Patents Assigned to i f m electronic GmbH
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Publication number: 20040118181Abstract: A measurement device with a cylindrical housing (2), with a sensor element and with an adjustment element (6) made, for example, as a potentiometer, for setting at least one parameter of the measurement device. The measurement device (1) is especially easily and still accurately and reproducibly settable by there being at least one rotary adjustment ring, the adjustment ring being made as a housing sleeve (7) for setting the parameter.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 8, 2003Publication date: June 24, 2004Applicant: i f m electronic gmbhInventor: Benno Kathan
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Publication number: 20040095270Abstract: A microwave sensor is described, with a self-mixing oscillator (1), with a transmitting and receiving antenna (2), with an impedance (3) which is connected between the current or voltage supply (4) and the oscillator (2), and with an evaluation circuit (5), the self-mixing oscillator (2) producing both the transmitted signal and also mixing the transmitted signal with the received signal and the low-frequency mixed (Doppler signal) being tapped on the impedance (3) and supplied to the evaluation circuit (5).Type: ApplicationFiled: February 13, 2003Publication date: May 20, 2004Applicant: i f m electronic gmbhInventor: Jaromir Palata
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Publication number: 20040012394Abstract: An electrical measurement means is described, with a measurement input (1), with an integrated sensor (2), with a measurement and evaluation circuit (3) and with a measured value display (4) and several measured value outputs (5).Type: ApplicationFiled: July 23, 2002Publication date: January 22, 2004Applicant: I f m electronic gmbhInventors: Benno Kathan, Alfred Wagner
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Publication number: 20040011128Abstract: A capacitive fill level measuring instrument includes a fill level sensor having several sensor arrays (1), electrical lines (2) connected to the sensor arrays (1), select switches (4) with multi-pole sides (3) connected to the lines (2), and a power supply and evaluation circuit (8) having a power supply circuit (6) and an evaluation circuit (7) connected to the mono-pole sides of the select switches (4). A measured value is determined for a state in which no sensor array (1) is connected via the evaluation circuits (7) and (8), the sensor arrays (1) are alternately connected to the multi-pole side (3) of the first select switch (4) and the multi-pole side (3) of the second select switch (4), and after a first fill level determination, the sensor arrays (1), adjacent to a boundary layer, are triggered or interrogated, advantageously, solving various problems with background art devices.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 10, 2003Publication date: January 22, 2004Applicant: i f m electronic gmbhInventors: Jochen Gundlach, Werner Hoch, Jaromir Palata
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Patent number: 6664661Abstract: A proximity switch is described, specifically a capacitive proximity switch, with two signal transmitters (1, 2) and with one signal receiver (3), a first signal output (4, 5) of each of the two signal transmitters (1, 2) being connected to one another and to a first signal input (6) of the signal receiver (3), and a second signal output (7, 8) of each of the two signal transmitters (1, 2) being connected via a respective signal transmission path (9, 10) to a second signal input (11) of the signal receiver (3), and at least one of the two signal transmission paths (9, 10) can be influenceable by an actuating object.Type: GrantFiled: October 16, 2000Date of Patent: December 16, 2003Assignee: i f m electronic GmbHInventors: Jaromir Palata, Jörg Schulz
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Publication number: 20030196318Abstract: An electrical unit including a proximity switch and a cable terminal part the proximity switch has an outside housing and an insulation part, the insulation part being on the end face of the outside housing and the insulation part having a terminal element with terminals which lead to the outside. The terminals of the terminal element lead to the outside are made as terminal sockets, the cable terminal part has a cable and a connecting part, the cable being attached in the connecting part, the connecting part being attached to the insulation part and the ends of the wires of the cable are connected in an electrically conductive manner to the terminal sockets of the terminal element.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 15, 2003Publication date: October 23, 2003Applicant: i f m electronic gmbhInventor: Robert Buck
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Patent number: 6614335Abstract: A unit consisting of a proximity switch (1) and a cable terminal part (2) is described. Connectorization matched to the individual needs of the user of the proximity switch (1) is achieved as claimed in the invention in that the proximity switch (1) has an outside housing (3) and an insulation part (4), the insulation part (4) is provided on the end face of the outside housing (3) and the insulation part (4) has a terminal element (5) with terminals which lead to the outside, the terminals of the terminal element (5) which lead to the outside are made as terminal sockets (6), the cable terminal part (2) has a cable (7) and a connecting part (8), the cable (7) is attached in the connecting part (8), the connecting part (8) is attached to the insulation part (4) and the ends of the wires (9) of the cable (7) are connected in an electrically conductive manner to the terminal sockets (6) of the terminal element (5).Type: GrantFiled: January 29, 2001Date of Patent: September 2, 2003Assignee: i f m electronic GmbHInventor: Robert Buck
