Patents by Inventor Andreas Voss
Andreas Voss has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
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Patent number: 11841818Abstract: A bus-compatible sensor element includes a converter generating a digital measurement signal, a first data input receiving an input data, a first data output for outputting an output data, a first clock input receiving a first clock signal, a slave select connection receiving an activation signal, and a 1-bit shift register. The 1-bit shift register includes a shift register data input, a shift register output, and a second clock input. The shift register output is connected to the slave select connection to activate the sensor element in response to the activation signal present at the shift register data input.Type: GrantFiled: April 6, 2020Date of Patent: December 12, 2023Assignee: TE Connectivity Sensors Germany GmbHInventors: Andreas Voss, Oliver Borges, Axel Bartos
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Patent number: 10840669Abstract: Radiation field amplifier system for a radiation field comprising an amplifying unit and a heat dissipation system with one heat spreading element or several heat spreading elements, said one heat spreading element or at least one of said several heat spreading elements of said heat dissipation system is pressed with a contact surface within a contact area against said amplifying unit and said contact surface rises starting from a geometrical reference plane in direction towards said amplifying unit and a distance d between said contact surface and said geometrical reference plane attains its largest value within a central area, which is arranged inside said contact area and said distance d is smaller outside said central area than inside said central area.Type: GrantFiled: October 9, 2017Date of Patent: November 17, 2020Assignee: Universitaet StuttgartInventors: Jan-Hinnerk Wolter, Andreas Voss
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Publication number: 20200327090Abstract: A bus-compatible sensor element includes a converter generating a digital measurement signal, a first data input receiving an input data, a first data output for outputting an output data, a first clock input receiving a first clock signal, a slave select connection receiving an activation signal, and a 1-bit shift register. The 1-bit shift register includes a shift register data input, a shift register output, and a second clock input. The shift register output is connected to the slave select connection to activate the sensor element in response to the activation signal present at the shift register data input.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 6, 2020Publication date: October 15, 2020Applicant: TE Connectivity Sensors Germany GmbHInventors: Andreas Voss, Oliver Borges, Axel Bartos
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Publication number: 20200308455Abstract: The present application is directed to an adhesive tape comprising: i) a first release liner; and, ii) a pressure sensitive adhesive layer disposed on said first release liner, wherein said pressure sensitive adhesive layer is obtained by curing an adhesive composition comprising: a) an acrylic base copolymer obtained from a monomer mixture comprising at least one C1-C12 alkyl ester of (meth)acrylic acid and at least one acid monomer selected from acrylic acid, methacrylic acid, maleic acid, fumaric acid and itaconic acid; b) a metal chelate cross-linking agent; c) at least one tackifying resin; d) an organic solvent; and, optionally e) additives. The adhesive tape optionally comprises iii) a second release liner which is disposed on that side of said pressure sensitive adhesive layer opposite to said first release liner.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 12, 2020Publication date: October 1, 2020Inventors: Cecile OLLAGNIER, Anja Schneider, Andrea Voss
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Patent number: 10705160Abstract: A method of compensating for an effect of temperature includes providing a set of magnetic sensors arranged along a sensing path. Each magnetic sensor is adapted to sense a magnetic field created by a magnetic actuator which can move along the sensing path and to provide a sensing signal indicative of a position and/or a displacement of the magnetic actuator relative to the sensing path. The method includes selecting one or more magnetic sensors from the set of magnetic sensors for use as temperature sensors, estimating a distribution of temperature over at least a portion of the sensing path based on the sensing signals output by the one or more magnetic sensors selected as temperature sensors, and compensating for the effect of temperature on the sensing signals output by one or more magnetic sensors of the set of magnetic sensors using the distribution of temperature that was estimated.Type: GrantFiled: May 30, 2018Date of Patent: July 7, 2020Assignees: MEAS FRANCE, TE CONNECTIVITY SENSORS GERMANY GMBHInventors: Andreas Voss, Axel Bartos, Fabien Gayrard, Victor Conde
