Patents by Inventor Jörg Lehmann
Jörg Lehmann 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).
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Publication number: 20230352255Abstract: The present disclosure provides a contact actuating unit for an electrical circuit breaker. The contact actuating unit includes an electro-mechanical device. An actuator of the electro-mechanical device is connected to a contact arrangement in the electrical circuit breaker. The contact actuating unit further comprises a control unit. The control unit is configured to control the electro-mechanical device to move the actuator and to bring the contact arrangement from a first to a second position. The contact actuating unit further includes a command feed forward or motion trajectory and feed forward controller, configured to provide one or more data signals. At least one of the provided data signals is indicative of a predetermined force and/or torque value, adapted to command the control unit to move the contact arrangement with the actuator to a predetermined position.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 5, 2021Publication date: November 2, 2023Applicant: Hitachi Energy Switzerland AGInventors: Frederick KIEFERNDORF, Joerg LEHMANN, Stefano MATTEI
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Publication number: 20230270908Abstract: The present invention relates to a device for keeping room air clean and a corresponding method.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 26, 2021Publication date: August 31, 2023Inventor: Jörg Lehmann
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Patent number: 11693041Abstract: A method for monitoring the electric insulation status of a piece of equipment for a medium-voltage or high-voltage electric system, which includes the following steps: acquiring detection data indicative of the behaviour of said piece of equipment, said detection data including a time sequence of measured discharge values related to partial-discharge events observed at subsequent observation instants in time; basing on said detection data, calculating stochastic data indicative of the electric insulation status of said piece of equipment, said stochastic data including probability values related to the observed partial-discharge events and calculated as a function of one or more characteristic parameters related to said partial-discharge events; basing on said stochastic data, calculating estimated data indicative of said one or more characteristic parameters related to said subsequent observation instants.Type: GrantFiled: May 14, 2021Date of Patent: July 4, 2023Assignee: ABB Schweiz AGInventors: Kai Hencken, Joerg Lehmann
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Patent number: 11609259Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method for detecting an electrical discharge in an electrical apparatus. The method includes sensing an electromagnetic wave using an electrical sensor and generating an electric signal for a predetermined time period, sensing an acoustic wave using an acoustic sensor and generating an acoustic signal for the predetermined time period. The acoustic sensor is associated with at least one compartment of the electrical apparatus. Electrical data is generated based on a quasi-periodic characteristic of electric peak sequences of the electrical signal. Acoustic data is generated based on a quasi-periodic characteristic of acoustic peak sequences of the acoustic signal, wherein the electrical data is combined with the acoustic data to provide an operation status of the at least one compartment.Type: GrantFiled: June 30, 2021Date of Patent: March 21, 2023Assignee: ABB Schweiz AGInventors: Kai Hencken, Yannick Maret, Jörg Gebhardt, Holger Kaul, Jörg Lehmann, Andrej Krivda
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Patent number: 11529606Abstract: The invention relates to a device consisting of a reactor facility for the electrolytic treatment, with relation to flow dynamics, of fluid or gaseous media or mixtures of the two. In the context of this invention, electrolytic treatment with relation to flow dynamics means the combination of the production of at least one rotating fluid eddy and the eversion of the eddy by means of electrolysis taking place in the reactor facility. The guided fluid eddy is efficiently treated, cleaned and disinfected by this combination in the reactor facility according to the invention. The invention further relates to a method for the electrolytic treatment, with relation to flow dynamics, of fluid media in the reactor facility according to the invention.Type: GrantFiled: August 18, 2017Date of Patent: December 20, 2022Assignee: HYDRO INTELLIGENCE WATER GMBHInventors: Jörg Lehmann, Olaf Linden
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Patent number: 11498047Abstract: The invention relates to a device consisting of a reactor facility for the flow dynamics treatment of fluid or gaseous media or mixtures of the two. In the context of this invention, flow dynamics treatment means the energy-optimised production of at least one rotating fluid eddy together with an eversion of the at least one fluid eddy and the bursting open of organic constituents dissolved in the fluid medium with inner cell pressure (Turgor). The guided fluid eddy is treated, cleaned and disinfected in the reactor facility according to the invention. The invention further relates to a method for the flow dynamics treatment of fluid media in the reactor facility according to the invention.Type: GrantFiled: August 24, 2016Date of Patent: November 15, 2022Assignee: EMCO WATER PATENT GMBHInventors: Jörg Lehmann, Olaf Linden
