Patents by Inventor Louis Linares

Louis Linares 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: 11849556
    Abstract: A functional module (200) for an electrical connection enclosure comprises one or more monitoring-and-control units (138), a protection unit (140) common to all the monitoring-and-control units (138), supplying electrical power to all the monitoring-and-control units and electrically protecting all the monitoring-and-control units, a segment of computer bus (204) connecting all of the monitoring-and-control units to an industrial computer, just as many external connection modules (208) and input-output modules (206) as monitoring-and-control units, and a support structure. The height of the monitoring-and-control units can be equal to 1U, 2U, 3U, 4U, 5U or 6U, “U” designating a unit height corresponding to a base height of a monitoring-and-control units, and the functional module has a main height (H4) equal to 6U and can accommodate any technically permissible combination of monitoring-and-control units, depending on the height of these control units.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignee: Schneider Electric Industries SAS
    Inventors: Louis Linares, Olivier Wasner
  • Patent number: 11843227
    Abstract: An electrical connection enclosure comprises at least one electricity source connected to an associated electrical load and comprising a base, a frontal portion, a cover and functional elements attached to the base. All the electricity sources have a base of constant height and a frontal portion and a cover whose heights are adapted to the dimensions of the functional elements. The electrical enclosure comprises at least one external connection module (706) associated to one of the electricity sources and selected from a set of external connection modules. Each external connection module comprises a first end (709) of height equal to the height of the bases and comprising input connectors (710) connected to the electricity source, and a second end (711) of height equal to one, two or three times the height of the bases and less than or equal to the height of the associated electricity sources and comprising output connectors (712) connected to the electrical load.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: Schneider Electric Industries SAS
    Inventors: Louis Linares, Jean-Luc Bouchard, Olivier Wasner
  • Patent number: 11690192
    Abstract: An electrical connection enclosure (100) is supplied with electrical power by power supply cables (102) and supply at least one electrical load (104). The enclosure comprises a power supply column (106) and at least one connection column (110). Each connection column comprises at least one monitoring-and-control unit (138) connected to an electrical load, electrically protected by a protection unit (140) and configured to allow the connection and potentially the driving and/or the surveillance of an electrical load. The electrical enclosure is controlled by an industrial computer (130). Each connection column comprises a communication module (134) which centralizes operating information originating from the monitoring-and-control units of that connection column, transmits this operating information to the industrial computer, receives commands originating from the industrial computer and transmits these commands to the monitoring-and-control units of that connection column.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: Schneider Electric Industries SAS
    Inventors: Louis Linares, Charles Gailla, Gilles De Vos
  • Patent number: 11690197
    Abstract: An airflow management system that can be fitted to an electrical cabinet intended to accommodate electrical devices in the internal volume thereof, the system comprising: a casing comprising at least one air input intended to be placed in communication with the internal volume of the electrical cabinet, at least two air outputs and at least one principal throat arranged to connect the air input to the two air outputs, a switch device arranged inside said principal throat, between the first air output and the second air output, the switch device comprising movable flaps that can be controlled between a first position in which the air input communicates solely with the first air output and a second position in which the air input communicates at least with the second air output.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: Schneider Electric Industries SAS
    Inventors: Louis Linares, Josep Lopez
  • Patent number: 11482846
    Abstract: Device including a housing, at least one electrical conductor and at least one support, the electrical conductor being configured to carry an electric current, the housing defining a chamber accommodating the electrical conductor, the support being configured to attach the electrical conductor to the housing, the housing being in particular made of a metal. The support is made of a ceramic, the support making contact both with the electrical conductor and with the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Assignee: Schneider Electric Industries SAS
    Inventors: Abderrahmane Agnaou, Sabine Wiebel, Louis Linares, Pascal Lepretre, Jean-Michel Carrante
  • Publication number: 20220311222
    Abstract: A support box (60) for supporting functional elements within the frame (28) of an electrical connection enclosure comprises at least one pair (70) of rails (72) for guiding a monitoring/control plug-in unit forming a functional element in translation, a parallelepipedal framework (62) and members for fastening the framework to the frame. The framework comprises two horizontal plates, a vertical back that is perpendicular to the horizontal plates, and two vertical walls, each supporting a rail of each pair of rails. The members for fastening the framework to the frame comprise fastening lugs that are elastically deformable and integral with the horizontal plates and elastically deformable load absorbing lugs that are integral with the vertical walls. The support box comprises at least one centring pin, vertically centring the box with respect to a post (32) of the frame, each centring pin being arranged in a positioning hole of a fastening lug.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2022
    Publication date: September 29, 2022
    Applicant: Schneider Electric Industries SAS
    Inventors: Louis Linares, Jean-Claude Moresco
  • Publication number: 20220312632
