Patents by Inventor Mike Offermann

Mike Offermann 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).

  • Method for detecting partial conductor short circuits, and device for performing and using the method
    Patent number: 6922060
    Abstract: In a method for detecting partial conductor short circuits (7) in a conductor (11) including plural mutually insulated partial conductors (5) in which the partial conductors (5) are connected together at one or both ends of the conductor (11) by a short circuit (3), a simple measurement without changes to the conductor is made possible in that the propagation behavior of time-varying electrical signals is measured on the conductor (11), that the measured propagation behavior is compared with the propagation behavior on a reference conductor without partial conductor short circuits, and that conclusions are drawn as to the presence of partial conductor short circuits from the changes in propagation behavior given by the comparison.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2005
    Assignee: ALSTOM Technology Ltd.
    Inventors: Christoph Wendel, Mike Offermann