Patents by Inventor Christian Bodmer

Christian Bodmer has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 8028807
    Abstract: A method and device for maintenance of an elevator installation or an escalator installation communicates the presence of a maintenance technician at the elevator or escalator installation to a remote service center. The service center is thus informed about that the maintenance technician has to maintain or is maintaining or has maintained a specific installation and is in a position of checking the quality of this maintenance. The maintenance operations are recorded as a maintenance record and communicated to the service center. For example, the maintenance record contains details about which maintenance technician on which day of the year and for how long has undertaken which maintenance operations on a specific elevator or escalator installation. The quality of a thus detected maintenance can then be compared with a quality standard. In addition, the maintenance operations performed are thus uniquely detected and can be evaluated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2011
    Assignee: Inventio AG
    Inventors: Romeo Deplazes, Christian Bodmer
  • Publication number: 20080283342
    Abstract: A method and device for maintenance of an elevator installation or an escalator installation communicates the presence of a maintenance technician at the elevator or escalator installation to a remote service center. The service center is thus informed about that the maintenance technician has to maintain or is maintaining or has maintained a specific installation and is in a position of checking the quality of this maintenance. The maintenance operations are recorded as a maintenance record and communicated to the service center. For example, the maintenance record contains details about which maintenance technician on which day of the year and for how long has undertaken which maintenance operations on a specific elevator or escalator installation. The quality of a thus detected maintenance can then be compared with a quality standard. In addition, the maintenance operations performed are thus uniquely detected and can be evaluated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2005
    Publication date: November 20, 2008
    Inventors: Romeo Deplazes, Christian Bodmer
  • Patent number: 7445090
    Abstract: A device and a method for informing passengers of an elevator installation in a building includes at least one information display at at least one start floor and/or at least one second information display in at least one car. The first information display indicates the arrival time of a car at a start or destination floor and the second information display indicates the arrival time of the car at a destination floor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2008
    Assignee: Inventio AG
    Inventors: Christian Bodmer, Steffen Grundmann, Lukas Finschi, Kurt Steinmann, Philipp Wyss
  • Publication number: 20050279587
    Abstract: A device and a method for informing passengers of an elevator installation in a building includes at least one information display at at least one start floor and/or at least one second information display in at least one car. The first information display indicates the arrival time of a car at a start or destination floor and the second information display indicates the arrival time of the car at a destination floor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2005
    Publication date: December 22, 2005
    Inventors: Christian Bodmer, Steffen Grundmann, Lukas Finschi, Kurt Steinmann, Philipp Wyss