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Patent number: 10656004Abstract: A measuring device for measuring a level of a liquid in a container is disclosed. The measuring device comprises a sensor line and a float. The sensor line has a plurality of magnetic-field sensors, at least one of the plurality of magnetic-field sensors uses a magnetoresistive effect or is a Hall effect sensor or a magnetoresistor or an extraordinary magnetoresistive sensor. The float is movable along and relative to the sensor line between a first measuring location and a second measuring location. The float has a magnet generating a magnetic field extending substantially parallel to the sensor line at both the first measuring location and the second measuring location.Type: GrantFiled: November 2, 2016Date of Patent: May 19, 2020Assignee: TE CONNECTIVITY SENSORS GERMANY GMBHInventors: Axel Bartos, Armin Meisenberg, Andreas Voss
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Patent number: 10604237Abstract: The invention pertains to a remote-controlled miniature aircraft with at least one lift surface (17), with at least one pair of propeller drives (12, 13) and with a weight element (20), the position of which can be varied in the longitudinal direction of the miniature aircraft (10) in order to change the center of gravity of the miniature aircraft (10). In order to realize a more compact construction with improved flying characteristics, the lift surface (17) of the miniature aircraft (10) is arranged above a plane defined by the rotational axes of the propeller drives (12, 13) in order to generate a lifting force for taking off and/or landing from a standstill.Type: GrantFiled: February 8, 2012Date of Patent: March 31, 2020Inventor: Andreas Voss
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Patent number: 10608398Abstract: Radiation field amplifier system for a radiation field with a wave length L comprising a first optical device, a second optical device, an amplifying unit and a heat dissipation system, said radiation field penetrates said first optical device, said amplifying unit and said second optical device in this order and at least one of said optical devices is part of said heat dissipation system, said optical devices act birefringently on said radiation field and said amplifying unit alters a polarization of said radiation field such that a depolarization of said radiation field occurring in said first optical device is essentially compensated by a depolarization of said radiation field occurring in said second optical device.Type: GrantFiled: October 9, 2017Date of Patent: March 31, 2020Assignee: Universitaet StuttgartInventors: Jan-Hinnerk Wolter, Andreas Voss
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Patent number: 10571305Abstract: The invention relates to a method for determining the position that a magnet has at a time of measurement relative to a row of sensors, wherein a first sensor signal is generated by the first sensor, the value of which depends on the position of the magnet relative to the first sensor, and a second sensor signal is generated by the second sensor, the value of which, depends on the position of the magnet relative to the second sensor. First, the value that the first sensor signal has generated is compared with a first reference value. Second, the value that the second sensor signal has generated is compared with a second reference value. A relative value is formed from the value that the first sensor signal and the value that the second sensor signal. Third, this relative value is compared with a third reference value. From these three steps, the leading signal is chosen to determine the position of the magnet relative to the row of sensors.Type: GrantFiled: March 2, 2017Date of Patent: February 25, 2020Assignee: TE Connectivity Sensors Germany GmbHInventors: Andreas Voss, Oliver Borges, Armin Meisenberg, Axel Bartos
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Publication number: 20190193839Abstract: The invention pertains to a remote-controlled miniature aircraft with at least one lift surface (17), with at least one pair of propeller drives (12, 13) and with a weight element (20), the position of which can be varied in the longitudinal direction of the miniature aircraft (10) in order to change the center of gravity of the miniature aircraft (10). In order to realize a more compact and more robust construction with improved flying characteristics, the lift surface (17) of the miniature aircraft (10) is arranged above a plane defined by the rotational axes of the propeller drives (12, 13) in order to generate a lifting force for taking off and/or landing from a standstill.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 13, 2012Publication date: June 27, 2019Inventor: Andreas Voss
