Patents by Inventor Jan Schleiferbock

Jan Schleiferbock 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).

  • Publication number: 20230301410
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a weather protection cover for a horizontally arranged display unit of a field device of process and automation technology. The weather protection cover includes a protective unit, which is arrangeable in such a manner that at least a first section of the protective unit lies opposite the display unit and at least the first section protects the display unit against weather influences. The weather protection cover includes at least one reflecting component, which is arranged and embodied in such a manner that the reflecting component reflects a display of the display unit, such that the display is observable perpendicularly to the display unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2023
    Publication date: September 28, 2023
    Inventors: Philipp Walser, Philipp Höre, Jan Schleiferböck
  • Publication number: 20230228614
    Abstract: A vibronic sensor used to determine a process variable of a medium in a container comprises a mechanically vibratable unit, a drive/receiving unit, and an electronic unit. The drive/receiving unit excites mechanical vibrations in the mechanically vibratable unit via an electric excitation signal and receives the mechanical vibrations of the mechanically vibratable unit and convert same into an electric reception signal. The electronic unit is designed to generate the excitation signal on the basis of the reception signal and determine the process variable from the reception signal. The electronic unit includes an adaptive filter and is designed to set the filter characteristic of the adapter filter to produce a target phase offset between the excitation and reception signals. The sensor also has a detection unit to determine a phase offset between the excitation signal and the reception signal and/or the amplitude of the reception signal using a quadrature demodulation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2021
    Publication date: July 20, 2023
    Inventors: Tobias Brengartner, Jan Schleiferböck, Benjamin Monse
  • Publication number: 20230221288
    Abstract: A device for determining and/or monitoring a process variable of a medium includes a sensor unit having a mechanically oscillatable unit, a first piezoelectric element, a unit for determining and/or monitoring a temperature of the medium and an electronic system. The device is designed to excite the mechanically oscillatable unit and to receive the mechanical oscillations of the oscillatable unit, to convert them into a first receiving signal, to emit a transmission signal and to receive a second receiving signal, wherein the electronic system is designed to determine the process variable based on the first and/or second receiving signal. The unit for determining and/or monitoring the temperature includes a first and a second temperature sensor arranged at a distance from one another, and the electronic system is designed to determine the temperature of the medium based on a first and/or second temperature receiving signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2021
    Publication date: July 13, 2023
    Inventors: Julia Rosenheim, Tobias Brengartner, Jan Schleiferböck, Benjamin Mack, Pablo Ottersbach
  • Publication number: 20230100159
    Abstract: A device and a method for measuring and/or monitoring at least one process variable of a medium is provided. The device comprises a sensor unit with a mechanically vibrating unit, at least one reflection unit, a piezoelectric element which is attached to the membrane, and an electronic. The device is designed to excite the mechanically vibrating unit to mechanical vibrations using an excitation signal, to receive the mechanical vibrations of the vibrating unit and convert them into a first reception signal, to emit a transmission signal, and to receive a second reception signal. The electronic unit is designed to determine the at least one process variable of the medium based on the first and/or second reception signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2021
    Publication date: March 30, 2023
    Inventors: Sergey Lopatin, Jan Schleiferböck
  • Publication number: 20230070419
    Abstract: A device for determining and/or monitoring at least one process variable of a medium includes a mechanically vibratable unit, a drive/receiver unit and an electronic unit. The drive/receiver unit is designed to excite the mechanically vibratable unit to produce mechanical vibrations using an electrical excitation signal, and to receive the mechanical vibrations of the mechanically vibratable unit and convert them into an electrical reception signal. The electronics unit is designed to generate the excitation signal on the basis of the received signal, to set a frequency of the excitation signal in such a way that there is a predeterminable phase shift between the excitation signal and the received signal, and to determine the at least one process variable on the basis of the received signal, the mechanically vibratable unit comprising a diaphragm, and a surface of the diaphragm facing the process being curved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2021
    Publication date: March 9, 2023
    Inventors: Jan Schleiferböck, Tobias Brengartner, Sergey Lopatin, Julia Rosenheim
  • Publication number: 20230055786
    Abstract: A device for determining and/or monitoring at least one process variable of a medium in a container includes four, rod-shaped elements arranged on a membrane, three piezoelectric elements and an electronics system, wherein one first and one second rod-shaped element are arranged and configured such that they form a mechanically vibratable unit, wherein the device is configured to excite the vibratable unit via an excitation signal to create mechanical oscillations, to receive the mechanical oscillations of the vibratable unit, to convert them into a first received signal, to transmit a transmitted signal, and to receive a second received signal, and wherein the electronics system is configured to determine the at least one process variable based on the first and/or second received signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2021
    Publication date: February 23, 2023
    Inventors: Jan Schleiferböck, Tobias Brengartner, Sergey Lopatin, Julia Rosenheim
  • Publication number: 20220365041
    Abstract: A device and a method for determining and/or monitoring at least one process variable of a medium include a sensor unit having a mechanically oscillatable unit, at least a first piezoelectric element, a temperature detection unit for determining and/or monitoring a temperature of the medium and an electronics unit. The device is embodied to excite the mechanically oscillatable unit by means of an excitation signal such that mechanical oscillations are executed, to receive mechanical oscillations of the oscillatable unit and convert them into a first received signal, to transmit a transmitted signal and to receive a second received signal. The electronics unit is embodied, based on the first and/or second received signal, to determine the at least one process variable and, based on a third received signal received from the temperature detection unit, to determine the temperature of the medium.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2020
