Patents by Inventor Dagfin Brodtkorb

Dagfin Brodtkorb 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).

  • Configuration for wire-free supply of electric power to a large number of sensors and/or actuators,sensor or actuator for this purpose and system for a machine having a large number of sensors and/or actuators
    Publication number: 20040072048
    Abstract: A configuration and method for the wire-free supply of electric power to a large number of sensors and/or actuators mounted on a machine includes a micro fuel cell with associated fuel tank integrated into the sensors/actuators and converting the stored fuel, preferably methanol, into electric power to supply the sensor. Also included is a sensor or actuator with such an integrated micro fuel cell and fuel tank. Further included is a system for a machine, in particular an automatic production machine, having a large number of sensors/actuators equipped with a transmitting device and/or receiving device communicating through radio signals with a central transmitting and/or receiving device connected to a process computer belonging to the machine, and a micro fuel cell with associated fuel tank integrated into the sensors/actuators and converting the stored fuel into electric power to supply the sensor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2003
    Publication date: April 15, 2004
    Applicant: ABB Research Ltd.
    Inventors: Guntram Scheible, Jurgen Fuchs, Kai Garrels, Dagfin Brodtkorb, Snorre Kjesbu
  • Configuration for wire-free supply of electric power to a large number of sensors and/or actuatiors, sensor or actuator for this purpose and system for a machine having a large number of sensors and/or actuators
    Publication number: 20020145532
    Abstract: A configuration and method for the wire-free supply of electric power to a large number of sensors and/or actuators mounted on a machine includes a micro fuel cell with associated fuel tank integrated into the sensors/actuators and converting the stored fuel, preferably methanol, into electric power to supply the sensor. Also included is a sensor or actuator with such an integrated micro fuel cell and fuel tank. Further included is a system for a machine, in particular an automatic production machine, having a large number of sensors/actuators equipped with a transmitting device and/or receiving device communicating through radio signals with a central transmitting and/or receiving device connected to a process computer belonging to the machine, and a micro fuel cell with associated fuel tank integrated into the sensors/actuators and converting the stored fuel into electric power to supply the sensor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 26, 2001
    Publication date: October 10, 2002
    Inventors: Guntram Scheible, Jurgen Fuchs, Kai Garrels, Dagfin Brodtkorb, Snorre Kjesbu