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Publication number: 20180348311Abstract: A method of compensating for an effect of temperature includes providing a set of magnetic sensors arranged along a sensing path. Each magnetic sensor is adapted to sense a magnetic field created by a magnetic actuator which can move along the sensing path and to provide a sensing signal indicative of a position and/or a displacement of the magnetic actuator relative to the sensing path. The method includes selecting one or more magnetic sensors from the set of magnetic sensors for use as temperature sensors, estimating a distribution of temperature over at least a portion of the sensing path based on the sensing signals output by the one or more magnetic sensors selected as temperature sensors, and compensating for the effect of temperature on the sensing signals output by one or more magnetic sensors of the set of magnetic sensors using the distribution of temperature that was estimated.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 30, 2018Publication date: December 6, 2018Applicants: MEAS France, TE Connectivity Sensors Germany GmbHInventors: Andreas Voss, Axel Bartos, Fabien Gayrard, Victor Conde
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Publication number: 20180219347Abstract: Radiation field amplifier system for a radiation field with a wave length L comprising a first optical device, a second optical device, an amplifying unit and a heat dissipation system, said radiation field penetrates said first optical device, said amplifying unit and said second optical device in this order and at least one of said optical devices is part of said heat dissipation system, said optical devices act birefringently on said radiation field and said amplifying unit alters a polarization of said radiation field such that a depolarization of said radiation field occurring in said first optical device is essentially compensated by a depolarization of said radiation field occurring in said second optical device.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 9, 2017Publication date: August 2, 2018Inventors: Jan-Hinnerk Wolter, Andreas Voss
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Publication number: 20180219348Abstract: Radiation field amplifier system for a radiation field comprising an amplifying unit and a heat dissipation system with one heat spreading element or several heat spreading elements, said one heat spreading element or at least one of said several heat spreading elements of said heat dissipation system is pressed with a contact surface within a contact area against said amplifying unit and said contact surface rises starting from a geometrical reference plane in direction towards said amplifying unit and a distance d between said contact surface and said geometrical reference plane attains its largest value within a central area, which is arranged inside said contact area and said distance d is smaller outside said central area than inside said central area.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 9, 2017Publication date: August 2, 2018Inventors: Jan-Hinnerk Wolter, Andreas Voss
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Publication number: 20170254672Abstract: The invention relates to a method for determining the position that a magnet has at a time of measurement relative to a row of sensors extending in a row direction, wherein the position of the magnet relative to the row of sensors can be changed in the direction of the row direction or in the direction parallel to the row direction, wherein the row of sensors has a first magnetic-field-sensitive sensor and a second magnetic-field-sensitive sensor, which is arranged spaced apart from the first sensor in the row direction, wherein a first sensor signal is generated by the first sensor, the value of which, at the time of measurement, depends on the position of the magnet relative to the first sensor at the time of measurement, and a second sensor signal is generated by the second sensor, the value of which, at a time of measurement, depends on the position of the magnet relative to the second sensor at the time of measurement, wherein, in a first examination, the value that the first sensor signal has generatedType: ApplicationFiled: March 2, 2017Publication date: September 7, 2017Applicant: TE Connectivity Sensors Germany GmbHInventors: Andreas Voss, Oliver Borges, Armin Meisenberg, Axel Bartos
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Publication number: 20170074715Abstract: A measuring device for measuring a level of a liquid in a container is disclosed. The measuring device comprises a sensor line and a float. The sensor line has a plurality of magnetic-field sensors, at least one of the plurality of magnetic-field sensors uses a magnetoresistive effect or is a Hall effect sensor or a magnetoresistor or an extraordinary magnetoresistive sensor. The float is movable along and relative to the sensor line between a first measuring location and a second measuring location. The float has a magnet generating a magnetic field extending substantially parallel to the sensor line at both the first measuring location and the second measuring location.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 2, 2016Publication date: March 16, 2017Applicant: TE Connectivity Sensors Germany GmbHInventors: Axel Bartos, Armin Meisenberg, Andreas Voss
