Patents by Inventor Philippe Vorburger

Philippe Vorburger 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).

  • Communication module for capturing consumption data from a meter
    Patent number: 11463791
    Abstract: A communication module acquires consumption data from a meter, in particular consumption quantities of electricity, gas, water or heat. The communication module serves to receive consumption data from the meter and to enable the transmission of the consumption data of the meter to a superordinate data collection device. The module has a housing, a control apparatus, its own energy source, an antenna, a first communication interface using which the consumption data can be transmitted from the meter to the communication module, and a second communication interface using which the consumption data can be further transmitted from the communication module to the data collection device. The first communication interface is a standardized close-range interface which supports a plurality of standardized transmission protocols as options and/or the second communication interface is a standardized long-range interface which supports a plurality of standardized transmission protocols as options.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: Diehl Metering Systems GmbH
    Inventors: Robert Westphal, Philippe Vorburger, Joerg Feuchtmeier, Roland Gottschalk, Klaus Gottschalk
  • COMMUNICATION MODULE FOR CAPTURING CONSUMPTION DATA FROM A METER
    Publication number: 20200128308
    Abstract: A communication module acquires consumption data from a meter, in particular consumption quantities of electricity, gas, water or heat. The communication module serves to receive consumption data from the meter and to enable the transmission of the consumption data of the meter to a superordinate data collection device. The module has a housing, a control apparatus, its own energy source, an antenna, a first communication interface using which the consumption data can be transmitted from the meter to the communication module, and a second communication interface using which the consumption data can be further transmitted from the communication module to the data collection device. The first communication interface is a standardized close-range interface which supports a plurality of standardized transmission protocols as options and/or the second communication interface is a standardized long-range interface which supports a plurality of standardized transmission protocols as options.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2019
    Publication date: April 23, 2020
    Inventors: Robert Westphal, Philippe Vorburger, Joerg Feuchtmeier, Roland Gottschalk, Klaus Gottschalk