Patents by Inventor Stefan Knechtle

Stefan Knechtle 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).

  • Hand-held light measuring device
    Patent number: 8279440
    Abstract: A hand-held light measuring device includes a device housing (G) with a bottom face incorporating a measuring window (7) through which a measurement optical path extends so that a measurement object can be measured when the device housing (G) is positioned with its bottom face on the measurement object. The measuring device has an integrated, displaceably mounted white reference tile, which can be moved into the measurement optical path and moved back out of it again. The white reference tile is disposed in an end region of an oblong support plate (10) on its side directed towards the housing interior.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2012
    Assignee: X-Rite Europe GmbH
    Inventors: Beat Frick, Lido Feri, Stefan Knechtle
  • Hand-Held Light Measuring Device
    Publication number: 20100328656
    Abstract: A hand-held light measuring device includes a device housing (G) with a bottom face incorporating a measuring window (7) through which a measurement optical path extends so that a measurement object can be measured when the device housing (G) is positioned with its bottom face on the measurement object. The measuring device has an integrated, displaceably mounted white reference tile, which can be moved into the measurement optical path and moved back out of it again. The white reference tile is disposed in an end region of an oblong support plate (10) on its side directed towards the housing interior.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2010
    Publication date: December 30, 2010
    Applicant: X-RITE EUROPE GMBH
    Inventors: Beat Frick, Lido Feri, Stefan Knechtle