For Electrical Fault Detection Patents (Class 702/58)
  • Patent number: 12254023
    Abstract: Equipment is provided for converting a phasor-domain model of a power system to a time-domain model. The equipment obtains the phasor-domain model and a raw file that represents a representable subset of parameters of the phasor-domain model. The equipment modifies the raw file as needed for the raw file to accurately represent the representable subset of parameters. The equipment generates a supplementary file that represents a non-representable subset of parameters of the phasor-domain model which is not representable by the raw file. The equipment also obtains a time-domain specific parameter file that represents parameters specific for modeling the power system in the time-domain. The equipment converts the phasor-domain model to the time-domain model, based on the raw file as modified, the supplementary file, and the time-domain specific parameter file. The equipment may also perform fault simulation-based quality verification of the time-domain model.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2025
    Assignee: Quanta Technology, LLC
    Inventors: Hadi Khani, David G. Hart
  • Patent number: 12255450
    Abstract: A system is for monitoring a power distribution network having mast constructions carrying at least one power line. The system has at least two smart modules, each being affixed to a respective mast construction and designed for wireless communication with each other for forming a main wireless communication network along the power line. The system has a sensor system affixed to a respective one of the mast constructions. The sensor system is designed for determining at least one quantity or event of the network and for communicating the quantity or event to a respective smart module, which are designed for communicating information associated with the quantity or event along the network, for being remotely monitored. The smart modules are placed outside the Live working and Vicinity zones in accordance with the EN50110-1 standard for power networks, and at least one sensor system is contained in each smart module itself.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2025
    Assignee: Comrod AS
    Inventors: Knut Vangen, Jo Morten Eide
  • Patent number: 12235491
    Abstract: A diagnostic voltage or current path can be used for each MEMS actuator control channel to detect and diagnose faults in the actuator control signal path. Multiple measurement points provide additional capabilities of isolating faults among multiple subassemblies or components in the control signal path. The diagnostic voltage or current path uses ADC(s) and multiplexers to monitor multiple control channels and/or multiple measurement points in each control channel. Digitized voltages, or currents in the case of magnetic actuators, read from the diagnostic ADC are compared to expected values to detect and isolate faults.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2025
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Dennis Yen, Scott McCauley, Kevin Yasumura
  • Patent number: 12233732
    Abstract: An electric vehicle (EV) charger includes a disconnect switch assembly including an EV connector structured to be inserted into a power receptacle for an EV, an EV charging cord coupled to the EV connector, and a disconnect switch box including a disconnect switch structured to connect or disconnect power supply to the EV and a terminal block structured to connect communications lines, where the disconnect switch box is structured to be installed at a charging space for the EV; and an EV circuit breaker charger couplable to the disconnect switch box via a separate EV charging cord and structured to be inserted within a panelboard remotely located from the charging space, the EV circuit breaker charger including a circuit interrupter structured to interrupt current from flowing to the EV in an event of fault, an EV charger structured to supply power to the EV, and a communications component structured to communicate with the EV via the communications lines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2025
    Assignee: EATON INTELLIGENT POWER LIMITED
    Inventors: Mitchel A. Simmons, Saivaraprasad Murahari, Advait Madhusudan Katarki
  • Patent number: 12230953
    Abstract: In aspects of the present disclosure, a circuit interrupter includes a housing, a conductive path, a switch which selectively interrupts the conductive path, sensor(s), memory, and a controller within the housing. The sensor(s) measure electrical characteristic(s) of the conductive path. The memory stores an arc detection program that implements a machine learning model and includes a field-updatable program portion and a non-field-updatable program portion, where the field-updatable program portion includes program parameters used by the non-field-updatable program portion to decide between presence or absence of an arc fault. The controller executes the arc detection program to compute input data for the machine learning model based on the sensor measurements, decide between presence of an arc event or absence of an arc event based on the input data, and cause the switch to interrupt the conductive path when the decision indicates presence of an arc event.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2025
    Assignee: Leviton Manufacturing Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Yazhou Zhang, Michael Ostrovsky, Ankit Sanghvi, Adam Kevelos
  • Patent number: 12222397
