Patents by Inventor Marc Hoffknecht

Marc Hoffknecht 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).

  • Publication number: 20180115049
    Abstract: A wireless mounted control module includes an antenna portion, which encloses at least in part an antenna, and a holder portion. The holder portion allows the movement of the antenna portion from an installed position, where the top of the antenna portion is flush and/or substantially flush with the exterior surface of a device or location in which the module is installed, to an extended position, where an upper section of the antenna portion (including the top of the antenna portion) extends beyond the exterior surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2016
    Publication date: April 26, 2018
    Applicant: OSRAM SYLVANIA Inc.
    Inventors: Marc Hoffknecht, Darko Stjepanovic, Alex Oksengendler
  • Publication number: 20170230082
    Abstract: Systems and methods for delivering energy on a bus used for communication between devices are provided. Systems and methods dynamically provide a predetermined recovery time between communication messages calculated from forward and response message types and/or length, and a model of the energy reserve in the network devices to allow time for energy storage circuits in the devices to charge. In addition or alternatively, systems and methods provide an extra recovery time between messages to allow the bus voltage to recover from a fold-back mode and/or include an extra current limit circuit to increase a power supply current when the combined energy required by the network devices is greater than a current limit on a power supply.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2017
    Publication date: August 10, 2017
    Applicant: OSRAM SYLVANIA Inc.
    Inventors: Javier Rojas, Marc Hoffknecht, Liam O'Hagan
  • Patent number: 9634724
    Abstract: Systems and methods for delivering energy on a bus used for communication between devices are provided. Systems and methods dynamically provide a predetermined recovery time between communication messages calculated from forward and response message types and/or length, and a model of the energy reserve in the network devices to allow time for energy storage circuits in the devices to charge. In addition or alternatively, systems and methods provide an extra recovery time between messages to allow the bus voltage to recover from a fold-back mode and/or include an extra current limit circuit to increase a power supply current when the combined energy required by the network devices is greater than a current limit on a power supply.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2017
    Assignee: OSRAM SYLVANIA Inc.
    Inventors: Javier Rojas, Marc Hoffknecht, Liam O'Hagan
  • Patent number: 9379608
    Abstract: A system including a bus and a plurality of devices coupled thereto and configured to communicate with each other via the bus. The system further includes a power supply coupled to the bus, to power to the plurality of devices via the bus and to detect an event, and in response, alternately supply power to the plurality of devices via the bus at a first current level or at a lesser second current level. This allows additional devices to be used on a bus, even where the total power consumption of the devices would normally exceed a maximum defined by a bus architecture. This also helps allow a single gauge of wire to be used throughout a bus network (even where long lengths of wire are required) while still providing sufficient power to the devices connected to the bus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2016
    Assignee: OSRAM SYLVANIA Inc.
    Inventors: Marc Hoffknecht, Javier Orlando Rojas, Liam John O'Hagan
  • Publication number: 20160049991
    Abstract: Systems and methods for delivering energy on a bus used for communication between devices are provided. Systems and methods dynamically provide a predetermined recovery time between communication messages calculated from forward and response message types and/or length, and a model of the energy reserve in the network devices to allow time for energy storage circuits in the devices to charge. In addition or alternatively, systems and methods provide an extra recovery time between messages to allow the bus voltage to recover from a fold-back mode and/or include an extra current limit circuit to increase a power supply current when the combined energy required by the network devices is greater than a current limit on a power supply.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2013
    Publication date: February 18, 2016
    Applicant: OSRAM SYLVANIA Inc.
    Inventors: Javier Rojas, Marc Hoffknecht, Liam O'Hagan
  • Patent number: D751937
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2016
    Assignee: OSRAM SYLVANIA Inc.
    Inventors: Simon Treadwell, Sabolch Feigler, Marc Hoffknecht
  • Patent number: D753525
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2016
    Assignee: OSRAM SYLVANIA Inc.
    Inventors: Simon Treadwell, Sabolch Feigler, Marc Hoffknecht
  • Patent number: D755068
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2016
    Assignee: OSRAM SYLVANIA Inc.
    Inventors: Simon Treadwell, Sabolch Feigler, Marc Hoffknecht
  • Patent number: D781247
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2017
    Assignee: OSRAM SYLVANIA Inc.
    Inventors: Marc Hoffknecht, Simon Treadwell, Sabolch Feigler, Marian Kosara
  • Patent number: D788046
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2017
    Assignee: OSRAM SYLVANIA Inc.
    Inventors: Alex Oksengendler, Marc Hoffknecht, Darko Stjepanovic
  • Patent number: D794577
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2017
    Assignee: OSRAM SYLVANIA Inc.
    Inventors: Marc Hoffknecht, Darko Stjepanovic
  • Patent number: D794578
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2017
    Assignee: OSRAM SYLVANIA Inc.
    Inventors: Alex Oksengendler, Marc Hoffknecht, Darko Stjepanovic
  • Patent number: D805040
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2017
    Assignee: OSRAM SYLVANIA Inc.
    Inventors: Alex Oksengendler, Marc Hoffknecht, Darko Stjepanovic
  • Patent number: D806042
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2017
    Assignee: OSRAM SYLVANIA Inc.
    Inventors: Alex Oksengendler, Marc Hoffknecht, Darko Stjepanovic
  • Patent number: D819577
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2018
    Assignee: OSRAM SYLVANIA Inc.
    Inventors: Marc Hoffknecht, Simon Treadwell, Sabolch Feigler, Marian Kosara
  • Patent number: D844571
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2019
    Assignee: OSRAM SYLVANIA Inc.
    Inventors: Marc Hoffknecht, Darko Stjepanovic
  • Patent number: D844572
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2019
    Assignee: OSRAM SYLVANIA Inc.
    Inventors: Marc Hoffknecht, Darko Stjepanovic
  • Patent number: D844573
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2019
    Assignee: OSRAM SYLVANIA Inc.
    Inventors: Marc Hoffknecht, Darko Stjepanovic
  • Patent number: D852760
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2019
    Assignee: OSRAM SYLVANIA Inc.
    Inventors: Marc Hoffknecht, Simon Treadwell, Sabolch Feigler, Marian Kosara
  • Patent number: D852761
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2019
    Assignee: OSRAM SYLVANIA Inc.
    Inventors: Marc Hoffknecht, Simon Treadwell, Sabolch Feigler, Marian Kosara