Patents by Inventor Gerald Zach

Gerald Zach 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: 11799649
    Abstract: A data processing device having a housing in which are arranged a processor, a program memory connected to the processor and at least one hardware component connected to the processor via a data line and supplied with power via a power supply line, comprises a microcontroller arranged in the housing and having an interface and a persistent key memory in which the public key of a first public/private key pair is stored, wherein a switch controlled by the microcontroller is interposed in the data line, and wherein the microcontroller is configured to receive a signature, generated using the private key of the first key pair, of a memory module detachably connected to the interface via the interface, to verify the signature using the public key of the first key pair, and to switch on the switch in the case of verification.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: MUSE Electronics GmbH
    Inventors: Gerald Zach, Philipp Lechner
  • Publication number: 20220021531
    Abstract: A data processing device having a housing in which are arranged a processor, a program memory connected to the processor and at least one hardware component connected to the processor via a data line and supplied with power via a power supply line, comprises a microcontroller arranged in the housing and having an interface and a persistent key memory in which the public key of a first public/private key pair is stored, wherein a switch controlled by the microcontroller is interposed in the data line, and wherein the microcontroller is configured to receive a signature, generated using the private key of the first key pair, of a memory module detachably connected to the interface via the interface, to verify the signature using the public key of the first key pair, and to switch on the switch in the case of verification.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2020
    Publication date: January 20, 2022
    Applicant: MUSE Electronics GmbH
    Inventors: Gerald ZACH, Philipp LECHNER
  • Patent number: 10454410
    Abstract: A swivel and fanning drive for solar panels, including a base support, a swivel plate mounted pivotingly about a horizontal axis, and a plurality of solar panels that can be fanned in and out about a fan-out axis. The swivel plate can be pivoted by at least one crank and connecting rod. Pivotal movement of the swivel plate about a vertical axis can cause the solar panels to be fanned-in or fanned-out. A brake can resist movement of the solar panels about the fan-out axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2019
    Assignee: SFS Acquisition, LLC
    Inventors: Elmar Stoger, Alexander Swatek, Gerald Zach
  • Publication number: 20190181798
    Abstract: A swivel and fanning drive for solar panels, including a base support, a swivel plate mounted pivotingly about a horizontal axis, and a plurality of solar panels that can be fanned in and out about a fan-out axis. The swivel plate can be pivoted by at least one crank and connecting rod. Pivotal movement of the swivel plate about a vertical axis can cause the solar panels to be fanned-in or fanned-out. A brake can resist movement of the solar panels about the fan-out axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2019
    Publication date: June 13, 2019
    Applicant: SFS Acquisition, LLC
    Inventors: Elmar Stoger, Alexander Swatek, Gerald Zach
  • Patent number: 10298173
    Abstract: The invention relates to a swivel and fanning drive for solar panels, comprising a base support, a rotary table, which is mounted on the base support pivotingly about a substantially vertical first axis, a swivel plate, which is mounted on the rotary table pivotingly about a substantially horizontal second axis, and a fanning shaft, which is mounted on the swivel plate pivotingly about a third axis and on which the solar panels can be mounted so as to be able to be fanned in and out about the aforesaid third axis, wherein the rotary table mounts one end of the swivel plate about the aforesaid second axis and, at a distance therefrom, mounts at least one crank, which is coupled by means of a connecting rod to the other end of the swivel plate to form a crank-rocker linkage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2019
    Assignee: SFS Acquisition, LLC
    Inventors: Elmar Stoger, Alexander Swatek, Gerald Zach
  • Publication number: 20180294769
    Abstract: The invention relates to a swivel and fanning drive for solar panels, comprising a base support, a rotary table, which is mounted on the base support pivotingly about a substantially vertical first axis, a swivel plate, which is mounted on the rotary table pivotingly about a substantially horizontal second axis, and a fanning shaft, which is mounted on the swivel plate pivotingly about a third axis and on which the solar panels can be mounted so as to be able to be fanned in and out about the aforesaid third axis, wherein the rotary table mounts one end of the swivel plate about the aforesaid second axis and, at a distance therefrom, mounts at least one crank, which is coupled by means of a connecting rod to the other end of the swivel plate to form a crank-rocker linkage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2016
    Publication date: October 11, 2018
    Inventors: Elmar Stoger, Alexander Swatek, Gerald Zach
  • Patent number: D673988
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2013
    Assignee: Riegl Laser Measurement Systems GmbH
    Inventors: Johannes Riegl, Gerald Zach