Patents by Inventor Martin Bucher
Martin Bucher 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: 11035744Abstract: A sensor system for positioning, orienting, and/or aligning a sensor assembly to a target object are provided. In some embodiments, the sensor system can include a sensor assembly and a control and processing module coupled to the sensor assembly. The control and processing module can be configured to process signals generate by the sensor assembly. The sensor system can include a mounting assembly configured to receive the sensor assembly and to position the sensor assembly relative to a surface of a target object. The mounting assembly can include a retaining element configured to translate along a first axis.Type: GrantFiled: July 15, 2020Date of Patent: June 15, 2021Assignee: Baker Hughes, a GE Company, LLCInventors: Martin Bucher, David Folkner, Dan Tho Lu, Lysle R. Turnbeaugh, Brian F. Howard
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Publication number: 20200340867Abstract: A sensor system for positioning, orienting, and/or aligning a sensor assembly to a target object are provided. In some embodiments, the sensor system can include a sensor assembly and a control and processing module coupled to the sensor assembly. The control and processing module can be configured to process signals generate by the sensor assembly. The sensor system can include a mounting assembly configured to receive the sensor assembly and to position the sensor assembly relative to a surface of a target object. The mounting assembly can include a retaining element configured to translate along a first axis.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 15, 2020Publication date: October 29, 2020Inventors: Martin Bucher, David Folkner, Dan Tho Lu, Lysle R. Turnbeaugh, Brian F. Howard
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Patent number: 10801901Abstract: Systems, methods, and devices for positioning, orienting, and/or aligning a stress sensor assembly are provided. In some embodiments, a sensor assembly can be received within a retaining element of a sensor mounting assembly. The sensor mounting assembly can include the retaining element, an adjustment mechanism, a first member, a second member, and a third member. The adjustment mechanism can allow the sensor assembly to be displaced linearly in a proximal and/or distal direction. The first and second members can be pivotally coupled to enable the sensor assembly to be rotated about a first axis, and the second and third members can be pivotally coupled to allow the sensor assembly to be rotated about a second axis.Type: GrantFiled: June 27, 2019Date of Patent: October 13, 2020Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Martin Bucher, David Folkner, Dan Tho Lu, Lysle Turnbeaugh, Brian F. Howard
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Publication number: 20200124485Abstract: Systems, methods, and devices for positioning, orienting, and/or aligning a stress sensor assembly are provided. In some embodiments, a sensor assembly can be received within a retaining element of a sensor mounting assembly. The sensor mounting assembly can include the retaining element, an adjustment mechanism, a first member, a second member, and a third member. The adjustment mechanism can allow the sensor assembly to be displaced linearly in a proximal and/or distal direction. The first and second members can be pivotally coupled to enable the sensor assembly to be rotated about a first axis, and the second and third members can be pivotally coupled to allow the sensor assembly to be rotated about a second axis.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 27, 2019Publication date: April 23, 2020Applicant: General Electric CompanyInventors: Martin Bucher, David Folkner, Dan Tho Lu, Lysle Turnbeaugh, Brian F. Howard
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Patent number: 10337934Abstract: Systems, methods, and devices for positioning, orienting, and/or aligning a stress sensor assembly are provided. In some embodiments, a sensor assembly can be received within a retaining element of a sensor mounting assembly. The sensor mounting assembly can include the retaining element, an adjustment mechanism, a first member, a second member, and a third member. The adjustment mechanism can allow the sensor assembly to be displaced linearly in a proximal and/or distal direction. The first and second members can be pivotally coupled to enable the sensor assembly to be rotated about a first axis, and the second and third members can be pivotally coupled to allow the sensor assembly to be rotated about a second axis.Type: GrantFiled: May 26, 2017Date of Patent: July 2, 2019Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Martin Bucher, David Folkner, Dan Tho Lu, Lysle Turnbeaugh, Brian F. Howard
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Publication number: 20180340846Abstract: Systems, methods, and devices for positioning, orienting, and/or aligning a stress sensor assembly are provided. In some embodiments, a sensor assembly can be received within a retaining element of a sensor mounting assembly. The sensor mounting assembly can include the retaining element, an adjustment mechanism, a first member, a second member, and a third member. The adjustment mechanism can allow the sensor assembly to be displaced linearly in a proximal and/or distal direction. The first and second members can be pivotally coupled to enable the sensor assembly to be rotated about a first axis, and the second and third members can be pivotally coupled to allow the sensor assembly to be rotated about a second axis.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 26, 2017Publication date: November 29, 2018Inventors: Martin Bucher, David Folkner, Dan Tho Lu, Lysle Turnbeaugh, Brian F. Howard
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Patent number: 7610901Abstract: A method for detecting the opening of a passive pressure control valve, which conducts fuel from a common rail system back to a fuel tank, in which the rail pressure (pCR) is automatically controlled by calculating a correcting variable for acting on the controlled system from a rail pressure control deviation via a pressure controller, and in which, starting from a steady-state rail pressure in normal operation, a load reduction is detected when the rail pressure exceeds a first limit. Opening of the pressure control valve is detected after the first limit is exceeded if a steady-state operating state is subsequently detected again, and if a characteristic of the closed-loop control system deviates significantly from a reference value.Type: GrantFiled: October 19, 2007Date of Patent: November 3, 2009Assignee: MTU FriedrichshafenInventors: Martin Bucher, Armin Dölker, Volker Wachter, Uwe Kosiedowski
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Patent number: 7451038Abstract: In a method for detecting the opening of a passive pressure limiting valve for releasing fuel from a common rail fuel injection system to a tank with a fuel supply including a throttle wherein, based on a stationary rail pressure present during manual operation, a load reduction is detected when the rail pressure exceeds a first limit value and, as a result, a PWM signal for controlling the suction throttle is temporarily increased, the opening of the pressure limiting valve is recognized if, as a result, the rail pressure exceeds a second limit value and increases still further.Type: GrantFiled: August 23, 2007Date of Patent: November 11, 2008Assignee: MTV Friedrichshafen GmbHInventors: Uwe Kosiedowski, Martin Bucher, Armin Dölker, Volker Wachter
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Publication number: 20080103674Abstract: In a method for detecting the opening of a passive pressure limiting valve for releasing fuel from a common rail fuel injection system to a tank with a fuel supply including a throttle wherein, based on a stationary rail pressure present during manual operation, a load reduction is detected when the rail pressure exceeds a first limit value and, as a result, a PWM signal for controlling the suction throttle is temporarily increased, the opening of the pressure limiting valve is recognized if, as a result, the rail pressure exceeds a second limit value and increases still further.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 23, 2007Publication date: May 1, 2008Inventors: Uwe Kosiedowski, Martin Bucher, Armin Dolker, Volker Wachter
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Publication number: 20080092852Abstract: A method for detecting the opening of a passive pressure control valve, which conducts fuel from a common rail system back to a fuel tank, in which the rail pressure (pCR) is automatically controlled by calculating a correcting variable for acting on the controlled system from a rail pressure control deviation via a pressure controller, and in which, starting from a steady-state rail pressure in normal operation, a load reduction is detected when the rail pressure exceeds a first limit. Opening of the pressure control valve is detected after the first limit is exceeded if a steady-state operating state is subsequently detected again, and if a characteristic of the closed-loop control system deviates significantly from a reference value.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 19, 2007Publication date: April 24, 2008Inventors: Martin Bucher, Armin Dolker, Volker Wachter, Uwe Kosiedowski