Patents by Inventor Rainer Pollath

Rainer Pollath 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 for operating a system of field devices
    Patent number: 8521309
    Abstract: A method for operating a system of field devices, wherein the system has at least two field devices, and wherein the field devices especially are measuring devices and/or actuators and/or display devices. A second field device is activated by a first field device, and that, in the case of a successful activation of a field device different from the first field device, the first field device is deactivated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2013
    Assignee: Endress + Hauser Wetzer GmbH + Co. KG
    Inventors: Stephan Konrad, Rainer Pollath
  • ROTARY PADDLE LIMIT SWITCH AND METHOD FOR OPERATING A ROTARY PADDLE LIMIT SWITCH
    Publication number: 20130092265
    Abstract: A rotary paddle limit switch for determining a limit level of a fill substance, comprising a housing, which serves for accommodating a motor and a drive shaft. The drive shaft serves for rotation of a rotary paddle secured on the drive shaft, wherein the rotary paddle limit switch has a viewing window for optically checking rotational movement of the rotary paddle and/or the drive shaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2012
    Publication date: April 18, 2013
    Applicant: Endress + Hauser Wetzer GmbH + Co. KG
    Inventors: Marc Stahl, Robert Zeller, Detlef Schuttenberg, Rainer Pöllath, Angelika Heim
  • Method for Operating a System of Field Devices
    Publication number: 20110153037
    Abstract: A method for operating a system of field devices, wherein the system has at least two field devices, and wherein the field devices especially are measuring devices and/or actuators and/or display devices. A second field device is activated by a first field device, and that, in the case of a successful activation of a field device different from the first field device, the first field device is deactivated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2009
    Publication date: June 23, 2011
    Applicant: ENDRESS+HAUSER WETZER GMBH+CO. KG
    Inventors: Stephan Konrad, Rainer Pollath