Patents by Inventor Michael Wiesmann

Michael Wiesmann 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: 11933807
    Abstract: A measuring device for determining the density, the mass flow and/or the viscosity of a gas-charged liquid includes an oscillator, having a media-conducting measuring tube and two vibrational modes having media-density-dependent natural frequencies; an exciter for exciting the two vibrational modes; a vibrational sensor for detecting vibrations of the oscillator; and an operating and evaluating circuit to apply an excitation signal to the exciter, detect signals of the vibration sensor, determine current values of the natural frequencies of the two vibrational modes of the oscillator and fluctuations of the natural frequencies. The operating and evaluating circuit is designed to determine a first media state value, wherein the operating and evaluating circuit is furthermore designed to determine a second media state value which represents a gas charge of the medium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: Endress+Hauser Flowtec AG
    Inventors: Hao Zhu, Michael Wiesmann
  • Publication number: 20220334038
    Abstract: A measuring device for determining the density, the mass flow and/or the viscosity of a gas-charged liquid includes an oscillator, having a media-conducting measuring tube and two vibrational modes having media-density-dependent natural frequencies; an exciter for exciting the two vibrational modes; a vibrational sensor for detecting vibrations of the oscillator; and an operating and evaluating circuit to apply an excitation signal to the exciter, detect signals of the vibration sensor, determine current values of the natural frequencies of the two vibrational modes of the oscillator and fluctuations of the natural frequencies. The operating and evaluating circuit is designed to determine a first media state value, wherein the operating and evaluating circuit is furthermore designed to determine a second media state value which represents a gas charge of the medium.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2020
    Publication date: October 20, 2022
    Inventors: Hao Zhu, Michael Wiesmann
  • Publication number: 20210396565
    Abstract: A measuring system comprises: a measuring transducer; transmitter electronics; at least one measuring tube; and at least one oscillation exciter. The transmitter electronics delivers a driver signal for the at least one oscillation exciter, and for feeding electrical, excitation power into the at least one oscillation exciter. The driver signal, has a sinusoidal signal component which corresponds to an instantaneous eigenfrequency, and in which the at least one measuring tube can execute, or executes, eigenoscillations about a resting position. The eigenoscillations have an oscillation node and in the region of the wanted, oscillatory length exactly one oscillatory antinode. The driver signal has, a sinusoidal signal component with a signal frequency, which deviates from each instantaneous eigenfrequency of each natural mode of oscillation of the at least one measuring tube, in each case, by more than 1 Hz and/or by more than 1% of said eigenfrequency.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2021
    Publication date: December 23, 2021
    Inventors: Wolfgang Drahm, Hao Zhu, Alfred Rieder, Michael Wiesmann, Patrick Oudoire
  • Patent number: 11073416
    Abstract: A measuring system comprises: a measuring transducer; transmitter electronics; at least one measuring tube; and at least one oscillation exciter. The transmitter electronics delivers a driver signal for the at least one oscillation exciter, and for feeding electrical, excitation power into the at least one oscillation exciter. The driver signal, has a sinusoidal signal component which corresponds to an instantaneous eigenfrequency, and in which the at least one measuring tube can execute, or executes, eigenoscillations about a resting position. The eigenoscillations have an oscillation node and in the region of the wanted, oscillatory length exactly one oscillatory antinode. The driver signal has, a sinusoidal signal component with a signal frequency, which deviates from each instantaneous eigenfrequency of each natural mode of oscillation of the at least one measuring tube, in each case, by more than 1 Hz and/or by more than 1% of said eigenfrequency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2021
    Assignee: Endress + Hauser Flowtec AG
    Inventors: Wolfgang Drahm, Hao Zhu, Alfred Rieder, Michael Wiesmann, Patrick Oudoire
  • Patent number: 10371553
    Abstract: transducer apparatus comprises a transducer housing, a tube, a temperature sensor as well as a temperature sensor. The tube is arranged within a cavity of the transducer housing, in such a manner that an intermediate space is formed between a wall of the transducer housing facing the cavity inner surface and an outer surface of a wall of the tube facing the cavity. Furthermore, the tube is adapted to guide a fluid in its lumen, in such a manner that an inner surface of the wall of the tube facing the lumen is contacted by fluid guided in the lumen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2019
