Patents by Inventor Johannes Reinschke
Johannes Reinschke 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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Patent number: 11569752Abstract: An embodiment relates to an arrangement for equalizing voltage drops in a power supply mains having a first mains supply and a second mains supply. The arrangement includes at least one first converter system and one second converter system, to which intermediate circuits are coupled and which form a mains coupling as a result. The first mains supply is connected to a distributor via a decoupling inductor, a voltage measurement and a first switch. The second mains supply is connected to the distributor via a second switch, and wherein the mains coupling is arranged parallel to the second switch.Type: GrantFiled: June 27, 2018Date of Patent: January 31, 2023Assignee: Fluence Energy, LLCInventors: Peter Eckert, Oliver Reimann, Johannes Reinschke
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Patent number: 11527910Abstract: An uninterruptible power supply (UPS) for a three-phase alternating current network, in particular a medium-voltage network, includes an energy storage system, a switch, an LC resonant circuit, which is a series circuit of an inductance and a capacitance, and a control unit for controlling the switch. The switch and the LC resonant circuit are connected in series, and the series circuit of the switch and the LC resonant is arranged between a network feed and the energy storage system which is connected to a load. There is also described a method for operating such a UPS and a corresponding computer program.Type: GrantFiled: June 21, 2018Date of Patent: December 13, 2022Assignee: Fluence Energy, LLCInventors: Oliver Reimann, Johannes Reinschke
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Patent number: 11376980Abstract: The present disclosure relates to charging energy stores, for example for charging electrical vehicle batteries. Various embodiments may include methods for controlling charging operations. For example a method for controlling charging operations of a plurality of electric vehicles may include: analyzing a data record including arrival times, departure times, and charging energies of the plurality of electric vehicles during a first time period; determining an upper limit for charging power based on the data record, the determined upper limit for charging power defined by an amount of power required to charge each electric vehicle between its respective arrival time and departure time; and charging the electric vehicles without exceeding the determined upper limit for charging power during a second time period following the first time period.Type: GrantFiled: August 24, 2016Date of Patent: July 5, 2022Assignee: SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFTInventors: Mathias Duckheim, Johannes Reinschke
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Publication number: 20210257835Abstract: An embodiment relates to an arrangement for equalizing voltage drops in a power supply mains having a first mains supply and a second mains supply. The arrangement includes at least one first converter system and one second converter system, to which intermediate circuits are coupled and which form a mains coupling as a result. The first mains supply is connected to a distributor via a decoupling inductor, a voltage measurement and a first switch. The second mains supply is connected to the distributor via a second switch, and wherein the mains coupling is arranged parallel to the second switch.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 27, 2018Publication date: August 19, 2021Applicants: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft, Siemens AktiengesellschaftInventors: Peter ECKERT, Oliver REIMANN, Johannes REINSCHKE
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Publication number: 20200295594Abstract: An uninterruptible power supply (UPS) for a three-phase alternating current network, in particular a medium-voltage network, includes an energy storage system, a switch, an LC resonant circuit, which is a series circuit of an inductance and a capacitance, and a control unit for controlling the switch. The switch and the LC resonant circuit are connected in series, and the series circuit of the switch and the LC resonant is arranged between a network feed and the energy storage system which is connected to a load. There is also described a method for operating such a UPS and a corresponding computer program.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 21, 2018Publication date: September 17, 2020Applicant: Siemens AktiengesellschaftInventors: Oliver REIMANN, Johannes REINSCHKE
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Patent number: 10718800Abstract: A method for determining the energy consumption of a production system such that the production system can be planned and operated more efficiently in terms of energy, where a load profile of the production system is determined, an energy requirement of the production system is estimated, an energy model of the production system is determined and the energy consumption of the production system is determined.Type: GrantFiled: May 15, 2012Date of Patent: July 21, 2020Assignee: Siemens AktiengesellschaftInventors: Jörg Hassel, Amjad Mohsen, Johannes Reinschke
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Publication number: 20200176973Abstract: A DC overvoltage protection device for an energy storage system, an energy storage system having such a DC overvoltage protection device, a method for operating a DC overvoltage protection device for an energy storage system and a method for operating an energy storage system having a DC overvoltage protection device. The DC overvoltage protection device includes at least one solid-state relay. The solid-state relay interrupts an auxiliary voltage circuit of the AC switch.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 5, 2017Publication date: June 4, 2020Applicant: Siemens AktiengesellschaftInventors: Peter ECKERT, Johannes REINSCHKE, Daniel LANGBEIN
