Patents by Inventor Niclas Ericsson

Niclas Ericsson 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 of scheduling field devices in a wireless network of an industrial process system
    Patent number: 10939460
    Abstract: A method of scheduling field devices in a wireless network of an industrial process system is provided. The method is performed in a scheduling device and includes scheduling one or more field devices on uplink resources and on downlink resources, such that, for at least one of the field devices, a periodicity of uplink resources is different than a periodicity of downlink resources.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2021
    Assignee: ABB Schweiz AG
    Inventors: Ewa Hansen, Johan Åkerberg, Jonas Neander, Krister Landernäs, Niclas Ericsson, Tomas Lennvall
  • Method Of Scheduling Field Devices In A Wireless Network Of An Industrial Process System
    Publication number: 20190320451
    Abstract: A method of scheduling field devices in a wireless network of an industrial process system is provided. The method is performed in a scheduling device and includes scheduling one or more field devices on uplink resources and on downlink resources, such that, for at least one of the field devices, a periodicity of uplink resources is different than a periodicity of downlink resources.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2017
    Publication date: October 17, 2019
    Inventors: Ewa Hansen, Johan Åkerberg, Jonas Neander, Krister Landernäs, Niclas Ericsson, Tomas Lennvall
  • Wireless communication between two temporarily connected devices
    Patent number: 8749353
    Abstract: A system for setting up a wireless connection between two temporarily connected devices includes a device interconnector having a first end provided with a first wireless communication identifier and a second end provided with a second wireless communication identifier, a first device having a first interconnector mating unit, a first wireless communication unit and a first reading unit and a second device having a second interconnector mating unit, a second wireless communication unit and a second reading unit. The wireless communication units of each device is configured to receive an identifier being read by the corresponding reading unit as the device interconnector is attached to the corresponding mating unit and the wireless communication unit is configured to employ this identifier in setting up, together with the other wireless communication unit, a wireless connection between the two devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2014
    Assignee: ABB Research Ltd.
    Inventors: Lennart Balgard, Niclas Ericsson, Ewa Hansen, Mikael Gidlund
  • WIRELESS COMMUNICATION BETWEEN TWO TEMPORARILY CONNECTED DEVICES
    Publication number: 20130057389
    Abstract: A system for setting up a wireless connection between two temporarily connected devices includes a device interconnector having a first end provided with a first wireless communication identifier and a second end provided with a second wireless communication identifier, a first device having a first interconnector mating unit, a first wireless communication unit and a first reading unit and a second device having a second interconnector mating unit, a second wireless communication unit and a second reading unit. The wireless communication units of each device is configured to receive an identifier being read by the corresponding reading unit as the device interconnector is attached to the corresponding mating unit and the wireless communication unit is configured to employ this identifier in setting up, together with the other wireless communication unit, a wireless connection between the two devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2012
    Publication date: March 7, 2013
    Inventors: Lennart Balgard, Niclas Ericsson, Ewa Hansen, Mikael Gidlund