Patents by Inventor Merijn Wijnen

Merijn Wijnen 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: 8909500
    Abstract: Method and system for measuring an angle between a first member and a second member under dynamic conditions is provided. A first and second acceleration sensor and an angle measuring device (goniometer) are connected to the first and second member. Under dynamic and static conditions, the angle (?) is measured by the goniometer. Under static conditions, the inclination angle of the first member is measured using the first acceleration sensor and the inclination angle of the second member using the second acceleration sensor and the angle (??) between the first and second members is calculated. Then the deviation is calculated between the angle (?) and the angle (??). An error correction factor is calculated from the deviation between both angles (?,??). The error correction factor is applied to future and/or previous measurements of the angle (?) between the first and second member done by the goniometer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2014
    Assignee: Nederlandse Organisatie voor toegepast-natuurwetenschappelijk onderzoek TNO
    Inventors: Ralf Guillaume Jean Catharina Heijkants, Caroline van der Horst, Merijn Wijnen, Marcus Benedictus Hoppenbrouwers
  • Patent number: 8690421
    Abstract: The invention relates to an apparatus (10) for measuring a temperature of the core of a body for elevated ambient temperatures, comprising a heat stream sensor (14) having a surface adapted to be positioned in contact with a surface S of the body for detecting a body's inwards heat stream, said sensor being thermally insulated on all its other surfaces from the surroundings, a cooling element (15) for cooling the heat stream sensor, a heat buffer (13) being thermally insulated from surroundings and being arranged in a heat conducting communication with the cooling element, a control unit (19) for switching on the cooling element for compensating the body's inwards heat stream and a temperature sensor (20) for measuring the temperature of the body surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2014
    Assignee: Nederlandse Organisatie voor toegepast-natuurwetenschappelijk onderzoek TNO
    Inventors: Merijn Wijnen, Marcus Benedictus Hoppenbrouwers
  • Patent number: 8179528
    Abstract: An assembly including a holder and a fluid-fillable container. The holder is adapted for holding at least the container and includes a system for filling the container with a fluid from a fluid source. The holder further includes a detector for detecting the fluid level inside the container, a light source for at least locally illuminating the interior of the container and an optical detector. The detector is arranged outside the container and for detecting a fluid level inside the container by detecting light scattered inside the container resulting from the light emitted by the light source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2012
    Assignee: Koninklijke Philips Electronics, N.V.
    Inventors: Bartele Hendrik De Vries, Merijn Wijnen, Marcus Benedictus Hoppenbrouwers
  • Publication number: 20100286950
    Abstract: Method and system for measuring an angle between a first member and a second member under dynamic conditions is provided. A first and second acceleration sensor and an angle measuring device (goniometer) are connected to the first and second member. Under dynamic and static conditions, the angle (?) is measured by the goniometer. Under static conditions, the inclination angle of the first member is measured using the first acceleration sensor and the inclination angle of the second member using the second acceleration sensor and the angle (??) between the first and second members is calculated. Then the deviation is calculated between the angle (?) and the angle (??). An error correction factor is calculated from the deviation between both angles (?,??).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2008
    Publication date: November 11, 2010
    Applicant: Nederlandse Organisatie voor toegepast- natuurwetenschappliji onderzoek TNO
    Inventors: Ralf Guillaume Jean Catharina Heijkants, Caroline van der Horst, Merijn Wijnen, Marcus Benedictus Hoppenbrouwers
  • Publication number: 20100202488
    Abstract: The invention relates to an apparatus (10) for measuring a temperature of the core of a body for elevated ambient temperatures, comprising a heat stream sensor (14) having a surface adapted to be positioned in contact with a surface S of the body for detecting a body's inwards heat stream, said sensor being thermally insulated on all its other surfaces from the surroundings, a cooling element (15) for cooling the heat stream sensor, a heat buffer (13) being thermally insulated from surroundings and being arranged in a heat conducting communication with the cooling element, a control unit (19) for switching on the cooling element for compensating the body's inwards heat stream and a temperature sensor (20) for measuring the temperature of the body surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2008
    Publication date: August 12, 2010
    Applicant: Nederlandse Organisatie voor toegepast natuurwetenschappelijk Onderzoek TNO
    Inventors: Merijn Wijnen, Marcus Benedictus Hoppenbrouwers
  • Publication number: 20090211524
    Abstract: Sprinkling head (2) for sprinkling powder (4) on a glass plate (6). The sprinkling head comprises a frame (8) and one or more delivering devices (16) for delivering a powder to the transparent plate. The one or more delivering devices are mechanically coupled to the frame and comprise: a container (17) for containing a pigmented powder; an outlet unit (20) for delivering the power onto the transparent plate, the outlet unit comprising an opening (22) through which the powder is delivered onto the transparent plate; a vibratable feed channel (26) for feeding the powder from the container to the outlet unit when the feed channel is in a vibrational state, in which state the feed channel vibrates with respect to the frame so that the powder is sprinkled, via the opening, onto the plate, and an actuator (28) for bringing the feed channel into the vibrational state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2006
    Publication date: August 27, 2009
    Inventors: Gerardus Titus Van Heck, Stijn Ruud Louis Berden, Merijn Wijnen, Renè Jos Houben