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Number of patents: 515
Last date: May 22, 2012

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NumberTitleIssue Date
8185603Method for accessing a function of a real-world object
A method to provide access to Aspects of Aspect Objects from a standard web browser. A web browser sends a request of access to a certain Aspect of an Aspect Object. The request includes a URL address. The URL address specifies the Aspect, the Aspect Object. The met...
05/22/2012
8185580Method for handling different versions of an application, and an automation system
A method in an automated system for handling at least two versions of an application. The system includes a controller for automation of a process with the application stored thereon in bidirectional connection with a communication server. The communication server i...
05/22/2012
8185346Dynamic maintenance plan for an industrial robot
A method for establishing a dynamic maintenance scheduling tool for a specific part of a machinery based on condensed prior knowledge of the part of the machinery in a population of machineries. The scheduling tool is in turn used in a method for establishing a dyna...
05/22/2012
8184412Electric power converter
A voltage source converter including a string of series connected active semiconducting elements. The converter includes in case of an active semiconducting element failure a calculation element configured to calculate an operation dc voltage including a sum of dc r...
05/22/2012
8183972Oil filled transformer with spacers and spacers for separating and supporting stacked windings
An oil filled high power transformer for high voltages with coils. The transformer including a number of stacked layers of, in the main concentric, insulated conductors forming transformer coils. The winding layers are separated by spacers. One or more spacers are p...
05/22/2012
8183871Method and device for fault location in a two-terminal transmission or distribution power line
A method for locating a fault in a two-terminal power transmission or distribution line. Measurements of the three phase currents are received from both terminals. Measurements of the three phase voltages are received from one line terminal. Parameters of the line a...
05/22/2012
8183736Device and method for converting energy
A device for transforming thermal energy to electric energy including a magnetic circuit including at least a portion made of a magnetic material, a temperature-varying device for varying the temperature in the portion made of the magnetic material alternately above...
05/22/2012
8183718Method and device for controlled reclosing of a circuit breaker
A method for controlled reclosing of branch elements in an electric power system that has been subjected to a disturbance and that includes at least one branch element and at least one circuit breaker connected thereto. The angular difference between voltage vectors...
05/22/2012
8183489Contact element
An electric contact element for an arcing contact including a contact body arranged to be applied against a contact element. The contact body includes a Mn+1AXn-material, wherein M is at least one transition metal, A is at least one element sel...
05/22/2012
8182700Method and exhaust arrangement in the removal of surface scum
A method and exhaust arrangement in the removal of surface scum. An exhaust arrangement is used existing in connection with a liquid basin. The exhaust arrangement includes a first surface chute arrangement for removal of surface scum utilizing an overflow arrangeme...
05/22/2012
8181590Sluice device for an ROV
A sluice device suitable for a remotely cable operated vehicle. A water tight compartment has a first and a second sluice gate. The sluice device includes a system for enabling launching, operating, and retrieving of the remotely cable operated vehicle. An insert fo...
05/22/2012
8179817Tool for communication system
A method for designing an, at least partly wireless, local area communication network for industrial application. A 3D plant model of the area in which the communication network is to operate is accessed. Devices that are to communicate in the communication, identif...
05/15/2012
8171612Device for stretching an elastically expandable body
A device for stretching an elastically expandable body, wherein the device includes a stiff tube over which at least part of the elastically expandable body is arranged to be applied when being stretched. The device includes at least one sliding element designed to ...
05/08/2012
8165141Method for configuring a node of an industrial wireless network
A method for joining a wireless node of a field device such as a sensor or actuator to a wireless network connected to an industrial monitoring or control system. A handheld wireless device is utilized including hardware and software for communicating with the wirel...
04/24/2012
8164413Electric insulation arrangement
An electric insulation arrangement including a field grading material including a matrix including a dielectric material. A plurality of micro varistor particles is distributed in the matrix. A plurality of bridge particles include an electrically conducting materia...
04/24/2012
8164221Controlled series compensator and method
A control apparatus for a controlled series compensator including a plurality of reactance elements each having a rapid switch for connecting and disconnecting the reactance in series with an electric power transmission line. The apparatus also includes a steady sta...
04/24/2012
8161895Machine-assisted free-hand embroidery method
A method and device for free-hand embroidering on a sewing material with a sewing machine which has a memory for stitch data for a sewing pattern and a processor for reading the stitch data and for causing the sewing machine to execute stitches according to stitch d...
04/24/2012
8159812Capacitor element method for manufacturing a capacitor element and use of a power capacitor
A capacitor element for a power capacitor. The capacitor element includes a plurality of series-connected cylindrical sub-elements. Each sub-element includes at least two strips of dielectric material wound in a number of turns. A layer of electrically conductive ma...
04/17/2012
8159229Load compensation in distance protection of a three-phase power transmission line
A load compensation method for phase-to-ground loops in distance protection. A first reactive reach is estimated assuming zero fault resistance or with a positive sequence current. A second reactive reach is estimated with a zero sequence current. A third reactive r...