    Abstract: Embodiments of this application disclose an arc detection method for performing protection in an energy storage system, and a related apparatus, to improve accuracy of arc detection in an energy storage system, promptly take an arc extinguishing measure, and reduce a probability of causing a safety hazard. The method in the embodiments of this application includes: A control apparatus obtains an electrical signal at an electrical connection point in an energy storage system. The control apparatus determines a frequency domain amplitude based on a frequency domain characteristic of the electrical signal. When the frequency domain amplitude is greater than a preset amplitude, the control apparatus controls the energy storage system to perform an arc extinguishing and protection operation on the electrical connection point.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2025
    Assignee: HUAWEI DIGITAL POWER TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yanzhong Zhang, Yuandong Meng, Baiyu Chen
  • Patent number: 12211435
    Abstract: An electronic device may include an electronic display having a gate-on-array (GOA) that generates gate signals in response to an activation signal, pixels that activate in response to a combination of the gate signals and data signals indicative of image data, and sensing circuitry. The sensing circuitry may measure a characteristic response of a gate signal a characteristic response of one or more pixels, or both and compare the characteristic responses to baselines. The electronic device may also include compensation circuitry that applies a compensation to the activation signal and/or to the image data based on the comparisons between the characteristic responses and the baselines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2025
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Sun-Il Chang, Kwang Soon Park, Hao-Lin Chiu, Jie Won Ryu, Hyunsoo Kim, Hyunwoo Nho, Wei Xiong, Patrick R Cruce
  • Patent number: 12204303
    Abstract: Provided is a system and method that can determine the timing and sequence of transmission assets on a power grid to be outaged and/or restored based on severe weather. In one example, the method may include selecting a group of transmission assets of a power grid for outage, receiving forecasted weather conditions for a geospatial area that includes the group of transmission assets, determining an outage time and priority among the group of transmission assets based on geospatial locations of the forecasted weather conditions and geospatial locations of the group of transmission assets, and generating a sequence of instructions for powering down the group of transmission assets based on the determined outage time and priority among the group of transmission assets and storing the sequence of instructions in memory.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2025
    Assignee: GE DIGITAL HOLDINGS LLC
    Inventors: Saugata Swapan Biswas, Sridevi Bayyapuneedi, Monisha Raju, Srinivas Musunuri
  • Patent number: 12188973
    Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a single-phase fault arc detector. A fault arc signal processing circuit performs processing to obtain a voltage square wave signal, a voltage sine wave signal, a current sine wave signal, a current square wave signal, a current square shoulder pulse signal, and a current high-frequency pulse signal, and a processor accurately determines, on the basis of the plurality of obtained current signals and voltage signals and in combination with a preset operation rule, whether there is a single-phase fault arc in a power utilization line. Correlated characteristics of square shoulder parts may be accurately recognized by accurately extracting the current square shoulder pulse signal from current sampling signals; then, characteristics such as the number and durations of the square shoulder parts as well as current values may be comprehensively recognized on the basis of the current square shoulder pulse signal and the current high-frequency pulse signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2025
    Assignee: Hunan Smart Quick Smart Electronic Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shijun Jiang, Xintao Du
  • Patent number: 12188576
    Abstract: According to an embodiment of the present invention, there is provided a method of diagnosing an abnormal state of a valve including: applying a current having a predetermined intensity to a valve; estimating a resistance value of the valve on the basis of an intensity of a feedback current from the valve according to the application of the current and a voltage between both terminals of the valve; and when a difference between a resistance value of the valve estimated at a first time point and a resistance value of the valve estimated at a second time point is greater than or equal to a threshold, determining that abnormality has occurred in the valve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2025
    Assignee: VOLVO CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT AB
    Inventor: Eun Byeol Lee
  • Patent number: 12191100
    Abstract: A method and system are provided to control circuit breaker operations. In the method and system, near-field RF signal is monitored at or around electrical contacts of the circuit breaker using at least one near-field radio frequency (RF) sensor, and far-field RF signal away from the contacts of the circuit breaker are monitored using at least one far-field RF sensor. A rate of change of current over time is also monitored on the circuit using at least one sensor. An arc fault on the circuit is detected based on the monitored near-field RF signal, the monitored far-field RF signal, and the monitored rate of change of current. A tripping operation is implemented on the circuit breaker to disconnect the power supply from the circuit, in response to the detection of the arc fault.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2025
    Assignee: Schneider Electric USA, Inc.
