Patents by Inventor Roger Kerrom
Roger Kerrom 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).
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Patent number: 9500504Abstract: A measuring tube for a flow measuring device, wherein the measuring tube has a lining, wherein the lining has at least one sealing lip, which sealing lip serves to provide a sealing action between the measuring tube and a pipeline section adjoining the measuring tube in the installed state.Type: GrantFiled: March 19, 2013Date of Patent: November 22, 2016Assignee: Endress + Hauser Flowetec AGInventors: Roger Kerrom, Beat Tschudin, Raphael Hess
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Patent number: 9440253Abstract: A process for fabricating an electromagnetic flow meter by encapsulating an electrode with a liquefied plastic. The electrode is fabricated out of an electrically conducting material and with at least a first circumferential indentation that runs orthogonal to the longitudinal expansion of the electrode. The electrode is positioned in a tool and encapsulated with a liquefied plastic, at least in sections, wherein the first indentation is encapsulated, at least in sections, with liquefied plastic.Type: GrantFiled: May 11, 2011Date of Patent: September 13, 2016Assignee: ENDRESS + HAUSER FLOWTEC AGInventors: Roger Kerrom, Beat Tschudin
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Patent number: 9170139Abstract: A magneto inductive, flow measuring device comprising a measuring tube and at least one magnet system arranged on the measuring tube. The magnet system has two coil systems, which lie opposite one another on or in the measuring tube, and each coil system includes at least one pole shoe. A first of the two coil systems is connected via at least one flux return, sheet metal length with the second or an additional coil system, and wherein each of the at least two coil systems has at least two coils, which are arranged peripherally distributed relative to the measuring tube on the pole shoe.Type: GrantFiled: October 16, 2013Date of Patent: October 27, 2015Assignee: ENDRESS + HAUSER FLOWTEC AGInventors: Beat Tschudin, Simon Stingelin, Roger Kerrom
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Publication number: 20150114133Abstract: A measuring tube for a flow measuring device, wherein the measuring tube has a lining, wherein the lining has at least one sealing lip, which sealing lip serves to provide a sealing action between the measuring tube and a pipeline section adjoining the measuring tube in the installed state.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 19, 2013Publication date: April 30, 2015Applicant: Endress + Hauser Flowtec AGInventors: Roger Kerrom, Beat Tschudin, Raphael Hess
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Patent number: 8915146Abstract: A magneto-inductive flow measuring device having a measuring transducer, which includes a measuring tube a magnet system for producing a magnetic field, and at least one electrode inserted into a bore of the measuring tube for registering an electrical voltage. A securement device is provided, which serves for securing the electrode on the measuring tube. The securement device is at least partially composed of plastic, and is connected with the measuring tube by a plastics welding technology.Type: GrantFiled: July 27, 2009Date of Patent: December 23, 2014Assignee: Endress + Hauser Flowtec AGInventors: Roger Kerrom, Beat Tschudin, Raphel Hess
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Publication number: 20140109685Abstract: A magneto inductive, flow measuring device comprising a measuring tube and at least one magnet system arranged on the measuring tube. The magnet system has two coil systems, which lie opposite one another on or in the measuring tube, and each coil system includes at least one pole shoe. A first of the two coil systems is connected via at least one flux return, sheet metal length with the second or an additional coil system, and wherein each of the at least two coil systems has at least two coils, which are arranged peripherally distributed relative to the measuring tube on the pole shoe.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 16, 2013Publication date: April 24, 2014Applicant: ENDRESS + HAUSER FLOWTEC AGInventors: Beat Tschudin, Simon Stingelin, Roger Kerrom
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Publication number: 20130086993Abstract: A process for fabricating an electromagnetic flow meter by encapsulating an electrode with a liquefied plastic. The electrode is fabricated out of an electrically conducting material and with at least a first circumferential indentation that runs orthogonal to the longitudinal expansion of the electrode. The electrode is positioned in a tool and encapsulated with a liquefied plastic, at least in sections, wherein the first indentation is encapsulated, at least in sections, with liquefied plastic.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 11, 2011Publication date: April 11, 2013Applicant: ENDRESS + HAUSER FLOWTEC AGInventors: Roger Kerrom, Beat Tschudin
