Patents by Inventor Thomas Heberlein

Thomas Heberlein 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: 7579719
    Abstract: An installation is disclosed which can be switched on again by way of a common switch-on key. A pulse processing device integrated into the respective emergency off device is required for putting the emergency-off device for predetermined period of time after the switch-on pulse of the switch-on pulse of the switch-on key into an activation mode in which it can be switched on when no switch-off signal is available. It is thus possible to take the reaction times of the individual devices or actuators required for the cascading of emergency-off devices for switching on into consideration for a common switch-on operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2009
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventor: Thomas Heberlein
  • Publication number: 20060232899
    Abstract: An installation is disclosed which can be switched on again by way of a common switch-on key. A pulse processing device integrated into the respective emergency off device is required for putting the emergency-off device for predetermined period of time after the switch-on pulse of the switch-on pulse of the switch-on key into an activation mode in which it can be switched on when no switch-off signal is available. It is thus possible to take the reaction times of the individual devices or actuators required for the cascading of emergency-off devices for switching on into consideration for a common switch-on operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2004
    Publication date: October 19, 2006
    Inventor: Thomas Heberlein
  • Publication number: 20060209480
    Abstract: An aim of an embodiment of the invention is to better use the time forecast for switching off an overload protection device. For this purpose, the determination of a trigger-release time reserve is related to a corresponding evaluation. In such a manner, it is possible, for example to dynamically determine whether a desired process can be carried out in the total length thereof or automatically disjointed, thereby making it possible to generate corresponding warning signals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 5, 2004
    Publication date: September 21, 2006
    Inventors: Andreas Fritsch, Thomas Heberlein, Manfred Prolss