Patents Assigned to Endress + Hauser Flowtec AG
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Patent number: 11953359Abstract: The invention relates to a coil apparatus of an oscillation sensor or exciter of a measuring transducer or a measuring device for measuring a density or mass flow of a medium flowing through a measuring tube of the measuring transducer or measuring device, comprising: a circuit board having a circuit board layer, at least one coil registering or producing a time varying magnetic field, wherein the coil has a winding region and a central region lacking turns of a winding, wherein the central region of a coil has a rectangular shape with oppositely lying, first sides and with oppositely lying, second sides, wherein the first sides have a first side length, and wherein the second sides have a second side length, wherein the electrically conductive trace has a trace breadth of at least 30 micrometer, wherein a ratio of first side length to second side length is greater than 3.25.Type: GrantFiled: July 30, 2019Date of Patent: April 9, 2024Assignee: Endress+Hauser Flowtec AGInventors: Severin Ramseyer, Benjamin Schwenter, Marc Werner, Claude Hollinger, Martin Stucki
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Patent number: 11933807Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: May 4, 2020Date of Patent: March 19, 2024Assignee: Endress+Hauser Flowtec AGInventors: Hao Zhu, Michael Wiesmann
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Patent number: 11933657Abstract: A method for putting into operation and/or checking an ultrasonic, flow measuring point using a service unit, wherein the service unit has a display unit and a camera, wherein the measuring point includes a pipeline for conveying a medium and at least one ultrasonic transducer, includes identifying the measuring point vis a vis the service unit; ascertaining settable parameters based on the identity of the measuring point; registering geometric data of at least one part of the measuring point by means of the camera; analyzing registered geometric data and deriving at least one parameter value for at least one of the parameters to be set based on the analytical result and the identity; ascertaining at least one optimum mounting position based at least on the derived parameter value; and mounting an ultrasonic transducer at one of the ascertained optimum mounting positions.Type: GrantFiled: November 21, 2019Date of Patent: March 19, 2024Assignee: Endress+Hauser Flowtec AGInventors: Guido Schwanekamp, Michal Bezdek, Achim Wiest, Beat Kissling
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Patent number: 11933806Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a measuring transducer of a measurement device for registering a mass flow or a density of a medium The measuring transducer includes a measuring tube, at least one exciter adapted to excite the measuring tube to execute oscillations, and two sensors adapted to register deflection of oscillations of the measuring tube. The exciter and the sensors each have a coil device including a circuit board with a first coefficient of thermal expansion. The coil device of the sensors or exciter are/is secured using a holder apparatus adapted to clamp the circuit board, wherein the circuit board is mechanically contacted by the holder apparatus using at least one holder element, wherein the holder element has a second coefficient of thermal expansion, wherein the first coefficient of thermal expansion and the second coefficient of thermal expansion differ from one another by less than 3*10?6/Kelvin.Type: GrantFiled: July 30, 2019Date of Patent: March 19, 2024Assignee: Endress+Hauser Flowtec AGInventors: Benjamin Schwenter, Marc Werner, Claude Hollinger, Martin Stucki
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Patent number: 11913816Abstract: A magnetic-inductive flow meter for measuring flow velocity or volume flow rate of a medium includes: a measuring tube having a first cross-section and a middle segment, which has a second cross-section, between inlet side and outlet side end planes, wherein the first cross-sectional area is greater than the second cross-sectional area; a pole shoe or a saddle coil, which subtends the measuring tube with a maximum central angle; and an electrode system having two electrode pairs, wherein a central angle in the second cross-section defines a minimum circular sector in which the electrodes located on a side of the measuring tube are distributed, wherein the electrode pairs are arranged in the middle segment such that the central angle and the maximum central angle are adapted relative to one another such that the flow meter is insensitive to departures from a rotationally symmetric flow.Type: GrantFiled: November 13, 2019Date of Patent: February 27, 2024Assignee: Endress+Hauser Flowtec AGInventor: Simon Mariager
