Patents by Inventor Benjamin Mack

Benjamin Mack 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).

  • Patent number: 12480829
    Abstract: A differential pressure transducer with overload protection includes a measuring element body, two separating diaphragms, two overload diaphragms with radially variable material thickness h(r), a differential pressure transducer for converting a pressure difference into an electrical signal, and two hydraulic paths. The overload diaphragms are connected to the measuring element body to form overload chambers and the separating diaphragms are connected to the measuring element body to form separating diaphragm chambers in which one of the overload diaphragms are enclosed. The separating diaphragm chambers are hydraulically connected to the overload chambers below the other separating diaphragm chamber and to the differential pressure transducer via one of the hydraulic paths, which extend at least in sections through the measuring element body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2025
    Assignee: Endress+Hauser SE+Co. KG
    Inventors: Thomas Uehlin, Igor Getman, Benjamin Mack
  • Patent number: 12399076
    Abstract: A differential pressure sensor for determining the differential pressure between two pressures includes a converter chamber including a differential pressure measuring cell, and a measuring unit including a main body and a coplanar double-membrane system with two double membranes, each including a separating membrane and an overload membrane with a pressure chamber between the separating membrane and the overload membrane and an additional pressure chamber between the overload membrane and the main body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2025
    Assignee: Endress+Hauser SE+Co. KG
    Inventors: Thomas Uehlin, Florian Gutmann, Alexander Beck, Igor Getman, Benjamin Mack, Michael Noack, Michael Hügel
  • Publication number: 20250237542
    Abstract: A decoupling unit for a device for determining and/or monitoring a process variable of a medium includes a sensor unit having a mechanically vibratable unit and a drive/receiving unit, which is configured to excite the vibratable unit to vibrate using an electrical excitation signal, to receive the vibrations of the vibratable unit, and to convert the vibrations into an electrical reception signal. The decoupling unit includes a tubular body, wherein a first end region is configured to connect to the sensor unit of the device and a second end region is configured to connect to a further component of the device, in particular an extension element, or a housing of an electronics system of the device, and wherein a wall thickness of the tubular body is variable along a longitudinal axis of the tubular body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2022
    Publication date: July 24, 2025
    Inventors: Benjamin Mack, Jan Schleiferböck, Sergey Lopatin, Peter Wimberger, Markus Franzke, Tobias Brengartner
  • Publication number: 20250198870
    Abstract: A pressure measuring transducer for determining and/or monitoring pressure of a medium, comprises a measuring unit and, arranged in the measuring unit, a first pressure sensor which is supplied on a first face with the pressure of the medium and on a second face with a second pressure, and an isolating diaphragm system having a first isolating diaphragm and a second isolating diaphragm which each have an axisymmetric deflection, on which is superimposed a non-axisymmetric, especially antisymmetric, deflection, for achieving a volume change in a pressure chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2024
    Publication date: June 19, 2025
    Inventors: Timo Kober, Dietmar Leuthner, Benjamin Mack, Joachim Neuhaus, Franz Schneider, Sylwester Szymanski, Jan Lukas Wiemer
  • Publication number: 20240068896
    Abstract: A differential pressure transducer with overload protection includes a measuring element body, two separating diaphragms, two overload diaphragms with radially variable material thickness h(r), a differential pressure transducer for converting a pressure difference into an electrical signal, and two hydraulic paths. The overload diaphragms are connected to the measuring element body to form overload chambers and the separating diaphragms are connected to the measuring element body to form separating diaphragm chambers in which one of the overload diaphragms are enclosed. The separating diaphragm chambers are hydraulically connected to the overload chambers below the other separating diaphragm chamber and to the differential pressure transducer via one of the hydraulic paths, which extend at least in sections through the measuring element body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2021
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Inventors: Thomas Uehlin, Igor Getman, Benjamin Mack
  • Publication number: 20240068895
