公开(公告)号：US20240408760A1

公开(公告)日：2024-12-12

申请号：US18699703

申请日：2021-10-19

Applicant: ABB Schweiz AG

Inventor： Jonas Brönmark ,  Björn Löfvendahl ,  Stefan Romberg ,  Simon Gräsberg

IPC: B25J9/16

Abstract: A method of handling safety of an industrial robot of a robot system, the method including providing at least one virtual safety border defined in relation to the industrial robot, where each virtual safety border is associated with a condition to be fulfilled by the industrial robot; for each virtual safety border, performing an indication operation by the robot system, where the indication operation indicates a position of the virtual safety border in a physical workspace of the industrial robot; and for each indication operation, receiving a verification input from a user. A control system and a robot system are also provided.

公开(公告)号：US12164284B2

公开(公告)日：2024-12-10

申请号：US18030251

申请日：2020-10-05

Applicant: ABB SCHWEIZ AG

Inventor： Jean-Christophe Alt ,  Suresh Kumar ,  Roger Kullang

IPC: H04L67/12 ,  G05B19/418 ,  H04L47/70

Abstract: A method for collecting and pushing data from an industrial robot controller to at least one data consumer operating a consumer server, implementing a consumer data format and communication protocol, the method including the following steps implemented by a control unit of the industrial robot controller: command the data collector to collect data; command the data collector to store the data in a generic data buffer, the data being stored in a generic format; command the protocol and data adaptor to retrieve stored data from the generic data buffer, and to convert the retrieved data generic format into the consumer data format, and to push the converted data to the consumer server according to the consumer communication protocol.

公开(公告)号：US12164272B2

公开(公告)日：2024-12-10

申请号：US17167775

申请日：2021-02-04

Applicant: ABB Schweiz AG

Inventor： Mehran Rafiee ,  Sean Giblin ,  Brendan Collins ,  Paul Cowling ,  Dan Landers ,  Maciej Skrzyniarz ,  Gabriel Rosu

IPC: G05B15/02 ,  F24F11/52 ,  F24F11/64 ,  G06Q10/02 ,  G06Q10/0631 ,  F24F120/10

Abstract: A building management system is provided. The building management system uses a ventilation system to exchange air within a room in the building. A controller uses a sensor to determine a property about the room and operates the ventilation system in response thereto. The controller also operates an indicator to provide the users with the status of the room.

公开(公告)号：US12163973B2

公开(公告)日：2024-12-10

申请号：US17588278

申请日：2022-01-29

Applicant: ABB Schweiz AG

Inventor： Paul Szasz ,  Guruprasad Sosale ,  Joerg Gebhardt ,  Sebastian Breisch ,  Thomas Stahl ,  Matthias Berning ,  Vadim Migunov

IPC: G01N9/00

Abstract: A measurement system for determining a physical parameter of a pipe-fluid system includes a pair of confining elements configured to decrease surface vibration deformations at an outer surface of each end of the pipe-fluid system; wherein each confining element comprise a supporting frame configured to be detachably mounted on a pipe of the pipe-fluid system; and a fixation element configured to be detachably mounted for mechanically coupling the supporting frame with an outer surface of the pipe; an excitation system, configured to generate a mechanical vibration spectrum at a surface of the pipe-fluid system; and a vibration measurement device configured to be mechanically coupled to an outer surface of the pipe-fluid system, and configured to provide a mechanical vibration spectrum of the pipe-fluid system.

公开(公告)号：US12162368B2

公开(公告)日：2024-12-10

申请号：US17358563

申请日：2021-06-25

Applicant: ABB Schweiz AG

Inventor： Matthew Hetrich

IPC: B60L53/37 ,  B60L53/16 ,  G05B13/02 ,  G06V10/25 ,  G06V20/00 ,  H04N23/62

Abstract: The disclosed systems and methods provide a novel framework that provides mechanisms for a hands-free, autonomous electrical connection of an electric charger to an electric vehicle (EV), and subsequent charging. The disclosed framework utilizes an automated connection device (ACD) as an intermediary between the charger and the EV. The ACD is configured for automatically determining a precise location of the charging inlet on the EV and then automatically establishing an electrical connection with the EV so that the EV can receive a charge. The ACD performs the disclosed precise positional and directional navigation to the EV inlet based on deep neural network analysis of captured imagery of the inlet. In some embodiments, the images can be modified so as to highlight and/or assist the ACD's navigation towards to the inlet in order to maximize invariance.

