Patents by Inventor Olaf Textor

Olaf Textor 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).

  • Publication number: 20220381703
    Abstract: A measuring device for determining the dielectric value of a medium has at least the following components: a measuring sensor with at least one first electrically conductive electrode and a high-frequency unit which is designed to couple a high-frequency signal at least into the first electrode and determine the dielectric value of the medium using a corresponding reflection signal. The measuring device is characterized in that the first electrode is wound on a measuring rod which can be brought into contact with the medium. By winding the electrode, the measuring sensor can be advantageously configured to be significantly shorter without limiting the sensitivity of the measuring device. In this manner, the measuring device can also be used in the event of constricted installation conditions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2020
    Publication date: December 1, 2022
    Inventors: Thomas Blödt, Olaf Textor
  • Patent number: 9989431
    Abstract: A pressure sensor comprises a deformable measuring diaphragm, and a mating body connected in a pressure-tight manner and forms a measuring chamber in which a reference pressure is present. A pressure can be applied to an outside of the measuring diaphragm. The pressure sensor has a capacitive transducer having at least one mating body electrode and at least one diaphragm electrode. Above a pressure limit value for the pressure, at least one central surface section of the measuring diaphragm rests against the mating body with a contact surface area, the size of which is dependent on the pressure. The pressure sensor also has a resistive transducer for converting a pressure-dependent deformation of the measuring diaphragm, when pressed in a range of values above the pressure limit value, into an electrical signal using an electrical resistance which is dependent on the contact surface area of the measuring diaphragm on the mating body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2018
    Assignee: ENDRESS + HAUSER GMBH + CO. KG
    Inventors: Andreas Rossberg, Olaf Textor, Elmar Wosnitza
  • Patent number: 9897502
    Abstract: A pressure transducer comprising a resistive pressure sensor element with a measurement membrane which has at least four resistor elements. The resistor elements are arranged in a full-bridge circuit, having a longitudinal direction in which the full bridge circuit is to be supplied with a constant current. When being supplied with the constant current, a longitudinal voltage has a first pressure dependency and a first temperature dependency, and a diagonal voltage has a second pressure dependency and a second temperature dependency, the second pressure dependency being greater than the first pressure dependency at a given temperature. The pressure transducer has a processing circuit which is designed to determine a measured pressure value at least using the diagonal voltage and optionally the longitudinal voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2018
    Assignee: Endress + Hauser GmbH + Co. KG
    Inventors: Elmar Wosnitza, Davide Parrotto, Lars Karweck, Ulrich Buder, Olaf Textor
  • Publication number: 20160305836
    Abstract: A pressure sensor comprises a deformable measuring diaphragm, and a mating body connected in a pressure-tight manner and forms a measuring chamber in which a reference pressure is present. A pressure can be applied to an outside of the measuring diaphragm. The pressure sensor has a capacitive transducer having at least one mating body electrode and at least one diaphragm electrode. Above a pressure limit value for the pressure, at least one central surface section of the measuring diaphragm rests against the mating body with a contact surface area, the size of which is dependent on the pressure. The pressure sensor also has a resistive transducer for converting a pressure-dependent deformation of the measuring diaphragm, when pressed in a range of values above the pressure limit value, into an electrical signal using an electrical resistance which is dependent on the contact surface area of the measuring diaphragm on the mating body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2014
    Publication date: October 20, 2016
    Inventors: Andreas Rossberg, Olaf Textor, Elmar Wosnitza
  • Publication number: 20160231187