    Abstract: A differential pressure sensor for determining the differential pressure between two pressures includes a converter chamber including a differential pressure measuring cell, and a measuring unit including a main body and a coplanar double-membrane system with two double membranes, each including a separating membrane and an overload membrane with a pressure chamber between the separating membrane and the overload membrane and an additional pressure chamber between the overload membrane and the main body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2020
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Inventors: Thomas Uehlin, Florian Gutmann, Alexander Beck, Igor Getman, Benjamin Mack, Michael Noack, Michael Hügel
  • Publication number: 20230221288
    Abstract: A device for determining and/or monitoring a process variable of a medium includes a sensor unit having a mechanically oscillatable unit, a first piezoelectric element, a unit for determining and/or monitoring a temperature of the medium and an electronic system. The device is designed to excite the mechanically oscillatable unit and to receive the mechanical oscillations of the oscillatable unit, to convert them into a first receiving signal, to emit a transmission signal and to receive a second receiving signal, wherein the electronic system is designed to determine the process variable based on the first and/or second receiving signal. The unit for determining and/or monitoring the temperature includes a first and a second temperature sensor arranged at a distance from one another, and the electronic system is designed to determine the temperature of the medium based on a first and/or second temperature receiving signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2021
    Publication date: July 13, 2023
    Inventors: Julia Rosenheim, Tobias Brengartner, Jan Schleiferböck, Benjamin Mack, Pablo Ottersbach
  • Patent number: 11360012
    Abstract: Disclosed is an apparatus for determining a process variable of a medium in a containment, comprising a first oscillatory element and a second oscillatory element, a first driving/receiving unit and a second driving/receiving unit, and an electronics, wherein the first driving/receiving unit is embodied to excite the first oscillatory element by means of a first electrical excitation signal to execute mechanical oscillations, and to receive the mechanical oscillations of the first oscillatory element and to convert such into a first electrical, received signal, wherein the second driving/receiving unit is embodied to excite the second oscillatory element by means of a second electrical excitation signal to execute mechanical oscillations, and to receive the mechanical oscillations of the second oscillatory element and to convert such into a second electrical, received signal, and wherein the electronics is embodied to determine the process variable from the first received signal and/or the second received sig
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: ENDRESS+HAUSER SE+CO. KG
    Inventors: Benjamin Mack, Tobias Brengartner
  • Patent number: 11255714
    Abstract: An Apparatus for determining and/or monitoring at least one process variable of a medium in a container, comprising: a mechanically oscillatable unit a driving/receiving unit for exciting the mechanically oscillatable unit to execute mechanical oscillations by means of an electrical, exciting signal and for receiving and transducing the mechanical oscillations into an electrical, received signal a control unit, which is embodied to produce the exciter signal starting from the received signal and to set a predeterminable phase shift between the exciter signal and the received signal, an electromagnetically oscillatable unit, an active element for producing and/or maintaining electromagnetic oscillations in the electromagnetically oscillatable unit, which active element forms together with the electromagnetically oscillatable unit an oscillator, a coupling unit, which is embodied to tap an output signal from the active element, and an evaluation unit, which evaluation unit is embodied to determine the at least
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2022
    Assignee: ENDRESS+HAUSER SE+CO.KG
    Inventors: Thomas Blodt, Tobias Brengartner, Benjamin Mack, Peter Klofer
  • Publication number: 20200340896
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an apparatus (1) for determining and/or monitoring at least one process variable of a medium (2) in a containment (3), comprising a first oscillatory element (11a) and a second oscillatory element (11b), a first driving/receiving unit (12a) and a second driving/receiving unit (12b), and an electronics (6), wherein the first driving/receiving unit (12a) is embodied to excite the first oscillatory element (11a) by means of a first electrical excitation signal (UE1) to execute mechanical oscillations, and to receive the mechanical oscillations of the first oscillatory element (11a) and to convert such into a first electrical, received signal (UR1), wherein the second driving/receiving unit (12b) is embodied to excite the second oscillatory element (11b) by means of a second electrical excitation signal (UE2) to execute mechanical oscillations, and to receive the mechanical oscillations of the second oscillatory element (11b) and to convert such into a second electrical, received
