Patents by Inventor Rainer Schlereth

Rainer Schlereth 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: 9194685
    Abstract: A retractable assembly for immersion-, flow- and annex-measuring systems in analytical process technology for measuring at least one measured variable of a medium in a process containment, comprising an essentially cylindrical housing having a housing interior; an immersion tube, which is axially movable between a retracted service position in the housing and a process position extended from the housing. In the service position, the immersion tube is positioned in the housing interior; a closure element on an end region of the immersion tube facing the medium for sealing off the housing interior from the process containment when the immersion tube is located in the service position, and a proximity detector in or on the end region of the housing facing the medium for detecting the closure element in the service position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2015
    Assignee: Endress + Hauser Conducta Gesellschaft für Mess- und Regeltechnik mbH + Co. KG
    Inventors: Rainer Schlereth, Stefan Robl, Alejandro Vaca Torres, Martin Lohmann
  • Patent number: 9091570
    Abstract: A retractable assembly, comprising: a housing; a media connection with complementary connecting means; an immersion tube; and a probe provided in the immersion tube. The probe has a probe head on its end facing the medium, wherein, in the service position, the probe head is arranged within a treatment chamber formed in the housing, wherein the immersion tube is divided into three regions, and, indeed, a upper region facing away from the containment, a middle region, on which a sealing system is provided, and a lower region facing the containment, wherein the sealing system is so embodied that in no position of the immersion tube does an exchange of medium or impurities from the drive to the treatment chamber, or vice versa, occur.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2015
    Assignee: ENDRESS + HAUSER CONDUCTA GESELLSCHAFT FUR MES- UND REGELTECHNIK MBH + CO. KG
    Inventors: Thomas Pfauch, Hermann Straub, René Kündscher, Rainer Schlereth
  • Patent number: 8621947
    Abstract: An assembly device, especially a retractable assembly, for a measuring probe for measuring process variables in a process, comprising: an assembly housing with a connection system for connecting the assembly device to a process container; a tubular holder for a measuring probe, wherein the tubular holder is guided in the assembly housing axially displaceably between a measuring position in the process container and a maintenance position outside of the process container; and a damping system to damp axial shifting of the tubular holder. The damping system comprises a fluid filled, damping cylinder within the assembly housing, and a damping piston unit guided within the damping cylinder (15) in operative connection with the tubular holder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2014
    Assignee: Endress + Hauser Conducta Gesellschaft für Mess—und Regeltechnik mbH + Co. KG
    Inventors: Rainer Schlereth, Hans-Joachim Oppermann
  • Publication number: 20130314076
    Abstract: A retractable assembly for immersion-, flow- and annex-measuring systems in analytical process technology for measuring at least one measured variable of a medium in a process containment, comprising an essentially cylindrical housing having a housing interior; an immersion tube, which is axially movable between a retracted service position in the housing and a process position extended from the housing. In the service position, the immersion tube is positioned in the housing interior; a closure element on an end region of the immersion tube facing the medium for sealing off the housing interior from the process containment when the immersion tube is located in the service position, and a proximity detector in or on the end region of the housing facing the medium for detecting the closure element in the service position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2013
    Publication date: November 28, 2013
    Applicant: Endress + Hauser Conducta Gesellschaft für Mess- und Regeltechnik mbh + Co. KG
    Inventors: Rainer Schlereth, Stefan Robl, Alejandro Vaca Torres, Martin Lohmann
  • Publication number: 20130036843
    Abstract: A retractable assembly, comprising: a housing; a media connection with complementary connecting means; an immersion tube; and a probe provided in the immersion tube. The probe has a probe head on its end facing the medium, wherein, in the service position, the probe head is arranged within a treatment chamber formed in the housing, wherein the immersion tube is divided into three regions, and, indeed, a upper region facing away from the containment, a middle region, on which a sealing system is provided, and a lower region facing the containment, wherein the sealing system is so embodied that in no position of the immersion tube does an exchange of medium or impurities from the drive to the treatment chamber, or vice versa, occur.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2012
    Publication date: February 14, 2013
    Applicant: Endress + Hauser Conducta Gesellschaft Fur Mess- und Regeltechnik mbH + Co. KG
    Inventors: Thomas Pfauch, Hermann Straub, René Kündscher, Rainer Schlereth
  • Patent number: 8362905
