Patents by Inventor Gunther Cramer

Gunther Cramer 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: 8213133
    Abstract: A load breaker arrangement includes first and second input terminals, respectively, and first and second output terminals. The arrangement also includes two relays connected in series with one another, wherein the two relays are coupled between the second input terminal and the second output terminal, a semiconductor switch connected in parallel with one of the two relays, and a third relay coupled between the first input terminal and the first output terminal. A control circuit, in a load breaker mode, turns on the semiconductor switch while the two relays and the third relay are closed, then opens the one of the two relays in parallel with the semiconductor switch, then opens the semiconductor switch to break a current between the second input and second output terminals, and then opens the other of the two relays not in parallel with the semiconductor switch and opens the third relay.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2012
    Assignee: SMA Solar Technology AG
    Inventors: Stefan Buchhold, Sven Bremicker, Frank Greizer, Günther Cramer
  • Patent number: 7816631
    Abstract: The inverter housing (1) has a cooling unit (2) for cooling the electronic and/or electric components (4, 5, 5a) of the inverter. The housing (1) of the inverter comprises at least two chambers, the two chambers (7, 8) being separated by a wall (6) for receiving the electronic and/or electric components (4, 5, 5a), the components (5) comprise cooling bodies (4) located on the one side of the wall in the one chamber (7) with the cooling bodies (4) being located on the other side of the wall (6) in the other chamber (5) and the electric or electronic component to be cooled have a high protection grade, the component (5a) being located in the other chamber (8), preferably on the wall side of the wall (6) of the other chamber (8), the other chamber (8) comprising the cooling unit (2).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2010
    Assignee: SMA Solar Technology AG
    Inventor: Günther Cramer
  • Patent number: 7768799
    Abstract: The invention is directed to an apparatus (1) for accommodating a plurality of individual inverters (2), comprising a rack, the individual inverters (2) being removably mountable to the side elements of said rack, said rack having at least one terminal block (10) for receiving cables for current supply and evacuation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2010
    Assignee: SMA Solar Technology AG
    Inventors: Gunther Cramer, Bernd Engel
  • Patent number: 7576449
    Abstract: A method of converting a direct voltage generated by a decentralized power supply system into three-phase alternating voltage by means of a plurality of single-phase inverters (WR1-WR3), said alternating voltage being provided for supplying an electric mains, is intended to avoid inadmissible load unbalances using single-phase inverters. This is achieved in that, upon failure of one inverter (WR1-WR3), an asymmetrical power supply distribution is reduced by limiting the output of the other inverters. The method makes it possible to simplify three-phase voltage monitoring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2009
    Assignee: SMA Solar Technology AG
    Inventors: Holger Becker, Günther Cramer, Sven Bremicker, Thorsten Dingel, Bernd Engel, Wilfried Groote, Frank Greizer, Ralf Joachim Laschinski, Matthias Victor, Torben Westphal
  • Publication number: 20090097172
    Abstract: The subject matter of the present invention is a load breaker arrangement (1) for switching on and off a DC current of a DC current circuit in a photovoltaic plant with a semiconductor switching element (4) to avoid a switching arc, there being provided an electronic control unit (5) configured such that one or more signals are received by the control unit, and the load breaker arrangement (1) being configured such that in at least one current-carrying line of the DC current circuit there is galvanic separation by a switching contact that is automatically controllable by the control unit (5) in the switched-off condition and one or more control signals being transmitted to the load breaker arrangement (1) and a semiconductor switching element (4) interrupting the DC current so that the switching contact is de-energized, whereby the signals are flaw signals that are received in case of a flaw in the PV generator, inverter or on the AC side, the DC current circuit being automatically switched on or off by th
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2008
    Publication date: April 16, 2009
    Applicant: SMA Solar Technology AG
    Inventors: Sven Bremicker, Stefan Buchhold, Frank Greizer, Gunther Cramer
  • Publication number: 20070297206
    Abstract: The invention is directed to an apparatus (1) for accommodating a plurality of individual inverters (2), comprising a rack, the individual inverters (2) being removably mountable to the side elements of said rack, said rack having at least one terminal block (10) for receiving cables for current supply and evacuation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2007
    Publication date: December 27, 2007
    Inventors: Gunther Cramer, Bernd Engel
  • Publication number: 20070179720
    Abstract: A method of converting a direct voltage generated by a decentralized power supply system into three-phase alternating voltage by means of a plurality of single-phase inverters (WR1-WR3), said alternating voltage being provided for supplying an electric mains, is intended to avoid inadmissible load unbalances using single-phase inverters. This is achieved in that, upon failure of one inverter (WR1-WR3), an asymmetrical power supply distribution is reduced by limiting the output of the other inverters. The method makes it possible to simplify three-phase voltage monitoring.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2007
    Publication date: August 2, 2007
    Applicant: SMA Technologie AG
    Inventors: Holger Becker, Gunther Cramer, Sven Bremicker, Thorsten Dingel, Bernd Engel, Wilfried Groote, Frank Greizer, Joachim Laschinski, Matthias Victor, Torben Westphal
  • Publication number: 20060171115
    Abstract: The subject matter of the invention is an inverter with a housing (1) having a cooling unit (2) for cooling the electronic and/or electric components (4, 5, 5a) of the inverter, the housing (1) of the inverter comprising at least two chambers, said two chambers (7, 8) being separated by a wall (6) for receiving the lossy components (4, 5, 5a), said components (5), if they comprise cooling bodies (4), being located on the one side of the wall in the one chamber (7) with the cooling bodies (4) being located on the other side of the wall (6) in the other chamber (5) and, if the very electric or electronic component to be cooled (5a) has a high protection grade, said component (5a) being located in the other chamber (8), preferably on the wall side of the wall (6) of the other chamber (8), said other chamber (8) comprising the cooling unit (2).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2005
    Publication date: August 3, 2006
    Inventor: Gunther Cramer