Patents by Inventor Yohan Chavanel

Yohan Chavanel 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).

  • Photovoltaic module level monitoring system
    Patent number: 11356055
    Abstract: A photovoltaic, PV, module level monitoring, MLM, system (1) comprising a base station, BS, (2) connected by means of power cables (3) to module level devices, MLD, (4) which are provided to monitor and/or to control associated photovoltaic modules, PVMs, (5), wherein the base station, BS, (2) comprises a base station transmitter (2A) adapted to transmit Rapid Shut Down, RSD, control signals, CS, in predefined time slots, TSCS, in a downlink channel, DL-CH, through said power cables (3) to said module level devices, MLDs, (4) and a base station receiver (2B) adapted to receive monitoring signals, MS, generated by said module level devices, MLDs, (4) through said power cables (3) within time slots, TSMS, via an uplink channel, UL-CH, assigned to the module level devices, MLDs, (4).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: Fronius International GmbH
    Inventors: Andras Pozsgay, Yohan Chavanel
  • A PHOTOVOLTAIC MODULE LEVEL MONITORING SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20210234507
    Abstract: A photovoltaic, PV, module level monitoring, MLM, system (1) comprising a base station, BS, (2) connected by means of power cables (3) to module level devices, MLD, (4) which are provided to monitor and/or to control associated photovoltaic modules, PVMs, (5), wherein the base station, BS, (2) comprises a base station transmitter (2A) adapted to transmit Rapid Shut Down, RSD, control signals, CS, in predefined time slots, TSCS, in a downlink channel, DL-CH, through said power cables (3) to said module level devices, MLDs, (4) and a base station receiver (2B) adapted to receive monitoring signals, MS, generated by said module level devices, MLDs, (4) through said power cables (3) within time slots, TSMS, via an uplink channel, UL-CH, assigned to the module level devices, MLDs, (4).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2019
    Publication date: July 29, 2021
    Inventors: Andras Pozsgay, Yohan Chavanel