Patents by Inventor Ronald Lange
Ronald Lange 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).
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Patent number: 11674499Abstract: A coupling device for coupling tower segments, which are arranged on one another, of a tubular tower of a wind power installation, having a coupling plate for contact against a circumferential surface of the tower segments, which are arranged on one another, in an abutting region, comprising a fastening portion having a first contact surface for arranging on a circumferential surface of a first tower segment and a connecting portion having a second contact surface for arranging on a circumferential surface of a second tower segment, and at least one through-opening.Type: GrantFiled: September 23, 2021Date of Patent: June 13, 2023Assignee: Wobben Properties GmbHInventors: Stefan Lütkemeyer, Frank Knoop, Ihno Coordes, Jan-Ulfert Smit, Ronald Lange
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Publication number: 20220090580Abstract: A coupling device for coupling tower segments, which are arranged on one another, of a tubular tower of a wind power installation, having a coupling plate for contact against a circumferential surface of the tower segments, which are arranged on one another, in an abutting region, comprising a fastening portion having a first contact surface for arranging on a circumferential surface of a first tower segment and a connecting portion having a second contact surface for arranging on a circumferential surface of a second tower segment, and at least one through-opening.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 23, 2021Publication date: March 24, 2022Inventors: Stefan Lütkemeyer, Frank Knoop, Ihno Coordes, Jan-Ufert Smit, Ronald Lange
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Publication number: 20210148335Abstract: A wind turbine steel tower portion, to a wind turbine tower, to a wind turbine and to a method for producing a wind turbine steel tower portion. A wind turbine steel tower portion for a wind turbine tower, comprising a first wind turbine steel tower ring segment with a first vertical joint side, a second wind turbine steel tower ring segment with a second vertical joint side, a bracket element which is arranged at a joint and which is connected to the first wind turbine steel tower ring segment and to the second wind turbine steel tower ring segment, wherein the first wind turbine steel tower ring segment, with the first vertical joint side, and the second wind turbine steel tower ring segment, with the second vertical joint side, are arranged against one another at the joint, and wherein the bracket element has a connection element which projects from the bracket element and which serves for the arrangement of functional elements.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 18, 2018Publication date: May 20, 2021Inventors: Roy KERSTEN, Ronald LANGE, Britta RANDEL
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Patent number: 8612026Abstract: A method and a device for planning an industrial automation arrangement, where an object model is generated from data objects, which represent automation components, and from relationships between these objects, a sequence of control actions by a user is used to select the objects from an object library and to relate them to one another. A plurality of sequences of control actions and their respective effects on the object model are stored as respective entity control trees with control steps, where at least two of the entity control trees are selected and used to generate a generalized type control tree using a first comparison, and the type of control tree is used to automatically plan the industrial automation arrangement.Type: GrantFiled: January 25, 2011Date of Patent: December 17, 2013Assignee: Siemens AktiengessellschaftInventors: Thomas Banik, Sven Kerschbaum, Ronald Lange, Thomas Talanis, Frank Volkmann
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Patent number: 8595202Abstract: A collaborative authoring system and method is disclosed. A collaboration server stores objects and applications open the objects stored on the collaboration server as documents. Collaborative authoring is enabled through a combination of coarse-grained server locks on objects stored in a collaboration server for short term server transactions and fine-grained application specific internal locks to lock portions of documents for authoring sessions. When an application begins an authoring session, an object stored in the collaboration server is opened as a document in an application, a server lock is applied to the object, internal locks are applied to portions of the document, and the server lock is removed from the object.Type: GrantFiled: August 26, 2008Date of Patent: November 26, 2013Assignee: Siemens AktiengesellschaftInventors: George Lo, Ronald Lange
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Patent number: 8539436Abstract: The invention relates to a system and a method for providing specifications for a project, in particular for an engineering project for creating an automation solution. The system comprises first means for creating a file containing the specifications and at least one project planning environment for creating a solution on the basis of the specifications, with the file containing the specifications being imported into the at least one project planning environment as meta knowledge. A simple provision of specifications to be used for a project is hereby enabled.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2005Date of Patent: September 17, 2013Assignee: Siemens AktiengesellschaftInventors: Ronald Lange, Ralf Leins, Klaus Meusser, Jürgen Schmoll, Markus Weinländer