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Patent number: 11373824Abstract: The present disclosure provides a gas-insulated high or medium voltage circuit breaker including a first arcing contact and a second arcing contact, wherein at least one of the two arcing contacts is axially movable along a switching axis, wherein during a breaking operation, an arc between the first arcing contact and the second arcing contact is formed in an arcing region; a nozzle including a channel directed to the arcing region, for blowing an arc-extinguishing gas to the arcing region during the breaking operation; a diffuser portion adjacent to the nozzle, for transporting the gas from the arcing region to a region downstream of the diffuser portion; a buffer volume directly downstream of the diffuser portion; and an enclosure confined within a housing of the circuit breaker.Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 2018Date of Patent: June 28, 2022Assignee: Hitachi Energy Switzerland AGInventors: Bernardo Galletti, Valeria Teppati, Emmanouil Panousis, Angelos Garyfallos, Branimir Radisavljevic, Joerg Lehmann, Christoph Reutlinger, Daniel Over, Patrick Stoller
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Patent number: 11300603Abstract: A method and system for condition monitoring electrical equipment includes detecting partial discharge impulses generated in the electrical equipment for at least one power cycle; obtaining first data representing the detected partial discharge impulses for the at least one power cycle; obtaining second data by phase-resolving the first data; obtaining third data by regularizing the second data; analyzing the third data into a first component and at least one second component; obtaining phase information of the first component; shifting the first component and the at least one second component in consideration of the obtained phase information; and generating a signal indicating a health state of the electrical equipment by comparing the shifted first and second components of the third data with their counterparts associated with an unhealthy electrical equipment.Type: GrantFiled: February 18, 2021Date of Patent: April 12, 2022Assignee: ABB SCHWEIZ AGInventors: Jiayang Ruan, Niya Chen, Rongrong Yu, Kai Hencken, Joerg Lehmann
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Publication number: 20210405106Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method for detecting an electrical discharge in an electrical apparatus. The method includes sensing an electromagnetic wave using an electrical sensor and generating an electric signal for a predetermined time period, sensing an acoustic wave using an acoustic sensor and generating an acoustic signal for the predetermined time period. The acoustic sensor is associated with at least one compartment of the electrical apparatus. Electrical data is generated based on a quasi-periodic characteristic of electric peak sequences of the electrical signal. Acoustic data is generated based on a quasi-periodic characteristic of acoustic peak sequences of the acoustic signal, wherein the electrical data is combined with the acoustic data to provide an operation status of the at least one compartment.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 30, 2021Publication date: December 30, 2021Applicant: ABB Schweiz AGInventors: Kai Hencken, Yannick Maret, Jörg Gebhardt, Holger Kaul, Jörg Lehmann, Andrej Krivda
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Publication number: 20210382028Abstract: The present invention relates to the field of antibodies and their application in food and feedstuff quality control. In particular, the invention relates to a method for the manufacture of an antibody that specifically binds to soy Gly m 8 protein wherein said method comprises immunising an animal with the purified soy Glym8 protein, wherein said soy Glym8 protein has been obtained by expressing soy Glym8 protein in plants, and preferably, tobacco plants and purifying the soy Glym8 protein from said plants and, preferably, tobacco plants and obtaining an antibody from the animal which specifically bind to soy Gly m8 protein, wherein the animal will be sacrificed. Moreover, the invention contemplates an antibody obtained by said method as well as the use of said antibody for detecting soy material in a food preparation or feedstuff preparation. Further, a method for detecting soy material in a food preparation or feedstuff preparation and a kit for carrying out said method are provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 11, 2019Publication date: December 9, 2021Inventors: Heide HAVENITH, Holger SPIEGEL, Stefan SCHILBERG, Elke UEBERHAM, Jörg LEHMANN
