Patents by Inventor Edgar Frank

Edgar Frank 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: 11025167
    Abstract: A system having a load that generates an EMF energy, comprising: a controller; a switch having a control terminal coupled to the controller and a second terminal coupled to the load; a recycling circuit coupled to the load and the second terminal of the switch, the recycling circuit including a capacitor and a converter coupled to the capacitor, a voltage source and the load; and wherein the capacitor is operable to store the EMF energy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Ingolf Edgar Frank, Lars Lotzenburger, Matthieu Etienne Chevrier
  • Publication number: 20200274450
    Abstract: A system having a load that generates an EMF energy, comprising: a controller; a switch having a control terminal coupled to the controller and a second terminal coupled to the load; a recycling circuit coupled to the load and the second terminal of the switch, the recycling circuit including a capacitor and a converter coupled to the capacitor, a voltage source and the load; and wherein the capacitor is operable to store the EMF energy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2020
    Publication date: August 27, 2020
    Inventors: Ingolf Edgar FRANK, Lars LOTZENBURGER, Matthieu Etienne CHEVRIER
  • Patent number: 10666146
    Abstract: In some examples, a device comprises a capacitor a bidirectional inverting buck-boost converter coupled to the capacitor and configured to couple to multiple loads and to a voltage source, wherein the bidirectional inverting buck-boost converter is configured to: compare a voltage across the capacitor with a reference voltage; and based on the comparison, facilitate converting a dissipation current flowing from one of the multiple loads into a recycling current.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2020
    Assignee: Texas Instruments Incorporated
    Inventors: Ingolf Edgar Frank, Lars Lotzenburger, Matthieu Etienne Chevrier
  • Publication number: 20190273438
    Abstract: In some examples, a device comprises a capacitor a bidirectional inverting buck-boost converter coupled to the capacitor and configured to couple to multiple loads and to a voltage source, wherein the bidirectional inverting buck-boost converter is configured to: compare a voltage across the capacitor with a reference voltage; and based on the comparison, facilitate converting a dissipation current flowing from one of the multiple loads into a recycling current.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2019
    Publication date: September 5, 2019
    Inventors: Ingolf Edgar FRANK, Lars LOTZENBURGER, Matthieu Etienne CHEVRIER
  • Patent number: 8941557
    Abstract: An electronic display apparatus comprising a control device and an electronic display panel that can be turned off by the control device. In order to support an energy-saving state in which information can continue to be displayed at least to a certain extent, an electrochromic display is additionally provided that is switchable into different display states by the control device. The invention furthermore relates to an installation appertaining to automation technology, and to a method for operating an electronic display apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 27, 2015
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Edgar Frank, Benjamin Kohler, Jörg Middel, Wolfgang Riedl, Christian Strömsdörfer, Frank Volkmann, Michael Wieczorek, Sebastian Wittig
  • Publication number: 20130159961
    Abstract: A method and arrangement for planning and/or programming a project of an industrial automation arrangement by a plurality of users, wherein a workstation having at least one application for the planning and/or programming is associated with each of the users, where the project comprises a plurality of objects and objects are accessed by workstations. At least a number of the objects are grouped into object groups, each of the object groups being associated with a workstation and stored in a respective physical memory of the workstation associated with the object group, a respective key being associated with each of the object groups and being stored in a data structure which is accessed by a workstation in order to access an object, the storage location information associated with the key of the associated object group being determined by the access, and the object being accessed via the storage location.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2010
    Publication date: June 20, 2013
    Applicant: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventor: Edgar Frank
  • Publication number: 20110164074
    Abstract: An electronic display apparatus comprising a control device and an electronic display panel that can be turned off by the control device. In order to support an energy-saving state in which information can continue to be displayed at least to a certain extent, an electrochromic display is additionally provided that is switchable into different display states by the control device. The invention furthermore relates to an installation appertaining to automation technology, and to a method for operating an electronic display apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2008
    Publication date: July 7, 2011
    Applicant: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Edgar Frank, Benjamin Kohler, Jörg Middel, Wolfgang Riedl, Christian Strömsdörfer, Frank Volkmann, Sabastian Wittig
  • Publication number: 20060058990
    Abstract: System and method for structuring, storing and processing of data in accordance with a generic object model, with the object model featuring at least one first element which corresponds to the type Object, with the type Object having the following attributes: a unique identification of the object for absolute referencing of the object, a logical name to label the object, and at least one link to a second element, which corresponds to a type Feature, with the type Feature having the following attributes: a unique name in relation to the relevant linked object referenced and the option of linkage to further components of type Object, to further components of type Feature and to data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2003
    Publication date: March 16, 2006
    Inventors: Marcus Burgel, Edgar Frank, Rainer Heller, Heinrich Kulzer
  • Publication number: 20060004781
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method and a system for defining structures of object and/or data models, comprising at least one schema for describing the structures. An upward and downward compatible schema evolution is achieved in that a labeling of a version of the corresponding schema is carried out in a first attribute of a schema wherein the namespace used in the corresponding schema and the type and element name used in the corresponding schema are preserved regardless of the version, wherein the types and elements are expanded only while preserving the type or element name. Unexpanded types and elements are accepted in the schemas of a newer version unchanged from the types or elements of schemas of an older version.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2003
    Publication date: January 5, 2006
    Inventors: Marcus Burgel, Edgar Frank, Rainer Heller, Heinrich Kutzer, Dieter Wissmann
  • Patent number: 4117527
    Abstract: A thermal protection system is provided for a solid state valve that includes at least one representative thyristor having a junction and a heat sink system. The protection system comprises a thermal analog model whose electrical network dynamic electrical operating characteristics are electrically analogous to the thermal characteristics of the solid state valve for any given value of instantaneous load current supplied through the valve, which thermal characteristics include the heat transfer to cooling fluid capability characteristics of said representative thyristor including its heat sink system. A first electrical signal is derived which is representative of the value of the D.C. load current through said valve. A D.C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 1977
    Date of Patent: September 26, 1978
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Donald Monroe Demarest, Edgar Frank Chandler