    Assignee: ENDRESS + HAUSER FLOWTEC AG
    Inventors: Alfred Rieder, Hao Zhu, Ennio Bitto, Gerhard Eckert, Josef Hubensteiner, Michael Wiesmann, Yaoing Lin
  • Patent number: 10234338
    Abstract: A transducer apparatus comprises a transducer housing, a tube as well as a temperature sensor. The tube is arranged within a cavity of the transducer housing, in such a manner that an intermediate space is formed between a wall of the transducer housing facing the cavity inner surface and an outer surface of a wall of the tube facing the cavity. The tube is adapted to guide a fluid in its lumen, in such a manner that an inner surface of the wall of the tube facing the lumen is contacted by fluid guided in the lumen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2019
    Assignee: ENDRESS + HAUSER FLOWTEC AG
    Inventors: Alfred Rieder, Hao Zhu, Michael Wiesmann
  • Publication number: 20180058893
    Abstract: A measuring system comprises: a measuring transducer; transmitter electronics; at least one measuring tube; and at least one oscillation exciter. The transmitter electronics delivers a driver signal for the at least one oscillation exciter, and for feeding electrical, excitation power into the at least one oscillation exciter. The driver signal, has a sinusoidal signal component which corresponds to an instantaneous eigenfrequency, and in which the at least one measuring tube can execute, or executes, eigenoscillations about a resting position. The eigenoscillations have an oscillation node and in the region of the wanted, oscillatory length exactly one oscillatory antinode. The driver signal has, a sinusoidal signal component with a signal frequency, which deviates from each instantaneous eigenfrequency of each natural mode of oscillation of the at least one measuring tube, in each case, by more than 1 Hz and/or by more than 1% of said eigenfrequency.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2017
    Publication date: March 1, 2018
    Inventors: Wolfgang DRAHM, Hao ZHU, Alfred RIEDER, Michael WIESMANN, Patrick OUDOIRE
  • Publication number: 20170074701
    Abstract: transducer apparatus comprises a transducer housing, a tube, a temperature sensor as well as a temperature sensor. The tube is arranged within a cavity of the transducer housing, in such a manner that an intermediate space is formed between a wall of the transducer housing facing the cavity inner surface and an outer surface of a wall of the tube facing the cavity. Furthermore, the tube is adapted to guide a fluid in its lumen, in such a manner that an inner surface of the wall of the tube facing the lumen is contacted by fluid guided in the lumen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2015
    Publication date: March 16, 2017
    Inventors: Alfred Rieder, Hao Zhu, Ennio Bitto, Gerhard Eckert, Josef Hubensteiner, Michael Wiesmann, Yaoing Lin
  • Publication number: 20170074730
    Abstract: A transducer apparatus comprises a transducer housing, a tube as well as a temperature sensor. The tube is arranged within a cavity of the transducer housing, in such a manner that an intermediate space is formed between a wall of the transducer housing facing the cavity inner surface and an outer surface of a wall of the tube facing the cavity. The tube is adapted to guide a fluid in its lumen, in such a manner that an inner surface of the wall of the tube facing the lumen is contacted by fluid guided in the lumen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2015
    Publication date: March 16, 2017
    Applicant: Endress + Hauser Flowtec AG
    Inventors: Alfred Rieder, Hao Zhu, Michael Wiesmann
  • Patent number: 8826744
    Abstract: A measuring transducer comprises a housing, and a tube arrangement formed by means of at least two tubes extending within the housing. At least one tube is embodied as a measuring tube serving for conveying flowing medium and another tube is mechanically connected with the tube by means of a coupling element to form an inlet-side coupling zone and by means of a coupling element. The coupling element is arranged equally far removed from the housing end. One coupling element has, about an imaginary longitudinal axis of the tube arrangement imaginarily connecting a center of mass of the coupling element and a center of mass of the other coupling element, with an angle of intersection equal to that with the other coupling element, a bending stiffness, which deviates from a bending stiffness of the other coupling element about said imaginary longitudinal axis of the tube arrangement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2014
    Assignee: Endress + Hauser Flowtec AG
    Inventors: Alfred Rieder, Wolfgang Drahm, Michael Wiesmann, Christof Huber, Martin Anklin
  • Patent number: 8667853
