Patents by Inventor Thomas Schurch

Thomas Schurch 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: 11394314
    Abstract: A method for controlling a DC/AC converter connected to an electrical network, the converter being controlled by a control law that is configured to require the converter to operate, by default, in a current source mode, and in case of disappearance of the electrical network, to control the switching of said converter from the current source mode to a virtual synchronous generator mode, the control law being also configured to, as long as the converter is running in the current source mode, monitor the electrical network frequency and phase allowing the initialization of the emulation of the virtual synchronous generator mode, by said control law, at the time of detection of the disappearance of the electrical network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Assignee: Schneider Electric Industries SAS
    Inventors: Thomas Schurch, Mustapha Rahmani
  • Publication number: 20200343825
    Abstract: A method for controlling a DC/AC converter connected to an electrical network, the converter being controlled by a control law that is configured to require the converter to operate, by default, in a current source mode, and in case of disappearance of the electrical network, to control the switching of said converter from the current source mode to a virtual synchronous generator mode, the control law being also configured to, as long as the converter is running in the current source mode, monitor the electrical network frequency and phase allowing the initialization of the emulation of the virtual synchronous generator mode, by said control law, at the time of detection of the disappearance of the electrical network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2020
    Publication date: October 29, 2020
    Applicant: Schneider Electric Industries SAS
    Inventors: Thomas SCHURCH, Mustapha RAHMANI
  • Publication number: 20150068379
    Abstract: In order to punch a moving material web there are two punching units present, which are arranged one after another in the direction of movement of the material web. Each punching unit has two punching tools, which interact with a rotatably mounted back-pressure cylinder that can be driven. The punching tools are arranged on a rotatably mounted drive shaft that can be driven, and their position can be adjusted in the direction of the longitudinal axis of the latter and locked in various working positions. Each punching tool has a cylindrical base, to the periphery of which a punching strip which is provided with at least one punching shape is fixed such that it can be replaced. The drive shafts can be driven independently of the associated back-pressure cylinder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2014
    Publication date: March 12, 2015
    Inventors: Thomas SCHURCH, André MEZNARIC
  • Patent number: 8910551
    Abstract: In order to punch a moving material web there are two punching units present, which are arranged one after another in the direction of movement of the material web. Each punching unit has two punching tools, which interact with a rotatably mounted back-pressure cylinder that can be driven. The punching tools are arranged on a rotatably mounted drive shaft that can be driven, and their position can be adjusted in the direction of the longitudinal axis of the latter and locked in various working positions. Each punching tool has a cylindrical base, to the periphery of which a punching strip which is provided with at least one punching shape is fixed such that it can be replaced. The drive shafts can be driven independently of the associated back-pressure cylinder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2014
    Assignee: Hunkeler AG
    Inventors: Thomas Schürch, André Meznaric
  • Publication number: 20130036884
    Abstract: In order to make holes with different spacings between them, a punching tool is provided with punching dies on its circumference and interacts with an impression cylinder. Between two punching operations, either of the punching dies and the impression cylinder is driven, at times, at a circumferential speed that is greater or smaller than the movement speed of the material web that is to be punched or is stopped briefly and, until the next punching operation, brought once again to a circumferential speed that corresponds to the movement speed of the material web that is to be punched.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2012
    Publication date: February 14, 2013
    Applicant: HUNKELER AG
    Inventors: Thomas SCHURCH, André MEZNARIC
  • Publication number: 20120204692
    Abstract: In order to punch a moving material web there are two punching units present, which are arranged one after another in the direction of movement of the material web. Each punching unit has two punching tools, which interact with a rotatably mounted back-pressure cylinder that can be driven. The punching tools are arranged on a rotatably mounted drive shaft that can be driven, and their position can be adjusted in the direction of the longitudinal axis of the latter and locked in various working positions. Each punching tool has a cylindrical base, to the periphery of which a punching strip which is provided with at least one punching shape is fixed such that it can be replaced. The drive shafts can be driven independently of the associated back-pressure cylinder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2011
    Publication date: August 16, 2012
    Applicant: HUNKELER AG
    Inventors: Thomas SCHÜRCH, André MEZNARIC
  • Patent number: 7798039
    Abstract: The invention relates to a cross cutting device and a corresponding operating method for manufacturing cut-out portions from a flat material web which is moved in a direction of transportation. The device has two cross cutting units which each have a fixed blade and a rotating blade arranged on a rotational element, and said cross cutting units are spaced apart from one another in the direction of transportation. The second rotational element can be connected to a suction device in such a way that in a case of application the cut-out portion is at least temporarily secured on the second rotational element. According to the invention, the second rotational element has, along its circumferential face, a plurality of zones, to which suction air can be applied individually and/or in combination, in order to secure cut-out portions of different formats.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2010
    Assignee: Hunkeler AG
    Inventors: Thomas Schurch, Bruno Wallimann
  • Publication number: 20070234863
    Abstract: The invention relates to a cross cutting device and a corresponding operating method for manufacturing cut-out portions from a flat material web which is moved in a direction of transportation. The device has two cross cutting units which each have a fixed blade and a rotating blade arranged on a rotational element, and said cross cutting units are spaced apart from one another in the direction of transportation. The second rotational element can be connected to a suction device in such a way that in a case of application the cut-out portion is at least temporarily secured on the second rotational element. According to the invention, the second rotational element has, along its circumferential face, a plurality of zones, to which suction air can be applied individually and/or in combination, in order to secure cut-out portions of different formats.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2007
    Publication date: October 11, 2007
    Applicant: HUNKELER AG
    Inventors: Thomas Schurch, Bruno Wallimann