Patents by Inventor Wilhelm Niessen

Wilhelm Niessen 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).

  • Enterprise wide system and methods for configuring, diagnosing, and updating appliances
    Patent number: 9450811
    Abstract: A system and methods to provide appliance field support personnel with a tool that, together with proper interface modules, simplifies the execution of diagnostic procedures and provides an easy way to configure, reconfigure, or update electronic boards in the home on a client side of an enterprise wide system. The electronic boards serve as electronic controllers in the appliances and are programmable generic service boards. With such a system, it is possible to update and re-configure electronic boards and interact directly with an electronic controller of an appliance while an appliance is operating. Software, configuration data, and control data are downloaded from a server-side configuration of the enterprise wide system to update the electronic boards.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2016
    Assignee: Electrolux Home Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Giovanni Dal Bello, Marco Ragogna, Wilhelm Niessen, Valdinei Frasson, Edi Fabbro, Claudio Diodato
  • ENTERPRISE WIDE SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR CONFIGURING, DIAGNOSING, AND UPDATING APPLIANCES
    Publication number: 20140019530
    Abstract: A system and methods to provide appliance field support personnel with a tool that, together with proper interface modules, simplifies the execution of diagnostic procedures and provides an easy way to configure, reconfigure, or update electronic boards in the home on a client side of an enterprise wide system. The electronic boards serve as electronic controllers in the appliances and are programmable generic service boards. With such a system, it is possible to update and re-configure electronic boards and interact directly with an electronic controller of an appliance while an appliance is operating. Software, configuration data, and control data are downloaded from a server-side configuration of the enterprise wide system to update the electronic boards.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2013
    Publication date: January 16, 2014
    Applicant: Electrolux Home Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Giovanni Dal Bello, Marco Ragogna, Wilhelm Niessen, Valdinei Frasson, Edi Fabbro, Claudio Diodato
  • Enterprise wide system and methods for configuring, diagnosing, and updating appliances
    Patent number: 8554516
    Abstract: A system and methods to provide appliance field support personnel with a tool that, together with proper interface modules, simplifies the execution of diagnostic procedures and provides an easy way to configure, reconfigure, or update electronic boards in the home on a client side of an enterprise wide system. The electronic boards serve as electronic controllers in the appliances and are programmable generic service boards. With such a system, it is possible to update and re-configure electronic boards and interact directly with an electronic controller of an appliance while an appliance is operating. Software, configuration data, and control data are downloaded from a server-side configuration of the enterprise wide system to update the electronic boards.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2013
    Assignee: Electrolux Home Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Giovanni Dal Bello, Marco Ragogna, Wilhelm Niessen, Valdinei Frasson, Edi Fabbro, Claudio Diodato
  • ENTERPRISE WIDE SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR CONFIGURING, DIAGNOSING, AND UPDATING APPLIANCES
    Publication number: 20100131241
    Abstract: A system and methods to provide appliance field support personnel with a tool that, together with proper interface modules, simplifies the execution of diagnostic procedures and provides an easy way to configure, reconfigure, or update electronic boards in the home on a client side of an enterprise wide system. The electronic boards serve as electronic controllers in the appliances and are programmable generic service boards. With such a system, it is possible to update and re-configure electronic boards and interact directly with an electronic controller of an appliance while an appliance is operating. Software, configuration data, and control data are downloaded from a server-side configuration of the enterprise wide system to update the electronic boards.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2009
    Publication date: May 27, 2010
    Applicant: ELECTROLUX HOME PRODUCTS, INC.
    Inventors: Giovanni Dal Bello, Marco Ragogna, Wilhelm Niessen, Valdinei Frasson, Edi Fabbro, Claudio Diodato