Patents by Inventor Roland Messthaler

Roland Messthaler 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: 10551232
    Abstract: A flow meter detects a flow rate of a fluid. The flow meter includes a housing having a flow passage, through which the fluid can be guided from an inlet opening of the housing to an outlet opening of the housing, a measuring tube, which is inserted into the flow passage and constricts the flow cross section in one section of the flow passage, and a holding device, by which the measuring tube is retained on the housing. A respective flow straightener having at least one aperture through which the fluid can flow is arranged between the inlet opening and the measuring tube and/or between the measuring tube and the outlet opening. The flow straightener is configured as a separate component part, which is secured on the holding device by a form-locking or force-locking connection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2020
    Assignee: Diehl Metering GmbH
    Inventors: Roland Messthaler, Markus Eff, Hans-Michael Sonnenberg
  • Publication number: 20190078917
    Abstract: A flow meter detects a flow rate of a fluid. The flow meter includes a housing having a flow passage, through which the fluid can be guided from an inlet opening of the housing to an outlet opening of the housing, a measuring tube, which is inserted into the flow passage and constricts the flow cross section in one section of the flow passage, and a holding device, by which the measuring tube is retained on the housing. A respective flow straightener having at least one aperture through which the fluid can flow is arranged between the inlet opening and the measuring tube and/or between the measuring tube and the outlet opening. The flow straightener is configured as a separate component part, which is secured on the holding device by a form-locking or force-locking connection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2018
    Publication date: March 14, 2019
    Inventors: ROLAND MESSTHALER, MARKUS EFF, HANS-MICHAEL SONNENBERG
  • Patent number: 7819021
    Abstract: The invention relates to a fluid meter (1) having a measuring tube housing (2), a measuring zone (3) inside the measuring tube housing (2), an ultrasonic transducer configuration of at least one ultrasonic transducer (4 and/or 5) for generating an ultrasonic signal and/or converting an ultrasonic signal passing through the measuring zone (3) into an electric signal and a deflecting device (11) for deflecting the ultrasonic signal in particular in the longitudinal direction of the measuring tube (3) such that the surface normal N of the ultrasonic transducer (4 and/or 5) is arranged so it is inclined laterally based on the top position of the fluid-filled interior of the measuring tube housing (2) in the installed position with the plane E such that the ultrasonic signal does not strike the deflecting device (11) from above in the installed position of the fluid meter (1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2010
    Assignee: Hydrometer GmbH
    Inventors: Hans-Michael Sonnenberg, Axel Schmidt-Schoenian, Roland Messthaler
  • Publication number: 20080236296
    Abstract: The invention relates to a fluid meter (1) having a measuring tube housing (2), a measuring zone (3) inside the measuring tube housing (2), an ultrasonic transducer configuration of at least one ultrasonic transducer (4 and/or 5) for generating an ultrasonic signal and/or converting an ultrasonic signal passing through the measuring zone (3) into an electric signal and a deflecting device (11) for deflecting the ultrasonic signal in particular in the longitudinal direction of the measuring tube (3) such that the surface normal N of the ultrasonic transducer (4 and/or 5) is arranged so it is inclined laterally based on the top position of the fluid-filled interior of the measuring tube housing (2) in the installed position with the plane E such that the ultrasonic signal does not strike the deflecting device (11) from above in the installed position of the fluid meter (1).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2008
    Publication date: October 2, 2008
    Applicant: Hydrometer GmbH
    Inventors: Hans-Michael Sonnenberg, Axel Schmidt-Schoenian, Roland Messthaler