Patents Assigned to Vega Grieshaber KG
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Publication number: 20230274631Abstract: A measuring device for detecting a measured value is provided, including: at least one two-wire interface configured for communication of the measuring device with an evaluation device; at least one first communication device configured to provide communication with the evaluation device in a first communication mode via the at least one two-wire interface; at least one second communication device configured to provide communication with the evaluation device in a second communication mode via the at least one two-wire interface; at least one selection device configured to activate the first communication device or the second communication device such that the measuring device communicates with the evaluation device via the at least one two-wire interface in the first communication mode or in the second communication mode. A method for selecting a communication mode of a measuring device, and a system for acquiring a measured value, are also provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 6, 2020Publication date: August 31, 2023Applicant: VEGA Grieshaber KGInventors: Roland WELLE, Karl GRIESSBAUM
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Publication number: 20230273060Abstract: A method for distributed determination of a filling level or limit level of a filling material by means of a sensor is provided, the method including steps of: determining, by the sensor, characteristic values of significant reflection points of an echo curve; and transmitting, by the sensor, the characteristic values of significant reflection points to a server, the characteristic values being usable for determining the filling level or the limit level in a decision process. A sensor configured to perform the steps of the method, and a server configured to perform the steps of the method, are also provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 3, 2020Publication date: August 31, 2023Applicant: VEGA Grieshaber KGInventors: Roland WELLE, Christian HOFERER
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Publication number: 20230273788Abstract: A device for exchanging a public key in the course of a firmware update in a level sensor, the device including signing circuitry that generates a manifest comprising a public key and to sign the public key stored in the manifest, and updating circuitry that replaces a pre-installed public key of a previous manifest in the level-measuring device with the signed public key.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 24, 2023Publication date: August 31, 2023Applicant: VEGA GRIESHABER KGInventors: Christian MARX, André WENDLING, Martin GAISER
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Publication number: 20230266153Abstract: A measuring device is provided for fill level measurement, for limit level determination, for pressure measurement, and/or for temperature measurement, the measuring device including: an energy source; at least one controllable switch; an activation device, which is directly connected to the energy source, including a programmable finite state machine, and which is configured to control the at least one controllable switch by the programmable finite state machine; and at least one load connected to the energy source via the at least one controllable switch.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 13, 2020Publication date: August 24, 2023Applicant: VEGA Grieshaber KGInventors: Holger STAIGER, Patrick MOSER, Jonas SCHWAB
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Patent number: 11732871Abstract: A lid to be connected to a housing of a status display for a sensor, with a basic body comprising a covering surface and at least one side wall, wherein the basic body has at least one light-transmissive light emitting region to facilitate an illumination of desired areas of the lid that is homogeneous and space-saving, with a first reflector unit and a second reflector unit arranged opposite each other, and wherein an opening for arranging a lighting means is formed in the second reflector unit, wherein the light emitted by the lighting means is reflected to the at least one light emitting region by means of the first reflector unit and the second reflector unit.Type: GrantFiled: April 7, 2022Date of Patent: August 22, 2023Assignee: VEGA GRIESHABER KGInventors: Dominik Fehrenbach, Jonas Schwab
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Publication number: 20230259096Abstract: A method for generating a twin sensor by parameter inheritance, the twin sensor being suitable for substituting a sensor including coupling a mobile terminal to the sensor to transmit signals, configuring the sensor by way of the mobile terminal, wherein the configuring is based on configuration parameters transmitted to the sensor by way of the mobile terminal, generating a one-to-one generation code for inheriting the parameters by way of a configuration module, based on the configuration parameters, and providing the generation code by the configuration module, for generating the twin sensor by way of inheriting the parameters, wherein the inheriting of the parameters is based on the generation code.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 14, 2023Publication date: August 17, 2023Applicant: VEGA Grieshaber KGInventors: Florian BURGERT, Tom MULVEY