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Patent number: 8375806Abstract: An electrode for a magneto-inductive flow measuring device for determining volume flow of an electricity conductive medium flowing through a measuring tube. The measuring tube, or at least a portion of it which comes in contact with the medium, is not electrically conductive; wherein the electrode exhibits an electrode shaft and an electrode head. The electrode head contacts the medium, and the electrode shaft exhibits frustoconically shaped sealing lips arranged one after the other in the direction of the longitudinal axis of the electrode. The electrode shaft is pressed into a bore in the wall of the measuring tube. The maximum diameter of the sealing lip nearest the electrode head is greater than the diameter of the bore, and, at least in a part of the electrode shaft, the maximum diameter of any following sealing lip is greater than the maximum diameter of the preceding sealing lip.Type: GrantFiled: December 4, 2008Date of Patent: February 19, 2013Assignee: Endress + Hauser Flowtec AGInventor: Roger Kerrom
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Publication number: 20120118073Abstract: In order to place a medium flowing through a magneto-inductive flow measuring device at a reference potential, a grounding gasket is arranged, in each case, between flared end regions of the measuring tube, or measuring tube flanges secured on the measuring tube, and pipeline flanges connected with the pipeline. The grounding gasket comprises a conductive support material. The support material is provided with an electrically conductive, chemically resistant, plastics coating, at least in regions in contact in the installed state with the medium, the flared end regions, or the measuring tube flanges, as the case may be, and the pipeline flanges.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 28, 2007Publication date: May 17, 2012Applicant: Endress + Hauser Flowtec AGInventor: Roger Kerrom
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MAGNETO-INDUCTIVE FLOW MEASURING DEVICE WITH AN ELECTRODE ARRANGEMENT AND METHOD FOR ITS MANUFACTURE
Publication number: 20110113895Abstract: A magneto-inductive flow measuring device having a measuring transducer, wherein the measuring transducer includes a measuring tube which can be flowed through by a measured substance, includes a magnet system for producing a magnetic field, and at has least one electrode inserted into the measuring tube for registering an electrical voltage. A securement device is provided, which serves for securing the electrode on the measuring tube, wherein the securement device is at least partially composed of plastic, and wherein the securement device is connected with the measuring tube by a plastics welding technology. As well as to a method for manufacture of a magneto-inductive flow measuring device, wherein the magneto-inductive flow measuring device has a measuring tube, wherein the measuring tube has at least one bore, wherein an electrode is inserted into the bore and wherein the electrode is secured to the measuring tube by means of a plastics welding technology.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 27, 2009Publication date: May 19, 2011Inventors: Roger Kerrom, Beat Tschudin, Raphel Hess -
Patent number: 7934431Abstract: A measuring transducer of a flow measuring device for measuring the flow of a medium through an existing pipeline system, wherein, in a cost-favorable manner, an equalization of potential between medium and measuring transducer is effected. The measuring transducer includes a measuring transducer housing, a measuring tube integrated in the measuring transducer, two process connections of an insulating material, via which the measuring tube is connectable to the pipeline system, and, placed in one of the process connections, at least one electrode, which is exposed in an inner space of the process connection, through which medium flows during operation. The electrode is connected with the measuring transducer housing via an electrically conductive connection.Type: GrantFiled: March 9, 2007Date of Patent: May 3, 2011Assignee: Endress + Hauser Flowtec AGInventors: Roger Kerrom, Antonio Magliocca
