Patents by Inventor Michael Pirolt

Michael Pirolt 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).

  • ULTRASONIC TRANSDUCER, METHOD FOR OPERATING AN ULTRASONIC TRANSDUCER, AND METHOD FOR MEASURING DISTANCE
    Publication number: 20260309868
    Abstract: In an embodiment an ultrasonic transducer includes an actuator, a damper, a detector, an adapter and a membrane, wherein the actuator is configured to excite the membrane to emit an ultrasonic wave, wherein the damper is configured to dampen a ringing of the membrane occurring after excitation by a damping signal, wherein the detector is configured to detect an amplitude of the ringing of the membrane, and wherein the adaptor is configured to determine the damping signal based on the detected amplitude of the ringing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2024
    Publication date: October 8, 2026
    Inventors: Johannes Kofler, Michael Pirolt, Abdelouahid Zakriti, Martina Lucchi, Amira Hedhili
  • SENSOR STRUCTURE
    Publication number: 20250269405
    Abstract: In an embodiment a sensor structure for arrangement on a body includes a substrate in which at least one emitter and at least one receiver are integrated such that the substrate at least partially encloses the emitter and the receiver and only one emission surface of the emitter and only one detection surface of the receiver are free of the substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2023
    Publication date: August 28, 2025
    Inventors: Philipp Seebacher, Mikel Gorostiaga Altuna, Dominik Taferner, Stefan Sax, Michael Pirolt, Patrick Swaschnig
  • Sensor system, use of a sensor system, device, and method for measuring a filling level
    Patent number: 12111201
    Abstract: In an embodiment a sensor system includes a housing, an electronic circuit and an ultrasonic distance sensor, wherein the electronic circuit and the ultrasonic distance sensor are arranged in the housing, and wherein the sensor system is configured to measure a distance between the sensor system and a surface of a material in a container by an echo propagation time of an ultrasonic burst in air.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2024
    Assignee: TDK Electronics AG
    Inventors: Michael Gebhart, Stefan Sax, Thomas Koidl, Michael Pirolt
  • Sensor System, Use of A Sensor System, Device, and Method for Measuring A Filling Level
    Publication number: 20220326064
    Abstract: In an embodiment a sensor system includes a housing, an electronic circuit and an ultrasonic distance sensor, wherein the electronic circuit and the ultrasonic distance sensor are arranged in the housing, and wherein the sensor system is configured to measure a distance between the sensor system and a surface of a material in a container by an echo propagation time of an ultrasonic burst in air.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2020
    Publication date: October 13, 2022
    Inventors: Michael Gebhart, Stefan Sax, Thomas Koidl, Michael Pirolt