Patents by Inventor Rainer Nickl

Rainer Nickl 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).

  • Process board with modular SPC integration and expansion
    Patent number: 7286899
    Abstract: A control apparatus for controlling a machine, especially an injection molding machine, includes a bus board providing communication connections between different units, a wiring board, and a separate process module. The process module includes one or more process boards providing a base range of input/output (I/O) connections for the machines to be controlled. The process module can be directly connected to the bus board and the wiring board by means of a plug of second or third type, and thus produces a bridge, i.e. a connection, between the bus and wiring boards, thereby reducing wiring required between these boards At least one control module, which assumes the control tasks for the machine, can be plugged into the bus board by means of a plug contacts of first type.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2007
    Assignee: Demag Ergotech GmbH
    Inventors: Oswald Dachs, Dieter Reinecke, Karl-Rudolf Lüttich, Rainer Nickl
  • Process board with modular SPC integration and expansion
    Publication number: 20050228507
    Abstract: A control apparatus for controlling a machine, especially an injection molding machine, includes a bus board providing communication connections between different units, a wiring board, and a separate process module. The process module includes one or more process boards providing a base range of input/output (I/O) connections for the machines to be controlled. The process module can be directly connected to the bus board and the wiring board by means of a plug of second or third type, and thus produces a bridge, i.e. a connection, between the bus and wiring boards, thereby reducing wiring required between these boards At least one control module, which assumes the control tasks for the machine, can be plugged into the bus board by means of a plug contacts of first type.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2005
    Publication date: October 13, 2005
    Applicant: DEMAG ERGOTECH GMBH
    Inventors: Oswald Dachs, Dieter Reinecke, Karl-Rudolf Luttich, Rainer Nickl