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Patent number: 8443067Abstract: The invention relates to a method for identifying an order of users of a network, whereby the network contains a multitude of nodes and each of the nodes has a number of connections by which the nodes and the users can be interconnected. Disclosed embodiments of the method include: a) identifying the node connected to one of the users; b) determining the number of connections of this node and a predetermined hierarchy of the connections; c) determining, for these nodes, the connection with which the user is connected to this node and; d) determining, for the nodes, other connections that are connected to other nodes or to other users; e) establishing a relationship between users of the network based on the hierarchy of the connections that is predefined for node and on the determined connections that are connected to users or to other nodes.Type: GrantFiled: February 23, 2004Date of Patent: May 14, 2013Assignee: Siemens AktiengesellschaftInventors: Ralph Buesgen, Ronald Lange, Thomas Talanis
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Publication number: 20120273126Abstract: A system and method for laminating a module. The system comprises a membrane adapted to apply a pressure on the module to press a plurality of layers of the module together, an intermediate member adapted to prevent gases set free during a lamination process from making contact with the membrane, and a base for retaining the module, wherein the membrane and the base are capable of forming a vacuum chamber.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 19, 2010Publication date: November 1, 2012Applicant: 3S SWISS SOLAR SYSTEMS AGInventors: Roman Polo, Ronald Lange, Alessandro Chimenti, Beat Strebel, Juerg Zahnd
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Patent number: 8275809Abstract: Several tools are included in an object processing system that also includes a common object model containing a data structure and an administrative program for the data structure. The tools have read access and optionally also write access to partial areas of the data structure via the administrative program. The partial areas can be different from one another and can contain mutually corresponding information. The administrative program optionally updates the other partial areas by compulsion, during write access approaches by a tool.Type: GrantFiled: November 19, 2001Date of Patent: September 25, 2012Assignee: Siemens AktiengesellschaftInventors: Clemens Dinges, Joachim Feld, Ronald Lange, Michael Schlereth
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Publication number: 20120073746Abstract: Processes and apparatus for producing laminated solar panels built up of a plurality of layers, wherein at least one layer is preheated and stores thermal energy. The at least one layer is laminated, under vacuum or in controlled gas atmosphere, with at least one other layer.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 7, 2011Publication date: March 29, 2012Applicant: 3S Swiss Solar Systems AGInventors: Juerg ZAHND, Ronald LANGE, Roman POLO, Markus GMUER
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Patent number: 8032893Abstract: A method and a system for the synchronization of data between applications are provided. Data is exchanged at least partially between the applications, the exchanged data being synchronized with the data that is present in the respective application. To simplify the synchronization process, according to the invention an identification that signifies incompleteness is assigned to the data.Type: GrantFiled: April 7, 2006Date of Patent: October 4, 2011Assignee: Siemens AktiengesellschaftInventors: Thomas Banik, Rainer Bitzer, Rainer Heller, Ronald Lange, Peter Niederhuber, Rudolf Pohlan
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Patent number: 7991936Abstract: A communications subscriber (P) which is suitable as an interface between a network (N) and a field bus (BU) and has software objects (A?, B?) for representing appliances (A, B) which can be connected via the field bus, which software objects can be addressed, like the appliances (A, B) themselves, via the network (N), so that appliances having only field bus access can also be transparently incorporated into “high performance” networks.Type: GrantFiled: November 16, 2000Date of Patent: August 2, 2011Assignee: Siemens AktiengesellschaftInventors: Georg Biehler, Hubert Gehring, Ronald Lange, Reiner Plaum, Thomas Talanis
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Publication number: 20110184543Abstract: A method and a device for planning an industrial automation arrangement, where an object model is generated from data objects, which represent automation components, and from relationships between these objects, a sequence of control actions by a user is used to select the objects from an object library and to relate them to one another. A plurality of sequences of control actions and their respective effects on the object model are stored as respective entity control trees with control steps, where at least two of the entity control trees are selected and used to generate a generalized type control tree using a first comparison, and the type of control tree is used to automatically plan the industrial automation arrangement.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 25, 2011Publication date: July 28, 2011Applicant: Siemens AGInventors: Thomas Banik, Sven Kerschbaum, Ronald Lange, Thomas Talanis, Frank Volkmann
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Patent number: 7917891Abstract: A method, computer program and a system for automatically generating entity templates when copying at least one software element are provided. In the method, upon receiving a request to copy a selected element, such as a group of elements in a graphics program, a common entity template is automatically created for the element if it is not currently linked to an entity template or is only linked to a non-modifiable template, such that when modifications are made to the entity template, the modifications are also made to the originally selected element and all copies thereof, simultaneously.Type: GrantFiled: November 30, 2005Date of Patent: March 29, 2011Assignee: Siemens AktiengesellschaftInventors: Clemens Dinges, Rainer Heller, Ronald Lange, Soeren Moritz, Peter Mossmeier, Maximilian Sackerer