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Patent number: 11719565Abstract: A sensor is provided for generating an output signal for detecting a limit level of a medium, a filling level of the medium, and/or for differentiating between different media, the sensor including: a processor to process a measurement signal generated using the sensor; and a reference unit to generate a reference signal, the processor is further configured to perform temperature compensation using the reference signal, the processor and the reference unit each having a signal conversion unit to provide temperature-dependent signal conversion, the signal conversion units being thermally coupled to one another, and the temperature compensation includes compensating for temperature dependency of the signal conversion unit of the processor using a thermal coupling.Type: GrantFiled: June 19, 2019Date of Patent: August 8, 2023Assignee: VEGA Grieshaber KGInventors: Marius Isenmann, Christian Weinzierle
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Publication number: 20230243686Abstract: A fill level radar for fill level and topology detection is provided, including: a fill level radar device configured to detect a fill level of a container; a topology radar device configured to detect the topology of a product surface; an energy management device configured to monitor available energy; and control circuitry configured to adjust a timing of measurements of the fill level radar unit and the topology radar unit taking into account available energy. A method for measuring a fill level of a container and a topology of a product surface, and a nontransitory computer-readable storage medium including computer program instructions stored therein, which when executed on a processor of a level meter, instructs the level meter to perform the method, are also provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 18, 2020Publication date: August 3, 2023Applicant: VEGA GRIESHABER KGInventors: Roland WELLE, Steffen WAELDE
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Publication number: 20230243687Abstract: Field device for process automation in industrial or private environments, which has an operating element with a button and a luminous display, the luminous display being set up for optical feedback of the operating command issued by a user to the button.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 26, 2023Publication date: August 3, 2023Applicant: VEGA Grieshaber KGInventors: Juan GARCIA, Ralf HOELL
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Publication number: 20230228613Abstract: An optical level measuring device configured to measure a fill level of a medium through the container wall of a plastic container, having an optical distance sensor as well as a radar sensor.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 29, 2020Publication date: July 20, 2023Applicant: VEGA Grieshaber KGInventor: Dominik FEHRENBACH
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Publication number: 20230228600Abstract: A drag pointer configured for calculating a process measurement variable including calculation circuitry for approximately calculating a past temporal development of the value of the process measurement variable from process measurement data of a measuring device, and for calculating the current value of the process measurement variable from the past temporal development.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 11, 2023Publication date: July 20, 2023Applicant: VEGA Grieshaber KGInventor: Guenter KECH
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Publication number: 20230221164Abstract: A level measuring instrument is provided, including a microwave integrated circuit in a form of a radar system on chip with at least two transmission hardware channels, each to generate a transmission signal, and at least two receiving hardware channels, each to receive reflected signals from a product surface; a noise level reduction device configured to increase a signal-to-noise ratio of a received signal, which relates to the reflected signals from the product surface, by averaging results of several measurements carried out in succession in time; or a signal level increasing device configured to combine, by an inverse Wilkinson divider, two of the transmission hardware channels to produce a combined transmission signal with increased power or to combine two of the receiving channels to produce a combined reception signal with increased power.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 24, 2023Publication date: July 13, 2023Applicant: VEGA GRIESHABER KGInventors: Roland WELLE, Joerg BOERSIG, Steffen WAELDE
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Publication number: 20230223704Abstract: A radar measuring device with an array antenna for topology detection and a level measurement antenna for fill level measurement. The array antenna is arranged around the level measurement antenna.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 18, 2020Publication date: July 13, 2023Applicant: VEGA GRIESHABER KGInventors: Steffen WAELDE, Roland WELLE, Levin DIETERLE
