Patents by Inventor Oliver Blankenhorn

Oliver Blankenhorn 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: 20230314260
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for monitoring the function of a capacitive pressure measuring cell (10) comprising a measuring capacitor (CM) and a reference capacitor (CR) as well as a temperature element, wherein in an evaluation unit the pressure measurement value p is obtained by forming the quotient Q from the capacitance values of the reference capacitor (CR) and the measuring capacitor (CM).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2021
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Applicant: IFM Electronic GmbH
    Inventors: Peter Kimbel, Manfred Maurus, Fabian Kuhnhäuser, Oliver Blankenhorn
  • Patent number: 9891127
    Abstract: The invention relates to a capacitive pressure measuring cell for detecting the pressure of a medium adjacent to the pressure measuring cell, comprising a ceramic elastic measuring membrane, the first side of which at least partially contacts the medium and the second side of which facing away from the medium comprises a measuring electrode, and a ceramic cylindrical basic body disposed opposite to the second side of the measuring membrane and comprising at least one counter electrode which forms a measuring capacitance with the measuring electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2018
    Assignee: IFM Electronic GmbH
    Inventor: Oliver Blankenhorn
  • Publication number: 20170108393
    Abstract: The invention relates to a capacitive pressure measuring cell for detecting the pressure of a medium adjacent to the pressure measuring cell, comprising a ceramic elastic measuring membrane, the first side of which at least partially contacts the medium and the second side of which facing away from the medium comprises a measuring electrode, and a ceramic cylindrical basic body disposed opposite to the second side of the measuring membrane and comprising at least one counter electrode which forms a measuring capacitance with the measuring electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2016
    Publication date: April 20, 2017
    Applicant: IFM Electronic GmbH
    Inventor: Oliver Blankenhorn
  • Publication number: 20130118264
    Abstract: A pressure measuring cell for detecting the pressure prevailing in an adjoining medium, comprising an elastic membrane on which a first electromechanical transducer is arranged, which supplies a first pressure-dependent output signal is provided. According to the invention, a second electromechanical transducer, which supplies a second pressure-dependent output signal, is arranged on the membrane wherein the two transducers are arranged such that with an elastically reversible deformation of the membrane the output signals have a first pressure characteristic, and after an irreversible deformation of the membrane due to an increased pressure load same have a significantly different second pressure characteristic.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2011
    Publication date: May 16, 2013
    Applicant: IFM ELECTRONIC GMBH
    Inventors: Heinz Walter, Oliver Blankenhorn, Jochen Forster