Patents Assigned to Polytec GmbH
  • Patent number: 10018460
    Abstract: A device for the interferometric measuring of an object, including a light source to generate an emitted beam, a beam splitting device for splitting the emitted beam into a measuring beam and at least first and second reference beams, an optic interference device, and first and second detectors, with the interference device and the first detector being embodied cooperating such that the measuring beam, at least partially reflected by the object, and the first reference beam are interfered on at least one detector area of the first detector. The interference device and the second detector are embodied cooperating such that the measuring beam, at least partially scattered by the object, and the second reference beam are interfered on at least one detector area of the second detector. A method is also provided for the interferometric measuring of an object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2018
    Assignee: Polytec GmbH
    Inventors: Matthias Schussler, Christian Rembe, Alexander Drabenstedt, Robert Kowarsch, Wanja Ochs
  • Patent number: 9910056
    Abstract: A device for the interferometric measuring of an object, including a source to generate a source beam, a beam splitting device to split the source beam into a measuring beam and a reference beam, an optic interference device and a first detector, which cooperate such that the measuring beam reflected by the object at least partially is at least partially interfered as the receiver beam and the reference beam on a detector area of the first detector. The beam splitting device splits the source beam into a measuring beam, a first partial reference beam, and at least one second partial reference beam. There is at least one second detector embodied such that the first receiver beam is interfered with the first partial reference beam on a detection area of the first detector and the second partial receiver beam with a second partial reference beam on a detection area of the second detector, each with the formation of an optic interference.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2018
    Assignee: Polytec GmbH
    Inventors: Matthias Schussler, Christian Rembe, Alexander Drabenstedt, Sebastian Boedecker, Thian-Hua Xu
  • Patent number: 9851243
    Abstract: A device for the optical non-contact vibration measurement of an vibrating object, including a laser Doppler vibrometer that has a laser as the light source for a laser beam, a first beam splitter assembly for splitting the laser beam into a measuring beam and a reference beam, a means for shifting the frequency of the reference beam or of the measuring beam in a defined manner, a second beam splitter assembly by which the measuring beam back-scattered by the oscillating object is merged with the reference beam and superimposed on the same, and a detector for receiving the superimposed measuring and reference beam and for generating a measurement signal. The laser is provided with a polarization filter arranged inside the optical resonator of the laser and the laser is frequency stabilized by regulating to a beat signal of the laser.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2017
    Assignee: POLYTEC GMBH
    Inventors: Christian Rembe, Alexander Drabenstedt, Matthias Schussler, Christian Ehrmann, Volkmar Roth
  • Publication number: 20170328364
    Abstract: An adjustable vane pump, in particular an oil pressure pump, with a suction side and a pressure side, with a housing and with a rotor, which is supported in the housing so as to be rotatable about a rotor axis and carries at least one vane supported movably in a radial direction, wherein the housing comprises a housing floor and a housing cover transversely to the rotor axis, and wherein an adjustment cage that is arranged between the housing floor and the housing cover, encloses the rotor and the vane and is adjustable transversely to the rotor axis is provided in the housing, wherein the housing and the adjustment cage delimit a pressure chamber fluidically connected to the pressure side, wherein a restoring element is provided, which pushes the adjustment cage into a base end position, and wherein the adjustment cage is deflected from the base end position when a limit operating variable is exceeded in the pressure chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2017
    Publication date: November 16, 2017
    Applicant: Joma-Polytec GmbH
    Inventors: Thomas Gulde, Andreas Blank, Michael Walter, Ralph Buehler, Torsten Helle
  • Publication number: 20170199214
    Abstract: A device for the interferometric measuring of an object, including a source to generate a source beam, a beam splitting device to split the source beam into a measuring beam and a reference beam, an optic interference device and a first detector, which cooperate such that the measuring beam reflected by the object at least partially is at least partially interfered as the receiver beam and the reference beam on a detector area of the first detector. The beam splitting device splits the source beam into a measuring beam, a first partial reference beam, and at least one second partial reference beam. There is at least one second detector embodied such that the first receiver beam is interfered with the first partial reference beam on a detection area of the first detector and the second partial receiver beam with a second partial reference beam on a detection area of the second detector, each with the formation of an optic interference.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2017
    Publication date: July 13, 2017
    Applicant: Polytec GmbH
    Inventors: Matthias Schussler, Christian Rembe, Alexander Drabenstedt, Sebastian Boedecker, Thian-Hua Xu
  • Patent number: 9651042
    Abstract: The invention relates to a positive displacement pump, including a pot-shaped housing, a rotor rotatably supported in the housing, and at least one blade movably guided in the rotor, the blade tip of which contacts the inner circumferential wall of the housing and divides the interior into chambers, wherein a locking mechanism that inhibits or brakes the movement of the blade in the rotor is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2017
    Assignee: Joma-Polytec GmbH
    Inventors: Andreas Blank, Martin Thoma, Torsten Helle, Hans-Peter Ott, Bernd Hess, Benjamin Kawa, Willi Schneider
