Patents by Inventor Frederik Brandes

Frederik Brandes 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: 10204179
    Abstract: A method for defining a structure of a photovoltaic system on a system surface with a local topology is provided, including: first placement of a block at a location on the system surface with the local topology; placing additional blocks at additional locations on the system surface without overlapping previously placed blocks, wherein prior to each placement, row spacing of the solar panels of each additional block is adapted to the topology at the location at which the respective additional block was placed, resulting in a change in the extension of the additional block in the direction of the column of solar panels of the additional block, and ending the placement of additional blocks if, by the placement of an additional block, the nominal capacity of a photovoltaic system corresponding to the structure were to be exceeded, or if no additional block can be placed without overlapping previously placed blocks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2019
    Assignee: SIEMENS AKTIENGSELLSCHAFT
    Inventors: Martin Bischoff, Frederik Brandes, Oliver Hennig, Karl-Heinz Kufer, Kai Plociennik, Ingmar Schule
  • Publication number: 20150006118
    Abstract: A method for defining a structure of a photovoltaic system on a system surface with a local topology is provided, including: first placement of a block at a location on the system surface with the local topology; placing additional blocks at additional locations on the system surface without overlapping previously placed blocks, wherein prior to each placement, row spacing of the solar panels of each additional block is adapted to the topology at the location at which the respective additional block was placed, resulting in a change in the extension of the additional block in the direction of the column of solar panels of the additional block, and ending the placement of additional blocks if, by the placement of an additional block, the nominal capacity of a photovoltaic system corresponding to the structure were to be exceeded, or if no additional block can be placed without overlapping previously placed blocks.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2012
    Publication date: January 1, 2015
    Applicant: SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventors: Martin Bischoff, Frederik Brandes, Oliver Hennig, Karl-Heinz Kufer, Kai Plociennik, Ingmar Schule