Patents by Inventor Jens Kummetz

Jens Kummetz 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: 8997368
    Abstract: A length measuring device for measuring a position in a measuring direction of a first object and a second object displaceable relative to one another. The device includes a hollow profile, a scale and a fastening element. The fastening element includes a first portion designed to fix the scale in stationary fashion in a measuring direction and to fix the first portion in stationary fashion in the measuring direction on the first object to be measured. The fastening element also includes a second portion with which the fastening element is fastened on the hollow profile. The length measuring device further includes a length compensation element provided between the first portion and the second portion of the fastening element, wherein the length compensation element is embodied for enabling motion of the first portion relative to the second portion in the measuring direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2015
    Assignee: Dr. Johannes Heidenhain GmbH
    Inventors: Jens Kummetz, Dirk Geyermann, Martin Seichter
  • Publication number: 20130019489
    Abstract: A length measuring device for measuring a position in a measuring direction of a first object and a second object displaceable relative to one another. The device includes a hollow profile, a scale and a fastening element. The fastening element includes a first portion designed to fix the scale in stationary fashion in a measuring direction and to fix the first portion in stationary fashion in the measuring direction on the first object to be measured. The fastening element also includes a second portion with which the fastening element is fastened on the hollow profile. The length measuring device further includes a length compensation element provided between the first portion and the second portion of the fastening element, wherein the length compensation element is embodied for enabling motion of the first portion relative to the second portion in the measuring direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2012
    Publication date: January 24, 2013
    Inventors: Jens Kummetz, Dirk Geyermann, Martin Seichter
  • Patent number: 8156658
    Abstract: A linear encoder that includes a scale supporting a measurement graduation and an assembly that includes a support. The scale is fastened on the assembly by a fastener, wherein the fastener has a structure that makes a temperature-dependent linear expansion of the support in relation to the scale possible in case of temperature changes. The linear encoder includes a holder in a position in a measuring direction, wherein the holder fastens the scale to a body to be measured by the linear encoder at a fixed point while bypassing the support. In addition, the assembly is fastened by the support on the body to be measured by the linear encoder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2012
    Assignee: Dr. Johannes Heidenhain GmbH
    Inventors: Jens Kummetz, Tim Boye, Martin Seichter, Dirk Geyermann
  • Publication number: 20110067255
    Abstract: A linear encoder that includes a scale supporting a measurement graduation and an assembly that includes a support. The scale is fastened on the assembly by a fastener, wherein the fastener has a structure that makes a temperature-dependent linear expansion of the support in relation to the scale possible in case of temperature changes. The linear encoder includes a holder in a position in a measuring direction, wherein the holder fastens the scale to a body to be measured by the linear encoder at a fixed point while bypassing the support. In addition, the assembly is fastened by the support on the body to be measured by the linear encoder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2010
    Publication date: March 24, 2011
    Inventors: Jens Kummetz, Tim Boye, Martin Seichter, Dirk Geyermann