Patents by Inventor Michael Hugel
Michael Hugel 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: 12085466Abstract: A pressure gauge for measuring a pressure includes: a pressure measuring cell; a rotationally symmetric sensor bushing configured to accept the pressure measuring cell; a rotationally symmetrical process connection for releasably attaching the pressure gauge to a measuring point; a process seal to prevent the process medium entering the pressure gauge; the process connection and/or the sensor bushing having multiple individual recesses configured such that the individual recesses together form a fluidic path group of multiple fluidic individual paths extending parallel to one another, by means of which, in the event that the process seal fails, the process medium is conducted from a sealing plane for the process seal to at least one opening visible from the outside when the pressure gauge is in an installed state, the individual recesses configured such that a total cross-sectional area of the recesses forming the path group has a predefined minimal cross-sectional area.Type: GrantFiled: September 24, 2020Date of Patent: September 10, 2024Assignee: Endress+Hauser SE+Co. KGInventor: Michael Hügel
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Patent number: 12050145Abstract: A relative-pressure sensor for determining a pressure of a medium in relation to an atmospheric pressure includes a housing; a measuring element arranged in the housing, wherein the pressure to be measured acts upon an outer surface of the measuring element in contact with the medium; a reference-pressure supply, which supplies an inner surface of the measuring element with atmospheric pressure in the form of ambient air, an evaluation unit, which determines the pressure of the medium from a variable determined using the measuring element; and at least one drying chamber arranged in the housing for taking up atmospheric humidity from the ambient air supplied through the reference-pressure supply. A bushing can be pressed into the housing and has a capillary-type groove, which is helical at least in sections and runs around the bushing.Type: GrantFiled: November 20, 2020Date of Patent: July 30, 2024Assignee: ENDRESS+HAUSER SE+CO. KGInventors: Michael Hügel, Nils Ponath, Armin Rupp, Frank Volz
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Patent number: 12038339Abstract: A relative-pressure sensor determines the pressure of a medium in relation to an atmospheric pressure. The sensor includes a housing having a measuring element located in the housing, wherein the pressure to be measured acts upon an outer surface of the measuring element. The surface is in contact with the medium. The sensor also includes a reference-pressure supply, which supplies an inner surface of the measuring element with atmospheric pressure in the form of ambient air, and an evaluation unit, which determines the pressure of the medium from a variable determined using the measuring element. A drying chamber takes-up atmospheric humidity from the ambient air that is supplied via the reference-pressure supply. The drying chamber has a drying module comprising a container and a humidity-adsorbing material that is completely surrounded by the container.Type: GrantFiled: November 20, 2020Date of Patent: July 16, 2024Inventors: Michael Hügel, Frank Volz, Nils Ponath, Armin Rupp
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Publication number: 20240068895Abstract: A differential pressure sensor for determining the differential pressure between two pressures includes a converter chamber including a differential pressure measuring cell, and a measuring unit including a main body and a coplanar double-membrane system with two double membranes, each including a separating membrane and an overload membrane with a pressure chamber between the separating membrane and the overload membrane and an additional pressure chamber between the overload membrane and the main body.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 16, 2020Publication date: February 29, 2024Inventors: Thomas Uehlin, Florian Gutmann, Alexander Beck, Igor Getman, Benjamin Mack, Michael Noack, Michael Hügel
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Publication number: 20240060841Abstract: A pressure gauge for measuring a pressure includes: a pressure measuring cell; a rotationally symmetric sensor bushing configured to accept the pressure measuring cell; a rotationally symmetrical process connection for releasably attaching the pressure gauge to a measuring point; a process seal to prevent the process medium entering the pressure gauge; the process connection and/or the sensor bushing having multiple individual recesses configured such that the individual recesses together form a fluidic path group of multiple fluidic individual paths extending parallel to one another, by means of which, in the event that the process seal fails, the process medium is conducted from a sealing plane for the process seal to at least one opening visible from the outside when the pressure gauge is in an installed state, the individual recesses configured such that a total cross-sectional area of the recesses forming the path group has a predefined minimal cross-sectional area.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 24, 2020Publication date: February 22, 2024Inventor: Michael Hügel
