Patents by Inventor Ralf Sonderkamp

Ralf Sonderkamp 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: 8347734
    Abstract: A measuring system and method for determining and/or monitoring the flow of a measured medium through a measuring tube with a first ultrasonic sensor and at least a second ultrasonic sensor. The first Ultrasonic sensor is placeable in a first region of the measuring tube, and the second ultrasonic sensor is placeable in a second region of the measuring tube. The ultrasonic signals transmittable through the measured medium from the first ultrasonic sensor are receivable by the second ultrasonic sensor, and the ultrasonic signals transmittable through the measured medium from the second ultrasonic sensor are receivable by the first ultrasonic sensor. A control/evaluation unit ascertains the volume flow and/or the mass flow of the measured medium flowing in the measuring tube by means of a travel-time difference method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2013
    Assignee: Endress + Hauser Conducta Gesellschaft für Mess- und Regeltechnik mbH + Co. KG
    Inventors: Andreas Berger, Finn Bloch Jensen, Ralf Sonderkamp, Achim Wiest
  • Publication number: 20110094309
    Abstract: Measuring system and method for determining and/or monitoring flow of a measured medium through a measuring tube with a first ultrasonic sensor and at least a second ultrasonic sensor, wherein the first ultrasonic sensor has at least one electromechanical ultrasonic transducer element and is placeable in a first region of the measuring tube, and wherein the second ultrasonic sensor has at least two electromechanical ultrasonic transducer elements and is placeable in a second region of the measuring tube in such a manner, that the ultrasonic signals transmittable through the measured medium from the first ultrasonic sensor are receivable by the second ultrasonic sensor, and that the ultrasonic signals transmittable through the measured medium from the second ultrasonic sensor are receivable by the first ultrasonic sensor, and with at least one control/evaluation unit, which, on the basis of the ultrasonic-measuring signals, or on the basis of measurement data, which are derived from the ultrasonic measuring si
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2009
    Publication date: April 28, 2011
    Applicant: Endress + Hauser Flowtec AG
    Inventors: Andreas Berger, Finn Bloch Jensen, Ralf Sonderkamp, Achim Wiest