Patents by Inventor Horst Schwanzer

Horst Schwanzer 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: 20230314241
    Abstract: A method for validating an invasive temperature measurement system includes providing a first temperature data of the invasive temperature measurement system of a medium, the medium surrounded by a vessel wall enclosing the medium; providing a second temperature data of a non-invasive temperature measurement system, the non-invasive temperature measurement system thermally contacting an outside surface of the vessel wall enclosing the medium; determining a temperature of the medium based on the second temperature data medium properties and properties of the vessel wall; and comparing the first temperature data with the determined temperature of the medium to validate the invasive temperature measurement system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2023
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Applicant: ABB Schweiz AG
    Inventors: Joerg Gebhardt, Guruprasad Sosale, Wilhelm Daake, Karsten Schroeder, Subhashish Dasgupta, Patric Ackermann, Horst Schwanzer
  • Patent number: 10718642
    Abstract: A method for checking an operability of two-wire measuring transducers in automation technology which output a measurement signal as an impressed loop direct current via a two-wire line and active assemblies of which are supplied with electrical energy via the two-wire line includes: measuring the loop direct current and an input voltage of the measuring transducer; increasing the loop direct current in a range from a minimum value to a maximum value independently of the measured value, while measuring the input voltage of the measuring transducer; storing the measured values of the input voltage at selected measuring points of the loop direct current as an individual signature of the measuring transducer; and, during ongoing operation, measuring the input voltage at connection terminals of the two-wire line via an internal resistance of the measuring transducer at a prevailing loop direct current and recursively comparing that with the signature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2020
    Assignee: ABB SCHWEIZ AG
    Inventors: Horst Schwanzer, Tilo Merlin
  • Publication number: 20190195667
    Abstract: A method for checking an operability of two-wire measuring transducers in automation technology which output a measurement signal as an impressed loop direct current via a two-wire line and active assemblies of which are supplied with electrical energy via the two-wire line includes: measuring the loop direct current and an input voltage of the measuring transducer; increasing the loop direct current in a range from a minimum value to a maximum value independently of the measured value, while measuring the input voltage of the measuring transducer; storing the measured values of the input voltage at selected measuring points of the loop direct current as an individual signature of the measuring transducer; and, during ongoing operation, measuring the input voltage at connection terminals of the two-wire line via an internal resistance of the measuring transducer at a prevailing loop direct current and recursively comparing that with the signature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2019
    Publication date: June 27, 2019
    Inventors: Horst Schwanzer, Tilo Merlin
  • Publication number: 20160223411
    Abstract: A thermometer has at least one temperature sensor, having a physical variable which changes in a characteristic manner depending on temperature, at least one electrical output for emitting a signal which is a measure for the value of the variable, a transmitter for a sound wave or an electromagnetic wave, which transmitter can be coupled to the temperature sensor and controlled thereby depending on the variable's value, or can radiate the wave at least in part towards the temperature sensor, the wave-temperature sensor interaction depending on the variable's value, and either a wave receiver, which reconverts the wave into an electrical signal, or another unit for converting the wave-temperature sensor interaction into an electrical signal, connected to the electrical output.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2016
    Publication date: August 4, 2016
    Inventors: Joerg Gebhardt, Ulf Ahrend, Kai Koenig, Andreas Decker, Stephan Wildermuth, Paul Szasz, Tilo Merlin, Horst Schwanzer