Patents by Inventor Stefan Pilz
Stefan Pilz 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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Publication number: 20240217560Abstract: A system including a motor vehicle and a mobile electronic device having a display device which can be used by a vehicle occupant. The motor vehicle has an assistance system for a drive operation which is automated under certain conditions. The motor vehicle is designed to transmit a specified control signal to the mobile device in response to detection of a drive situation to be managed in a non-autonomous manner. The mobile device is configured to receive and process control signals so as to be adapted to the motor vehicle and to output a transfer request, by means of which the vehicle occupant is requested to assume the guidance of the vehicle, in an assured manner by means of the display device in response to receiving the control signal regardless of the user configuration of the device.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 19, 2022Publication date: July 4, 2024Inventors: Mathias DOELL, Ivo NIKOLOV, Stefan PILZ, Christoph RESCH, Jakob REUTER
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Patent number: 11982548Abstract: Disclosed is a sensor comprising a sensor element that detects a measurand, the sensor element being in electrical contact with a sensor circuit that processes values derived from data from a secondary coil and/or from the measurand. The sensor circuit is in electrical contact with an ex-circuit. The sensor circuit is supplied a maximum input voltage and a maximum input current. The ex-circuit includes the secondary coil that receives an electrical signal from a primary coil. The electrical signal includes the data that are modulated onto the electrical signal. The sensor also includes a voltage limit that limits the voltage of the electrical signal to the maximum input voltage of the sensor circuit and a current limit that limits the current of the electrical signal to the maximum input current of the sensor circuit. Also disclosed are a sensor arrangement and a use of a sensor.Type: GrantFiled: July 30, 2019Date of Patent: May 14, 2024Assignee: Endress+Hauser Conducta GmbH+Co. KGInventors: Sven-Matthias Scheibe, Stefan Pilz
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Patent number: 11619525Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a sensor and sensor mounting comprising a housing having an end section, wherein the end section is designed for mounting of the sensor. First communication capabilities are arranged in the housing and are designed for the wireless transmission of power to the sensor and for the wireless transmission and reception of data to and from the sensor. First retaining capabilities are designed to hold the sensor in the end section, and connecting capabilities, which are connected at least to the communication capabilities, are designed to connect the sensor mounting to a superordinate unit.Type: GrantFiled: December 11, 2019Date of Patent: April 4, 2023Assignee: Endress+Hauser Conducta GmbH+Co. KGInventors: Torsten Pechstein, Stefan Pilz, Sebastian Geissler, Thomas Pfauch
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Patent number: 11308795Abstract: A sensor system comprises a first mobile sensor unit and a stationary sensor unit. The first mobile sensor unit has a first sensor for acquiring a first measured value and a first wireless communication unit for receiving a calibration value and for transmitting the first measured value. The stationary sensor unit has a second sensor for acquiring a second measured value and a second wireless communication unit for transmitting the calibration value and for receiving the first measured value.Type: GrantFiled: October 9, 2020Date of Patent: April 19, 2022Assignee: Endress+Hauser Conducta GmbH+Co. KGInventors: Michael Hanko, Stefan Pilz, Björn Haase, Andreas Löbbert
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Publication number: 20210341311Abstract: Disclosed is a sensor comprising a sensor element that detects a measurand, the sensor element being in electrical contact with a sensor circuit that processes values derived from data from a secondary coil and/or from the measurand. The sensor circuit is in electrical contact with an ex-circuit. The sensor circuit is supplied a maximum input voltage and a maximum input current. The ex-circuit includes the secondary coil that receives an electrical signal from a primary coil. The electrical signal includes the data that are modulated onto the electrical signal. The sensor also includes a voltage limit that limits the voltage of the electrical signal to the maximum input voltage of the sensor circuit and a current limit that limits the current of the electrical signal to the maximum input current of the sensor circuit. Also disclosed are a sensor arrangement and a use of a sensor.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 30, 2019Publication date: November 4, 2021Inventors: Sven-Matthias Scheibe, Stefan Pilz
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Patent number: 11055245Abstract: The disclosure relates to a method for communication in process automation between a sensor and a connecting element connectable to the sensor, wherein the sensor is configured for acquisition of a measured variable of the process automation and for transmission of a value that is dependent upon the measured variable value to the connecting element, wherein the connecting element for transmission of the value dependent upon the measured variable to a parent unit is configured via a first protocol. The method is characterized in that communication between the sensor and the connecting element takes place without the knowledge of the parent unit using a second protocol, the second protocol being independent of the first protocol.Type: GrantFiled: July 15, 2016Date of Patent: July 6, 2021Assignee: Endress+Hauser Conducta GmbH+Co. KGInventors: Stefan Pilz, Sven-Matthias Scheibe, Tobias Mieth
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Publication number: 20210110704Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a sensor system for the mobile acquisition of at least one measured value in a process medium. The sensor system comprises at least one first mobile sensor unit and at least one stationary sensor unit. The first mobile sensor unit has a first sensor for acquiring a first measured value and a first wireless communication unit for receiving a calibration value and for transmitting the first measured value. The stationary sensor unit has a second sensor for acquiring a second measured value and a second wireless communication unit for transmitting the calibration value and for receiving the first measured value.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 9, 2020Publication date: April 15, 2021Inventors: Michael Hanko, Stefan Pilz, Björn Haase, Andreas Löbbert
