Patents by Inventor Stefan Sester

Stefan Sester 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: 6756779
    Abstract: An inductive measuring transducer having bodies movable relative to one another, one of the bodies being a sensor component including an inductive sensor that produces an alternating magnetic field. Another of the bodies is a pickup component including an inductive pickup into which the alternating magnetic field is injected. The pickup component includes a conductor loop in which the inductive sensor induces a voltage. A voltage curve independent of position of the sensor component relative to the pickup component develops over the conductor loop. Resistors have first ends connected along the coductor loop and second ends connected together in groups at connection points. Voltage can be picked off from the connection points that correspond to functions of the position of the sensor component relative to the pickup component and permit the position to be clearly determined, the position and value of the resistors defining the functions of the position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2004
    Assignee: Horst Siedle GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Franz Gleixner, Stefan Sester
  • Publication number: 20030137294
    Abstract: An inductive measuring transducer having bodies that are movable one relative to the other, one of such bodies (sensor component 2) comprising at least one inductive sensor (6) that produces an alternating magnetic field, and the other body (pickup component 1) comprising one or more inductive pickups into which the alternating magnetic field of the inductive sensor(s) (6) is/are injected, there being provided an electronic circuit (3) for supplying the inductive sensor (6) with an alternating current and a circuit for evaluating the output voltages of the measuring transducer, is characterized in that the pickup component (1) comprises a closed conductor loop (10) in which the one or more inductive sensors (6) of the sensor component (2) induce(s) a voltage so that a voltage curve independent of the position of the sensor component (2) relative to the pickup component (1) develops over the conductor loop (10), and that resistors (11) are connected along the conductor loop (10), which have their other ends co
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2002
    Publication date: July 24, 2003
    Inventors: Franz Gleixner, Stefan Sester