    Inventor: John J. Shea
  • Patent number: 12181402
    Abstract: A corrosive environment monitoring device that suppresses a decline in measurement precision in an initial period of monitoring the corrosivity of an environment and measures the corrosivity of the environment continuously and with high precision over a long period of time. The corrosive environment monitoring device includes: a layered body having an insulating plate, a base metal thin film that is formed on the insulating plate and is corrosion resistant with respect to a corrosive substance, and a sensing metal thin film that is formed on the base metal thin film and is corrosion susceptible with respect to the corrosive substance; and a housing that encloses the layered body, has an opening oriented in a side face direction, and forms a gas passage inside for the corrosive substance, wherein the sensing metal thin film is formed in a limited region on the base metal thin film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2024
    Assignee: HITACHI, LTD.
    Inventor: Rintarou Minamitani
  • Patent number: 12181526
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to systems and methods for improved anomaly detection for rotating machines. An example method may include determining a rotational speed of a rotating machine; determining, using a frequency domain transform of a signal, a frequency domain signal; determining, based on the rotational speed, a first frequency band within the frequency domain signal for identifying a fault frequency; determining a fault frequency within the first frequency band; determining, based on the fault frequency, a second frequency band within the first frequency band, wherein the second frequency band includes the fault frequency; determining, based on the second frequency band, a first fault index and a baseline of the first fault index; determining, based on a deviation of a second fault index from the baseline, a fault condition; and providing an alert based on the fault condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2024
    Assignee: GE INFRASTRUCTURE TECHNOLOGY LLC
    Inventors: Shahid Ali, Sumitha Mohan, Balakrishna Pamulaparthy
  • Patent number: 12176700
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a system, apparatus and method for providing rapid shutdown for photovoltaic power systems and provides a system, apparatus and method for providing arc sensing for photovoltaic power systems. An AC current can be put on the DC bus to control PV panel shutdown. Local mean decomposition can be used to sense arcing on the DC bus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2024
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2024
    Inventors: Cedric Somers, Marc-André Forget
  • Patent number: 12164367
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method may include obtaining, from a system using a middleware component of the system, run-time evidence of the system; applying the obtained run-time evidence to a Directed Acyclic Graph (DAG) Bayesian network to determine marginal probabilities for one or more nodes of the DAG Bayesian network, wherein the DAG Bayesian network comprises a plurality of nodes each representing states and faults of the system, wherein each node includes a parameterized conditional probability distribution, and wherein one or more of the nodes of the plurality of nodes specify a list of one or more safety goals and a safety value; determining which nodes representing faults have probabilities exceeding their specified safety value; and determining one or more risk mitigation techniques to activate for the determined nodes representing faults with probabilities exceeding their respective safety value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2024
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Rafael Rosales, Michael Paulitsch, David Israel González Aguirre, Florian Geissler, Ralf Graefe
  • Patent number: 12149196
    Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for improved fault diagnostics of electrical machines under dynamic load oscillations. The systems and methods may rely on one or more different algorithms for performing such fault diagnostics. One example, algorithm may involve determining a ratio of an instantaneous real power and a reactive power of the motor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2024
    Assignee: GE Infrastructure Technology LLC
    Inventors: Ali Shahid, Sumitha Mohan, Rupam Mukherjee, Arvind Kumar Tiwari, Balakrishna Pamulaparthy
  • Patent number: 12146903
    Abstract: A DC meter for an electrical vehicle charging station having a pair of DC power supply lines extending from a charging station controller to an electrical vehicle connector, the DC meter comprising a meter unit and a sensor unit. The meter unit comprises a user interface, a sensor interface for connection to the sensor unit, a metering interface for connection to the charging station controller, and a microprocessor configured to receive and process signals received from the sensor unit, to exchange data with the charging station controller and to receive commands from the user interface and output information to the user interface. The sensor unit is separate and connected at a point distal from the meter unit via an interconnection cable for the transmission of measurement signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2024
    Assignee: LEM INTERNATIONAL SA
    Inventors: Florent Balboni, Tomislav Hajak, Sylvain Barrat
  • Patent number: 12140621
    Abstract: A method is provided for generating a multi-carrier reflectometry signal intended to be injected into a transmission line in order to identify a presence of at least one possible fault on the transmission line. The method includes: generating, in the frequency domain, a phase-modulated multi-carrier digital signal by: generating a digital signal, phase-modulating the digital signal based on a constellation of symbols, rounding the obtained phase to the phase of the symbol of the constellation that is closest, and converting the generated signal into the time domain.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2024
    Assignee: COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES
    Inventor: Gargouri Yosra
  • Patent number: 12132443
    Abstract: The disclosure describes a method for detecting an arc in a direct-current (DC) circuit comprising a DC load, a DC source supplying the DC load, and a circuit arrangement arranged between the DC source and the DC load. A power flow P between an input and an output of the circuit arrangement is suppressed by means of a switching circuit through cyclical interruption such that the power flow P is enabled in an active time window with the first period ?t1 and the power flow P is suppressed in an inactive time window with the second period ?t2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2024
    Assignee: SMA Solar Technology AG
    Inventors: Marcel Kratochvil, Rainer Schmitt, Torsten Otto, Sybille Pape
  • Patent number: 12132125
    Abstract: A bypass mechanism for a photovoltaic module which switches out the electronics and switches in a bypass mechanism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2024
    Assignee: Solaredge Technologies Ltd.