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Patent number: 6590494Abstract: An electronic device serving as a connecting component between a power supply and data transmission system and at least one of an actuator and sensor, and including a two-pole system and device terminal, a two-pole power supply output, a data processor controller electrically connected to the system and device terminal, and at least one choke for data separation or decoupling between the system and device terminal and the power supply output. The electronic device has expanded applications, such as an expanded address range and high current load capacity by electrically connecting an isolation amplifier circuit effective only for AC voltage parallel to the at least one choke.Type: GrantFiled: March 9, 2001Date of Patent: July 8, 2003Assignee: i f m electronic GmbHInventor: Andreas Gohr
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Publication number: 20030112021Abstract: A circuit arrangement for detecting the capacitance or capacitance change of a capacitive circuit element or component, in which there is a capacitive noise voltage compensation element, which corresponds to the sensor capacitor, represented as a noise voltage compensation capacitor, and a noise voltage compensation electrode of the noise voltage compensation capacitor, which corresponds to the first electrode of the sensor capacitor, is connected to the second electrode of a storage capacitor. The noise voltage compensation capacitor can be influenced in the same way as the sensor capacitor by the LF noise voltage. In this way, the adulteration of the measurement result by LF noise voltages which otherwise occurs no longer takes place.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 13, 2002Publication date: June 19, 2003Applicant: i f m electronic gmbhInventors: Jaromir Palata, Joerg Schulz
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Publication number: 20030066366Abstract: A mounting device for contactlessly-operating proximity switches includes a continuous cylindrical or cuboidal recess for holding the proximity switch which is formed by at least two legs. The mounting device can also include at least one through pocket, connected to the recess, into which an actuating tool can fit. The recess of the mounting device, when in a relieved state, has a smaller diameter than the proximity switch which is to be mounted. Additionally, the recess can be spread into an enlarged state by the actuating tool being positioned into the pocket and turned.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 10, 2002Publication date: April 10, 2003Applicant: i f m electronic gmbhInventors: Bernd Buck, Franz Sauter, Berthold Schocker
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Publication number: 20030034785Abstract: An inductive path sensor for determining the position of the influencing element (2) is described, with several coils (4) arranged in succession, with one capacitor (5), with an amplifier element (6), with at least one changeover switch (7) and with an evaluation unit (8), one coil (4) at a time and a capacitor (5) forming an oscillating circuit, and one oscillating circuit and the amplifier element (6) forming an oscillator (9), the individual coils (4) being chosen in succession by the changeover switch or switches (7) and the evaluation unit (8) measuring the change of impedance of the coil (4) chosen by the changeover switch (7) or of the oscillating circuit chosen by the changeover switch (7) depending on the position of the influencing element (2) relative to the respective coil (4).Type: ApplicationFiled: June 27, 2002Publication date: February 20, 2003Applicant: i f m electronic gmbhInventor: Jaromir Palata
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Publication number: 20020149455Abstract: A electrical unit consisting of a proximity switch and a cable terminal part is described, where the proximity switch has an outside housing and an insulation part, positioned on one end face of the outside housing and having a terminal element with terminals which lead to the outside. The terminals of the terminal element include terminal sockets. The cable terminal part includes a cable and a connecting part, and the cable is mounted in the connecting part and the ends of the leads of the cable are electrically connected to the terminal sockets of the terminal element. The electrical unitcable terminal part also has a cap which surrounds at least the connecting part and is attached to the proximity switch.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 21, 2002Publication date: October 17, 2002Applicant: i f m electronic gmbhInventors: Wolfgang Mehnert, Dirk Buche, Andreas Hornstein, Franz Sauter, Andrea Mollnau
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Patent number: 6356202Abstract: A circuit is described for monitoring the faultless state and/or for detecting the faulty state of a cable railway or chairlift system, with a plurality of monitoring and detection devices (1) and with at least one control and evaluation unit (2), the monitoring and detection devices (1) being series-connected to one another and to the control and evaluation unit (2) and having the potential to be interrogated with respect to their state, especially with respect to their operating state. To be able to meet safety requirements which are as high as possible and at the same time to require only a small installation space, each monitoring and detection device (1) has several different influence areas (3) and several signal outputs.Type: GrantFiled: July 26, 1999Date of Patent: March 12, 2002Assignees: i f m electronic GmbH, Doppelmayr Seilbahn-Produktionsgesellschaft m.b.HInventors: Reinhard Albrich, Karl Herrmann, Jean-Luc Lamarche, Manfred Strobel
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Patent number: 6225710Abstract: A capacitive switch is presented including an oscillator, with a gauge length and an evaluation circuit. The oscillator delivers a measurement signal and the gauge length has at least one sensor with a sending electrode and a measurement electrode. The switch has a low noise emission and is especially invulnerable to incident noise due to the fact that there is a noise source and two correlators. In the first correlator, frequency-spreading of the measurement signal takes place. The frequency-spreading measurement signal is connected to the second input of the second correlator and to the sending electrode. The measurement electrode is connected to the first input of the second correlator.Type: GrantFiled: March 25, 1999Date of Patent: May 1, 2001Assignee: i f m electronic GmbHInventors: Jaromir Palata, Jörg Schulz
