Patents by Inventor Gottfried Schenk

Gottfried Schenk 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).

  • Method and device for detecting discontinuities in a material region
    Patent number: 7752913
    Abstract: A method and a device for detecting discontinuities in a material region having at least one probe which has a plurality of ultrasonic transducer elements and having an evaluation and control device are proposed, in which the transducer elements are disposed diagonally at an angle to the surface of the material region and are actuated via delay elements in such a manner that a defocusing sound field is beamed in. The received signals of the transducer elements are supplied to a plurality of evaluation modules for parallel and simultaneous further processing for different angle values or angle ranges, the number of evaluation modules corresponding to the different angle values or ranges.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2010
    Assignee: BAM
    Inventors: Thomas Heckel, Gottfried Schenk, Anton Erhard, Gerhard Brekow
  • Method and device for detecting discontinuities in a material region
    Publication number: 20070163348
    Abstract: A method and a device for detecting discontinuities in a material region having at least one probe which has a plurality of ultrasonic transducer elements and having an evaluation and control device are proposed, in which the transducer elements are disposed diagonally at an angle to the surface of the material region and are actuated via delay elements in such a manner that a defocusing sound field is beamed in. The received signals of the transducer elements are supplied to a plurality of evaluation modules for parallel and simultaneous further processing for different angle values or angle ranges, the number of evaluation modules corresponding to the different angle values or ranges.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2006
    Publication date: July 19, 2007
    Inventors: Thomas Heckel, Gottfried Schenk, Anton Erhard, Gerhard Brekow