IP Library Granted Patent US 9,667,043
Granted Patent B2
US 9,667,043 · App. 15/124,963 · Granted May 30, 2017

Device for high frequency current damping

Inventor: Lars-Erik Juhlin (Ludvika, SE)
Assignee: ABB SCHWEIZ AG
H02G3/02H01B1/023H01B1/026H01B1/06H01B5/02H01B5/06H02G5/00H02B13/065
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Patent No.
US 9,667,043
App. No.
15/124,963
Granted
May 30, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

A device for damping of high frequency currents is provided. The device includes a conductor extending along a main axis, a first damping path including a first damping element extending along a first axis and a second damping path including a second damping element extending along a second axis. The first and second damping elements are arranged on opposite sides of the conductor. The main axis, the first axis and the second axis are different and separate from each other. The first damping element and the second damping element are spaced apart from the conductor and electrically connected in parallel with the conductor between a first position and a second position along the conductor. Further, from the first position to the second position, a resistance of the conductor is lower than a resistance of either one of the first and second damping paths.

Claims (26)

1. A device for damping of high frequency currents comprising:

a conductor extending along a main axis;

a first damping path including a first damping element extending along a first axis; and

a second damping path including a second damping element extending along a second axis,

wherein the first and second damping elements are arranged on opposite sides of the conductor, and the main axis, the first axis and the second axis are different and separate from each other,

wherein the first damping element and the second damping element are spaced apart from the conductor and electrically connected in parallel with the conductor between a first position and a second position along the conductor, and

wherein, from the first position to the second position, a resistance of the conductor is lower than a resistance of either one of said first and second damping paths.

2. The device of claim 1 , wherein the first axis and the second axis are arranged within a plane comprising the main axis.

3. The device of claim 2 , wherein the main axis, the first axis and the second axis are arranged parallel to each other.

4. The device of claim 2 , wherein the conductor is one of a bus bar, a cord, a rod or a tube made of electrically conducting material.

5. The device of claim 2 , wherein the conductor is made of Aluminum, brass or Copper.

6. The device of claim 1 , wherein the main axis, the first axis and the second axis are arranged parallel to each other.

7. The device of claim 6 , wherein the conductor is one of a bus bar, a cord, a rod or a tube made of electrically conducting material.

8. The device of claim 6 , wherein the conductor is made of Aluminum, brass or Copper.

9. The device of claim 1 , wherein the conductor is one of a bus bar, a cord, a rod or a tube made of electrically conducting material.

10. The device of claim 1 , wherein the conductor is made of Aluminum, brass or Copper.

11. The device of claim 1 , wherein each one of the first and second damping elements is one of a cord, a rod or a tube of electrically conducting material, and/or wherein a cross-section of the first and second damping elements is circular, oval or rectangular.

12. The device of claim 1 , wherein the first and second damping elements are made of stainless steel or Aluminum.

13. The device of claim 1 , wherein a diameter, thickness or cross-sectional size of the conductor is less than a corresponding diameter, thickness or cross-sectional size of the first and/or second damping element.

14. The device of claim 1 , wherein the first damping path includes a first branch electrically connecting a first end of the first damping element to the first position and a second branch electrically connecting a second end of the first damping element to the second position, and wherein the second damping path includes a third branch electrically connecting a first end of the second damping element to the first position and a fourth branch electrically connecting a second end of the second damping element to the second position.

15. The device of claim 14 , wherein each of the branches extends from the first or second position along the conductor to a respective damping element.

16. The device of claim 14 , wherein the branches are separate plates.

17. The device of claim 14 , wherein the branches are zigzag shaped.

18. The device of claim 14 , wherein said branches include stainless steel and/or wherein said branches are made of a material having a resistivity higher than a resistivity of a material of the conductor.

19. The device of claim 1 , wherein each of the first damping path and the second damping path is a single U-shaped mechanical piece.

20. The device of claim 1 , wherein the first damping path and the second damping path define a first damping section between the first position and the second position, the device further comprising a second damping section including a first damping path and a second damping path, said second damping section being arranged consecutively to the first damping section between a third position and a fourth position along the conductor.

Assignments (5)
MERGER Recorded Nov 13, 2023
From: HITACHI ENERGY SWITZERLAND AG
To: HITACHI ENERGY LTD
Reel/Frame 065549/0576 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Dec 31, 2021
From: ABB POWER GRIDS SWITZERLAND AG
To: HITACHI ENERGY SWITZERLAND AG
Reel/Frame 058666/0540 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 6, 2020
From: ABB SCHWEIZ AG
To: ABB POWER GRIDS SWITZERLAND AG
Reel/Frame 052916/0001 →
MERGER Recorded Sep 13, 2016
From: ABB TECHNOLOGY LTD
To: ABB SCHWEIZ AG
Reel/Frame 039709/0731 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 12, 2016
From: JUHLIN, LARS-ERIK
To: ABB TECHNOLOGY LTD
Reel/Frame 039698/0787 →
Continuity (1)
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