Patents by Inventor Jérôme Kuhmann

Jérôme Kuhmann 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).

  • Device for testing solar home systems
    Patent number: 6351130
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device for testing solar home systems including at least one of each of the following components: a photovoltaic solar generator, a battery, a charge controller and a load. According to the invention, connecting means are provided. These enable the device to be connected to the at least one charge controller, the at least one charge controller having been uncoupled from the other components; to the at least one solar generator, to the at least one battery and to the at least one load. The device also includes testing means with which all the components can be tested individually and within their typical operational connections to each other in order to determine the parameters and states which are characteristic to the operativeness of the solar home system being tested. Display means for displaying the parameters and states that are tested are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2000
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2002
    Assignee: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Foerderung der Angewandten Foschung E.V.
    Inventors: Klaus Preiser, Jérôme Kuhmann