Patents by Inventor Enrique Betancourt Ramirez

Enrique Betancourt Ramirez 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).

  • Publication number: 20230290567
    Abstract: Disclosed is an electric transformer that has variable impedance, optionally under load, which includes, in at least one of its transformation phases, a first impedance-varying auxiliary winding having inverse magnetic polarity arid a second impedance-varying auxiliary winding having inverse magnetic polarity, both auxiliary windings being divided into impedance circuit modules and being series connected by interposing the impedance circuit modules one by one, defining impedance variation modules that comprise impedance taps designed to be electrically coupled to a stepped-impedance-tap selector controlled by an impedance controller that allows the impedance of the transformation phase or of the electric transformer to be varied,
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2020
    Publication date: September 14, 2023
    Inventor: Enrique BETANCOURT RAMIREZ
  • Patent number: 11538614
    Abstract: A system includes conductive windings extending around a magnetic core and impedance-varying windings extending around the magnetic core. The impedance-varying windings include positive windings and negative windings. The conductive windings and the impedance-varying windings conduct electric current around the magnetic core. The system includes a first impedance tap changer that is electrically coupled with the positive windings of the impedance-varying windings and a second impedance tap changer electrically coupled with the negative windings of the impedance-varying windings. A controller controls the first impedance tap changer and the second impedance tap changer to change an impedance of the system by changing which portion of the positive windings and which portion of the negative windings are conductively coupled with the conductive windings, and which portion of the positive windings and which portion of the negative windings are disconnected from the conductive windings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: General Electric Technology Gmbh
    Inventors: Ibrahima Ndiaye, Omar Mendez-Zamora, Enrique Betancourt-Ramirez, Ahmed Elasser, Jovan Z. Bebic, Yazhou Jiang, Jesus Avila-Montes
  • Patent number: 11087913
    Abstract: A flexible transformer system includes conductive windings extending around a magnetic core of a transformer phase and impedance-varying windings extending around the magnetic core of the transformer phase. The conductive windings and the impedance-varying windings are configured to conduct electric current around the magnetic core of the transformer phase. The system includes an impedance switch coupled with the impedance-varying windings and with the conductive windings. The impedance switch is configured to change an impedance of the system by changing which impedance-varying winding of the impedance-varying windings is conductively coupled with the conductive windings and which impedance-varying winding of the impedance-varying windings is disconnected from the conductive windings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2021
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: William James Premerlani, Omar Mendez Zamora, Enrique Betancourt Ramirez, Ibrahima Ndiaye, Ahmed Elasser
  • Publication number: 20210151235
    Abstract: A system includes conductive windings extending around a magnetic core and impedance-varying windings extending around the magnetic core. The impedance-varying windings include positive windings and negative windings. The conductive windings and the impedance-varying windings conduct electric current around the magnetic core. The system includes a first impedance tap changer that is electrically coupled with the positive windings of the impedance-varying windings and a second impedance tap changer electrically coupled with the negative windings of the impedance-varying windings. A controller controls the first impedance tap changer and the second impedance tap changer to change an impedance of the system by changing which portion of the positive windings and which portion of the negative windings are conductively coupled with the conductive windings, and which portion of the positive windings and which portion of the negative windings are disconnected from the conductive windings.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2019
    Publication date: May 20, 2021
    Applicant: Prolec GE International S. de R.L. de C.V.
    Inventors: Ibrahima Ndiaye, Omar Mendez-Zamora, Enrique Betancourt-Ramirez, Ahmed Elasser, Jovan Z. Bebic, Yazhou Jiang, Jesus Avila-Montes
  • Publication number: 20180330862
    Abstract: A flexible transformer system includes conductive windings extending around a magnetic core of a transformer phase and impedance-varying windings extending around the magnetic core of the transformer phase. The conductive windings and the impedance-varying windings are configured to conduct electric current around the magnetic core of the transformer phase. The system includes an impedance switch coupled with the impedance-varying windings and with the conductive windings. The impedance switch is configured to change an impedance of the system by changing which impedance-varying winding of the impedance-varying windings is conductively coupled with the conductive windings and which impedance-varying winding of the impedance-varying windings is disconnected from the conductive windings.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2017
    Publication date: November 15, 2018
    Inventors: William James Premerlani, Omar Mendez Zamora, Enrique Betancourt Ramirez, Ibrahima Ndiaye, Ahmed Elasser