Patents by Inventor Juergen Kappler

Juergen Kappler 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: 11796456
    Abstract: A measuring device for analyzing a composition of a fuel gas including at least a first gas and a second gas different from the first gas, the first gas and the second gas absorbing an infrared light in at least one common first wavelength range in the electromagnetic spectrum, the measuring device including: an intermittent first infrared emitter; a first sample chamber for receiving the fuel gas; a first detector including at least the first gas and operating according to a photoacoustic effect; and a first filter chamber containing the second gas. The first sample chamber, the first detector, and the first filter chamber are arranged relative to each other such that an infrared light emitted from the first infrared emitter passes through the first sample chamber and the first filter chamber and impinges on the first detector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: ABB Schweiz AG
    Inventors: Susanne Wiedemann, Wolfgang Kleemann, Carsten Rathke, Matias-Hugo Clavin, Juergen Kappler
  • Publication number: 20210041354
    Abstract: A measuring device for analyzing a composition of a fuel gas including at least a first gas and a second gas different from the first gas, the first gas and the second gas absorbing an infrared light in at least one common first wavelength range in the electromagnetic spectrum, the measuring device including: an intermittent first infrared emitter; a first sample chamber for receiving the fuel gas; a first detector including at least the first gas and operating according to a photoacoustic effect; and a first filter chamber containing the second gas. The first sample chamber, the first detector, and the first filter chamber are arranged relative to each other such that an infrared light emitted from the first infrared emitter passes through the first sample chamber and the first filter chamber and impinges on the first detector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2020
    Publication date: February 11, 2021
    Inventors: Susanne Wiedemann, Wolfgang Kleemann, Carsten Rathke, Matias-Hugo Clavin, Juergen Kappler
  • Patent number: 8097859
    Abstract: An oxygen concentration measuring device is provided for determining an oxygen concentration of a gas in a sample volume. The device includes an optical device configured for irradiating the sample volume containing oxygen with a first UV radiation intensity, at least one wavelength of which is close to a spectral absorption line of oxygen, a magnetic field generator configured for applying a magnetic field at the sample volume, and a UV light detector configured for measuring a second UV radiation intensity coming from the sample volume. The oxygen concentration in the sample volume is determined on the basis of the applied magnetic field and the measured second UV radiation intensity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2012
    Assignee: ABB Research Ltd
    Inventors: Ken Yves Haffner, Julio Danin Lobo, Juergen Kappler, Thomas Bauer
  • Publication number: 20110248178
    Abstract: An oxygen concentration measuring device is provided for determining an oxygen concentration of a gas in a sample volume. The device includes an optical device configured for irradiating the sample volume containing oxygen with a first UV radiation intensity, at least one wavelength of which is close to a spectral absorption line of oxygen, a magnetic field generator configured for applying a magnetic field at the sample volume, and a UV light detector configured for measuring a second UV radiation intensity coming from the sample volume. The oxygen concentration in the sample volume is determined on the basis of the applied magnetic field and the measured second UV radiation intensity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2011
    Publication date: October 13, 2011
    Applicant: ABB RESEARCH LTD.
    Inventors: Ken Yves HAFFNER, Julio Danin Lobo, Juergen Kappler, Thomas Bauer