Patents by Inventor Gerhard Rohner

Gerhard Rohner 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).

  • Publication number: 20130075616
    Abstract: A sensor part for an infrared sensor, including an IR-sensitive detector (1), at least one reference source (2) emitting IR radiation, and an IR-sensitive reference detector (3) which, in the direction of the incident IR radiation, is at a distance from the detector (1), wherein the at least one reference source (2) is arranged at the side of the reference detector (3), and including a support (5), on the first side (6) of which the detector (1), the at least one reference source (2) and the reference detector (3) are arranged. The support (5) includes a blank made of a flexible material bent in some sections, in particular a blank made of a flexible printed circuit board bent in some sections. The invention achieves the aim of specifying a three-dimensional sensor part for an IR sensor that can be produced by a simple method. The invention further relates to a method for producing a sensor part and to an IR sensor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2011
    Publication date: March 28, 2013
    Applicants: CARL FREUDENBERG KG, SCHAEFFLER TECHNOLOGIES AG & CO. KG
    Inventors: Martin Kram, Gerhard Röhner
  • Patent number: 7199578
    Abstract: A measuring device including a Hall sensor arranged in a centrally and axially movable manner in a magnetic tube. Each half of the magnetic tube includes a north and south pole that are diametrically opposed, wherein the north pole on the first half of the tube is also diametrically opposed to the north pole on the second half of the tube, and the south pole formed on the first half of the tube is also diametrically opposed to the south pole on the second half of the tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2007
    Assignee: Carl Freudenberg KG
    Inventors: Gerhard Rohner, Reinhard Tinz, Volker Daume, Jorg Bittner, Uwe Meinig, Manfred Busch
  • Publication number: 20060017231
    Abstract: A cylinder head gasket with a distance-measuring device for the pressure in cylinders of internal combustion engines is described. Measurement of the cylinder pressure is provided by an inductive distance-measuring device in a recess of the cylinder head gasket. The device after the installation of the cylinder head gasket is disposed between mutually facing surface regions of the engine block and the cylinder head and is capable of generating a signal for the distance between the engine block and the cylinder head which varies as a function of the pressure prevailing in the cylinder during operation of the internal combustion engine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2005
    Publication date: January 26, 2006
    Inventors: Gerhard Rohner, Hans-Jurgen Diekmann, Sven Flosser, Jean-Louis Teytaud
  • Publication number: 20050248337
    Abstract: The invention relates to a measuring device comprising a hall sensor, particularly for measuring devices, which is characterized by the fact that the hall sensor is arranged in a centrally and axially movable manner in a magnet pipe. Each half of said magnet pipe is transverse-magnetized with opposite polarity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2003
    Publication date: November 10, 2005
    Applicant: CARL FREUDENBERG KG
    Inventors: Gerhard Rohner, Reinhard Tinz, Volker Daume, Jorg Bittner, Uwe Meinig, Manfred Busch
  • Patent number: 6679101
    Abstract: A device for detecting leaks in membranes, etc., for liquid media, whereby the membrane is provided, over at least one partial area of its surface extension, with at least one electrical conductor that produces a change in a measurement signal of the electrical resistance of the conductor when a change occurs on the membrane surface, the membrane being provided with a swellable nonwoven that joins or separates the conductors when influenced by the liquid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2002
    Date of Patent: January 20, 2004
    Assignee: Carl Freudenberg KG
    Inventor: Gerhard Röhner
  • Patent number: 6568912
    Abstract: A method for measuring the pumping operating parameters of a diaphragm delivery unit, the conductivity of a resistance device mounted on a diaphragm being measured, at least over one pumping period, as a time-dependent quantity, and this quantity being used in the measurement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2003
    Assignee: Firma Carl Freudenberg
    Inventor: Gerhard Röhner
  • Patent number: 6523454
