Patents by Inventor Thomas Knoop

Thomas Knoop 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).

  • Conductor rail system with control line
    Patent number: 6933444
    Abstract: The invention relates to an electrical supply and control system for supplying electrical energy to an electrical device arrangement, which includes at least one sensor means, and for remote-controlling said electrical device arrangement. In order to provide an inexpensive conductor rail system, which permits the control of connected electrical devices depending on an environmental situation, the invention provides at least one profiled conductor rail with a power conductor and control lines extending along the conductor rail. Adapters are provided for releasably attaching at least on electrical device of the electrical device arrangement to the conductor rail and for, thereby, electrically connecting the power conductor and the control lines to the device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2005
    Assignee: Semperlux AG, Lichttechnische Werke
    Inventors: Dieter Albert, Udo Bansbach, Thomas Knoop
  • Conductor rail system with control line
    Publication number: 20030179578
    Abstract: The invention relates to an electrical supply and control system for supplying electrical energy to an electrical device arrangement, which includes at least one sensor means, and for remote-controlling said electrical device arrangement. In order to provide an inexpensive conductor rail system, which permits the control of connected electrical devices depending on an environmental situation, the invention provides at least one profiled conductor rail with a power conductor and control lines extending along the conductor rail. Adapters are provided for releasably attaching at least on electrical device of the electrical device arrangement to the conductor rail and for, thereby, electrically connecting the power conductor and the control lines to the device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2003
    Publication date: September 25, 2003
    Inventors: Dieter Albert, Udo Bansbach, Thomas Knoop