Patents by Inventor Gianluca Canu

Gianluca Canu 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).

  • Device and method for determining the position of two coupled shafts with respect to each other
    Patent number: 9146101
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device for determining the position of a first shaft (10) and of a second shaft (12) that is joined to the first shaft by means of a coupling (14), with respect to each other, having a first measurement unit being placed on a circumferential surface of the first shaft and a second measurement unit being placed on a circumferential surface of the second shaft, wherein at least one of the two measurement units has means (20) for producing at least one light beam bundle (22) and at least one of the two measurement units has detection means (24, 25, 26) in order to detect the impingement position of the light beam bundle on at least one detection area (24, 25, 26).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2015
    Assignee: PRUFTCHNIK DIETER BUSCH AG
    Inventors: Gianluca Canu, Bernhard Glaser, Volker Konetschny, Martin Wegener
  • DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING THE POSITION OF TWO COUPLED SHAFTS WITH RESPECT TO EACH OTHER
    Publication number: 20140139823
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device for determining the position of a first shaft (10) and of a second shaft (12) that is joined to the first shaft by means of a coupling (14), with respect to each other, having a first measurement unit being placed on a circumferential surface of the first shaft and a second measurement unit being placed on a circumferential surface of the second shaft, wherein at least one of the two measurement units has means (20) for producing at least one light beam bundle (22) and at least one of the two measurement units has detection means (24, 25, 26) in order to detect the impingement position of the light beam bundle on at least one detection area (24, 25, 26).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2013
    Publication date: May 22, 2014
    Applicant: Pruftechnik Dieter Busch AG
    Inventors: Gianluca Canu, Bernhard Glaser, Volker Konetschny, Martin Wegener