Patents by Inventor John-William Strauss

John-William Strauss 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).

  • Publication number: 20240006881
    Abstract: An arrangement for connecting and disconnecting DC networks includes a main bus for connecting a plurality of DC lines with each other. First and second DC lines are connected between first and second DC networks and the main bus via respective main switches. The DC networks contain a DC operating equipment, such as a converter, an energy storage device, a DC chopper, a DC cable, an energy source and/or a load. A transfer bus that is electrically connected to the main bus has a transfer bus disconnector for disconnecting the main bus from the transfer bus, a transfer switch, and a current limiting device with a resistor and a parallel resistor bypass switch. The first DC line is connected to the transfer bus via a first transfer disconnector and the second DC line is connected to the transfer bus via a second transfer disconnector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2023
    Publication date: January 4, 2024
    Inventors: Ulrich Halfmann, John-William Strauss, Udo Rathje, Frank Schettler
  • Patent number: 8351233
    Abstract: In the method for closed-loop control of at least two converters in an energy transmission and/or distribution system, each rectifier regulator and each inverter regulator provides a differential DC voltage from the difference between a given set DC voltage and the relevant received measured DC voltage, and also provides a differential DC current from a differential DC current from the difference between a set DC current and the corresponding received measured DC current. Each converter is a self-commutated converter with power semiconductors. The rectifier regulation of the provided converter is regulated such that the sum of the product of the differential voltages and the value of given set DC current at the corresponding rectifier and the differential current is a minimum. The inverter regulation regulates the corresponding inverter such that the sum between the differential voltage and the differential current is a minimum.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2013
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Tobias Bernhard, Mike Dommaschk, Jörg Dorn, Ingo Euler, Franz Karlecik-Maier, Jörg Lang, Jürgen Rittiger, John-William Strauss, Quoc-Buu Tu, Oliver Venjakob, Carsten Wittstock, Klaus Würflinger
  • Patent number: 8098467
    Abstract: A method for avoiding undesired, measurement error-induced protective tripping within a protection system of an HVDC transmission system. State variables of components of the HVDC transmission system are detected by first measuring devices to obtain a first set of measured values and by further measuring devices, which are designed in redundant fashion with respect to the first measuring devices, to obtain further sets of measured values. The first and further sets of measured values are supplied to a closed-loop control unit and a protective unit. The protective unit checks the first set of measured values for the presence of a risk of protective tripping by way of internal logic, and the closed-loop control unit regulates the HVDC transmission system as a function of one of the further sets of measured values.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2012
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Torsten Priebe, John-William Strauss
  • Publication number: 20110205771
    Abstract: A closed-loop control method for at least two converters in an energy transmission and/or distribution system. The converters may be controlled either as rectifier or inverter and they are connected to each other by a DC link. A measured DC voltage and a measured DC current is measured at each converter and transmitted to a rectifier regulator for regulating the corresponding rectifier or to an inverter regulator for regulating the corresponding inverter. Each rectifier regulator and each inverter regulator gives the difference between a given set DC voltage and the relevant received measured DC voltage to give a differential DC voltage and the difference between a set DC current and the corresponding received measured DC current to give a differential DC current.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2008
    Publication date: August 25, 2011
    Applicant: SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventors: Tobias Bernhard, Mike Dommaschk, Jörg Dorn, Ingo Euler, Franz Karlecik-Maier, Jörg Lang, Jürgen Rittiger, John-William Strauss, Quoc-Buu Tu, Oliver Venjakob, Carsten Wittstock, Klaus Würflinger
  • Patent number: 7969238
    Abstract: A cost-effective device for influencing the transmission of electrical energy of an alternating voltage line with a plurality of phases has phase modules, which each have an alternating voltage terminal for connecting to a phase of the alternating voltage line and two connecting terminals. A phase module branch extends between each connecting terminal and each alternating voltage terminal. The phase module branch is formed of a series connection of sub-modules, each having a power semiconductor circuit and an energy accumulator connected in parallel to the power semiconductor circuit. The connecting terminals are connected to one another. The power semiconductor circuit is equipped with power semiconductors that can be switched off and are connected to each other in a half bridge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2011
