Patents by Inventor Nicholas Ord

Nicholas Ord 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: 11821962
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method, a device (10) and an arrangement (1) for monitoring alternating current electric apparatuses (3), like e.g. power distribution transformers. The inventive method relies on an inductor antenna (11, 11?) suitable to detect the electromagnetic field at the frequency of the alternating current the apparatus (3) to be monitored is supplied with arranged in the vicinity of but distant to the apparatus (3) to be monitored and comprises the steps: —Detecting the electromagnetic field radiated by the electric apparatus (3) to be monitored; —Digitizing the detected electromagnetic field to obtain EMF-data; —Running a Fast-Fourier-Transformation on the digitized EMF-data to obtain FFT-transformed data; and —Monitoring the magnitudes of the FFT-transformed data at least at the frequency of the alternating current the apparatus (3) to be monitored is supplied with and its third harmonic for anomalies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: E.ON SE
    Inventors: Nicholas Ord, Florian Fecher, Maria Garbuzova-Schlifter, Laura Antonia Färber, Eugenio Scionti
  • Publication number: 20230300498
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for networked monitoring of at least one object, wherein the following steps are performed: acquiring (110) at least two different acquisition parameters (210) by a monitoring component (20) on at least one object (5), wherein the acquisition parameters (210) are specific to at least one object parameter of the object (5), outputting (130) monitoring information (240) about the acquired acquisition parameters (210) to a network (70) for transmission to a processing system (80) for evaluation (140) of the object parameter based on the monitoring information (240).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2021
    Publication date: September 21, 2023
    Inventors: Nicholas Ord, Philipp Bugs, Laura Antonia Färber, Alexander Schlüter, Karsten Wildberger
  • Publication number: 20230221383
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for networked monitoring of at least one transformer (5), wherein the following steps/stages are performed: receiving (110) an electromagnetic signal (210) by a monitoring component (20) at the active transformer (5), the signal (210) being specific to at least one transformer parameter of the transformer (5), carrying out a frequency evaluation (120) based on the received signal (210) by the monitoring component (20), outputting (130) monitoring information (240) about a result of the frequency evaluation (120) to a network (70) for transmission to a processing system (80) for evaluation (140) of the transformer parameter based on the monitoring information (240).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2021
    Publication date: July 13, 2023
    Inventors: Nicholas Ord, Philipp Bugs, Laura Antonia Färber, Alexander Schlüter, Karsten Wildberger
  • Publication number: 20230023617
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method, a device (10) and an arrangement (1) for monitoring alternating current electric apparatuses (3), like e.g. power distribution transformers. The inventive method relies on an inductor antenna (11, 11?) suitable to detect the electromagnetic field at the frequency of the alternating current the apparatus (3) to be monitored is supplied with arranged in the vicinity of but distant to the apparatus (3) to be monitored and comprises the steps: —Detecting the electromagnetic field radiated by the electric apparatus (3) to be monitored; —Digitizing the detected electromagnetic field to obtain EMF-data; —Running a Fast-Fourier-Transformation on the digitized EMF-data to obtain FFT-transformed data; and—Monitoring the magnitudes of the FFT-transformed data at least at the frequency of the alternating current the apparatus (3) to be monitored is supplied with and its third harmonic for anomalies.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2020
    Publication date: January 26, 2023
    Inventors: Nicholas Ord, Florian Fecher, Maria Garbuzova-Schlifter, Laura Antonia Färber, Eugenio Scionti