    Inventors: Meir Gazit, Israel Gershman, Ehud Kirmayer, Leon Kupershmidt, Meir Adest
  • Patent number: 12106690
    Abstract: A method includes applying first different voltages to pixels included in a reference pixel column and pixels included in a pad adjacent pixel column electrically connected to a second pad adjacent to a first pad connected to the reference pixel column, and applying second different voltages to the pixels included in the reference pixel column and to pixels included in a line adjacent pixel column electrically connected to a second data line adjacent to a first data line connected to the reference pixel column.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Dongsun Lee, Wonkyu Kwak, Dong Eup Lee, Dongsoo Kim, Seungwoo Sung, Mincheol Lee
  • Patent number: 12103667
    Abstract: An EHA system (10) for lifting or lowering a leg of an aircraft includes a hydraulic circuit (101) having a hydraulic actuator (a hydraulic cylinder 2) configured to lift or lower the leg, at least one electric hydraulic pump (3), and a hydraulic path, a pressure sensor (38, 83), a temperature sensor (84), and a control unit (a controller 9) configured to output a control signal for operating the electric hydraulic pump in leg lifting or lowering. The hydraulic circuit includes a pressure increasing element. The control unit performs health monitoring regarding the performance of the electric hydraulic pump based on the pressure of hydraulic fluid, the temperature of hydraulic fluid, and the speed of the electric hydraulic pump during operation of the electric hydraulic pump.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2024
    Assignee: SUMITOMO PRECISION PRODUCTS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shogo Hagihara, Takaaki Onishi
  • Patent number: 12105155
    Abstract: A method is used to test a cell monitoring unit, in which method respective cell voltages are applied to cell voltage connections of the cell monitoring unit. A measurement is then carried out on a cell monitoring unit which is in operation in order to determine whether a respective current is flowing via at least one cell voltage connection, and a fault message is output if this is the case. A testing device is used to test a cell monitoring unit and has at least one current measuring apparatus for measuring currents at cell voltage connections of the cell monitoring unit. The testing device is configured to carry out the method. The method and testing device are applicable in particular to testing a cell monitoring unit of a vehicle, in particular of an electric vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2024
    Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Benjamin Reiss, Steffen Rothe, Axel Scheffler
  • Patent number: 12094319
    Abstract: A method of analyzing events for an electrical system includes: receiving event stream(s) of events occurring in the electrical system, the events being identified from captured energy-related signals in the system; analyzing, an event stream(s) of the events to identify different actionable triggers therefrom, the different triggers including a scenario in which a group of events satisfies one or more predetermined triggering conditions; analyzing, over time, the different actionable triggers to identify a combination of occurring and/or non-occurring actionable triggers which satisfies a predefined trigger combination condition and an analysis time constraint; and in response to the observation of the combination, taking one or more actions to address the events.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2024
    Assignee: Schneider Electric USA, Inc.
    Inventors: Johannes Menzel, Jeffrey Winston Yeo
  • Patent number: 12086016
    Abstract: System and methods are described for anomaly detection and root cause analysis in database systems, such as multi-tenant environments. In one implementation, a method comprises receiving an activity signal representative of resource utilization within a multi-tenant environment; detecting a plurality of anomalies in the activity signal; computing a priority score for each of the plurality of anomalies; correlating at least a subset of the plurality of anomalies to one or more performance metrics of the multi-tenant environment; and transmitting a remediation signal to one or more devices in the multi-tenant environment based on the correlations and the priority scores.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2024
    Assignee: Salesforce, Inc.
