Patents by Inventor Philippe Josse

Philippe Josse 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).

  • Power converter comprising an architecture having nonaligned arms
    Patent number: 10003276
    Abstract: The invention mainly provides a power converter (3) including a positive converter bridge (P+) and a negative converter bridge (P?), the converter bridges being of the diode bridge type and being connected in parallel, each converter bridge including a first series of arms of components connected to the phases of the first secondary of the transformer (2) and a second series of arms of components connected to the phases of the second secondary of the transformer (2), said power converter being characterized in that at least one series of arms of components includes arms (B1, B2, B3) disposed relative to one another in such a manner as not to be aligned in the same plane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 19, 2018
    Assignee: GENERAL ELECTRIC TECHNOLOGY GMBH
    Inventors: Philippe Josse, Joël Devautour
  • Connection bar architecture for high-power converter
    Patent number: 9916918
    Abstract: The invention mainly provides a busbar (BS1) designed to provide an electrical connection between a high-power converter (R) and a disconnector (S), said busbar being characterized in that the busbar (BS1) has a shape defining, at least in part, at least one hollow portion (10).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2018
    Assignee: General Electric Technology GmbH
    Inventors: Raphaël Bellancourt, Philippe Josse, Joël Devautour
  • POWER CONVERTER COMPRISING AN ARCHITECTURE HAVING NONALIGNED ARMS
    Publication number: 20160013729
    Abstract: The invention mainly provides a power converter (3) including a positive converter bridge (P+) and a negative converter bridge (P?), the converter bridges being of the diode bridge type and being connected in parallel, each converter bridge including a first series of arms of components connected to the phases of the first secondary of the transformer (2) and a second series of arms of components connected to the phases of the second secondary of the transformer (2), said power converter being characterized in that at least one series of arms of components includes arms (B1, B2, B3) disposed relative to one another in such a manner as not to be aligned in the same plane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2014
    Publication date: January 14, 2016
    Inventors: Philippe Josse, Joël Devautour
  • CONNECTION BAR ARCHITECTURE FOR HIGH-POWER CONVERTER
    Publication number: 20160012938
    Abstract: The invention mainly provides a busbar (BS1) designed to provide an electrical connection between a high-power converter (R) and a disconnector (S), said busbar being characterized in that the busbar (BS1) has a shape defining, at least in part, at least one hollow portion (10).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2014
    Publication date: January 14, 2016
    Inventors: Raphaël Bellancourt, Philippe Josse, Joël Devautour