Patents by Inventor Knut S. Rongve

Knut S. Rongve 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).

  • Medium voltage circuit breaker in subsea environment
    Patent number: 10643814
    Abstract: A medium voltage circuit breaker in a high pressure subsea environment includes: a vacuum circuit breaker; and a drive in a pressure tight housing. For an electrical three-phase arrangement, one vacuum circuit breaker per phase is arranged in a separate pole housing each, and the resulting three pole housings are mounted to a common base compartment, in which three drives for the three vacuum circuit breakers are arranged. The three pole housings and the common base compartment are attached such that they commonly form a pressure tight compartment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2020
    Assignee: ABB SCHWEIZ AG
    Inventors: Pravin Futane, Paul Midtun, Knut S. Rongve, Maik Hyrenbach
  • MEDIUM VOLTAGE CIRCUIT BREAKER IN SUBSEA ENVIRONMENT
    Publication number: 20180108504
    Abstract: In an embodiment, the present invention provides a medium voltage circuit breaker in high pressure subsea environment, including: a vacuum circuit breaker; and a drive in a pressure tight housing. For an electrical three-phase arrangement, one vacuum circuit breaker per phase is in arranged in a separate pole housing each, and the resulting three pole housings are mounted to a common base compartment, in which all the three drives for the three vacuum circuit breaker are arranged. The three pole housings and the common base compartment are attached such that they form commonly a pressure tight compartment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2017
    Publication date: April 19, 2018
    Inventors: Pravin Futane, Paul Midtun, Knut S. Rongve, Maik Hyrenbach