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Patent number: 9297634Abstract: The invention relates to a device for generating a sensor signal, the profile thereof depending on the position of a magnetic field-generating element relative to the device, with at least two magnetically sensitive sensors disposed along a measurement path, wherein a support field device, which generates a magnetic support field in the magnetically sensitive sensors, has at least in the magnetically sensitive sensors an essentially identical direction and an essentially homogeneous field strength.Type: GrantFiled: June 17, 2011Date of Patent: March 29, 2016Assignee: MEAS DEUTSCHLAND GMBHInventors: Axel Bartos, Reinhold Pieper, Francois Limouzineau, Andreas Voss, Armin Meisenberg
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Patent number: 9176207Abstract: A method for producing an electrical component which includes at least two electrical contacts and nanoparticles which are arranged on a substrate and which are made of an electrically conductive material, nanoparticles made of a magnetic material and/or nanoparticles made of a magnetisable material, an ink containing the nanoparticles and/or nanoparticles surrounded by a cover, wherein the nanoparticles are deposited on the substrate according to a printing method.Type: GrantFiled: September 14, 2010Date of Patent: November 3, 2015Assignee: MEAS DEUTSCHLAND GMBHInventors: Axel Bartos, Andreas Voss
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Patent number: 8958144Abstract: Laser machining system (60) comprises a high-power laser (61) for generating a high-power pump laser beam (HP-MM), control signal laser (62) for generating a control signal laser beam (SS), an optical fiber (64) leading from the two lasers to a laser machining head (63). The optical fiber has an SRS amplifier fiber (65) with an inner fiber core (65a) of higher brilliance and with an outer fiber core (65b) of lower brilliance surrounding the inner fiber core. The control signal laser beam (SS) is coupled into the inner fiber core and the pump laser beam (HP-MM) is coupled into the outer fiber core. The radiation component converted from the outer fiber core into the inner fiber core due to the SRS amplification is adjusted by means of the coupled-in power of the control signal laser beam (SS) to adjust the brilliance of the machining laser beam leaving the SRS amplifier fiber.Type: GrantFiled: April 24, 2012Date of Patent: February 17, 2015Assignee: Trumpf Laser GmbHInventors: Thomas Rataj, Andreas Voss
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Patent number: 8934742Abstract: An optical beam switch includes at least one input optical wave guide, multiple output optical wave guides and an optical switching element for selectively switching a light beam guided in the at least one input optical wave guide to one of the output optical wave guides, in which the switching element is between the at least one input optical waveguide and the multiple output optical waveguides. The optical switching element includes a beam propagation element and an optical focusing system, where the beam propagation element has two mutually opposed end faces and where either the beam propagation element or the optical focusing system can be deflected and/or twisted transversely to an optical axis. The at least one input optical wave guide is attached to a first end face of the beam propagation element, and the output optical wave guides are attached to a second end face.Type: GrantFiled: December 30, 2011Date of Patent: January 13, 2015Assignee: TRUMPF Laser GmbH + Co. KGInventors: Andreas Voss, Thomas Rataj
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Publication number: 20140177038Abstract: Laser machining system (60) comprises a high-power laser (61) for generating a high-power pump laser beam (HP-MM), control signal laser (62) for generating a control signal laser beam (SS), an optical fibre (64) leading from the two lasers to a laser machining head (63). The optical fibre has an SRS amplifier fibre (65) with an inner fibre core (65a) of higher brilliance and with an outer fibre core (65b) of lower brilliance surrounding the inner fibre core. The control signal laser beam (SS) is coupled into the inner fibre core and the pump laser beam (HP-MM) is coupled into the outer fibre core. The radiation component converted from the outer fibre core into the inner fibre core due to the SRS amplification is adjusted by means of the coupled-in power of the control signal laser beam (SS) to adjust the brilliance of the machining laser beam leaving the SRS amplifier fibre.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 24, 2012Publication date: June 26, 2014Applicant: TRUMPF LASER GMBH + CO. KGInventors: Thomas Rrataj, Andreas Voss