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2018
    Publication date: October 29, 2020
    Inventors: Benjamin Mack, Tobias Brengartner
  • Patent number: 10458874
    Abstract: A pressure difference sensor for providing a pressure measurement signal, comprising: a pressure difference measuring cell, which is suppliable with first and second pressures and which outputs the pressure measurement signal; first and second ceramic stiffening elements, each of which is joined with the pressure difference measuring cell and has a duct, via which the first, respectively the second, pressure is suppliable to the pressure difference measuring cell; a platform with first and second pressure input openings, each of which extends from a first surface to a second surface of the platform, wherein the pressure input openings are sealed on the first surface, each with its own isolating diaphragm, and first and second pressures tubes, which are arranged between the stiffening elements and the platform, and wherein each of the first pressure tube and the second pressure tube has at least one bend in a region between the platform and a first, respectively second, connecting area of the corresponding pre
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignee: ENDRESS+HAUSER SE+CO.KG
    Inventors: Timo Kober, Benjamin Lemke, Rafael Teipen, Benjamin Mack
  • Patent number: 10107670
    Abstract: An apparatus for determining and/or monitoring at least one process variable of a medium in a container comprising an oscillatable unit for introduction into the container; a housing, wherein the oscillatable unit is connected with the housing such that the oscillatable unit closes the housing terminally; at least one hollow space in the oscillatable unit which is accessible from an inner space formed by the housing; and a driving/receiving unit for exciting the oscillatable unit to execute mechanical oscillations and for receiving the mechanical oscillations and for transducing them into an electrical, received signal. Inventive features including that the driving/receiving unit is present in such a manner in the hollow space and that the hollow space is filled with a potting material in such a manner that the driving/receiving unit is connected via the potting material for force coupling with a wall of the hollow space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2018
    Assignee: ENDRESS+HAUSER SE+CO.KG
    Inventors: Volker Dreyer, Sergej Lopatin, Benjamin Mack, Alexander Muller, Helmut Pfeiffer
  • Publication number: 20180224318
    Abstract: An Apparatus for determining and/or monitoring at least one process variable of a medium in a container, comprising: a mechanically oscillatable unit a driving/receiving unit for exciting the mechanically oscillatable unit to execute mechanical oscillations by means of an electrical, exciting signal and for receiving and transducing the mechanical oscillations into an electrical, received signal a control unit, which is embodied to produce the exciter signal starting from the received signal and to set a predeterminable phase shift between the exciter signal and the received signal, an electromagnetically oscillatable unit, an active element for producing and/or maintaining electromagnetic oscillations in the electromagnetically oscillatable unit, which active element forms together with the electromagnetically oscillatable unit an oscillator, a coupling unit, which is embodied to tap an output signal from the active element, and an evaluation unit, which evaluation unit is embodied to determine the at least
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2016
    Publication date: August 9, 2018
    Inventors: Thomas Blodt, Tobias Brentgartner, Benjamin Mack, Peter Klofer
  • Patent number: 9884476
    Abstract: A method for manufacture of at least one component of a field device for determining or monitoring a process variable, wherein the field device is applied in automation technology and is manufactured from at least one material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2018
    Assignee: Endress + Hauser GmbH + Co. KG
    Inventors: Joachim Albert, Detlev Wittmer, Marc Baret, Thomas Uehlin, Dietmar Spanke, Benjamin Mack
  • Publication number: 20180031434
    Abstract: A pressure difference sensor for providing a pressure measurement signal, comprising: a pressure difference measuring cell, which is suppliable with first and second pressures and which outputs the pressure measurement signal; first and second ceramic stiffening elements, each of which is joined with the pressure difference measuring cell and has a duct, via which the first, respectively the second, pressure is suppliable to the pressure difference measuring cell; a platform with first and second pressure input openings, each of which extends from a first surface to a second surface of the platform, wherein the pressure input openings are sealed on the first surface, each with its own isolating diaphragm, and first and second pressures tubes, which are arranged between the stiffening elements and the platform, and wherein each of the first pressure tube and the second pressure tube has at least one bend in a region between the platform and a first, respectively second, connecting area of the corresponding pre