    Abstract: A pressure transducer comprising a resistive pressure sensor element with a measurement membrane which has at least four resistor elements. The resistor elements are arranged in a full-bridge circuit, having a longitudinal direction in which the full bridge circuit is to be supplied. When supplying a constant current, a longitudinal voltage has a first pressure dependency and a first temperature dependency, and a diagonal voltage has a second pressure dependency and a second temperature dependency, the second pressure dependency being greater than the first pressure dependency at a given temperature. The pressure transducer has a processing circuit which is designed to determine a measured pressure value at least using the diagonal voltage and optionally the longitudinal voltage. The processing circuit is further designed to check whether a value pair of a longitudinal voltage and a diagonal voltage corresponds to an expected functional relationship at a current temperature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2014
    Publication date: August 11, 2016
    Applicant: Endress + Hauser GmbH + Co. KG
    Inventors: Elmar Wosnitza, Davide Parrotto, Lars Karweck, Ulrich Buder, Olaf Textor
  • Patent number: 8763466
    Abstract: A gauge pressure sensor for determining the pressure of a medium by means of a housing and by means of a measuring element, which is positioned in the housing, wherein an outwards facing side of the measuring element is in contact with the medium and is exposed to the pressure, which is to be measured. A tube for a reference pressure is provided, which conducts ambient air to the measuring element, and by means of at least one dehumidifying chamber, positioned in the housing, for the collection of air moisture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2014
    Assignee: Endress + Hauser GmbH + Co. KG
    Inventors: Elmar Wosnitza, Michael Hugel, Sergej Lopatin, Thomas Uehlin, Olaf Textor, Hansjorg Brock
  • Patent number: 8511151
    Abstract: A pressure sensor, comprising: a semiconductor pressure measuring transducer having a measuring membrane and a circuit for transducing a deformation of the measuring membrane into a signal; a pressure transfer structure having a hydraulic path, which extends through a solid body between a first a second opening. The first opening is sealed by an isolating diaphragm, which is contactable with a pressure, in order to introduce the pressure to be measured into the hydraulic path. The hydraulic path opens, at the second opening, into a transducer chamber, in which the pressure measuring transducer is arranged and which is sealed by the measuring membrane of the pressure measuring transducer. The hydraulic path contains a transfer liquid; a filling element, which is arranged in the transducer chamber, in order to fill hollow spaces between metal walls of the transducer chamber and the semiconductor pressure measuring transducer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2013
    Assignee: Endress + Hauser GmbH + Co. KG
    Inventors: Raimund Becher, Ralf Nurnberger, Fred Haker, Olaf Krusemark, Olaf Textor
  • Publication number: 20130019687
    Abstract: A gauge pressure sensor for determining the pressure of a medium by means of a housing and by means of a measuring element, which is positioned in the housing, wherein an outwards facing side of the measuring element is in contact with the medium and is exposed to the pressure, which is to be measured. A tube for a reference pressure is provided, which conducts ambient air to the measuring element, and by means of at least one dehumidifying chamber, positioned in the housing, for the collection of air moisture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2011
    Publication date: January 24, 2013
    Applicant: Endress + Hauser + Co.KG
    Inventors: Elmar Wosnitza, Michael Hugel, Sergej Lopatin, Thomas Uehlin, Olaf Textor, Hansjorg Brock
  • Publication number: 20130008256
    Abstract: A method for reducing the content of foreign molecules in gaseous or liquid form dissolved in a pressure transfer liquid of a pressure measuring transducer. A pressure receiving chamber is closed by an isolating diaphragm. A pressure measuring chamber is connected to the pressure receiving chamber, and a pressure sensor arranged in the pressure measuring chamber, in which the liquid serves to fill an inner space of the pressure measuring transducer formed by the pressure receiving chamber is provided. The pressure measuring chamber is connected therewith, and transfers an external pressure acting on the isolating diaphragm to the pressure sensor in measurement operation. The liquid is brought into contact with at least one adsorptive body, and foreign molecules dissolved in the liquid are bound to the adsorptive bodies by adsorption.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2011
    Publication date: January 10, 2013
    Applicant: Endress + Hauser GmbH + Co. KG
    Inventors: Andreas Rossberg, Olaf Textor, Thomas Uehlin
  • Publication number: 20110303023
