Patents by Inventor Siegbert Lapp
Siegbert Lapp 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: 8629774Abstract: In order to reliably and simply acquire data for a cable receiving unit for a cable portion, the cable receiving unit is associated with an information carrier unit from which information can be read out by electromagnetic field coupling.Type: GrantFiled: January 19, 2010Date of Patent: January 14, 2014Assignee: Lapp Engineering & Co.Inventor: Siegbert Lapp
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Patent number: 8515230Abstract: In order to improve a cable, comprising an inner cable body, in which at least one conductor strand of an optical and/or electrical conductor runs in the longitudinal direction of the cable, a cable sheath, enclosing the inner cable body and lying between an outer surface of the cable and the inner cable body, and at least one information carrier unit, disposed within the outer surface of the cable, in such a way that said information carrier unit can be easily applied during the production of the cable and is positioned in a protected and reliable manner in the cable, it is proposed that the information carrier unit can be read by electromagnetic field coupling and that the information carrier unit is disposed on an intermediate sheath lying between the inner cable body and an outer cable sheath.Type: GrantFiled: October 5, 2009Date of Patent: August 20, 2013Assignee: Lapp Engineering & Co.Inventor: Siegbert Lapp
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Patent number: 8487181Abstract: In order to improve a cable, comprising an inner cable body, in which electrical conductor strands run in the longitudinal direction of the cable, a cable sheath, enclosing the inner cable body and lying between an outer surface of the cable and the inner cable body, and at least one information carrier unit, disposed within the outer surface of the cable, to increase the range of communication between the information carrier unit and the read/write device, it is proposed to provide the information carrier unit having an antenna unit, which can be coupled with a read/write device by parasitic electromagnetic fields between the antenna unit and at least two of the electrical conductor strands of the inner cable body.Type: GrantFiled: November 13, 2009Date of Patent: July 16, 2013Assignee: Lapp Engineering & Co.Inventor: Siegbert Lapp
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Patent number: 8155491Abstract: In order to improve a cable, comprising an inner cable body, in which at least one conductor strand of an optical and/or electrical conductor runs in the longitudinal direction of the cable, a cable sheath, enclosing the inner cable body and lying between an outer surface of the cable and the inner cable body, and at least one information carrier unit, disposed within the outer surface of the cable, in such a way that statements can be made about the cable, it is proposed that the at least one information carrier unit can be read by electromagnetic field coupling, that the at least one information carrier unit picks up at least one measured value of a sensor associated with it and that the measured value can be read out by a read device.Type: GrantFiled: October 5, 2009Date of Patent: April 10, 2012Assignee: Lapp Engineering & Co.Inventor: Siegbert Lapp
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Patent number: 8023786Abstract: In order to improve a cable, comprising an inner cable body, in which at least one conductor strand of an optical and/or electrical conductor runs in the longitudinal direction of the cable, an outer cable sheath, enclosing the inner cable body and lying between an outer sheath surface of the cable and the inner cable body, and at least one information carrier unit, disposed within the outer sheath surface of the cable such that the cable also comprises a shielding, the invention proposes that the information carrier unit having an antenna unit lying in an antenna surface running approximately parallel to the longitudinal direction of the cable, by the antenna surface running at a distance from an electrical shielding of the cable and by providing, between the antenna surface and the shielding, a spacing layer, in which the electromagnetic field that couples to the antenna unit and passes through the antenna surface can extend between the antenna unit and the shielding.Type: GrantFiled: November 6, 2009Date of Patent: September 20, 2011Assignee: Lapp Engineering & Co.Inventor: Siegbert Lapp
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Publication number: 20100172618Abstract: In order to improve a cable, comprising an inner cable body, in which at least one conductor strand of an optical and/or electrical conductor runs in the longitudinal direction of the cable, a cable sheath, enclosing the inner cable body and lying between an outer surface of the cable and the inner cable body, and at least one information carrier unit, disposed within the outer surface of the cable, in such a way that statements can be made about the cable, it is proposed that the at least one information carrier unit can be read by electromagnetic field coupling, that the at least one information carrier unit picks up at least one measured value of a sensor associated with it and that the measured value can be read out by a read device.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 5, 2009Publication date: July 8, 2010Applicant: Lapp Engineering & Co.Inventor: Siegbert Lapp
