Patents by Inventor Gero Schusser
Gero Schusser 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).
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Patent number: 9310197Abstract: A measuring device and a method for adjusting the measuring device is disclosed. The device includes a first electro-optical component, a second electro-optical component, a beam-shaping optical element, an optics carrier, and a printed circuit board. The optics carrier includes a first receptacle, where the first electro-optical component is mounted in the first receptacle, and a second receptacle, where the beam-shaping optical element is mounted in the second receptacle. The printed circuit board includes a third receptacle, where the second electro-optical component is mounted in the third receptacle. The first electro-optical component and the beam-shaping optical element are adjustable relative to the optics carrier in a direction of a respective optical axis of the first electro-optical component and the beam-shaping optical element and the second electro-optical component is adjustable and fixable in a plane essentially perpendicular to an optical axis of the second electro-optical element.Type: GrantFiled: May 25, 2012Date of Patent: April 12, 2016Assignee: Hilti AktiengesellschaftInventors: Torsten Gogolla, Stefan Tiefenthaler, Helmut Seifert, Gero Schusser
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Patent number: 9261362Abstract: A measuring device for measuring a distance between a reference mark and a target object is disclosed. The device includes a beam source, which is embodied as an electro-optical component and emits a laser beam along an optical axis, a detector, which is embodied as an additional electro-optical component and receives a reception beam reflected and/or scattered by the target object along an optical axis, a beam forming optics, which forms the laser beam and the reception beam along an optical axis, and a beam splitting optics, which deflects the laser beam or the reception beam. An optics carrier is provided with a first receptacle for mounting a first of the electro-optical components and a second receptacle for mounting the beam forming optics. The optics carrier is monolithic.Type: GrantFiled: May 19, 2014Date of Patent: February 16, 2016Assignee: Hilti AktiengesellschaftInventors: Torsten Gogolla, Stefan Tiefenthaler, Roman Steffen, Helmut Seifert, Gero Schusser
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Publication number: 20140253904Abstract: A measuring device for measuring a distance between a reference mark and a target object is disclosed. The device includes a beam source, which is embodied as an electro-optical component and emits a laser beam along an optical axis, a detector, which is embodied as an additional electro-optical component and receives a reception beam reflected and/or scattered by the target object along an optical axis, a beam forming optics, which forms the laser beam and the reception beam along an optical axis, and a beam splitting optics, which deflects the laser beam or the reception beam. An optics carrier is provided with a first receptacle for mounting a first of the electro-optical components and a second receptacle for mounting the beam forming optics. The optics carrier is monolithic.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 19, 2014Publication date: September 11, 2014Applicants: Hilti Aktiengesellschaft, ESW GmbhInventors: Torsten Gogolla, Stefan Tiefenthaler, Roman Steffen, Helmut Seifert, Gero Schusser
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Patent number: 8767188Abstract: A measuring device for measuring a distance between a reference mark and a target object is disclosed. The device includes a beam source, which is embodied as an electro-optical component and emits a laser beam along an optical axis, a detector, which is embodied as an additional electro-optical component and receives a reception beam reflected and/or scattered by the target object along an optical axis, a beam forming optics, which forms the laser beam and the reception beam along an optical axis, and a beam splitting optics, which deflects the laser beam or the reception beam. An optics carrier is provided with a first receptacle for mounting a first of the electro-optical components and a second receptacle for mounting the beam forming optics. The optics carrier is monolithic.Type: GrantFiled: May 25, 2012Date of Patent: July 1, 2014Assignees: Hilti Aktiengesellschaft, ESW GmbHInventors: Torsten Gogolla, Stefan Tiefenthaler, Roman Steffen, Helmut Seifert, Gero Schusser
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Patent number: 8467036Abstract: A laser instrument for electro-optical measurement of the distance of a target object to a reference mark is disclosed. The instrument includes a housing, a measuring device which emits a laser beam and determines a distance value from the receiving beam coming from the target object, an outlet opening to couple out the laser beam from the housing, a display device to display the distance value and an operating device to operate the laser instrument and to start a distance measurement. The display and operating devices are arranged on an upper side of the housing. The outlet opening is arranged in the upper side, in the lower side opposite from the upper side or in a side surface of the housing.Type: GrantFiled: May 28, 2010Date of Patent: June 18, 2013Assignee: Hilti AktiengesellschaftInventors: Torsten Gogolla, Andreas Winter, Helmut Seifert, Gero Schusser