公开(公告)号：US20240399619A1

公开(公告)日：2024-12-05

申请号：US18679830

申请日：2024-05-31

Applicant: ABB Schweiz AG

Inventor： Christoph Kenel ,  Markus Hoidis ,  Thierry Delachaux

IPC: B28B1/00 ,  B28B11/00 ,  C22C1/10 ,  C22C29/00 ,  C22C29/08

Abstract: A method for forming a contact piece for a circuit breaker, the contact piece comprising a reinforcement phase and a conductive phase, the method comprising: providing a slurry of the reinforcement phase in liquid; freeze casting the slurry, to form a cast comprising a frozen liquid structure and a reinforcement phase structure; removing the frozen liquid structure from the cast, to form a foam comprising the reinforcement phase structure; sintering the foam, to form a sintered foam; and infiltrating the sintered foam with the conductive phase, to form a piece part.

公开(公告)号：US12158367B2

公开(公告)日：2024-12-03

申请号：US17476222

申请日：2021-09-15

Applicant: ABB Schweiz AG

Inventor： Wilfredo Fernando Baluja ,  Besson-Yasong Yu

IPC: G01F23/72 ,  G01B7/00 ,  H03F3/04 ,  H03G3/30

Abstract: Illustrative embodiments of systems and methods for enhanced vibration and electrical noise performance in magnetostrictive transmitters are disclosed. In one embodiment, a signal conditioning circuit may comprise an instrumentation amplifier configured to receive and amplify an analog measurement signal, an active high pass filter configured to reduce noise in a signal output by the instrumentation amplifier, a variable gain amplifier stage configured to further amplify a signal output by the active high pass filter, a distance detection module configured to process a signal output by the variable gain amplifier stage to determine a distance measurement associated with the analog measurement signal received by the instrumentation amplifier, and a programmable control circuit configured to control a gain level of the variable gain amplifier stage and to receive data concerning the signal output by the variable gain amplifier stage, including the distance measurement, from the distance detection module.

公开(公告)号：US20240391248A1

公开(公告)日：2024-11-28

申请号：US18691494

申请日：2021-09-16

Applicant: ABB Schweiz AG

Inventor： Yngve Finnestad ,  Takahiro Tawata

IPC: B41J2/21 ,  B41J2/14

Abstract: A method of applying coating medium to a surface of an object, the method including applying coating medium to an inner region of the surface such that the coating medium on the inner region has an inner thickness; and applying coating medium to an outer region of the surface, adjacent to the inner region, to form an edge of the coating medium at a side of the outer region opposite to the inner region and such that the coating medium on the outer region has an outer thickness, wherein a minimum value of the outer thickness is 30% to 80% of the inner thickness, and wherein a maximum 10 value of the outer thickness is equal to or less than the inner thickness. A control system for controlling application of coating medium and a coating system for applying coating medium are also provided.

公开(公告)号：US20240391104A1

公开(公告)日：2024-11-28

申请号：US18695858

申请日：2021-10-19

Applicant: ABB Schweiz AG

Inventor： Jonas Brönmark ,  Björn Löfvendahl ,  Stefan Romberg ,  Simon Gräsberg

IPC: B25J9/16 ,  B25J19/02

Abstract: A method of handling safety of an industrial robot, the method including providing at least one virtual safety border defined in relation to the industrial robot, where each virtual safety border is associated with a condition to be fulfilled by the industrial robot; obtaining environment data of a physical environment of the industrial robot by means of an environment sensor; determining, by a control system, an obstacle position of an obstacle in the environment based on the environment data; and evaluating, by the control system, a border position of each virtual safety border with regard to the obstacle position. Control systems for handling safety of an industrial robot in an environment, and a method including defining at least one virtual safety border in relation to the industrial robot based on the environment data, are also provided.

公开(公告)号：US12153406B2

公开(公告)日：2024-11-26

申请号：US17419514

申请日：2019-12-20

Applicant: ABB Schweiz AG

Inventor： Raoul Jetley ,  Divyasheel Sharma ,  Abdulla Puthan Peedikayil ,  Dirk Schulz ,  Vadthyavath Ramu

IPC: G05B19/418

Abstract: The invention relates to a method and system to generate control logic for performing industrial processes with a controller in a process plant. The method includes receiving a control narrative comprising one or more control requirements of the industrial process, and extracting a plurality of control entities and a plurality of set points, from the control narrative using one or more sets of predetermined regular expressions and one or more models. The method further includes identifying a set of inputs, outputs and control elements from the plurality of control entities using a domain dictionary, detecting a plurality of actions from the control narrative using an intent classifier, identifying a relationship between the set of inputs, outputs and control elements, the plurality of set points, and the plurality of actions, and generating based on the relationship identified the control logic for the controller to perform the process.