Patents by Inventor Jacques Ecrabey

Jacques Ecrabey 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: 10106036
    Abstract: An electrical apparatus, including: a circuit breaker having a breaking capacity and a breaking current; a DC voltage source including two batteries connected in parallel, connected in series with the circuit breaker, the sum of short-circuit currents of the batteries being greater than the breaking capacity, each battery including: a first branch including storage batteries and a switch connected in series; a second branch connected in parallel with the first branch and including a free-wheeling diode; an ammeter measuring output current; and a control circuit configured to detect a short-circuit. The control circuits simultaneously keep a majority of switches open and close one switch to apply a current passing through the circuit breaker which is higher than the breaking current and lower than the breaking capacity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2018
    Assignees: COMMISSARIAT à L'ÉNERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ÉNERGIES ALTERNATIVES, DCNS
    Inventors: Daniel Chatroux, Sebastien Carcouet, Jacques Ecrabey, Etienne Durand, Nicolas Pierre, Cyrille Garans, Bernard Keruel
  • Publication number: 20160257202
    Abstract: An electrical apparatus, including: a circuit breaker having a breaking capacity and a breaking current; a DC voltage source including two batteries connected in parallel, connected in series with the circuit breaker, the sum of short-circuit currents of the batteries being greater than the breaking capacity, each battery including: a first branch including storage batteries and a switch connected in series; a second branch connected in parallel with the first branch and including a free-wheeling diode; an ammeter measuring output current; and a control circuit configured to detect a short-circuit. The control circuits simultaneously keep a majority of switches open and close one switch to apply a current passing through the circuit breaker which is higher than the breaking current and lower than the breaking capacity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2014
    Publication date: September 8, 2016
    Applicants: COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES, D C N S
    Inventors: Daniel CHATROUX, Sebastien CARCOUET, Jacques ECRABEY, Etienne DURAND, Nicolas PIERRE, Cyrille GARANS, Bernard KERUEL
  • Patent number: 9036389
    Abstract: A system for controlling photovoltaic electricity production equipment having photovoltaic modules each equipped with a DC/DC microconverter connected to a DC bus, a DC bus manager, and an inverter for converting the direct current from the photovoltaic panels into alternative current intended for an electrical distribution network. Power is injected into the DC bus when the voltage of the DC bus is less than a minimum voltage until the minimum voltage is reached. Each of the microconverters injects a maximum power from the photovoltaic modules into the DC bus when the voltage of the DC bus is between a first voltage and a second voltage. The injecting of power from the photovoltaic modules into the DC bus is stopped when the voltage of the DC bus is less than a low threshold voltage or greater than a high threshold voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2015
    Assignee: Schneider Electric Industries SAS
    Inventors: Jacques Ecrabey, Christian Petit, Yves Jeanjean, Antonio Almeida
  • Publication number: 20120319494
    Abstract: A system for controlling photovoltaic electricity production equipment comprising photovoltaic modules each equipped with a DC/DC microconverter connected to a DC bus, a DC bus manager, and an inverter for converting the direct current from the photovoltaic panels into alternative current intended for an electrical distribution network. Power is injected into the DC bus when the voltage of the DC bus is less than a minimum voltage until the said minimum voltage is reached. Each of the microconverters injects a maximum power from the photovoltaic modules into the DC bus when the voltage of the DC bus is between a first voltage and a second voltage. The injecting of power from the photovoltaic modules into the DC bus is stopped when the voltage of the DC bus is less than a low threshold voltage or greater than a high threshold voltage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2012
    Publication date: December 20, 2012
    Applicant: Schneider Electric Industries SAS
    Inventors: Jacques ECRABEY, Christian PETIT, Yves JEANJEAN, Antonio ALMEIDA
  • Patent number: 7952899
    Abstract: The invention relates to an alternating voltage generator (10) comprising a direct voltage source (20) that supplies a power bus, a bus capacitor (11) connected to the power bus, an inverter module (30) supplied by the power bus and equipped with several normally-on JFET power transistors (31a, 31b) in order to deliver an alternating voltage. The generator (10) comprises a current limiting normally-on JFET transistor (12) which is located on the power bus in series between the bus capacitor (11) and the inverter module (30), the limiting current of the limiting transistor (12) being less than the limiting current of each of the power transistors (31a, 31b).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2011
    Assignee: Schneider Electric Industries SAS
    Inventors: Jacques Ecrabey, Sébastien Carcouet
  • Publication number: 20090154201
    Abstract: The invention relates to an alternating voltage generator (10) comprising a direct voltage source (20) that supplies a power bus, a bus capacitor (11) connected to the power bus, an inverter module (30) supplied by the power bus and equipped with several normally-on JFET power transistors (31a, 31b) in order to deliver an alternating voltage. The generator (10) comprises a current limiting normally-on JFET transistor (12) which is located on the power bus in series between the bus capacitor (11) and the inverter module (30), the limiting current of the limiting transistor (12) being less than the limiting current of each of the power transistors (31a, 31b).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2008
    Publication date: June 18, 2009
    Applicant: Schneider Electric Industries SAS
    Inventors: Jacques Ecrabey, Sebastien Carcouet