Patents by Inventor Andreas Weidenkeller

Andreas Weidenkeller 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 and system for address allocation for a plurality of devices connected to a multi-master bus
    Patent number: 8566490
    Abstract: An automatic addressing bus system and method of communication comprising a main and an end device, wherein the respective bus controllers used in the main and end devices comprise multi-master capability. The main controlling device has an address known to the end device to be connected, the end device is able to actively initiate the address allocation procedure, without the need for user interaction. The method and system of the present system may be implemented using such known bus systems such as 2-wire serial buses, in particular I2C, and enables both automatic and dynamic address allocation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2013
    Assignee: Fluke Corporation
    Inventor: Andreas Weidenkeller
  • AUTOMATIC ADDRESSING SCHEME FOR 2 WIRE SERIAL BUS INTERFACE
    Publication number: 20110296067
    Abstract: An automatic addressing bus system and method of communication comprising a main and an end device, wherein the respective bus controllers used in the main and end devices comprise multi-master capability. The main controlling device has an address known to the end device to be connected, the end device is able to actively initiate the address allocation procedure, without the need for user interaction. The method and system of the present system may be implemented using such known bus systems such as 2-wire serial buses, in particular I2C, and enables both automatic and dynamic address allocation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2011
    Publication date: December 1, 2011
    Applicant: FLUKE CORPORATION
    Inventor: Andreas Weidenkeller