Patents by Inventor Gerd Zeiler

Gerd Zeiler 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).

  • Safety switch
    Patent number: 10550998
    Abstract: A safety switch (1) having a reading head (2) and an actuator (3) having a transponder (4) and being movable relative to the reading head (2). Encoded signals of the transponder (4) are detectable by means of the reading head (2). As a means for detecting encoded signals, the reading head (2) has a resonant circuit (6) controlled by a processor unit, with the distance between the actuator (3) and reading head (2) being determined by means of an amplitude evaluation of the signals of the transponder (4) detected with the resonant circuit (6). Control signals are generated as a function of the distance signals thus determined.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2020
    Assignee: Euchner GmbH + Co. KG
    Inventors: Frederic Hahn, Gerd Zeiler
  • Safety Switch
    Publication number: 20180238490
    Abstract: A safety switch (1) having a reading head (2) and an actuator (3) having a transponder (4) and being movable relative to the reading head (2). Encoded signals of the transponder (4) are detectable by means of the reading head (2). As a means for detecting encoded signals, the reading head (2) has a resonant circuit (6) controlled by a processor unit, with the distance between the actuator (3) and reading head (2) being determined by means of an amplitude evaluation of the signals of the transponder (4) detected with the resonant circuit (6). Control signals are generated as a function of the distance signals thus determined.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2018
    Publication date: August 23, 2018
    Inventors: Frederic Hahn, Gerd Zeiler