Patents by Inventor Károly RICK

Károly RICK 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).

  • Safety control device and method for changing a range of functions of a safety control device
    Patent number: 11022948
    Abstract: A safety control device comprises: at least one input module having a number of input interfaces; at least one output module having a number of output interfaces; and a computing unit that includes: a programmable processor; a read-only memory to store an operating program for the processor with program code in machine-readable form for providing a function library with a number of functions of the safety control device; and a non-volatile, overwritable storage medium. A number of function activation codes are stored downloadably in the storage medium, and each of the function activation codes is capable of being assigned a function of the function library such that by logically linking the function activation codes to their associated functions of the function library only those functions of the function library can be activated whose function activation codes are stored in the storage medium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: Pilz GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Jochen Bauknecht, Jörg Bruchertseifer, Károly Rick, Marcel Wöhner
  • Safety Control Device and Method for Changing a Range of Functions of a Safety Control Device
    Publication number: 20180267497
    Abstract: A safety control device comprises: at least one input module having a number of input interfaces; at least one output module having a number of output interfaces; and a computing unit that includes: a programmable processor; a read-only memory to store an operating program for the processor with program code in machine-readable form for providing a function library with a number of functions of the safety control device; and a non-volatile, overwritable storage medium. A number of function activation codes are stored downloadably in the storage medium, and each of the function activation codes is capable of being assigned a function of the function library such that by logically linking the function activation codes to their associated functions of the function library only those functions of the function library can be activated whose function activation codes are stored in the storage medium.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2018
    Publication date: September 20, 2018
    Inventors: Jochen BAUKNECHT, Jörg BRUCHERTSEIFER, Károly RICK, Marcel WÖHNER