Patents by Inventor Martin Wimmer

Martin Wimmer 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: 20220279038
    Abstract: Provided is a network adapter for unidirectional transmission of a user data stream to a bidirectional network interface, the network adapter including: a first connection unit which is physically connected to a bidirectional network interface of a first device; a second connection unit which is physically connected to a bidirectional network interface of a second device; and a terminating unit which has at least one bit transmission module and which is designed to establish a bidirectional data link to the network interface of the first device, to receive the user data stream from the first device exclusively in a unidirectional fashion via the data link, and not to send a user data stream to the first device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2020
    Publication date: September 1, 2022
    Inventors: Rainer Falk, Stefan Seltzsam, Hermann Seuschek, Martin Wimmer
  • Patent number: 11411916
    Abstract: Provided is a computer-implemented method and a transmission apparatus for transmitting data between a first network and a second network having high and low security requirements, wherein a first session is set up between the first and second networks, a first data packet is transmitted from a transmitting unit in the first network via a first one-way communication unit to a receiving unit in the second network, and a second session is set up and a second data packet is transmitted from a transmitting unit in the second network via a second one-way communication unit to a validation unit, the second data packet is validated in the validation unit on a prescribed rule, positive validation of the second data packet results in a third session being set up, and the second data packet is transmitted from the validation unit to a receiving unit in the first network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2022
    Inventors: Christian Bauer, Rainer Falk, Matthias Seifert, Martin Wimmer
  • Patent number: 11368437
    Abstract: Provided is a transmission device for feedback-free unidirectional transmission of data from a first network zone into a second network zone for evaluation at a remote application server, containing: a data export device which is arranged in the first network zone and is designed to detect the data transmitted in a network data format in the first network zone and to transform the data from the network data format into a transport data format, a unidirectional data transmission unit, which is designed to transmit the data in the transport data format into the second network zone unidirectionally, a data import device which is designed to transform the data from the transport data format back into the network data format and to transmit the data to an application server, wherein the data import device and the application server are arranged in a second network zone remote from the first zone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2022
    Assignee: SIEMENS MOBILITY GMBH
    Inventors: Martin Wimmer, Rainer Falk
  • Patent number: 11362762
    Abstract: A method and a system for fault-correcting transfer of a dataset from a first network into a second network via a unidirectional communication unit, the receiving apparatus having a limited computing and main memory capacity is provided. The dataset is divided into partial datasets and are each coded by adding at least one correction mark. The marks and correction marks are decoded repeatedly in the second network, wherein marks and correction marks associated with a first encoded partial dataset are stored in a main memory, marks and correction marks associated with other encoded partial datasets are buffered in a background memory, and the first coded partial dataset is decoded, and then the previously received marks and/or correction marks of one of the other coded partial datasets are shifted from the background memory into the main memory. The dataset is reproduced from the decoded partial datasets in the second network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: SIEMENS MOBILITY GMBH
    Inventors: Tiago Gasiba, Matthias Seifert, Martin Wimmer
  • Publication number: 20220123506
    Abstract: A plug connector housing having a housing, a sleeve arranged movably relative to the housing, and a lever, the lever being mounted on the housing for rotation about an axis of rotation extending perpendicularly to a plug-in direction of the plug connector housing, wherein the sleeve can be displaced in the plug-in direction in order to fix a cable by a rotary movement of the lever and the plug connector housing can be locked with a mating plug connector housing by the rotary movement of the lever, the housing having a cable-side end and a plug-side end and a strain relief element having an opening for passing through a cable being arranged at the cable-side end of the housing, and it being possible for the sleeve to at least partially be pushed onto the strain relief element in order to exert radial pressure on the strain relief element relative to the plug-in direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2020
    Publication date: April 21, 2022
    Inventors: Martin Wimmer, Christian Dandl, Markus Wallner, Josef Krautenbacher, Andreas Gruber
  • Patent number: 11274263
    Abstract: A hybrid grease is provided having low coefficients of friction and high wear protection which is employable over a wide temperature range. The hybrid grease includes a combination of a grease based on a silicone oil in conjunction with a grease based on synthetic hydrocarbon oils, mineral oils or polyglycols. The hybrid grease may especially be used to lubricate joints in vehicle parts based on plastic-steel pairings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2022
    Assignee: Klüber Lubrication München SE & CO. KG
    Inventors: Reiner Schmitz, Martin Wimmer, Stefan Seemeyer
  • Publication number: 20220038479
