Patents Assigned to ESW GmbH
  • Patent number: 8842260
    Abstract: A laser distance measuring device comprising a transmitter channel (1), a receiver channel (2) and a dimensionally stable multilayer base printed circuit board (3), with the transmitter channel (1) and the receiver channel (2) being mounted and symmetrically disposed one on each side of the base printed circuit board (3), with the base printed circuit board (3) serving as a mechanical foundation, as an optical and electrical shield, as a carrier of electrical and optical connections and, optionally, as a heat conductor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 23, 2014
    Assignee: ESW GmbH
    Inventors: Otto Juenemann, Uwe Schaller, Dieter Schmidt
  • Patent number: 8833233
    Abstract: A bullet-resistant transparent laminate composite (10) has at least two plates (12) arranged one behind the other and at a spacing relative to each other in the direction of threat and comprising a transparent first material with a modulus of elasticity of at least about 1,500 N/mm2, and a respective intermediate layer (14) of a transparent second material with a lower modulus of elasticity than that of the first material between two adjacent plates (12). The layer thicknesses of the plates (12) and the intermediate layer or layers (14) are so selected that the overall layer structure of the layer composite (10) of plates and intermediate layer or layers has a modulus of elasticity which is at least about 10% lower in comparison with a block made exclusively from the first material and of the same overall thickness.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2014
    Assignees: KRD Sicherheitstechnik GmbH, ESW GmbH, IABG Lichtenau
    Inventors: Thomas Krüger, Denni Hinrichsen, Jan Hampel, Roger Schäfer
  • Publication number: 20140253904
    Abstract: A measuring device for measuring a distance between a reference mark and a target object is disclosed. The device includes a beam source, which is embodied as an electro-optical component and emits a laser beam along an optical axis, a detector, which is embodied as an additional electro-optical component and receives a reception beam reflected and/or scattered by the target object along an optical axis, a beam forming optics, which forms the laser beam and the reception beam along an optical axis, and a beam splitting optics, which deflects the laser beam or the reception beam. An optics carrier is provided with a first receptacle for mounting a first of the electro-optical components and a second receptacle for mounting the beam forming optics. The optics carrier is monolithic.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2014
    Publication date: September 11, 2014
    Applicants: Hilti Aktiengesellschaft, ESW Gmbh
    Inventors: Torsten Gogolla, Stefan Tiefenthaler, Roman Steffen, Helmut Seifert, Gero Schusser
  • Patent number: 8823800
    Abstract: Method and apparatus for the correction of a non-uniform sensitivity of detector elements in thermographic cameras in which background frames of an internal reference are recorded in shutter phases when the beam path of the thermographic camera is closed, the variations between the background frames of the shutter phases are logged, and an updated background frame is generated and used for the correction of at least one image frame, characterized in that the updated background frame is generated from at least one newly recorded background frame and a background frame to be updated in that the data of every pixel of the newly recorded background frame are multiplied by a first factor and are added to the data of every pixel of the background frame to be updated which are multiplied by a second factor, wherein the first factor is a value between zero and one, and the second factor is the difference between one and the first factor, so that the data of every pixel of the updated background frame are in the form
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2014
    Assignee: ESW GmbH
    Inventor: Frank Weisbach
  • Patent number: 8767188
    Abstract: A measuring device for measuring a distance between a reference mark and a target object is disclosed. The device includes a beam source, which is embodied as an electro-optical component and emits a laser beam along an optical axis, a detector, which is embodied as an additional electro-optical component and receives a reception beam reflected and/or scattered by the target object along an optical axis, a beam forming optics, which forms the laser beam and the reception beam along an optical axis, and a beam splitting optics, which deflects the laser beam or the reception beam. An optics carrier is provided with a first receptacle for mounting a first of the electro-optical components and a second receptacle for mounting the beam forming optics. The optics carrier is monolithic.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2014
    Assignees: Hilti Aktiengesellschaft, ESW GmbH
    Inventors: Torsten Gogolla, Stefan Tiefenthaler, Roman Steffen, Helmut Seifert, Gero Schusser
  • Patent number: 8526780
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a thermographic camera and to a method for generating thermal images with this thermographic camera as is described generically in DE 698 30 731 T2. The object of the invention is to provided a possibility for achieving an optimal signal resolution at low object temperatures in an economical manner without signal overload at high temperatures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2013
    Assignee: ESW GmbH
    Inventor: Frank Weisbach
  • Patent number: 8490539
    Abstract: The method serves for adjusting a positioning of a longitudinal axis of a weapon barrel. An adjusting angle of the weapon barrel is changeable by at least one adjusting element. The weapon barrel is arranged so as to be movable relative to a weapon support in the direction of the longitudinal axis. A positioning of the weapon barrel relative to the weapon support is determined by measurement technology. The measurement values obtained as a result are supplied to a control device. The control device acts on the adjusting element in accordance with a predetermined functional relationship between the obtained measurement values and an input value for the adjusting element. The device for firing shell s is constructed for use of the respective method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2013
    Assignee: ESW GmbH
    Inventor: Stephan Otto
  • Publication number: 20120300190
    Abstract: A measuring device for measuring a distance between a reference mark and a target object is disclosed. The device includes a beam source, which is embodied as an electro-optical component and emits a laser beam along an optical axis, a detector, which is embodied as an additional electro-optical component and receives a reception beam reflected and/or scattered by the target object along an optical axis, a beam forming optics, which forms the laser beam and the reception beam along an optical axis, and a beam splitting optics, which deflects the laser beam or the reception beam. An optics carrier is provided with a first receptacle for mounting a first of the electro-optical components and a second receptacle for mounting the beam forming optics. The optics carrier is monolithic.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2012
    Publication date: November 29, 2012
