Patents by Inventor Bernhard QUENDT

Bernhard QUENDT 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).

  • Control System Method for Controlling an Apparatus or Installation
    Publication number: 20230259095
    Abstract: A control system for controlling an apparatus or installation, wherein at least one first safety function controls the apparatus or installation, where the control system includes a first safety-oriented control device that is configured to perform the at least one first safety function, where the first safety-oriented control device is also configured as a first safety-oriented control application that is implemented in a cloud, and where the first safety oriented control application and the apparatus or installation are communicatively coupled via a first safety-oriented communication connection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2021
    Publication date: August 17, 2023
    Inventors: Bernhard QUENDT, Frank Dittrich SCHILLER
  • Modular security control device
    Patent number: 10692403
    Abstract: A modular security control device for controlling an apparatus or an installation includes a basic control apparatus which is configured such that an apparatus or an installation which is at least connectable to the basic control apparatus is at least controllable via a sequence of a control program in the basic control apparatus, and includes a security module which is configured to provide or perform a cryptographic functionality for the basic control apparatus, where the security module is connected to the basic control apparatus by a data connection via a data interface, the basic control apparatus is configured to interact with the security module to achieve a security function of the security control device, and where the basic control apparatus is configured to query an identity and/or authenticity of the security module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2020
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Hans Aschauer, Rainer Falk, Kai Fischer, Steffen Fries, Markus Heintel, Anton Sebastian Huber, Wolfgang Klasen, Joachim Koppers, Axel Pfau, Georg Trummer, Johannes Zwanzger, Franz Sperl, Bernhard Quendt
  • MODULAR SECURITY CONTROL DEVICE
    Publication number: 20170352297
    Abstract: A modular security control device for controlling an apparatus or an installation includes a basic control apparatus which is configured such that an apparatus or an installation which is at least connectable to the basic control apparatus is at least controllable via a sequence of a control program in the basic control apparatus, and includes a security module which is configured to provide or perform a cryptographic functionality for the basic control apparatus, where the security module is connected to the basic control apparatus by a data connection via a data interface, the basic control apparatus is configured to interact with the security module to achieve a security function of the security control device, and where the basic control apparatus is configured to query an identity and/or authenticity of the security module.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2017
    Publication date: December 7, 2017
    Inventors: Hans ASCHAUER, Rainer FALK, Kai FISCHER, Steffen FRIES, Markus HEINTEL, Anton Sebastian HUBER, Wolfgang KLASEN, Joachim KOPPERS, Axel PFAU, Georg TRUMMER, Johannes ZWANZGER, Franz SPERL, Bernhard QUENDT