Patents by Inventor Detlev Knauer

Detlev Knauer 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).

  • Arrangement with a signal processing connection and a functional unit
    Patent number: 5935222
    Abstract: An arrangement wherein peripheral modules of a decentralized peripheral system connected to an automation unit can be identified. To do so, the peripheral modules of the decentralized peripheral system are equipped with a device that converts a polling signal sent to it into an identification signal during an identification mode. The arrangement can be used in decentralized peripheral systems of programmable control systems.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 1997
    Date of Patent: August 10, 1999
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventor: Detlev Knauer