Patents by Inventor Joern Jacob

Joern Jacob 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: 10175129
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for determining a pressure measurement signal in a capacitive pressure measurement cell which comprises a main body and a measurement membrane that is arranged on the front of said main body. Electrodes are arranged on said main body and measurement membrane and form a measurement capacitance in a region of the measurement membrane which has a high degree of pressure sensitivity, and form a reference capacitance in a region of the measurement membrane which has a lower degree of pressure sensitivity, said measurement capacitance and reference capacitance being determined independently of one another, the pressure measurement signal being determined in a first measurement range from the measurement capacitance and the reference capacitance, in accordance with the first evaluation, and said pressure measurement signal being determined in a second measurement range from the reference capacitance in accordance with a second evaluation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2019
    Assignee: VEGA GRIESHABER KG
    Inventors: Jörn Jacob, Bernhard Weller
  • Patent number: 9958352
    Abstract: The invention is a pressure-measuring cell comprising a measuring cell body, a measuring membrane arranged on the front face of the measuring cell body by means of a joining structure, wherein the measuring cell body and the measuring membrane each have at least one measuring electrode, which electrodes form a measuring capacitor, and at least one support element provided on the measuring membrane and/or the measuring cell body within the joining structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2018
    Assignee: Vega Grieshaber KG
    Inventor: Jörn Jacob
  • Patent number: 9739678
    Abstract: The invention describes a pressure transducer having a pressure measuring cell, a position sensor, and an analysis device which has at least one signal processing device and a position correction device for the purpose of determining a position error, wherein the at least one position sensor is arranged in a stationary position relative to the pressure measuring cell, and the position sensor is electrically connected to the position correction device, wherein a first signal is provided by the signal processing device, said signal being determined from a signal provided by the pressure measuring cell, wherein a second signal is provided by the position sensor, and wherein an output signal is provided by the position correction device, determined from the first and the second signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2017
    Assignee: VEGA GRIESHABER KG
    Inventor: Joern Jacob
  • Publication number: 20170234748
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for determining a pressure measurement signal in a capacitive pressure measurement cell which comprises a main body and a measurement membrane that is arranged on the front of said main body. Electrodes are arranged on said main body and measurement membrane and form a measurement capacitance in a region of the measurement membrane which has a high degree of pressure sensitivity, and form a reference capacitance in a region of the measurement membrane which has a lower degree of pressure sensitivity, said measurement capacitance and reference capacitance being determined independently of one another, the pressure measurement signal being determined in a first measurement range from the measurement capacitance and the reference capacitance, in accordance with the first evaluation, and said pressure measurement signal being determined in a second measurement range from the reference capacitance in accordance with a second evaluation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2014
    Publication date: August 17, 2017
    Inventors: Jörn Jacob, Bernhard Weller
  • Patent number: 9638598
    Abstract: The invention relates to a capacitive pressure transducer for measuring the pressure of a medium adjacent to the pressure transducer, which has a resilient measuring diaphragm, of which the first side is at least partially in contact with the medium and of which the second side, which faces away from the medium, comprises a measuring electrode and, for measuring a temperature, a resistance element made of a material having a temperature dependent resistance. Furthermore, the pressure transducer has a base body, which is arranged to oppose the second side of the measuring diaphragm, with a counter electrode, which forms a measuring capacitance with the measuring electrode. According to the invention, the resistance element is formed as a resistive layer disposed between the second side of the measuring diaphragm and the measuring electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2017
    Assignee: VEGA GRIESHABER KG
    Inventors: Josef Fehrenbach, Jörn Jacob
  • Patent number: 9606015
    Abstract: A measuring cell having a measuring cell body and a measuring diaphragm mounted on the measuring cell body, with the measuring diaphragm in direct contact with a measurement environment, so that when the measuring cell is used, as intended, in at least one measurement section of a top surface of the diaphragm that is covered in an anti-stick coating and faces the measurement environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignee: VEGA GRIESHABER KG
    Inventor: Joern Jacob
  • Publication number: 20160341621
