Patents by Inventor Rudi Kern

Rudi Kern 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).

  • Coordinate measurement machine having a probe head and an electronic system for processing probe signals
    Patent number: 5526576
    Abstract: The electronic system (20) of the probe head of a coordinate measuring machine permits the digital setting of parameters which determine the nature and manner of signal processing, such as trigger levels, the characteristic of frequency filters, and time intervals between several coherent probe signal pulses. Different parameter combinations are stored together in data files which can be called up in accordance with the selected measurement task or in accordance with the probe configuration which has been installed in probe head.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 1994
    Date of Patent: June 18, 1996
    Assignee: Carl-Zeiss-Stiftung, Heidenheim (Brenz)
    Inventors: Anton Fuchs, Eugen Aubele, Rudi Kern, Rudolf Rogele, Walter Puntigam, Karl-Eugen Aubele