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).
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Patent number: 10175129Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: October 17, 2014Date of Patent: January 8, 2019Assignee: VEGA GRIESHABER KGInventors: Jörn Jacob, Bernhard Weller
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Patent number: 9958352Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: June 16, 2014Date of Patent: May 1, 2018Assignee: Vega Grieshaber KGInventor: Jörn Jacob
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Patent number: 9739678Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: April 6, 2016Date of Patent: August 22, 2017Assignee: VEGA GRIESHABER KGInventor: Joern Jacob
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Publication number: 20170234748Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: October 17, 2014Publication date: August 17, 2017Inventors: Jörn Jacob, Bernhard Weller
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Capacitive pressure transducer for measuring the pressure of a medium adjacent to the measuring cell
Patent number: 9638598Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: March 25, 2014Date of Patent: May 2, 2017Assignee: VEGA GRIESHABER KGInventors: Josef Fehrenbach, Jörn Jacob -
Patent number: 9606015Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: October 16, 2014Date of Patent: March 28, 2017Assignee: VEGA GRIESHABER KGInventor: Joern Jacob
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Publication number: 20160341621Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: June 16, 2014Publication date: November 24, 2016Inventor: Jörn Jacob
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Publication number: 20160231188Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: April 6, 2016Publication date: August 11, 2016Inventor: Joern Jacob
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Patent number: 9341531Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: December 8, 2014Date of Patent: May 17, 2016Assignee: Vega Grieshaber KGInventor: Joern Jacob
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Capacitive Pressure Transducer for Measuring the Pressure of a Medium Adjacent to the Measuring Cell
Publication number: 20160025582Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: March 25, 2014Publication date: January 28, 2016Inventors: Josef FEHRENBACH, Jörn JACOB -
Publication number: 20160003700Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: March 25, 2014Publication date: January 7, 2016Inventor: Joern JACOB
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Patent number: 9136462Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: November 22, 2011Date of Patent: September 15, 2015Assignee: VEGA GRIESHABER KGInventors: Joern Jacob, Holger Gruhler
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Publication number: 20150226625Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: December 8, 2014Publication date: August 13, 2015Inventor: Joern Jacob
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Patent number: 9087651Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: November 7, 2012Date of Patent: July 21, 2015Assignee: VEGA GRIESHABER KGInventors: Martin Mellert, Joern Jacob, Holger Gruhler
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Publication number: 20150177087Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: October 16, 2014Publication date: June 25, 2015Inventor: Joern Jacob
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Patent number: 8800378Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: June 13, 2011Date of Patent: August 12, 2014Assignee: VEGA Grieshaber KGInventors: Thomas Kopp, Jörn Jacob, Martin Mellert, Josef Fehrenbach, Thomas Deck
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Patent number: 8661892Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: September 26, 2011Date of Patent: March 4, 2014Assignee: Vega Grieshaber KGInventor: Joern Jacob
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Publication number: 20130313084Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: November 7, 2012Publication date: November 28, 2013Inventors: Martin Mellert, Joern Jacob, Holger Gruhler
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Patent number: 8316715Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: December 1, 2009Date of Patent: November 27, 2012Assignee: Vega Grieshaber KGInventors: Joern Jacob, Holger Gruhler, Josef Fehrenbach, Martin Mellert, Frank Becherer
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Publication number: 20120194035Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: November 22, 2011Publication date: August 2, 2012Applicant: VEGA Grieshaber KGInventors: Joern JACOB, Holger GRUHLER