Patents by Inventor Robert Windecker

Robert Windecker 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).

  • Measuring device for detecting the dimensions of test samples
    Patent number: 7092102
    Abstract: A measuring device for detecting dimensions of bores has a light source emitting a light beam and a beamsplitter for splitting the light beam into a reference beam and a measuring beam. A reference mirror is arranged downstream of the beam splitter. The measuring beam is supplied to a measuring location of the bore and reflected on it. The reference beam is supplied to the reference mirror and reflected on it. The reflected beams are temporally incoherent and are recombined on the beamsplitter to form a recombined beam supplied to a receiver. Reference mirror and receiver have a lateral displacement relative to an optical axis of the measuring device, or the reference mirror is arranged laterally adjacent to the optical axis and the beam splitter at a slant to the optical axis. The measuring device is integrated into a tool or connected to a tool receptacle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2001
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2006
    Assignee: Joh. & Ernst Link GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Stefan Franz, Robert Windecker
  • Measuring device for detecting the dimensions of test samples
    Publication number: 20040090635
    Abstract: A measuring device for detecting dimensions of bores has a light source emitting a light beam and a beamsplitter for splitting the light beam into a reference beam and a measuring beam. A reference mirror is arranged downstream of the beam splitter. The measuring beam is supplied to a measuring location of the bore and reflected on it. The reference beam is supplied to the reference mirror and reflected on it. The reflected beams are temporally incoherent and are recombined on the beamsplitter to form a recombined beam supplied to a receiver. Reference mirror and receiver have a lateral displacement relative to an optical axis of the measuring device, or the reference mirror is arranged laterally adjacent to the optical axis and the beam splitter at a slant to the optical axis. The measuring device is integrated into a tool or connected to a tool receptacle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2003
    Publication date: May 13, 2004
    Inventors: Stefan Franz, Robert Windecker