Patents Assigned to Flowtec AG
  • Patent number: 9291485
    Abstract: A sensor module serves for registering a flow velocity and/or a volume flow rate, of a fluid flowing in a pipeline. The sensor module comprises a platform (PS) having, extending therein from an inlet opening to a drain opening remote therefrom and communicating with the lumen of the pipeline, a flow path for guiding a fluid volume portion branched from the fluid flowing in the pipeline and a transducer element for producing at least one sensor signal influenced by the fluid guided in the flow path. The flow path is additionally so embodied that an imaginary central axis (LB) of the intermediate region is not parallel to an imaginary central axis of the intake region and/or not parallel to an imaginary central axis of the drain region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2016
    Assignee: Endress + Hauser Flowtec AG
    Inventors: Dominique Wiederkehr, Andreas Strub
  • Publication number: 20160069718
    Abstract: A method for verifying the reliability of ascertained measurement data of an ultrasonic, flow measurement made according to the travel-time difference method, wherein an ultrasonic flow measuring device having at least two ultrasonic transducers is used to transmit and receive ultrasonic signals inclined in or counter to a flow direction of a measured medium. A first ultrasound disturbance signal is registered within a first time window before receiving a first ultrasound wanted signal, which essentially propagates through the measured medium between the transducers. The first ultrasound disturbance signal propagates at least partially in the measured medium between the ultrasonic transducers, wherein a second ultrasound disturbance signal is registered within a second time window before receiving a second ultrasound wanted signal, which essentially propagates through the measured medium between the transducers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2013
    Publication date: March 10, 2016
    Applicant: Endress + Hauser Flowtec AG
    Inventors: Frank Wandeler, Aurele Fleury
  • Patent number: 9279707
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing an ultrasonic, flow measuring device, characterized by method steps as follows: selecting a number larger than one of straight subsections of the first signal path, which should have different distances from the measuring tube axis; establishing the distances of the straight subsections from measuring tube axis; calculating values of lengths of the straight subsections, as projected on the measuring tube axis, as a function of the number of straight subsections with the same distance from the measuring tube axis and the respective distances from the measuring tube axis; and inserting the at least a first reflection surface in the measuring tube such that the acoustic signal on the path from the first transmitter to the first receiver is so reflected on at least the first reflection surface that the first signal path comprises the straight subsections with the selected distances and the calculated values of the lengths as projected on the measuring tube axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2016
    Assignee: Endress + Hauser Flowtec AG
    Inventors: Achim Wiest, Andreas Berger
  • Patent number: 9261393
    Abstract: A Coriolis mass flow measuring device comprises a measuring device electronics as well as, connected thereto, a measuring transducer comprising at least one measuring tube, an oscillation exciter for oscillating the at least one measuring tube and, mutually spaced along the measuring tube, two oscillation sensors for generating oscillation signals representing oscillations of the measuring tube. The measuring tube is adapted to be flowed through by a medium and during that to be caused to vibrate in such a manner that the measuring tube executes wanted oscillations having a wanted frequency. The wanted oscillations are suitable to induce in the flowing medium, dependent on its mass flow rate, Coriolis forces suitable for bringing about a measurement effect of a first type, namely Coriolis oscillations of the wanted frequency superimposed on the wanted oscillations. These Coriolis oscillations are, in turn, suitable to induce in the medium centrifugal forces dependent on its mass flow rate and on its density.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2016
    Assignee: ENDRESS + HAUSER FLOWTEC AG
    Inventors: Christof Huber, Vivek Kumar
  • Patent number: 9261385
    Abstract: A housing cap comprises: a cap basic body having a cap floor having an opening as well as a surrounding cap lateral wall adjoining an edge of the cap floor. A window pane of a transparent material placed on a side of the cap floor facing toward the cap lateral wall in a manner sealing the opening of the cap floor; as well as a contact disk placed on a side of the window pane facing away from the cap floor. The cap lateral wall includes on an inner side facing the window pane a groove, while the contact disk has a contact region bearing against the window pane as well as an outer edge having formed therein a plurality of teeth, which are in engagement with the groove.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2016
    Assignee: ENDRESS + HAUSER FLOWTEC AG
    Inventors: Philipp Loeffel, Utz Dette, Sascha Kamber
  • Patent number: 9228871
    Abstract: A thermal, flow measuring device and method for measuring the flow of a measured medium. During a heating phase of predetermined length a constant heating current of a first electrical current source flows through a first resistor. During a first measuring phase of predetermined length a constant measurement current of a second electrical current source flows through the first resistor. During the first measuring phase a first voltage falls across the first resistor, wherein during a second measuring phase of predetermined length during the first measuring cycle the constant measurement current of the second electrical current source flows through a second resistor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2016
    Assignee: ENDRESS + HAUSER FLOWTEC AG
    Inventors: Martin Arnold, Michel Wagner
  • Patent number: 9229021
