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公开(公告)号:US11465653B2
公开(公告)日:2022-10-11
申请号:US16467795
申请日:2017-12-08
Applicant: ABB Schweiz AG
Inventor: Harald Staab , William Eakins , Daniel Lasko , Thomas Fuhlbrigge , Edward Zhang , Harshang Shah , Stefan Rakuff , Gregory Cole , Gregory Rossano , Andrew Salm , Sang Choi , Remus Boca
Abstract: An unmanned rail vehicle for surveillance, inspection, and/or maintenance of an industrial site is provided. The rail vehicle includes at least two carry rollers adapted for engaging on an upper rail side of a rail, wherein the center of gravity of the rail vehicle is vertically below the upper rail side; and at least one support roller connected to the chassis and adapted for rolling against a lateral rail side of the rail to laterally displace the center of gravity of the rail vehicle with respect to the upper rail side.
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公开(公告)号:US11287025B2
公开(公告)日:2022-03-29
申请号:US16730372
申请日:2019-12-30
Applicant: ABB Schweiz Ag
Inventor: Stefan Rakuff , Joe J. Liou
Abstract: Transmissions and methods therefor are disclosed herein. A transmission includes a housing, an input shaft, and a cooling unit. The input shaft extends outside of the housing and is configured to receive rotational power from a rotational power source. The cooling unit is supported by the input shaft. The cooling unit includes a heat exchanger.
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公开(公告)号:US11001133B2
公开(公告)日:2021-05-11
申请号:US16579546
申请日:2019-09-23
Applicant: ABB Schweiz AG
Inventor: Sangeun Choi , Martin Krucinski , Harshang Shah , William J. Eakins , Stefan Rakuff , Gregory A. Cole , Sree Shankar Satheesh Babu
Abstract: An automatic charging device and method is described that is positionable to access an underside of an electrical vehicle that facilitates hands-free connection of a vehicle-side electrical connector with a floor unit electrical connector. The automatic charging device includes a floor unit, a first slidable carriage disposed in the floor unit, a second slidable carriage disposed in the floor unit, a pivotal link coupled to the floor unit electrical connector, and a lift mechanism connected to the second slidable carriage and the pivotal link. The floor unit electrical connector is arranged to rise away from the floor unit in a direction of the vehicle-side electrical connector to facilitate a mating of the vehicle-side electrical connector and the floor unit electrical connector. The first and the second slidable carriages are configured to move in a linear xy-direction, respectively, and the lift mechanism is configured to move in a linear z-direction.
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公开(公告)号:US20210086639A1
公开(公告)日:2021-03-25
申请号:US16579592
申请日:2019-09-23
Applicant: ABB Schweiz AG
Inventor: Stefan Rakuff , Martin Krucinski , Gregory A. Cole , Thomas A. Fuhlbrigge
Abstract: A charging station for automatically conductively charging an electric vehicle having an underbody receptacle cavity is provided. When charging, the charging station and the electric vehicle may spaced apart by a linear distance. Other alignment discrepancies may also exist between the electric vehicle and the charging station. To traverse the linear distance and align and insert the plug into the receptacle, the charging station may be capable of moving in multiple translational degrees of freedom.
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公开(公告)号:US20210086601A1
公开(公告)日:2021-03-25
申请号:US16579546
申请日:2019-09-23
Applicant: ABB Schweiz AG
Inventor: Sangeun Choi , Martin Krucinski , Harshang Shah , William J. Eakins , Stefan Rakuff , Gregory A. Cole , Sree Shankar Satheesh Babu
Abstract: An automatic charging device and method is described that is positionable to access an underside of an electrical vehicle that facilitates hands-free connection of a vehicle-side electrical connector with a floor unit electrical connector. The automatic charging device includes a floor unit, a first slidable carriage disposed in the floor unit, a second slidable carriage disposed in the floor unit, a pivotal link coupled to the floor unit electrical connector, and a lift mechanism connected to the second slidable carriage and the pivotal link. The floor unit electrical connector is arranged to rise away from the floor unit in a direction of the vehicle-side electrical connector to facilitate a mating of the vehicle-side electrical connector and the floor unit electrical connector. The first and the second slidable carriages are configured to move in a linear xy-direction, respectively, and the lift mechanism is configured to move in a linear z-direction.
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公开(公告)号:US20200272705A1
公开(公告)日:2020-08-27
申请号:US16281859
申请日:2019-02-21
Applicant: ABB Schweiz AG
Inventor: Stefan Rakuff , Jinmiao Huang
Abstract: A method for automated gearbox design includes: instantiating the gearbox model having an initial parameter state in a modeling environment; analyzing and/or characterizing the gearbox model in the modeling environment to determine gearbox model performance; and determining whether the gearbox model performance satisfies a performance target. Upon a determination that the gearbox model performance does not satisfy the performance target: a reward is calculated based on the gearbox model performance; a reinforcement machine learning agent determines a parameter change action based on the reward and a current parameter state of the gearbox model; and an updated parameter state of the gearbox model is determined based on the parameter change action.
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公开(公告)号:US20200272139A1
公开(公告)日:2020-08-27
申请号:US16281936
申请日:2019-02-21
Applicant: ABB Schweiz AG
Inventor: Stefan Rakuff , Jinmiao Huang
Abstract: A system for data driven diagnostics of a machine including a machine learning model instantiated in a computer, the machine learning model being configured to: receive operational data of the machine; and process the operational data to determine machine diagnostics information. The machine learning model is trained using simulated defect information received from a simulation environment.
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公开(公告)号:US20200208732A1
公开(公告)日:2020-07-02
申请号:US16730372
申请日:2019-12-30
Applicant: ABB Schweiz Ag
Inventor: Stefan Rakuff , Joe J. Liou
Abstract: Transmissions and methods therefor are disclosed herein. A transmission includes a housing, an input shaft, and a cooling unit. The input shaft extends outside of the housing and is configured to receive rotational power from a rotational power source. The cooling unit is supported by the input shaft. The cooling unit includes a heat exchanger.
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公开(公告)号:US20190325668A1
公开(公告)日:2019-10-24
申请号:US16434371
申请日:2019-06-07
Applicant: ABB Schweiz AG
Inventor: Gregory A. Cole , William J. Eakins , Daniel T. Lasko , Harshang Shah , Thomas A. Fuhlbrigge , Carlos Morato , Luiz V. Cheim , Poorvi Patel , Biao Zhang , Sanguen Choi , Gregory F. Rossano , Andrew M. Salm , Saumya Sharma , Stefan Rakuff , Nolan W. Nicholas
Abstract: A submersible inspection system for inspection of liquid cooled electrical transformers having a wirelessly controlled submersible inspective device. A submersion depth of the submersible can be controlled using a ballast system. The system can also include an input/output selector to switch between camera images from the submersible. A heartbeat signal indicative of a health of the transmitted signal can be transmitted to the submersible, and redundant channel selection logic can facilitate switching to a channel that includes a current heartbeat. A plurality of status interrogation systems disposed on the submersible can capture data regarding inspection procedures performed on the transformer, and the submersible can include tools for repair procedures. Data transmitted from the submersible, and overlayed with input data from an operator, can facilitate real time inspection analysis. The system can also form a model of an internal in the transformer, as well as produce a three-dimensional field of view.
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