    Abstract: A monitoring-and-control drawer (138) for an electrical connection enclosure comprises a front part (300) comprising a ventilation grille (326), a back portion (348) at which a back ventilation region is provided and functional elements (362). The heat generated by the functional elements is removed by an air flow (FL1) which enters the functional unit via each air grating in the front part and re-emerges from the functional unit via the back ventilation region, having passed right through the functional unit. The back portion belongs to a base of the drawer to which the functional elements are attached and comprises a group of upstream connectors (354) connected to an electricity source, a group of downstream connectors (356) connected to an electrical load and a ventilation orifice (358) which is part of to the back ventilation region and which is located between the group of upstream connectors and the group of downstream connectors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2022
    Publication date: September 29, 2022
    Applicant: Schneider Electric Industries SAS
    Inventors: Louis Linares, Olivier Wasner, Charles Gailla
  • Publication number: 20220312620
    Abstract: A functional module (200) for an electrical connection enclosure comprises one or more monitoring-and-control units (138), a protection unit (140) common to all the monitoring-and-control units (138), supplying electrical power to all the monitoring-and-control units and electrically protecting all the monitoring-and-control units, a segment of computer bus (204) connecting all of the monitoring-and-control units to an industrial computer, just as many external connection modules (208) and input-output modules (206) as monitoring-and-control units, and a support structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2022
    Publication date: September 29, 2022
    Applicant: Schneider Electric Industries SAS
    Inventors: Louis Linares, Olivier Wasner
  • Publication number: 20220312617
    Abstract: An electrical connection enclosure (100) is supplied with electrical power by power supply cables (102) and supply at least one electrical load (104). The enclosure comprises a power supply column (106) and at least one connection column (110). Each connection column comprises at least one monitoring-and-control unit (138) connected to an electrical load, electrically protected by a protection unit (140) and configured to allow the connection and potentially the driving and/or the surveillance of an electrical load. The electrical enclosure is controlled by an industrial computer (130). Each connection column comprises a communication module (134) which centralizes operating information originating from the monitoring-and-control units of that connection column, transmits this operating information to the industrial computer, receives commands originating from the industrial computer and transmits these commands to the monitoring-and-control units of that connection column.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2022
    Publication date: September 29, 2022
    Applicant: Schneider Electric Industries SAS
    Inventors: Louis Linares, Charles Gailla, Gilles De Vos
  • Publication number: 20220311221
    Abstract: An electrical connection enclosure comprises at least one electricity source connected to an associated electrical load and comprising a base, a frontal portion, a cover and functional elements attached to the base. All the electricity sources have a base of constant height and a frontal portion and a cover whose heights are adapted to the dimensions of the functional elements. The electrical enclosure comprises at least one external connection module (706) associated to one of the electricity sources and selected from a set of external connection modules. Each external connection module comprises a first end (709) of height equal to the height of the bases and comprising input connectors (710) connected to the electricity source, and a second end (711) of height equal to one, two or three times the height of the bases and less than or equal to the height of the associated electricity sources and comprising output connectors (712) connected to the electrical load.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2022
    Publication date: September 29, 2022
    Applicant: Schneider Electric Industries SAS
    Inventors: Louis Linares, Jean-Luc Bouchard, Olivier Wasner
  • Patent number: 11114824
    Abstract: A prefabricated support comprises a one-piece body defining a reception housing intended to receive an electrical switching apparatus and also delimiting a passage in which electrical conductors are housed, the body comprising a separating wall, the wall and at least one side of the plate forming a lateral face of the support, the lateral face comprising at least one first fixing member and at least one second fixing member, each second fixing member being of a form complementary to the first fixing member, each first member and each second member being adapted to be engaged with, respectively, another second member and another first member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2021
    Assignee: Schneider Electric Industries SAS
    Inventors: Pradeep Muniraju, Bruno Gasparetti, Jérôme Corbalan, Louis Linares
  • Patent number: 11032937
    Abstract: A ventilation device of the air inside an enclosure intended to house modular electrical units mounted on a mounting support. The device includes at least one fan in the form of a module that can be fixed on to the mounting support alongside the other units.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2021
    Assignee: Schneider Electric Industries SAS
    Inventor: Louis Linares
  • Patent number: 10892606
    Abstract: A ventilation unit for an electrical cabinet, comprising a fan, a casing that comprises a plinth and a cover assembled on the plinth, wherein: the casing has a straight slab form having a square base, four lateral faces and an upper face; and the plinth comprises a lower wall forming the base of the casing and a lateral wall following the four lateral faces of the casing, an opening made through the lower wall thereof and a seat made around the opening thereof and receiving the fan, and wherein following each lateral face, the lateral wall of the plinth comprises a first grid and the ventilation unit comprises a second grid mounted pivotably and covering the first grid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2021
    Assignee: Schneider Electric Industries SAS
    Inventors: Louis Linares, Josep Lopez
  • Publication number: 20200358278
    Abstract: Device including a housing, at least one electrical conductor and at least one support, the electrical conductor being configured to carry an electric current, the housing defining a chamber accommodating the electrical conductor, the support being configured to attach the electrical conductor to the housing, the housing being in particular made of a metal. The support is made of a ceramic, the support making contact both with the electrical conductor and with the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2020