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Publication number: 20210375567Abstract: The present disclosure provides a gas-insulated high or medium voltage circuit breaker including a first arcing contact and a second arcing contact, wherein at least one of the two arcing contacts is axially movable along a switching axis, wherein during a breaking operation, an arc between the first arcing contact and the second arcing contact is formed in an arcing region; a nozzle including a channel directed to the arcing region, for blowing an arc-extinguishing gas to the arcing region during the breaking operation; a diffuser portion adjacent to the nozzle, for transporting the gas from the arcing region to a region downstream of the diffuser portion; a buffer volume directly downstream of the diffuser portion; and an enclosure confined within a housing of the circuit breaker.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 21, 2018Publication date: December 2, 2021Applicant: ABB Power Grids Switzerland AGInventors: Bernardo GALLETTI, Valeria TEPPATI, Emmanouil PANOUSIS, Angelos GARYFALLOS, Branimir RADISAVLJEVIC, Joerg LEHMANN, Christoph REUTLINGER, Daniel OVER, Patrick STOLLER
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Publication number: 20210364566Abstract: A method for monitoring the electric insulation status of a piece of equipment for a medium-voltage or high-voltage electric system, which includes the following steps: acquiring detection data indicative of the behaviour of said piece of equipment, said detection data including a time sequence of measured discharge values related to partial-discharge events observed at subsequent observation instants in time; basing on said detection data, calculating stochastic data indicative of the electric insulation status of said piece of equipment, said stochastic data including probability values related to the observed partial-discharge events and calculated as a function of one or more characteristic parameters related to said partial-discharge events; basing on said stochastic data, calculating estimated data indicative of said one or more characteristic parameters related to said subsequent observation instants.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 14, 2021Publication date: November 25, 2021Inventors: Kai Hencken, Joerg Lehmann
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Publication number: 20210260937Abstract: A measuring device for a deformable vehicle tire having a sensor unit, a first data processing unit, and a first radio unit, where the sensor unit is designed to be fastenable to the inside of the vehicle tire such that a radial acceleration acting in a radial direction on a tread of the vehicle tire can be detected by means of the sensor unit, where the first data processing unit is configured to determine a result value, relevant for a tire mileage of the vehicle tire, at least on the basis of the radial acceleration and at least one predetermined tire parameter of the vehicle tire, where each tire parameter characterizes a property of the vehicle tire, and where the first radio unit is designed to transmit a radio signal which represents the determined result value.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 22, 2019Publication date: August 26, 2021Applicant: Continental Reifen Deutschland GmbHInventors: Adrian Cyllik, Joerg Lehmann, Bernd Lange
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Patent number: 11062862Abstract: The present disclosure provides a gas-insulated high or medium voltage circuit breaker including a first arcing contact and a second arcing contact, wherein at least one of the two arcing contacts is axially movable including a first and a second state of motion along a switching axis, wherein during a breaking operation, an arc between the first arcing contact and the second arcing contact is formed in an arcing region; a nozzle including a channel directed to the arcing region, for blowing an arc-extinguishing gas to the arcing region during the breaking operation; a diffuser adjacent to the nozzle, for transporting the gas from the arcing region to a region downstream of the diffuser; a buffer volume directly downstream of the diffuser, and an enclosure substantially surrounding the buffer volume circumferentially.Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 2018Date of Patent: July 13, 2021Assignee: ABB Power Grids Switzerland AGInventors: Bernardo Galletti, Valeria Teppati, Emmanouil Panousis, Angelos Garyfallos, Branimir Radisavljevic, Joerg Lehmann, Christoph Reutlinger, Daniel Over, Patrick Stoller
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Publication number: 20210199707Abstract: A method and system for condition monitoring electrical equipment includes detecting partial discharge impulses generated in the electrical equipment for at least one power cycle; obtaining first data representing the detected partial discharge impulses for the at least one power cycle; obtaining second data by phase-resolving the first data; obtaining third data by regularizing the second data; analyzing the third data into a first component and at least one second component; obtaining phase information of the first component; shifting the first component and the at least one second component in consideration of the obtained phase information; and generating a signal indicating a health state of the electrical equipment by comparing the shifted first and second components of the third data with their counterparts associated with an unhealthy electrical equipment.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 18, 2021Publication date: July 1, 2021Inventors: Jiayang Ruan, Niya Chen, Rongrong Yu, Kai Hencken, Joerg Lehmann
