Patents by Inventor Michael Kirst

Michael Kirst 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: 11906335
    Abstract: A measuring system includes: a lumen forming a flow path and a flow obstruction arranged in the flow path for effecting a disturbance in a flowing fluid; a sensor arrangement adapted to produce a first sensor signal and a second sensor signal; and transmitter electronics. The transmitter electronics are adapted to receive both the first and second sensor signals and to convert such into first and second sensor signal sampling sequences approximating the first and second sensor signals, respectively, the transmitter electronics further adapted using a digital adaptive filter to ascertain from the first sampling sequence a filter coefficients set and therewith to form a z-transfer function for filtering the second sampling sequence such that the z-transfer function is determined by the filter coefficients set, the signal filter and the second sampling sequence to produce a wanted signal sequence, to produce therefrom digital measured values representing a measurement variable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: Endress+Hauser Flowtec AG
    Inventor: Michael Kirst
  • Patent number: 11846532
    Abstract: A measuring system comprises a measuring transducer of vibration-type having a tube arrangement, an exciter arrangement, a sensor arrangement, and a measuring system electronics. The measuring system electronics is adapted in a first operating mode to supply current to the oscillation exciters whereby the tube arrangement executes wanted oscillations with an oscillation frequency predetermined by the driver signals and to receive and to evaluate oscillation measurement signals representing oscillatory movements of the wanted oscillations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignee: Endress + Hauser Flowtec AG
    Inventors: Alfred Rieder, Michael Kirst
  • Publication number: 20230392972
    Abstract: A measuring transducer has a vibration element, an electromechanical oscillation exciter, and a sensor for registering mechanical oscillations at a first measuring point and providing oscillation signal representing movements of the vibration element, and a housing for the measuring transducer. The oscillation exciter, the first oscillation sensor and the vibration element are arranged within the housing. The method includes positioning a (test-)magnetic for producing a (test-)magnetic field causing vibration for producing a test signal, using the test signal for ascertaining a characterizing number value, which quantifies an oscillation characterizing number, and comparing the characterizing number value with threshold values for the oscillation characterizing number to detect a disturbance of the measuring system, when the characterizing number value exceeds a corresponding threshold value, or has left a value range bounded by the threshold value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2021
    Publication date: December 7, 2023
    Inventor: Michael Kirst
  • Publication number: 20230358587
    Abstract: The measuring system comprises a vibration-type transducer (10) and electrically coupled measuring system electronics unit (20) for controlling the transducer and evaluating vibration measurement signals provided by the transducer. The exciter arrangement has a vibration exciter (31) which is positioned and aligned such that a drive offset (?E) is no more than 0.5% of the tube length. The measuring system electronics (20) are configured to supply electrical power to the vibration exciter (31) by means of an electrical drive signal (e1) having a temporally-variable electrical current and to provide the drive signal (e1) at least intermittently with a sinusoidal (second useful) current (eN2) having a (second) (AC) frequency, in order to monitor a quality of the measured substance based upon a corresponding (second) useful signal component (s1N2; s2N2) of at least one of the vibration measurement signals (s1, s2).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2021
    Publication date: November 9, 2023
    Inventor: Michael Kirst
  • Publication number: 20230341247
    Abstract: The measuring system comprises a vibration-type transducer (10) and measuring system electronics (20) electrically coupled to the transducer (10) for controlling the transducer and for evaluating vibration measurement signals (s1, s2) provided by the transducer. The exciter assembly comprises a vibration exciter (31) which is designed to convert electrical power with an electrical current that changes over time into mechanical power, in such a way that, at a drive point, formed by the vibration exciter on the tube that is mechanically connected to the vibration exciter, a drive force that changes over time acts on the tube, wherein the vibration exciter (31) is positioned and designed such that a drive offset (?E), namely a smallest distance between a drive cross-sectional area of the tube surrounded by a notional circumferential line of the tube intersecting the drive point and a predefined reference cross-sectional area of the tube, is no more than 3° mm and/or less than 0.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2021
    Publication date: October 26, 2023
    Inventors: Michael Kirst, Alfred Rieder
  • Publication number: 20230341246
    Abstract: A measuring system includes a vibration-type transducer including a tube and measuring system electronics electrically coupled to a vibration exciter and a sensor assembly, wherein at a drive point, the vibration exciter is positioned such that a drive offset is no more than 3 mm and/or less than 0.5% of the tube length, and wherein a vibration node of a second or higher order, lies within the reference cross-sectional area, and wherein the measuring system electronics is configured to both provide a drive signal with a sinusoidal current having a frequency such that the frequency deviates from a resonant frequency of a vibration mode of a second order naturally intrinsic to the tube by less than 1% of the resonant frequency and/or by less than 1 Hz, and to perform a self-diagnosis of the measuring system based on a corresponding signal component of at least one vibration measurement signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2021
    Publication date: October 26, 2023
    Inventor: Michael Kirst
  • Patent number: 11777300