    Abstract: The invention is a pressure-measuring cell comprising a measuring cell body, a measuring membrane arranged on the front face of the measuring cell body by means of a joining structure, wherein the measuring cell body and the measuring membrane each have at least one measuring electrode, which electrodes form a measuring capacitor, and at least one support element provided on the measuring membrane and/or the measuring cell body within the joining structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2014
    Publication date: November 24, 2016
    Inventor: Jörn Jacob
  • Publication number: 20160231188
    Abstract: The invention describes a pressure transducer having a pressure measuring cell, a position sensor, and an analysis device which has at least one signal processing device and a position correction device for the purpose of determining a position error, wherein the at least one position sensor is arranged in a stationary position relative to the pressure measuring cell, and the position sensor is electrically connected to the position correction device, wherein a first signal is provided by the signal processing device, said signal being determined from a signal provided by the pressure measuring cell, wherein a second signal is provided by the position sensor, and wherein an output signal is provided by the position correction device, determined from the first and the second signals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2016
    Publication date: August 11, 2016
    Inventor: Joern Jacob
  • Patent number: 9341531
    Abstract: The invention describes a pressure transducer having a pressure measuring cell, a position sensor, and an analysis device which has at least one signal processing device and a position correction device for the purpose of determining a position error, wherein the at least one position sensor is arranged in a stationary position relative to the pressure measuring cell, and the position sensor is electrically connected to the position correction device, wherein a first signal is provided by the signal processing device, said signal being determined from a signal provided by the pressure measuring cell, wherein a second signal is provided by the position sensor, and wherein an output signal is provided by the position correction device, determined from the first and the second signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2016
    Assignee: Vega Grieshaber KG
    Inventor: Joern Jacob
  • Publication number: 20160025582
    Abstract: The invention relates a capacitive pressure transducer for measuring the pressure of a medium adjacent to the pressure transducer, which has a resilient measuring diaphragm, of which the first side is at least partially in contact with the medium and of which the second side, which faces away from the medium, comprises a measuring electrode and, for measuring the temperature, a resistance element made of a material having a temperature dependent resistance. Furthermore, the pressure transducer has a base body, which is arranged opposite the second side of the measuring diaphragm, with a counter electrode, which forms a measuring capacitance with the measuring electrode. According to the invention, the resistance element is formed as a resistive layer between the second side of the measuring diaphragm and the measuring electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2014
    Publication date: January 28, 2016
    Inventors: Josef FEHRENBACH, Jörn JACOB
  • Publication number: 20160003700
    Abstract: The invention relates to a pressure measurement cell, which has an installation assembly. The installation assembly has a metal bottom and a peripheral metal wall. The pressure measurement cell has a measurement membrane on the front side, which measurement membrane is arranged at the bottom in the installation assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2014
    Publication date: January 7, 2016
    Inventor: Joern JACOB
  • Patent number: 9136462
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a conductive adhesive bond assembly consisting of a piezoactuator and a printed circuit board that are connected by at least one adhesive connection, with at least one electrical connection created by an electrically conductive adhesive between a first connection contact on the printed circuit board and between a second connection contact on the piezoactuator, whereby the connection contacts face in the same direction and the adhesive connection takes place through an opening in one of the components.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2015
    Assignee: VEGA GRIESHABER KG
    Inventors: Joern Jacob, Holger Gruhler
  • Publication number: 20150226625
    Abstract: The invention describes a pressure transducer having a pressure measuring cell, a position sensor, and an analysis device which has at least one signal processing device and a position correction device for the purpose of determining a position error, wherein the at least one position sensor is arranged in a stationary position relative to the pressure measuring cell, and the position sensor is electrically connected to the position correction device, wherein a first signal is provided by the signal processing device, said signal being determined from a signal provided by the pressure measuring cell, wherein a second signal is provided by the position sensor, and wherein an output signal is provided by the position correction device, determined from the first and the second signals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2014
    Publication date: August 13, 2015
    Inventor: Joern Jacob
  • Patent number: 9087651