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Patent number: 6194903Abstract: A circuit for acquisition of the capacitance or capacitance change of a capacitive circuit component with a clock generator (1), changeover contact (2) controlled by the clock generator (1), a storage capacitor (3), a voltage source (4), and an evaluation stage (5). An electrode of the capacitive circuit component is connected to the input (7) of the changeover contact (2), a first output (8) of the changeover contact (2) is connected to a first electrode of the storage capacitor (3), a first electrode of the storage capacitor (3) is connected, on the one hand, via a resistance network (9) to the voltage source (4), and on the other hand, to the evaluation stage (5). The second electrode of the storage capacitor (3) is connected to a reference potential (10). In a first aspect of the invention, the circuit can compensate for disruptive influences especially well by the evaluation stage (5) being suitable for current evaluation with essentially no voltage excursions occurring on the changeover contact (2).Type: GrantFiled: December 2, 1997Date of Patent: February 27, 2001Assignee: i f m electronic GmbHInventor: Jörg Schulz
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Patent number: 6188213Abstract: An electronic, proximity-type switching device with a first switching device terminal (1), a second switching device terminal (2), a sensor and evaluation circuit (3) which contains an externally influenceable proximity indicator and an operating voltage supply circuit for making available the internally required operating voltage (= internal operating voltage) and with an electronic switch (4) which is controllable by the sensor and evaluation circuit (3), for example, a switching transistor, the sensor and evaluation circuit (3), on the one hand, and the electronic switch (4), on the other, being connected essentially in parallel and to the first switching device terminal (1) and the second switching device terminal (2).Type: GrantFiled: February 15, 2000Date of Patent: February 13, 2001Assignee: i f m electronic GmbHInventors: Robert Buck, Reinhard Teichmann
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Patent number: 6145392Abstract: A measurement device for process measurement engineering with a measurement unit (2) and an evaluation device (3), the measurement unit (2) having a sensor, especially a temperature sensor, and the evaluation device (3) containing at least most of the electrical and electronic components and having a display and/or an adjustment capability. The number of types of measurement devices required to be maintained can be reduced and their possible applications increased by the measurement device (1) being modular and the measurement unit (2) and the evaluation device (3) being detachably interconnected both electrically and mechanically via standardized interfaces.Type: GrantFiled: March 3, 1999Date of Patent: November 14, 2000Assignee: i f m electronic GmbHInventors: Benno Kathan, Stefan Kreis, Hans-Peter Muller
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Patent number: 6112592Abstract: A two-part housing (1) for pressure sensors, with a bottom part (2) as the process connection and a top part (3) as the component receiver which contains at one-half of the electrical and electron components. Joining of the bottom part (2) and the top part (3) of the described housing (1) is especially simple and reliable in that the bottom part (2) and the top part (3) are connected to one another by an elastic press fit and in the area of the press fit there are straight surfaces (6) and curved surfaces (7).Type: GrantFiled: February 9, 1999Date of Patent: September 5, 2000Assignee: i f m electronic GmbHInventor: Benno Kathan
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Patent number: 5977662Abstract: An electronic proximity switching device with a proximity indicator and with an electronic switch which can be controlled by the proximity indicator. A plurality of these switching devices can be series connected without an unacceptable voltage drop occurring on the series connection when the switching devices are conductive, by the electronic switch of each switching device being connected to one input (2) of an AND element (3), another input (4) of the AND element (3) representing a control input (5) of the switching device, the output (6) of the AND element (3) representing the output (7) of the switching device, and load current flowing via the AND element (3) in the conductive state of the switching device. In other words there is AND element (3) in addition to an inductive proximity switch (1).Type: GrantFiled: May 20, 1997Date of Patent: November 2, 1999Assignee: i f m electronic GmbHInventors: Jean-Luc Lamarche, Karl Herrmann, Manfred Strobel
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Patent number: 5892149Abstract: A heat transfer indicating device for monitoring and/or measuring a flowing medium, especially a flow indicator and/or a flowmeter, with a preferably flexible component carrier (1), with electrical and/or electronic components (2) on the component carrier (1) and connected to one another to form a circuit, with a heating element (3), with temperature measuring element (4), with electrical connection (5) and with a housing. The flow indicator can be produced with relatively low cost, is relatively simple to mount, and can be easily re-opened again so that it can be repaired in case of a defect and the parts not affected by the defect can be re-used, by the fact that component carrier (1) is formed of two component carrier halves (1a, 1b) located on top of one another and between which the heating element (3) and temperature measuring element (4) are located.Type: GrantFiled: May 27, 1997Date of Patent: April 6, 1999Assignee: i f m electronic GmbHInventor: Thomas Theuer