Patents by Inventor Levin DIETERLE

Levin DIETERLE 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: 11860023
    Abstract: A radar sensor for measuring a fill level and/or a point level of a product in a container is described, including a sensor configured to emit and/or to receive a radar signal; evaluation circuitry configured to determine a measurement signal; a housing having at least one housing region configured such that the radar signal can be transmitted through the housing region; an adhesive surface including an adhesive material, configured to attach the radar sensor to the container wall, is disposed on the outside of the housing at least along a portion of an outer circumference of the housing region, and a sealing surface including a sealing material configured to at least partially seal the housing region when the radar sensor is attached to the container wall, the sealing surface being disposed on the outside of the housing at least along a portion of the outer circumference of the housing region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: VEGA Grieshaber KG
    Inventor: Levin Dieterle
  • Patent number: 11774277
    Abstract: A radar sensor is provided, including sensor circuitry, electronic evaluation circuitry, communication circuitry, power supply circuitry, and a housing, the sensor circuitry being configured to emit and/or to receive a radar signal through the housing, the housing being configured such that the radar signal can be transmitted through the housing, the electronic evaluation circuitry being configured to detect an object based on the radar signal and/or to determine a distance between the radar sensor and the object, the electronic evaluation circuitry being further configured to determine at least one parameter representative of the detected object and/or of the determined distance, the communication circuitry being configured to wirelessly communicate the at least one parameter through the housing to a receiver, and the housing completely enclosing the sensor circuitry, the electronic evaluation circuitry, the power supply circuitry, and the communication circuitry.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: VEGA Grieshaber KG
    Inventors: Levin Dieterle, Roland Welle
  • Publication number: 20230288244
    Abstract: A vibrating level sensor is provided, including: a mechanically vibrating system configured to sense a medium; an actuator configured to excite the mechanically vibrating system; and an acceleration detector configured to sense vibrations of the mechanically vibrating system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2023
    Publication date: September 14, 2023
    Applicant: VEGA Grieshaber KG
    Inventors: Levin DIETERLE, Joerg BOERSIG
  • Publication number: 20230223704
    Abstract: A radar measuring device with an array antenna for topology detection and a level measurement antenna for fill level measurement. The array antenna is arranged around the level measurement antenna.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2020
    Publication date: July 13, 2023
    Applicant: VEGA GRIESHABER KG
    Inventors: Steffen WAELDE, Roland WELLE, Levin DIETERLE
  • Patent number: 11616285
    Abstract: A measuring device which detects a parameter includes at least one communication device which is arranged for wireless short-range communications with a mobile operating device. The communication device includes one or more two-dimensionally formed coil elements arranged for electromagnetic coupling with at least one coil element of the operating device. At least two regions are provided on a coil element or on different coil elements of the communication device, which have a different normal vector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Assignee: VEGA GRIESHABER KG
    Inventors: Roland Welle, Levin Dieterle, Joerg Boersig, Steffen Waelde, Christian Weinzierle
  • Publication number: 20230032016
    Abstract: A protective device for sealing a sensor device of an intermediate area outside a sensor device attached to a container, a measuring device, a container with a fastening device for fastening a protective device and the use of a protective device for sealing a sensor device of an intermediate area outside a sensor device attached to a container, in particular a level radar sensor arrangement. The protective device comprises a housing and a circumferential seal arranged on a side of the housing intended for abutment against the container or on an outer side of the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2021
    Publication date: February 2, 2023
    Applicant: VEGA GRIESHABER KG
    Inventors: Roland WELLE, Levin DIETERLE
  • Publication number: 20220291331
    Abstract: A measuring device, configured to detect a process variable in a container, is provided, the measuring device including: electronic circuitry with a housing and a sealing abutting the housing, the measuring device being further configured to be arranged in a container opening, and when the measuring device is arranged in the container opening: the sealing is configured to seal the container opening, and the electronic circuitry is arranged below a geometric plane of the sealing. A container including a container opening and the measuring device is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2019
