Patents by Inventor Gerhard Becke

Gerhard Becke 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: 12562476
    Abstract: A method improves antenna matching for a wireless node, preferably of a sensor wireless node and/or actuator wireless node. A radio signal, or at least a portion thereof, is coupled out of the antenna and/or out of the transmit path of the wireless node. The impedance and/or the resonant frequency of the antenna is determined therefrom in the wireless node, and the impedance and/or the resonant frequency of the antenna is adjusted according to the determined impedance and/or resonant frequency by a circuit acting on the antenna.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2026
    Assignee: Diehl Metering Systems GmbH
    Inventors: Simon Schröter, Gerhard Becke, Christoph Schmidt, Nicole Zocher
  • Publication number: 20230155289
    Abstract: A method improves antenna matching for a wireless node, preferably of a sensor wireless node and/or actuator wireless node. A radio signal, or at least a portion thereof, is coupled out of the antenna and/or out of the transmit path of the wireless node. The impedance and/or the resonant frequency of the antenna is determined therefrom in the wireless node, and the impedance and/or the resonant frequency of the antenna is adjusted according to the determined impedance and/or resonant frequency by a circuit acting on the antenna.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2022
    Publication date: May 18, 2023
    Inventors: Simon Schröter, Gerhard Becke, Christoph Schmidt, Nicole Zocher
  • Patent number: 5673680
    Abstract: The invention concerns a gas-heated apparatus, in particular a cooking appliance with at least one glass ceramic cooking surface with a gas heating means of conventional configuration and two mutually independent safety paths for monitoring the electronic control device. The one safety path monitors actuation for each consumer while the other safety path monitors the flow of current through said consumer. The control device can be of a particularly simple structure by virtue of being designed in the form of a digital circuit. The consumers to be monitored are the solenoid valves and/or gas burners.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 1995
    Date of Patent: October 7, 1997
    Assignee: Diehl GmbH & Co.
    Inventors: Christoph Paul Kalmer, Gerhard Becke, Karlheinz Hammelsbacher