Patents by Inventor Horst Escher

Horst Escher 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 and apparatus for monitoring service-intensive replaceable parts in an assembly
    Patent number: 6711524
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for monitoring service-intensive replaceable parts in an assembly in which information regarding a replaceable part (1), such as specifications, physical dimensions, physical properties, functions and/or other data for the replaceable part, is stored on a suitable memory component (5) in and/or on the replaceable part (1). The stored data is read with a reading device at a predetermined time or at predetermined time intervals and transmitted to an evaluation unit. The read data can be compared in the evaluation unit with preset data and, after evaluating the results of the comparison of the data, an appropriate change in the replaceable part or in the operation of the assembly may or may not be carried out.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2004
    Assignee: Filterwerk Mann & Hummel GmbH
    Inventors: Michael Wolf, Christian Thalmann, Volker Pluecker, Torsten Oberdorfer, Klemens Dworatzek, Horst Escher, Andreas Franz, Andreas Pelz
  • Method and apparatus for monitoring service-intensive replaceable parts in an assembly
    Publication number: 20030025598
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for monitoring service-intensive replaceable parts in an assembly in which information regarding a replaceable part (1), such as specifications, physical dimensions, physical properties, functions and/or other data for the replaceable part, is stored on a suitable memory component (5) in and/or on the replaceable part (1). The stored data is read with a reading device at a predetermined time or at predetermined time intervals and transmitted to an evaluation unit. The read data can be compared in the evaluation unit with preset data and, after evaluating the results of the comparison of the data, an appropriate change in the replaceable part or in the operation of the assembly may or may not be carried out.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2002
    Publication date: February 6, 2003
    Applicant: Filterwerk Mann & Hummel GmbH
    Inventors: Michael Wolf, Christian Thalmann, Volker Pluecker, Torsten Oberdorfer, Klemens Dworatzek, Horst Escher, Andreas Franz, Andreas Pelz