Patents by Inventor Michael Dieterich
Michael Dieterich 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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Publication number: 20240141539Abstract: A disclosed method for operating a treatment system and to a treatment system for electrophoretic dip coating, more particularly dip painting of a metal workpiece, more particularly of a vehicle body, in a dipping tank filled with a paint, wherein: a relative movement between the workpiece and a bus bar is carried out in the dipping tank; a voltage is applied to the workpiece; and, while the workpiece is in the effective range of at least one bus bar portion of the bus bar, electric current is fed to the workpiece from the at least one bus bar portion at least some of the time. Examples disclosed herein also relate to a treatment system and to a computer program product.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 29, 2022Publication date: May 2, 2024Inventors: Markus RAMSAIER, Michael DIETERICH, Sebastian BROSI, Jens HOFMANN
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Patent number: 11569029Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a field device, comprising: a first inductive interface, at least for transmitting and receiving data, especially for transmitting a value dependent on the measured condition; at least one second interface at least for receiving energy; and a first coupling body comprising the first, inductive interface and the second interface.Type: GrantFiled: July 10, 2020Date of Patent: January 31, 2023Assignee: Endress+Hauser Conducta GmbH+Co. KGInventors: Sebastian Geissler, Ronny Michael, Torsten Pechstein, Stefan Robl, Michael Dieterich
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Patent number: 11385671Abstract: An electronic device comprises a housing with a housing wall; a rotary-push actuator comprising a transmitter element arranged on a first side of the housing wall, a rotary actuator, which is rotatable around an axis of rotation, especially its longitudinal axis, wherein the rotary actuator is arranged on the first side of the housing wall, wherein the rotary actuator comprises at least one first magnetic element, which is arranged away from the axis of rotation; and an evaluation device, which is arranged on a second side of the housing wall, wherein the evaluation device is configured in such a manner that it detects an axial movement of the transmission element and/or a rotational movement of the rotary actuator relative to the evaluation device.Type: GrantFiled: December 7, 2020Date of Patent: July 12, 2022Assignee: ENDRESS+HAUSER CONDUCTA GMBH+CO. KGInventors: Stefan Robl, Michael Dieterich, Marco Bezzon
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Patent number: 11309654Abstract: A field device includes an electronic module with a first electrical terminal, a first electrical plug with a cable clamp for receiving a cable core, wherein the first electrical plug is adapted to be detachably connected to the first electrical terminal of the electronic module, and a cover with a clamping element. A fastening device fastens the cover to the electronic module, with the cover being designed in a way that when the cover is fastened to the electronic module by the fastening device and the first electrical plug is connected to the first electrical terminal of the electronic module, the cover, together with the electronic module, forms a first chamber and encloses the first electrical plug in the first chamber, wherein the clamping element is arranged in a way that the clamping element prevents the first electrical plug from detaching from the first electrical terminal of the electronic module.Type: GrantFiled: October 21, 2020Date of Patent: April 19, 2022Assignee: Endress+Hauser Conducta GmbH+Co. KGInventors: Stefan Robl, Michael Dieterich
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Patent number: 11116093Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a wing hinge for a field device housing, including: a first wing having a first and a second holding device, the first holding device configured to connect to the field device housing and to move the first wing about a first axis; a second wing having a third and a fourth holding device, the third holding device configured to connect to the second holding device and to move the second wing relative to the first wing about a second axis, wherein the fourth holding device is connectable to a housing cover as to move the housing cover relative to the second wing about a third axis; and a tensioning element in contact with the first wing and the second wing and configured to move the first wing relative to the second wing about the second axis from a first position into a second position.Type: GrantFiled: December 17, 2019Date of Patent: September 7, 2021Assignee: Endress+Hauser Conducta GmbH+Co. KGInventors: Michael Dieterich, Thomas Baumgartner
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Publication number: 20210173424Abstract: The present disclosure discloses an electronic device comprising a housing with a housing wall; a rotary-push actuator comprising a transmitter element arranged on a first side of the housing wall, a rotary actuator, which is rotatable around an axis of rotation, especially its longitudinal axis, wherein the rotary actuator is arranged on the first side of the housing wall, wherein the rotary actuator comprises at least one first magnetic element, which is arranged away from the axis of rotation; and an evaluation device, which is arranged on a second side of the housing wall, wherein the evaluation device is configured in such a manner that it detects an axial movement of the transmission element and/or a rotational movement of the rotary actuator relative to the evaluation device.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 7, 2020Publication date: June 10, 2021Inventors: Stefan Robl, Michael Dieterich, Marco Bezzon
