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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 21, 2006
Filed:
May. 26, 2000
Applicants:
Peter Liggesmeyer, Potsdam, DE;
Oliver Maeckel, Munich, DE;
Michael Rettelbach, Erlangen, DE;
Martin Rothfelder, Munich, DE;
Inventors:
Peter Liggesmeyer, Potsdam, DE;
Oliver Maeckel, Munich, DE;
Michael Rettelbach, Erlangen, DE;
Martin Rothfelder, Munich, DE;
Assignee:
Siemens Aktiengesellschaft, Munich, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 11/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The faults are described using a fault description which comprises data which have been determined using failure modes and effects analysis. The fault description is extended by information regarding the dependency of possible faults and the frequency of occurrence of said faults. The extended fault description is used to ascertain, for a prescribed fault event, the fault tree and the frequency of occurrence of the fault event.