Patents by Inventor Christian Lilienthal

Christian Lilienthal 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: 11781363
    Abstract: An optoelectronic safety device for monitoring a machine movement includes a detection device and a control device. The detection device includes a transmitter unit which transmits an optical signal having a sequence of signal pulses, each of which has a different pulse intensity, and a receiver unit which receives the optical signal. The control device includes an evaluation unit which evaluates the optical signal received by the receiver unit, a pulse selection index, and a pulse selection unit which changes the pulse selection index if the pulse intensity of one of the signal pulses is outside of an optimal intensity range. The control device enables the machine movement if an intensity of a received signal is within a permissible intensity range, and outputs a trigger pulse to stop the machine movement if the intensity of the received signal is outside of the permissible intensity range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: CEDES AG
    Inventor: Christian Lilienthal
  • Patent number: 10200032
    Abstract: An optoelectronic safety device for monitoring a machine movement includes an emitter/receiver device, control electronics, an electric line which includes at least two wires to transmit a supply voltage and a control signal, and a device provided so that the supply voltage and the control signal can be transmitted where the at least two wires is a two-wire electric line or, alternatively, a three-wire electric line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2019
    Assignee: FRABA B.V.
    Inventors: Christian Lilienthal, Omar Al Attar
  • Publication number: 20170077926
    Abstract: An optoelectronic safety device for monitoring a machine movement includes an emitter/receiver device, control electronics, an electric line which includes at least two wires to transmit a supply voltage and a control signal, and a device provided so that the supply voltage and the control signal can be transmitted where the at least two wires is a two-wire electric line or, alternatively, a three-wire electric line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2016
    Publication date: March 16, 2017
    Applicant: FRABA B.V.
    Inventors: Christian Lilienthal, Omar Al Attar
  • Publication number: 20080012682
    Abstract: A monitoring device and method for monitoring machine movements, moving parts of machines, gates, doors and the like, includes controller means with at least a first receiver for wirelessly receiving monitoring signals and a first transmitter for wirelessly transmitting activation signals, and includes monitoring means with at least a second receiver for receiving the activation signals, a second transmitter for transmitting monitoring signals, and at least one monitoring sensor for monitoring an unwired signal path. In one embodiment, the monitoring sensor is an optical safety shut-off bar that monitors the transmission of transmission signals via the unwired signal path.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2007
    Publication date: January 17, 2008
    Applicant: FRABA AG
    Inventors: Bernd Kagerer, Christian Lilienthal