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Publication number: 20130135604Abstract: A measuring device and a method for adjusting the measuring device is disclosed. The device includes a first electro-optical component, a second electro-optical component, a beam-shaping optical element, an optics carrier, and a printed circuit board. The optics carrier includes a first receptacle, where the first electro-optical component is mounted in the first receptacle, and a second receptacle, where the beam-shaping optical element is mounted in the second receptacle. The printed circuit board includes a third receptacle, where the second electro-optical component is mounted in the third receptacle. The first electro-optical component and the beam-shaping optical element are adjustable relative to the optics carrier in a direction of a respective optical axis of the first electro-optical component and the beam-shaping optical element and the second electro-optical component is adjustable and fixable in a plane essentially perpendicular to an optical axis of the second electro-optical element.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 25, 2012Publication date: May 30, 2013Applicant: Hilti AktiengesellschaftInventors: Torsten Gogolla, Stefan Tiefenthaler, Helmut Seifert, Gero Schusser
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Publication number: 20120300190Abstract: A measuring device for measuring a distance between a reference mark and a target object is disclosed. The device includes a beam source, which is embodied as an electro-optical component and emits a laser beam along an optical axis, a detector, which is embodied as an additional electro-optical component and receives a reception beam reflected and/or scattered by the target object along an optical axis, a beam forming optics, which forms the laser beam and the reception beam along an optical axis, and a beam splitting optics, which deflects the laser beam or the reception beam. An optics carrier is provided with a first receptacle for mounting a first of the electro-optical components and a second receptacle for mounting the beam forming optics. The optics carrier is monolithic.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 25, 2012Publication date: November 29, 2012Applicants: ESW Gmbh, Hilti AktiengesellschaftInventors: Torsten GOGOLLA, Stefan Tiefenthaler, Roman Steffen, Helmut Seifert, Gero Schusser
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Patent number: 8068215Abstract: An electro-optic laser distance meter (1, 1?) has a hand-held housing (2), an electric radiation source (3) for generating a bundled light beam (4), and receiving optics (5) with a photoreceiver (7) for receiving parts of the light beam (4) that is backscattered in a reception beam bundle (9) from a measurement object (8), with the photoreceiver (7) being arranged along the reception axis (E) in the focal point (6), extending in a plane transverse to the reception axis (E), and being partially shadowed inside the reception beam bundle (9) by a polarization filter (10, 10?, 10?, 10??).Type: GrantFiled: December 10, 2008Date of Patent: November 29, 2011Assignee: Hilti AktiengesellschaftInventors: Torsten Gogolla, Andreas Winter, Helmut Seifert, Gero Schusser
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Publication number: 20100309453Abstract: A laser instrument for electro-optical measurement of the distance of a target object to a reference mark is disclosed. The instrument includes a housing, where the housing has an outlet opening to couple out a laser beam from the laser instrument, a measuring device which emits a laser beam and determines a distance value from the receiving beam coming from the target object, a display device to display the distance value, an operating device to operate the laser instrument and to start the distance measurement, and an optical sighting device to align the laser beam on the target object. The direction in which a user looks into the optical sighting device is aligned parallel to the optical axis of the laser beam coupled out of the laser instrument via the outlet opening.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 28, 2010Publication date: December 9, 2010Applicant: Hilti AktiengesellschaftInventors: Torsten Gogolla, Andreas Winter, Helmut Seifert, Gero Schusser
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Publication number: 20100302527Abstract: A laser instrument for electro-optical measurement of the distance of a target object to a reference mark is disclosed. The instrument includes a housing, a measuring device which emits a laser beam and determines a distance value from the receiving beam coming from the target object, an outlet opening to couple out the laser beam from the housing, a display device to display the distance value and an operating device to operate the laser instrument and to start a distance measurement. The display and operating devices are arranged on an upper side of the housing. The outlet opening is arranged in the upper side, in the lower side opposite from the upper side or in a side surface of the housing.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 28, 2010Publication date: December 2, 2010Applicant: Hilti AktiengesellschaftInventors: Torsten GOGOLLA, Andreas WINTER, Helmut SEIFERT, Gero SCHUSSER
