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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. 17, 2009
Filed:
Oct. 23, 2002
Applicants:
Mirko Appel, München, DE;
Wolfgang Fick, München, DE;
Uwe Gerk, Frensdorf, DE;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Siemens Aktiengesellschaft, Munich, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01D 21/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A specific failure occurring during operation of a technical installation is detected by acquiring an acoustic and/or optical signal emitted by a device assigned to at least one component of the technical installation whereby the device is being activated mechanically.