Patents by Inventor Theodor Wanner

Theodor Wanner 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).

  • Method for configuring sensors
    Patent number: 6321172
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for configuring sensors by transferring configuration data containing an existing configuration of a sensor from an original sensor to a sensor to be configured, comprising the steps of: connecting the original sensor in its configured state to a module which stores the current configuration data of the original sensor and a checksum corresponding to the configuration data in the module; connecting the module to the sensor to be configured; reading the configuration data stored in the module into the sensor to be configured; calculating a new checksum corresponding to the data read in; then comparing the calculated checksum with the checksum stored in the module; and generating an error message in the event of a non-match of the two checksums.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 1999
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2001
    Assignee: Schmersal-EOT GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Hermann Jakob, Theodor Wanner