Patents by Inventor Reto Steiner

Reto Steiner 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).

  • Setting the operating mode of a hazard warning system by means of an electrically readable bipole, in particular a resistor, which is arranged in a hazard warning system socket
    Patent number: 9013321
    Abstract: A bipole is fitted in a warning system socket for removably receiving a hazard warning system in order to set one of at least two operating modes of the hazard warning system. An electric characteristic of the bipole can be read out electrically by an electronic control of the hazard warning system via two electric contact pairs which are in contact with each other in the received state of the hazard warning system. In particular, the bipole is used via at least one pair of electric contacts, the pair being generally provided for externally connecting an optical and/or acoustic alarm emitter, in order to read in the electric characteristic of the bipole. The bipole is preferably a passive electric resistor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2015
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Urs Kästli, Matthias Nyikos, Beat Schmid, Reto Steiner
  • SETTING THE OPERATING MODE OF A HAZARD WARNING SYSTEM BY MEANS OF AN ELECTRICALLY READABLE BIPOLE, IN PARTICULAR A RESISTOR, WHICH IS ARRANGED IN A HAZARD WARNING SYSTEM SOCKET
    Publication number: 20130241738
    Abstract: A bipole is fitted in a warning system socket for removably receiving a hazard warning system in order to set one of at least two operating modes of the hazard warning system. An electric characteristic of the bipole can be read out electrically by an electronic control of the hazard warning system via two electric contact pairs which are in contact with each other in the received state of the hazard warning system. In particular, the bipole is used via at least one pair of electric contacts, the pair being generally provided for externally connecting an optical and/or acoustic alarm emitter, in order to read in the electric characteristic of the bipole. The bipole is preferably a passive electric resistor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2011
    Publication date: September 19, 2013
    Inventors: Urs Kästli, Matthias Nyikos, Beat Schmid, Reto Steiner