    Abstract: An apparatus for monitoring a protected network using unidirectional communication includes a sending unit coupled to one or more devices of the protected network for obtaining network data related to protected network status. The apparatus further includes an eavesdropping unit with an interceptor configured to intercept the requested data within the sending unit via a loop connection between input and output interfaces of the sending unit. The interceptor and the loop connection are inductively coupled and configured for unidirectional communication from the sending unit to the receiving unit. A receiving unit is coupled to the eavesdropping unit for receiving the duplicated data and forwarding the duplicated data to an evaluation system located in a low security external network. A reconfigurable application layer includes at least one modular application configured to operate security related functions that support intrusion detection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2019
    Publication date: February 3, 2022
    Inventors: David Hingos, Leandro Pfleger de Aguiar, Omer Metel, Martin Wimmer, Heiko Patzlaff
  • Patent number: 11223657
    Abstract: A one-way coupling device for the feedback-free transmission of data from the first network with high security requirements into a second network with low security requirements, containing a request unit, an eavesdropping unit and a receiving unit, wherein the request unit is formed so as to provide a first communication link within the first network to at least one device and, moreover, to request first data from the at least one device and then to transmit the first data via a second communication link on a separate line loop of the request unit, and the eavesdropping unit, which is formed so as to eavesdrop on data on the separate line loop and to transmit data to a receiving unit which is arranged in the second network. Also, a corresponding request unit, a corresponding method and a corresponding computer program product is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2022
    Inventors: Uwe Blöcher, Rainer Falk, Jens Reinert, Wen Tang, Martin Wimmer
  • Patent number: 11196447
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method for error-correction-encoding and encrypting of a file is provided. The file is split into at least two blocks. The first block is encrypted using a given encryption key. The encrypted first block is encoded twice using a first and second forward error correction code of the first block. Each subsequent block is encrypted by performing an algebraic operation. The encrypted block is encoded twice using a first and second forward error correction code for this block, wherein a cryptographic indexing function provides a set of indices used by the second forward error correction code to produce the second encoded chunk. The first encoded chunks of each encrypted block are outputted. The computer-implemented method enables secure transmission of a file content between low power devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2021
    Inventors: Jorge Cuellar, Tiago Gasiba, Martin Wimmer
  • Publication number: 20210365313
    Abstract: A method and a device for a reaction-free and integrity-protected synchronization of log data between at least one first network and a second network is provided. The log data is copied by means of a monitoring device upon being transmitted from devices to a first log server in the first network. Metadata of the log data is additionally generated in a first managing unit, the metadata including time information, integrity information, origin information, and/or completeness information. The copied log data and the corresponding metadata are transmitted to the second network via a unidirectional coupling unit in a reaction-free manner. The lot data is checked and ordered chronologically in the second network using the metadata. Thus, a synchronized copy of the log data from the first network is promptly provided in the second network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2018
    Publication date: November 25, 2021
    Inventors: Rainer Falk, Matthias Seifert, Martin Wimmer
  • Patent number: 11128551
    Abstract: A method and transmission apparatus for direct and feedback-free transmission of log messages from at least one first network into a second network is provided. Log messages are transmitted individually and directly. The log messages in the first network are monitored by a monitoring device and transmitted into the second network via a one-way data transmission unit. The transmission is thus carried out feedback-free and with integrity protected. Additionally, a log server having a line loop is provided. Local messages are transmitted via the line loop and filtered, monitored by a monitoring device and transmitted directly to a second log server in the second network via the one-way data transmission unit Thus, efficient transmission of log messages into a second network for real-time analysis is achieved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2021
    Inventors: Rainer Falk, Matthias Seifert, Martin Wimmer
  • Publication number: 20210286906
    Abstract: Provided is a memory device for transmitting data between at least two computer devices, which are assigned to different network zones, which memory device contains at least one memory unit for storing data, at least two interfaces which lead towards the exterior and to which a respective one of the external computer devices can be connected for reading and/or writing data, and at least one control unit which is designed in such a way as to establish access rights to the data of the memory unit as a function of at least two of interfaces which lead towards the exterior. Thus, for example a data transmission can be established exclusively from a first computer device to a second computer device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2017
    Publication date: September 16, 2021
    Inventors: Steffen Fries, Martin Wimmer, Rainer Falk
  • Publication number: 20210288749
    Abstract: Provided is a method for a unidirectional transfer of data from a transmitter to a receiver, having the steps of: demultiplexing the data into multiple data streams; encoding each of the data streams using a forward error correction coding; transmitting the data streams from the transmitter to the receiver via assigned communication channels; correcting a possible error in one of the received data streams on the basis of the forward error correction coding; removing the forward error correction coding from the data; and multiplexing the data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2019