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Patent number: 11906335Abstract: A measuring system includes: a lumen forming a flow path and a flow obstruction arranged in the flow path for effecting a disturbance in a flowing fluid; a sensor arrangement adapted to produce a first sensor signal and a second sensor signal; and transmitter electronics. The transmitter electronics are adapted to receive both the first and second sensor signals and to convert such into first and second sensor signal sampling sequences approximating the first and second sensor signals, respectively, the transmitter electronics further adapted using a digital adaptive filter to ascertain from the first sampling sequence a filter coefficients set and therewith to form a z-transfer function for filtering the second sampling sequence such that the z-transfer function is determined by the filter coefficients set, the signal filter and the second sampling sequence to produce a wanted signal sequence, to produce therefrom digital measured values representing a measurement variable.Type: GrantFiled: April 11, 2019Date of Patent: February 20, 2024Assignee: Endress+Hauser Flowtec AGInventor: Michael Kirst
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Patent number: 11906339Abstract: The invention relates to a Coriolis measuring transducer of a Coriolis measuring device comprising: at least one measuring tube; at least one exciter; at least two sensors; wherein at least one exciter or at least one sensor has a coil device and a magnet device, wherein the magnet device has a holder and at least a first magnet group and at least a second magnet group, wherein the holder has a body with a body length axis and a first end and a second end wherein the first end has an end surface, wherein the body has three recesses, wherein a central recess is separated, in each case, from an outer recess by, in each case, an intermediate wall, wherein each intermediate wall has an opening, and wherein the first magnet group is arranged in a first opening, and wherein the second magnet group is arranged in a second opening.Type: GrantFiled: February 14, 2020Date of Patent: February 20, 2024Assignee: Endress+Hauser Flowtec AGInventors: Benjamin Schwenter, Marc Werner, Claude Hollinger, Gebhard Gschwend
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Patent number: 11885663Abstract: A calibration system and methods for flow metering technologies integrates a known primary reference standard (e.g., a gravimetric scale), configured to determine a mass of calibration fluid, in parallel with surrogate secondary masters (e.g., Coriolis effect flowmeters) connected via an adjustable flowpath having a closed loop mode, including a meter bank, a pump and a measuring section, and an open loop mode, including a reservoir, the meter bank, the pump, the measuring section and the primary reference standard, which enables calibration duality and redundant meter under test confirmation of calibration factors. The disclosed systems and methods enable life cycle assurance of the primary reference standard and the secondary masters' standard reliability and reproducibility over time and, as a redundant system, enable calibration of multiple flow metering technologies, such as, for example, volumetric, mass, density, viscosity and Reynolds number-reliant technologies, in one homogenous system.Type: GrantFiled: December 23, 2021Date of Patent: January 30, 2024Assignee: Endress+Hauser Flowtec AGInventors: Kyle Shipps, Jerry E. Stevens
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Patent number: 11877417Abstract: A housing module of a field device includes: a housing including a first housing chamber and a second housing chamber separated by a partition wall; measurement/control electronics disposed in the first housing chamber; interface electronics for connecting lines for supplying energy to the field device arranged in the second housing chamber, wherein the housing includes a first wall region to receive the partition wall, the first wall region separated from the partition wall by a gap having a path length, wherein the ratio of a gap width to the path length is less than 0.02; and a securing device for limiting a range of movement of the partition wall toward the second housing chamber, wherein the housing includes a second wall region with a groove extending parallel to a cross-sectional plane of the partition wall, the securing device including an engagement device to engage in the groove.Type: GrantFiled: June 18, 2020Date of Patent: January 16, 2024Assignee: Endress+Hauser Flowtec AGInventors: Markus Beissert, Harald Müller, Martin Binzer
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Patent number: 11860013Abstract: A magnetically inductive flowmeter for determining flow velocity and/or volume flow of a medium includes a measuring tube for conveying the medium, a magnetic field generating device and at least one electrode assembly, which is installed in the measuring tube in such a manner that it forms a galvanic contact with the medium, wherein the electrode assembly has an electrode body, wherein the electrode body is stylus shaped and has a front end surface, wherein a pressure measuring transducer is coupled with the electrode body, and wherein the pressure measuring transducer is contactable with the pressure acting on the front end surface.Type: GrantFiled: September 20, 2019Date of Patent: January 2, 2024Assignee: Endress+Hauser Flowtec AGInventors: Heinz Rufer, Frank Voigt, Steffen Ziegler
