Patents by Inventor MARKUS GEISSLER

MARKUS GEISSLER 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).

  • Method for transmitting at least one control command, and control device
    Patent number: 11509500
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a method for transmitting at least one control command to at least one actuator, comprising the following steps: a) monitoring a communication bus; b) detecting an event, for example bus inactivity, that lasts longer than a predefined time interval; c) dividing the communication bus into a first bus segment and a second bus segment, wherein the actuator is part of the second bus segment; d) transmitting the at least one control command to the at least one actuator on the second bus segment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: WEBASTO SE
    Inventors: Sebastian Sonnek, Markus Geissler
  • METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING AT LEAST ONE CONTROL COMMAND, AND CONTROL DEVICE
    Publication number: 20200382339
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a method for transmitting at least one control command to at least one actuator, comprising the following steps: a) monitoring a communication bus; b) detecting an event, for example bus inactivity, that lasts longer than a predefined time interval; c) dividing the communication bus into a first bus segment and a second bus segment, wherein the actuator is part of the second bus segment; d) transmitting the at least one control command to the at least one actuator on the second bus segment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2018
    Publication date: December 3, 2020
    Inventors: SEBASTIAN SONNEK, MARKUS GEISSLER