    Publication date: November 12, 2020
    Applicant: Schneider Electric Industries SAS
    Inventors: Abderrahmane AGNAOU, Sabine WIEBEL, Louis LINARES, Pascal LEPRETRE, Jean-Michel CARRANTE
  • Publication number: 20200187382
    Abstract: A ventilation unit for an electrical cabinet, comprising a fan, a casing that comprises a plinth and a cover assembled on the plinth, wherein: the casing has a straight slab form having a square base, four lateral faces and an upper face; and the plinth comprises a lower wall forming the base of the casing and a lateral wall following the four lateral faces of the casing, an opening made through the lower wall thereof and a seat made around the opening thereof and receiving the fan, and wherein following each lateral face, the lateral wall of the plinth comprises a first grid and the ventilation unit comprises a second grid mounted pivotably and covering the first grid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2019
    Publication date: June 11, 2020
    Applicant: Schneider Electric Industries SAS
    Inventors: Louis LINARES, Josep LOPEZ
  • Publication number: 20200185894
    Abstract: A prefabricated support comprises a one-piece body defining a reception housing intended to receive an electrical switching apparatus and also delimiting a passage in which electrical conductors are housed, the body comprising a separating wall, the wall and at least one side of the plate forming a lateral face of the support, the lateral face comprising at least one first fixing member and at least one second fixing member, each second fixing member being of a form complementary to the first fixing member, each first member and each second member being adapted to be engaged with, respectively, another second member and another first member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2019
    Publication date: June 11, 2020
    Applicant: Schneider Electric Industries SAS
    Inventors: Pradeep MUNIRAJU, Bruno GASPARETTI, Jérôme CORBALAN, Louis LINARES
  • Publication number: 20200187384
    Abstract: An airflow management system that can be fitted to an electrical cabinet intended to accommodate electrical devices in the internal volume thereof, the system comprising: a casing comprising at least one air input intended to be placed in communication with the internal volume of the electrical cabinet, at least two air outputs and at least one principal throat arranged to connect the air input to the two air outputs, a switch device arranged inside said principal throat, between the first air output and the second air output, the switch device comprising movable flaps that can be controlled between a first position in which the air input communicates solely with the first air output and a second position in which the air input communicates at least with the second air output.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2019
    Publication date: June 11, 2020
    Applicant: Schneider Electric Industries SAS
    Inventors: Louis LINARES, Josep LOPEZ
  • Patent number: 10340670
    Abstract: A low voltage electrical distribution installation including at least one busbar linked to a power supply bus or to an upstream protection switchgear, and to switchgears of an electrical equipment item, this installation includes, for each of at least two bars, an insulating support configured to house the bar over substantially all of its length, each insulating support including a device for fixing to another insulating support adjacent to the first, each insulating support situated at the end of a group of insulating supports being configured to be fixed to at least one upright belonging to a device housing the switchgears, via at least one crossmember extending substantially at right angles to the longitudinal direction of the corresponding bar, at least one crossmember being fixed to the upright(s), and to the insulating support such that the assembly including the upright(s), the crossmember(s) and the insulating supports housing the bars, forms a rigid assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2019
    Assignee: SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES SAS
    Inventors: Louis Linares, Avinash Papisetti, Olivier Wasner
  • Patent number: 10111360
    Abstract: An electrical cabinet for receiving functional electrical units, each including a plurality of electrical devices arranged on a bracket; and a mechanism for attaching the functional electrical units, the attaching mechanism configured to receive the functional electric units along a separation plane defining a first space located toward a front portion, and a second space located toward a back portion; a partition dividing the second space into a first subspace located toward the front portion and a second subspace located toward the rear portion, the partition configured in the electrical cabinet to form at least two passages enabling an airflow to circulate between the first subspace and the second subspace; and a cooling source arranged to be in contact with the airflow.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2018
    Assignee: SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES SAS
    Inventors: Alain Perrin, Frederic Waterlot, Louis Linares, Pascal Lepretre, Josep Lopez
  • Publication number: 20180166865
    Abstract: A low voltage electrical distribution installation including at least one busbar linked to a power supply bus or to an upstream protection switchgear, and to switchgears of an electrical equipment item, this installation includes, for each of at least two bars, an insulating support configured to house the bar over substantially all of its length, each insulating support including a device for fixing to another insulating support adjacent to the first, each insulating support situated at the end of a group of insulating supports being configured to be fixed to at least one upright belonging to a device housing the switchgears, via at least one crossmember extending substantially at right angles to the longitudinal direction of the corresponding bar, at least one crossmember being fixed to the upright(s), and to the insulating support such that the assembly including the upright(s), the crossmember(s) and the insulating supports housing the bars, forms a rigid assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2017
    Publication date: June 14, 2018
    Applicant: Schneider Electric Industries SAS
    Inventors: Louis Linares, Avinash Papisetti, Olivier Wasner