    Publication date: September 15, 2022
    Applicant: VEGA Grieshaber KG
    Inventors: Levin DIETERLE, Roland WELLE, Joerg BOERSIG, Steffen WAELDE, Christian WEINZIERLE
  • Patent number: 11402289
    Abstract: The invention relates to various means for implementing a method for compensating measured values in capacitive pressure measuring cells using a measuring capacity and at least one reference capacity, comprising the following steps: determination of a pressure-induced capacitance change of the reference capacitance as a function of a pressure-induced capacitance change of the measuring capacitance, determination of a thermal shock-induced capacitance change of the reference capacitance as a function of a thermal shock-induced capacitance change of the measuring capacitance, measurement of the measuring capacitance and of the at least one reference capacitance, determination of the thermal shock-induced capacitance change of the measuring capacitance from a combination of the above dependencies, compensation of the measured measuring capacitance by the thermal shock induced capacitance change of the measuring capacitance, and determination and output of the pressure-induced capacitance change or a quantity
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignee: VEGA GRIESHABER KG
    Inventors: Levin Dieterle, Bernhard Weller
  • Publication number: 20220120848
    Abstract: A radar transmitter for process and manufacturing automation, level measurement or level limit determination. The radar transmitter includes a generator adapted to generate microwaves, an antenna connected to the generator and adapted to transmit the microwaves from the generator, and a carrier plate. Here, the antenna, by way of an L-shaped angled component, is arranged substantially perpendicular to a printed circuit board and is configured to transmit the microwaves perpendicular to a surface normal of the printed circuit board.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2020
    Publication date: April 21, 2022
    Applicant: VEGA Grieshaber KG
    Inventors: Daniel SCHULTHEISS, Levin DIETERLE
  • Patent number: 11243108
    Abstract: A radar measuring device for level and/or limit level monitoring is provided, including a radar signal source configured to generate and/or transmit a radar signal, an antenna arrangement configured to direct the radar signal, a plano-convex lens with a plane side configured to face a medium and to focus the radar signal, the radar measuring device being configured such that the plane side rests at least partially on a container surface and such that a contact surface is formed between the plano-convex lens and the container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2022
    Assignee: VEGA GRIESHABER KG
    Inventors: Steffen Waelde, Levin Dieterle
  • Publication number: 20210318159
    Abstract: A radar sensor is provided, including sensor circuitry, electronic evaluation circuitry, communication circuitry, power supply circuitry, and a housing, the sensor circuitry being configured to emit and/or to receive a radar signal through the housing, the housing being configured such that the radar signal can be transmitted through the housing, the electronic evaluation circuitry being configured to detect an object based on the radar signal and/or to determine a distance between the radar sensor and the object, the electronic evaluation circuitry being further configured to determine at least one parameter representative of the detected object and/or of the determined distance, the communication circuitry being configured to wirelessly communicate the at least one parameter through the housing to a receiver, and the housing completely enclosing the sensor circuitry, the electronic evaluation circuitry, the power supply circuitry, and the communication circuitry.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2019
    Publication date: October 14, 2021
    Applicant: VEGA Grieshaber KG
    Inventors: Levin DIETERLE, Roland WELLE
  • Publication number: 20210215525
    Abstract: A battery-operated measuring device with a housing in which a magnetic switch is located is described. An adhesive layer is attached to the outside of the housing, with which the measuring device can be stuck to a desired measuring location. The adhesive layer is covered by a protective film. The protective film is connected to a magnet, so that pulling off the protective film from the adhesive layer is accompanied by removing the magnet from the housing. The removal of the magnet from the housing leads to a switching of the magnetic switch, whereby the power supply of the electronic sensor circuitry of the measuring device is activated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 4, 2019
    Publication date: July 15, 2021
    Applicant: VEGA Grieshaber KG
    Inventors: Levin DIETERLE, Roland WELLE
  • Publication number: 20210123787
    Abstract: A radar measurement device with at least one transmitter to emit electromagnetic waves, the at least one transmitter being arranged inside a housing. The radar measurement device is intended to be securely and lastingly attachable to a flexible wall. For this purpose, at least a portion of the housing has an elastically deformable design. Furthermore, the arrangement of a radar measurement device to a fillable container is described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2020