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Publication number: 20100300212Abstract: Electrode for a magneto-inductive flow measuring device for determining volume flow of an electrically conductive medium flowing through a measuring tube. The measuring tube, or at least the portion of it which comes in contact with the medium, is not electrically conductive; wherein the electrode exhibits an electrode shaft and an electrode head. The electrode head contacts the medium, and the electrode shaft exhibits frustoconically shaped sealing lips arranged one after the other in the direction of the longitudinal axis of the electrode. The electrode shaft is pressed into a bore in the wall of the measuring tube. The maximum diameter of the sealing lip nearest the electrode head is greater than the diameter of the bore, and, at least in a part of the electrode shaft, the maximum diameter of any following sealing lip is greater than the maximum diameter of the preceding sealing lip.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 4, 2008Publication date: December 2, 2010Applicant: Endress + Hauser FLowtec AGInventor: Roger Kerrom
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Publication number: 20090223304Abstract: A measuring transducer of a flow measuring device for measuring the flow of a medium through an existing pipeline system, wherein, in a cost-favorable manner, an equalization of potential between medium and measuring transducer is effected. The measuring transducer includes a measuring transducer housing, a measuring tube integrated in the measuring transducer, two process connections of an insulating material, via which the measuring tube is connectable to the pipeline system, and, placed in one of the process connections, at least one electrode, which is exposed in an inner space of the process connection, through which medium flows during operation. The electrode is connected with the measuring transducer housing via an electrically conductive connection.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 9, 2007Publication date: September 10, 2009Applicant: Endress + Hauser Flowtec AGInventors: Roger Kerrom, Antonio Magliocca
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Patent number: 6352000Abstract: The piezoelectric vortex sensing element (3, 3′, 3″, 3+) of this vortex flow sensor (1) can be assembled from individual components in a simple manner; if its piezoelectric element (34, 34′, 34″, 34*, 34+, 34++) should be faulty, it can be easily replaced. Also, the vortex sensing element can be made largely insensitive to vibrations acting from outside. The vortex flow sensor (1) serves to measure the flow velocity and/or the volumetric flow rate of a fluid flowing through a measuring tube (2). A bluff body (4) generating Kármán vortices is disposed along a diameter of the measuring tube and fixed to the measuring tube at at least one fixing point (41). The vortex sensing element responds to vortex-induced pressure fluctuations and either is installed in a wall (22) of the measuring tube down-stream of the bluff body in a tight manner or extends into a main bore (46) extending through the measuring tube into the bluff body.Type: GrantFiled: August 10, 1999Date of Patent: March 5, 2002Inventors: Igor Getman, Sergej Lopatin, Tanja Stöcklin, Frank Ohle, Roger Kerrom
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Patent number: 6003384Abstract: This vortex flow sensor is to be designed either as vortex sensor with a capacitive vortex sensing element (3, 3') either arranged in the hole of a bluff body (4) or inserted into a wall opening of a measuring tube (2, 2') downstream of the bluff body. Both vortex sensing elements being of largely identical construction and being capable of being produced as an independent component in the manner of a module. The wall sensor (3) and the bluff body sensor (3') has a diaphragm (33, 33') sealing off the hole and the wall opening. A flexurally stiff thin sensor vane (31) or sensor sleeve (51) and a sleeve-shaped electrode arrangement (34, 34') with at least one electrode (341, 341') are attached to the diaphragm on opposite sides. A housing cap (32, 32') surrounds the electrode arrangement and the diaphragm, is fixed on the measuring tube and contains a second electrode arrangement (35, 35') with at least one counter-electrode (351, 352; 351', 352').Type: GrantFiled: October 17, 1997Date of Patent: December 21, 1999Assignee: Endress +Hauser Flowtec AGInventors: Thomas Frohlich, Roger Kerrom
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Patent number: 4702656Abstract: An expansion bolt assembly for use in boreholes with an annular undercut adjacent the base of the boreholes includes an axially elongated anchor bolt, a support sleeve laterally enclosing the anchor bolt with annular segments formed on the support sleeve, and an expansion sleeve to be inserted between the anchor bolt and the support sleeve. The annular segments are displaced radially outwardly by the expansion sleeve into the undercut in the borehole. The annular segments extend radially outwardly from the outside surface of the support sleeve. During the expansion procedure the outer surface of the support sleeve is pressed against the surface of the borehole.Type: GrantFiled: July 14, 1986Date of Patent: October 27, 1987Assignee: Hilti AktiengesellschaftInventor: Roger Kerrom