    Applicants: ESW Gmbh, Hilti Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Torsten GOGOLLA, Stefan Tiefenthaler, Roman Steffen, Helmut Seifert, Gero Schusser
  • Publication number: 20110299826
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a thermographic camera and to a method for generating thermal images with this thermographic camera as is described generically in DE 698 30 731 T2. The object of the invention is to provided a possibility for achieving an optimal signal resolution at low object temperatures in an economical manner without signal overload at high temperatures.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2011
    Publication date: December 8, 2011
    Applicant: ESW GmbH
    Inventor: Frank Weisbach
  • Publication number: 20110298931
    Abstract: Method and apparatus for the correction of a non-uniform sensitivity of detector elements in thermographic cameras in which background frames of an internal reference are recorded in shutter phases when the beam path of the thermographic camera is closed, the variations between the background frames of the shutter phases are logged, and an updated background frame is generated and used for the correction of at least one image frame, characterized in that the updated background frame is generated from at least one newly recorded background frame and a background frame to be updated in that the data of every pixel of the newly recorded background frame are multiplied by a first factor and are added to the data of every pixel of the background frame to be updated which are multiplied by a second factor, wherein the first factor is a value between zero and one, and the second factor is the difference between one and the first factor, so that the data of every pixel of the updated background frame are in the form
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2011
    Publication date: December 8, 2011
    Applicant: ESW GMBH
    Inventor: Frank Weisbach
  • Publication number: 20110185884
    Abstract: A bullet-resistant transparent laminate composite (10) has at least two plates (12) arranged one behind the other and at a spacing relative to each other in the direction of threat and comprising a transparent first material with a modulus of elasticity of at least about 1,500 N/mm2, and a respective intermediate layer (14) of a transparent second material with a lower modulus of elasticity than that of the first material between two adjacent plates (12). The layer thicknesses of the plates (12) and the intermediate layer or layers (14) are so selected that the overall layer structure of the layer composite (10) of plates and intermediate layer or layers has a modulus of elasticity which is at least about 10% lower in comparison with a block made exclusively from the first material and of the same overall thickness.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2009
    Publication date: August 4, 2011
    Applicant: ESW GMBH
    Inventors: Thomas Krüger, Denni Hinrichsen, Jan Hampel, Roger Schäfer
  • Publication number: 20110168006
    Abstract: The method serves for adjusting a positioning of a longitudinal axis of a weapon barrel. An adjusting angle of the weapon barrel is changeable by at least one adjusting element. The weapon barrel is arranged so as to be movable relative to a weapon support in the direction of the longitudinal axis. A positioning of the weapon barrel relative to the weapon support is determined by measurement technology. The measurement values obtained as a result are supplied to a control device. The control device acts on the adjusting element in accordance with a predetermined functional relationship between the obtained measurement values and an input value for the adjusting element. The device for firing shell s is constructed for use of the respective method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2010
    Publication date: July 14, 2011
    Applicant: ESW GMBH
    Inventor: Stephan OTTO
  • Publication number: 20110061849
    Abstract: The device serves for cooling electronic structural elements and has a cooling body and a metal base plate constructed as a part of the support of the structural element. The cooling body is arranged adjacent the base plate. A connecting element is arranged at least over areas between the base plate and the cooling body. The connecting element is at least partially constructed of a metal which has a melting temperature of at least 60° C. The connecting element is provided with a frame-like seal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2010
    Publication date: March 17, 2011
    Applicant: ESW GmbH
    Inventors: Markus GRIMMIG, Jan WENSKE
  • Patent number: 7884503
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method and to an arrangement for harmonic-wave suppression in AC voltage-operated PTC heaters, especially in frequency-stable and frequency-variable alternating-voltage networks in aerospace applications. The problem of harmonic-wave suppression for AC voltage-operated PTC heaters, in which the harmonic waves are suppressed by superimposing a correction current, which permits a simple and economical generation of the harmonic-wave suppression signal, is solved according to the invention by generating a correction current in a correction current circuit arranged parallel to the PTC heater using an ohmic resistor (4). The correction current is generated and additively superimposed exclusively for suppressing the third harmonic of the heating current of the PTC heater.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2011
    Assignee: ESW GmbH
    Inventors: Klaus Seidler, Joerg Engelhardt
  • Patent number: 7775481
    Abstract: The invention is directed to a device for heating lock elements in aircraft, in particular to prevent icing up of door locks and emergency slide locks. The object of the invention, to find a novel possibility for heating lock elements in aircraft, particularly for preventing icing of door locks and emergency slide locks, which reliably eliminates icing of the lock elements without requiring frequent maintenance and repair due to high mechanical, chemical and thermal stresses, is met according to the invention in that a base body which is mounted in the floor of the aircraft and contains an insert profile has an integrated, inserted sliding plate and in that the sliding plate is hollowed out from the bottom over a large surface to receive a heating foil, wherein the heating foil is embedded in the hollowed out recess in a sandwich-type construction, and the sliding plate is hermetically sealed from the bottom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2010
    Assignees: ESW GmbH, Airbus Deutschland GmbH
    Inventors: Ulf-Werner Jopp, Juergen Meisiek
  • Patent number: 7692348
    Abstract: The invention is directed to an arrangement for fastening permanent magnets to rapidly rotating rotors of electric machines. It is the object of the invention to find a novel possibility for fastening permanent magnets to the rotor of rapidly rotating electric machines which allows the magnets to be fixed so as to be secure against centrifugal forces for high rotating speeds and under confined spatial conditions without a frictionally engaging connection of magnet holders to the rotor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2010
    Assignee: ESW GmbH
    Inventor: Thomas Gruenhagen