Patents by Inventor Pierre Elser

Pierre Elser 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: 11984711
    Abstract: A method for producing an electrical power device from subsequently manufactured parts by an additive manufacturing technique includes determining a target spatial distribution of a physical property of the electrical power device, the physical property being an electrical property and/or a mechanical property; forming a part of the electrical power device; selecting a physical property of a subsequent part of the electrical power device corresponding to the determined spatial distribution of the physical property such as to be different from a corresponding physical property of the part; and by means of the additive manufacturing technique, forming the subsequent part such that it is at least partially in contact with the part. An electrical power device is obtainable by the method, and the electrical power device may be used as an AC or DC insulator in an HVAC or HVDC apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: HITACHI ENERGY LTD
    Inventors: Pierre Elser, Lukasz Matysiak, Robert Sekula, Francesco Agostini
  • Patent number: 11824330
    Abstract: An insulator for a gas-insulated device is provided, including an injection-molded insulator disc and a conductor, wherein the insulator disc includes a first circumferential surface, a second circumferential surface disposed radially outwards from the first circumferential surface, and a web portion connecting the first circumferential surface and the second circumferential surface, characterized in that the web portion includes a wave structure, the web portion having an inner wave profile at the first circumferential surface and an outer wave profile at the second circumferential surface, and the inner wave profile and the outer wave profile have a radius of curvature of 2 mm or more and 10,000 mm or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: Hitachi Energy Ltd
    Inventors: Robert Platek, Dariusz Bednarowski, Alberto Zanetti, Pierre Elser, Lukasz Malinowski
  • Patent number: 11652338
    Abstract: A cable conduit comprises at least one cable, a tube, which accommodates the cable in an interior space and a sensor for sensing an environmental condition in the interior space of the tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: ABB Schweiz AG
    Inventors: Pierre Elser, Peter Schuster, Yannick Maret, Rudi Velthuis
  • Patent number: 11557886
    Abstract: A cable conduit comprises at least one cable, a tube, which accommodates the cable in an interior space and a sensor for sensing an environmental condition in the interior space of the tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2023
    Assignee: ABB Schweiz AG
    Inventors: Pierre Elser, Peter Schuster, Yannick Maret, Rudi Velthuis
  • Patent number: 11342095
    Abstract: An insulation material for a DC electrical component. The insulation material includes a thermoset or thermoplastic matrix and a functional filler component. The functional filler component has a non-linear DC conductivity depending on an applied electrical field strength. At least in a temperature range of 0° C. to 120° C., the functional filler component has a bandgap in the range of 2 to 5 eV, and optionally in the range of 2 to 4 eV. Furthermore, a method for producing an insulation material, a use of an insulation material for a high voltage DC electrical component, a DC electrical component comprising the insulation material and the use of a DC electrical component comprising the insulation material in a high voltage DC gas insulated device are suggested.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Assignee: HITACHI ENERGY SWITZERLAND AG
    Inventors: Yibo Zhang, JianSheng Chen, Lise Donzel, Pierre Elser, Robin Gremaud, ZhiQiang Tao, Rico Gasparini, Ulrich Straumann, Uwe Riechert
  • Publication number: 20220102947
    Abstract: An insulator for a gas-insulated device is provided, including an injection-molded insulator disc and a conductor, wherein the insulator disc includes a first circumferential surface, a second circumferential surface disposed radially outwards from the first circumferential surface, and a web portion connecting the first circumferential surface and the second circumferential surface, characterized in that the web portion includes a wave structure, the web portion having an inner wave profile at the first circumferential surface and an outer wave profile at the second circumferential surface, and the inner wave profile and the outer wave profile have a radius of curvature of 2 mm or more and 10,000 mm or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2019
    Publication date: March 31, 2022
    Applicant: ABB Power Grids Switzerland AG
    Inventors: Robert PLATEK, Dariusz BEDNAROWSKI, Alberto ZANETTI, Pierre ELSER, Lukasz MALINOWSKI
  • Publication number: 20220069555
    Abstract: A cable conduit comprises at least one cable, a tube, which accommodates the cable in an interior space and a sensor for sensing an environmental condition in the interior space of the tube.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2019
    Publication date: March 3, 2022
    Applicant: ABB Schweiz AG
    Inventors: Pierre Elser, Peter Schuster, Yannick Maret, Rudi Velthuis
  • Publication number: 20220037865
    Abstract: A cable conduit comprises at least one cable, a tube, which accommodates the cable in an interior space and a sensor for sensing an environmental condition in the interior space of the tube.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2019
    Publication date: February 3, 2022
    Applicant: ABB Schweiz AG
    Inventors: Pierre Elser, Peter Schuster, Yannick Maret, Rudi Velthuis
  • Publication number: 20210050716
    Abstract: A method for producing an electrical power device from subsequently manufactured parts by an additive manufacturing technique includes determining a target spatial distribution of a physical property of the electrical power device, the physical property being an electrical property and/or a mechanical property; forming a part of the electrical power device; selecting a physical property of a subsequent part of the electrical power device corresponding to the determined spatial distribution of the physical property such as to be different from a corresponding physical property of the part; and by means of the additive manufacturing technique, forming the subsequent part such that it is at least partially in contact with the part. An electrical power device is obtainable by the method, and the electrical power device may be used as an AC or DC insulator in an HVAC or HVDC apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2019
    Publication date: February 18, 2021
    Inventors: Pierre Elser, Lukasz Matysiak, Robert Sekula, Francesco Agostini
  • Publication number: 20200035375
    Abstract: An insulation material for a DC electrical component. The insulation material includes a thermoset or thermoplastic matrix and a functional filler component. The functional filler component has a non-linear DC conductivity depending on an applied electrical field strength. At least in a temperature range of 0° C. to 120° C., the functional filler component has a bandgap in the range of 2 to 5 eV, and optionally in the range of 2 to 4 eV. Furthermore, a method for producing an insulation material, a use of an insulation material for a high voltage DC electrical component, a DC electrical component comprising the insulation material and the use of a DC electrical component comprising the insulation material in a high voltage DC gas insulated device are suggested.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2019
    Publication date: January 30, 2020
    Inventors: Yibo Zhang, JianSheng Chen, Lise Donzel, Pierre Elser, Robin Gremaud, ZhiQiang Tao, Rico Gasparini, Ulrich Straumann, Uwe Riechert