Patents by Inventor Gerhard Ortner

Gerhard Ortner 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: 9360305
    Abstract: A device for the tactile determination of a surface shape of a measuring object includes a micro probe arm having a stylus tip, the micro probe arm being fastened on an optical fiber having a fiber end, which is mounted in a probe housing, a reference mirror is provided in the probe housing, and an optical measuring device is provided for determining the position of the fiber end in relation to the reference mirror. The contactless interferometric determination of the distance between the fiber end of the optical fiber and the reference mirror attached in the probe housing allows precise determination of the surface shape of the measuring object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Ulrich Lessing, Pawel Drabarek, Gerhard Ortner
  • Publication number: 20140233036
    Abstract: A device for the tactile determination of a surface shape of a measuring object includes a micro probe arm having a stylus tip, the micro probe arm being fastened on an optical fiber having a fiber end, which is mounted in a probe housing, a reference mirror is provided in the probe housing, and an optical measuring device is provided for determining the position of the fiber end in relation to the reference mirror. The contactless interferometric determination of the distance between the fiber end of the optical fiber and the reference mirror attached in the probe housing allows precise determination of the surface shape of the measuring object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2012
    Publication date: August 21, 2014
    Inventors: Ulrich Lessing, Pawel Drabarek, Gerhard Ortner
  • Patent number: 4816117
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for decomposing waste paper in a storage tank (tower) under the effect of chemicals with a high stock concentration (high-consistency stock method), including the rotation of the paper pulp together with dilution and a vigorous extensive disintegration of the waste paper or rags by a slushing rotor in the lowest part of the storage tank (tower).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 1988
    Date of Patent: March 28, 1989
    Assignee: J. M. Voith GmbH
    Inventors: Lothar Pfalzer, Gerhard Ortner