Patents by Inventor Joerg Schowalter

Joerg Schowalter 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: 9400820
    Abstract: The invention relates to a data-loading system and a corresponding method for loading software configurations into the electronic components of aircraft, said data-loading system comprising a databank system and a least one transportable data-loading device. Software configurations for at least one fleet of aircraft are stored in the databank system, and said data-loading device is configured to load, via a port, an allocated software configuration that has been obtained from said databank system into a data bus of an aircraft which corresponds to this software configuration. Said data-loading device is configured to load the latest individual software configurations of all of the aircraft of the fleet, from the databank system, and to store these on said data-loading device, this loading process taking place at a ground-based storing position by means of a data connection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2016
    Assignee: LUFTHANSA TECHNIK AG
    Inventors: Joerg Schowalter, Matthias Fliegner
  • Publication number: 20140258257
    Abstract: The invention relates to a data-loading system and a corresponding method for loading software configurations into the electronic components of aircraft, said data-loading system comprising a databank system and a least one transportable data-loading device. Software configurations for at least one fleet of aircraft are stored in the databank system, and said data-loading device is configured to load, via a port, an allocated software configuration that has been obtained from said databank system into a data bus of an aircraft which corresponds to this software configuration. Said data-loading device is configured to load the latest individual software configurations of all of the aircraft of the fleet, from the databank system, and to store these on said data-loading device, this loading process taking place at a ground-based storing position by means of a data connection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2012
    Publication date: September 11, 2014
    Inventors: Joerg Schowalter, Matthias Fliegner