Patents by Inventor Lars Dreher

Lars Dreher 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: 20240175733
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method for commissioning a magneto-inductive flow measuring device having means for producing a magnetic field and at least one measuring electrode pair for sensing a potential difference in a medium. The method includes a settling of the means during a settling time for stabilizing the magnetic field. During the settling time a first voltage time function is applied to the means, wherein after the settling time a measuring time begins, wherein during the measuring time a second voltage time function is applied to the means, wherein the settling time is divided into first time intervals, each of which has a duration, wherein the measuring time is divided into second time intervals, each of which has a duration, wherein an average value of all first interval durations is always less than an average value of all second interval durations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2024
    Publication date: May 30, 2024
    Inventors: Florent Tschambser, Lars Dreher, Fred Kappertz
  • Patent number: 11982554
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method for commissioning a magneto-inductive flow measuring device having means for producing a magnetic field and at least one measuring electrode pair for sensing a potential difference in a medium. The method includes a settling of the means during a settling time for stabilizing the magnetic field. During the settling time a first voltage time function is applied to the means, wherein after the settling time a measuring time begins, wherein during the measuring time a second voltage time function is applied to the means, wherein the settling time is divided into first time intervals, each of which has a duration, wherein the measuring time is divided into second time intervals, each of which has a duration, wherein an average value of all first interval durations is always less than an average value of all second interval durations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: Endress+Hauser Flowtec AG
    Inventors: Florent Tschambser, Lars Dreher, Fred Kappertz
  • Publication number: 20240110819
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a measuring device including a measuring pipe for conducting a flowable medium. The measuring pipe has an inner lateral surface is designed to be, at least in portions, electrically insulating, and at least one monitoring electrode. The at least one monitoring electrode is arranged on the electrically insulating portion of the inner lateral surface in a medium-contacting manner. The measuring device also includes a measuring apparatus for determining a process property of the medium, and an abrasion detection device which is designed to determine at least one variable corresponding to an abrasion of on the at least one monitoring electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2021
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Inventors: Thomas Sulzer, Florent Tschambser, Werner Wohlgemuth, Lars Dreher
  • Publication number: 20230296419
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a process automation field device, comprising: a container for receiving and/or conducting a medium, the container having an outer surface; a measuring apparatus for determining a process variable of the medium; electronic components for operating the measuring apparatus; and a housing including a housing body, wherein: the measuring apparatus and the electronic components are disposed in the housing; the housing body is disposed on the outer surface; the housing body comprises a composite material; the measuring apparatus and the electronic components are at least partly surrounded by the composite material; and the composite material comprises a polymer matrix and an additive, which comprises at least one chemical compound including an oxidized transition metal from the fourth group of the periodic table. The present disclosure also relates to a method for producing the field device and to use of the additive to improve adhesion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2021
    Publication date: September 21, 2023
    Inventors: Florent Tschambser, Lars Dreher, Werner Wohlgemuth, Timothy-James Hug, Thomas Sulzer
  • Publication number: 20220381593
    Abstract: A measuring tube includes a support tube having a metal wall surrounding a lumen, a thermoplastic liner lining the support tube and a sensor element. The liner tube has an outer diameter less than an inner diameter of the support tube, and the wall of the liner tube has a fold, such that both the lumen and a lateral surface of the liner tube have a form deviating from that of a circular cylinder. The lateral surface is curved concavely. The liner tube is positioned in the lumen and heated into a viscoelastic state and deformed such that the wall of the liner tube unfolds and presses against the wall of the support tube, such that the lateral surface is curved convexly. The liner tube is cooled and a shape is formed between the liner tube and support tube for durably securing the liner tube in the support tube.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2020
    Publication date: December 1, 2022
    Inventors: Thomas Sulzer, Florent Tschambser, Lars Dreher
  • Publication number: 20210131844
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method for commissioning a magneto-inductive flow measuring device having means for producing a magnetic field and at least one measuring electrode pair for sensing a potential difference in a medium. The method includes a settling of the means during a settling time for stabilizing the magnetic field. During the settling time a first voltage time function is applied to the means, wherein after the settling time a measuring time begins, wherein during the measuring time a second voltage time function is applied to the means, wherein the settling time is divided into first time intervals, each of which has a duration, wherein the measuring time is divided into second time intervals, each of which has a duration, wherein an average value of all first interval durations is always less than an average value of all second interval durations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2019
    Publication date: May 6, 2021
    Inventors: Florent Tschambser, Lars Dreher, Fred Kappertz
  • Patent number: 10551228
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing an apparatus for measuring flow of a fluid flowing through a measuring tube of metal using the magneto-inductive principle, comprising the method steps as follows: securing first and second collars of metal externally on the measuring tube with an orientation perpendicular to the tube axis of the measuring tube; lining the measuring tube internally with an electrically non-conductive, elastic liner; and altering a measuring section of the measuring tube located at least partially between the first collar and the second collar by means of cold deformation in such a manner that the cross sectional area of the measuring section is reduced compared with the cross sectional area of an inflow section of the measuring tube located upstream from the measuring section and an outflow section of the measuring tube located downstream from the measuring section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2020
    Assignee: ENDRESS + HAUSER FLOWTEX AG
    Inventors: Florent Tschambser, Lars Dreher, Thomas Sulzer
  • Publication number: 20170261356
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing an apparatus for measuring flow of a fluid flowing through a measuring tube of metal using the magneto-inductive principle, comprising the method steps as follows: securing first and second collars of metal externally on the measuring tube with an orientation perpendicular to the tube axis of the measuring tube lining the measuring tube internally with an electrically non-conductive, elastic liner and altering a measuring section of the measuring tube located at least partially between the first collar and the second collar by means of cold deformation in such a manner that the cross sectional area of the measuring section is reduced compared with the cross sectional area of an inflow section of the measuring tube located upstream from the measuring section and an outflow section of the measuring tube located downstream from the measuring section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2015
    Publication date: September 14, 2017
    Inventors: Florent Tschambser, Lars Dreher, Thomas Sulzer