Patents by Inventor Gerd Trommer

Gerd Trommer 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).

  • Patent number: 4962311
    Abstract: A detector device for the directionalized detection of laser radiation has a plurality of individual optics, which together can measure radiation throughout a defined total angle of detection. Each individual optical system comprises a fiber optic guide with a corresponding light concentrator, which has a generally funnel-shaped, dynamically balanced design, tapered towards the end of the fiber optic guide. The funnel wall reflects inwardly and is shaped, so that the following condition is fulfilled:A.sub.K sin.sup.2 .theta..sub.max >A.sub.F sin.sup.2 .theta..sub.g.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 1989
    Date of Patent: October 9, 1990
    Assignee: Messerschmitt-Bolkow-blohm GmbH
    Inventors: Hans Poisel, Martina Schreiber, Gerd Trommer
  • Patent number: 4944590
    Abstract: An optical-fiber gyroscope of the Sagnac type consists of a fiber-optic loop and a 3.times.3 coupler, composed of three optically coupled fiber-optic guides, whereby a first fiber-optic guide of the 3.times.3 coupler is coupled to an optical radiation source and the two other fiber-optic guides of the 3.times.3 coupler are coupled on one end to one end of the fiber-optic loop and, on the other end, to a radiation detecting instrument. The first fiber-optic guide of the 3.times.3 coupler features a radiation detecting instrument on the end opposite the radiation source, with which interference-related variations in the light source, as well as in the 3.times.3 coupler, can be detected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 1989
    Date of Patent: July 31, 1990
    Assignee: Messerschmitt-Bolkow-Blohm GMBH
    Inventors: Hans Poisel, Gerd Trommer