    Publication date: September 16, 2021
    Inventors: Tiago Gasiba, Matthias Seifert, Martin Wimmer
  • Publication number: 20210234633
    Abstract: A method and a system for fault-correcting transfer of a dataset from a first network into a second network via a unidirectional communication unit, the receiving apparatus having a limited computing and main memory capacity is provided. The dataset is divided into partial datasets and are each coded by adding at least one correction mark. The marks and correction marks are decoded repeatedly in the second network, wherein marks and correction marks associated with a first encoded partial dataset are stored in a main memory, marks and correction marks associated with other encoded partial datasets are buffered in a background memory, and the first coded partial dataset is decoded, and then the previously received marks and/or correction marks of one of the other coded partial datasets are shifted from the background memory into the main memory. The dataset is reproduced from the decoded partial datasets in the second network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2019
    Publication date: July 29, 2021
    Inventors: Tiago Gasiba, Matthias Seifert, Martin Wimmer
  • Patent number: 11063957
    Abstract: Provided is a method for decoupled transmission of data between networks having different security requirements, in which, in a first network having high security requirements, first data from a first application are transmitted in a communication exclusively between components within the first network via multiple communication links, data being captured in the first network by at least one monitoring device per communication link in a decoupled manner and being transmitted to a second network having lower security requirements. Also, a corresponding arrangement is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2021
    Assignee: SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventors: Uwe Blöcher, Rainer Falk, Jens Reinert, Martin Wimmer
  • Publication number: 20210171856
    Abstract: A hybrid grease is provided having low coefficients of friction and high wear protection which is employable over a wide temperature range. The hybrid grease includes a combination of a grease based on a silicone oil in conjunction with a grease based on synthetic hydrocarbon oils, mineral oils or polyglycols. The hybrid grease may especially be used to lubricate joints in vehicle parts based on plastic-steel pairings.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2019
    Publication date: June 10, 2021
    Inventors: Reiner Schmitz, Martin Wimmer, Stefan Seemeyer
  • Patent number: 10978236
    Abstract: An apparatus for electrically connecting at least four electrical conductors includes a connecting element and at least four shielding pipes, which are each provided for receiving at least one conductor. In order to enable a simple and economical connection, the connecting element forms pipe connection pieces and each connection piece is integrally joined or materially bonded to a respective shielding pipe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2021
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Jens Hoppe, Karsten Loppach, Klaus Mueller, Johann Schlager, Thomas Wende, Rene Martin Wimmer
  • Publication number: 20210021578
    Abstract: A method for the cryptographically protected unidirectional data transmission of payload data, wherein one or more data packets includes the payload data are transmitted on an end-to-end data transmission link from a first communication unit in a first network via a one-way communication unit, which is arranged between the first network and a second network, to a second communication unit in the second network, is provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2020
    Publication date: January 21, 2021
    Inventors: Rainer Falk, Stefan Seltzsam, Hermann Seuschek, Martin Wimmer
  • Patent number: 10833965
    Abstract: A method and an apparatus for repercussion-free capture of data from at least one device is provided, which is arranged in a first network having a high security requirement, in a second network having a low security requirement, containing a requesting unit, which is arranged within the first network and is designed to request data from the at least one device in accordance with a request profile, a monitoring unit, which is arranged within the first network and is designed to monitor data that have been sent by the at least one device in response to the request and to transmit said data to an evaluation unit, an evaluation unit, which is arranged in the second network and is designed to compare the monitored data with the data expected on the basis of the request profile, and an alarm unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2020
    Assignee: SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventors: Uwe Blöcher, Rainer Falk, Martin Wimmer
  • Publication number: 20200322236
    Abstract: A method and transmission apparatus for direct and feedback-free transmission of log messages from at least one first network into a second network is provided. Log messages are transmitted individually and directly. The log messages in the first network are monitored by a monitoring device and transmitted into the second network via a one-way data transmission unit. The transmission is thus carried out feedback-free and with integrity protected. Additionally, a log server having a line loop is provided. Local messages are transmitted via the line loop and filtered, monitored by a monitoring device and transmitted directly to a second log server in the second network via the one-way data transmission unit Thus, efficient transmission of log messages into a second network for real-time analysis is achieved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2018
    Publication date: October 8, 2020
    Inventors: Rainer Falk, Matthias Seifert, Martin Wimmer