Patents by Inventor Lawrence Deward Bach

Lawrence Deward Bach 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: 20250068196
    Abstract: Identifying proper regulation method based on average voltage change between tap steps for voltage regulators. In response to a first tap step index being different from a second tap step index of a preceding tap operation, an electronic processor determines whether an average of a first voltage change of the current tap operation and a second voltage change of the preceding tap operation satisfies a voltage threshold. The electronic processor is configured to change a regulation direction of the voltage regulator when the average satisfies the voltage threshold and maintain the regulation direction of the voltage regulator when the average does not satisfy the voltage threshold. The electronic processor is configured to provide regulation settings to the voltage regulator corresponding to a current regulation mode and regulation direction of the voltage regulator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2024
    Publication date: February 27, 2025
    Inventors: Lawrence Deward Bach, Theodore Clifford Murphy
  • Publication number: 20250028340
    Abstract: A control system may include a first tap changer, a second tap changer, and a third tap changer, wherein each of the first tap changer, the second tap changer, and the third tap changer associated with a respective phase line. The control system may include an electronic processor configured to: determine whether a voltage level of the first phase line exceeds a threshold, control power to the first tap changer with power converted from the first phase line to affect a tap change on the first phase line when the voltage level of the first phase line exceeds the threshold; and control power to the first tap changer with power converted from the second phase line to affect a tap change on the first phase line when the voltage of the first phase line does not exceed the threshold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2024
    Publication date: January 23, 2025
    Inventors: Hung Van Tu, Thaichong Li, James Robert Wulff, Lawrence Deward Bach, Ravi Manda, Murty Yalla
  • Patent number: 12111673
    Abstract: A control system for a multi-phase power system includes a first phase line, a second phase line, and a third phase line. The control system includes a plurality of regulator controls including a first regulator control configured to control a first tap changer associated with the first phase line, a second regulator control configured to control a second tap changer associated with the second phase line, a third regulator control configured to control a third tap changer associated with the third phase line, and an electronic processor coupled to the first regulator control, the second regulator control, and the third regulator control. The electronic processor is configured to regulate the voltage of the multi-phase system using the first, second, and third regulator controls.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2024
    Assignee: Hubbell Incorporated
    Inventors: Hung Van Tu, Thaichong Li, James Robert Wulff, Lawrence Deward Bach, Ravi Manda, Murty Yalla
  • Publication number: 20230393597
    Abstract: A control system for a multi-phase power system includes a first phase line, a second phase line, and a third phase line. The control system includes a plurality of regulator controls including a first regulator control configured to control a first tap changer associated with the first phase line, a second regulator control configured to control a second tap changer associated with the second phase line, a third regulator control configured to control a third tap changer associated with the third phase line, and an electronic processor coupled to the first regulator control, the second regulator control, and the third regulator control. The electronic processor is configured to regulate the voltage of the multi-phase system using the first, second, and third regulator controls.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2023
    Publication date: December 7, 2023
    Inventors: Hung Van Tu, Thaichong Li, James Robert Wulff, Lawrence Deward Bach, Ravi Manda, Murty Yalla
  • Patent number: 11747840
    Abstract: A control system for a multi-phase power system includes a first phase line, a second phase line, and a third phase line. The control system includes a plurality of regulator controls including a first regulator control configured to control a first tap changer associated with the first phase line, a second regulator control configured to control a second tap changer associated with the second phase line, a third regulator control configured to control a third tap changer associated with the third phase line, and an electronic processor coupled to the first regulator control, the second regulator control, and the third regulator control. The electronic processor is configured to regulate the voltage of the multi-phase system using the first, second, and third regulator controls.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: Hubbell Incorporated
    Inventors: Hung Van Tu, Thaichong Li, James Robert Wulff, Lawrence Deward Bach, Ravi Manda, Murty Yalla
  • Publication number: 20230058132
    Abstract: A control system for a multi-phase power system includes a first phase line, a second phase line, and a third phase line. The control system includes a plurality of regulator controls including a first regulator control configured to control a first tap changer associated with the first phase line, a second regulator control configured to control a second tap changer associated with the second phase line, a third regulator control configured to control a third tap changer associated with the third phase line, and an electronic processor coupled to the first regulator control, the second regulator control, and the third regulator control. The electronic processor is configured to regulate the voltage of the multi-phase system using the first, second, and third regulator controls.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2022
    Publication date: February 23, 2023
    Inventors: Hung Van Tu, Thaichong Li, James Robert Wulff, Lawrence Deward Bach, Ravi Manda, Murty Yalla