Patents by Inventor Franz Angerer

Franz Angerer 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: 8378825
    Abstract: A system for stockkeeping in an aircraft galley includes a plurality of receiving devices which are provided for reception in a base body of the aircraft galley and are each provided with a transponder which is configured to emit an identification signal characteristic of the content of the corresponding receiving devices. Furthermore, the stockkeeping system includes at least one transmitting/receiving unit which is provided on the aircraft galley and is configured to read in identification signals emitted by the transponders of the receiving devices and transmit these signals to a data processing unit, the data processing unit being configured to determine, on the basis of the identification signals transmitted by the transmitting/receiving unit, the inventory of the aircraft galley. An output unit of the system is configured to output the inventory of the aircraft galley determined by the data processing unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2013
    Assignee: Airbus Operations GmbH
    Inventors: Tobias Dahms, Franz Angerer, Arne Anhalt, Stephan Beier, Martin Dobler, Ulf Glaser, Juergen Hairbucher, Fabian Knaul, Ralf Graefe
  • Publication number: 20110090064
    Abstract: A system (100) for stockkeeping in an aircraft galley (10) comprises a plurality of receiving devices (16) which are provided for reception in a base body (12) of the aircraft galley (10) and are each provided with a transponder (18) which is configured to emit an identification signal characteristic of the content of the corresponding receiving devices (16). Furthermore, the stockkeeping system (100) comprises at least one transmitting/receiving unit (22) which is provided on the aircraft galley (10) and is configured to read in identification signals emitted by the transponders (18) of the receiving devices (16) and transmit them to a data processing unit (24), the data processing unit (24) being configured to determine, on the basis of the identification signals transmitted to it by the transmitting/receiving unit (22), the inventory of the aircraft galley (10).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2009
    Publication date: April 21, 2011
    Applicant: AIRBUS OPERATIONS GMBH
    Inventors: Tobias Dahms, Franz Angerer, Arne Anhalt, Stephan Beier, Martin Dobler, Ulf Glaser, Juergen Hairbucher, Fabian Knaul, Ralf Graefe
  • Publication number: 20080094178
    Abstract: The invention concerns the field of RFID (“radio frequency identification”), a technology for the wireless identification of objects, which has been used for a considerable time for the automatic retrieval of information regarding persons, animals, commodities and goods items. In particular the invention concerns an RFID system (10b) with at least one reading unit (12b) for the identification of transponders (14b), which are located in a spatial registration field (16b) of the reading unit (12b). While maintaining low installation and operating costs for the system (10b), nevertheless to make possible particularly reliable registration and error-free identification of the transponders, shielding (20b) is provided, which bounds the registration field (16b). Particularly advantageously the invention can be integrated e.g. into materials handling technology in the field of production and/or logistics.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2007
    Publication date: April 24, 2008
    Inventor: Franz Angerer