    Publication date: November 17, 2022
    Inventors: Jan Schleiferböck, Tobias Brengartner, Sergey Lopatin, Thorsten Springmann, Raphael Kuhnen
  • Publication number: 20220359811
    Abstract: A device and a method for determining and/or monitoring at least one process variable of a medium include a sensor unit having a mechanically oscillatable unit, at least a first piezoelectric element, a conductivity/capacitance detecting unit for determining and/or monitoring a conductivity and/or capacitance of the medium and an electronics unit. The device is embodied to excite the mechanically oscillatable unit by means of an excitation signal such that mechanical oscillations are executed, to receive the mechanical oscillations of the oscillatable unit, to convert them into a first received signal, to transmit a transmitted signal, and to receive a second received signal. The electronics unit is embodied, based on the first and/or second received signal, to determine the at least one process variable of the medium.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2020
    Publication date: November 10, 2022
    Inventors: Raphael Kuhnen, Tobias Brengartner, Sergey Lopatin, Jan Schleiferböck, Thorsten Springmann
  • Publication number: 20220260400
    Abstract: A device and a method for determining and/or monitoring at least one process variable of a medium include a sensor unit having a mechanically oscillatable unit, at least a first piezoelectric element, a pressure detection unit for determining and/or monitoring a pressure, and an electronics unit. The device is embodied to excite the mechanically oscillatable unit by means of an excitation signal such that mechanical oscillations are executed, to receive mechanical oscillations of the oscillatable unit, to convert them into a first received signal, to transmit a transmitted signal and to receive a second received signal. The electronics unit is embodied, based on the first and/or second received signal, to determine the at least one process variable of the medium.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2020
    Publication date: August 18, 2022
    Inventors: Sergey Lopatin, Tobias Brengartner, Jan Schleiferböck, Thorsten Springmann, Raphael Kuhnen
  • Patent number: 11340106
    Abstract: Disclosed is a fill-level measuring device for determining the fill level in a container. The device comprises: a radar module for determining a distance to the surface of the filling material; a 3D camera for capturing at least one region of the surface of the filling material; and an evaluation circuit that is designed to measure a maximum distance and a minimum distance from the captured distance values and to determine the fill level on the basis of the distance, providing that the distance is smaller than the maximum distance value and greater than the minimum distance value. As a result of the redundancy or the verification provided by the 3D camera of the distance calculated by the radar module, the fill-level measuring device according to the invention is therefore more reliable with regard to the miscalculation of an incorrect fill level.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Assignee: ENDRESS+HAUSER SE+CO. KG
    Inventors: Florian Falger, Florian Palatini, Peter Klöfer, Jan Schleiferböck
  • Publication number: 20210364347
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method for determining and/or monitoring at least two different process variables of a medium, wherein a sensor unit is excited to vibrate mechanically by means of an excitation signal, the mechanical vibrations are received from the sensor unit and are converted into a first reception signal, the sensor unit emits a transmission signal and receives a second reception signal, and a first process variable is determined on the basis of the first reception signal and a second process variable is determined on the basis of the second reception signal. Disclosed also is an apparatus configured to carry out a method according to the invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2019
    Publication date: November 25, 2021
    Inventors: Sergey Lopatin, Jan Schleiferböck, Tobias Brengartner
  • Patent number: 10883892
    Abstract: A pressure measurement cell comprises: a ceramic counter body; a ceramic measuring diaphragm which is joined in a pressure-tight manner with the counter body, creating a measurement chamber between the counter body and the measuring diaphragm, by means of a circumferential joint. The measuring diaphragm can be deformed by a pressure to be measured; an electrical converter for converting a pressure-dependent deformation of the measuring diaphragm into an electrical signal; and a temperature transducer for providing at least one electrical signal dependent on a temperature or on a temperature gradient of the pressure measurement cell. The temperature transducer comprises at least one first thermocouple having a galvanic contact between a first conductor with an electrically conductive material and a second conductor with at least one second electrically conductive material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2021
    Assignee: ENDRESS + HAUSER SE+CO. KG
    Inventors: Andreas Rossberg, Nils Ponath, Jan Schleiferbock, Thomas Uehlin
  • Publication number: 20200355537
    Abstract: Disclosed is a fill-level measuring device for determining the fill level in a container. The device comprises: a radar module for determining a distance to the surface of the filling material; a 3D camera for capturing at least one region of the surface of the filling material; and an evaluation circuit that is designed to measure a maximum distance and a minimum distance from the captured distance values and to determine the fill level on the basis of the distance, providing that the distance is smaller than the maximum distance value and greater than the minimum distance value. As a result of the redundancy or the verification provided by the 3D camera of the distance calculated by the radar module, the fill-level measuring device according to the invention is therefore more reliable with regard to the miscalculation of an incorrect fill level.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2019
    Publication date: November 12, 2020
    Inventors: Florian Falger, Palatini Florian, Peter Klöfer, Jan Schleiferböck
  • Publication number: 20180364125
    Abstract: A pressure measurement cell comprises: a ceramic counter body; a ceramic measuring diaphragm which is joined in a pressure-tight manner with the counter body , creating a measurement chamber between the counter body and the measuring diaphragm , by means of a circumferential joint. The measuring diaphragm can be deformed by a pressure to be measured; an electrical converter for converting a pressure-dependent deformation of the measuring diaphragm into an electrical signal; and a temperature transducer for providing at least one electrical signal dependent on a temperature or on a temperature gradient of the pressure measurement cell. The temperature transducer comprises at least one first thermocouple having a galvanic contact between a first conductor with an electrically conductive material and a second conductor with at least one second electrically conductive material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2016
    Publication date: December 20, 2018
    Inventors: Andreas Rossberg, Nils Ponath, Jan Schleiferbock, Thomas Uehlin