Patents by Inventor Manuel FUCHS

Manuel FUCHS 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: 11803495
    Abstract: A method for integrating a further bus subscriber into a bus system, and a bus system, having a master module and subscribers disposed in series, includes the temporally consecutive method steps: in a first method step, the further bus subscriber transmits a data packet to the master module in order to log in to the master module, in a second method step, a bus subscriber disposed between the further bus subscriber and the master module stops the data packet and checks whether the bus system has already received a release, in a third method step, the first bus subscriber forwards the data packet to the master module if the bus system has not yet received a release, or in a third, in particular an alternative, method step, if the bus system has already received a release, the bus subscriber stores the data packet and waits until the release of the bus system is revoked and after the release has been revoked, forwards the stored data packet to the master module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2023
    Assignee: SEW-EURODRIVE GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventor: Manuel Fuchs
  • Patent number: 11720508
    Abstract: In a method for the emergency shutdown of a bus system, and a bus system, having a master module and bus subscribers disposed in series, the master module and the bus subscribers sending data packets to one another with the aid of a data line, the method has the temporally consecutive method steps: in a first method step, a bus subscriber and/or the master module detect(s) an error status, in a second method step, the bus subscriber and/or the master module send(s) an emergency signal to all bus subscribers and to the master module, in a third method step, a further bus subscriber receives the emergency signal, immediately forwards it to an adjacent bus subscriber and simultaneously evaluates it, and in a fourth method step, the further bus subscriber shuts itself down automatically.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignee: SEW-EURODRIVE GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventor: Manuel Fuchs
  • Publication number: 20230047607
    Abstract: A method for integrating a further bus subscriber into a bus system, and a bus system, having a master module and subscribers disposed in series, includes the temporally consecutive method steps: in a first method step, the further bus subscriber transmits a data packet to the master module in order to log in to the master module, in a second method step, a bus subscriber disposed between the further bus subscriber and the master module stops the data packet and checks whether the bus system has already received a release, in a third method step, the first bus subscriber forwards the data packet to the master module if the bus system has not yet received a release, or in a third, in particular an alternative, method step, if the bus system has already received a release, the bus subscriber stores the data packet and waits until the release of the bus system is revoked and after the release has been revoked, forwards the stored data packet to the master module.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2022
    Publication date: February 16, 2023
    Applicant: SEW-EURODRIVE GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventor: Manuel FUCHS
  • Patent number: 11487686
    Abstract: A method for integrating a further bus subscriber into a bus system, and a bus system, having a master module and subscribers disposed in series, includes the temporally consecutive method steps: in a first method step, the further bus subscriber transmits a data packet to the master module in order to log in to the master module, in a second method step, a bus subscriber disposed between the further bus subscriber and the master module stops the data packet and checks whether the bus system has already received a release, in a third method step, the first bus subscriber forwards the data packet to the master module if the bus system has not yet received a release, or in a third, in particular an alternative, method step, if the bus system has already received a release, the bus subscriber stores the data packet and waits until the release of the bus system is revoked and after the release has been revoked, forwards the stored data packet to the master module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: SEW-EURODRIVE GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventor: Manuel Fuchs
  • Publication number: 20220171728
    Abstract: In a method for the emergency shutdown of a bus system, and a bus system, having a master module and bus subscribers disposed in series, the master module and the bus subscribers sending data packets to one another with the aid of a data line, the method has the temporally consecutive method steps: in a first method step, a bus subscriber and/or the master module detect(s) an error status, in a second method step, the bus subscriber and/or the master module send(s) an emergency signal to all bus subscribers and to the master module, in a third method step, a further bus subscriber receives the emergency signal, immediately forwards it to an adjacent bus subscriber and simultaneously evaluates it, and in a fourth method step, the further bus subscriber shuts itself down automatically.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2022
    Publication date: June 2, 2022
    Inventor: Manuel FUCHS
  • Patent number: 11249928
    Abstract: In a method for the emergency shutdown of a bus system, and a bus system, having a master module and bus subscribers disposed in series, the master module and the bus subscribers sending data packets to one another with the aid of a data line, the method has the temporally consecutive method steps: in a first method step, a bus subscriber and/or the master module detect(s) an error status, in a second method step, the bus subscriber and/or the master module send(s) an emergency signal to all bus subscribers and to the master module, in a third method step, a further bus subscriber receives the emergency signal, immediately forwards it to an adjacent bus subscriber and simultaneously evaluates it, and in a fourth method step, the further bus subscriber shuts itself down automatically.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignee: SEW-EURODRIVE GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventor: Manuel Fuchs
  • Publication number: 20210156924
    Abstract: The invention relates to a battery unit (10) for use in a vehicle electrical system (50) of a motor vehicle, comprising a battery module (20) for producing a first voltage between a positive pole (12) and a negative pole (11), a battery sensor (52), which is electrically connected to the negative pole (11), and a control element (30), which has a first terminal (31) electrically connected to the positive pole (12) and which comprises a DC-to-DC converter (35).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2019
    Publication date: May 27, 2021
    Inventors: Andreas Lemke, Bjoern Keppler, Christian Wilhelm, Jens Koerner, Klaus-Juergen Schuler, Manuel Fuchs, Manuel Hohenauer, Ronny Groschke
  • Publication number: 20210103538
    Abstract: A method for integrating a further bus subscriber into a bus system, and a bus system, having a master module and subscribers disposed in series, includes the temporally consecutive method steps: in a first method step, the further bus subscriber transmits a data packet to the master module in order to log in to the master module, in a second method step, a bus subscriber disposed between the further bus subscriber and the master module stops the data packet and checks whether the bus system has already received a release, in a third method step, the first bus subscriber forwards the data packet to the master module if the bus system has not yet received a release, or in a third, in particular an alternative, method step, if the bus system has already received a release, the bus subscriber stores the data packet and waits until the release of the bus system is revoked and after the release has been revoked, forwards the stored data packet to the master module.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2020
