Patents by Inventor Gehard Rohner

Gehard Rohner 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: 8785860
    Abstract: A sensor part for an infrared sensor, including an IR-sensitive detector (1), at least one reference source (2) emitting IR radiation, and an IR-sensitive reference detector (3) which, in the direction of the incident IR radiation, is at a distance from the detector (1), wherein the at least one reference source (2) is arranged at the side of the reference detector (3), and including a support (5), on the first side (6) of which the detector (1), the at least one reference source (2) and the reference detector (3) are arranged. The support (5) includes a blank made of a flexible material bent in some sections, in particular a blank made of a flexible printed circuit board bent in some sections. The invention achieves the aim of specifying a three-dimensional sensor part for an IR sensor that can be produced by a simple method. The invention further relates to a method for producing a sensor part and to an IR sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2014
    Assignee: Schaeffler Technologies GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Martin Kram, Gehard Rohner