04/17/2012
8155799Safety arrangement for a discharging signalling system
A method and system for allowing unsafe action signals in a dispensing system of a vehicle. A discharging signalling system of at least one dispenser of a vehicle includes an activation circuit arranged to discharge the dispenser. An indicator is arranged to indicat...
04/10/2012
8154369Method and device for controlling of a magnetic flux
A device for controlling a magnetic flux in an electromagnetic system, wherein the system includes magnetically connected magnetic cores, between which a volume is arranged. The volume includes a controllable magnetic flux region and the magnetic flux region include...
04/10/2012
8151529Curved beam of fiber composite material
A curved beam of fiber composite material. The beam includes a first flange curved in a longitudinal direction, a second flange curved in a longitudinal direction and having a greater longitudinal extent than the first flange, and a web curved in a longitudinal dire...
04/10/2012
8149176Device and method for controlling a satellite tracking antenna
A device for controlling a satellite tracking antenna. An azimuth drive is configured to impart an azimuthal rotational motion to the antenna about an azimuth axis. An elevation axis drive is configured to impart a rotational motion to the antenna about an elevation...
04/03/2012
8146950Diffractive color system
A method in a diffractive color system that specifies visual color effects and/or target colors that are formed by mixing together two or more diffractively produced primary colors. The primary colors and the characteristics of the elementary gratings used in produc...
04/03/2012
8144488Voltage source converter station
The resistors of a filter block \in a voltage source converter station are connected with a floating neutral point. ...
03/27/2012
8142215High-voltage electrical connector
A method for volume compensation of a fluid-filled first chamber accommodating a first electrical appliance that is electrically connected by a high-voltage electrical connector to a second electrical appliance located in a fluid-filled second chamber. The first cha...
03/27/2012
8141502Fluidized bed boiler and a grate element for the same
A fluidized bed boiler comprises a furnace whose lower part is equipped with a grate comprising means for supplying fluidizing air into the furnace. The furnace also comprises at least one heat transfer surface extending across the furnace and comprising elongated h...
03/27/2012
8138702Control method and motorstarter device
A method for controlling an electric motor with a softstarter. A softstarter device for control of electric motors. Motor torque is controlled in dependence of a torque error signal, based on a calculated difference between the motor torque and a reference torque va...
03/20/2012
8137547Fluid treatment tank and a well fluid processing system comprising such a tank
A fluid treatment tank for use in a well fluid processing system. The tank is divided into at least three compartments, including an oil treatment compartment for receiving oil from a separator vessel of the well fluid processing system so as to allow stabilization ...
03/20/2012
8129882Thermoelectric generator and method of generating electricity
A generator device for converting thermal energy to electric energy. A magnetic circuit includes at least a portion made of a magnetic material. A temperature-varying device varied the temperature in the portion made of the magnetic material alternately above and be...
03/06/2012
8127854System and method for rigging up well workover equipment
A gas and oil recovery system including a vessel, platform or rig, with a rig floor, a riser including a pipe that extends from the vessel, platform or rig to a x-mas tree on top of a well head and via which a wire or coiled tubing is fed down into a well. The riser...
03/06/2012
8126964Method for displaying data in an industrial control system
A method to distribute or share data provided by a server process of an industrial control system to a client process running on a first machine of a first user, with a client process running on a machine of a second user. The server session is logged by the server ...
02/28/2012
8126395Wireless communication method, device and system for establishing a connection
A method for a user to establish a wireless connection between a wireless portable computing device and a wireless-equipped device in an industrial or electrical power or distribution plant. Actions of the method are carried out by a second computer program that pro...
02/28/2012
8125310Method and system for providing a user interface
A method for providing a user interface for an industrial control system. Information is presented at least in part displayed in layers or filters on one or more display screens of a control system. The control system may include other media for presenting or displa...
02/28/2012
8122105Method, system architecture and computer software for communication between devices
A method for communication between a plurality of devices connected to each other through a network. Each device includes at least one service that provides a set of functions for controlling and/or monitoring the device. A service of a first device detects the pres...
02/21/2012
8121729Remote diagnostic system for robots
A remote diagnostic system for robots including a number of at least two robots, wherein a controller of each robot of the system is locally connected to a service unit provided with local processing power, a remote service center provided with a connector server is...
02/21/2012
8111502Arrangement adapted for a subsea application
An arrangement related to subsea electric power distributing AC-system and adapted for a subsea application. The arrangement is enclosed in a watertight casing. The casing exposes a main power input connection, adapted for watertight co-ordination with a first subse...
02/07/2012
8107266Converter for converting alternating voltage into direct voltage and conversely
A converter for converting alternating voltage into direct voltage and vice versa in a converter station of a high voltage transmission system including a series connection of a plurality of converter valves. The converter has connections to transformers on both of ...
01/31/2012
8107206Surge arrester
A surge arrester for medium and high voltages includes a length adjustment device and pivot unit. ...
01/31/2012
8106663Sensor product for electric field sensing
A sensor product web for electric field sensing. The sensor includes a substrate, sequential electrically conductive areas on a surface of the substrate, conductors, an output connected to one of the electrically conductive areas by one of the conductors, a dielectr...
01/31/2012
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