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Patent number: 11852514Abstract: A magnetic-inductive flowmeter includes: a measuring tube; a magnetic field generator including a pole shoe for producing in the medium a magnetic field extending perpendicular to the longitudinal direction, wherein the pole shoe subtends a field central angle; and at least two measuring electrode components in galvanic contact with the medium, wherein the measuring electrode components have a circular arc length, which subtends an electrode central angle, wherein the field and electrode central angles are so adapted relative to one another that the flowmeter is insensitive to departures from a rotationally symmetric flow to a degree such that the magnetic-inductive flowmeter has in a test measurement a measurement error of flow velocity and/or a measurement error of volume flow of less than 0.2%.Type: GrantFiled: November 11, 2019Date of Patent: December 26, 2023Assignee: Endress+Hauser Flowtec AGInventor: Simon Mariager
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Patent number: 11846533Abstract: A method for correcting a measured value of a measured variable with reference to a medium flowing through at least two measuring tubes, wherein each measuring tube is excited by an oscillation exciter to execute oscillations, and wherein the oscillations of each measuring tube are registered by oscillation sensors, wherein an electronic circuit monitors at least two of the following measured variables or, in each case, a measured variable derived therefrom: phase difference between measurement signals, resonant frequency, ratio of an oscillation exciter electrical current amplitude to a measuring tube oscillation amplitude, the method including: determining a plausibility; and, wherein upon failing a plausibility requirement of at least one of the measured variables, determining measured values of the measured variables of at least one, first/second measuring tube as a function of corresponding measured values of the measured variables of at least one, second/first measurement tube.Type: GrantFiled: September 18, 2019Date of Patent: December 19, 2023Assignee: Endress+Hauser Flowtec AGInventor: Hao Zhu
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Patent number: 11846532Abstract: A measuring system comprises a measuring transducer of vibration-type having a tube arrangement, an exciter arrangement, a sensor arrangement, and a measuring system electronics. The measuring system electronics is adapted in a first operating mode to supply current to the oscillation exciters whereby the tube arrangement executes wanted oscillations with an oscillation frequency predetermined by the driver signals and to receive and to evaluate oscillation measurement signals representing oscillatory movements of the wanted oscillations.Type: GrantFiled: December 1, 2020Date of Patent: December 19, 2023Assignee: Endress + Hauser Flowtec AGInventors: Alfred Rieder, Michael Kirst
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Patent number: 11841254Abstract: An ultrasonic transducer arrangement for a clamp-on ultrasonic, flow measuring point includes a plurality of ultrasonic transducers, each adapted to radiate ultrasonic signals into the measuring tube and/or to receive ultrasonic signals emerging from the measuring tube, wherein a first group of first ultrasonic transducers is arranged on a first side of the measuring tube, and a second group of second ultrasonic transducer is arranged on a second side of the measuring tube opposite the first side, wherein at least one first/second ultrasonic transducer is adapted to receive ultrasonic signals of at least one second/first ultrasonic transducer, respectively, wherein adjoining ultrasonic transducers of the first group have, in each case, first separations from one another, and wherein adjoining ultrasonic transducers of the second group have, in each case, second separations from one another.Type: GrantFiled: November 21, 2019Date of Patent: December 12, 2023Assignee: Endress+Hauser Flowtec AGInventors: Sascha Grunwald, Oliver Brumberg, Alexander Murray, Andreas Berger, Achim Wiest
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Patent number: 11841258Abstract: A Coriolis measuring sensor of a Coriolis measuring device includes: at least a pair of measuring tubes; a support body; at least one exciter; and at least two electromagnetic sensors per pair of measuring tubes, wherein the electromagnetic sensors are configured to mask interference magnetic fields and to detect local inhomogeneous magnetic fields generated by magnet devices of the sensor according to a winding direction and/or an interconnection configuration of coils of the magnet devices.Type: GrantFiled: June 18, 2020Date of Patent: December 12, 2023Assignee: Endress+Hauser Flowtec AGInventors: Johan Pohl, Ennio Bitto
