Patents by Inventor Wolfgang Viel

Wolfgang Viel 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: 10557762
    Abstract: A device for measuring force and for monitoring wear on overhead lines includes a force-measuring system which includes two contact bars which, in an operating state, are oriented at a right angle to an overhead line to be monitored, and two connection bars, which, in the operating state, are oriented parallel to the overhead line. A bar-shaped force transducer is fastened to each end portion of the two connection bars and each of the bar-shaped force transducers extends in an axial direction of the respective connection bar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2020
    Assignee: Hottinger Baldwin Messtechnik GmbH
    Inventor: Wolfgang Viel
  • Publication number: 20190041283
    Abstract: A device for measuring force and for monitoring wear on overhead lines includes a force-measuring system which includes two contact bars which, in an operating state, are oriented at a right angle to an overhead line to be monitored, and two connection bars, which, in the operating state, are oriented parallel to the overhead line. A bar-shaped force transducer is fastened to each end portion of the two connection bars and each of the bar-shaped force transducers extends in an axial direction of the respective connection bar.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2018
    Publication date: February 7, 2019
    Applicant: Hottinger Baldwin Messtechnik GmbH
    Inventor: Wolfgang Viel
  • Patent number: 10126187
    Abstract: A device for measuring force and for monitoring wear on overhead lines includes a force-measuring system which includes two contact bars which, in an operating state, are oriented at a right angle to an overhead line to be monitored, and two connection bars, which, in the operating state, are oriented parallel to the overhead line. A bar-shaped force transducer is fastened to each end portion of the two connection bars and each of the bar-shaped force transducers extends in an axial direction of the respective connection bar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Assignee: Hottinger Baldwin Messtechnik GmbH
    Inventor: Wolfgang Viel
  • Publication number: 20160349126
    Abstract: A device for measuring force and for monitoring wear on overhead lines includes a force-measuring system which includes two contact bars which, in an operating state, are oriented at a right angle to an overhead line to be monitored, and two connection bars, which, in the operating state, are oriented parallel to the overhead line. A bar-shaped force transducer is fastened to each end portion of the two connection bars and each of the bar-shaped force transducers extends in an axial direction of the respective connection bar.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2014
    Publication date: December 1, 2016
    Applicant: HOTTINGER BALDWIN MESSTECHNIK GMBH
    Inventor: WOLFGANG VIEL
  • Publication number: 20150261435
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a measured value transducer (3) having an internal data memory (32), a processing apparatus (2) for such a measured value transducer (3), and a method for storing data in an internal data memory (32) of such a measured value transducer (3). The internal data memory (32) comprises a plurality of memory areas. A respective count value, which corresponds to a frequency of an occurrence of measured values in a certain measured value range, is respectively stored in at least two memory areas of the plurality of memory areas. Thereby, data relating to a loading of a measured value transducer can be stored directly in it and can later be directly and unambiguously allocated to it. Thereby a tamper-proof storage of the data is possible, and a producer or seller of the measured value transducer can determine whether it has been overloaded, in case that e.g. a complaint is made by an end user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2013
    Publication date: September 17, 2015
    Inventors: Markus Haller, Ulrich Kunkel, Wolfgang Viel, Siegfried Wessler
  • Patent number: 5181423
    Abstract: A device for measuring physical values, each as pressure changes, includes a sensor transponder section and an interrogator receiver section for transmitting interrogation signals including a power supply from the interrogator receiver section to the sensor transponder section and for transmitting measured signal values in the opposite direction. The sections can be coupled to each other by inductive coils so that electrical connections are avoided. Thus, the pressure in a rotating automobile tire can be measured, for example. The sensor transponder section includes a computer circuit the input of which receives a reference frequency signal and a measured frequency signal. A reference oscillating signal has a frequency determining element that is not influenced by the pressure to be measured, but only by extraneous, e.g. environmental influences. A measuring oscillating circuit has a frequency determining element that is responsive to the changes in the physical value to be measured.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 1991
    Date of Patent: January 26, 1993
    Assignee: Hottinger Baldwin Messtechnik GmbH
    Inventors: Michael Philipps, Hans-Dieter Schad, Wolfgang Viel