Patents by Inventor Giel VAN DEN BROECK

Giel VAN DEN BROECK 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: 20240160168
    Abstract: Various systems, methods, and computer program products are provided dynamically generating a power system structure representation. The method includes providing one or more element icons that is engageable to be added to a power system structure representation. The one or more element icons are each a representative of a physical element that can be used in the power system structure. The method also includes receiving an indication of a first element icon of the one or more element icons to be used in the power system structure. The method further includes assigning the first element icon to one of a plurality of element cells of the power system structure representation. The method also includes determining a cell action configured to indicate a relationship between the cell in which the first element icon is assigned and at least one other of the plurality of elements cells of the power system structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2022
    Publication date: May 16, 2024
    Applicant: Direct Energy Partners International Corporation
    Inventors: Giel Van den Broeck, Dusan Brhlik
  • Patent number: 11962146
    Abstract: A system for controlling a bipolar DC power includes a positive conductor, a neutral conductor and negative conductor. A positive pole-to-neutral voltage is a voltage between the positive conductor and the neutral conductor and a negative pole-to-neutral voltage is a voltage between the negative conductor and the neutral conductor. The system comprises control means for controlling the positive pole-to-neutral voltage and the negative pole-to-neutral voltage. The control means includes a first voltage converter configured to control a sum or difference of the positive pole-to-neutral voltage and the negative pole-to-neutral voltage, respectively as a function of the sum or difference of the positive output current and negative output current, and a second voltage converter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: KATHOLIEKE UNIVERSITEIT LEUVEN
    Inventors: Johan Driesen, Giel Van Den Broeck
  • Publication number: 20220173590
    Abstract: A system for controlling a bipolar DC power includes a positive conductor, a neutral conductor and negative conductor. A positive pole-to-neutral voltage is a voltage between the positive conductor and the neutral conductor and a negative pole-to-neutral voltage is a voltage between the negative conductor and the neutral conductor. The system comprises control means for controlling the positive pole-to-neutral voltage and the negative pole-to-neutral voltage. The control means includes a first voltage converter configured to control a sum or difference of the positive pole-to-neutral voltage and the negative pole-to-neutral voltage, respectively as a function of the sum or difference of the positive output current and negative output current, and a second voltage converter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2020
    Publication date: June 2, 2022
    Inventors: Johan DRIESEN, Giel VAN DEN BROECK