Patents by Inventor Joerg Eckrich

Joerg Eckrich 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 for determining at least one first internal parameter of a sensor
    Patent number: 8456174
    Abstract: A sensor and method for determining at least one internal parameter for an active sensor in a special mode of operation. The sensor has at least one sensor element, an evaluation circuit, at least two connecting lines, and a changeover module. The sensor is changed over between a normal mode of operation and the special mode of operation by means of the changeover module and is put into the special mode of operation for the purpose of determining the at least one internal parameter. The sensor has an electric offset source which is used in the special mode of operation to at least partially actuate the evaluation circuit on the basis of the supply voltage of the sensor which is applied to the two connecting lines such that the at least one internal parameter of the sensor can be ascertained from the sensor output signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2013
    Assignee: Continental Teves AG & Co. oHG
    Inventors: Joerg Eckrich, Ralf Klausen, Timo Dietz, Wolfgang Fritz, Wolfgang Joeckel
  • METHOD FOR DETERMINING AT LEAST ONE FIRST INTERNAL PARAMETER OF A SENSOR
    Publication number: 20110089930
    Abstract: A sensor and method for determining at least one internal parameter for an active sensor in a special mode of operation. The sensor has at least one sensor element, an evaluation circuit, at least two connecting lines, and a changeover module. The sensor is changed over between a normal mode of operation and the special mode of operation by means of the changeover module and is put into the special mode of operation for the purpose of determining the at least one internal parameter. The sensor has an electric offset source which is used in the special mode of operation to at least partially actuate the evaluation circuit on the basis of the supply voltage of the sensor which is applied to the two connecting lines such that the at least one internal parameter of the sensor can be ascertained from the sensor output signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2009
    Publication date: April 21, 2011
    Inventors: Joerg Eckrich, Ralf Klausen, Timo Dietz, Wolfgang Fritz, Wolfgang Joeckei