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Patent number: 11687051Abstract: A method for configuring a target field device in an industrial plant by way of at least one mobile device including receiving configuration data characterizing the behavior of a source field device in the industrial plant from the source field device through the mobile device by way of a radio interface of the mobile device, which is also supported by the source field device, receiving at least one identification feature characterizing a target field device and/or function of the target field device in the industrial plant by a mobile device by way of a radio interface of the mobile device, which is also supported by the target field device checking by way of the mobile device, using the identification feature, whether the configuration data are suitable and/or intended for the configuration of the target field device, and in response to the configuration data being suitable and/or provided for the configuration of the target field device, transmitting at least a subset of the configuration data from the mobType: GrantFiled: December 3, 2020Date of Patent: June 27, 2023Assignee: VEGA GRIESHABER KGInventors: Juan Garcia, Ralf Hoell
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Patent number: 11674821Abstract: A mounting system for a field device is provided, including at least one field device including a first housing part; at least one mounting adapter including a second housing part configured to captively receive the first housing part, the first housing part including at least one mount and/or the second housing part includes at least one mount, the mount being disposed such that the field device is engageable with the second housing part in a first orientation and with the second housing part in a second orientation.Type: GrantFiled: May 21, 2020Date of Patent: June 13, 2023Assignee: VEGA Grieshaber KGInventor: Guenter Kech
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Publication number: 20230160738Abstract: A sensor arrangement is provided for level measurement or point level measurement of a product or pressure measurement in a container, the sensor arrangement including: a sensor configure to transmit and receive a measurement signal and to calculate measurement data; and a display device, which is provided separately from the sensor, configured to be mounted on or in the container, and includes a receiver configured to wirelessly receive the measurement data of the sensor, and a signal indicator configured to display the measurement data of the sensor. A method is also provided for fill level measurement or limit level measurement of a filling material or pressure measurement in a container.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 17, 2020Publication date: May 25, 2023Applicant: VEGA GRIESHABER KGInventors: Florian KRAEMER, Patrick HEIZMANN, Stefan ALLGAIER
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Publication number: 20230155278Abstract: A high frequency adapter for connecting a high frequency antenna to an antenna connector. The high frequency adapter comprises a waveguide adapted to transmit high frequency waves to and from the high frequency antenna. Further, it comprises an impedance matching element disposed within the waveguide. Further, the high frequency adapter comprises a conductive inner conductor electrically and mechanically connected to the impedance matching element and a conductive sheath connecting to the waveguide. In addition, the high frequency adapter includes an electrically insulative spacer element disposed between the sheath and the inner conductor, thereby insulating the inner conductor from the sheath and fluidically sealing the waveguide.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 16, 2022Publication date: May 18, 2023Applicant: VEGA GRIESHABER KGInventors: Roland BAUR, Klaus KIENZLE, Fritz LENK, Johannes FALK
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Publication number: 20230127433Abstract: A mounting device is provided for a sensor, configured to attach the sensor to a container, including: a first mechanical interface configured to attach the mounting device to a corresponding first mating mechanical interface of the container; and a second mechanical interface configured to attach the mounting device to a corresponding second mating mechanical interface of the container, in which the mounting device is configured to receive the sensor. A container having a mounting device, and a method of attaching a sensor to a container, are also provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 15, 2020Publication date: April 27, 2023Applicant: VEGA GRIESHABER KGInventors: Florian KRAEMER, Patrick HEIZMANN, Stefan ALLGAIER
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Publication number: 20230130890Abstract: A sensor arrangement is provided for level measurement or limit level measurement of a filling material or a bulk material in a container, the sensor arrangement including: a sensor with an antenna; and a sensor housing having an alignment device including a first portion and a second portion configured to receive the antenna, the first portion and the second portion being configured to be rotatable relative to each other, in which the alignment device is configured to change a radiation direction of a measurement signal of the sensor by rotating the first section and/or the second section. A sensor housing including an alignment device is also provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 24, 2020Publication date: April 27, 2023Applicant: VEGA GRIESHABER KGInventor: Clemens HENGSTLER
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Patent number: D991059Type: GrantFiled: December 9, 2022Date of Patent: July 4, 2023Assignee: VEGA GRIESHABER KGInventors: Ralf Schätzle, Fabian Witt, Jürgen R. Schmidt