Patents by Inventor Reiner Brandstetter

Reiner Brandstetter 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).

  • Electro-optical device for detecting the presence of a body at an adjustable distance, with background suppression
    Patent number: 5760390
    Abstract: An electro-optical device for detecting the presence of a body at an adjustable distance, with the suppression of background, comprises an emitter of a beam of light endowed with a source of a beam of direct light and with an optical transmission chamber and a receiver endowed with an optical reception chamber with a beam of reflected light and with a pair of side by side photoelectric sensors. The source of light and the pair of photoelectric sensors are integral with a supporting structure; the optical reception chamber is mobile and is rotatably supported by the supporting structure by means of pivots having axis substantially coincident with a separation area interposed between the photoelectric sensors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 1997
    Date of Patent: June 2, 1998
    Assignee: Datalogic S.p.A.
    Inventors: Alessandro Vezzalini, Marco Landolfi, Reiner Brandstetter