Patents by Inventor Heiner Otten

Heiner Otten 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 apparatus for texture analysis
    Patent number: 4982417
    Abstract: In analyzing the texture of rolled metal sheets and strips by means of X-rays or .gamma.-rays that penetrate them, the total beam emitted by the source of radiation is divided by collimators into several component beams, and each component beam is aimed at a different angle at a component area of the sheet or strip being tested. The diffracted radiation that penetrates the sheet is analyzed in accordance with its energy distribution in detectors and the results are processed in a computer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 1989
    Date of Patent: January 1, 1991
    Assignee: Hoesch Stahl AG
    Inventors: Hermann J. Kopineck, Heiner Otten, Hans-Joachim Bunge
  • Apparatus for measuring the thickness profile of rolled strips
    Patent number: 4759046
    Abstract: To determine the thickness profile of rolled metal sheets by measuring the absorption of X-rays a slit diaphragm is used which is rotatable about the imaginary center axis of the X-ray tube, the rotation consisting of a reciprocating movement lying in a range of less than 36.degree.. Between the reversal points of the rotation the rotational movement takes place in steps with rest intervals lying therebetween.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 1986
    Date of Patent: July 19, 1988
    Assignee: Hoesch Stahl Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Hermann-Josef Kopineck, Wolfgang Bottcher, Eduard Antpusat, Heiner Otten