Patents by Inventor Richard GRASBOECK

Richard GRASBOECK 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).

  • Publication number: 20240322573
    Abstract: A method which is improved relative to the prior art for controlling electrical network variables in a feed network, in which the correlation between at least one feed variable measured at an input of the feed network and at least one network variable measured at an output of the feed network is described in a model-like manner using a model of the feed network. In the event of an incorrect description of the correlation, an adaptation of the model of the feed network is carried out, a feed variable target value for the at least one feed variable is determined from a predefined network variable target value for the at least one network variable using the model of the feed network, and the at least one feed variable is set to the determined feed variable target value by a current converter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2022
    Publication date: September 26, 2024
    Applicant: Fronius International GmbH
    Inventors: Daniel BARTEL, Richard GRASBÖCK, Harald KREUZER, Roland PIELER
  • Publication number: 20230198421
    Abstract: To improve voltage balancing at the DC link capacitor voltages of a multi-level inverter with a split DC link a modulation signal with a modulation signal amplitude as even harmonic signal of the output voltage or output current of the inverter is calculated from an actual electric power difference of the actual electric powers at the DC link capacitors and is superimposed onto the setpoint value for setting an output voltage or output current of the inverter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2021
    Publication date: June 22, 2023
    Applicant: Fronius International GmbH
    Inventors: Richard GRASBÖCK, Michael ROTHBOECK, Roland PIELER, Harald KREUZER
  • Patent number: 11588401
    Abstract: In a method for operating an inverter for converting DC voltage into AC voltage, having at least one DC/DC step-up converter for converting a DC input voltage applied at the step-up converter DC input into an output voltage higher by a voltage stroke, an intermediate circuit, a DC/AC converter and an AC output for connection to a supply network and/or consumers, a voltage ripple is superimposed on the intermediate circuit voltage and in each step-up converter a switch is switched on/off with a specific switching frequency and a specific duty cycle, for measuring the output voltage of each step-up converter and the intermediate circuit voltage including the voltage ripple. A minimum voltage stroke of each step-up converter is dynamically calculated as a function of the respective measured step-up converter input voltage and the measured intermediate circuit voltage ripple, which minimizes the intermediate circuit voltage setpoint.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: Fronius International GmbH
    Inventors: Richard Grasboeck, Wolfgang Metzner, Gerald Ritzberger, Stefan Wieser
  • Publication number: 20220416655
    Abstract: In a method for operating an inverter for converting DC voltage into AC voltage, having at least one DC/DC step-up converter for converting a DC input voltage applied at the step-up converter DC input into an output voltage higher by a voltage stroke, an intermediate circuit, a DC/AC converter and an AC output for connection to a supply network and/or consumers, a voltage ripple is superimposed on the intermediate circuit voltage and in each step-up converter a switch is switched on/off with a specific switching frequency and a specific duty cycle, for measuring the output voltage of each step-up converter and the intermediate circuit voltage including the voltage ripple. A minimum voltage stroke of each step-up converter is dynamically calculated as a function of the respective measured step-up converter input voltage and the measured intermediate circuit voltage ripple, which minimizes the intermediate circuit voltage setpoint.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2021
    Publication date: December 29, 2022
    Applicant: Fronius International GmbH
    Inventors: Richard GRASBOECK, Wolfgang METZNER, Gerald RITZBERGER, Stefan WIESER