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Publication number: 20240044733Abstract: A coplanar differential pressure transducer includes a measuring unit with two separating diaphragms facing the process and a transducer chamber, wherein the measuring unit is configured as a process connection for a hardware interface, wherein, in an end face of a base body of the process connection facing the process, is a disk-shaped recess downstream of each separating diaphragm, each disk-shaped recess having different radii, which intersect in an ellipsoidal structure, wherein two insert disks corresponding to each ellipsoidal disk-shaped recess are mountable in the ellipsoidal disk-shaped recesses and are configured such that the process connection can be adapted to the hardware interface of a customer connection.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 26, 2021Publication date: February 8, 2024Inventors: Thomas Uehlin, Michael Hügel, Florian Gutmann
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Publication number: 20230012816Abstract: A relative-pressure sensor determines the pressure of a medium in relation to an atmospheric pressure. The sensor includes a housing having a measuring element located in the housing, wherein the pressure to be measured acts upon an outer surface of the measuring element. The surface is in contact with the medium. The sensor also includes a reference-pressure supply, which supplies an inner surface of the measuring element with atmospheric pressure in the form of ambient air, and an evaluation unit, which determines the pressure of the medium from a variable determined using the measuring element. A drying chamber takes-up atmospheric humidity from the ambient air that is supplied via the reference-pressure supply. The drying chamber has a drying module comprising a container and a humidity-adsorbing material that is completely surrounded by the container.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 20, 2020Publication date: January 19, 2023Inventors: Michael Hügel, Frank Volz, Nils Ponath, Armin Rupp
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Publication number: 20220412830Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a relative-pressure sensor for determining a pressure of a medium in relation to an atmospheric pressure, the sensor comprising a housing; a measuring element arranged in the housing, wherein the pressure to be measured acts upon an outer surface of the measuring element, said surface being in contact with the medium; a reference-pressure supply, which supplies an inner surface of the measuring element with atmospheric pressure in the form of ambient air; an evaluation unit, which determines the pressure of the medium from a variable determined using the measuring element; and at least one drying chamber arranged in the housing for taking up atmospheric humidity from the ambient air supplied through the reference-pressure supply. Here, a bushing is provided, which can be pressed into the housing and has a capillary-type groove, which is helical at least in sections and runs around the bushing.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 20, 2020Publication date: December 29, 2022Inventors: Michael Hügel, Nils Ponath, Armin Rupp, Frank Volz
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Patent number: 11340126Abstract: A corrosion protection element is described, with which in simple and cost effective manner a reliable corrosion protection of field devices can be provided, which field devices comprise at least one component of stainless steel in contact with an environment of the field device. Corrosion protection elements of the invention are distinguished by features including that they are embodied as sacrificial anodes comprising iron or rustable steel and have a form, which is embodied in such a manner that they can be applied to the component of the field device in such a manner that the sacrificial anode is in electrically conducting contact with the component.Type: GrantFiled: June 19, 2018Date of Patent: May 24, 2022Assignee: Endress+Hauser SE+Co. KGInventors: Sergey Lopatin, Thomas Uehlin, Michael Hügel
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Patent number: 11300469Abstract: The present disclosure discloses process seals having a form retaining core and a coating of a thermoplastic sealing material for pressure sensors. The process seals can be replaced in simple manner, especially essentially without loss of measurement accuracy. The process seals are characterized by features including that they are pre-aged in a pre-aging method performable in a reproducible manner and insertable in the pressure sensor as replaceable components, wherein the process seals were clamped during the pre-aging method in a clamping apparatus exerting a clamping force thereon, wherein the clamping apparatus has a clamping geometry surrounding the process seal clamped therein, which is essentially identical to the clamping geometry surrounding the process seal in the pressure sensor.Type: GrantFiled: September 12, 2018Date of Patent: April 12, 2022Assignee: ENDRESS+HAUSER SE+CO. KGInventors: Kristine Bedner, Michael Hügel, Thomas Uehlin, Miriam Volz
