Patents by Inventor Jürgen Kiefer

Jürgen Kiefer 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: 11815374
    Abstract: A flow meter for a fluid with a pulsating flow includes a piezo transducer for receiving and converting fluid pulses into electrical pulses, a AC/DC converter circuit for cumulatively storing the pulse energies of the electrical pulses in an energy store, a counter for counting the electrical pulses during a time interval, an evaluation device for determining a pulse parameter indicative of the flow rate of at least one of the electrical pulses and for determining a flow value based on the electrical pulses counted within the time interval and the determined pulse parameter, a communication device for the preferably wireless transmission of the determined flow value and a power supply device for the exclusive power supply of the flow meter with the energy stored in the energy store.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventors: Ralf Huck, Jürgen Kiefer
  • Publication number: 20200256712
    Abstract: A flow meter for a fluid with a pulsating flow includes a piezo transducer for receiving and converting fluid pulses into electrical pulses, a AC/DC converter circuit for cumulatively storing the pulse energies of the electrical pulses in an energy store, a counter for counting the electrical pulses during a time interval, an evaluation device for determining a pulse parameter indicative of the flow rate of at least one of the electrical pulses and for determining a flow value based on the electrical pulses counted within the time interval and the determined pulse parameter, a communication device for the preferably wireless transmission of the determined flow value and a power supply device for the exclusive power supply of the flow meter with the energy stored in the energy store.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 11, 2020
    Publication date: August 13, 2020
    Applicant: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Ralf Huck, Jürgen Kiefer