Patents by Inventor Marcus DUERKSEN

Marcus DUERKSEN 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).

  • Firmware update of components of a modular node
    Patent number: 11593088
    Abstract: A procedure for changing, in particular for updating, a firmware of a head station of a modular node, having a transfer of a compatibility verification routine stored on the head station from the head station on which a first firmware is stored in a nonvolatile manner to a computer connected to the head station, a verification using the verification routine executed on the computer as to whether a second firmware is compatible with the head station, and a replacement of the first firmware on the head station by the second firmware if the verification has the result that the second firmware is compatible with the head station, and also a suitably equipped head station.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: WAGO Verwaltungsgesellschaft mbH
    Inventors: Marcus Duerksen, Jonathan Jansen, Juergen Gorka, Mariusz Czarnecki
  • FIRMWARE UPDATE OF COMPONENTS OF A MODULAR NODE
    Publication number: 20210019137
    Abstract: A procedure for changing, in particular for updating, a firmware of a head station of a modular node, having a transfer of a compatibility verification routine stored on the head station from the head station on which a first firmware is stored in a nonvolatile manner to a computer connected to the head station, a verification using the verification routine executed on the computer as to whether a second firmware is compatible with the head station, and a replacement of the first firmware on the head station by the second firmware if the verification has the result that the second firmware is compatible with the head station, and also a suitably equipped head station.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2020
    Publication date: January 21, 2021
    Applicant: WAGO Verwaltungsgesellschaft mbH
    Inventors: Marcus DUERKSEN, Jonathan JANSEN, Juergen GORKA, Mariusz CZARNECKI