Patents by Inventor Gerhard Dietz

Gerhard Dietz 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: 9804052
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device and a method for checking the leak tightness of deformable containers. The device comprises a probe that can be brought in contact with a container in a probing motion, a drive unit for the probe, and a measuring apparatus coupled to the drive unit and/or the probe for determining the container leak tightness by evaluating the probing motion. For said device, according to this disclosure, a sensor element adapted to detect motion of the sensor element is arranged on the probe, and that the measuring apparatus coupled to the sensor element is designed to record a time curve of the probing motion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2017
    Assignee: Stratec Control-Systems GmbH
    Inventors: Christian Bernath, Gerhard Dietz, Josef Kirchgessner, Bruno Weik
  • Publication number: 20150226632
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device and a method for checking the leak tightness of deformable containers. The device comprises a probe that can be brought in contact with a container in a probing motion, a drive unit for the probe, and a measuring apparatus coupled to the drive unit and/or the probe for determining the container leak tightness by evaluating the probing motion. For said device, according to this disclosure, a sensor element adapted to detect motion of the sensor element is arranged on the probe, and that the measuring apparatus coupled to the sensor element is designed to record a time curve of the probing motion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2015
    Publication date: August 13, 2015
    Inventors: Christian Bernath, Gerhard Dietz, Josef Kirchgessner, Bruno Weik
  • Patent number: 8904881
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an ultrasound transducer assembly for an ultrasound flowmeter, comprising a one-part or multi-part housing (2), which is provided to be connected to a line carrying the medium to be measured, wherein the ultrasound transducer transmits ultrasound through the housing (2) and the ultrasound transducer assembly has the following features: an ultrasound transducer body (4, 7) with a first main surface on the side facing the medium and a second main surface on the side facing away from the medium, first, preferably planar, contact means for electrically contacting the first main surface of the ultrasound transducer body (4, 7), second, preferably planar, contact means for electrically contacting the second main surface of the ultrasound transducer body (4, 7), wherein the first contact means are located between the ultrasound transducer body (4, 7) and the housing (2), through which ultrasound is to be transmitted, of the ultrasound flowmeter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2014
    Assignee: Hydrometer GmbH
    Inventors: Hans-Michael Sonnenberg, Gerhard Dietz, Harald Kroemer, Wilhelm Oefelein, Tino Hofmann, Axel Schmidt-Schoenian, Roland Horn
  • Publication number: 20130047743
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an ultrasound transducer assembly for an ultrasound flowmeter, comprising a one-part or multi-part housing (2), which is provided to be connected to a line carrying the medium to be measured, wherein the ultrasound transducer transmits ultrasound through the housing (2) and the ultrasound transducer assembly has the following features: an ultrasound transducer body (4, 7) with a first main surface on the side facing the medium and a second main surface on the side facing away from the medium, first, preferably planar, contact means for electrically contacting the first main surface of the ultrasound transducer body (4, 7), second, preferably planar, contact means for electrically contacting the second main surface of the ultrasound transducer body (4, 7), wherein the first contact means are located between the ultrasound transducer body (4, 7) and the housing (2), through which ultrasound is to be transmitted, of the ultrasound flowmeter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2011
    Publication date: February 28, 2013
    Applicant: HYDROMETER GMBH
    Inventors: Hans-Michael Sonnenberg, Gerhard Dietz, Harald Kroemer, Wilhelm Oefelein, Tino Hofmann, Axel Schmidt-Schoenian, Roland Horn