    Publication date: April 8, 2021
    Applicant: SEW-EURODRIVE GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventor: Manuel FUCHS
  • Patent number: 10884963
    Abstract: A method for integrating a further bus subscriber into a bus system, and a bus system, having a master module and subscribers disposed in series, includes the temporally consecutive method steps: in a first method step, the further bus subscriber transmits a data packet to the master module in order to log in to the master module, in a second method step, a bus subscriber disposed between the further bus subscriber and the master module stops the data packet and checks whether the bus system has already received a release, in a third method step, the first bus subscriber forwards the data packet to the master module if the bus system has not yet received a release, or in a third, in particular an alternative, method step, if the bus system has already received a release, the bus subscriber stores the data packet and waits until the release of the bus system is revoked and after the release has been revoked, forwards the stored data packet to the master module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2021
    Assignee: SEW-EURODRIVE GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventor: Manuel Fuchs
  • Publication number: 20200192843
    Abstract: A method for integrating a further bus subscriber into a bus system, and a bus system, having a master module and subscribers disposed in series, includes the temporally consecutive method steps: in a first method step, the further bus subscriber transmits a data packet to the master module in order to log in to the master module, in a second method step, a bus subscriber disposed between the further bus subscriber and the master module stops the data packet and checks whether the bus system has already received a release, in a third method step, the first bus subscriber forwards the data packet to the master module if the bus system has not yet received a release, or in a third, in particular an alternative, method step, if the bus system has already received a release, the bus subscriber stores the data packet and waits until the release of the bus system is revoked and after the release has been revoked, forwards the stored data packet to the master module.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2020
    Publication date: June 18, 2020
    Applicant: SEW-EURODRIVE GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventor: Manuel FUCHS
  • Patent number: 10572418
    Abstract: A method for integrating a further bus subscriber into a bus system, and a bus system, having a master module and subscribers disposed in series, includes the temporally consecutive method steps: in a first method step, the further bus subscriber transmits a data packet to the master module in order to log in to the master module, in a second method step, a bus subscriber disposed between the further bus subscriber and the master module stops the data packet and checks whether the bus system has already received a release, in a third method step, the first bus subscriber forwards the data packet to the master module if the bus system has not yet received a release, or in a third, in particular an alternative, method step, if the bus system has already received a release, the bus subscriber stores the data packet and waits until the release of the bus system is revoked and after the release has been revoked, forwards the stored data packet to the master module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignee: SEW-EURODRIVE GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventor: Manuel Fuchs
  • Patent number: 10541835
    Abstract: In a method for initializing a bus system, and a bus system having a master module and serially disposed bus subscribers, the master module asks the bus subscribers to log into the master module. After logging into the master module, each bus subscriber waits a predefined period of time to see whether a further bus subscriber logs into the master module, and closes the bus system if no further bus subscriber logs into the master module within the predefined period of time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2020
    Assignee: SEW-EURODRIVE GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventor: Manuel Fuchs
  • Publication number: 20190146940
    Abstract: In a method for the emergency shutdown of a bus system, and a bus system, having a master module and bus subscribers disposed in series, the master module and the bus subscribers sending data packets to one another with the aid of a data line, the method has the temporally consecutive method steps: in a first method step, a bus subscriber and/or the master module detect(s) an error status, in a second method step, the bus subscriber and/or the master module send(s) an emergency signal to all bus subscribers and to the master module, in a third method step, a further bus subscriber receives the emergency signal, immediately forwards it to an adjacent bus subscriber and simultaneously evaluates it, and in a fourth method step, the further bus subscriber shuts itself down automatically.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2017
    Publication date: May 16, 2019
    Inventor: Manuel FUCHS
  • Publication number: 20190149356
    Abstract: A method for initializing a bus system, and a bus system having a master module and serially disposed bus subscribers, includes the temporally successive method steps: in a first method step, the master module asks the bus subscribers to log in to the master module, in a second method step, a first bus subscriber disposed downstream from the master module logs in to the master module, in a third method step, the first bus subscriber waits for a predefined period of time to see whether a second bus subscriber disposed downstream from the first bus subscriber logs in to the master module, and in a fourth method step, the first bus subscriber closes the bus system if no second bus subscriber logs in to the master module within the predefined period of time, or in a fourth method step, in particular an alternative method step, a second bus subscriber logs in to the master module within the predefined period of time and waits for a further predefined period of time to see whether a third bus subscriber downstream
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2017
    Publication date: May 16, 2019
    Inventor: Manuel FUCHS
  • Publication number: 20190095370
    Abstract: A method for integrating a further bus subscriber into a bus system, and a bus system, having a master module and subscribers disposed in series, includes the temporally consecutive method steps: in a first method step, the further bus subscriber transmits a data packet to the master module in order to log in to the master module, in a second method step, a bus subscriber disposed between the further bus subscriber and the master module stops the data packet and checks whether the bus system has already received a release, in a third method step, the first bus subscriber forwards the data packet to the master module if the bus system has not yet received a release, or in a third, in particular an alternative, method step, if the bus system has already received a release, the bus subscriber stores the data packet and waits until the release of the bus system is revoked and after the release has been revoked, forwards the stored data packet to the master module.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2017
    Publication date: March 28, 2019
    Inventor: Manuel FUCHS