    Inventors: Ana Bertran, Yuriy Loukachev, Xiaohong Huang, Nicholas Murray, Nicholas Roan, Lauren Valdivia, Anish Kanchan, Kyle Gilson
  • Patent number: 12057355
    Abstract: Controlling semiconductor device manufacture by acquiring training scatterometric signatures collected at training locations on training semiconductor wafers and corresponding to locations within a predefined design of a training semiconductor device, the training signatures collected after predefined processing steps during manufacture of the device on the training wafers, acquiring manufacturing outcome data associated with the training locations, training a prediction model using the training signatures and the manufacturing outcome data, and applying the prediction model to a candidate scatterometric signature to predict a manufacturing outcome, the candidate signature collected at a candidate location on a candidate semiconductor wafer, the candidate location corresponding to a location within the same predefined design of a candidate semiconductor device, the candidate signature collected after any of the processing steps during manufacture of the candidate device on the candidate wafer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2024
    Assignee: NOVA LTD
    Inventors: Michael Shifrin, Avron Ger
  • Patent number: 12046909
    Abstract: A method of controlling a renewable energy power plant is provided. The method includes retrieving output power measurement values for each inverter of a total number of inverters from a plurality of sensors provided at a location proximal to each inverter and retrieving a point of interconnection (POI) output measurement value for the renewable energy power plant based on a plurality of ON inverters of the total number of inverters. The method also includes calculating a POI measured setpoint for the renewable energy power plant based on a difference between a power reference value for the renewable energy power plant and the retrieved POI output measurement value for the renewable energy power plant, assigning a setpoint to each of the ON inverters and classifying each ON inverter as either a TRACKING ON inverter or a NON-TRACKING ON inverter based on whether each ON inverter is tracking at the setpoint.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2024
    Assignee: Also Energy, Inc.
    Inventor: Zachary M. Wenrick
  • Patent number: 12046889
    Abstract: Systems and methods for detecting and identifying arcing are disclosed. A method of detecting arcing includes obtaining data indicative of voltage and data indicative of current, determining a waveform of a cycle of a primary load current according to the data indicative of current, determining at least one noise signal according to the determined waveform of a cycle of the primary load current and the data indicative of current, determining a probability density of the noise signal according to a time window, and comparing the probability density of the noise signal with at least one model probability density.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2024
    Assignee: HUBBELL INCORPORATED
    Inventor: Gary Michael Miller
  • Patent number: 11990867
    Abstract: An apparatus for predicting useful life of a photovoltaic module includes an input and an output. The input receives first information indicating an amount of hygrothermal stress that a photovoltaic module undergoes from a start until an end of a period during which the photovoltaic module outputs predetermined electric power. The input further receives second information indicating an amount of hygrothermal stress that the photovoltaic module undergoes per a predetermined time in a field where the photovoltaic module is deployed. The second information is generated based on information about daily maximum temperatures of the photovoltaic module in the field where the photovoltaic module is deployed. The output outputs result information about a predicted period during which the photovoltaic module is expected to output the predetermined electric power when the photovoltaic module is deployed in the field.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: KYOCERA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Koichiro Niira, Shinsuke Uchida, Takuya Kurose, Shinji Yada, Kyosuke Fujiwara, Hidetaka Takato, Katsuhiko Shirasawa, Yuji Ino
  • Patent number: 11977173
    Abstract: A system is disclosed. The system may include a receiver or transmitter node. The receiver or transmitter node may include a communications interface with an antenna element and a controller. The controller may include one or more processors and have information of own node velocity and own node orientation relative to a common reference frame. The receiver or transmitter node may be time synchronized to apply Doppler corrections to signals, the Doppler corrections associated with the receiver or transmitter node's own motions relative to the common reference frame, the Doppler corrections applied using Doppler null steering along Null directions. The receiver node is configured to determine a parameter of the signals and an authenticity of the signals based on the parameter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: Rockwell Collins, Inc.