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Publication number: 20210126396Abstract: A field device includes an electronic module with a first electrical terminal, a first electrical plug with a cable clamp for receiving a cable core, wherein the first electrical plug is adapted to be detachably connected to the first electrical terminal of the electronic module, and a cover with a clamping element. A fastening device fastens the cover to the electronic module, with the cover being designed in a way that when the cover is fastened to the electronic module by the fastening device and the first electrical plug is connected to the first electrical terminal of the electronic module, the cover, together with the electronic module, forms a first chamber and encloses the first electrical plug in the first chamber, wherein the clamping element is arranged in a way that the clamping element prevents the first electrical plug from detaching from the first electrical terminal of the electronic module.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 21, 2020Publication date: April 29, 2021Inventors: Stefan Robl, Michael Dieterich
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Patent number: 10739294Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a modular measuring system including a sensor element designed to be inserted into a process connection arranged in a pipe wall or container wall, and a transmitter unit that serves to process and/or transmit electronic and/or electrical signals representing the measured variable and generated by the sensor element, wherein the transmitter unit can be connected mechanically to the process connection by a coupling unit, wherein the coupling unit is arranged on an end region facing the process connection of the transmitter unit, and wherein the coupling unit can be mechanically connected to the process connection and mechanically disconnected from the process connection such that a latching element of the coupling unit arranged inside the coupling unit carries out a relative movement in relation to a counter body that can be connected mechanically to the latching element and that is arranged in the process connection.Type: GrantFiled: July 18, 2018Date of Patent: August 11, 2020Assignee: Endress+Hauser Conducta GmbH+Co. KGInventors: Stefan Robl, Michael Dieterich
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Publication number: 20200196464Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a protective module for a modular protective housing. The protective module includes a base plate having a peripheral edge defined by a first edge region, a second edge region, a third edge region opposite the first, and a fourth edge region opposite the second, wherein a first connecting element is arranged on the first edge region, wherein a second connecting element is arranged on the second edge region; wherein a third connecting element is arranged on the third edge region and configured such that the third connecting element is connectable to the first connecting element of another protective module, and wherein a fourth connecting element is arranged on the fourth edge region and configured such that the fourth connecting element is connectable to the second interconnecting element of a further protective module.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 17, 2019Publication date: June 18, 2020Inventors: Roman Griesser, Michael Dieterich
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Publication number: 20200196469Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a wing hinge for a field device housing, including: a first wing having a first and a second holding device, the first holding device configured to connect to the field device housing and to move the first wing about a first axis; a second wing having a third and a fourth holding device, the third holding device configured to connect to the second holding device and to move the second wing relative to the first wing about a second axis, wherein the fourth holding device is connectable to a housing cover as to move the housing cover relative to the second wing about a third axis; and a tensioning element in contact with the first wing and the second wing and configured to move the first wing relative to the second wing about the second axis from a first position into a second position.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 17, 2019Publication date: June 18, 2020Inventors: Michael Dieterich, Thomas Baumgartner
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Patent number: 10609830Abstract: The invention relates to an interface module for a device unit, comprising a communication unit suitable for being communicatively connected to an electronics module of the device unit, the communication unit being suitable for enabling the input of information by a user and/or the output of information to a user; a holding element suitable for being fastened to the electronics module; and a connection connecting the communication unit and the holding element to one another, wherein the connection is a joint, and the communication unit is movable relative to the holding element between a first folding position and a second folding position by means of the joint.Type: GrantFiled: September 16, 2019Date of Patent: March 31, 2020Assignee: Endress+Hauser Conducta GmbH+Co. KGInventors: Stefan Robl, Michael Dieterich
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Publication number: 20200099777Abstract: The invention relates to an interface module for a device unit, comprising a communication unit suitable for being communicatively connected to an electronics module of the device unit, the communication unit being suitable for enabling the input of information by a user and/or the output of information to a user; a holding element suitable for being fastened to the electronics module; and a connection connecting the communication unit and the holding element to one another, wherein the connection is a joint, and the communication unit is movable relative to the holding element between a first folding position and a second folding position by means of the joint.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 16, 2019Publication date: March 26, 2020Inventors: Stefan Robl, Michael Dieterich
