Patents by Inventor Thomas Schönberger

Thomas Schönberger 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: 11950344
    Abstract: The invention relates to an apparatus (1) for controlling DALI devices (2 . . . 4) of a DALI lighting system, comprising an interface (8) for connecting the apparatus (1) to a DALI-bus (5) of said DALI lighting system; controlling means (9) for detecting and addressing the DALI devices (2 . . . 4) connected to the DALI-bus; storage means (10) for storing addresses of the DALI devices (2 . . . 4) generated by the controlling means (9) and device type information of each DALI device (2 . . . 4) detected by the controlling means (9); and Bluetooth transmitter (11) for transmitting the addresses and the device type information to a mobile commissioning device (6) and for receiving configuration information defining behavior of the DALI devices (2 . . . 4) from the mobile commissioning device (6), wherein the controlling means is adapted to configure to the DALI devices (2 . . . 4) based on the configuration information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: Tridonic GmbH & Co KG
    Inventors: Harry Förstler, Youssouf Coulibaly, Huang Pengcheng, Thomas Kuch, Hans Schlumpf, John Schönberger, Vladimir Barkovskii
  • Publication number: 20240075675
    Abstract: Disclosed is an apparatus for heating plastic preforms, having a transport device which transports the plastic preforms along a predetermined transport path, the transport device having a circulating transport and a plurality of holding devices for holding the plastic preforms, having a plurality of heating devices which are arranged stationarily along the transport path, in such a way that the plastic preforms transported along the transport path are heated by these heating devices, the heating devices each having a plurality of heating lamps, and the apparatus having a detection device which is configured to detect a failure of the heating lamps, wherein the apparatus has a control device which is configured to control the apparatus in dependence on a number of heating lamps detected having failed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2023
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Inventors: Daniel VOGLER, Michael EIFLER, Thomas PHILIPP, Andreas PENSE, Simon MOEWES, Andreas ROTH, Wolfgang SCHOENBERGER, Robert AUST, Jochen FORSTHÖVEL, Daniel PETER
  • Patent number: 8328084
    Abstract: An apparatus for accepting and/or dispensing payment and/or for processing value documents having a housing in which there is disposed a control device for controlling at least one part of the apparatus, the housing having a housing body with a housing opening, a housing element movable relative to the housing body, and a housing element holding device that holds the housing element movably on at least one part of the housing body, and a display device controlled by the control device for displaying operating and servicing information which is held on the housing element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2012
    Assignee: Giesecke & Devrient GmbH
    Inventors: Nikolai Lipkowitsch, Thomas Schönberger
  • Publication number: 20100264208
    Abstract: An apparatus for accepting and/or dispensing means of payment and/or for processing value documents possesses a housing in which there is disposed a control device for controlling at least one part of the apparatus, said housing having a housing body with a housing opening, a housing element movable relative to the housing body, and a housing element holding device by means of which the housing element is held movably on at least one part of the housing body, and a display device controlled by the control device for displaying operating and servicing information which is held on the housing element, wherein the housing element holding device is so configured that the housing element reciprocates between an operating position in which the housing element at least partly closes the housing opening, and a servicing position in which the housing element at least partly releases the housing opening, wherein the display device in the operating position is oriented with respect to the display device in the servicing
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2008
    Publication date: October 21, 2010
    Inventors: Nikolai Lipkowitsch, Thomas Schönberger