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Publication number: 20200333209Abstract: The present disclosure discloses process seals having a form retaining core and a coating of a thermoplastic sealing material for pressure sensors. The process seals can be replaced in simple manner, especially essentially without loss of measurement accuracy. The process seals are characterized by features including that they are pre-aged in a pre-aging method performable in a reproducible manner and insertable in the pressure sensor as replaceable components, wherein the process seals were clamped during the pre-aging method in a clamping apparatus exerting a clamping force thereon, wherein the clamping apparatus has a clamping geometry surrounding the process seal clamped therein, which is essentially identical to the clamping geometry surrounding the process seal in the pressure sensor.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 12, 2018Publication date: October 22, 2020Inventors: Kristine Bedner, Michael Hügel, Thomas Uehlin, Miriam Volz
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Publication number: 20200200632Abstract: A corrosion protection element is described, with which in simple and cost effective manner a reliable corrosion protection of field devices can be provided, which field devices comprise at least one component of stainless steel in contact with an environment of the field device. Corrosion protection elements of the invention are distinguished by features including that they are embodied as sacrificial anodes comprising iron or rustable steel and have a form, which is embodied in such a manner that they can be applied to the component of the field device in such a manner that the sacrificial anode is in electrically conducting contact with the component.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 19, 2018Publication date: June 25, 2020Inventors: Sergey Lopatin, Thomas Uehlin, Michael Hügel
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Patent number: 10533912Abstract: A flange-set for a pressure difference measuring transducer with two flanges mountable on external sides of a measuring mechanism of the pressure difference measuring transducer lying opposite one another and containing membranes to be loaded with pressures, as well as a pressure difference measuring transducer equipped with the flange-set. Each of the flanges comprises: a wall, which in the mounted state covers one of the two membranes of the measuring mechanism and encloses a pressure chamber bordering on such membrane. Arranged on a first side of the wall is a first process connection, which includes a pressure duct connection region, in which opens a pressure duct extending through the flange to the pressure chamber.Type: GrantFiled: September 20, 2017Date of Patent: January 14, 2020Assignee: ENDRESS+HAUSER SE+CO.KGInventors: Michael Hugel, Thomas Uehlin, Benjamin Lemke
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Patent number: 10330547Abstract: A pressure measuring device, comprising: a pressure measuring cell having a measuring membrane, at least one platform and a pressure chamber formed therebetween. An electrical transducer for transducing a deflection of the measuring membrane into a pressure dependent, primary signal; a cylindrical housing having a measuring cell chamber, in which the pressure measuring cell is arranged, and an end face pressure receipt opening in communication with the pressure duct; and an electronic circuit in the housing for operating the electrical transducer, and for processing the primary signal, and for outputting a measurement signal. The cylinder axis of the pressure measuring cell forms with the cylinder axis of the housing an angle, which amounts to not less than 80°, and which is especially preferably a right angle.Type: GrantFiled: March 19, 2013Date of Patent: June 25, 2019Assignee: ENDRESS+HAUSER SE+CO.KGInventors: Ulfert Drewes, Nils Ponath, Michael Hugel, Thomas Uehlin
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Patent number: 10247631Abstract: A differential pressure measuring cell comprises a measuring membrane; two opposing bodies; and one converter. The measuring membrane is arranged between the opposing bodies and is connected in a pressure-tight manner to the two opposing bodies, forming in each case one measuring chamber. The opposing bodies each have a pressure duct through which a pressure can be made to act upon the respective measuring chamber. The converter is provided in order to convert a deformation of the measuring membrane, which deformation is dependent upon a difference between the pressures, into an electrical signal; wherein the opposing bodies each have a chamber section oriented toward the measuring membrane and a rear wall section oriented away from the measuring membrane with, between these, a decoupling chamber.Type: GrantFiled: June 8, 2015Date of Patent: April 2, 2019Assignee: ENDRESS+HAUSER SE+CO.KGInventors: Ulfert Drewes, Michael Hugel, Nils Ponath, Andreas Rossberg, Elke Schmidt, Thomas Uehlin