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Publication number: 20210003605Abstract: The present disclosure includes a retractable assembly for immersion, flow and mounted measuring systems in analytical process technology, comprising: an essentially cylindrical housing with a housing interior; a dip tube which can be moved axially in the housing interior between a service position and a process position by means of supply energy, in particular compressed air; and an acceleration sensor. The present disclosure also includes a method for detecting a movement of the dip tube.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 6, 2020Publication date: January 7, 2021Inventors: Martin Lohmann, Stefan Pilz, Thomas Pfauch, Stefan Paul
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Patent number: 10862297Abstract: The invention discloses an intrinsically safe field device for process automation technology, comprising: at least one sensor element for detecting at least one measurand; a secondary coil for transmitting and receiving data—in particular, values derived from the measurand—from a primary coil, and for receiving power from the primary coil, wherein the secondary coil comprises first and second connections; a second coupling body that is designed to be complementary to a first coupling body, wherein the second coupling body comprises the secondary coil; and a circuit assembly that is arranged downstream of the secondary coil. Within the circuit assembly, Zener diodes are connected upstream of rectifier diodes.Type: GrantFiled: March 22, 2019Date of Patent: December 8, 2020Assignee: Endress+Hauser Conducta GmbH+Co. KGInventors: Stefan Pilz, Jörg Uhle, Stefan Paul, Hendrik Zeun
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Patent number: 10778033Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a connection element comprising an essentially cylindrical core, a primary coil for transmission and reception of data and/or for transmission of energy from or to a secondary coil, wherein the primary coil surrounds the core, and a first coupling body with a first segment and a second segment, wherein the second segment comprises the primary coil. In the connection element, the core at one end comprises a first magnetic body that is greater in diameter than the core and extends into the first segment. The present disclosure likewise discloses a sensor, as well as a sensor connection element including such a sensor and such a connection element.Type: GrantFiled: June 19, 2018Date of Patent: September 15, 2020Assignee: Endress+Hauser Conducta GmbH+Co. KGInventors: Sebastian Geissler, Stefan Pilz, Sven-Matthias Scheibe
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Publication number: 20200191617Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a sensor and sensor mounting comprising a housing having an end section, wherein the end section is designed for mounting of the sensor. First communication capabilities are arranged in the housing and are designed for the wireless transmission of power to the sensor and for the wireless transmission and reception of data to and from the sensor. First retaining capabilities are designed to hold the sensor in the end section, and connecting capabilities, which are connected at least to the communication capabilities, are designed to connect the sensor mounting to a superordinate unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 11, 2019Publication date: June 18, 2020Inventors: Torsten Pechstein, Stefan Pilz, Sebastian Geissler, Thomas Pfauch
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Patent number: 10527176Abstract: A seat valve with electromagnetic actuation having switching noises during closure of the seat valve should be noticeably reduced independently of a temperature of a fluid in the seat valve, without considerably increasing the production costs of the seat valve. A sealing body of the seat valve is produced from a plastic which is selected from the group (PEEK, PEI, PASU and LCP), and the flow of force for fastening and for transmitting structure-borne sound from a sealing seat to a fastening surface has at least one transition from a metallic component to a component composed of plastic and a transition from the component composed of plastic to a fastening surface of some other metallic component. The seat valve may be used in hydraulic brake systems of vehicles, but also in gear mechanisms or hydraulic systems.Type: GrantFiled: September 11, 2017Date of Patent: January 7, 2020Assignee: Thomas Magnete GmbHInventors: Wolfgang Petri, Stefan Pilz, Thomas Lütz, Marco Jung, Willi Schäfer, Julia Bieler
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Patent number: 10511260Abstract: Described is a circuit for supplying power to an electric load connected to the circuit via an interface, and for receiving desired signals transmitted from the electric load by an amplitude modulation, performed by the electric load, of a carrier signal transmitted from the circuit via the interface, said carrier signal serving to supply power to the electric load, with a carrier signal generator that comprises a direct voltage source and a DC-AC converter downstream of the direct voltage source, and with a demodulator for extraction of desired signals modulated by the electric load on the carrier signal, which circuit has a high efficiency without the use of choke coils. The demodulator is designed to extract the desired signals using a current corresponding to a carrier signal current flowing through a current path of the circuit during a transmission of the desired signals, said carrier signal current flowing across the interface.Type: GrantFiled: October 24, 2017Date of Patent: December 17, 2019Assignee: Endress+Hauser Conducta GmbH+Co. KGInventor: Stefan Pilz
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Publication number: 20190346421Abstract: The present invention relates to the field of laboratory diagnostics. Specifically, means and methods for determining the progression of chronic kidney disease (CKD) and/or kidney transplant failure including determining the risk of progression of chronic kidney disease (CKD) and/or the risk of kidney transplant failure based on the analysis of homoarginine levels are disclosed. Moreover, the present invention relates to homoarginine for use in a method of treatment and/or prophylaxis of chronic kidney diseases (CKD) as well as for use in a method of treatment and/or prophylaxis of kidney transplant failure in a patient.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 23, 2019Publication date: November 14, 2019Inventors: Christiane Drechsler, Barbara Kollerits, Andreas Meinitzer, Stefan Pilz, Winfried Maerz, Christoph Wanner, Florian Kronenberg
