Patents by Inventor Wolfram Henkel

Wolfram Henkel 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: 10049081
    Abstract: A system for documenting the state of a component, for example a component present on board a transport device; the use of such a system in a transport device; a transport device having such a system; an associated method for documenting the state of a component; and a computer program for executing the method. The transport device may be an aircraft. The system comprises a central logbook equipment and at least one mobile recording device, the mobile recording device comprising a recording unit for recording items of multimedia information relating to the state of the component, and a transmitting unit for transmitting the recorded items of multimedia information to the central logbook equipment. The central logbook equipment is configured to generate a multimedia logbook entry on the basis of the transmitted items of multimedia information, and to store the generated multimedia logbook entry.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Assignee: AIRBUS OPERATIONS GMBH
    Inventor: Wolfram Henkel
  • Patent number: 9310415
    Abstract: A test system for plug-in connectors, especially for plug-in connectors in an airplane. A transmitting device which is designed for sending out a test signal to the plug-in connectors to be tested, and comprising at least one receiving device for each plug-in connector to be tested which is electrically coupled with the respective plug-in connector and which is designed for receiving the transmitted test signal and outputting an acknowledgement signal in response to receiving the transmitted test signal. Furthermore, the present invention creates an aircraft or a spacecraft and a method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2016
    Assignee: AIRBUS OPERATIONS GmbH
    Inventor: Wolfram Henkel
  • Publication number: 20140039717
    Abstract: A system for documenting the state of a component, for example a component present on board a transport device; the use of such a system in a transport device; a transport device having such a system; an associated method for documenting the state of a component; and a computer program for executing the method. The transport device may be an aircraft. The system comprises a central logbook equipment and at least one mobile recording device, the mobile recording device comprising a recording unit for recording items of multimedia information relating to the state of the component, and a transmitting unit for transmitting the recorded items of multimedia information to the central logbook equipment. The central logbook equipment is configured to generate a multimedia logbook entry on the basis of the transmitted items of multimedia information, and to store the generated multimedia logbook entry.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2013
    Publication date: February 6, 2014
    Inventor: Wolfram Henkel
  • Patent number: 8190727
    Abstract: A network management system in an aircraft for managing and maintaining a network. An aircraft maintenance computer communicates with a first device to be managed via the SNMP protocol. The first device to be comprises a description file. Within a subnetwork one or more second devices to be managed are present which are linked with the first device to be managed. These second devices to be managed enter their data into the description file via these connections. The data are necessary for managing and maintaining the respective second device to be managed by the aircraft maintenance computer. Therefore the aircraft maintenance computer is enabled to manage and maintain the first and the second devices only by means of the central MIB.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2012
    Assignee: Airbus Operations GmbH
    Inventor: Wolfram Henkel
  • Publication number: 20100057899
    Abstract: A network management system in an aircraft for managing and maintaining a network. An aircraft maintenance computer communicates with a first device to be managed via the SNMP protocol. The first device to be comprises a description file. Within a subnetwork one or more second devices to be managed are present which are linked with the first device to be managed. These second devices to be managed enter their data into the description file via these connections. The data are necessary for managing and maintaining the respective second device to be managed by the aircraft maintenance computer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2009
    Publication date: March 4, 2010
    Applicant: AIRBUS OPERATIONS GMBH .
    Inventor: Wolfram Henkel