Patents by Inventor Andre BRAND

Andre BRAND 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: 9934111
    Abstract: There is provided a control and data transmission system, comprising at least one control device which, in normal operation, is connected by means of a communication network to at least one process device designed as an input and/or output device, wherein the process device comprises an evaluation unit designed to detect a failure in the control system, an emergency control program which can be parameterized and which is stored in a memory of the process device, and a runtime system designed to execute the emergency control program, and wherein the process device is designed to switch to emergency operation in response to a failure in the control system detected by the evaluation unit, in which emergency operation the process device executes the emergency control program. The invention further provides a process device for use in such a control and data transmission system and a method for redundant process control.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2018
    Assignee: PHOENIX CONTACT GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Volker Bibelhausen, Andre Brand, Henning Heutger
  • Publication number: 20160048434
    Abstract: There is provided a control and data transmission system, comprising at least one control device which, in normal operation, is connected by means of a communication network to at least one process device designed as an input and/or output device, wherein the process device comprises an evaluation unit designed to detect a failure in the control system, an emergency control program which can be parameterized and which is stored in a memory of the process device, and a runtime system designed to execute the emergency control program, and wherein the process device is designed to switch to emergency operation in response to a failure in the control system detected by the evaluation unit, in which emergency operation the process device executes the emergency control program. The invention further provides a process device for use in such a control and data transmission system and a method for redundant process control.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2014
    Publication date: February 18, 2016
    Inventors: Volker BIBELHAUSEN, Andre BRAND, Henning HEUTGER
  • Patent number: 8893692
    Abstract: An ignition system and method for internal combustion engines with which a reliable triggering of an ignition spark is provided with control of the ignition process over the entire firing duration, wherein an excessive stress on the ignition coil and spark plug is avoided. By detecting the primary current and evaluating it in a control loop, the state of the secondary circuit can be detected reliably. In the case of a disturbance, for example at strongly spent spark plug, the ignition current is immediately readjusted via the control circuit in order to avoid a disruption in spark. This ignition current control thus reacts automatically to sources of defect on the secondary side current.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2014
    Assignee: MOTORTECH GmbH
    Inventors: André Brandes, Rainer Voelz
  • Publication number: 20120325190
    Abstract: An ignition system and method for internal combustion engines with which a reliable triggering of an ignition spark is provided with control of the ignition process over the entire firing duration, wherein an excessive stress on the ignition coil and spark plug is avoided. By detecting the primary current and evaluating it in a control loop, the state of the secondary circuit can be detected reliably. In the case of a disturbance, for example at strongly spent spark plug, the ignition current is immediately readjusted via the control circuit in order to avoid a disruption in spark. This ignition current control thus reacts automatically to sources of defect on the secondary side current.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2011
    Publication date: December 27, 2012
    Applicant: MOTORTECH GMBH
    Inventors: André Brandes, Rainer Voelz