Patents by Inventor Rolf M. Eppinger

Rolf M. Eppinger 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).

  • Means and method for calculating the instantaneous shape of the periphery of a cross-section of a body as it is being deformed
    Patent number: 5042164
    Abstract: A sensing device and an analyis process which determines the shape of the periphery of a cross-section of a body as it deforms or is defomed in time. The sensing device is a band attached to the surface of the deformable body along the external peripheral path of the desired geometrical cross-section; the band has sensing devices on it, each of which produces an output proportional to local curvature as the band is deformed. The analysis process integrates the outputs from the sensing devices to calculate the shape of the periphery of a cross-section of the body to which the band is attached.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 1989
    Date of Patent: August 27, 1991
    Assignee: The Government of the United States as represented by the Secretary of Transportation
    Inventor: Rolf M. Eppinger