Patents by Inventor Thomas Hilbe

Thomas Hilbe 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).

  • Operating device for light-emitting means for determining an energy or power consumption and method for detecting same
    Patent number: 9474126
    Abstract: Exemplary embodiments represent an operating device (100) for a light-emitting means (12) with an interface (15) for the bidirectional data interchange with a control device (20), wherein the operating device (10) has an energy or power measuring device (25) for determining an energy or power consumption of the light-emitting means. In this case, the operating device (10) is designed to send information relating to the energy or power consumption to the control device (20) or is designed such that the information relating to the energy or power consumption is accessible to the control device (20).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2016
    Assignee: Tridomic GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Thomas Hilbe, Christian Nesensohn
  • Operating Device for Light-Emitting Means for Determining an Energy or Power Consumption and Method for Detecting Same
    Publication number: 20130127359
    Abstract: Exemplary embodiments represent an operating device (100) for a light-emitting means (12) with an interface (15) for the bidirectional data interchange with a control device (20), wherein the operating device (10) has an energy or power measuring device (25) for determining an energy or power consumption of the light-emitting means. In this case, the operating device (10) is designed to send information relating to the energy or power consumption to the control device (20) or is designed such that the information relating to the energy or power consumption is accessible to the control device (20).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2011
    Publication date: May 23, 2013
    Applicant: TRIDONIC GMBH & CO. KG.
    Inventors: Thomas Hilbe, Christian Nesensohn