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Publication number: 20100165557Abstract: In order to reliably and simply acquire data for a cable receiving unit for a cable portion, the cable receiving unit is associated with an information carrier unit from which information can be read out by electromagnetic field coupling.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 19, 2010Publication date: July 1, 2010Applicant: Lapp Engineering & Co.Inventor: Siegbert Lapp
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Publication number: 20100166374Abstract: In order to improve a cable that comprises an inner cable body, in which at least one conductor strand of an optical and/or electrical conductor runs in the longitudinal direction of the cable, a cable sheath, enclosing the inner cable body and lying between an outer surface of the cable and the inner cable body, and at least one information carrier unit, disposed within the outer surface of the cable, in such a way that, while being easy to produce, the information carrier unit is reliably disposed at suitable points in the cable, it is proposed that a carrier strand is associated with the inner cable body, the carrier strand running over the length of the inner cable body, that at least one information carrier unit that can be read by electromagnetic field coupling is disposed on the carrier strand and that the carrier strand is covered over by the cable sheath.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 5, 2009Publication date: July 1, 2010Applicant: Lapp Engineering & Co.Inventor: Siegbert Lapp
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Publication number: 20100158454Abstract: In order to improve a cable, comprising an inner cable body, in which at least one conductor strand of an optical and/or electrical conductor runs in the longitudinal direction of the cable, a cable sheath, enclosing the inner cable body and lying between an outer surface of the cable and the inner cable body, and at least one information carrier unit, disposed within the outer surface of the cable, in such a way that said information carrier unit can be easily applied during the production of the cable and is positioned in a protected and reliable manner in the cable, it is proposed that the information carrier unit can be read by electromagnetic field coupling and that the information carrier unit is disposed on an intermediate sheath lying between the inner cable body and an outer cable sheath.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 5, 2009Publication date: June 24, 2010Applicant: Lapp Engineering & Co.Inventor: Siegbert Lapp
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Publication number: 20100147583Abstract: In order to improve a cable, comprising an inner cable body, in which electrical conductor strands run in the longitudinal direction of the cable, a cable sheath, enclosing the inner cable body and lying between an outer surface of the cable and the inner cable body, and at least one information carrier unit, disposed within the outer surface of the cable, to increase the range of communication between the information carrier unit and the read/write device, it is proposed to provide the information carrier unit having an antenna unit, which can be coupled with a read/write device by parasitic electromagnetic fields between the antenna unit and at least two of the electrical conductor strands of the inner cable body.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 13, 2009Publication date: June 17, 2010Applicant: Lapp Engineering & Co.Inventor: Siegbert Lapp
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Publication number: 20100142902Abstract: In order to improve a cable, comprising an inner cable body, in which at least one conductor strand of an optical and/or electrical conductor runs in the longitudinal direction of the cable, an outer cable sheath, enclosing the inner cable body and lying between an outer sheath surface of the cable and the inner cable body, and at least one information carrier unit, disposed within the outer sheath surface of the cable such that the cable also comprises a shielding, the invention proposes that the information carrier unit having an antenna unit lying in an antenna surface running approximately parallel to the longitudinal direction of the cable, by the antenna surface running at a distance from an electrical shielding of the cable and by providing, between the antenna surface and the shielding, a spacing layer, in which the electromagnetic field that couples to the antenna unit and passes through the antenna surface can extend between the antenna unit and the shielding.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 6, 2009Publication date: June 10, 2010Applicant: Lapp Engineering & Co.Inventor: Siegbert Lapp