Patents by Inventor Hans-Peter Vollmar

Hans-Peter Vollmar 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).

  • Patent number: 10928178
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for measuring the thickness of non-magnetisable layers (51) on a magnetisable base material (52), the permeability of which is not known, having a measuring probe (11), which has a probe head (17), which comprises a pot core (31) having a first and second coil (36, 37), which lie on a common geometric axis (16), and in which the first and second coils (36, 37) form a first coil pair (38), and which has a bearing calotte (21) in a common axis (16), in which the probe head (17) is placed on the layer (51) to measure the thickness of the layer (51) on the base material (52), wherein a first interaction volume is detected by the first coil pair (38) with a field focusing caused by the pot core (31), a second interaction volume is detected by a second coil par (44) with a first and second coil (42, 43), which is arranged outside the pot core (31) and jointly with the geometric axis (16) without field focusing by the pot core (21), and the detected first and second base material vo
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2021
    Assignee: Helmut Fischer GmbH Institut für Elektronik und Messtechnik
    Inventors: Hans-Peter Vollmar, Helmut Wersal
  • Publication number: 20190178620
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for measuring the thickness of non-magnetisable layers (51) on a magnetisable base material (52), the permeability of which is not known, having a measuring probe (11), which has a probe head (17), which comprises a pot core (31) having a first and second coil (36, 37), which lie on a common geometric axis (16), and in which the first and second coils (36, 37) form a first coil pair (38), and which has a bearing calotte (21) in a common axis (16), in which the probe head (17) is placed on the layer (51) to measure the thickness of the layer (51) on the base material (52), wherein a first interaction volume is detected by the first coil pair (38) with a field focusing caused by the pot core (31), a second interaction volume is detected by a second coil par (44) with a first and second coil (42, 43), which is arranged outside the pot core (31) and jointly with the geometric axis (16) without field focusing by the pot core (21), and the detected first and second base material vo
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2018
    Publication date: June 13, 2019
    Inventors: Hans-Peter Vollmar, Helmut Wersal
  • Patent number: 8393200
    Abstract: The invention relates to an apparatus and a method for measuring mechanical properties of materials using an indenter which has a predetermined geometry, a device for generating force permitting the indenter to penetrate into a material sample surface of an object of measurement, and a device for measuring the penetration depth, wherein, arranged between a force application portion on which the device for generating force is applied and a shaft with an indenter tip facing towards the material surface of the object of measurement, the indenter has at least one micro-mechanical motion actuator by which at least one radial deflection of the shaft with respect to the force absorption portion of the indenter is capable of being activated or detected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2013
    Assignee: Helmut Fischer GmbH, Institut fuer Elektronik und Messtechnik
    Inventors: Bernhard Scherzinger, Hans-Peter Vollmar, Thomas Wolf
  • Publication number: 20100122572
    Abstract: The invention relates to an apparatus and a method for measuring mechanical properties of materials using an indenter which has a predetermined geometry, a device for generating force permitting the indenter to penetrate into a material sample surface of an object of measurement, and a device for measuring the penetration depth, wherein, arranged between a force application portion on which the device for generating force is applied and a shaft with an indenter tip facing towards the material surface of the object of measurement, the indenter has at least one micro-mechanical motion actuator by which at least one radial deflection of the shaft with respect to the force absorption portion of the indenter is capable of being activated or detected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2009
    Publication date: May 20, 2010
    Inventors: Bernhard Scherzinger, Hans-Peter Vollmar, Thomas Wolf