Patents by Inventor Hermann Spiess

Hermann Spiess 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: 9537648
    Abstract: A method for transmitting measurement data includes receiving measurement data in a first communication module, time stamping the measurement data in the first module with a time tag, transmitting the measurement data to a second communication module via a packet switched data network, and outputting the transmitted measurement data after a predefined delay time ?tD after the time stamping of the measurement data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2017
    Assignee: ABB Schweiz AG
    Inventors: Dominique Cachin, Ramon Bächli, Alex Gygax, Hermann Spiess
  • Patent number: 9001675
    Abstract: Exemplary embodiments increase reliability of communication over a non-deterministic communication channel, in electric power systems. A communication channel is monitored based on regular network traffic, by evaluating messages or data packets carrying real-time operational data as a payload. A permanent determination of a channel quality, including appropriate alarming in case the channel quality is found insufficient, is based on an evaluation, at a receiving node, of data packets continually transmitted by a sending node. These continually or repeatedly transmitted data packets can include identical payloads reflecting current states rather than state changes as operational data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2015
    Assignee: ABB Technology AG
    Inventors: Wolfgang Wimmer, Hubert Kirrmann, Hermann Spiess, Stefan Ramseier, Allen Notter, Martin Israel
  • Publication number: 20140328356
    Abstract: A method for transmitting measurement data includes receiving measurement data in a first communication module, time stamping the measurement data in the first module with a time tag, transmitting the measurement data to a second communication module via a packet switched data network, and outputting the transmitted measurement data after a predefined delay time ?tD after the time stamping of the measurement data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2014
    Publication date: November 6, 2014
    Applicant: ABB Technology AG
    Inventors: Dominique CACHIN, Ramon BÄCHLI, Alex GYGAX, Hermann SPIESS
  • Publication number: 20110286350
    Abstract: Exemplary embodiments increase reliability of communication over a non-deterministic communication channel, in electric power systems. A communication channel is monitored based on regular network traffic, by evaluating messages or data packets carrying real-time operational data as a payload. A permanent determination of a channel quality, including appropriate alarming in case the channel quality is found insufficient, is based on an evaluation, at a receiving node, of data packets continually transmitted by a sending node. These continually or repeatedly transmitted data packets can include identical payloads reflecting current states rather than state changes as operational data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2011
    Publication date: November 24, 2011
    Applicant: ABB Technology AG
    Inventors: Wolfgang WIMMER, Hubert KIRRMANN, Hermann SPIESS, Stefan RAMSEIER, Allen NOTTER, Martin ISRAEL
  • Patent number: 7952846
    Abstract: In an electric power transmission network, comprising several substations interconnected by power transmission lines, a communication device of a substation communicates over a power transmission line to a communication device of a neighboring substation by using command signals in a frequency band and a guard signal located in a first half of the frequency band. For successive lines, a repeating sequence of different schemes of command signals is used, each of the schemes comprising only command signals with frequencies located in a second half of the frequency band. By using a repeating sequence of different schemes for successive lines and by using in each of the schemes only command signals with frequencies located in one half of the reserved frequency band, it is possible to reduce the number of different frequency bands required in electric power transmission networks for transmitting command signals used for coding (tele-) protection commands.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2011
    Assignee: ABB Technology AG
    Inventor: Hermann Spiess
  • Patent number: 7372808
    Abstract: In a method and a device for redundant transmission of protection commands between remote tripping devices (1, 8), useful information which represents a protection command or a rest signal is transmitted by a first remote tripping device (1) in at least two time slots via a first interface (2) to a first multiplexer (3), and is transmitted via different transmission paths (4, 5) by the multiplexer (3) based on the time slots. A second multiplexer (6) receives the useful information via the different transmission paths (4, 5), and transmits each useful information item via a time slot, which is allocated to the respective transmission path (4, 5), in a second interface (7) to a second remote tripping device (8).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2008
    Assignee: ABB Schweiz AG
    Inventors: Hermann Spiess, Michael Strittmatter, Mathias Kranich
  • Publication number: 20070285223
    Abstract: In an electric power transmission network, comprising several substations interconnected by power transmission lines, a communication device of a substation communicates over a power transmission line to a communication device of a neighboring substation by using command signals in a frequency band and a guard signal located in a first half of the frequency band. For successive lines, a repeating sequence of different schemes of command signals is used, each of the schemes comprising only command signals with frequencies located in a second half of the frequency band. By using a repeating sequence of different schemes for successive lines and by using in each of the schemes only command signals with frequencies located in one half of the reserved frequency band, it is possible to reduce the number of different frequency bands required in electric power transmission networks for transmitting command signals used for coding (tele-) protection commands.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2007
    Publication date: December 13, 2007
    Applicant: ABB Technology AG
    Inventor: Hermann Spiess
  • Patent number: 7173800
    Abstract: In a method and a detector (7) for time-optimum reception of protection commands in a remote tripping device, at least two detector elements (1, 2) are operated, which are all designed for a signal at the same frequency but for different transmission times. Where at least one of these detector elements (1, 2) detects the presence of the signal, the signal is regarded as having been detected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2003
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2007
    Assignee: ABB Schweiz AG
    Inventors: Hermann Spiess, Hans Benninger
  • Publication number: 20030189899
    Abstract: In a method and a device for redundant transmission of protection commands between remote tripping devices (1, 8), useful information which represents a protection command or a rest signal is transmitted by a first remote tripping device (1) in at least two time slots via a first interface (2) to a first multiplexer (3), and is transmitted via different transmission paths (4, 5) by the multiplexer (3) based on the time slots. A second multiplexer (6) receives the useful information via the different transmission paths (4, 5), and transmits each useful information item via a time slot, which is allocated to the respective transmission path (4, 5), in a second interface (7) to a second remote tripping device (8).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2003
    Publication date: October 9, 2003
    Inventors: Hermann Spiess, Michael Strittmatter, Mathias Kranich
  • Publication number: 20030151866
    Abstract: In a method and a detector (7) for time-optimum reception of protection commands in a remote tripping device, at least two detector elements (1, 2) are operated, which are all designed for a signal at the same frequency but for different transmission times. Where at least one of these detector elements (1, 2) detects the presence of the signal, the signal is regarded as having been detected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2003
    Publication date: August 14, 2003
    Applicant: ABB Schweiz AG
    Inventors: Hermann Spiess, Hans Benninger