Patents by Inventor Pascal Mauron

Pascal Mauron 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).

  • Converter circuit with short-circuit current protection
    Patent number: 7049787
    Abstract: A converter circuit with short-circuit current protection having a DC voltage circuit (1) is proposed, which DC voltage circuit (1) is formed by a DC voltage circuit subsystem (2.1), the DC voltage circuit subsystem (2.1) having a first energy store (3) and a second energy store (4), which is connected in series with the first energy store (3), and a fuse (5). Furthermore, the converter circuit has at least one pair of branches (6) provided for each phase (R, S, T) and connected in parallel with the DC voltage circuit (1), each pair of branches (6) having power semiconductor switches. In order to achieve a low-inductance converter circuit, the fuse (5) forms the connection between the first energy store (3) and the second energy store (4).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2006
    Assignee: ABB Schweiz AG
    Inventors: Gerold Knapp, Pascal Mauron, Christoph Stemmler
  • Converter circuit with short-circuit current protections
    Publication number: 20040170034
    Abstract: A converter circuit with short-circuit current protection having a DC voltage circuit (1) is proposed, which DC voltage circuit (1) is formed by a DC voltage circuit subsystem (2.1), the DC voltage circuit subsystem (2.1) having a first energy store (3) and a second energy store (4), which is connected in series with the first energy store (3), and a fuse (5). Furthermore, the converter circuit has at least one pair of branches (6) provided for each phase (R, S, T) and connected in parallel with the DC voltage circuit (1), each pair of branches (6) having power semiconductor switches. In order to achieve a low-inductance converter circuit, the fuse (5) forms the connection between the first energy store (3) and the second energy store (4).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2004
    Publication date: September 2, 2004
    Applicant: ABB Schweiz AG
    Inventors: Gerold Knapp, Pascal Mauron, Christoph Stemmler