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2017
    Publication date: February 1, 2018
    Inventors: Timo Kober, Benjamin Lemke, Rafael Teipen, Benjamin Mack
  • Patent number: 9829367
    Abstract: A fill-level measuring device having an oscillatory system, which has at least one external, tubular, oscillatory element and an inner oscillatory element. The outer oscillatory element at least sectionally coaxially surrounds the inner oscillatory element. In an inner space of the inner oscillatory element, a compensation apparatus shiftable in the axial direction and having at least a first locking element, a second locking element and a coupling element is arranged. The locking elements and the coupling element are composed of piezoelectric material, wherein the coupling element, the first locking element and the second locking element are connected with one another, and wherein the first locking element and the second locking element in a resting state are each connected by force interlocking, e.g.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2017
    Assignee: Endress + Hauser GmbH + Co. KG
    Inventors: Helmut Pfeiffer, Benjamin Mack
  • Patent number: 9473070
    Abstract: An apparatus for determining and/or monitoring at least one process variable of a medium, comprising: an oscillatable unit, which has a membrane and at least one oscillatable element, wherein the oscillatable element is secured to the membrane at least in a first securement region and in a second securement region. At least one driving/receiving unit, which excites the oscillatable unit to execute mechanical oscillations and which produces a received signal dependent on the oscillations of the oscillatable unit; and a control/evaluation unit, which evaluates the received signal with reference to the process variable. The apparatus is distinguished by features including that the driving/receiving unit is embodied in such a manner and arranged on a rear face of the membrane facing away from the oscillatable element that the oscillatable element executes torsional oscillations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2016
    Assignee: Endress + Hauser GmbH + Co. KG
    Inventors: Helmut Pfeiffer, Benjamin Mack
  • Publication number: 20160089840
    Abstract: A method for manufacture of at least one component of a field device for determining or monitoring a process variable, wherein the field device is applied in automation technology and is manufactured from at least one material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2015
    Publication date: March 31, 2016
    Inventors: Joachim Albert, Detlev Wittmer, Marc Baret, Thomas Uehlin, Dietmar Spanke, Benjamin Mack
  • Publication number: 20150068300
    Abstract: fill-level measuring device having an oscillatory system, which has at least one external, tubular, oscillatory element and an inner oscillatory element. The outer oscillatory element at least sectionally coaxially surrounds the inner oscillatory element. In an inner space of the inner oscillatory element, a compensation apparatus shiftable in the axial direction and having at least a first locking element, a second locking element and a coupling element is arranged. The locking elements and the coupling element are composed of piezoelectric material, wherein the coupling element, the first locking element and the second locking element are connected with one another, and wherein the first locking element and the second locking element in a resting state are each connected by force interlocking, e.g.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2013
    Publication date: March 12, 2015
    Inventors: Helmut Pfeiffer, Benjamin Mack
  • Publication number: 20140352427
    Abstract: An apparatus for determining and/or monitoring at least one process variable of a medium in a container and comprises an oscillatable unit for introduction into the container, a housing, wherein the oscillatable unit is connected with the housing in such a manner that the oscillatable unit closes the housing terminally, and wherein present in the oscillatable unit is at least one hollow space, which is accessible from an inner space formed by the housing, a driving/receiving unit for exciting the oscillatable unit to execute mechanical oscillations and for receiving the mechanical oscillations and for transducing them into an electrical, received signal. The invention is distinguished by features including that the driving/receiving unit is present in such a manner in the hollow space and the hollow space is filled with a potting material in such a manner that the driving/receiving unit is connected via the potting material for force coupling with a wall of the hollow space.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2012
    Publication date: December 4, 2014
    Inventors: Volker Dreyer, Sergej Lopatin, Benjamin Mack, Alexander Mueller, Helmut Pfeiffer