  • Patent number: 9638513
    Abstract: A device for the interferometric measuring of an object, including a radiation source for generating an output beam, at least one beam splitter, as well as at least one detector, with the beam splitter being arranged in the radiation path of the output beam such that the output beam is split into at least one measuring beam and one reference beam, and the device is embodied to interfere the reference beam on the detector with an interference beam to form an optic interference. The device has an open optic resonator, which is arranged in the radiation path of the device such that the measuring beam enters the open optic resonator and the interference beam emitted from the open optic resonator is interfered with a reference beam on the detector to form an optic interference. The invention further relates to a method for the interferometric measuring of an object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2017
    Assignee: Polytec GmbH
    Inventor: Christian Rembe
  • Patent number: 9551726
    Abstract: A device for the interferometric measuring of an object, including a source to generate a source beam, a beam splitting device to split the source beam into a measuring beam and a reference beam, an optic interference device and a first detector, which cooperate such that the measuring beam reflected by the object at least partially is at least partially interfered as the receiver beam and the reference beam on a detector area of the first detector. The beam splitting device splits the source beam into a measuring beam, a first partial reference beam, and at least one second partial reference beam. There is at least one second detector embodied such that the first receiver beam is interfered with the first partial reference beam on a detection area of the first detector and the second partial receiver beam with a second partial reference beam on a detection area of the second detector, each with the formation of an optic interference.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2017
    Assignee: Polytec GmbH
    Inventors: Matthias Schussler, Christian Rembe, Alexander Drabenstedt, Sebastian Boedecker, Thian-Hua Xu
  • Publication number: 20160010646
    Abstract: A rotary vane pump for generating a vacuum, having an electric drive with a motor stator and a motor rotor, wherein the motor stator and the motor rotor radially encompass the pump housing. The motor stator is non-rotatably disposed around or on the pump housing. The motor rotor is disposed on the side of the motor stator facing away from the pump housing, such that an overall housing is provided that accommodates the electric drive and the pump housing, and the overall housing has a housing floor and a housing shell, wherein the housing floor, together with the pump housing delimits the pump chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2015
    Publication date: January 14, 2016
    Applicant: JOMA-POLYTEC GMBH
    Inventors: Bernd Hess, Hans-Peter Ott, Martin Thoma, Andreas Blank, Torsten Helle
  • Patent number: 9212896
    Abstract: An optical interferometer including an output-beam beam input for coupling-in an output beam, and a beam splitter device for splitting the output beam into at least one first sub-beam and one second sub-beam, the interferometer being embodied as a heterodyne interferometer by virtue of at least one optical frequency shifter being arranged in the beam path of the interferometer and the interferometer including one or more optical waveguide elements, by which optical waveguides are formed, at least between the output-beam beam input, beam splitter device and frequency shifter. The frequency shifter is arranged in the beam path of the first or second sub-beam.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2015
    Assignee: POLYTEC GMBH
    Inventors: Michael Wortge, Christian Rembe, Alexander Drabenstedt, Tobias Braun
  • Publication number: 20150211841
    Abstract: A device for the interferometric measuring of an object, including a radiation source for generating an output beam, at least one beam splitter, as well as at least one detector, with the beam splitter being arranged in the radiation path of the output beam such that the output beam is split into at least one measuring beam and one reference beam, and the device is embodied to interfere the reference beam on the detector with an interference beam to form an optic interference. The device has an open optic resonator, which is arranged in the radiation path of the device such that the measuring beam enters the open optic resonator and the interference beam emitted from the open optic resonator is interfered with a reference beam on the detector to form an optic interference. The invention further relates to a method for the interferometric measuring of an object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2015
    Publication date: July 30, 2015
    Applicant: Polytec GmbH
    Inventor: Christian Rembe
  • Patent number: 9011125
    Abstract: A vane pump includes at least one vane, a pump housing with a bottom and a lid, and a rotor rotatably mounted in the pump housing, with the at least one vane being slidingly mounted in a groove in the rotor and having at least one vane tip which protrudes from the outer peripheral surface of the rotor and rests upon the inner peripheral surface of the pump housing so that the vane defines with the bottom and the lid an intake chamber and a pressure chamber to respectively interact with a radially outer inlet opening and outlet opening in the bottom and/or in the lid, wherein the rotor is provided on the peripheral edge with a chamfer in facing relationship to the housing bottom and/or the housing lid having the inlet opening and/or outlet opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2015
    Assignee: Joma-Polytec GmbH
    Inventors: Dirk Ehrenfeld, Willi Schneider, Torsten Helle
  • Patent number: 8997781
    Abstract: The invention relates to a vacuum pump, in particular a vane pump, having a pump housing in which an intake chamber is provided, and a pump housing opening which feeds into the intake chamber, wherein an intake check valve is arranged in the pump housing opening and communicates with the atmosphere or feeds into an external vacuum chamber, with the intake check valve being accommodated in a pot-shaped valve housing, and with the pot-shaped valve housing having a housing bottom and a housing jacket, wherein the housing bottom is connectable to the housing jacket and the housing bottom can be snapped onto the housing jacket.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2015