    Inventors: Eric J. Loren, Tj T. Kwon, James A. Stevens, William B. Sorsby
  • Patent number: 11972987
    Abstract: A machine learning model for each die for imputing process control parameters at the die. The model is based on wafer sort parametric measurements at multiple test sites across the entire wafer, as well as yield results for the wafer. This allows for a better analysis of outlier spatial patterns leading to improved yield results.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: PDF Solutions, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard Burch, Qing Zhu, Jonathan Holt
  • Patent number: 11971440
    Abstract: A method for identifying one or more faulted conductors in a power transmission system having at least two power-transmitting conductors and a method for determining fault location each include steps of monitoring current signals which are representative of currents in the conductors at a generally common location within the power transmission system; filtering the current signals; determining a maximum rate of change of each filtered current signal within a predetermined time interval after the fault event has commenced; and calculating a ratio of a pair of the maximum rates of change of the filtered current signals. For fault classification, the ratio is compared against a discrimination factor to identify the one or more faulted conductors. For fault location, the calculated ratio is compared against the calibration data to determine the distance from the connection terminal of the faulted conductor to the fault location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: University of Manitoba
    Inventors: Athula Dayanarth Rajapakse, Naushath Mohamed Haleem, Jagannath Sri Wijekoon
  • Patent number: 11962181
    Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a drive circuit of an energy storage power supply and an energy storage power supply. The drive circuit of an energy storage power supply includes a charging control circuit, a first direct current output circuit, an alternating current output circuit and a main control circuit. The main control circuit can detect the load condition of the first direct current output circuit and the alternating current output circuit, and then the main control circuit controls the first direct current output circuit and the alternating current output circuit to be off. Thus, the problem of high power consumption when the alternating current output circuit and the first direct current output circuit in the energy storage power supply are in the no-load state is solved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: Guangdong Aoyun Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Xueping Zhu
  • Patent number: 11946982
    Abstract: A transformer monitoring device has one or more voltage sensors and/or one or more current sensors integral with a housing for detecting a voltage of a power cable of a transformer. The transformer monitoring device can be configured to monitor voltage levels, and cause alerts to be issued if voltage levels drop and/or spike beyond operator-established tolerance(s).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: GRID20/20, Inc.
    Inventors: W. Alan Snook, II, Joseph O. Beaudet, Sergio Angeli
  • Patent number: 11933834
    Abstract: A method of detecting self-clearing, sub-cycle faults comprises sensing a current condition and a voltage condition at a location along a power cable. The sensed conditions are relayed to an analyzing device, the analyzing device including a current peak detector. The presence of a measured current value is determined. If the measured current value is greater than a current threshold value, a faulted circuit indicator (FCI) analysis is performed to determine the presence or absence of an FCI fault. If an FCI fault is absent, an incipient fault analysis is performed, wherein the RMS current values before and after a threshold event are compared and the voltage total harmonic distortion (THD) before and after the event are compared. If the two current values are within a first predetermined percentage and the THD values differ by a second predetermined percentage, then an incipient fault is reported.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company
    Inventor: Phillip J. Bergeron
  • Patent number: 11935691
    Abstract: A transformer assembly for electric grids including: an electric transformer including a magnetic core, a first side including one or more first windings enchained with said magnetic core and adapted to be electrically connected to a first grid section and a second side including one or more second windings enchained with said magnetic core and adapted to be electrically connected to a second grid section; a tap changer operatively associated with said electric transformer to vary the number of turns enchained with said magnetic core for said first windings; a control unit to: acquire input data indicative of an electrical connectivity condition of said second grid section with said second windings; determine whether said transformer is in a load condition or in a no-load condition; and, in a no-load condition, command said tap changer to set a maximum available number of turns for said first windings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: HITACHI ENERGY LTD
    Inventors: Valentina Valori, Ruggero Bordon
  • Patent number: 11927633
    Abstract: A device includes a scan chain including a plurality of storage elements and an output buffer; a shadow shift register having a shadow shift input coupled to a scan output of one of the storage elements of the scan chain; a signature register; and a comparator having a first input, a second input, and an output. The comparator first input is to receive a value of the shadow shift register, and the comparator second input is to receive a value of the signature register. The output buffer has a control input coupled to the comparator output, and the output buffer provides a high-impedance output responsive to the value of the shadow shift register being unequal to the value of the signature register.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Mudasir Kawoosa, Pervez Garg, Prateek Giri
  • Patent number: 11923676
    Abstract: A method for identifying element failure in capacitor banks is provided. Capacitor bank phase current is measured and a zero-sequence or negative-sequence current is calculated or measured. A three-phase voltage is measured from a three-phase bus voltage transformer and a zero-sequence voltage or negative-sequence voltage is calculated. A compensated unbalance current is calculated and compared to a predetermined acceptable range. A failure is identified where the compensated unbalance current is outside the predetermined acceptable range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Inventor: Haijie Wang
  • Patent number: 11885852
    Abstract: A battery management device manages an energy storage device to which a shunt resistor is connected. The battery management device includes: a current measurement unit that measures a current flowing through the shunt resistor using a pair of signal wires connected to both ends of the shunt resistor; a connecting wire that connects the signal wire to a reference potential source via an opening/closing switch; and a determination unit that determines presence or absence of a failure in which connection between the pair of signal wires via the shunt resistor becomes defective based on a change in current measured by the current measurement unit when the opening/closing switch is opened and closed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: GS YUASA INTERNATIONAL LTD.
