Patents by Inventor Marc CAPOT

Marc CAPOT 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: 11187750
    Abstract: A method for detecting the open or closed state of a protection appliance in an electrical installation including a voltage detector upstream of the protection appliance and a voltage detector downstream thereof, in which the voltage data provided by the voltage detectors is used to obtain information regarding the presence or absence of voltage upstream and downstream of the protection appliance, a correlation is established between the voltage data, and it is determined whether the protection appliance is in an open state, in a closed state, in an abnormal state or in an undetermined state. The current data provided by the current detectors can also be used to determine the cause of the tripping of the protection appliance, and to thereby obtain a full, precise and real-time diagnostic for the operation of the electrical installation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Assignee: SOCOMEC
    Inventors: Marc Capot, Pierre-Henri Herr, Christian Kern
  • Publication number: 20200379045
    Abstract: A method for detecting the open or closed state of a protection appliance in an electrical installation including a voltage detector upstream of the protection appliance and a voltage detector downstream thereof, in which the voltage data provided by the voltage detectors is used to obtain information regarding the presence or absence of voltage upstream and downstream of the protection appliance, a correlation is established between the voltage data, and it is determined whether the protection appliance is in an open state, in a closed state, in an abnormal state or in an undetermined state. The current data provided by the current detectors can also be used to determine the cause of the tripping of the protection appliance, and to thereby obtain a full, precise and real-time diagnostic for the operation of the electrical installation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2018
    Publication date: December 3, 2020
    Applicant: SOCOMEC
    Inventors: Marc CAPOT, Pierre-Henri HERR, Christian KERN
  • Patent number: 9989567
    Abstract: Equipment (1) for measuring the energy consumption of branches (11-N) of an electrical network (10) which comprises a single voltages measuring device (2) connected upstream of the branches of the network so as to measure the voltages of the network in a centralized manner, and several dedicated current measuring devices (3) connected to each branch of the network so as to measure the currents on the branches of the network. The measuring devices (2, 3) are connected by network cable (6) allowing digital communication of the voltage measurements to the current measuring devices (3), which comprises a processing unit (33) for calculating the energy consumption of the analyzed branch of the network. The voltage and current measurements are performed by sampling, and the sampling frequencies are compared and adjusted automatically so as to synchronize the current samples with the voltage samples.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2018
    Assignee: SOCOMEC
    Inventors: Christian Kern, Marc Capot
  • Publication number: 20170097379
    Abstract: Equipment (1) for measuring the energy consumption of branches (11-N) of an electrical network (10) which comprises a single voltages measuring device (2) connected upstream of the branches of the network so as to measure the voltages of the network in a centralized manner, and several dedicated current measuring devices (3) connected to each branch of the network so as to measure the currents on the branches of the network. The measuring devices (2, 3) are connected by network cable (6) allowing digital communication of the voltage measurements to the current measuring devices (3), which comprises a processing unit (33) for calculating the energy consumption of the analyzed branch of the network. The voltage and current measurements are performed by sampling, and the sampling frequencies are compared and adjusted automatically so as to synchronize the current samples with the voltage samples.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2015
    Publication date: April 6, 2017
    Inventors: Christian KERN, Marc CAPOT