Patents by Inventor Thomas Reider

Thomas Reider 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).

  • Electronic component for a sensor apparatus, sensor apparatus and method of configuring a sensor apparatus
    Patent number: 8660806
    Abstract: The invention relates to an electronic component for a sensor apparatus comprising a first terminal device for connecting a sensitive device which is influenceable by a target, a second terminal device for the external communication, and a control device and/or an evaluation device which provides output signals, wherein the component is programmable via the second terminal device, characterized by a first programming level in which parameters for the setup of the sensor apparatus are adjustable and a second programming level in which a characteristic curve of the sensor apparatus is adjustable, wherein the first programming level is hierarchically superordinate to the second programming level and adjustments and/or possibilities of adjustment in the second programming level are a function of adjustments in the first programming level.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2014
    Assignee: Balluff GmbH
    Inventors: Sorin Fericean, Frank Kruepl, Markus Fritton, Thomas Reider
  • ELECTRONIC COMPONENT FOR A SENSOR APPARATUS, SENSOR APPARATUS AND METHOD OF CONFIGURING A SENSOR APPARATUS
    Publication number: 20110238339
    Abstract: The invention relates to an electronic component for a sensor apparatus comprising a first terminal device for connecting a sensitive device which is influenceable by a target, a second terminal device for the external communication, and a control device and/or an evaluation device which provides output signals, wherein the component is programmable via the second terminal device, characterized by a first programming level in which parameters for the setup of the sensor apparatus are adjustable and a second programming level in which a characteristic curve of the sensor apparatus is adjustable, wherein the first programming level is hierarchically superordinate to the second programming level and adjustments and/or possibilities of adjustment in the second programming level are a function of adjustments in the first programming level.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2011
    Publication date: September 29, 2011
    Applicant: BALLUFF GmbH
    Inventors: Sorin Fericean, Frank Kruepl, Markus Fritton, Thomas Reider