Patents by Inventor Horst Theile

Horst Theile 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: 9235541
    Abstract: A power/communication kit for use with a reader module where the code reader module includes a reader connector and a reader housing, the power/communication kit comprising a plurality of different power/communication modules wherein each module communicates via a different communication protocol and each includes a power source and a communication component suitable for communicating via an associated communication protocol, wherein, each of the modules is securable to the reader module in a similar fashion such that any one of the power/communication modules can be swapped for any other of the power/communication modules so that the reader can be used with different communication systems.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2016
    Assignee: COGNEX CORPORATION
    Inventors: Horst Theile, Richard Reuter
  • Publication number: 20140131449
    Abstract: A power/communication kit for use with a reader module where the code reader module includes a reader connector and a reader housing, the power/communication kit comprising a plurality of different power/communication modules wherein each module communicates via a different communication protocol and each includes a power source and a communication component suitable for communicating via an associated communication protocol, wherein, each of the modules is securable to the reader module in a similar fashion such that any one of the power/communication modules can be swapped for any other of the power/communication modules so that the reader can be used with different communication systems.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2013
    Publication date: May 15, 2014
    Applicant: COGNEX CORPORATION
    Inventors: Horst Theile, Richard Reuter
  • Patent number: 8474724
    Abstract: A power/communication kit for use with a reader module where the code reader module includes a reader connector and a reader housing, the power/communication kit comprising a plurality of different power/communication modules wherein each module communicates via a different communication protocol and each includes a power source and a communication component suitable for communicating via an associated communication protocol, wherein, each of the modules is securable to the reader module in a similar fashion such that any one of the power/communication modules can be swapped for any other of the power/communication modules so that the reader can be used with different communication systems.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2013
    Assignee: Cognex Corporation
    Inventors: Horst Theile, Richard Reuter
  • Publication number: 20110080263
    Abstract: A power/communication kit for use with a reader module where the code reader module includes a reader connector and a reader housing, the power/communication kit comprising a plurality of different power/communication modules wherein each module communicates via a different communication protocol and each includes a power source and a communication component suitable for communicating via an associated communication protocol, wherein, each of the modules is securable to the reader module in a similar fashion such that any one of the power/communication modules can be swapped for any other of the power/communication modules so that the reader can be used with different communication systems.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2009
    Publication date: April 7, 2011
    Inventors: Horst Theile, Richard Reuter
  • Publication number: 20010046042
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device for speed measurement with two sensors arranged at a predetermined distance from each other in a direction of movement of an object and arranged at a distance from the surface of the object, which emit signals to an evaluation device with two input channels, the evaluation device being a delay correlator which digitizes the signals occurring at its input channels and forms a closed control loop for determining the time shift of the signals emitted by the sensors, the control loop having a phase detector for a comparison of the time shift of input signals, a controller and an adjusting circuit for the controlled variable or parameter to be controlled by the controller, the delay correlator having a shift register of a constant length and variable clock frequency, wherein a phase comparison of the instantaneous values of the digitized signals of the two sensors, one of which is delayed by the controller, can be performed by the phase detector, the clock frequency of the shift r
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2001
    Publication date: November 29, 2001
    Inventors: Horst Theile, Franz Wosnitza, Bernhard Puttke