Patents by Inventor Thomas Berndorfer

Thomas Berndorfer 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).

  • Patent number: 11881965
    Abstract: A gateway module includes: a module housing, an operating device arranged on the module housing, which can be put, by user actuation, into a plurality of visually distinguishable operating device states, a first communication interface for communication with field level devices, a second communication interface for communication with an external server, and a control unit configured to receive field data from the field level devices via the first communication interface and to provide the field data to the external server via the second communication interface, wherein the control unit is further configured to provide, depending on which operating device state the operating device is in, a manipulation function for influencing the operation of the gateway module and/or the field level devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: Festo SE & Co. KG
    Inventors: Michael Hoffmeister, Thomas Berndorfer, Achim Ziegele, Olaf Westrik, Sven Haugstetter, Thomas Heubach, Matthias Prinzen
  • Publication number: 20230101035
    Abstract: A gateway module includes: a module housing, an operating device arranged on the module housing, which can be put, by user actuation, into a plurality of visually distinguishable operating device states, a first communication interface for communication with field level devices, a second communication interface for communication with an external server, and a control unit configured to receive field data from the field level devices via the first communication interface and to provide the field data to the external server via the second communication interface, wherein the control unit is further configured to provide, depending on which operating device state the operating device is in, a manipulation function for influencing the operation of the gateway module and/or the field level devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2018
    Publication date: March 30, 2023
    Inventors: Michael Hoffmeister, Thomas Berndorfer, Achim Ziegele, Olaf Westrik, Sven Haugstetter, Thomas Heubach, Matthias Prinzen