Patents by Inventor Manfred Gaul

Manfred Gaul 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: 11526257
    Abstract: A display device displays device information in a navigation tree, whose nodes are each assigned to apparatus parts, apparatuses and/or apparatus groups, such that the apparatus information with a node that is superordinate both to the node which is assigned to a source of the apparatus information, and to a currently selected node.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2022
    Assignee: SEW-EURODRIVE GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Robert Reichle, Manfred Gaul, Daniel Reinhardt, Stephan Nicklis, Desiree Nissel, Stephan Schneider, Rima Pfetzing, Anne Schilling, Christian Hornung
  • Publication number: 20220164074
    Abstract: A display device displays device information in a navigation tree, whose nodes are each assigned to apparatus parts, apparatuses and/or apparatus groups, such that the apparatus information with a node that is superordinate both to the node which is assigned to a source of the apparatus information, and to a currently selected node.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2022
    Publication date: May 26, 2022
    Applicant: SEW-EURODRIVE GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Robert REICHLE, Manfred GAUL, Daniel REINHARDT, Stephan NICKLIS, Desiree NISSEL, Stephan SCHNEIDER, Rima PFETZING, Anne SCHILLING, Christian HORNUNG
  • Patent number: 11243666
    Abstract: A display device displays device information in a navigation tree, whose nodes are each assigned to apparatus parts, apparatuses and/or apparatus groups, such that the apparatus information with a node that is superordinate both to the node which is assigned to a source of the apparatus information, and to a currently selected node.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2022
    Assignee: SEW-EURODRIVE GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Robert Reichle, Manfred Gaul, Daniel Reinhardt, Stephan Nicklis, Desiree Nissel, Stephan Schneider, Rima Pfetzing, Anne Schilling, Christian Hornung
  • Publication number: 20210232276
    Abstract: A display device displays device information in a navigation tree, whose nodes are each assigned to apparatus parts, apparatuses and/or apparatus groups, such that the apparatus information with a node that is superordinate both to the node which is assigned to a source of the apparatus information, and to a currently selected node.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2021
    Publication date: July 29, 2021
    Applicant: SEW-EURODRIVE GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Robert REICHLE, Manfred GAUL, Daniel REINHARDT, Stephan NICKLIS, Desiree NISSEL, Stephan SCHNEIDER, Rima PFETZING, Anne SCHILLING, Christian HORNUNG
  • Patent number: 10990244
    Abstract: A navigation apparatus displays nodes of a navigation tree stored in a storage device in a manner that one selected node is displayed in an expanded display form and further nodes are displayed in a reduced display form on a display unit. In response to a selection of a subordinate node, the previously selected node is converted into the reduced display form and the newly selected node is converted into an expanded display form.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2021
    Assignee: SEW-EURODRIVE GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Robert Reichle, Manfred Gaul, Stephan Nicklis, Christian Hornung, Desiree Nissel, Stephan Schneider, Rima Pfetzing, Anne Schilling, Daniel Reinhardt
  • Patent number: 10976893
    Abstract: A display device displays device information in a navigation tree, whose nodes are each assigned to apparatus parts, apparatuses and/or apparatus groups, such that the apparatus information with a node that is superordinate both to the node which is assigned to a source of the apparatus information, and to a currently selected node.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2021
    Assignee: SEW-EURODRIVE GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Robert Reichle, Manfred Gaul, Daniel Reinhardt, Stephan Nicklis, Desiree Nissel, Stephan Schneider, Rima Pfetzing, Anne Schilling, Christian Hornung
  • Patent number: 10795344
    Abstract: In an assignment apparatus, it is provided to generate a plant model for an industrial plant with the aid of a computer, components being represented by structural elements, and to allocate the structural elements to nodes of a navigation tree, in each case it being checked, with computer assistance, whether the allocation matches structurally, in order to provide operative-control and/or output elements for the components in the navigation tree.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignee: SEW-EURODRIVE GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Robert Reichle, Manfred Gaul, Daniel Reinhardt, Stephan Nicklis, Desiree Nissel, Stephan Schneider, Rima Pfetzing, Anne Schilling, Christian Hornung
  • Publication number: 20190107828
    Abstract: In an assignment apparatus, it is provided to generate a plant model for an industrial plant with the aid of a computer, components being represented by structural elements, and to allocate the structural elements to nodes of a navigation tree, in each case it being checked, with computer assistance, whether the allocation matches structurally, in order to provide operative-control and/or output elements for the components in the navigation tree.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2018
    Publication date: April 11, 2019
    Inventors: Robert REICHLE, Manfred GAUL, Daniel REINHARDT, Stephan NICKLIS, Desiree NISSEL, Stephan SCHNEIDER, Rima PFETZING, Anne SCHILLING, Christian HORNUNG
