Patents by Inventor Wolfgang Kurt Reichenbächer

Wolfgang Kurt Reichenbächer 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: 7564013
    Abstract: A method of matching the power of a photovoltaic system producing electric energy by which a working point at which the system produces maximum power is set by changing the working point in an MPP matching process and by comparing the system power, which changes as a result thereof, is intended to be suited both for stationary characteristic curves and for non stationary generator characteristic curves and to be easy to carry out so that the best working point is always set, even when the system is subjected to external interfering factors. This is achieved in that one or several additional control steps or control cycles are performed in order to track during the matching process a power point changing under external impact for a working point of even higher power to be set.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2009
    Assignee: SMASolar Technology AG
    Inventors: Gerald Leonhardt, Christian Kühnel, Joachim Ralf Laschinski, Sven Bremicker, Oliver Arend, Gerd Bettenwort, Wolfgang Kurt Reichenbächer
  • Patent number: 7471073
    Abstract: A method of finding a power maximum of a photovoltaic generator using an MPP regulator of a photovoltaic current converter by means of which a maximum generator power is set at an operating point of the generator's characteristic curve is intended to supply improved efficiency when the generator is partially shadowed. This is achieved by switching the MPP regulator off in order to next load and/or unload the generator to allow a new operating point of the generator's characteristic curve to set and by next switching the MPP regulator on again.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2008
    Assignee: SMA Technologie AG
    Inventors: Gerd Bettenwort, Christian Kühnel, Oliver Arend, Joachim Ralf Laschinski, Gerald Alexander Leonhardt, Wolfgang Kurt Reichenbächer