    Abstract: A measuring device for determining and/or monitoring a chemical and/or physical measured variable of process automation technology, wherein the measuring device includes at least one housing, and the housing has at least a first wall; which comprises a first material, and the housing has at least a second wall which comprises at least a second material. The second wall is secured to the first wall; and the outside of the first wall is at least partially surrounded by the second wall. The second wall is approximately fitted to the shape of the first wall, and the second wall is mechanically connected to the first wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2016
    Assignee: ENDRESS + HAUSER FLOWTEC AG
    Inventors: Thierry Moser, Roland Unterseh, Christian Waltenspuel
  • Patent number: 9225244
    Abstract: A circuit arrangement comprises a voltage regulator coupled to an external voltage supply and a control loop associated with the voltage regulator. The control loop includes an electrical current controller for setting the electrical current value, an analog-digital converter, a reference resistor and a computation/control unit coupled with the voltage regulator and the said analog-digital converter, and the control loop is so embodied that the voltage regulator, as a function of the presently set electrical current value, controls a voltage to an external load connected with the electrical current output. Particularly the computation/control unit is adapted to calculate a voltage to be delivered by the voltage regulator and to operate both, the electrical current controller and the voltage regulator for setting the electrical current value and to operate and for tuning the voltage delivered by the voltage regulator as a function of the presently set electrical current value, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2015
    Assignee: Endress + Hauser Flowtec AG
    Inventors: Matthias Brudermann, Antoine Simon, Nikolai Fink, Daniel Kollmer, Ole Koudal
  • Patent number: 9200946
    Abstract: An ultrasonic transducer for an ultrasonic flow measuring device, comprising an electromechanical transducer element, which is prestressed against an ultrasonic window of the ultrasonic transducer by a suitable structure, wherein a first surface of the electromechanical transducer element faces the ultrasonic window, and wherein a second surface of the electromechanical transducer element lying opposite the first surface is divided into a plurality of segments, which are galvanically connected with the suitable structure for prestressing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2015
    Assignee: ENDRESS + HAUSER FLOWTEC AG
    Inventors: Pierre Ueberschlag, Michael Bezdek, Andreas Berger
  • Patent number: 9200931
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a measuring transducer of the vibration-type for a fluid flowing in a flexible hose. The measuring transducer includes, a hose carrier unit, which has at least sectionally a loop-shaped outer contour, around which a flexible hose can be led. Furthermore, the measuring transducer includes a clamping unit, by which a flexible hose led in use around the loop-shaped outer contour is tightenable against the loop-shaped outer contour, at least one exciter coupled to the hose carrier unit, by which the hose carrier unit is excitable to execute mechanical oscillations, which are accompanied by alternating elastic deformation of the hose carrier unit, and at least one oscillation sensor, by which mechanical oscillations of the hose carrier unit and/or a flexible hose installed in use in the measuring transducer are registerable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2015
    Assignee: Endress + Hauser Flowtec AG
    Inventors: Mamadi Keita, Mike Touzin, Antoine Simon
  • Patent number: 9200934
    Abstract: A coil system for a magneto inductive, flow measuring device, which comprises: a coil and core sheets led through the coil. The core sheets have equal shape and size, wherein each core sheet has a first and a second leg, which are connected together to form an L shape. At least a first core sheet and a second core sheet are so led through the coil that the first leg of the first core sheet and the first leg of the second core sheet extend parallel to one another and that the second leg of the first core sheet and the second leg of the second core sheet extend parallel to one another, wherein the second leg of the first core sheet and the second leg of the second core sheet are arranged at different ends of the coil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2015
    Assignee: Endress + Hauser Flowtec AG
    Inventor: Oliver Graf
  • Patent number: 9182262
    Abstract: A temperature sensor and a flow measuring device. The temperature sensor comprising: a housing which comprises a housing body from which at least a first shell and a second shell protrude, each of which shells comprises a first end section, a second end section and a longitudinal axis. A temperature sensor element is arranged, which has especially a thin-film resistance thermometer, wherein one of the temperature sensor elements is heatable, and which shells have outsides, which interface the housing with the environment. From each temperature sensor element at least one connection wire leads away, which is connected with a circuit board. The housing body has a housing chamber, which is connected with inner hollow spaces of the shells, wherein the circuit board is arranged in the housing chamber, and wherein the circuit board is positioned in the housing chamber by a snap-in connection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2015
    Assignee: Endress + Hauser Flowtec AG
    Inventors: Achim Wiest, Heinerich Hagenmeyer, Roy Senn, Tobias Baur
  • Patent number: 9175994
    Abstract: An ultrasonic transducer for an ultrasonic flow measuring device, comprising a first housing part having an ultrasonic window and adjoining, rotationally symmetric walls, wherein there adjoins on the walls of the first housing part, coaxially with the walls of the first housing part, a first ring as resonator, which forms an end of the first housing part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2015
    Assignee: Endress + Hauser Flowtec AG
    Inventors: Pierre Ueberschlag, Michael Bezdek, Andreas Berger
