Patents by Inventor Lorand Cesnak

Lorand Cesnak 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: 9735683
    Abstract: A DC/DC converter has an active energy store, such as an inductance, which can be periodically charged and discharged by one or more semiconductor switches, such as transistors. To avoid voltage overshoot, an RCD element is provided for at least one semiconductor switch, wherein a capacitor and a diode of the RCD element are connected in series, and a resistor of the RCD element can be connected either in parallel with the diode or disconnected from the diode by a switch. The diode of the RCD element is arranged so as to be blocking in the conducting direction of the semiconductor switch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2017
    Assignee: SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventor: Lorand Cesnak
  • Publication number: 20150028841
    Abstract: A DC/DC converter has an active energy store, such as an inductance, which can be periodically charged and discharged by one or more semiconductor switches, such as transistors. To avoid voltage overshoot, an RCD element is provided for at least one semiconductor switch, wherein a capacitor and a diode of the RCD element are connected in series, and a resistor of the RCD element can be connected either in parallel with the diode or disconnected from the diode by a switch. The diode of the RCD element is arranged so as to be blocking in the conducting direction of the semiconductor switch.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2013
    Publication date: January 29, 2015
    Inventor: Lorand Cesnak
  • Patent number: 8310851
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for operating an inverter comprising a step-up device which is upstream-connected by means of an intermediate circuit and is connectable to a direct-current source with a variable reference sampling current wherein said inverter and the step-up device are provided with an efficiency optimizing working area, respectively. When the variable reference sampling current is raised and the step-up device approaches a pulse duty factor value, the intermediate circuit voltage is reduced and the variable reference sampling current is stabilized, said intermediate circuit voltage is re-raised. When the direct-current source is in a permanent operational state, the inverter and the step-up device operate in the efficiency optimizing working area thereof, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2012
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Lorand Cesnak, Harald Kernstock, Markus Kogard
  • Patent number: 8107261
    Abstract: There is described a powering unit comprising at least one transformer, at least one full bridge circuit via which a primary winding of the transformer is connected to a direct current voltage input, a secondary winding for triggering an output circuit with an output direct current voltage via a bridge-type rectifier circuit as well as an output choke coil and an output capacitor, and a discharge circuit consisting a diode, for a capacitor and of a resistor for reducing the secondary-side peak voltages. The powering unit has another secondary winding, another bridge-type rectifier circuit and another discharge circuit operable to trigger the output circuit with part of the output direct current voltage via the output choke coil and the output capacitor. Thus, there are fewer losses in the resistors and the performance is enhanced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2012
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Lorand Cesnak, Markus Kogard
  • Patent number: 7613015
    Abstract: The invention relates to a voltage converter for converting a primary/secondary voltage into a secondary/primary voltage, comprising at least one controlled switch, wherein a control circuit controls, according to its supplied set points, the at least one controlled switch with a variable pulse duty factor and/or variable control times and/or variable frequency. The invention further comprises a digital signal processor for the running calculation of the set values for the control circuit, and the voltage converter comprises a (bus) interface via which operating parameters can, from an external control center, be transmitted to the digital signal processor and preset.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2009
    Assignee: Siemens AG Osterreich
    Inventors: Gerald Eckl, Lorand Cesnak
  • Publication number: 20090212750
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for operating an inverter comprising a step-up device which is upstream-connected by means of an intermediate circuit and is connectable to a direct-current source with a variable reference sampling current wherein said inverter and the step-up device are provided with an efficiency optimizing working area, respectively. When the variable reference sampling current is raised and the step-up device approaches a pulse duty factor value, the intermediate circuit voltage is reduced and the variable reference sampling current is stabilized, said intermediate circuit voltage is re-raised. When the direct-current source is in a permanent operational state, the inverter and the step-up device operate in the efficiency optimizing working area thereof, respectively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2006
    Publication date: August 27, 2009
    Inventors: Lorand Cesnak, Harald Kernstock, Markus Kogard
  • Publication number: 20090213622
    Abstract: There is described a powering unit comprising at least one transformer, at least one full bridge circuit via which a primary winding of the transformer is connected to a direct current voltage input, a secondary winding for triggering an output circuit with an output direct current voltage via a bridge-type rectifier circuit as well as an output choke coil and an output capacitor, and a discharge circuit consisting a diode, for a capacitor and of a resistor for reducing the secondary-side peak voltages. The powering unit has another secondary winding, another bridge-type rectifier circuit and another discharge circuit operable to trigger the output circuit with part of the output direct current voltage via the output choke coil and the output capacitor. Thus, there are fewer losses in the resistors and the performance is enhanced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2006
    Publication date: August 27, 2009
    Applicant: SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT ÖSTERREICH
    Inventors: Lorand Cesnak, Markus Kogard
  • Publication number: 20070139972
    Abstract: Voltage converter (SCW) for converting a primary/secondary voltage (Up/Us) into a secondary/primary voltage (Us/Up), comprising at least one controlled switch (Sp, Ss), wherein a control circuit (AST) controls, according to its supplied set points, the at least one controlled switch (Sp, Ss) with a variable pulse duty factor and/or variable control times and/or variable frequency, characterized in that a digital signal processor (DSP) for the running calculation of the set points is provided for the control circuit (AST) and the voltage converter (SCW) comprises a (bus) interface (BSS), via which operating parameters (ppm) can be transmitted to the digital signal processor (DSP) and can be preset from an external control center (ELS).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2004
    Publication date: June 21, 2007
    Applicant: SIEMENS AG OSTERREICH
    Inventors: Gerald Eckl, Lorand Cesnak
  • Publication number: 20060181907
    Abstract: A method for supplying alternating current to a network (NET), according to which a direct current is converted to an alternating current with a line frequency, with the aid of an inverter (WER) and the output of the inverter is connected to the network. The terminal voltage (u(t)) is measured and the output current (i(t)) of the inverter (WER) is regulated in such a way that it essentially corresponds to the quotient of the square sine current power P0·sin2(?t) and the terminal voltage (u(t)), thus i(t)=P0·sin2(?t)/u(t).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2006
    Publication date: August 17, 2006
    Applicant: Siemens AG Osterreich
    Inventors: Lorand Cesnak, Gerald Eckl