Patents by Inventor Gerhard Wicki

Gerhard Wicki 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).

  • Detection of dynamic unbalances of centrifuges
    Patent number: 4491019
    Abstract: In accordance with the invention, a magnetic field sensor is disposed on a stationary part of a centrifuge near an annular member of a rotor and is adapted to detect those variations in a gap which exists between the annular member and the sensor. The variations in the gap arising from deflection and/or precession of the rotor axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 1982
    Date of Patent: January 1, 1985
    Assignee: Kontron Holding A.G.
    Inventors: Gerhard Wicki, Rolf Naff