26, 2008
    Applicant: ABB OY
    Inventor: Eino Silander