Patents by Inventor Bernhard Eichler

Bernhard Eichler 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).

  • Method for sensing lightning-current parameters at installations having one or more capturing devices and lightning-current diversion paths
    Patent number: 10852339
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for sensing lightning-current parameters at installations comprising a plurality of capturing devices and lightning-current diversion paths, in particular for exposed and/or tall buildings, including wind turbines, by using a plurality of sensors on the lightning-current diversion paths to identify a lightning-current event, and comprising subsequent evaluation of the lightning-current event and the effect of the lightning-current event on the particular installation. According to the invention, a lightning-current detection sensor is formed on each of the capturing devices or each lightning-current diversion path, which lightning-current detection sensor provides a yes/no statement concerning a lightning-current event with respect to the particular capturing device or the particular lightning-current diversion path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2020
    Assignee: DEHN SE + CO KG
    Inventors: Josef Birkl, Bernhard Eichler, Thomas Böhm, Franz Schork
  • METHOD FOR SENSING LIGHTNING-CURRENT PARAMETERS AT INSTALLATIONS HAVING ONE OR MORE CAPTURING DEVICES AND LIGHTNING-CURRENT DIVERSION PATHS
    Publication number: 20180238947
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for sensing lightning-current parameters at installations comprising a plurality of capturing devices and lightning-current diversion paths, in particular for exposed and/or tall buildings, including wind turbines, by using a plurality of sensors on the lightning-current diversion paths to identify a lightning-current event, and comprising subsequent evaluation of the lightning-current event and the effect of the lightning-current event on the particular installation. According to the invention, a lightning-current detection sensor is formed on each of the capturing devices or each lightning-current diversion path, which lightning-current detection sensor provides a yes/no statement concerning a lightning-current event with respect to the particular capturing device or the particular lightning-current diversion path.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2016
    Publication date: August 23, 2018
    Inventors: Josef Birkl, Bernhard Eichler, Thomas Böhm, Franz Schork