    Abstract: A retractable assembly, including an assembly housing and a tubular holder for a sensor guided in the assembly housing via a stroke movement linearly between a first position and a second position, wherein the sensor ascertains a physical and/or chemical process variable in a process, wherein an on-site electronics is provided, which ascertains as an actual value, or values, information concerning at least one other state variable of the retractable assembly, the process and/or the sensor, and wherein associated with the on-site electronics is a memory unit, in which the ascertained actual value, or values, is/are stored and/or predetermined desired values are stored.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2013
    Assignee: Endress + Hauser Conducta Gesellschaft für Mess- und Regeltechnik mbH + Co. KG
    Inventors: Martin Lohmann, Rainer Schlereth
  • Publication number: 20120036948
    Abstract: An assembly device, especially a retractable assembly, for a measuring probe for measuring process variables in a process, comprising: an assembly housing with a connection system for connecting the assembly device to a process container; a tubular holder for a measuring probe, wherein the tubular holder is guided in the assembly housing axially displaceably between a measuring position in the process container and a maintenance position outside of the process container; and a damping system to damp axial shifting of the tubular holder. The damping system comprises a fluid filled, damping cylinder within the assembly housing, and a damping piston unit guided within the damping cylinder (15) in operative connection with the tubular holder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2010
    Publication date: February 16, 2012
    Applicant: Endress + Hauser Conducta Gesellschaft fur Mess - und Regeltechnik mbH + Co. KG
    Inventors: Rainer Schlereth, Hans-Joachim Oppermann
  • Publication number: 20110189050
    Abstract: A probe system for measuring a measured variable of a measured medium, especially a measured liquid, contained in a process container; comprises: a probe housing, which is connectable to the process container by means of a process connection; an immersion tube axially shiftable between a measuring position, when extended out of the probe housing, and a treatment position, when retracted into the probe housing, wherein a measuring probe having a measuring head is securable in the immersion tube, wherein, in the treatment position, the measuring head is arranged within a treatment chamber formed in the probe housing; and a piston, which is arranged in an axially displaceable manner in a cylinder adjoining the treatment chamber on a side of the treatment chamber away from the process connection, and which is connected with the immersion tube, wherein a fluid line serving as a supply line for a sterilization medium opens into the cylinder on a side of the piston facing the process connection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 5, 2011
    Publication date: August 4, 2011
    Applicant: Endress + Hauser Conducta Gesellschaft fur Mess- und Regeltechnik mbH + Co., KG
    Inventors: Rainer Schlereth, Joachim Oppermann, Hermann Straub
  • Patent number: 7926412
    Abstract: A retractable assembly, comprising: an assembly housing; a linear drive in the assembly housing; and a tubular holder), movably guided between a measuring position and a service position by means of the linear drive, for fluid-sealed reception of a sensor, with which a physical and/or chemical process variable is determinable. The linear drive includes a piston seated movably in a cylinder and loadable with a pressure-bearing medium on one or both ends and the tubular holder is fixed in the piston. The piston has on its working end active for the measuring position a breach in the direction of the interior of the tubular holder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2011
    Assignee: Endress + Hauser Conducta Gesellschraft für Mess- und Regeltechnik mbH + Co. KG
    Inventors: Kley Kristoff, Rainer Schlereth
  • Publication number: 20100109882
    Abstract: A retractable assembly, including an assembly housing and a tubular holder for a sensor guided in the assembly housing via a stroke movement linearly between a first position and a second position, wherein the sensor ascertains a physical and/or chemical process variable in a process, wherein an on-site electronics is provided, which ascertains as an actual value, or values, information concerning at least one other state variable of the retractable assembly, the process and/or the sensor, and wherein associated with the on-site electronics is a memory unit, in which the ascertained actual value, or values, is/are stored and/or predetermined desired values are stored.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2007
    Publication date: May 6, 2010
    Applicant: Endress + Hauser Conducta Gessellschaft fur Mess - und Regeltechnik mbH = Co. KG
    Inventors: Martin Lohmann, Rainer Schlereth
  • Publication number: 20090272258
    Abstract: A retractable assembly, comprising: an assembly housing; a linear drive in the assembly housing; and a tubular holder), movably guided between a measuring position and a service position by means of the linear drive, for fluid-sealed reception of a sensor, with which a physical and/or chemical process variable is determinable. The linear drive includes a piston seated movably in a cylinder and loadable with a pressure-bearing medium on one or both ends and the tubular holder is fixed in the piston. The piston has on its working end active for the measuring position a breach in the direction of the interior of the tubular holder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2007
    Publication date: November 5, 2009
    Applicant: Endress + Hauser Conducta Gesellschaft fur Mess- und Regeltechnik mbH + Co. KG
    Inventors: Rainer Schlereth, Kley Kristoff