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Publication number: 20200028350Abstract: A DC overvoltage protection device for an energy storage system and/or an energy generating system has at least one auxiliary release on an AC-switch and the at least one auxiliary release interrupts the AC switch. The DC overvoltage protection device further has at least one electrical energy store and/or at least one photovoltaic installation and a plurality of converters each having a power section having a DC voltage measurement system and an interface.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 5, 2017Publication date: January 23, 2020Applicant: Siemens AktiengesellschaftInventors: Peter ECKERT, Daniel LANGBEIN, Johannes REINSCHKE
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Publication number: 20190094310Abstract: An electrical energy storage system includes at least one battery having a battery management system. In an embodiment, the electrical energy storage system includes a monitoring system which can identify critical states of the battery independently of the state of the battery management system.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 7, 2016Publication date: March 28, 2019Applicant: Siemens AktiengesellschaftInventor: Johannes REINSCHKE
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Publication number: 20180251038Abstract: The present disclosure relates to charging energy stores, for example for charging electrical vehicle batteries. Various embodiments may include methods for controlling charging operations. For example a method for controlling charging operations of a plurality of electric vehicles may include: analyzing a data record including arrival times, departure times, and charging energies of the plurality of electric vehicles during a first time period; determining an upper limit for charging power based on the data record, the determined upper limit for charging power defined by an amount of power required to charge each electric vehicle between its respective arrival time and departure time; and charging the electric vehicles without exceeding the determined upper limit for charging power during a second time period following the first time period.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 24, 2016Publication date: September 6, 2018Applicant: Siemens AktiengesellschaftInventors: Mathias DUCKHEIM, Johannes REINSCHKE
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Patent number: 9784811Abstract: A two-channel magnetic resonance tomography system is provided with a regulation circuit for an amplification system in order to be able to take into account different load situations of the MRI system in a flexible and efficient manner. It is thus possible to improve the MRI measurements greatly if the MRI system is set to the respective load situation beforehand by an idle state measurement. The adaptation may optionally also be carried out during the MRI measurement. Therefore, a multiplicity of completely different load situations may be taken into account in an optimized manner by the regulation circuit.Type: GrantFiled: September 12, 2012Date of Patent: October 10, 2017Assignee: Siemens AktiengesellschaftInventors: Chih-Chung Chen, Klaus Huber, Johannes Reinschke, Claus Seisenberger, Markus Vester, Christian Wünsch
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Publication number: 20170278025Abstract: An energy management method is provided for detecting an energy consumption of at least one consumer connected to an energy supply network, wherein relevant detection values of each energy consumption are detected by a plurality of detection devices and/or calculated from detected values. A switching device is respectively assigned to at least one of the detection devices and/or at least one group of the detection devices. The detection values detected and/or calculated by the detection device and/or the group of detection devices are each provided to the switching device according to a predefined detection device protocol for the detection device and/or the group of detection devices. The respective energy values are transmitted to a central device via a network which connects the central device to all switching devices, according to a predefined central device protocol which differs from the detection device protocol.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 3, 2015Publication date: September 28, 2017Inventors: Dominic Buchstaller, Nader Halmuschi, Frank Jungnickel, Johannes Reinschke, Jochen Ziegner
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Patent number: 9764650Abstract: A DC voltage source, for example an AC/DC converter, has an output producing a controllable DC voltage for a DC charging station to charge the battery of an electric vehicle. A voltage balancing unit is connected between the output of the converter and the output terminal of the DC charging station. The voltage balancing unit has a controllable switch by which the connection between voltage source or converter and battery can be made or broken as desired. The switch is controlled as a function of the voltage on the input and output side of the voltage balancing unit to the effect that the switch breaks the connection before and while the battery is being connected to the DC output terminal, and makes a connection only when the voltage on the input side of the voltage balancing unit corresponds substantially to the voltage on the output side of the voltage balancing unit.Type: GrantFiled: August 31, 2011Date of Patent: September 19, 2017Assignee: SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFTInventors: Markus Böhm, Nicholas Demetris Cherouvim, Johannes Reinschke, Johnannes Starkl
