Patents by Inventor Francisco Jose Gonzalez Espin

Francisco Jose Gonzalez Espin 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: 10033318
    Abstract: A system for modulating a current level of a power grid includes a perturbation module that injects a sinusoidal signal, at a cross-over frequency, to modulate a duty cycle to a power converter connected to the power grid; a current controller that monitors a reference current and a current at grid-side terminal of the power converter, the current controller further monitors a current of the power grid; and a parameter calculation module that calculates a plurality of gain values for the current controller based at least in part on a phase margin, a cross-over frequency, a current of an alternating current side of the power converter, and the duty cycle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Assignee: OTIS ELEVATOR COMPANY
    Inventors: Virgilio Valdivia Guerrero, Francisco Jose Gonzalez Espin, Raymond Francis Foley
  • Publication number: 20180026446
    Abstract: A power balancing assembly according to an exemplary aspect of the present disclosure includes, among other things, at least one sensor operable to detect a first electrical parameter and a second electrical parameter relating to a first portion of a power grid. An energy storage device is coupled to a second portion of the power grid. A controller determines that the second portion should be disconnected from the first portion based upon determining an electrical variation in the first electrical parameter, and causes the energy storage device to operate at a power level based on an instantaneous value of the second electrical parameter prior to the second portion being disconnected from the first portion of the power grid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2015
    Publication date: January 25, 2018
    Inventors: Francisco José González Espín, Virgilio Valdivia Guerrero, Raymond Francis Foley
  • Publication number: 20170353035
    Abstract: An assembly for detecting a grid condition according to an exemplary aspect of the present disclosure includes, among other things, a controller that determines an electrical variation of an electrical parameter, the electrical variation relating to a mechanical torque oscillation of a power generation device, and determines that the power generation device should be disconnected from the power grid if the electrical variation meets a preselected criterion. A method of detecting a grid event is also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2014
    Publication date: December 7, 2017
    Inventors: Virgilio Valdivia Guerrero, Francisco José González Espín, Raymond Francis Foley, Nicolás Chialin Prieto Chang
  • Publication number: 20170063267
    Abstract: A system for modulating a current level of a power grid includes a perturbation module that injects a sinusoidal signal, at a cross-over frequency, to modulate a duty cycle to a power converter connected to the power grid; a current controller that monitors a reference current and a current at grid-side terminal of the power converter, the current controller further monitors a current of the power grid; and a parameter calculation module that calculates a plurality of gain values for the current controller based at least in part on a phase margin, a cross-over frequency, a current of an alternating current side of the power converter, and the duty cycle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2016
    Publication date: March 2, 2017
    Inventors: Virgilio Valdivia Guerrero, Francisco Jose Gonzalez Espin, Raymond Francis Foley