Patents by Inventor Moritz HOCHLEHNERT

Moritz HOCHLEHNERT 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).

  • Generator circuit breaker with fiber-optic current sensor
    Patent number: 8629672
    Abstract: The current in a generator circuit breaker is measured using the Faraday effect of an optical sensing fiber looped around the breaker's conductor. The sensing fiber is arranged in a sensing strip, which can be mounted to the enclosure of the generator circuit breaker or to the conductor. Exemplary embodiments can have a wide measuring range and can easily be fitted to new or existing generator circuit breakers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2014
    Assignee: ABB Research Ltd
    Inventors: Moritz Hochlehnert, Thomas Lorek, Ahmed Zekhnini, Andreas Frank, Klaus Bohnert
  • GENERATOR CIRCUIT BREAKER WITH FIBER-OPTIC CURRENT SENSOR
    Publication number: 20110128655
    Abstract: The current in a generator circuit breaker is measured using the Faraday effect of an optical sensing fiber looped around the breaker's conductor. The sensing fiber is arranged in a sensing strip, which can be mounted to the enclosure of the generator circuit breaker or to the conductor. Exemplary embodiments can have a wide measuring range and can easily be fitted to new or existing generator circuit breakers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2011
    Publication date: June 2, 2011
    Applicant: ABB RESEARCH LTD
    Inventors: Moritz HOCHLEHNERT, Thomas Lorek, Ahmed Zekhnini, Andreas Frank, Klaus Bohnert