Patents by Inventor Norbert Both

Norbert Both 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 probe and method for the nondestructive testing of a planar test specimen
    Patent number: 8857263
    Abstract: An ultrasonic probe and a method for the nondestructive testing of a test specimen are described, which are activatable individually or in groups as phased array for the emission or reception of ultrasonic plate waves in a predefinable propagation direction in the test specimen wall to be tested. At least one ultrasonic transducer segment with at least two segment parts emits an ultrasonic plate wave field into the test specimen and which are activatable jointly and simultaneously as a phased array. The at least two segment parts are arranged along a common plane so that the ultrasonic wave fields provided from or received by the at least two segments mutually overlap and each have a main propagation direction which encloses an acute angle ? in a projection of the plane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2014
    Assignee: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Forderung der Angewandten Forschung E.V.
    Inventors: Norbert Both, Frank Niese
  • ULTRASONIC PROBE AND METHOD FOR THE NONDESTRUCTIVE TESTING OF A PLANAR TEST SPECIMEN
    Publication number: 20120272739
    Abstract: An ultrasonic probe and a method for the nondestructive testing of a test specimen are described, which are activatable individually or in groups as phased array for the emission or reception of ultrasonic plate waves in a predefinable propagation direction in the test specimen wall to be tested. At least one ultrasonic transducer segment with at least two segment parts emits an ultrasonic plate wave field into the test specimen and which are activatable jointly and simultaneously as a phased array. The at least two segment parts are arranged along a common plane so that the ultrasonic wave fields provided from or received by the at least two segments mutually overlap and each have a main propagation direction which encloses an acute angle ? in a projection of the plane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2012
    Publication date: November 1, 2012
    Inventors: Norbert BOTH, Frank Niese
  • Device for accepting banknotes
    Patent number: 7055738
    Abstract: A device for accepting banknotes comprises a compartment for receiving a bundle of banknotes and a separating mechanism for extracting individual banknotes from the bundle. A sensor system for detecting metallic foreign bodies connected to the banknotes is arranged along at least one of the walls defining the compartment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2006
    Assignee: Wincor Nixdorf International GmbH
    Inventors: Martin Landwehr, Heinz Ademmer, Rainer Becker, Norbert Both, Ifrit Kiselmann, Christoph Rodner, Andriy Yashan
  • Device for accepting banknotes
    Publication number: 20040129771
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device for accepting banknotes comprising a compartment (14) for receiving a bundle of banknotes (16) and a separating mechanism (28, 30) for extracting individual banknotes (32) from the bundle (16). A sensor system (34, 36) for detecting metallic foreign bodies connected to the banknotes (32) is arranged along at least one of the walls (18, 20, 22, 24) defining the compartment (14).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2004
    Publication date: July 8, 2004
    Inventors: Martin Landwehr, Heinz Ademmer, Rainer Becker, Norbert Both, Ifrit Kiselmann, Christoph Rodner, Andriy Yashan