Patents by Inventor Phillip Weemes

Phillip Weemes 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 and viewer for a cause and effect matrix in a safety system
    Patent number: 9367064
    Abstract: A method in an industrial safety system for controlling a process or equipment. An industrial safety system comprises components with safety devices wherein the safety system enables signals to be generated as a result of an event or alarm. The method and system uses a cause and effect matrix with automated links between each event or alarm and an effect or an action to be taken upon receipt of the event or alarm signal due to the event. In an online view of the improved cause and effect matrix, at least one effect cell of the cause and effect matrix is arranged with a first executable link for a device represented by the at least one effect cell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2016
    Assignee: ABB AS
    Inventors: Katharina Gohr, Phillip Weemes
  • Method And Viewer For A Cause And Effect Matrix In A Safety System
    Publication number: 20130138227
    Abstract: A method in an industrial safety system for controlling a process or equipment. An industrial safety system comprises components with safety devices wherein the safety system enables signals to be generated as a result of an event or alarm. The method and system uses a cause and effect matrix with automated links between each event or alarm and an effect or an action to be taken upon receipt of the event or alarm signal due to the event. In an online view of the improved cause and effect matrix, at least one effect cell of the cause and effect matrix is arranged with a first executable link for a device represented by the at least one effect cell.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2013
    Publication date: May 30, 2013
    Inventors: Katharina Gohr, Phillip Weemes