Patents by Inventor Bernward Mahner

Bernward Mahner 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 and apparatus for testing objects
    Publication number: 20030038945
    Abstract: 1. Method and apparatus for testing objects.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2001
    Publication date: February 27, 2003
    Inventor: Bernward Mahner
  • Method and apparatus for testing tires
    Publication number: 20010052259
    Abstract: An apparatus for testing tires performs the following steps: rotating the tire relative to a camera; projecting light sections on a tire surface; capturing projected light sections by the camera at defined rotary positions of the tire relative to the camera; applying signals representing the captured projected light sections to an image processing system; determining the shape of the captured projected light sections by the image processing system; determining the shape of the tire surface from the shape of the captured projected light sections; repeating the above steps for different inflation pressures of the tire; and comparing the determined shapes of the tire surface for different inflation pressures of the tire for determining shape changes of the tire due to changes in the inflation pressure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2001
    Publication date: December 20, 2001
    Inventor: Bernward Mahner