Patents by Inventor Andreas Hettich

Andreas Hettich 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: 11255882
    Abstract: The invention relates to a monitoring device for monitoring an energy parameter in a distribution station, wherein the monitoring device is designed to be attached to a voltage conductor in the distribution station, comprising: a device identifier for uniquely identifying the monitoring device, which device identifier is designed to be read out from immediate spatial proximity; a measurement unit for measuring an electrical current and/or a voltage of an alternating current flowing through the voltage conductor; an evaluation unit for determining the energy parameter based on the measured electrical current and/or voltage; and a communication unit for receiving a request from a readout device and for transmitting the energy parameter to the readout device if the received request comprises access information that is based on the device identifier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2022
    Assignee: EnBW Energie Baden-Wurttemberg AG
    Inventors: Denis Merkle, Andreas Hettich
  • Publication number: 20200278384
    Abstract: The invention relates to a monitoring device for monitoring an energy parameter in a distribution station, wherein the monitoring device is designed to be attached to a voltage conductor in the distribution station, comprising: a device identifier for uniquely identifying the monitoring device, which device identifier is designed to be read out from immediate spatial proximity; a measurement unit for measuring an electrical current and/or a voltage of an alternating current flowing through the voltage conductor; an evaluation unit for determining the energy parameter based on the measured electrical current and/or voltage; and a communication unit for receiving a request from a readout device and for transmitting the energy parameter to the readout device if the received request comprises access information that is based on the device identifier.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2018
    Publication date: September 3, 2020
    Applicant: ENBW ENERGIE BADEN-WURTTEMBERG AG
    Inventors: Denis MERKLE, Andreas HETTICH
  • Patent number: 6377549
    Abstract: A system which determines whether to accept a wireless connection to a network device receives a request to initiate the wireless connection to the network device, and then determines, in response to the request, a nominal cell rate at which cells are exiting from a buffer in the network device for the requested wireless connection. Thereafter, the system determines an amount of buffer space in the network device required to accommodate the connection, and decides whether to accept the wireless connection based on the nominal cell rate and the amount of buffer space required to accommodate the connection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 1998
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2002
    Assignee: U.S. Philips Corporation
    Inventors: Chiu Y. Ngo, Andreas Hettich