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Publication number: 20190296544Abstract: The invention discloses an intrinsically safe field device for process automation technology, comprising: at least one sensor element for detecting at least one measurand; a secondary coil for transmitting and receiving data—in particular, values derived from the measurand—from a primary coil, and for receiving power from the primary coil, wherein the secondary coil comprises first and second connections; a second coupling body that is designed to be complementary to a first coupling body, wherein the second coupling body comprises the secondary coil; and a circuit assembly that is arranged downstream of the secondary coil. Within the circuit assembly, Zener diodes are connected upstream of rectifier diodes.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 22, 2019Publication date: September 26, 2019Inventors: Stefan Pilz, Jörg Uhle, Stefan Paul, Hendrik Zeun
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Patent number: 10393280Abstract: A seat valve with electromagnetic actuation combines, in one device, the functions of a seat valve, of a pressure-limiting valve and optionally also of one or more check valves. Furthermore, the switching noise of the seat valve function is reduced. In a de-energized state of an electromagnet, a fluid flow from a port P to a port TNC occurs only if a pressure difference between the ports P and TNC exceeds a limit value of ?pG, wherein the force of the specified pressure difference overcomes the force of a spring and therefore pushes a first sealing body out of a first sealing seat, and in the energized state of the electromagnet, a fluid flow from port P to port TNC occurs even in the case of a pressure difference less than ?pG if the force of the electromagnet together with the force of the pressure difference between the ports P and TNC overcomes the force of the spring, wherein the sum of the specified forces pushes the first sealing body out of the first sealing seat.Type: GrantFiled: September 11, 2017Date of Patent: August 27, 2019Assignee: Thomas Magnete GmbHInventors: Wolfgang Petri, Thomas Lütz, Stefan Pilz
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Publication number: 20180366983Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a connection element comprising an essentially cylindrical core, a primary coil for transmission and reception of data and/or for transmission of energy from or to a secondary coil, wherein the primary coil surrounds the core, and a first coupling body with a first segment and a second segment, wherein the second segment comprises the primary coil. In the connection element, the core at one end comprises a first magnetic body that is greater in diameter than the core and extends into the first segment. The present disclosure likewise discloses a sensor, as well as a sensor connection element including such a sensor and such a connection element.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 19, 2018Publication date: December 20, 2018Inventors: Sebastian Geissler, Stefan Pilz, Sven-Matthias Scheibe
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Patent number: 10126358Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method and a corresponding circuit for the fault detection of an electrical circuit, wherein the electrical circuit includes a first inductive interface, at least a first branch, and a second branch, wherein the first and the second branches are connected in parallel, wherein the first branch includes two parallel and counter-currently-connected diodes, and wherein the first and second branches are connected to the first inductive interface. The method includes applying an alternating voltage or an alternating current across the first inductive interface via a second inductive interface, wherein the applied voltage or current is low enough that essentially no current flows through either the first or the second diode; measuring the impedance across the first inductive interface via the second inductive interface; and determining whether a fault is present in the second branch.Type: GrantFiled: June 28, 2017Date of Patent: November 13, 2018Assignee: Endress+Hauser Conducta GmbH+Co. KGInventor: Stefan Pilz
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Publication number: 20180115281Abstract: Described is a circuit for supplying power to an electric load connected to the circuit via an interface, and for receiving desired signals transmitted from the electric load by an amplitude modulation, performed by the electric load, of a carrier signal transmitted from the circuit via the interface, said carrier signal serving to supply power to the electric load, with a carrier signal generator that comprises a direct voltage source and a DC-AC converter downstream of the direct voltage source, and with a demodulator for extraction of desired signals modulated by the electric load on the carrier signal, which circuit has a high efficiency without the use of choke coils. The demodulator is designed to extract the desired signals using a current corresponding to a carrier signal current flowing through a current path of the circuit during a transmission of the desired signals, said carrier signal current flowing across the interface.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 24, 2017Publication date: April 26, 2018Inventor: Stefan Pilz
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Publication number: 20180073651Abstract: A seat valve with electromagnetic actuation having switching noises during closure of the seat valve should be noticeably reduced independently of a temperature of a fluid in the seat valve, without considerably increasing the production costs of the seat valve. A sealing body of the seat valve is produced from a plastic which is selected from the group (PEEK, PEI, PASU and LCP), and the flow of force for fastening and for transmitting structure-borne sound from a sealing seat to a fastening surface has at least one transition from a metallic component to a component composed of plastic and a transition from the component composed of plastic to a fastening surface of some other metallic component. The seat valve may be used in hydraulic brake systems of vehicles, but also in gear mechanisms or hydraulic systems.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 11, 2017Publication date: March 15, 2018Inventors: Wolfgang Petri, Stefan Pilz, Thomas Lütz, Marco Jung, Willi Schäfer, Julia Bieler