Patents by Inventor Franz Fischereder

Franz Fischereder 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: 20240014648
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2023
    Publication date: January 11, 2024
    Applicant: Fronius International GmbH
    Inventors: BERND HOFER, CHRISTIAN FASTHUBER, FRANZ FISCHEREDER, STEFAN BREUER, WALTER SPITZER, MARIO BAIRHUBER, REIMAR PFEIL
  • Patent number: 11804710
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2023
    Assignee: FRONIUS INTERNATIONAL GMBH
    Inventors: Bernd Hofer, Christian Fasthuber, Franz Fischereder, Stefan Breuer, Walter Spitzer, Mario Bairhuber, Reimar Pfeil
  • Patent number: 11656256
    Abstract: A method and a photovoltaic inverter determines the system capacitance of a photovoltaic system relative to ground. The voltage required for the measurement can be provided by the intermediate circuit in the form of the intermediate circuit voltage, and the measuring device is designed to actuate an input short-circuit switch for short-circuiting the DC input with the AC disconnector open, as a result of which the intermediate circuit voltage can be applied to the DC input in the reverse direction, and the measuring device is configured to determine the system capacitance from the temporal waveform of the measured voltage after the switch of the voltage divider is closed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: Fronius International GmbH
    Inventors: Franz Fischereder, Andreas Luger, Christoph Pernegger, Juergen Pirchenfellner
  • Patent number: 11614475
    Abstract: A method and a photovoltaic inverter for determining the insulation resistance of a photovoltaic system relative to ground are provided. The voltage required for the measurement can be provided by an intermediate circuit in the form of an intermediate circuit voltage and a measuring device is designed to actuate an input short-circuit switch for short-circuiting a DC input with an AC disconnector open, as a result of which the intermediate circuit voltage can be applied to the DC input in the reverse direction. The measuring device is configured to record measured voltages with a switch of a voltage divider open and closed, and to determine the insulation resistance from the measured values of the two measured voltages recorded with the switch of the voltage divider open and closed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Assignee: Fronius International GmbH
    Inventors: Franz Fischereder, Andreas Muehlberger, Juergen Pirchenfellner, Andreas Luger
  • Publication number: 20220373587
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method and a photovoltaic inverter (2) for determining the insulation resistance (Riso) of a photovoltaic system (1) relative to ground (PE). According to the invention, the voltage required for the measurement can be provided by the intermediate circuit (6) in the form of the intermediate circuit voltage (UZk), and the measuring device (13) is designed to actuate an input short-circuit switch (SBoost) for short-circuiting the DC input (3) with the AC disconnector (8) open, as a result of which the intermediate circuit voltage (UZk) can be applied to the DC input (3) in the reverse direction, and the measuring device (13) is configured to record measured voltages (UM1, UM2) with the switch (Siso) of the voltage divider (14) open and closed, and to determine the insulation resistance (Riso) from the measured values of the two measured voltages (UM1, UM2) recorded with the switch (Siso) of the voltage divider (14) open and closed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2021
    Publication date: November 24, 2022
    Applicant: Fronius International GmbH
    Inventors: Franz FISCHEREDER, Andreas MUEHLBERGER, Juergen PIRCHENFELLNER, Andreas LUGER
  • Publication number: 20220334159
    Abstract: A method and a photovoltaic inverter determines the system capacitance of a photovoltaic system relative to ground. The voltage required for the measurement can be provided by the intermediate circuit in the form of the intermediate circuit voltage, and the measuring device is designed to actuate an input short-circuit switch for short-circuiting the DC input with the AC disconnector open, as a result of which the intermediate circuit voltage can be applied to the DC input in the reverse direction, and the measuring device is configured to determine the system capacitance from the temporal waveform of the measured voltage after the switch of the voltage divider is closed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2021
    Publication date: October 20, 2022
    Applicant: Fronius International GmbH
    Inventors: Franz FISCHEREDER, Andreas LUGER, Christoph PERNEGGER, Juergen PIRCHENFELLNER
  • Patent number: 11056876
    Abstract: Circuit arrangement 1 for securely switching inverter devices 2 of a system by a common emergency switch 3 which is connected to a switching signal input 4 of one of the inverter devices 2 which is configured as a master of the system and comprises a switching signal output 5, other inverter devices 2 of the system configured as a slave being connected to the one inverter device via switching signal lines 6, wherein the inverter devices 2 configured as a slave together with the inverter device 2 configured as a master form a switching chain which is automatically switched upon actuation of the emergency switch 3.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2021
    Assignee: FRONIUS INTERNATIONAL GMBH
    Inventors: Florian Gerstlacher, Franz Fischereder, Stefan Breuer, Thomas Grabner
  • Publication number: 20210159687
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2019
    Publication date: May 27, 2021
    Applicant: Fronius International GmbH
    Inventors: BERND HOFER, CHRISTIAN FASTHUBER, FRANZ FISCHEREDER, STEFAN BREUER, WALTER SPITZER, MARIO BAIRHUBER, REIMAR PFEIL
  • Publication number: 20200227909
    Abstract: Circuit arrangement 1 for securely switching inverter devices 2 of a system by a common emergency switch 3 which is connected to a switching signal input 4 of one of the inverter devices 2 which is configured as a master of the system and comprises a switching signal output 5, other inverter devices 2 of the system configured as a slave being connected to the one inverter device via switching signal lines 6, wherein the inverter devices 2 configured as a slave together with the inverter device 2 configured as a master form a switching chain which is automatically switched upon actuation of the emergency switch 3.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2018
    Publication date: July 16, 2020
    Inventors: Florian Gerstlacher, Franz Fischereder, Stefan Breuer, Thomas Grabner