    Abstract: A method for installing a section of heat shrink tubing on a wire. The method utilizes an infeed guide that receives the continuous length of tubing and initially opens the tubing from a compressed condition. The continuous length of tubing is received in a cutting guide and cut to a desired length. After cutting, a pair of spaced support jaws move together to open the cut section of tubing. A funnel having a first opening and a second opening is moved into engagement with the section of tubing such that the second opening is received within the section of tubing. A wire is inserted into the funnel which guides the wire into the cut section of tubing. Once the wire is received within the cut section of tubing, the funnel and support jaws are removed and the wire is removed with the section of support tubing installed thereon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: Artos Engineering Company
    Inventor: Michael A. Kirst
  • Patent number: 11715940
    Abstract: A circular cutting unit for partially cutting one or more layers of a cable or wire along a cutting plane. The circular cutting unit include a knife head including a drive disc and an adjustment disc that are each rotatable about a disc axis. A pair of knife holders that each include a knife blade are pivotally mounted to the drive disc. Relative rotation of the adjustment disc relative to the drive disc causes the knife holders to pivot causing movement of the knife blades toward or away from each other. The circular cutting unit includes a primary drive assembly and an adjustment drive assembly that are each separately operable. The primary drive assembly rotates the knife head at the cutting speed and the adjustment drive assembly rotates the adjustment disc relative to the drive disc.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2023
    Assignee: Komax Holding AG
    Inventors: Michael A. Kirst, Richard Schwartz, Dieter Vischer
  • Publication number: 20230037109
    Abstract: A measuring system comprises a measuring transducer of vibration-type having a tube arrangement, an exciter arrangement, a sensor arrangement, and a measuring system electronics. The measuring system electronics is adapted in a first operating mode to supply current to the oscillation exciters whereby the tube arrangement executes wanted oscillations with an oscillation frequency predetermined by the driver signals, and to receive and to evaluate oscillation measurement signals representing oscillatory movements of the wanted oscillations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2020
    Publication date: February 2, 2023
    Inventors: Alfred Rieder, Michael Kirst
  • Publication number: 20220393447
    Abstract: A circular cutting unit for partially cutting one or more layers of a cable or wire along a cutting plane. The circular cutting unit include a knife head including a drive disc and an adjustment disc that are each rotatable about a disc axis. A pair of knife holders that each include a knife blade are pivotally mounted to the drive disc. Relative rotation of the adjustment disc relative to the drive disc causes the knife holders to pivot causing movement of the knife blades toward or away from each other. The circular cutting unit includes a primary drive assembly and an adjustment drive assembly that are each separately operable. The primary drive assembly rotates the knife head at the cutting speed and the adjustment drive assembly rotates the adjustment disc relative to the drive disc.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2021
    Publication date: December 8, 2022
    Applicant: Komax Holding AG
    Inventors: Michael A. Kirst, Richard Schwartz, Dieter Vischer
  • Patent number: 11150106
    Abstract: A measuring device comprising at least two output units for output of measured values, wherein the output units are optically coupled. The optical coupling effects a lessening of the manufacturing effort as well as a galvanic isolation of the output units.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignee: ENDRESS + HAUSER FLOWTEC AG
    Inventors: Matthias Brudermann, Nikolai Fink, Christoph Schweizer, Michael Kirst
  • Publication number: 20210270661
    Abstract: The measuring-device system comprises two measuring devices and an evaluating- and supply electronics. Each of the measuring devices has a measured variable transducer and a measurement transmitter. Each of the transducers is adapted to react to a measured variable and to provide a corresponding transducer signal. The first measurement transmitter includes an interface circuit both for wired energy supply and for wired signal transmission on a two-wire loop. The second measurement transmitter includes an interface circuit for wired energy supply and a radio unit. The evaluating- and supply electronics feeds electrical power into the two-wire loop during operation. Both measurement transmitters are adapted to draw electrical power from the electrical current loop. Additionally, the first measurement transmitter is adapted to transmit its measurement signal via the electrical current loop to the evaluating- and supply electronics.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2019
    Publication date: September 2, 2021
    Inventor: Michael Kirst
  • Publication number: 20210140804
    Abstract: A measuring system includes: a lumen forming a flow path and a flow obstruction arranged in the flow path for effecting a disturbance in a flowing fluid; a sensor arrangement adapted to produce a first sensor signal and a second sensor signal; and transmitter electronics. The transmitter electronics are adapted to receive both the first and second sensor signals and to convert such into first and second sensor signal sampling sequences approximating the first and second sensor signals, respectively, the transmitter electronics further adapted using a digital adaptive filter to ascertain from the first sampling sequence a filter coefficients set and therewith to form a z-transfer function for filtering the second sampling sequence such that the z-transfer function is determined by the filter coefficients set, the signal filter and the second sampling sequence to produce a wanted signal sequence, to produce therefrom digital measured values representing a measurement variable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2019
    Publication date: May 13, 2021
    Inventor: Michael Kirst
