Patents by Inventor Johannes Kneip

Johannes Kneip 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: 8522491
    Abstract: The invention provides a solar panel mounting system for mounting one or more solar panels, the system comprising: at least one support device for supporting the solar panel thereon, and at least one flexible fastening member. The support device comprises: a base adapted to seat stably on a substantially flat rooftop surface, the base having at least one recess for receiving ballast to stabilize the support device on the surface; and a mounting frame upstanding from the base and integral therewith, the mounting frame being configured to support the solar panel such that said panel slopes downwardly towards a front edge region of the base. The flexible fastening member is adapted to engage and to extend from the support device, and has an attachment portion which is adapted to be secured to a rooftop surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2013
    Assignee: Centrosolar AG
    Inventors: Johannes Kneip, Miro Bjelobrk
  • Publication number: 20120036799
    Abstract: The invention provides a solar panel mounting system (1) for mounting one or more solar panels (P), the system comprising: at least one support device (2) for supporting the solar panel (P) thereon, and at least one flexible fastening member (15). The support device (2) comprises: a base (3) adapted to seat stably on a substantially flat rooftop surface (R), the base (3) having at least one recess (5) for receiving ballast (B) to stabilise the support device (2) on the surface (R); and a mounting frame (9) upstanding from the base (3) and integral therewith, the mounting frame (9) being configured to support the solar panel (P) such that said panel (P) slopes downwardly towards a front edge region (6) of the base (3). The flexible fastening member (15) is adapted to engage and to extend from the support device (2), and has an attachment portion (17) which is adapted to be secured to a rooftop surface (R).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2011
    Publication date: February 16, 2012
    Applicant: CENTROSOLAR AG
    Inventors: Johannes Kneip, Miro Bjelobrk
  • Publication number: 20110023390
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a mounting system (1) for mounting one or more solar panels (P). The mounting system (1) comprises: a plurality of elongate bearing members (10) adapted to be arranged spaced apart and substantially parallel to one another on a rooftop surface, and in particular on an outer sealing membrane (S) of the rooftop, and a plurality of fastening straps (20, 20?) for fastening the bearing members (10) to the rooftop surface. Each of the bearing members (10) is adapted for mounting a solar panel (P) or a support frame (F) of a solar panel thereon, and each of the fastening straps (20) is adapted to engage one or more of the bearing members (10) and includes a securing region (21) for securing the strap to the rooftop surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2010
    Publication date: February 3, 2011
    Applicant: Centrosolar AG
    Inventors: Johannes Kneip, Thomas Meyer, Miro Bjelobrk
  • Patent number: 6622279
    Abstract: A computer for data processing and a method for data processing using a computer, each of which is used for reversing, with the aid of a circuit arrangement, the bit sequence of the information, which was coded with a reversible Huffman code, when an error occurs, so that the computer decodes the reversed bit sequences using a suitable code table. In the computer, a data buffer is connected to a register in such a way that the bit sequence is reversed when transferred from the data buffer to the register. The bit sequence is not reversed when it is retransferred from the register into the data buffer. In this way, information which is located after the error does not get lost. Since to reverse the bit sequence, the end of the bit sequence, designated by a synchronization bit sequence, must be found, the synchronization bit sequence is disposed at byte boundaries due to padding bits. In this way, synchronization bit sequences are located only at byte boundaries.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2000
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2003
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Holger Runge, Johannes Kneip, Bjoern Bunte, Henning Moeller