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Patent number: 10602629Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a protective housing for a control unit. The protective housing includes at least one resizable cover element having at least two cover plates that are displaceable relative to one another and define a first cover area for protecting at least a first side of the control unit, and a displacement device suitable for displacing the at least two cover plates of the resizable cover element relative to one another so that the first cover area is changed.Type: GrantFiled: May 9, 2019Date of Patent: March 24, 2020Assignee: Endress+Hauser Conducta GmbH+Co. KGInventors: Stefan Robl, Michael Dieterich
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Publication number: 20190350097Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a protective housing for a control unit. The protective housing includes at least one resizable cover element having at least two cover plates that are displaceable relative to one another and define a first cover area for protecting at least a first side of the control unit, and a displacement device suitable for displacing the at least two cover plates of the resizable cover element relative to one another so that the first cover area is changed.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 9, 2019Publication date: November 14, 2019Inventors: Stefan Robl, Michael Dieterich
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Publication number: 20190025239Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a modular measuring system including a sensor element designed to be inserted into a process connection arranged in a pipe wall or container wall, and a transmitter unit that serves to process and/or transmit electronic and/or electrical signals representing the measured variable and generated by the sensor element, wherein the transmitter unit can be connected mechanically to the process connection by a coupling unit, wherein the coupling unit is arranged on an end region facing the process connection of the transmitter unit, and wherein the coupling unit can be mechanically connected to the process connection and mechanically disconnected from the process connection such that a latching element of the coupling unit arranged inside the coupling unit carries out a relative movement in relation to a counter body that can be connected mechanically to the latching element and that is arranged in the process connection.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 18, 2018Publication date: January 24, 2019Inventors: Stefan Robl, Michael Dieterich
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Patent number: 9988729Abstract: In order to provide a coating facility for coating workpieces, which includes a dip tank, into which the workpieces are introducible in order to coat them, a current conversion system for providing a coating current, which is feedable through the dip tank to coat the workpieces, and an electrode, which is configured to be arranged in the dip tank and which is electrically connected to the current conversion system, which coating facility is configured to be flexibly and reliably operated, it is proposed that the current conversion system comprises a current conversion unit, which includes a power switch and an isolating transformer, the power switch being connectable on the input side to a supply current source and being connected on the output side to the isolating transformer and the isolating transformer being connected on the input side to the power switch and on the output side to an electrode.Type: GrantFiled: June 3, 2014Date of Patent: June 5, 2018Assignee: Dürr Systems AGInventors: Alfred Pregenzer, Michael Dieterich
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Publication number: 20140291158Abstract: In order to provide a coating facility for coating workpieces, which includes a dip tank, into which the workpieces are introducible in order to coat them, a current conversion system for providing a coating current, which is feedable through the dip tank to coat the workpieces, and an electrode, which is configured to be arranged in the dip tank and which is electrically connected to the current conversion system, which coating facility is configured to be flexibly and reliably operated, it is proposed that the current conversion system comprises a current conversion unit, which includes a power switch and an isolating transformer, the power switch being connectable on the input side to a supply current source and being connected on the output side to the isolating transformer and the isolating transformer being connected on the input side to the power switch and on the output side to an electrode.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 3, 2014Publication date: October 2, 2014Applicant: Dürr Systems GmbHInventors: Alfred Pregenzer, Michael Dieterich
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Patent number: 7959770Abstract: In order to provide an electrocoating plant for coating workpieces, in particular vehicle bodies, comprising at least one immersion bath, in which at least one electrode is disposed, a conveying device, which brings the workpieces into the immersion bath and out of the immersion bath again, and a power supply device, which generates from an a.c. input voltage an output voltage, in particular a d.c.Type: GrantFiled: June 19, 2007Date of Patent: June 14, 2011Assignee: Durr Systems GmbHInventors: Helmut Kohler, Ralf Schurer, Michael Dieterich
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Publication number: 20070261953Abstract: In order to provide an electrocoating plant for coating workpieces, in particular vehicle bodies, comprising at least one immersion bath, in which at least one electrode is disposed, a conveying device, which brings the workpieces into the immersion bath and out of the immersion bath again, and a power supply device, which generates from an a.c. input voltage an output voltage, in particular a d.c.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 19, 2007Publication date: November 15, 2007Applicant: DURR SYSTEMS GMBHInventors: Helmut KOHLER, Ralf SCHURER, Michael DIETERICH