US 11,892,890 B2
Power converter failure detection and prevention
Liron Har-Shai, Tel Mond (IL); Israel Gershman, Yehud (IL); Igor Morozov, Kfar-Yona (IL); David Lachmann, Mevaseret Zion (IL); Vitaly Zlotnikov, Petah Tikva (IL); Bryon Gomberg, Kfar Saba (IL); and Yoav Galin, Raanana (IL)
Assigned to Solaredge Technologies Ltd., Herzeliya (IL)
Filed by Solaredge Technologies Ltd., Herzeliya (IL)
Filed on Jan. 9, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/151,911.
Application 18/151,911 is a continuation of application No. 16/728,885, filed on Dec. 27, 2019, granted, now 11,599,176.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/786,596, filed on Dec. 31, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2023/0229221 A1, Jul. 20, 2023
Int. Cl. G06F 1/30 (2006.01); H02H 3/24 (2006.01); H02H 7/12 (2006.01); H02H 11/00 (2006.01)
CPC G06F 1/30 (2013.01) [H02H 3/24 (2013.01); H02H 7/1216 (2013.01); H02H 11/008 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system comprising:
a user terminal comprising a terminal processor and a graphical user interface (GUI); and
a power device comprising:
a housing comprising a cover;
a printed circuit board (PCB), wherein the PCB is located inside the housing;
at least one electrical component comprising at least one attribute, wherein the at least one electrical component is located on the PCB inside the housing;
at least one sensor configured to monitor the at least one attribute, wherein the at least one sensor is located on the PCB inside the housing, wherein the at least one attribute is generated inside the housing;
a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium comprising at least one alerting rule; and
at least one processor configured to:
retrieve the at least one alerting rule from the storage medium,
monitor at least one sensor value from the at least one sensor, wherein the at least one sensor value is associated with the at least one attribute,
evaluate the at least one alerting rule during the monitoring, and
when the at least one alerting rule results in a pending failure condition, send a notification to a user by sending the notification to the user terminal, wherein the terminal processor is configured to display the notification on the GUI;
wherein the cover comprises a reflector, and wherein the reflector is configured to direct the at least one attribute from the at least one electrical component to the at least one sensor.