Patents by Inventor Guido Mertens

Guido Mertens 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).

  • COMBINATORICS OF DIGITAL OUTPUT DATA FOR AUTONOMOUS DETERMINATION OF PROCESS CYCLES AND OF INDIVIDUAL PROCESS STEPS
    Publication number: 20220147005
    Abstract: An apparatus is provided for automatically determining process steps of a control device. The apparatus includes a measuring device, which is configured to detect a plurality of sequences of switching states of a plurality of input and output signals of the control device and an evaluation device, which is configured to determine combinatorics in the detected plurality of sequences of switching states of the plurality of input and output signals of the control device and to determine the process steps performed by the control device based on the determined combinatorics.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2020
    Publication date: May 12, 2022
    Inventor: Guido Mertens
  • Optical measuring system having a cell holder to accommodate flow through cells of different dimensions in the direction of optical path
    Patent number: 9222883
    Abstract: An optical measuring system includes at least one radiation source, at least one radiation receiver, and at least one flow through cell. The radiation emitted by the at least one radiation source passes at least partially in an optical path between the radiation source and the radiation receiver through the flow through cell and then strikes the at least one radiation receiver. The radiation receiver is embodied to output a signal dependent on the intensity of the radiation striking the radiation receiver, wherein the flow through cell is arranged in a cell holder, which is connected via a first connection interface releasably with the radiation receiver and which is connected via a second connection interface releasably with the radiation source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2015
    Assignee: Endress + Hauser Conducta Gesellschaft für Mess—und Regeltechnik mbH + Co. KG
    Inventors: Michael Weiss, Guido Mertens
  • Self-aligning light source and detector assembly for absorbance measurement
    Patent number: 8542363
    Abstract: Self-aligning light source and detector assembly having a sensor support mounted in a predetermined, fixed position, a light source holder mounted in a predetermined, fixed position relative to the sensor support, a sensor mounted in a fixed position on the sensor support, and a lamp assembly removably mounted to the light source holder in a predetermined position defined by mating surfaces which engage each other and seat the lamp assembly in the predetermined position whenever the lamp assembly is installed in the holder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2013
    Assignee: Endress + Hauser Conducta Inc.
    Inventors: William H. Wynn, Michael Weiss, Guido Mertens
  • Optical Measuring System
    Publication number: 20130187067
    Abstract: An optical measuring system includes at least one radiation source, at least one radiation receiver, and at least one flow through cell. The radiation emitted by the at least one radiation source passes at least partially in an optical path between the radiation source and the radiation receiver through the flow through cell and then strikes the at least one radiation receiver. The radiation receiver is embodied to output a signal dependent on the intensity of the radiation striking the radiation receiver, wherein the flow through cell is arranged in a cell holder, which is connected via a first connection interface releasably with the radiation receiver and which is connected via a second connection interface releasably with the radiation source.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2011
    Publication date: July 25, 2013
    Applicants: Endress+Hauser Conducta Gesellschaft Fur Mess-und Regeltechaft Fur Mess-und Regeltechnik mbH+Co.KG
    Inventors: Michael Weiss, Guido Mertens
  • Self-Aligning Light Source and Detector Assembly
    Publication number: 20120162650
    Abstract: Self-aligning light source and detector assembly having a sensor support mounted in a predetermined, fixed position, a light source holder mounted in a predetermined, fixed position relative to the sensor support, a sensor mounted in a fixed position on the sensor support, and a lamp assembly removably mounted to the light source holder in a predetermined position defined by mating surfaces which engage each other and seat the lamp assembly in the predetermined position whenever the lamp assembly is installed in the holder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2010
    Publication date: June 28, 2012
    Applicant: Endress + Hauser Conducta Inc.
    Inventors: William H. Wynn, Michael Weiss, Guido Mertens