    Abstract: Measuring transducer of vibration-type for a fluid flowing in a pipeline. The measuring transducer includes, in such case, a curved measuring tube for conveying the fluid, a counteroscillator having two counteroscillator arms, which are arranged on both sides of the measuring tube, and which, in each case, essentially follow the curve of the measuring tube, and which are coupled to one another in such a manner, that, during operation, they oscillate in phase with one another, and which are affixed to the measuring tube on the inlet side and outlet sides for forming corresponding coupling zones. The measuring transducer also includes an exciter mechanism, via which, during operation, the measuring tube and the counteroscillator are excitable to oscillations of opposite phase to one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2014
    Assignee: Endress + Hauser Flowtec AG
    Inventors: Alfred Rieder, Rainer Lorenz, Michael Wiesmann
  • Publication number: 20120255369
    Abstract: A measuring transducer comprises a housing, and a tube arrangement formed by means of at least two tubes extending within the housing. At least one tube is embodied as a measuring tube serving for conveying flowing medium and another tube is mechanically connected with the tube by means of a coupling element to form an inlet-side coupling zone and by means of a coupling element. The coupling element is arranged equally far removed from the housing end. One coupling element has, about an imaginary longitudinal axis of the tube arrangement imaginarily connecting a center of mass of the coupling element and a center of mass of the other coupling element, with an angle of intersection equal to that with the other coupling element, a bending stiffness, which deviates from a bending stiffness of the other coupling element about said imaginary longitudinal axis of the tube arrangement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2012
    Publication date: October 11, 2012
    Applicant: Endress + Hauser Flowtec AG
    Inventors: Alfred Rieder, Wolgang Drahm, Michael Wiesmann, Christof Huber, Martin Anklin
  • Publication number: 20120255371
    Abstract: The method serves for changing at least one eigenfrequency of a tube arrangement formed by means of at least one tube particularly, however, also for tuning the interim eigenfrequency to a desired eigenfrequency deviating therefrom and referred to as a target eigenfrequency. The tube has a tube wall, of metal and/or an at least sectionally circularly cylindrical, tube wall as well as a stiffening element of metal and/or a stiffening element of material connectable with the material of the tube by material bonding and/or a platelet shaped, stiffening element, placed on the tube wall and co-determining the interim eigenfrequency of the tube arrangement. For the purpose of changing the interim eigenfrequency, it is provided, that volume is removed from the stiffening element, for instance, by means of laser.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2012
    Publication date: October 11, 2012
    Applicant: Endress + Hauser Flowtec AG
    Inventors: Alfred Rieder, Wolfgang Drahm, Michael Wiesmann
  • Publication number: 20120255370
    Abstract: A method for trimming a tube with at least one stiffening element placed on its tube wall to a target bending stiffness, wherein the tube has first an interim bending stiffness, which is greater than the target bending stiffness. For the purpose of reducing the interim bending stiffness of the tube to the target bending stiffness, it is provided in the method of the invention that volume of the stiffening element is removed, for instance, by means of a laser.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2012
    Publication date: October 11, 2012
    Applicant: Endress + Hauser Flowtec AG
    Inventors: Alfred Rieder, Wolfgang Drahm, Michael Wiesmann
  • Publication number: 20120123705
    Abstract: A measuring system comprises: a measuring transducer; transmitter electronics; at least one measuring tube; and at least one oscillation exciter. The transmitter electronics delivers a driver signal for the at least one oscillation exciter, and for feeding electrical, excitation power into the at least one oscillation exciter. The driver signal, has a sinusoidal signal component which corresponds to an instantaneous eigenfrequency, and in which the at least one measuring tube can execute, or executes, eigenoscillations about a resting position. The eigenoscillations have an oscillation node and in the region of the wanted, oscillatory length exactly one oscillatory antinode. The driver signal has, a sinusoidal signal component with a signal frequency, which deviates from each instantaneous eigenfrequency of each natural mode of oscillation of the at least one measuring tube, in each case, by more than 1 Hz and/or by more than 1% of said eigenfrequency.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2011
    Publication date: May 17, 2012
    Applicant: Endress + Hauser Flowtec AG
    Inventors: Wolfgang Drahm, Hao Zhu, Alfred Rieder, Michael Wiesmann, Patrick Oudoire
  • Publication number: 20110197681
