Patents by Inventor Ralf Backer

Ralf Backer 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: 7448281
    Abstract: A magnetic induction flowmeter having a metal measuring tube (1), which can be inserted into a pipeline system via flanged sections (2a, 2b) at the ends, having at least two mutually opposite measuring electrodes (5a, 5b) introduced into the wall of the measuring tube (1) in an electrically insulated manner in order to register a measuring voltage, a magnetic unit (4), likewise arranged on the outside of the measuring tube (1), generating a magnetic field aligned substantially at right angles to the flow direction of the conductive flow medium to be measured, and the measuring tube (1) being provided with an electrically insulating layer (6) on the inside; in the region of the flanged sections (2a, 2b) at the end of the measuring tube (1), an expanded lattice (7) being fixed to the measuring tube (1), to which lattice the insulating layer (6) is applied in such a way that the expanded lattice (7) located within the insulating layer (6) ensures a firm connection between insulating layer (6) and measuring tube
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2008
    Assignee: ABB AG
    Inventors: Ralf Bäcker, Franz Krope
  • Publication number: 20070193366
    Abstract: A magnetic induction flowmeter having a metal measuring tube (1), which can be inserted into a pipeline system via flanged sections (2a, 2b) at the ends, having at least two mutually opposite measuring electrodes (5a, 5b) introduced into the wall of the measuring tube (1) in an electrically insulated manner in order to register a measuring voltage, a magnetic unit (4), likewise arranged on the outside of the measuring tube (1), generating a magnetic field aligned substantially at right angles to the flow direction of the conductive flow medium to be measured, and the measuring tube (1) being provided with an electrically insulating layer (6) on the inside; in the region of the flanged sections (2a, 2b) at the end of the measuring tube (1), an expanded lattice (7) being fixed to the measuring tube (1), to which lattice the insulating layer (6) is applied in such a way that the expanded lattice (7) located within the insulating layer (6) ensures a firm connection between insulating layer (6) and measuring tube
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2007
    Publication date: August 23, 2007
    Applicant: ABB Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Ralf Backer, Franz Krope
  • Publication number: 20070156354
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for operating a flowmeter according to the generic part of claim 1. In order to make it possible to generate signals in an optimal manner in all conditions, the actual signal-to-noise ratio is automatically determined in the signal processing unit of the flowmeter during the measurement phase, and the power supplied to the measurement system is adjusted in accordance with the result.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2005
    Publication date: July 5, 2007
    Inventors: Ralf Backer, Dieter Keese, Karl-Heinz Rackebrandt, Klaus Schafer, Hans-Werner Schwiderski, Harald Grothey
  • Publication number: 20060174716
    Abstract: Magnetic-inductive flowmeter, formed from a piece (1, 1a) of a pipeline (40) which has already been permanently installed in situ and in which a fluid is flowing at least temporarily, in that an electrode arrangement (32, 32a) is introduced into the piece (1, 1a) of the pipeline (40) which has already been permanently installed, and a magnet system (14) is fixed to the piece (1, 1a) of the pipeline (32, 32a) which has already been permanently installed, in the area of the electrode arrangement (32, 32a).
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2006
    Publication date: August 10, 2006
    Applicant: ABB Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Kathrin Zajac, Bernd Schneider, Dieter Keese, Ralf Backer