    Abstract: A vibration limit switch system and related method is provided with a piezoelectric transmitting- and/or receiving unit, in operable connection with a membrane that can be put in oscillation, and a mechanical oscillation arrangement that is coupled to the membrane, whereby the piezoelectric transmitting- and/or receiving unit is adhered directly, or via an adaptation layer by an adhesive layer, to the membrane 4. In this improvement, the adhesive layer between the membrane and the transmitting-and/or receiving unit or the adaptation layer has a thickness in an edge area R which thickness is elevated in comparison to a central area Z. This thickness is arranged in differing geometries and amounts to further improve performance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2015
    Assignee: VEGA GRIESHABER KG
    Inventors: Martin Mellert, Joern Jacob, Holger Gruhler
  • Publication number: 20150177087
    Abstract: A measuring cell comprising a measuring cell body and a measuring diaphragm, mounted on the measuring cell body, wherein the measuring diaphragm is in direct contact with a measurement environment, when the measuring cell is used, as intended, in at least one measurement section of a top surface of the diaphragm that faces the measurement environment, wherein an anti-stick coating is disposed on at least the measurement section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2014
    Publication date: June 25, 2015
    Inventor: Joern Jacob
  • Patent number: 8800378
    Abstract: The invention is for a method and apparatus for a pressure measuring cell for measuring a metered pressure, with a base body having at least one base body electrode and with a membrane body connected to the base body to form a sensor chamber, which has at least one membrane electrode and can be subjected to the pressure of a medium that is below the measurement pressure, wherein both the wall of the sensor chamber that is formed by the base body and the wall of the sensor chamber that is formed by the membrane body is covered with a protective layer; according to the invention, the protective layer is fashioned as a glass layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2014
    Assignee: VEGA Grieshaber KG
    Inventors: Thomas Kopp, Jörn Jacob, Martin Mellert, Josef Fehrenbach, Thomas Deck
  • Patent number: 8661892
    Abstract: Filling-level measurement device with a housing and a measurement cell arranged inside the housing, wherein the measurement cell comprises an essentially cylindrical measurement cell body, which comprises a membrane arranged crosswise relative to a longitudinal axis of the measurement cell body, wherein the measurement cell is mounted in the housing by a circumferential sealing element, which is arranged between the measurement cell body and the housing, wherein the sealing element is arranged in axial direction of the measurement cell in such a way that a measurement signal emitted by the measurement cell is independent from a compression of the sealing element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2014
    Assignee: Vega Grieshaber KG
    Inventor: Joern Jacob
  • Publication number: 20130313084
    Abstract: A vibration limit switch system and related method is provided with a piezoelectric transmitting- and/or receiving unit, in operable connection with a membrane that can be put in oscillation, and a mechanical oscillation arrangement that is coupled to the membrane, whereby the piezoelectric transmitting- and/or receiving unit is adhered directly, or via an adaptation layer by an adhesive layer, to the membrane 4. In this improvement, the adhesive layer between the membrane and the transmitting-and/or receiving unit or the adaptation layer has a thickness in an edge area R which thickness is elevated in comparison to a central area Z. This thickness is arranged in differing geometries and amounts to further improve performance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2012
    Publication date: November 28, 2013
    Inventors: Martin Mellert, Joern Jacob, Holger Gruhler
  • Patent number: 8316715
    Abstract: The invention is a vibration sensor with a carrying element capable of being set into vibration; a conversion device having a field coil to set and/or tap the carrying element into vibration; an anchor mounted in the field coil; and, a vibration element to transmit the vibrations from the carrying element into/from a surrounding space. The anchor is designed as two parts, having a permanent magnet and a coil core connected to the field coil, with an air gap arranged therebetween and lying in the area of the axial extension of the field coil. The permanent magnet is connected to the carrying element to transmit vibrations; and, the field coil and the permanent magnet are arranged to interact in such a way that any vibration of the permanent magnet induces current flow in the field coil and/or induces vibration of the permanent magnet in the field coil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2012
    Assignee: Vega Grieshaber KG
    Inventors: Joern Jacob, Holger Gruhler, Josef Fehrenbach, Martin Mellert, Frank Becherer
  • Publication number: 20120194035
    Abstract: An arrangement consisting of a piezoactuator and a printed circuit board that are connected by at least one adhesive connection, with at least one electrical connection created by an electrically conductive adhesive between a first connection contact on the printed circuit board and between a second connection contact on the piezoactuator, whereby the connection contacts face in the same direction and the adhesive connection takes place through an opening in one of the components.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2011
    Publication date: August 2, 2012
    Applicant: VEGA Grieshaber KG
    Inventors: Joern JACOB, Holger GRUHLER