Patents by Inventor Christoph ZELL

Christoph ZELL 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: 11468156
    Abstract: An access control system controls access of a user to one or more operating functions of a technical installation. The access control system includes a receiving device configured to read access authorization data from a mobile data medium and an access control device configured to receive and validate the access authorization data from the receiving device. The receiving device continuously adds a dynamic portion to the access authorization data to create dynamic access authorization data and sends the dynamic access authorization data to the access control device. The access control device, in response to the dynamic access authorization data corresponding to a defined expectation, generates a release signal for those operating functions for which the access authorization data is valid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignee: Pilz GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Christoph Zell, Juergen Fleiner, Raphael Schuchardt, Peter Schuster, Waldemar Friesen
  • Patent number: 11449273
    Abstract: An apparatus for storing data in a non-volatile memory includes a data processing unit and a memory unit. The data processing unit is configured to acquire data blocks, terminate each data block of the data blocks with a terminating element, and assemble the terminated data blocks into a serial data stream. The memory unit is configured to sequentially write the serial data stream to the non-volatile memory. The terminating element is variable between a first code word and a second code word. The data processing unit is configured to switch between using the first code word and the second code word as the terminating element in response to the non-volatile memory having been written to completely by the memory unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignee: Pilz GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Sven Adler, Christoph Zell
  • Publication number: 20210349656
    Abstract: An apparatus for storing data in a non-volatile memory includes a data processing unit and a memory unit. The data processing unit is configured to acquire data blocks, terminate each data block of the data blocks with a terminating element, and assemble the terminated data blocks into a serial data stream. The memory unit is configured to sequentially write the serial data stream to the non-volatile memory. The terminating element is variable between a first code word and a second code word. The data processing unit is configured to switch between using the first code word and the second code word as the terminating element in response to the non-volatile memory having been written to completely by the memory unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2021
    Publication date: November 11, 2021
    Inventors: Sven ADLER, Christoph ZELL
  • Publication number: 20200320186
    Abstract: An access control system controls access of a user to one or more operating functions of a technical installation. The access control system includes a receiving device configured to read access authorization data from a mobile data medium and an access control device configured to receive and validate the access authorization data from the receiving device. The receiving device continuously adds a dynamic portion to the access authorization data to create dynamic access authorization data and sends the dynamic access authorization data to the access control device. The access control device, in response to the dynamic access authorization data corresponding to a defined expectation, generates a release signal for those operating functions for which the access authorization data is valid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2020
    Publication date: October 8, 2020
    Inventors: Christoph ZELL, Juergen FLEINER, Raphael SCHUCHARDT, Peter SCHUSTER, Waldemar FRIESEN
  • Patent number: 9232675
    Abstract: An operator cabinet has a wall having a front side, a rear side and a cutout defined by an inner edge. An operator terminal is installed in the cutout and has a frame surrounding a display for displaying at least one system state of a technical system. The outer frame edge is dimensioned so as to be larger than the inner edge of the cutout, with the result that, when installed, the frame can rest on the front side of the wall. A plate having an outer plate edge is dimensioned so as to be larger than the inner edge of the cutout with the result that, when installed, the plate can rest on the rear side of the wall. A plurality of bolts are secured at one end on the frame and extend, when installed, through the cutout and then through corresponding holes in the plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2016
    Assignee: PILZ GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Daniel Schurr, Christoph Zell, Joachim Rink
  • Publication number: 20140177148
    Abstract: An operator cabinet has a wall having a front side, a rear side and a cutout defined by an inner edge. An operator terminal is installed in the cutout and has a frame surrounding a display for displaying at least one system state of a technical system. The outer frame edge is dimensioned so as to be larger than the inner edge of the cutout, with the result that, when installed, the frame can rest on the front side of the wall. A plate having an outer plate edge is dimensioned so as to be larger than the inner edge of the cutout with the result that, when installed, the plate can rest on the rear side of the wall. A plurality of bolts are secured at one end on the frame and extend, when installed, through the cutout and then through corresponding holes in the plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2014
    Publication date: June 26, 2014
    Inventors: Daniel SCHURR, Christoph ZELL, Joachim RINK
  • Patent number: D971284
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: PILZ GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Christoph Zell, Daniel Schurr, Juergen Fleiner, Peter Schuster, Lydia Wegerer, Lothar Merz, Georg Kunz, Hannah Katzler