    Abstract: A pressure sensor, comprising: a semiconductor pressure measuring transducer having a measuring membrane and a circuit for transducing a deformation of the measuring membrane into a signal; a pressure transfer structure having a hydraulic path, which extends through a solid body between a first a second opening. The first opening is sealed by an isolating diaphragm, which is contactable with a pressure, in order to introduce the pressure to be measured into the hydraulic path. The hydraulic path opens, at the second opening, into a transducer chamber, in which the pressure measuring transducer is arranged and which is sealed by the measuring membrane of the pressure measuring transducer. The hydraulic path contains a transfer liquid; a filling element, which is arranged in the transducer chamber, in order to fill hollow spaces between metal walls of the transducer chamber and the semiconductor pressure measuring transducer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2010
    Publication date: December 15, 2011
    Applicant: Endress + Hauser GmbH + Co. KG
    Inventors: Raimund Becher, Ralf Nurnberger, Fred Haker, Olaf Krusemark, Olaf Textor
  • Patent number: 7866214
    Abstract: A pressure gauge, or transducer, for high-temperature applications, comprising a sensor module with a sensor body having a measuring cell chamber containing a pressure measuring cell. The pressure measuring cell can be subjected to the action of a pressure via a first hydraulic path filled with a transmission liquid. The pressure gauge also comprises a transmission module for transmitting a pressure to the first hydraulic path. The transmission module has a second hydraulic path, which is filled with a transmission liquid and extends from a process diaphragm, through a transmission body and to a transmission diaphragm. The transmission diaphragm is attached to the transmission body in a pressure-tight manner, and the sensor body is joined to the transmission body in a pressure-tight manner, whereby the transmission diaphragm communicates with the first hydraulic path so that the pressure of the second hydraulic path can be transmitted via the transmission diaphragm to the first hydraulic path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2011
    Assignee: Endress + Hauser GmbH + Co. KG
    Inventors: Karl-Heinz Banholzer, Thomas Uehlin, Jürgen Lange, Olaf Textor, Raimund Becher
  • Publication number: 20090107245
    Abstract: A pressure gauge, or transducer, for high-temperature applications, comprising a sensor module with a sensor body having a measuring cell chamber containing a pressure measuring cell. The pressure measuring cell can be subjected to the action of a pressure via a first hydraulic path filled with a transmission liquid. The pressure gauge also comprises a transmission module for transmitting a pressure to the first hydraulic path. The transmission module has a second hydraulic path, which is filled with a transmission liquid and extends from a process diaphragm, through a transmission body and to a transmission diaphragm. The transmission diaphragm is attached to the transmission body in a pressure-tight manner, and the sensor body is joined to the transmission body in a pressure-tight manner, whereby the transmission diaphragm communicates with the first hydraulic path so that the pressure of the second hydraulic path can be transmitted via the transmission diaphragm to the first hydraulic path.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2005
    Publication date: April 30, 2009
    Applicant: Endress+ Hauser GmbH + Co. KG
    Inventors: Karl-Heinz Banholzer, Thomas Uehlin, Jurgen Lange, Olaf Textor, Raimund Becher
  • Patent number: 7140256
    Abstract: A pressure sensor for measuring a pressure difference between a pressure being measured and the ambient atmospheric pressure surrounding the pressure sensor, including a platform and a membrane loadable with a pressure being measured. The membrane is secured at its edge to the platform, with a pressure chamber thus being formed between the platform and the measuring membrane. The pressure chamber communicates over a reference air path with the atmosphere, with the reference air path being a winding path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2006
    Assignee: Endress + Hauser GmbH + Co. KG
    Inventors: Karl Flögel, Sergej Lopatiin, Elke Schmidt, Thomas Uehlin, Olaf Textor, Michael Hügel
  • Patent number: 7131335