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Publication number: 20090153834Abstract: An electro-optic laser distance meter (1, 1?) has a hand-held housing (2), an electric radiation source (3) for generating a bundled light beam (4), and receiving optics (5) with a photoreceiver (7) for receiving parts of the light beam (4) that is backscattered in a reception beam bundle (9) from a measurement object (8), with the photoreceiver (7) being arranged along the reception axis (E) in the focal point (6), extending in a plane transverse to the reception axis (E), and being partially shadowed inside the reception beam bundle (9) by a polarization filter (10, 10?, 10?, 10??).Type: ApplicationFiled: December 10, 2008Publication date: June 18, 2009Inventors: Torsten Gogolla, Andreas Winter, Helmut Seifert, Gero Schusser
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Patent number: 6781675Abstract: An electro-optical distance measuring system (1, 1′) for large measurement ranges having a para-axial arrangement of a beam source (2) with a transmitting optics (3) and a beam receiver, configured as at least one small-area photodiode (4), with an associated receiving optics (5), which contains the processes for signal extension for the lower distance measurement range for distances (X). The beam source (2), the transmitting optics (3), the small-area photodiode (4) and the receiving optics (5) are each oriented with their optical axes (A1, A2) parallel to the measurement light beam (6). The measurement light beam (6) is directed from the transmitting optics (2) to the measurement object and continues to the receiving optics.Type: GrantFiled: March 13, 2003Date of Patent: August 24, 2004Assignee: Hilti AktiengesellschaftInventors: Torsten Gogolla, Andreas Winter, Helmut Seifert, Martin Penzold, Gero Schusser, Dieter Schmidt
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Publication number: 20030218737Abstract: An electro-optical distance measuring system (1, 1′) for large measurement ranges having a para-axial arrangement of a beam source (2) with a transmitting optics (3) and a beam receiver, configured as at least one small-area photodiode (4), with an associated receiving optics (5), which contains the processes for signal extension for the lower distance measurement range for distances (X). The beam source (2), the transmitting optics (3), the small-area photodiode (4) and the receiving optics (5) are each oriented with their optical axes (A1, A2) parallel to the measurement light beam (6). The measurement light beam (6) is directed from the transmitting optics (2) to the measurement object and continues to the receiving optics.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 13, 2003Publication date: November 27, 2003Inventors: Torsten Gogolla, Andreas Winter, Helmut Seifert, Martin Penzold, Gero Schusser, Dieter Schmidt
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Patent number: 6603534Abstract: A laser range finding device is shown which contains a transmitting channel and a receiving channel. The transmitting channel includes a transmitting lens and a laser light, which is positioned at a focal point of the transmitting lens. The receiving channel includes a receiving lens and a photodiode chip array arranged at a focal point of the receiving lens. The photodiode chip array includes a perforated shutter having at least two shutter apertures.Type: GrantFiled: October 12, 2001Date of Patent: August 5, 2003Assignees: Jenoptik Laser, Optik, Systeme GmbH, Hilti AktiengesellschaftInventors: Helmut Seifert, Gero Schusser, Ullrich Krüger, Martin Penzold
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Publication number: 20020093638Abstract: A laser range finding device is shown which contains a transmitting channel and a receiving channel. The transmitting channel includes a transmitting lens and a laser light, which is positioned at a focal point of the transmitting lens. The receiving channel includes a receiving lens and a photodiode chip array arranged at a focal point of the receiving lens. The photodiode chip array includes a perforated shutter having at least two shutter apertures.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 12, 2001Publication date: July 18, 2002Inventors: Helmut Seifert, Gero Schusser, Ullrich Kruger, Martin Penzold
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Patent number: 6281968Abstract: Laser distance-measuring instrument for large measuring ranges having a transmitting channel and a receiving channel arranged parallel to one another, the receiving lens being a modified single lens comprising a primary lens region with a primary optical reception axis which is aligned parallel to the optical transmission axis, as well as a secondary lens region with a secondary optical reception axis which is inclined to the primary optical reception axis at an angle &agr;, with the result that a primary focal point and a secondary focal point are produced.Type: GrantFiled: October 25, 1999Date of Patent: August 28, 2001Assignee: JENOPTIK AktiengesellschaftInventors: Helmut Seifert, Martin Penzold, Ullrich Krueger, Gero Schusser