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Patent number: 10168241Abstract: A drying module for a relative pressure measuring transducer, which has in the interior of a housing of the measuring transducer a reference pressure supply leading from a relative pressure sensor to an opening in a housing wall of the housing, and which has a connection element, whose inner space is connected via the opening with the reference pressure supply extending in the measuring transducer. The drying module comprises a module housing, which has an inner space, in which a drying means is located, and, extending through the module housing (23), a reference pressure supply, whose first end is contactable with the reference pressure via an opening of the module housing, whose second end is connectable to the reference pressure supply of the measuring transducer via a connection element of the drying module connectable with the connection element of the measuring transducer, and whose inner space in the module housing is in humidity permeable connection with the inner space containing the drying means.Type: GrantFiled: June 8, 2015Date of Patent: January 1, 2019Assignee: ENDRESS+HAUSER SE+CO. KGInventor: Michael Hugel
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Patent number: 10067023Abstract: A differential pressure measuring pickup comprises a measuring pickup body and a differential pressure sensor. The measuring pickup body has a process interfacing surface with a first pressure input opening and a second pressure input opening. The differential pressure sensor can be loaded with a first pressure through the first pressure input opening and with a second pressure through the second pressure input opening. The first pressure input opening is closed by way of a first separating diaphragm and the second pressure input opening is closed by way of a second separating diaphragm. The first separating diaphragm is sealed with respect to the surroundings by way of a first seal, and wherein the second separating diaphragm is sealed with respect to the surroundings by way of a second seal.Type: GrantFiled: January 16, 2015Date of Patent: September 4, 2018Assignee: ENDRESS+HAUSER SE+CO.KGInventors: Michael Hugel, Thomas Uehlin, Christian Hahn
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Patent number: 10048149Abstract: A relative pressure sensor (1) includes a pressure measuring cell (10) having a measuring diaphragm (12), a main body (14) which is connected to said measuring diaphragm, and a the measuring chamber between the measuring diaphragm and main body, a reference pressure being applied to the measuring chamber by a reference pressure channel (18) which runs from a rear face (16) of the main body (14) through the main body (14); a clamping ring (38); and a housing (40) which has at least one housing body (42) with a measuring cell chamber (46), wherein the pressure measuring cell (10) is clamped in the measuring cell chamber (46) by the clamping ring (38).Type: GrantFiled: November 14, 2014Date of Patent: August 14, 2018Assignee: ENDRESS + HAUSER GMBH + CO. KGInventors: Armin Rupp, Raphael Schonhardt, Michael Hugel
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Publication number: 20180087986Abstract: A flange-set for a pressure difference measuring transducer with two flanges mountable on external sides of a measuring mechanism of the pressure difference measuring transducer lying opposite one another and containing membranes to be loaded with pressures, as well as a pressure difference measuring transducer equipped with the flange-set. Each of the flanges comprises: a wall, which in the mounted state covers one of the two membranes of the measuring mechanism and encloses a pressure chamber bordering on such membrane. Arranged on a first side of the wall is a first process connection, which includes a pressure duct connection region, in which opens a pressure duct extending through the flange to the pressure chamber.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 20, 2017Publication date: March 29, 2018Inventors: Michael Hugel, Thomas Uehlin, Benjamin Lemke
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Publication number: 20170160160Abstract: A drying module for a relative pressure measuring transducer, which has in the interior of a housing of the measuring transducer a reference pressure supply leading from a relative pressure sensor to an opening in a housing wall of the housing, and which has a connection element, whose inner space is connected via the opening with the reference pressure supply extending in the measuring transducer. The drying module comprises a module housing, which has an inner space, in which a drying means is located, and, extending through the module housing (23), a reference pressure supply, whose first end is contactable with the reference pressure via an opening of the module housing, whose second end is connectable to the reference pressure supply of the measuring transducer via a connection element of the drying module connectable with the connection element of the measuring transducer, and whose inner space in the module housing is in humidity permeable connection with the inner space containing the drying means.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 8, 2015Publication date: June 8, 2017Inventor: Michael Hugel