Rockwell Automation Germany Assigned Patent

Rockwell Automation Germany GMBH and Co. KG, Wuppertal, Germany, has been assigned a patent (9,897,990) developed by Papenbreer, Rudolf, Wuppertal, Germany, Helpenstein, Thomas, Grevenbroich, Germany, Machuletz, Norbert, Wetter, Germany, Heckel, Oliver, Frechen, Germany, Khaniki, Mussa Tohidi, Wuppertal, Germany, and Prosak, Bradley A., Shaker Heights, OH, for a “safety controller with rapid backup and configuration.“

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: “A safety controller and system of safety controllers and a removable memory module for rapid configuration and/or backup of safety controllers are provided. The safety controller comprises a non-volatile memory and one or more slots configured to host modules. A predetermined slot of the one or more slots is configured to communicatively couple the safety controller with a memory module. The safety controller is configured to transfer a backup of a configuration on the safety controller to a memory module hosted in the predetermined slot and configured to load a configuration from a memory module hosted in the predetermined slot. A method of distributing software to a plurality of industrial safety controller comprises utilizing a memory module.”

The patent application was filed on May 4, 2015 (14/703,435).