Patents by Inventor Dieter Gollwitzer

Dieter Gollwitzer 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).

  • Device and method for linking automation components
    Publication number: 20020194315
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device and method for configuring, projecting, documenting and/or diagnosing modules and/or automation components in an automation system or process control system. The aim of the invention is to link automation components into an engineering system of the automation system or process control system. To this end, a released interface which is, in particular, versioned is provided via which a software component of an automation component couples to the engineering system. The automation component is made known to the engineering system and offers its functionality thereto. The software component can likewise interrogate relevant information of the engineering system via corresponding interfaces.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2002
    Publication date: December 19, 2002
    Inventors: Dieter Gollwitzer, Heinrich Kulzer, Stefan List, Andreas Macher, Josef Portner-von-der Marwitz