Patents by Inventor Bernhard Thobe

Bernhard Thobe 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).

  • Measuring device, and conductivity measuring device, for determining flow capacities of electroconductive liquids, measuring element, and method
    Patent number: 7905144
    Abstract: A measuring device for determining flow capacities d(V(z)) of electroconductive liquids having a conductivity LF through a container in the event of vertically (z direction) variable levels. The inventive measuring device is a conductivity measuring device comprising, inter alia, at least two electrodes extending in the z direction. The container and/or the conductivity measuring device is/are embodied in such a way that they can be described by at least one parameter function ƒPI(V(z)) dependent on V(z). At least one of said parameter functions must have an exponential dependence on V(z). A measuring element and a method for determining the total flow capacity d(V).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2011
    Assignee: Brita GmbH
    Inventor: Bernhard Thobe
  • Measuring device, and conductivity measuring device, for determining flow capacities of electroconductive liquids, measuring element, and method.
    Publication number: 20090146670
    Abstract: A measuring device for determining flow capacities d(V(z)) of electroconductive liquids having a conductivity LF through a container in the event of vertically (z direction) variable levels. The inventive measuring device is a conductivity measuring device comprising, inter alia, at least two electrodes extending in the z direction. The container and/or the conductivity measuring device is/are embodied in such a way that they can be described by at least one parameter function fPI(V(z)) dependent on V(z). At least one of said parameter functions must have an exponential dependence on V(z). A measuring element and a method for determining the total flow capacity d(V).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2006
    Publication date: June 11, 2009
    Applicant: BRITA GMBH
    Inventor: Bernhard Thobe