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Tobias Bernhard, Mike Dommaschk, Jörg Dorn, Ingo Euler, Franz Karlecik-Maier, Jörg Lang, John-William Strauss, Quoc-Buu Tu, Carsten Wittstock, Klaus Würflinger
  • Patent number: 7756650
    Abstract: An apparatus for detecting and processing a multiplicity of measured values in an HVDCT system has measuring units for detecting measured variables of the HVDCT system, while obtaining measured values, and preprocessing units which are connected to one another in series, are each connected to at least one measuring unit and are connected to a control, regulation and monitoring system by means of a last preprocessing unit which is connected downstream of the rest of the preprocessing units, each preprocessing unit being set up to receive and preprocess the measured values, while obtaining optical measured values, and transmitting both the optical measured values generated by it and the optical measured values received from the upstream preprocessing units to a downstream preprocessing unit or to the control, regulation and monitoring system, with the result that the last preprocessing unit provides all of the measured values for the control, regulation and monitoring system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2010
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Anja Ackermann, Andreas Gerner, Ludwig Hügelschäfer, Johann Meβner, John-William Strauss, Günter Ünzelmann
  • Publication number: 20100145537
    Abstract: A method for avoiding undesired, measurement error-induced protective tripping within a protection system of an HVDC transmission system. State variables of components of the HVDC transmission system are detected by first measuring devices to obtain a first set of measured values and by further measuring devices, which are designed in redundant fashion with respect to the first measuring devices, to obtain further sets of measured values. The first and further sets of measured values are supplied to a closed-loop control unit and a protective unit. The protective unit checks the first set of measured values for the presence of a risk of protective tripping by way of internal logic, and the closed-loop control unit regulates the HVDC transmission system as a function of one of the further sets of measured values.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2005
    Publication date: June 10, 2010
    Applicant: SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventors: Torsten Priebe, John-William Strauss
  • Publication number: 20100127769
    Abstract: A cost-effective device for influencing the transmission of electrical energy of an alternating voltage line with a plurality of phases has phase modules, which each have an alternating voltage terminal for connecting to a phase of the alternating voltage line and two connecting terminals. A phase module branch extends between each connecting terminal and each alternating voltage terminal. The phase module branch is formed of a series connection of sub-modules, each having a power semiconductor circuit and an energy accumulator connected in parallel to the power semiconductor circuit. The connecting terminals are connected to one another. The power semiconductor circuit is equipped with power semiconductors that can be switched off and are connected to each other in a half bridge.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2008
    Publication date: May 27, 2010
    Applicant: SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventors: Tobias Bernhard, Mike Dommaschk, Jörg Dorn, Ingo Euler, Franz Karlecik-Maier, Jörg Lang, John-William Strauss, Quoc-Buu Tu, Carsten Wittstock, Klaus Würfinger
  • Publication number: 20090024337
    Abstract: An apparatus for detecting and processing a multiplicity of measured values in an HVDCT system has measuring units for detecting measured variables of the HVDCT system, while obtaining measured values, and preprocessing units which are connected to one another in series, are each connected to at least one measuring unit and are connected to a control, regulation and monitoring system by means of a last preprocessing unit which is connected downstream of the rest of the preprocessing units, each preprocessing unit being set up to receive and preprocess the measured values, while obtaining optical measured values, and transmitting both the optical measured values generated by it and the optical measured values received from the upstream preprocessing units to a downstream preprocessing unit or to the control, regulation and monitoring system, with the result that the last preprocessing unit provides all of the measured values for the control, regulation and monitoring system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2005
    Publication date: January 22, 2009
    Applicant: SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventors: Anja Ackermann, Andreas Gerner, Ludwig Hugelschafer, Johann Messner, John-William Strauss, Gunter Unzelmann