Patents by Inventor Rainer Fritschi

Rainer Fritschi 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).

  • Patent number: 9561848
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method and an apparatus for the contactless measurement of the steering angle of an aircraft landing gear, in particular of a nose landing gear. Furthermore, this present disclosure relates to an aircraft landing gear, in particular a nose landing gear, which allows a contactless measurement of the steering angle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2017
    Assignee: Lienherr-Aerospace Lindenberg GmbH
    Inventors: Anton Straub, Joerg Meyer, Rainer Fritschi, Michael Kopf
  • Publication number: 20110147514
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method and an apparatus for the contactless measurement of the steering angle of an aircraft landing gear, in particular of a nose landing gear. Furthermore, this present disclosure relates to an aircraft landing gear, in particular a nose landing gear, which allows a contactless measurement of the steering angle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2010
    Publication date: June 23, 2011
    Applicant: LIEBHERR-AEROSPACE LINDENBERG GMBH
    Inventors: Anton Straub, Joerg Meyer, Rainer Fritschi, Michael Kopf
  • Patent number: 6320878
    Abstract: In a hybrid fiber/coax access network (NET) with downstream and upstream channels, the upstream channel serves to transmit voice and video signals as well as data signals from groups of customer locations (END) to a subcenter (HUB). A demarcation point (UP) provides the interface between the access network (NET) and the private network of the customer location (END). It contains at least two devices (BP4, BP5, BP6) for frequency-splitting received signals in the upstream frequency band, at least two switches (S4, S5, S6) following the at least two devices (BP4, BP5, BP6) and serving to block or unblock individual upstream frequency ranges, a measuring unit (MESS2) for measuring the amplitudes or intensities of the signals in the split frequency ranges, and a control unit (CTRL) for evaluating the measured values and controlling the at least two switches (S4, S5, S6). For a customer location (END), individual upstream frequency ranges can thus be telemetrically blocked for a limited time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 1997
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2001
    Assignee: Alcatel
    Inventors: Heinz Krimmel, Rainer Fritschi, Rolf Heidemann
  • Patent number: 5471342
    Abstract: In a fiber-optic amplifier, which consists of at least one pump coupler (2) with a pumping light source (1) and an erbium-doped fiber length (7) which is spliced to the pump coupler (2), at least one detector is located in the splice area (12) between the fiber length (7) and the outgoing transmission line, to monitor the amplifier by measuring the scattered light coming from this splice area (12). An electrical evaluating device follows the detector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 1994
    Date of Patent: November 28, 1995
    Assignee: Alcatel N.V.
    Inventors: Bernhard Junginger, Rainer Fritschi, Heinz Krimmel
  • Patent number: 5412746
    Abstract: A coupler (1) made of optical fibers is provided with a device for detecting the light that is carried in one of the fibers at the coupler output in operation. For that purpose, the coupler (1) embedded in an enclosure (2) has at the coupler output a lens body (8) enclosing the optical fiber (pigtail 6) and a detector (9) aimed at the lens body (8). With the detector, during coupler operation, lost light dissipated via the primary coating of the optical fiber is received by the lens body (8 ) and carried by the detector (9) to an electrical evaluator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 1994
    Date of Patent: May 2, 1995
    Assignee: Alcatel N.V.
    Inventors: Rolf Rossberg, Rainer Fritschi, Jurgen Otterbach, Rolf Heidemann