    Abstract: Measuring transducer of vibration-type for a fluid flowing in a pipeline. The measuring transducer includes, in such case, a curved measuring tube for conveying the fluid, a counteroscillator having two counteroscillator arms, which are arranged on both sides of the measuring tube, and which, in each case, essentially follow the curve of the measuring tube, and which are coupled to one another in such a manner, that, during operation, they oscillate in phase with one another, and which are affixed to the measuring tube on the inlet side and outlet sides for forming corresponding coupling zones. The measuring transducer also includes an exciter mechanism, via which, during operation, the measuring tube and the counteroscillator are excitable to oscillations of opposite phase to one another.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2011
    Publication date: August 18, 2011
    Applicant: Endress + Hauser Flowtec AG
    Inventors: Alfred Rieder, Rainer Lorenz, Michael Wiesmann
  • Patent number: 7665370
    Abstract: The measuring transducer includes: a measuring tube vibrating, at least at times, during operation and serving for conveying a medium, wherein the measuring tube communicates with a pipeline via an inlet tube piece at an inlet end and an outlet tube piece at an outlet end; a counteroscillator, which is affixed to the measuring tube on the inlet end to form a first coupling zone and affixed to the measuring tube on the outlet end to form a second coupling zone; a sensor arrangement secured, at least in part, to the counteroscillator for registering oscillations at least of the measuring tube; an exciter mechanism secured, at least in part, to the counteroscillator for driving at least the measuring tube; a transducer housing affixed to the inlet tube piece and the outlet tube piece; and connection lines, especially connection lines for the exciter mechanism and/or for the sensor arrangement, of which connection lines at least one is secured at least sectionally along the counteroscillator and secured at least
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2010
    Assignee: Endress + Hauser Flowtec AG
    Inventors: Alfred Rieder, Michael Fuchs, Leonhard Probst, Michael Wiesmann
  • Patent number: 7665369
    Abstract: The measuring transducer includes: a measuring tube vibrating, at least at times, and serving for conveying medium to be measured; a counteroscillator, which is affixed to the measuring tube on an inlet-side, to form a first coupling zone, and to the measuring tube on an outlet-side, to form a second coupling zone; at least one oscillation exciter for driving at least the measuring tube; as well as at least one oscillation sensor for registering oscillations at least of the measuring tube. During operation, the measuring tube executes, at least at times and/or at least in part, bending oscillations about an imaginary bending oscillation axis, which imaginarily connects the two coupling zones with one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2010
    Assignee: Endress + Hauser Flowtec AG
    Inventors: Enio Bitto, Alfred Rieder, Christian Schütze, Michael Fuchs, Wolfgang Drahm, Michael Wiesmann
  • Patent number: 7658116
    Abstract: A measuring transducer includes: A measuring tube vibrating, at least at times, during operation and serving for conveying a medium, wherein the measuring tube communicates with a pipeline via an inlet tube piece at an inlet end and an outlet tube piece at an outlet end; a counteroscillator, which is affixed to the measuring tube on the inlet end to form a first coupling zone and affixed to the measuring tube on the outlet end to form a second coupling zone; and a transducer housing affixed to the inlet tube piece and the outlet tube piece. An exciter mechanism, for driving at least the measuring tube, and a sensor arrangement, for registering oscillations at least of the measuring tube, are, in each case, secured, at least in part, to the counteroscillator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2010
    Assignee: Endress + Hauser Flowtec AG
    Inventors: Alfred Rieder, Michael Fuchs, Leonhard Probst, Michael Wiesmann
  • Patent number: 7654152
    Abstract: A measuring transducer includes: a measuring tube vibrating, at least at times, during operation and serving for conveying a medium, wherein the measuring tube communicates with a pipeline via an inlet tube piece on an inlet side and an outlet tube piece on an outlet side; a counteroscillator, which is affixed to the measuring tube on the inlet and outlet sides to form coupling zones; an cantilever coupled with the measuring tube on the inlet side; an cantilever coupled with the measuring tube on the outlet side; a sensor arrangement secured, at least in part, to the counteroscillator for registering oscillations at least of the measuring tube; an exciter mechanism secured, at least in part, to the counteroscillator for driving at least the measuring tube; a transducer housing affixed to the inlet tube piece and to the outlet tube piece; as well as connection lines, of which at least one is secured at least pointwise to the transducer housing and at least pointwise to an inner part of the measuring transducer
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2010
    Assignee: Endress + Hauser Flowtec AG
    Inventors: Alfred Rieder, Michael Fuchs, Leonhard Probst, Michael Wiesmann