    Assignee: Joma-Polytec GmbH
    Inventors: Hans-Peter Ott, Willi Schneider, Torsten Helle
  • Patent number: 8973604
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device for producing and providing a vacuum for a vacuum consumer, having a vacuum source, having a suction valve, having a non-return valve arranged between the vacuum consumer and the suction valve, and having a ventilation valve, the control inlet of which ventilation valve is connected to the suction port of the vacuum source, the output of which ventilation valve opens out between the control valve and the non-return valve, and the input of which ventilation valve is open to the environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2015
    Assignee: Joma-Polytec GmbH
    Inventor: Willi Schneider
  • Patent number: 8913247
    Abstract: A device for interferometric vibration measurement, having a radiation source for generating an original beam, a first beam splitter for dividing it into measuring and reference beams, a detector and a focusing device. The measuring beam at least partly reflected by the object and the reference beam are superimposed on a detection area of the detector, and the focusing device in the beam path of the measuring beam between the image unit and object focuses it onto a measuring point. Here, a measuring beam having a wavelength greater than 1100 nm is generated and the device has an image unit for two-dimensional imaging of the object surrounding the measuring point. The measuring beam focus lies in the focal plane of the image unit and, by use of the focusing device, the focal point of the measuring beam and the focal plane of the imaging unit are displaceable simultaneously.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2014
    Assignee: Polytec GmbH
    Inventors: Christian Rembe, Alexander Dräbenstedt, Michael Gartner, Mike Herberich, Andreas Leonhardt
  • Publication number: 20140347670
    Abstract: An optical interferometer including an output-beam beam input for coupling-in an output beam, and a beam splitter device for splitting the output beam into at least one first sub-beam and one second sub-beam, the interferometer being embodied as a heterodyne interferometer by virtue of at least one optical frequency shifter being arranged in the beam path of the interferometer and the interferometer including one or more optical waveguide elements, by which optical waveguides are formed, at least between the output-beam beam input, beam splitter device and frequency shifter. The frequency shifter is arranged in the beam path of the first or second sub-beam.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2014
    Publication date: November 27, 2014
    Applicant: POLYTEC GMBH
    Inventors: Michael Wortge, Christian Rembe, Alexander Drabenstedt, Tobias Braun
  • Patent number: 8794942
    Abstract: The invention relates to a vacuum pump comprising a cup-shaped housing, a rotor eccentrically mounted for rotation in the housing, and a housing cover closing the cup-shaped housing, wherein the rotor has a rotor shaft that passes through the cup-shaped housing and by which the rotor is driven, wherein the rotor shaft is provided with a bore for delivering a lubricant, and a connection nipple is seated in the free end section of the bore.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2014
    Assignee: Joma-Polytec GmbH
    Inventors: Willi Schneider, Bernd Hess
  • Patent number: 8740589
    Abstract: The invention relates to a vacuum pump, in particular a vane cell pump, having a housing in which a suction space is provided, and a housing passage opening into the suction space, wherein a suction non-return valve opening to the outside or into an external vacuum space is arranged in the housing passage, said valve being accommodated in a crucible-shaped housing and the crucible-shaped housing having a housing jacket, wherein the suction non-return valve can be latched in the pump housing passage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2014
    Assignee: Joma-Polytec GmbH
    Inventors: Bernd Hess, Willi Schneider
  • Publication number: 20140041456
    Abstract: A device for the optical non-contact vibration measurement of an vibrating object, including a laser Doppler vibrometer that has a laser (1) as the light source for a laser beam, a first beam splitter assembly (S1) for splitting the laser beam into a measuring beam (2) and a reference beam (3), a means (4) for shifting the frequency of the reference beam (3) or of the measuring beam (2) in a defined manner, a second beam splitter assembly (S2, S3) by which the measuring beam (2) back-scattered by the oscillating object (6) is merged with the reference beam (3) and superimposed on the same, and a detector (5) for receiving the superimposed measuring and reference beam (7) and for generating a measurement signal. The laser (1) is provided with a polarization filter arranged inside the optical resonator of the laser and the laser (1) is frequency stabilized by regulating to a beat signal of the laser.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2012
    Publication date: February 13, 2014
    Applicant: POLYTEC GMBH
    Inventors: Christian Rembe, Alexander Dräbenstedt, Matthias Schüssler, Christian Ehrmann, Volkmar Roth
  • Patent number: 8480386
    Abstract: The invention relates to a vane for a vane pump, in particular a vane vacuum pump, having a crucible-shaped housing and provided with a rotor mounted eccentrically and rotatably in the housing, wherein the vane is displaceably mounted perpendicular to the axis of rotation in the rotor and the free ends thereof are in contact with the interior circumferential surface of the housing, wherein the vane has a closed surface, at least in the sections protruding beyond the rotor, in the direction of the interior circumferential surface, and the surface is formed by an exterior wall, which is provided with a coating, wherein the coating is provided with perforations in the area located inside the rotor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2013
    Assignee: Joma-Polytec GmbH
    Inventor: Willi Schneider