Patents by Inventor Niels FANGMEIER

Niels FANGMEIER 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).

  • Automation device and method for operating an automation device
    Patent number: 10983491
    Abstract: An automation device, having an input for receiving input signals and/or an output for outputting output signals of a process, and an electronic data processing unit, which is adapted to run an application program during operation of the automation device and to process data contained in the input and/or output signals by means of a program function, characterized in that in a digital program memory, a plurality of program functions is stored separately to the application program, which are each uniquely addressable via a function pointer, wherein during operation of the automation device, based on a predetermined function selection, the application program is configured to determine the function pointer of the program function corresponding to the predetermined function selection from a functions reference list stored in a digital data memory and, by means of the determined function pointer, to run the program function corresponding to the predetermined function selection for processing the data contained in
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2021
    Assignee: WAGO Verwaltungsgesellschaft mbH
    Inventors: Niels Fangmeier, Stefan Van Lier
  • AUTOMATION DEVICE AND METHOD FOR OPERATING AN AUTOMATION DEVICE
    Publication number: 20190219977
    Abstract: An automation device, having an input for receiving input signals and/or an output for outputting output signals of a process, and an electronic data processing unit, which is adapted to run an application program during operation of the automation device and to process data contained in the input and/or output signals by means of a program function, characterized in that in a digital program memory, a plurality of program functions is stored separately to the application program, which are each uniquely addressable via a function pointer, wherein during operation of the automation device, based on a predetermined function selection, the application program is configured to determine the function pointer of the program function corresponding to the predetermined function selection from a functions reference list stored in a digital data memory and, by means of the determined function pointer, to run the program function corresponding to the predetermined function selection for processing the data contained in
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2019
    Publication date: July 18, 2019
    Applicant: WAGO Verwaltungsgesellschaft mbH
    Inventors: Niels FANGMEIER, Stefan VAN LIER