    Abstract: A pressure transmitter for transfer of a pressure prevailing in a first medium onto a second medium, including a pressure chamber 4 in a platform 1, which chamber is separated from the first medium by means of a dividing membrane 2, wherein the pressure can be transferred by means of the second medium to a pressure measurement cell. For timely recognition of an impending failure of the dividing membrane, an early warning detector is provided with a sensor chamber 6 having an opening, which faces the first medium; and a sensor 7, which monitors a property of a medium container in the sensor chamber; and a barrier facing the first medium, pressure-tightly sealing the opening, and which, under contact with the first medium and equal conditions as experienced by the dividing membrane 2, fails earlier than the dividing membrane, thus making possible a flow connection between the sensor chamber 6 and the first medium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2006
    Assignee: Endress — Hauser GmbH + Co. KG
    Inventor: Olaf Textor
  • Publication number: 20050139009
    Abstract: A pressure sensor for measuring a pressure difference between a pressure being measured and the ambient atmospheric pressure surrounding the pressure sensor, including a platform and a membrane loadable with a pressure being measured. The membrane is secured at its edge to the platform, with a pressure chamber thus being formed between the platform and the measuring membrane. The pressure chamber communicates over a reference air path with the atmosphere, with the reference air path being a winding path.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2002
    Publication date: June 30, 2005
    Inventors: Karl Flogel, Sergej Lopatiin, Elke Schmidt, Thomas Uehlin, Olaf Textor, Michael Hugel
  • Publication number: 20040234382
    Abstract: A pressure transmitter for transfer of a pressure prevailing in a first medium onto a second medium, including a pressure chamber 4 in a platform 1, which chamber is separated from the first medium by means of a dividing membrane 2, wherein the pressure can be transferred by means of the second medium to a pressure measurement cell. For timely recognition of an impending failure of the dividing membrane, an early warning detector is provided with a sensor chamber 6 having an opening, which faces the first medium; and a sensor 7, which monitors a property of a medium container in the sensor chamber; and a barrier facing the first medium, pressure-tightly sealing the opening, and which, under contact with the first medium and equal conditions as experienced by the dividing membrane 2, fails earlier than the dividing membrane, thus making possible a flow connection between the sensor chamber 6 and the first medium.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2004
    Publication date: November 25, 2004
    Inventor: Olaf Textor
  • Patent number: 6705169
    Abstract: A pressure mediator includes a base body; a divider diaphragm system having a first divider diaphragm and a second divider diaphragm, between which an intermediate chamber is enclosed in pressuretight fashion, in which the first surface of the first divider diaphragm, remote from the intermediate chamber, can be acted upon by the pressure prevailing in the first medium, and the first surface of the second divider diaphragm, remote from the intermediate chamber, is oriented toward the base body and is secured by its peripheral region to the base body, forming a pressure chamber between the base body and the second divider diaphragm, and the pressure chamber can be filled with the second medium and has a pressure chamber opening, through which the pressure can be transmitted by means of the second medium, and an exertion of pressure of the first divider diaphragm can also be transmitted to the second divider diaphragm via the intermediate volume; and having a sensor, for monitoring a property of the intermediat
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2004
    Assignee: Endress + Hauser GmbH + Co. KG
    Inventor: Olaf Textor
  • Publication number: 20030154794
    Abstract: A pressure mediator includes a base body 20; a divider diaphragm system having a first divider diaphragm 31 and a second divider diaphragm 21, between which an intermediate chamber is enclosed in pressuretight fashion, in which the first surface of the first divider diaphragm 321, remote from the intermediate chamber, can be acted upon by the pressure prevailing in the first medium, and the first surface of the second divider diaphragm 21, remote from the intermediate chamber, is oriented toward the base body and is secured by its peripheral region to the base body, forming a pressure chamber between the base body and the second divider diaphragm 31, and the pressure chamber can be filled with the second medium and has a pressure chamber opening, through which the pressure can be transmitted by means of the second medium, and an exertion of pressure of the first divider diaphragm can also be transmitted to the second divider diaphragm via the intermediate volume; and having a sensor 4, for monitoring a proper
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2003
    Publication date: August 21, 2003
    Inventor: Olaf Textor