Patents by Inventor Thilo KRÄTSCHMER

Thilo KRÄTSCHMER 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: 9632019
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for cleaning deposits and accretions from an end plate of a sensor body, for accommodating a measuring apparatus for determining one or more physical and/or chemical, process variables. The sensor body is sealed against penetration by liquid and a wiper is provided having a wiper blade for cleaning the end plate. The wiper is arranged as a subcomponent on a peripheral, appended module, wherein geometries of the wiper and the peripheral, appended module are so embodied that the wiper in the case of rotary movement from a rest position into a cleaning position, with the lower edge of the wiper blade being flush with the upper edge of the end plate, in the cleaning position, and in order that the wiper cleans the end plate by contact of the wiper blade with the end plate, and the wiper then returns to the rest position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2017
    Assignee: Endress+Hauser Conducta GmbH+Co. KG
    Inventors: Hasan-Özkan Karagöz, Michael Littmann, Thilo Krätschmer
  • Publication number: 20170106363
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method for metering a liquid into a wet chemistry analytical device wherein a specified volume of individual liquids is placed in a metering unit consisting of a metering container and at least one dose measuring device. During the filling of the metering container with the respective liquid, after the activation of the dose measuring device, an additional volume of the liquid is drawn into the metering tube beyond the position of the dose measuring device, wherein during this procedure and afterwards the status of the dose measuring device is checked, and a conclusion is drawn from this regarding the presence of an air bubble-free liquid in the metering tube.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2016
    Publication date: April 20, 2017
    Inventors: Xu Zhou, Justyna Homa, Thomas Schipolowski, Thilo Krätschmer
  • Publication number: 20170102317
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a device for monitoring a light source of an optical sensor designed for determining a measured value of a measured parameter in a medium, including at least one light source for transmitting light along an optical path through a measuring chamber fillable with the medium, wherein the light source is associated with a receiver for receiving reception light, and at least one monitoring unit associated with the light source, with a sensory unit for monitoring the light source, wherein the monitoring unit receives transmission light, and wherein the sensory unit points in the direction of the optical path and receives light from the direction opposite the optical path. The present disclosure also relates to the use of such a device in an analyzer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2016
    Publication date: April 13, 2017
    Inventors: Benjamin Bertsch, Thilo Krätschmer, Ralf Bernhard
  • Publication number: 20170010248
    Abstract: The disclosure includes an apparatus for determining a measured value in a liquid medium, comprising at least a light transmitter, at least one light receiver assigned to the transmitter, a measuring chamber that can be filled with the medium, wherein an optical path runs through the measuring chamber from the transmitter to the receiver. The apparatus includes a dosing apparatus for dosing at least one reagent and/or the medium, and for inserting the dosed reagent and/or the medium into the measuring chamber. The dosing apparatus is designed as a tube, and the tube includes at least a first control point, wherein the volume in the tube from a starting point to a first control point defines the amount of reagent or medium to be inserted into the measuring chamber. The disclosure further includes the use of the apparatus and a method for dosing the reagent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2016
    Publication date: January 12, 2017
    Inventors: Frank Müller, Ralf Steuerwald, Thilo Krätschmer
  • Publication number: 20130008466
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for cleaning deposits and accretions from an end plate of a sensor body, for accommodating a measuring apparatus for determining one or more physical and/or chemical, process variables. The sensor body is sealed against penetration by liquid and a wiper is provided having a wiper blade for cleaning the end plate. The wiper is arranged as a subcomponent on a peripheral, appended module, wherein geometries of the wiper and the peripheral, appended module are so embodied that the wiper in the case of rotary movement from a rest position into a cleaning position, with the lower edge of the wiper blade being flush with the upper edge of the end plate, in the cleaning position, and in order that the wiper cleans the end plate by contact of the wiper blade with the end plate, and the wiper then returns to the rest position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 5, 2012
    Publication date: January 10, 2013
    Applicant: Endress + Hauser Conducta Gesellschaft für Mess- und Regeltechnik mbH + Co. KG
    Inventors: Hasan-Özkan KARAGÖZ, Michael LITTMANN, Thilo KRÄTSCHMER
  • Patent number: 8149415
    Abstract: An absorption spectrometer provides improved rejection of background radiation signal by employing a frequency-swept laser signal without frequency dithering and performing an effective differentiation of output light from a test cell to eliminate these constant or slowly varying background radiation levels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2012
    Assignee: Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation
    Inventors: Scott Thomas Sanders, Thilo Kraetschmer
  • Publication number: 20110188046
    Abstract: An absorption spectrometer provides improved rejection of background radiation signal by employing a frequency-swept laser signal without frequency dithering and performing an effective differentiation of output light from a test cell to eliminate these constant or slowly varying background radiation levels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2010
    Publication date: August 4, 2011
    Inventors: Scott Thomas Sanders, Thilo Kraetschmer
  • Patent number: 7633977
    Abstract: A laser provides a cavity with complementary wavelength-dependent delay elements to provide the same optical length but time-staggered light paths for different colors. This provides the ability to individually control multiple narrow bands of colors each in a separate time division window.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2009
    Assignee: Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation
    Inventors: Scott Thomas Sanders, Thilo Kraetschmer