  • Publication number: 20210006058
    Abstract: A system and method for installing a section of heat shrink tubing on a wire is disclosed. The system includes an infeed guide that receives the continuous length of tubing and initially opens the tubing from a compressed condition. The continuous length of tubing is received in a cutting guide and cut to a desired length. After cutting, a pair of spaced support jaws move together to open the cut section of tubing. A funnel having a first opening and a second opening is moved into engagement with the section of tubing such that the second opening is received within the section of tubing. A wire is inserted into the funnel which guides the wire into the cut section of tubing. Once the wire is received within the cut section of tubing, the funnel and support jaws are removed and the wire is removed with the section of support tubing installed thereon.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2020
    Publication date: January 7, 2021
    Applicant: Artos Engineering Company
    Inventor: Michael A. Kirst
  • Patent number: 10802046
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a measurement arrangement including a sensor, an electronics module, a signal cable having a cable circuit, and a superordinate unit. The sensor is releasably pluggable to the electronics module which itself is releasably pluggable to the signal cable. The signal cable is connected with the superordinate unit. The plug connections between the sensor and the electronics module and between the electronics module and the signal cable may be galvanically isolated. The sensor outputs digital data in a first format to the electronics module. The electronics module outputs digital data in a second format to the signal cable. The superordinate unit is configured to receive and to process the digital data in the second format.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2020
    Assignee: Endress+Hauser Conducta GmbH+Co. KG
    Inventor: Michael Kirst
  • Publication number: 20200271475
    Abstract: A measuring device comprising at least two output units for output of measured values, wherein the output units are optically coupled. The optical coupling effects a lessening of the manufacturing effort as well as a galvanic isolation of the output units.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2016
    Publication date: August 27, 2020
    Inventors: Matthias Brudermann, Nikolai Fink, Christoph Schweizer, Michael Kirst
  • Patent number: 10756528
    Abstract: A system and method for installing a section of heat shrink tubing on a wire is disclosed. The system includes an infeed guide that receives the continuous length of tubing and initially opens the tubing from a compressed condition. The continuous length of tubing is received in a cutting guide and cut to a desired length. After cutting, a pair of spaced support jaws move together to open the cut section of tubing. A funnel having a first opening and a second opening is moved into engagement with the section of tubing such that the second opening is received within the section of tubing. A wire is inserted into the funnel which guides the wire into the cut section of tubing. Once the wire is received within the cut section of tubing, the funnel and support jaws are removed and the wire is removed with the section of support tubing installed thereon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2020
    Assignee: Artos Engineering Company
    Inventor: Michael A. Kirst
  • Patent number: 10705055
    Abstract: A measuring transducer comprises two flow dividers having, in each case, two tubular chambers separated from one another and adapted for guiding in- and out flowing fluid, of which each has a chamber floor, in which are formed, in each case, two mutually spaced flow openings communicating with a lumen of the chamber, and as well as a tube arrangement having at least four measuring tubes connected to the flow dividers for guiding flowing fluid with parallel flow. Moreover, the measuring transducer comprises an electromechanical exciter mechanism for exciting mechanical oscillations of the measuring tubes as well as a sensor arrangement for registering oscillatory movements of the measuring tubes and for generating at least two oscillation measurement signals representing oscillations of at least one of the measuring tubes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2020
    Assignee: ENDRESS + HAUSER FLOWTEC AG
    Inventors: Hao Zhu, Alfred Rieder, Wolfgang Drahm, Michael Kirst
  • Patent number: 10615529
    Abstract: The connection apparatus of the invention comprises a platform (200), a plug connector (15) having a plug connector part (19) secured to the platform (200) and electrically connected to the circuit of the field device and a plug connector part (20) connectable with the connection cable and complementary to the first plug connector part (19), as well as a lid (16) held movably relative to the platform (200) for at least partially covering the plug connector (15) formed by connecting the plug connector parts (19, 20).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2020
    Assignee: ENDRESS + HAUSER FLOWTEC AG
    Inventors: Björn Larsson, Timo Kretzler, Alfred Umkehrer, Michael Kirst
  • Patent number: RE49785
    Abstract: A connection apparatus comprises includes: a platform,; a plug connector having a plug connector part secured to the platform and electrically connected to the circuit of the field device and a plug connector part connectable with the a connection cable and complementary to the first plug connector part, as well as; and a lid held movably moveable relative to the platform for at least partially covering the plug connectorformed by connecting the plug connector parts. The lid is swingable between a first end position, in which the lid at least partially covers the plug connector, and a second end position, and is additionally adapted in at least one an open position located between the first end position and the second end position to expose the plug connector such that the plug connector part can be separated from the plug connector part, as well as and, at least in the first end position, to secure the plug connector part connected with the plug connector part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: Endress+Hauser Flowtec AG
    Inventors: Björn Larsson, Timo Kretzler, Alfred Umkehrer, Michael Kirst