Patents by Inventor Frank Sellmer

Frank Sellmer 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).

  • Providing operating parameters of an automation device
    Patent number: 11934158
    Abstract: A method of providing operating parameters of an automation device via a configuration system comprising: detection of a pre-selection of the automation device via a user interface of the configuration system; detection of a target value of a first operating parameter of the automation device via the user interface; calculation of a limit value of a second operating parameter of the automation device in dependence on the target value of the first operating parameter, wherein the dependence of the second operating parameter on the first operating parameter is calculated using a device model of the automation device; and output of the limit value of the second operating parameter via the user interface of the configuration system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: SICK AG
    Inventors: Christian Sellmer, David Hopp, Simon Brugger, Frank Wurdig
  • Plug connection for the direct electrical contacting of a circuit board
    Patent number: 9306342
    Abstract: In a plug connection for the direct electrical contacting of contact surfaces on a circuit board, having a plug receptacle associated with the circuit board, into which the circuit board extends, having a plug pluggable into the plug receptacle, which has a contact carrier having contact elements for the direct electrical contacting of the contact surfaces of the circuit board, and having a contact pressure spring device for pressing the contact elements of the contact carrier against the contact surfaces of the circuit board, the contact pressure spring device is provided in the plug receptacle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2016
    Assignee: ROBERT BOSCH GMBH
    Inventors: Frank Sellmer, Ulrich Schmatz, Michael Schoenfeld, Hartmut Buschle, Peter Rehbein, Markus Kroeckel, Juergen Stein, Michael Fleig
  • Plug connection for the direct electrical contacting of a circuit board
    Publication number: 20140141650
    Abstract: In a plug connection for the direct electrical contacting of contact surfaces on a circuit board, having a plug receptacle associated with the circuit board, into which the circuit board extends, having a plug pluggable into the plug receptacle, which has a contact carrier having contact elements for the direct electrical contacting of the contact surfaces of the circuit board, and having a contact pressure spring device for pressing the contact elements of the contact carrier against the contact surfaces of the circuit board, the contact pressure spring device is provided in the plug receptacle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2012
    Publication date: May 22, 2014
    Inventors: Frank Sellmer, Ulrich Schmatz, Michael Schoenfeld, Hartmut Buschle, Peter Rehbein, Markus Kroeckel, Juergen Stein, Michael Fleig