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Patent number: 11835375Abstract: Disclosed is a measuring sensor of a measuring device for detecting a mass flow rate. The measuring sensor comprises a measuring tube, a vibration exciter, and at least two vibration sensors. The vibration exciter and the vibration sensors each have a coil apparatus having at least one coil and at least one magnetic apparatus. The coil apparatus comprises a printed circuit board having at least one printed circuit board layer, wherein the coil is formed by means of an electrically conductive conductor track, wherein the coil is arranged on the first side and/or second side of a printed circuit board layer, wherein the printed circuit board comprises at least two contact-making elements for connecting the coil to an electronic measuring and/or operating circuit of the measuring device by means of connection elements, and is characterized in that at least one contact-making element has a hole.Type: GrantFiled: February 14, 2020Date of Patent: December 5, 2023Assignee: Endress+Hauser Flowtec AGInventors: Benjamin Schwenter, Martin Stucki, Claude Hollinger, Marc Werner
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Patent number: 11838041Abstract: Disclosed is an electronic device comprising: a radio module designed to exchange information; an interface device designed to receive a SIM card, the interface device having a data interface, a clock interface, a reset interface and a supply interface designed to supply power to the SIM card; and a circuit board, on which the radio module and the interface device are arranged and electrically connected to one another; characterised in that the radio module has a voltage specification circuit and an associated voltage output, which voltage specification circuit is designed to specify an operating voltage for the SIM card, a fourth electrical connection having a decoupling circuit with power-limited output to the supply interface, which decoupling circuit is designed to decouple the voltage specification and energy supply of the SIM card from one another.Type: GrantFiled: April 22, 2020Date of Patent: December 5, 2023Assignee: Endress+Hauser Flowtec AGInventors: Lukas Tanner, Marc Fiedler
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Patent number: 11835372Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an ultrasonic transducer arrangement of a clamp-on ultrasonic, flow measuring point having a plurality of clamp-on ultrasonic transducers, wherein the arrangement is configured to be applied on measuring tubes of various diameters, without necessitating new orienting of the ultrasonic transducers of the ultrasonic transducer arrangement.Type: GrantFiled: November 21, 2019Date of Patent: December 5, 2023Assignee: Endress+Hauser Flowtec AGInventors: Sascha Grunwald, Oliver Brumberg, Alexander Murray, Andreas Berger, Achim Wiest
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Patent number: 11828637Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a measuring assembly comprising: a metallic measuring tube open on both sides for carrying a medium, wherein the measuring tube has an outer circumferential surface, an inner circumferential surface, and at least two apertures, wherein the two apertures extend from the outer circumferential surface to the inner circumferential surface; a dielectric cladding layer, which rests on the inner circumferential surface of the measuring tube; a first microwave antenna, which is arranged in the measuring tube and with which contact can be made through the first aperture; a second microwave antenna which is arranged in the measuring tube and with which contact can be made through the second aperture; wherein the dielectric cladding layer forms a dielectric waveguide, via which microwaves can, at least to some extent, reach from the first microwave antenna to the second microwave antenna.Type: GrantFiled: September 23, 2021Date of Patent: November 28, 2023Assignee: Endress+Hauser Flowtec AGInventors: Stefan Pflüger, Steffen Ziegler, Frank Voigt
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Patent number: RE49785Abstract: A connection apparatus comprises includes: a platform,; a plug connector having a plug connector part secured to the platform and electrically connected to the circuit of the field device and a plug connector part connectable with the a connection cable and complementary to the first plug connector part, as well as; and a lid held movably moveable relative to the platform for at least partially covering the plug connectorformed by connecting the plug connector parts. The lid is swingable between a first end position, in which the lid at least partially covers the plug connector, and a second end position, and is additionally adapted in at least one an open position located between the first end position and the second end position to expose the plug connector such that the plug connector part can be separated from the plug connector part, as well as and, at least in the first end position, to secure the plug connector part connected with the plug connector part.Type: GrantFiled: May 26, 2021Date of Patent: January 2, 2024Assignee: Endress+Hauser Flowtec AGInventors: Björn Larsson, Timo Kretzler, Alfred Umkehrer, Michael Kirst