    Inventor: Seiji Takai
  • Patent number: 11885843
    Abstract: A method, system and apparatus for fault detection in line protection for a power transmission system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: Hitachi Energy Ltd.
    Inventor: Kai Liu
  • Patent number: 11867683
    Abstract: A method of analyzing dissolved gas in an oil-filled transformer includes determining a centroid of a polygon that represents a plurality of dissolved gas concentrations. A fault region in which the centroid of the polygon is located is determined, where the plurality of fault regions are defined in a composite fault region map that is a composite of a Duval Pentagons 1 and 2. The method classifies a fault experienced by the transformer based on the determined fault region within the composite fault region map. The classification is done by a machine learning classification technique. Further embodiments classify faults based on dissolved gas levels without determining a centroid of a polygon representing the dissolved gas levels. Related systems are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: HITACHI ENERGY LTD
    Inventor: Luiz Cheim
  • Patent number: 11846665
    Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure are directed to systems and methods for detecting Partial Discharge (PD) associated with wide bandgap semiconductor-based electrical drive systems in real time. In one aspect, signals, including noise associated with drive switching and other background noises are detected using a sensing device. The signals are received by a real-time spectrum analyzer. The spectrum analyzer transforms the signals into the frequency domain and determines or registers the frequency domain profiles of the signals. The spectrum analyzer performs signal discrimination between at least one other signal included within the signals and switching noise based on their frequency domain profiles. Based on the discrimination analysis, the presence of a partial discharge signal may be detected. A physics-based signal discrimination approach can also be used for signal discrimination, for example utilizing pressure-dependency of characteristics of a PD signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Lili Zhang, Karim Younsi, Christopher Michael Calebrese, John Russell Yagielski, Han Xiong
  • Patent number: 11835571
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device (D) for detecting a fault in an electrical network (1), comprising at least one electrical equipment (E) which is electrically connected to a first power conductor (C1) and to a second power conductor (C2), the electrical network (1) being provided with a common conductor (Cc). The device comprises a first measuring member (O1) of the common mode voltage present on the power conductors (C1, C2) and a second measuring member (O2) of a current flowing in the power conductors (C1, C2). The device also comprises a calculator (UP) configured to determine over a determined observation period a mixed energy (Emix) transported in the measurement region from the first variable (Vres) and the second variable (Inet). The invention also relates to an equipment, a localization system and a method for detecting a fault in an electrical network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignees: SAFRAN ELECTRICAL & POWER
    Inventor: Lionel Cima
  • Patent number: 11835568
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer-readable media are disclosed for monitoring and diagnosing power system assets. An example method may include triggering, by a gateway device and at a first time, a capture of a first waveform from a first intelligent electronic device (IED) associated with a first asset in a power system. The method may also include transmitting, by the gateway device, the capture of the waveform to a remote device. The method may also include extracting fault features from the first waveform corresponding to different failure modes associated with the asset of the power system. The method may also include determining, based on the features extracted from first waveform, that a fault of a first fault mode has occurred in the asset. The method may also include providing an alert that the fault has been identified, wherein the alert initiates or otherwise facilitates a control action in the power system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Balakrishna Pamulaparthy, Ali Shahid, Sumitha Mohan, Rajagopal Kommu, Raju Gurrapu, Sergio Dominguez Ruiz
  • Patent number: 11837993
    Abstract: A system for controlling a photovoltaic system and a method and device for controlling a photovoltaic system are provided. The method includes that: whether an abnormity occurs to a control component which currently controls the photovoltaic system or not is determined; and under the condition of determining that the abnormity occurs, switching to another control component to control the photovoltaic system is executed. According to the disclosure, the technical problem of relatively low reliability of a control system for a photovoltaic system providing power for a smart home system in the related art is solved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: GREE ELECTRIC APPLIANCES, INC. OF ZHUHAI
    Inventors: Hongwei Xu, Guangzhi Qin, Kai Zhu, Zuoxin Jiang
  • Patent number: 11831137
