Patents by Inventor Reinhard Ludewig

Reinhard Ludewig 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: 5668655
    Abstract: The invention relates to a tilt mirror arrangement which has at least one tilt mirror, a base and at least one mirror bearing having at least a virtually fixed pivot point between the tilt mirror and the base. The mirror surface is characterized by a length of less than 40 mm and the size of the entire arrangement of the tilt mirror, bearing and housing is arranged below the mirror surface so that the arrangement does not extend beyond the projection of the mirror plane or extends only insignificantly when the mirror tilts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 1996
    Date of Patent: September 16, 1997
    Assignee: Carl-Zeiss-Stiftung
    Inventors: Jurgen Schweizer, Reinhard Ludewig
  • Patent number: 4538911
    Abstract: The invention relates to a three-dimensional length-measuring device which employs optical interferometry and in which the comparator principle is satisfied as excellently as possible with respect to all three axes. For this purpose, a workpiece holder which is displaceable in orthogonal horizontal directions carries a three-dimensional reflecting body which defines a measurement space and is in the form of three mutually perpendicular adjacent mirrors (triple mirrors). Extensions of measurement beams with which the three-dimensional reflecting body is measured intersect at a point only slightly offset from the workpiece holder, and to obtain high thermal stability, the measurement table and the housing of the measuring device are made of a material of low thermal expansion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 1983
    Date of Patent: September 3, 1985
    Assignee: Carl-Zeiss-Stiftung
    Inventors: Erich Heynacher, Reinhard Ludewig