Patents by Inventor Hans-Dieter Wacker

Hans-Dieter Wacker 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).

  • System and method for implementing an extended safety instrumented system
    Patent number: 8676357
    Abstract: An apparatus, system and process is provided for communicating safety-related data, over an open system, from a sender to a receiver. Safety-related components, including function blocks, flexible function blocks, resource blocks and transducer blocks, as well as, safety-related objects are provided. Also, an extended safety-related protocol provides for authenticating communications between safety-related components over an existing black channel, such as one using a fieldbus Architecture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2014
    Assignee: Fieldbus Foundation
    Inventors: Habil. Josef Boercsoek, Juergen Hoelzel, Hans-Dieter Wacker
  • System and method for implementing an extended safety instrumented system
    Publication number: 20070142934
    Abstract: An apparatus, system and process is provided for communicating safety-related data, over an open system, from a sender to a receiver. Safety-related components, including function blocks, flexible function blocks, resource blocks and transducer blocks, as well as, safety-related objects are provided. Also, an extended safety-related protocol provides for authenticating communications between safety-related components over an existing black channel, such as one using a fieldbus Architecture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2006
    Publication date: June 21, 2007
    Applicant: Fieldbus Foundation
    Inventors: Habil Boercsoek, Juergen Hoelzel, Hans-Dieter Wacker