Patents by Inventor Jörg Bröckel

Jörg Bröckel 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: 9046349
    Abstract: A method for the contactless determination of the thickness of a web of material, for example a web of fibrous material using a sensor array including at least two optical measurement units between which the web can be guided. Each of the optical measurement units includes a measurement plate on the side facing the web. The optical measurement units, which are arranged on opposite sides of the web, are used to measure the distance of the measurement units from the web, and an evaluation unit is used to determine the thickness of the web from the determined distances between the optical measurement units and the web and the distance between the optical measurement units arranged on opposite sides of the web.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2015
    Assignee: Voith Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Pekka Typpo, Willy Knabe, Jörg Bröckel
  • Publication number: 20130003047
    Abstract: A method for the contactless determination of the thickness of a web of material, for example, a web of fibrous material, with a sensor array including at least two measurement plates includes guiding the web between the at least two measurement plates. An air cushion is generated between each measurement plate and the web so as to keep the measurement plates at a distance from the web. A sensor array is used which includes at least one magnetic sensor as well as optical distance measuring devices, wherein the distance between the measurement plates arranged on opposite sides of the web is magnetically determined, while the distance between a measurement plate and the web is determined using optical distance measuring devices which are located on the measurement plates arranged on opposite sides of the web.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2011
    Publication date: January 3, 2013
    Inventors: Pekka Typpo, Willy Knabe, Jörg Bröckel
  • Publication number: 20120170059
    Abstract: A method for the contactless determination of the thickness of a web of material, for example a web of fibrous material using a sensor array including at least two optical measurement units between which the web can be guided. Each of the optical measurement units includes a measurement plate on the side facing the web. The optical measurement units, which are arranged on opposite sides of the web, are used to measure the distance of the measurement units from the web, and an evaluation unit is used to determine the thickness of the web from the determined distances between the optical measurement units and the web and the distance between the optical measurement units arranged on opposite sides of the web.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2011
    Publication date: July 5, 2012
    Inventors: Pekka Typpo, Willy Knabe, Jörg Bröckel
  • Patent number: 6523796
    Abstract: A pivot mounting assembly is provided including a pivot arm (5) hinged to a pivot base (3) for mounting a load in a vertically adjustable manner. A first force-providing device (13) is hinged with its first operative end to the pivot arm and is supported with its second (17) operative ends on the pivot base for providing an antitorque moment to at least partially compensate for a torque imparted by the load on the pivot arm. The pivot base is provided with a support surface (27) in which the support location (49) for the second operative end is shiftable. A second force-providing device (36) is provided for generating a shifting force the second operative end of the first force-providing device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2001
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2003
    Assignee: Carl-Zeiss-Stiftung
    Inventors: Heinz Abramowsky, Gunter Grubauer, Michael Wirth, Jörg Bröckel, Roland Brenner