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Patent number: 7904400Abstract: A help system, an automation device with such a help system and a method for providing help data are disclosed. The help system includes a first offline help facility which is installed as part of an application on a data processing device, the first help facility providing a user with help data based upon context data defined by the user, the help data being stored in the first help facility and thus on the data processing device. A second online help facility is provided which is accessed by the data processing device via the internet such that the context data defined by the user in relation to the first help facility is automatically adopted in the second help facility as context data, the second help facility providing the user with additional help data based on this context data, the help data being stored in the second help facility.Type: GrantFiled: October 31, 2003Date of Patent: March 8, 2011Assignee: Siemens AktiengesellschaftInventors: Jürgen Büssert, Jan Fischer, Rainer Heller, Harald Herberth, Ronald Lange, Stefan List, Franz-Josef Menzl, Klaus Meusser, Michael Schlemper, Michael Schlereth, Bodo Stölzle, Peter Wiedenberg
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Patent number: 7757297Abstract: The invention relates to a system and a method for the storage and/or retrieval of confidential information for at least one user, by means of which a secret, in particular a project password, can be securely retrieved again. System for the storage and/or retrieval of confidential information for at least one user, particularly within the area of creating a project, with first means for encryption of the confidential information using a public key of an asymmetric method through a key service and for storage of the encrypted information in a generally accessible memory and at least one input device for entry of the private key associated with the public key through the key service for the retrieval of the information, whereby the system includes a selection device for the selection of at least one key service by the at least one user.Type: GrantFiled: April 13, 2006Date of Patent: July 13, 2010Assignee: Siemens AktiengesellschaftInventors: Harald Herberth, Ronald Lange
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Patent number: 7689669Abstract: A method for accessing an appliance, especially an automation appliance with a standardized interface, by means of a first processing device via a data network. A call is sent from the first data processing device to the second data processing device via the data network, and an address for identifying the appliance is extracted in the second data processing device from the call of the first data processing device to the second data processing device and used to identify the appliance. Information pertaining to the appliance can be accessed via the standardized interface of the appliance by means of the address extracted in the second data processing device.Type: GrantFiled: September 25, 2002Date of Patent: March 30, 2010Assignee: Siemens AktiengesellschaftInventors: Ronald Lange, Frank Springer
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Patent number: 7664769Abstract: An automation system includes at least one automation object, with a directory for storing object names of the at least one automation object. An object name is assigned a directory entry which includes first information data as a reference to the automation object; second information data as a description of technological functionality; and third information data as a description of interfaces of the automation object. This results in immediate and permanent access to currently created (partial) solutions, so that parallel and/or distributed working on automation objects is possible.Type: GrantFiled: March 9, 2000Date of Patent: February 16, 2010Assignee: Siemens AktiengesellschaftInventors: Norbert Becker, Georg Biehler, Matthias Diezel, Albrecht Donner, Dieter Eckardt, Harald Herberth, Manfred Krämer, Dirk Langkafel, Ralf Leins, Ronald Lange, Walter Möller-Nehring, Jürgen Schmoll, Karsten Schneider, Ulrich Welz, Helmut Windl
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Patent number: 7596575Abstract: An automation system with at least one automation object having a first component for generating a system functionality, a second component for generating a base functionality, and a third component for managing at least one module. Each module has a first module component for generating a system functionality, a second module component for generating a base functionality and a third module component for generating a technological functionality.Type: GrantFiled: September 10, 2001Date of Patent: September 29, 2009Assignee: Siemens AktiengesellschaftInventors: Norbert Becker, Georg Biehler, Matthias Diezel, Albrecht Donner, Dieter Eckardt, Harald Herberth, Manfred Kraemer, Dirk Langkafel, Ralf Leins, Ronald Lange, Walter Moeller-Nehring, Juergen Schmoll, Karsten Schneider, Ulrich Welz, Helmut Windl
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Publication number: 20090217312Abstract: A method and a system for the synchronization of data between applications are provided. Data is exchanged at least partially between the applications, the exchanged data being synchronized with the data that is present in the respective application. To simplify the synchronization process, according to the invention an identification that signifies incompleteness is assigned to the data.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 7, 2006Publication date: August 27, 2009Applicant: SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFTInventors: Thomas Banik, Rainer Bitzer, Rainer Heller, Ronald Lange, Peter Niederhuber, Rudolf Pohlan