Patents by Inventor Jean-Fran.cedilla.ois Ravot

Jean-Fran.cedilla.ois Ravot 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: 5999428
    Abstract: An inverter having a plurality of inverter bridges which operate in parallel and whose output voltage is summed by way of a transformer. The transformer has a number of primary windings and associated secondary windings which correspond to the number of inverter bridges. Each inverter bridge is connected on the output side to a primary winding. The secondary windings are connected in series to sum the output voltages. The transformer has a center tap which is grounded by a ground connection. The suppression of in-phase or common-mode interference currents flowing by the ground connection and the interference voltages associated therewith is achieved by dividing the secondary windings into a first and second identical partial secondary winding. The partial secondary windings are connected to one another in the center tap in such a way that the common-mode currents and voltages induced in the partial secondary windings mutually cancel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 1998
    Date of Patent: December 7, 1999
    Assignee: Asea Brown Boveri AG
    Inventors: Peter Dahler, Osvin Gaupp, Gerhard Linhofer, Jean-Fran.cedilla.ois Ravot
  • Patent number: 5999427
    Abstract: An invertor (15) includes a plurality of invertor bridges (B1, . . . ,B8), which are connected in parallel and whose output voltages are summed via a transformer (19). The transformer (19) has a number of primary windings (P1, . . . ,P8) and associated secondary windings (S1, . . . ,S8) which corresponds to the number of invertor bridges (B1, . . . ,B8). Each invertor bridge (B1, . . . ,B8) is connected on the output side to one of the primary windings (P1, . . . ,P8), and the secondary windings (S1, . . . ,S8) are connected in series to sum the output voltages. The transformer (19) has a center tap (23) which is grounded via a ground connection (24). Tertiary windings (T1, . . . ,T8) are assigned to the primary windings (P1, . . . ,P8) and to the secondary windings (S1, . . . ,S8). The tertiary windings (T1, . . . ,T8) are also connected to a common-mode filter (51).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 1998
    Date of Patent: December 7, 1999
    Assignee: Asea Brown Boveri AG
    Inventors: Peter Dahler, Osvin Gaupp, Gerhard Linhofer, Jean-Fran.cedilla.ois Ravot
  • Patent number: 5977761
    Abstract: In the case of a three-phase transformer which, per phase (U, V, W), has a primary-side winding (U.sub.PW, V.sub.PW, W.sub.PW) and a secondary-side winding (U.sub.SW, V.sub.SW, W.sub.SW), in-phase regulating windings (U.sub.L, V.sub.L, W.sub.L) are provided on each limb per phase (U, V, W). These in-phase regulating windings (U.sub.L, V.sub.L, W.sub.L) serve, by means of a tap switch 3 and a load switch 6, for in-phase regulation for the purpose of reactive volt-amperes distribution in electrical power supply networks. In addition, the in-phase regulating windings (U.sub.L, V.sub.L, W.sub.L) are operatively connected via a further load switch 5 and a further tap switch 4 to a booster transformer (2). The voltages across primary windings U.sub.B, V.sub.B, W.sub.B of the booster transformer 2 effect quadrature or phase-angle regulation of the phase voltages U.sub.P, V.sub.P, W.sub.P in the three-phase transformer 1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 1998
    Date of Patent: November 2, 1999
    Assignee: Asea Brown Boveri AG
    Inventors: Helmut Bilger, Jean-Fran.cedilla.ois Ravot