    Abstract: A device for monitoring the integrity of a diaphragm (1) of a diaphragm transport+ unit, made of one or a plurality of layers, having a resistance device (3) connected to one layer and having a measuring device interconnected to a current source (15) via a connecting arm (20), the measuring device being a Wheatstone bridge (2) in which the resistance device (3) forms a bridge resistance (S1, S2, S3, S4) in at least one bridge arm, and an incipient rupture of a layer of the diaphragm having the effect of altering the galvanometer arm voltage (B-D).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2001
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2003
    Assignee: Firma Carl Freudenberg
    Inventor: Gerhard Röhner
  • Patent number: 6498496
    Abstract: Device to detect leaks and fatigue in membranes wherein the membrane consists of at least two membrane layers, and wherein at least one of the membrane layers includes a conductor on its inner surface that causes an alteration to a measured value in case of an alteration to either the membrane or the conductor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2000
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2002
    Inventors: Heinz Keller, Gerhard Rohner, Jens Plechinger, Hans-Juergen Diekmann, Eberhard Bock
  • Publication number: 20020021970
    Abstract: A device for monitoring the integrity of a diaphragm (1) of a diaphragm transport+ unit, made of one or a plurality of layers, having a resistance device (3) connected to one layer and having a measuring device interconnected to a current source (15) via a connecting arm (20), the measuring device being a Wheatstone bridge (2) in which the resistance device (3) forms a bridge resistance (S1, S2, S3, S4) in at least one bridge arm, and an incipient rupture of a layer of the diaphragm having the effect of altering the galvanometer arm voltage (B-D).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2001
    Publication date: February 21, 2002
    Inventor: Gerhard Rohner
  • Publication number: 20020006335
    Abstract: A method for measuring the pumping operating parameters of a diaphragm delivery unit, the conductivity of a resistance device mounted on a diaphragm being measured, at least over one pumping period, as a time-dependent quantity, and this quantity being used in the measurement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2001
    Publication date: January 17, 2002
    Inventor: Gerhard Rohner
  • Patent number: 4872652
    Abstract: A two-chamber engine mount has a working space and a compensation space which are filled with liquid and connected by a choke aperture having the shape of a canal. The inlet and outlet openings of the choke canal are rigidly related to the choke canal and define its beginning and end. At a distance from the inlet opening of the choke canal, at least one transverse passage opening is provided parallel to the outlet opening. The transverse passage can be shut off by a valve which can be actuated by a signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 1988
    Date of Patent: October 10, 1989
    Assignee: Firma Carl Freudenberg
    Inventors: Gerhard Rohner, Werner Idigkeit, Klaus Kurr
  • Patent number: 4836515
    Abstract: A two-chamber engine mount with hydraulic damping has a partition arranged between a working space and an equalization space. The partition is formed in a first subarea by a disc movable between stops. The play of the disc between the stops can be varied by a motor. In a second subarea, the partition is penetrated by a first choke canal. A second choke canal can be added to the first choke canal in series or parallel therewith by a motor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 1987
    Date of Patent: June 6, 1989
    Assignee: Firma Carl Freudenberg
    Inventors: Rainer Franz, Werner Idigkeit, Hartmut Loschmann, Gerhard Rohner, Klaus Kurr
  • Patent number: 4678203
    Abstract: An air spring has a variable interior space at a gas pressure for spring action between relatively-vibrating bodies. A control device has a sensor electrically responsive to the gas pressure for electrically operating an intake valve for admitting gas to the interior space and an outlet valve for venting gas from the interior space to atmosphere. This damps or isolates vibrations in the air spring in dependence on the control device. The control device may also respond to auxiliary transducers for the gas pressure, spring height, and level, speed, steering, braking, or acceleration of a vehicle on which the air spring is used, for example.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 1985
    Date of Patent: July 7, 1987
    Assignee: Firma Carl Freudenberg
    Inventors: Gerhard Rohner, Willi Schweikert, Gerd-Heinz Ticks