    Publication date: April 29, 2021
    Inventors: Roland Welle, Levin Dieterle
  • Publication number: 20210036401
    Abstract: A measuring device which detects a parameter includes at least one communication device which is arranged for wireless short-range communications with a mobile operating device. The communication device includes one or more two-dimensionally formed coil elements arranged for electromagnetic coupling with at least one coil element of the operating device. At least two regions are provided on a coil element or on different coil elements of the communication device, which have a different normal vector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2020
    Publication date: February 4, 2021
    Inventors: Roland WELLE, Levin DIETERLE, Joerg BOERSIG, Steffen WAELDE, Christian WEINZIERLE
  • Publication number: 20210031994
    Abstract: A tamper-proof sensor is adapted to be mounted on or in an opening of a container and to detect a process variable in a container. The sensor has a securing device which is designed to detect or prevent the sensor from being removed from the opening of the container.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2020
    Publication date: February 4, 2021
    Inventors: Levin DIETERLE, Fabian WITT
  • Publication number: 20210026001
    Abstract: A radar sensor device including a first radar sensor arrangement configured to measure a fill level of a medium in a container and a second radar sensor arrangement configured to monitor an environment of the radar sensor outside the container.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2020
    Publication date: January 28, 2021
    Applicant: VEGA GRIESHABER KG
    Inventors: Roland WELLE, Joerg BOERSIG, Levin DIETERLE, Steffen WAELDE
  • Publication number: 20200264265
    Abstract: Radar measuring device for factory automation and/or logistics automation with a supply unit for supplying downstream units with energy, a communication unit for receiving data from a superordinate unit and for transmitting data of the measuring device to the superordinate unit, an evaluation and control unit for the control of a downstream high-frequency unit and for the evaluation of measurement data determined by the high-frequency unit, whereby the communication unit is designed as a single-drop interface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2020
    Publication date: August 20, 2020
    Inventors: Daniel Schultheiss, Christian Weinzierle, Roland Welle, Levin Dieterle
  • Publication number: 20200256718
    Abstract: A radar measuring device for level and/or limit level monitoring is provided, including a radar signal source configured to generate and/or transmit a radar signal, an antenna arrangement configured to direct the radar signal, a plano-convex lens with a plane side configured to face a medium and to focus the radar signal, the radar measuring device being configured such that the plane side rests at least partially on a container surface and such that a contact surface is formed between the plano-convex lens and the container.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2020
    Publication date: August 13, 2020
    Applicant: VEGA GRIESHABER KG
    Inventors: Steffen WAELDE, Levin DIETERLE
  • Patent number: 10564026
    Abstract: The invention relates to a fill level measurement device for determining a topology of a bulk material surface, comprising a foldable antenna assembly. The antenna assembly has a folded and an unfolded state. In the folded state, the antenna assembly can be pushed through a relatively small container opening when the measurement device is being fitted to a container. The antenna assembly is unfolded after the measurement device has been attached. This can make fitting less complex.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2020
    Assignee: VEGA GRIESHABER KG
    Inventors: Roland Welle, Levin Dieterle
  • Publication number: 20200041324
    Abstract: A radar sensor for measuring a fill level and/or a point level of a product in a container is described, including a sensor configured to emit and/or to receive a radar signal; evaluation circuitry configured to determine a measurement signal; a housing having at least one housing region configured such that the radar signal can be transmitted through the housing region; an adhesive surface including an adhesive material, configured to attach the radar sensor to the container wall, is disposed on the outside of the housing at least along a portion of an outer circumference of the housing region, and a sealing surface including a sealing material configured to at least partially seal the housing region when the radar sensor is attached to the container wall, the sealing surface being disposed on the outside of the housing at least along a portion of the outer circumference of the housing region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2019
    Publication date: February 6, 2020
    Applicant: VEGA Grieshaber KG
    Inventor: Levin DIETERLE