Patents by Inventor Helmut Ruoff

Helmut Ruoff 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: 9787883
    Abstract: A testing device for carrying out investigations on a test body, which testing device comprises a rail guide with a slide unit coupled to a drive unit for acceleration, on which slide unit the test body is arranged, wherein the drive unit is connected to a control unit and at least one image capturing unit is provided for capturing image data of the test body. The at least one image capturing unit is arranged on a further slide unit, which is arranged on a further rail guide running parallel to the rail guide of the slide unit of the test body, wherein the further slide unit of the at least one image capturing unit comprises a separate drive unit for accelerating the further slide unit, which drive unit is connected to the control unit. Further, embodiments of the invention relate to a use of such a testing device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2017
    Assignee: Frontone GmbH
    Inventors: Klaus Matlschweiger, Michael Roller, Bernhard Glaser, Helmut Ruoff
  • Publication number: 20160119511
    Abstract: A testing device for carrying out investigations on a test body, which testing device comprises a rail guide with a slide unit coupled to a drive unit for acceleration, on which slide unit the test body is arranged, wherein the drive unit is connected to a control unit and at least one image capturing unit is provided for capturing image data of the test body. The at least one image capturing unit is arranged on a further slide unit, which is arranged on a further rail guide running parallel to the rail guide of the slide unit of the test body, wherein the further slide unit of the at least one image capturing unit comprises a separate drive unit for accelerating the further slide unit, which drive unit is connected to the control unit. Further, embodiments of the invention relate to a use of such a testing device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2014
    Publication date: April 28, 2016
    Inventors: Klaus Matlschweiger, Michael Roller, Bernhard Glaser, Helmut Ruoff