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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jun. 23, 2020

Filed:

Aug. 10, 2018
Applicant:

Landis+gyr Ag, Zug, CH;

Inventors:

Joe Imfeld, Horw, CH;

Andreas Rumsch, Ennetburgen, CH;

Patrick Schmid, Muttenz, CH;

Assignee:

Landis+Gyr AG, Zug, CH;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/13 (2006.01); G01R 31/62 (2020.01); H01F 27/40 (2006.01); G01R 31/34 (2020.01); G01R 31/28 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 31/62 (2020.01); H01F 27/402 (2013.01); G01R 31/2849 (2013.01); G01R 31/343 (2013.01); H01F 2027/406 (2013.01);
Abstract

The present invention relates to a method of determining a reduction of remaining service lifetime of an electrical device during a specific time period. A measurement system is provided comprising a temperature measurement device, a current measurement device and a voltage measurement device. A temperature value, voltage values and current values are measured by using the measurement device. A harmonic load is determined based on the current values. A reduced maximum operating temperature is determined based on the harmonic load. An amount of transient over-voltages is determined based on the voltage values. A transient aging factor is determined based on the amount of transient over-voltages. A temperature dependent aging factor is determined based on the temperature value and the reduced maximum operating temperature. Finally, the reduction of remaining service life is determined based on the specific time period, the transient aging factor and the temperature dependent aging factor.


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