  • Patent number: 10152047
    Abstract: In an assignment apparatus, it is provided to generate a plant model for an industrial plant with the aid of a computer, components being represented by structural elements, and to allocate the structural elements to nodes of a navigation tree, in each case it being checked, with computer assistance, whether the allocation matches structurally, in order to provide operative-control and/or output elements for the components in the navigation tree.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2018
    Assignee: SEW-EURODRIVE GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Robert Reichle, Manfred Gaul, Daniel Reinhardt, Stephan Nicklis, Desiree Nissel, Stephan Schneider, Rima Pfetzing, Anne Schilling, Christian Hornung
  • Publication number: 20170046018
    Abstract: A navigation apparatus displays nodes of a navigation tree stored in a storage device in a manner that one selected node is displayed in an expanded display form and further nodes are displayed in a reduced display form on a display unit. In response to a selection of a subordinate node, the previously selected node is converted into the reduced display form and the newly selected node is converted into an expanded display form.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2014
    Publication date: February 16, 2017
    Inventors: Robert REICHLE, Manfred GAUL, Stephan NICKLIS, Christian HORNUNG, Desiree NISSEL, Stephan SCHNEIDER, Rima PFETZING, Anne SCHILLING, Daniel REINHARDT
  • Publication number: 20170003836
    Abstract: A display device displays device information in a navigation tree, whose nodes are each assigned to apparatus parts, apparatuses and/or apparatus groups, such that the apparatus information with a node that is superordinate both to the node which is assigned to a source of the apparatus information, and to a currently selected node.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2014
    Publication date: January 5, 2017
    Inventors: Robert REICHLE, Manfred GAUL, Daniel REINHARDT, Stephan NICKLIS, Desiree NISSEL, Stephan SCHNEIDER, Rima PFETZING, Anne SCHILLING, Christian HORNUNG
  • Publication number: 20170003675
    Abstract: In an assignment apparatus, it is provided to generate a plant model for an industrial plant with the aid of a computer, components being represented by structural elements, and to allocate the structural elements to nodes of a navigation tree, in each case it being checked, with computer assistance, whether the allocation matches structurally, in order to provide operative-control and/or output elements for the components in the navigation tree.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2014
    Publication date: January 5, 2017
    Inventors: Robert REICHLE, Manfred GAUL, Daniel REINHARDT, Stephan NICKLIS, Desiree NISSEL, Stephan SCHNEIDER, Rima PFETZING, Anne SCHILLING, Christian HORNUNG
  • Patent number: 8812216
    Abstract: In a method and the corresponding apparatus for operating an internal combustion engine with a plurality of cylinders (Z1 to Z4) which are assigned in each case one injection valve (18) for metering in fuel, a control apparatus (25) is provided with in each case one output stage (25a) for actuating the injection valves (18) of the plurality of cylinders. Here, first of all work injection operations (P0 to P4) are determined for a cylinder (CYL_i) with the duration and positioning in relation to the crankshaft rotary angle. Following this, late injection operations (P5), which are required in certain operating modes, for the preceding cylinder (CYL_i?1) in the ignition sequence are arranged in a setpoint crankshaft angular range (SB) in such a way that no temporal overlaps occur between individual work and late injection operations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2014
    Assignee: Continental Automotive GmbH
    Inventors: Martin Brandt, Joachim Engelmann, Jürgen Fritsch, Manfred Gaul, Hui Li, Gonzalo Medina-Sanchez
  • Publication number: 20120101709
    Abstract: In a method and the corresponding apparatus for operating an internal combustion engine with a plurality of cylinders (Z1 to Z4) which are assigned in each case one injection valve (18) for metering in fuel, a control apparatus (25) is provided with in each case one output stage (25a) for actuating the injection valves (18) of the plurality of cylinders. Here, first of all work injection operations (P0 to P4) are determined for a cylinder (CYL_i) with the duration and positioning in relation to the crankshaft rotary angle. Following this, late injection operations (P5), which are required in certain operating modes, for the preceding cylinder (CYL_i?1) in the ignition sequence are arranged in a setpoint crankshaft angular range (SB) in such a way that no temporal overlaps occur between individual work and late injection operations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2010
    Publication date: April 26, 2012
    Inventors: Martin Brandt, Joachim Engelmann, Jürgen Fritsch, Manfred Gaul, Hui Li, Gonzalo Medina-Sanchez
  • Publication number: 20090308701
    Abstract: An actuator (10), particularly a brake actuator for a parking brake in a motor vehicle, with a drive element (20, 200), an output element (30, 32, 300), is coupled with the drive element (20, 200) by at least one elastic element (40, 42, 44, 46, 400), a first sensor (60, 600) for detecting a change in the position of the drive elements (20, 200), and a second sensor (62, 620) for detecting a change in the position of the output element (30, 32, 300).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2007
    Publication date: December 17, 2009
    Applicant: CONTINENTAL AUTOMOTIVE GMBH
    Inventor: Manfred Gaul