  • Publication number: 20150308875
    Abstract: A thin-film sensor for a thermal flowmeter with at least a first substrate layer made of electrically non-conductive material, a second layer made of electrically conductive material and a cover layer to protect the resistance layer against abrasion, wherein the second layer is designed as two sensor elements, wherein at least a first of the two sensor elements is designed to introduce a heat quantity into a medium, and at least a second of the two sensor elements is designed to determine the ambient temperature, and the thin-film sensor has a gap that isolates the two sensor elements from one another.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2013
    Publication date: October 29, 2015
    Applicant: Endress + Hauser Flowtec AG
    Inventors: Harald Muller, Axel Pfau, Florian Krogmann, Thomas Schonstein
  • Patent number: 9170139
    Abstract: A magneto inductive, flow measuring device comprising a measuring tube and at least one magnet system arranged on the measuring tube. The magnet system has two coil systems, which lie opposite one another on or in the measuring tube, and each coil system includes at least one pole shoe. A first of the two coil systems is connected via at least one flux return, sheet metal length with the second or an additional coil system, and wherein each of the at least two coil systems has at least two coils, which are arranged peripherally distributed relative to the measuring tube on the pole shoe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2015
    Assignee: ENDRESS + HAUSER FLOWTEC AG
    Inventors: Beat Tschudin, Simon Stingelin, Roger Kerrom
  • Patent number: 9170240
    Abstract: An ultrasonic particle measuring system having an ultrasonic transducer with at least one ultrasonic transducer element and at least one coupling element, wherein, during operation, acoustic signals are transmittable and receivable by the ultrasonic transducer element via the coupling element, wherein the coupling element is embodied as an acoustic lens, and the ultrasonic, particle measuring system has an evaluation unit suitable for amplitude analysis of reflection signals of acoustic signals reflected from particles to the ultrasonic transducer, and wherein, with the evaluation unit, amplitudes of reflection signals in a predetermined time interval are countable, which are greater than a predetermined threshold value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2015
    Assignee: ENDRESS + HAUSER FLOWTEC AG
    Inventors: Yaoying Lin, Beat Kissling, Wolfgang Drahm, Thomas Frohlich
  • Patent number: 9157776
    Abstract: A magneto inductive flow measuring device having a measuring tube and at least one magnet system arranged on the measuring tube, wherein the measuring tube has at least one planar area and an otherwise cylindrical lateral surface, which border the measuring tube from its environment, against which planar area the magnet system is prestressed The magnet system is prestressed against the planar area of the measuring tube by means of a screwed connection between measuring tube and magnet system and/or the magnet system is prestressed against the planar area of the measuring tube by means of a mounting clip, which is secured shape-interlocked to the measuring tube. A method for manufacturing the magneto inductive, flow measuring device is also discussed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2015
    Assignee: Endress + Hauser Flowtec AG
    Inventors: Frank Voigt, Gunther Bahr, Diego Uerlings, Werner Wohlgemuth
  • Patent number: 9157779
    Abstract: An ultrasonic, flow measuring device, comprising an ultrasonic transducer in a bore of a measuring tube, which ultrasonic transducer has an ultrasound window, wherein a guide vane is inserted into the bore of the measuring tube in front of the ultrasound window and perpendicular to the ultrasound window of the ultrasonic transducer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2015
    Assignee: Endress + Hauser Flowtec AG
    Inventor: Oliver Berberig
  • Publication number: 20150268082
    Abstract: The measuring system comprises: a vibration element for guiding flowing medium and having a lumen; and a vibration element, which is adapted to be contacted, at least at times, by a part of the medium. Additionally, the measuring system includes at least two oscillation exciters for exciting resonant oscillations of the respective vibration elements, two mutually spaced oscillation sensors for registering vibrations of the vibration element, each of which generates an oscillatory signal dependent on vibrations of the vibration element, as well as at least one oscillation sensor for registering vibrations of the vibration element and generating, dependent on vibrations of the vibration element, an oscillatory signal, which has a signal frequency corresponding to a resonant frequency, of the vibration element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2013
    Publication date: September 24, 2015
    Applicant: Endress + Hauser Flowtec AG
    Inventors: Michael Kirst, Alfred Rieder
  • Patent number: 9140594
    Abstract: An ultrasonic, flow measuring device, which includes a measuring tube having a straight measuring tube axis, a transmitter for sending an acoustic signal on a first signal path, a receiver for receiving the acoustic signal on the first signal path and at least a first reflection surface, on which the acoustic signal is reflected at least once on the first signal path. The acoustic signal incident on the first reflection surface propagates along a first straight subsection, which has a first separation from the measuring tube axis, wherein the transmitter, the receiver and the first reflection surface are so oriented relative to one another and arranged in or on the measuring tube that the acoustic signal on the first signal path from the first transmitter to the first receiver is so reflected on the at least a first reflection surface that the acoustic signal reflected on the first reflection surface propagates through the measuring tube on the first signal path along a second straight subsection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2015
    Assignee: Endress + Hauser Flowtec AG
    Inventors: Achim Wiest, Andreas Berger