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Publication number: 20170256908Abstract: A method for operating a power management device for controlling an operating device connected to a power supply network, in which the maximum demanded and/or provided output of the controlled operating device is at least 3 kW, is disclosed. An information data set is received which describes coupling information or a temporal progression of coupling information from a server device associated with a network provider of a power supply network, the coupling information describing a relationship between a device load of the operating device and a target variable to be optimized. A load profile is determined which describes a predicted temporal progression of the device load by optimizing the load profile with respect to the target variable. The load profile is provided to the server device, and the power management device may control the operating device according to a default value which is predetermined based on the load profile.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 3, 2015Publication date: September 7, 2017Applicant: Siemens AktiengesellschaftInventors: Thomas Lehmann, Johannes Reinschke
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Patent number: 9627890Abstract: A circuit arrangement has a bidirectional AC/DC converter connected to a first side of a DC/DC converter at a DC side of the AC/DC converter via first electric switch. The AC/DC converter is connected to a second side of the DC/DC converter at the DC side of the AC/DC converter via a second electric switch. The first side of the DC/DC converter is connected to a third electric switch and can be connected to an energy storing device via said switch. The second side of the DC/DC converter is connected to a fourth electric switch and can be connected to an energy generating device via said switch. The AC/DC converter can be connected to the electric supply grid at the AC side of the AC/DC converter. A control device controls the switches and the converters.Type: GrantFiled: August 29, 2012Date of Patent: April 18, 2017Assignee: SIEMENS AKTIENGELLSCHAFTInventors: Dominic Buchstaller, Johannes Reinschke
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Patent number: 9492061Abstract: An endoscopy system has an endo-robot that is navigable within an anatomical lumen of a patient by interacting with a magnetic field generated by an extracorporeal magnet system. The patient lies on a patient bed that is movable in one or more directions and/or orientations, and an obstacle detects objects in the movement path of the endo-robot in the anatomical lumen and produces a signal that causes the position and/or orientation of the patient bed to be altered dependent thereon.Type: GrantFiled: July 10, 2006Date of Patent: November 15, 2016Assignee: Siemens AktiengesellschaftInventors: Klaus Abraham-Fuchs, Rainer Graumann, Rainer Kuth, Johannes Reinschke, Rudolf Röckelein, Sebastian Schmidt
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Patent number: 9446676Abstract: A charging post at a charging station for charging an electric vehicle can be lowered into the ground by a lifting device such that it does not become a physical obstacle or optically impair the environment and is not damaged by external influences.Type: GrantFiled: January 30, 2012Date of Patent: September 20, 2016Assignee: SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFTInventor: Johannes Reinschke
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Publication number: 20160132616Abstract: In a method for planning a power distribution network for an installation having a multiplicity of power consumers, time-dependent load profiles for the power consumers are created as a function of a change, over time, in inertial masses to be speeded up, slowed down and/or kept in motion using the power consumers, and time-dependent power profiles are created for the power consumers. A network plan is created for the power distribution network, and a time-dependent power profile is computed for the installation. Network components of the power distribution network are dimensioned as a function of the computed time-dependent power demands on the network components.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 10, 2013Publication date: May 12, 2016Applicant: SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFTInventors: Jörg Hassel, AMJAD MOHSEN, JOHANNES REINSCHKE, MANFRED WEISS
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Patent number: 9283044Abstract: A solenoid system for magnetically guided capsule endoscopy, has the following components arranged under a patient table which defines a flat plane: a central coil with normal direction being perpendicular to the flat plane, and four coil pairs arranged in the form of a cross around the central coil with respect to the flat plane. Each pair includes two single coils, the normal directions of which are parallel to the flat plane and offset by 90 degrees in relation to each other.Type: GrantFiled: August 25, 2010Date of Patent: March 15, 2016Assignee: SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFTInventors: Aleksandar Juloski, Johannes Reinschke
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Patent number: 9125576Abstract: A magnetically guided endoscopy capsule is separated from the surface of water with the aim of immersing the capsule completely in water, using the least possible magnetic force. A brief force curve (F_mag(t)) is thereby automatically generated on the capsule by a solenoid system, by one or more force pulses. Assuming that the capsule floats on the water surface at the start of the force curve, a force curve is applied generating an odd number of force pulses having a step profile. Each odd force pulse brings about at least a partial immersion of the endoscopy capsule in the liquid, and each even force pulse bring about at least a partial emersion of the endoscopy capsule out of the liquid.Type: GrantFiled: December 9, 2009Date of Patent: September 8, 2015Assignee: SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFTInventor: Johannes Reinschke