Patents by Inventor Martin Gehringer

Martin Gehringer 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: 7228461
    Abstract: Certain exemplary embodiments provide a method comprising automatically enforcing user compliance with a plurality of predetermined steps of a computer-assisted verification test of a safety feature for a machine system; inducing an error condition in the machine system; and collecting data regarding a response of the machine system to the error condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2007
    Assignee: Siemens Energy & Automation, Inc.
    Inventors: James R. Krietemeyer, Stephen Scott Strickland, David M. Farmer, Martin Gehringer
  • Publication number: 20040153788
    Abstract: Certain exemplary embodiments provide a method comprising automatically enforcing user compliance with a plurality of predetermined steps of a computer-assisted verification test of a safety feature for a machine system; inducing an error condition in the machine system; and collecting data regarding a response of the machine system to the error condition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2003
    Publication date: August 5, 2004
    Inventors: James R. Krietemeyer, Stephen Scott Strickland, David M. Farmer, Martin Gehringer