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Publication number: 20210140978Abstract: The present invention relates to methods and apparatuses for monitoring the state of health of dairy cows, in particular of entire dairy herds. The method is based on analysing the haptoglobin (HP) biomarker and part of the polymeric immunoglobulin receptor (PIGR), the secretory component (Secretory Component, SC), in a milk sample. In particular, the claimed method and apparatus of the invention make it possible to diagnose mastitis or systemic diseases which occur outside the udder on the basis of the protein biomarker described here. The invention therefore makes it possible to regularly monitor the general state of health of a dairy herd. The present invention relates to non-invasive diagnostic methods and to apparatuses and diagnostic kits for carrying out these methods.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 8, 2020Publication date: May 13, 2021Inventors: Joerg LEHMANN, Katharina ZOLDAN
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Publication number: 20200395180Abstract: The present disclosure provides a gas-insulated high or medium voltage circuit breaker including a first arcing contact and a second arcing contact, wherein at least one of the two arcing contacts is axially movable including a first and a second state of motion along a switching axis, wherein during a breaking operation, an arc between the first arcing contact and the second arcing contact is formed in an arcing region; a nozzle including a channel directed to the arcing region, for blowing an arc-extinguishing gas to the arcing region during the breaking operation; a diffuser adjacent to the nozzle, for transporting the gas from the arcing region to a region downstream of the diffuser; a buffer volume directly downstream of the diffuser, and an enclosure substantially surrounding the buffer volume circumferentially.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 21, 2018Publication date: December 17, 2020Applicant: ABB Power Grids Switzerland AGInventors: Bernardo GALLETTI, Valeria TEPPATI, Emmanouil PANOUSIS, Angelos GARYFALLOS, Branimir RADISAVLJEVIC, Joerg LEHMANN, Christoph REUTLINGER, Daniel OVER, Patrick STOLLER
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Patent number: 10866250Abstract: Methods and apparatuses for monitoring the state of health of dairy cows, in particular of entire dairy herds are provided. The method is based on analysing the haptoglobin (HP) biomarker and part of the polymeric immunoglobulin receptor (PIGR), the secretory component (SC), in a milk sample. This allows diagnosis of mastitis or systemic diseases which occur outside the udder on the basis of the protein biomarker described here. This further allows regular monitoring of the general state of health of a dairy herd. Diagnostic methods, apparatuses, and diagnostic kits for carrying out these methods are included.Type: GrantFiled: June 9, 2016Date of Patent: December 15, 2020Assignee: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Foerderung der angewandten Forschung e. VInventors: Joerg Lehmann, Katharina Zoldan
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Publication number: 20200122528Abstract: A crawler for capturing and determining state parameters or state data of vehicle tires mounted on a vehicle, with a vehicle chassis with at least two axles and at least three wheels or with a chain or caterpillar drive, a drive system (3) with at least one electric motor and a rechargeable battery pack, an electronic vehicle controller (4), a communication unit (5) for receiving data from a backend and for transmitting data to a backend, a sensor system (6) with receivers for receiving data from sensors installed in the tires and with sensors for capturing state parameters at the outside of the tires.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 18, 2018Publication date: April 23, 2020Applicant: Continental Reifen Deutschland GmbHInventors: Joerg Lehmann, Thorsten Koehler, Karl-Heinz Eglseder
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Publication number: 20190209999Abstract: The invention relates to a device consisting of a reactor facility for the electrolytic treatment, with relation to flow dynamics, of fluid or gaseous media or mixtures of the two. In the context of this invention, electrolytic treatment with relation to flow dynamics means the combination of the production of at least one rotating fluid eddy and the eversion of the eddy by means of electrolysis taking place in the reactor facility. The guided fluid eddy is efficiently treated, cleaned and disinfected by this combination in the reactor facility according to the invention. The invention further relates to a method for the electrolytic treatment, with relation to flow dynamics, of fluid media in the reactor facility according to the invention.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 18, 2017Publication date: July 11, 2019Inventors: Jörg LEHMANN, Olaf LINDEN