Patents by Inventor Bernd Manner

Bernd Manner 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).

  • Sensor-machine interface and method for operation thereof
    Patent number: 8050778
    Abstract: The invention relates to a sensor-machine interface for the coupling of at least one sensor to at least one machine with at least one sensor input for receiving sensor status signals, at least one machine output, for transmission of machine control signals, a programme memory and a controller for programme-controlled operation of the machine output dependent on the signals received by means of the sensor input and a method for operating such an interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2011
    Assignee: Sick AG
    Inventor: Bernd Manner
  • Sensor-machine interface and method for operation thereof
    Publication number: 20050203641
    Abstract: The invention relates to a sensor-machine interface for the coupling of at least one sensor to at least one machine with at least one sensor input for receiving sensor status signals, at least one machine output, for transmission of machine control signals, a programme memory and a controller for programme-controlled operation of the machine output dependent on the signals received by means of the sensor input and a method for operating such an interface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2003
    Publication date: September 15, 2005
    Inventor: Bernd Manner