Patents by Inventor Georg KLEIFGES

Georg KLEIFGES 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).

  • Method for operating a redundant automation system to increase availability of the automation system
    Patent number: 11262745
    Abstract: A method for operating a redundant automation system having a plurality of subsystems, wherein one subsystem of the plurality of subsystems operates as a master and assumes process control and the other subsystem operates as a reserve during redundant operation, where measures are provided by which the availability of the redundant automation system is increased, and where regardless of whether transient errors occur on the subsystem of the plurality of subsystems operating as the master or on the subsystem operating as the reserve, a total failure of the automation system is largely avoided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Georg Kleifges, Juergen Laforsch
  • Method for operating a redundant automation system
    Publication number: 20170351252
    Abstract: A method for operating a redundant automation system having a plurality of subsystems, wherein one subsystem of the plurality of subsystems operates as a master and assumes process control and the other subsystem operates as a reserve during redundant operation, where measures are provided by which the availability of the redundant automation system is increased, and where regardless of whether transient errors occur on the subsystem of the plurality of subsystems operating as the master or on the subsystem operating as the reserve, a total failure of the automation system is largely avoided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2017
    Publication date: December 7, 2017
    Inventors: Georg KLEIFGES, Juergen LAFORSCH