    Abstract: A cargo (22) detection system for a refrigerated cargo container (10) includes a cargo sensor (50) body configured to detect presence of cargo (22) in a refrigerated cargo container (10) and a sensor bracket (56) configured for securing the cargo sensor (50) body at a refrigeration unit (24) of the refrigerated cargo container (10). A temperature sensor (72) is located at the cargo sensor (50) body and is configured to detect a temperature of the cargo sensor (50) body. A temperature controller (74) is operably connected to the temperature sensor (72) and is configured to activate the cargo sensor (50) body for collection of data when the temperature of the cargo sensor (50) body is above a threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: CARRIER CORPORATION
    Inventors: Michael Stockbridge, William F. Caswell
  • Patent number: 11821960
    Abstract: An apparatus for diagnosing a degree of degradation of a battery includes a measuring unit configured to measure a voltage of each of a plurality of battery cells in each of a plurality of cycles where charging and discharging is performed and output voltage information about the plurality of measured voltages, and a control unit configured to receive the plurality of voltage information, calculate a voltage deviation of each cycle for each battery cell based on a reference voltage of each of the plurality of battery cells, select a cycle section satisfying a predetermined condition for each of the plurality of battery cells based on the calculated voltage deviation, calculate a voltage deviation change rate corresponding to each of the plurality of selected cycle sections, and diagnose a relative degree of degradation of the plurality of battery cells based on the plurality of calculated voltage deviation change rates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Inventors: Ji-Yeon Kim, Young-Deok Kim, Yoon-Jung Bae
  • Patent number: 11821948
    Abstract: A measurement system for measuring a device under test is described. The measurement system includes a control and analysis module composed of one or more circuits, a stimulus module composed of one or more circuits, and a measurement interface composed of ,for example, one or more circuits. The stimulus module is configured to generate an electric stimulus signal based on predefined measurement parameters. The measurement system is configured to be connected to a device under test via the measurement interface. The measurement interface is configured to forward the electric stimulus signal from the stimulus module to the device under test. The measurement interface further is configured to forward a response signal from the device under test to the control and analysis module, wherein the response signal corresponds to a response of the device under test to the stimulus signal. The control and analysis module is configured to analyze the response signal, thereby generating a set of analysis data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: Rohde & Schwarz GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Philipp Weigell, Sascha Kunisch
  • Patent number: 11808248
    Abstract: A technique for performing condition monitoring of a plurality of components of a plurality of wind turbines is disclosed. The technique includes, for each of the plurality of wind turbines, measuring at least one time-series electrical output signal of the wind turbine generator, each time-series electrical output signal representing an aggregate of a plurality of subset signals. Such condition monitoring further includes mathematically extracting one or more such subset signals from the at least one time-series electrical output signal of the generator, and associating one or more such subset signals with one or more wind turbine components. A fault threshold value for each such one or more subset signals may be determined, and the one or more such subset signals are compared to such fault threshold value. Based on such association and comparison, the condition of such a wind turbine component of the plurality of wind turbines is determined.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: Fischer Block, Inc.
    Inventors: Margaret Paietta, Gregory Wolfe
  • Patent number: 11810209
    Abstract: A method, a computer system, and a computer program product for restoration time predictions and optimized recovery solutions is provided. Embodiments of the present invention may include selecting a dataset based on time series data. Embodiments of the present invention may include building one or more models, wherein the one or more models include a classification and regression tree model, a cross validated decision tree model or a bootstrap aggregating model. Embodiments of the present invention may include selecting a model for predictions using decision trees to reduce a variance of the model. Embodiments of the present invention may include rebuilding the model based on additional data attributes. Embodiments of the present invention may include determining an outage prioritization for each outage node. Embodiments of the present invention may include transmitting results of the outage prioritization.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Pranshu Tiwari, Atul Kumar Thapliyal, Harish Bharti, Abhay Kumar Patra