Patents by Inventor Manfred Topueth

Manfred Topueth 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).

  • Method and device for optically measuring the interior of a pipe
    Patent number: 9304204
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method and a device for optically measuring the interior of a seamless pipe which is manufactured by rolling or of a pipe which is welded with a longitudinal seam and is manufactured from sheet-metal plates shaped to form half-shells or from a shaped sheet-metal plate or from a metal strip which is unwound from a coil, comprising a sensor means (9) which emits a laser beam (10) in the interior of the pipe (3). In such a method and device, an internal measurement of seamless pipes or pipes which are welded with a longitudinal seam is to be provided with which it is easily possible to determine and model precisely the ovalness and straightness of the pipe (3) in a station.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2016
    Assignee: SMS MEER GMBH
    Inventors: Michael Krauhausen, Ruediger Neugebauer, Manfred Kolbe, Manfred Topueth, Norbert Pesch, Alexander Schulze, Jochen Vochsen, Heinrich Oberwelland
  • Method of and apparatus for 3-D imaging a pipe
    Patent number: 9057601
    Abstract: An apparatus for three-dimensionally imaging a pipe centered on and extending along an axis has supports for supporting the pipe by engagement with only an inside surface of the pipe such that an outer surface of the pipe is entirely exposed. A scanner is spacedly juxtaposed with and around the outer surface of the pipe. The scanner and the pipe can be relatively axially displaced such that the scanner passes along a full length of the pipe for scanning of the entire outer surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2015
    Assignee: SMS MEER GMBH
    Inventors: Manfred Topueth, Michael Krauhausen, Jochen Vochsen
  • METHOD AND DEVICE FOR OPTICALLY MEASURING THE INTERIOR OF A PIPE
    Publication number: 20150146216
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method and a device for optically measuring the interior of a seamless pipe which is manufactured by rolling or of a pipe which is welded with a longitudinal seam and is manufactured from sheet-metal plates shaped to form half-shells or from a shaped sheet-metal plate or from a metal strip which is unwound from a coil, comprising a sensor means (9) which emits a laser beam (10) in the interior of the pipe (3). In such a method and device, an internal measurement of seamless pipes or pipes which are welded with a longitudinal seam is to be provided with which it is easily possible to determine and model precisely the ovalness and straightness of the pipe (3) in a station.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2013
    Publication date: May 28, 2015
    Inventors: Michael Krauhausen, Ruediger Neugebauer, Manfred Kolbe, Manfred Topueth, Norbert Pesch, Alexander Schulze, Jochen Vochsen, Heinrich Oberwelland
  • METHOD OF AND APPARATUS FOR 3-D IMAGING A PIPE
    Publication number: 20130283628
    Abstract: An apparatus for three-dimensionally imaging a pipe centered on and extending along an axis has supports for supporting the pipe by engagement with only an inside surface of the pipe such that an outer surface of the pipe is entirely exposed. A scanner is spacedly juxtaposed with and around the outer surface of the pipe. The scanner and the pipe can be relatively axially displaced such that the scanner passes along a full length of the pipe for scanning of the entire outer surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2013
    Publication date: October 31, 2013
    Inventors: Manfred Topueth, Michael Krauhausen, Jochen Vochsen