Patents by Inventor Thomas Grübler

Thomas Grübler 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: 12192671
    Abstract: A multispectral or thermal imager comprising a lens assembly, an array of IC chips that is arranged in a field of view of the lens assembly, and a filter assembly comprising one or more wavelength filters. The filter assembly comprises a respective wavelength filter for at least one of the three or more rows of IC chips. At least one wavelength filter is transparent in a portion of a wavelength range that passes through the lens assembly. The filter assembly is configured such that radiation of the same wavelength range passes to the rows of IC chips in the pair of non-adjacent rows, and such that the wavelength range that passes to the rows in the pair of non-adjacent rows is different from a wavelength range that passes to the one or more rows other than the pair of non-adjacent rows.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2024
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2025
    Assignee: OroraTech GmbH
    Inventor: Thomas Grübler
  • Publication number: 20240187546
    Abstract: A multispectral or thermal imager comprising a lens assembly, an array of IC chips that is arranged in a field of view of the lens assembly, and a filter assembly comprising one or more wavelength filters. The filter assembly comprises a respective wavelength filter for at least one of the three or more rows of IC chips. At least one wavelength filter is transparent in a portion of a wavelength range that passes through the lens assembly. The filter assembly is configured such that radiation of the same wavelength range passes to the rows of IC chips in the pair of non-adjacent rows, and such that the wavelength range that passes to the rows in the pair of non-adjacent rows is different from a wavelength range that passes to the one or more rows other than the pair of non-adjacent rows.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2024
    Publication date: June 6, 2024
    Inventor: Thomas Grübler
  • Patent number: 11902697
    Abstract: A multispectral or thermal imager comprising a lens assembly, an array of IC chips that is arranged in a field of view of the lens assembly, each IC chip comprising an array of thermopile devices, and a filter assembly comprising one or more wavelength filters. The filter assembly comprises a respective wavelength filter for at least one of the three or more rows of IC chips. At least one wavelength filter is transparent in a portion of a wavelength range that passes through the lens assembly. The filter assembly is configured such that radiation of the same wavelength range passes to the rows of IC chips in the pair of non-adjacent rows, and such that the wavelength range that passes to the rows in the pair of non-adjacent rows is different from a wavelength range that passes to the one or more rows other than the pair of non-adjacent rows.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: OroraTech GmbH
    Inventor: Thomas Grübler
  • Publication number: 20220086371
    Abstract: A multispectral or thermal imager comprising a lens assembly, an array of IC, chips that is arranged in a field of view of the lens assembly, each IC chip comprising an array of thermopile devices, and a filter assembly comprising one or more wavelength filters. The filter assembly comprises a respective wavelength filter for at least one of the three or more rows of IC chips. At least one wavelength filter is one of the three or more rows of IC chips. At least one wavelength filter is transparent in a portion of a wavelength range that passes through the lens assembly. The filter assembly is configured such that radiation of the same wavelength range passes to the rows of IC chips in the pair of non-adjacent rows, and such that the wavelength range that passes to the rows in the pair of non-adjacent rows is different from a wavelength range that passes to the one or more rows other than the pair of non-adjacent rows.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2019
    Publication date: March 17, 2022
    Inventor: Thomas Grübler
  • Patent number: 11097858
    Abstract: Embodiments described herein include a satellite cover panel for covering a satellite, particularly a payload bay of a satellite comprising an energy storage module, at least one energy generating module defining, at least partially, a first outer surface of the satellite cover panel, and a logic board defining, at least partially, a second outer surface of the satellite cover panel, wherein the first outer surface and the second outer surface face away from each other and from the energy storage module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2021
    Assignee: Technische Universität München
    Inventors: Thomas Grübler, Martin Langer
  • Patent number: 10578427
    Abstract: The invention discloses an apparatus for measuring the torsion between a first point (41) and a second point (42) of a test object (1), said second point being spaced apart from the first point.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2020
    Assignee: fos4X GmbH
    Inventors: Mathias Müller, Florian Rieger, Thomas Grübler, Benjamin Zorn
  • Publication number: 20190339066
    Abstract: The invention discloses an apparatus for measuring the torsion between a first point (41) and a second point (42) of a test object (1), said second point being spaced apart from the first point.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2017
    Publication date: November 7, 2019
    Inventors: Mathias MÜLLER, Florian RIEGER, Thomas GRÜBLER, Benjamin ZORN
  • Publication number: 20190023423
    Abstract: Embodiments described herein include a satellite cover panel for covering a satellite, particularly a payload bay of a satellite comprising an energy storage module, at least one energy generating module defining, at least partially, a first outer surface of the satellite cover panel, and a logic board defining, at least partially, a second outer surface of the satellite cover panel, wherein the first outer surface and the second outer surface face away from each other and from the energy storage module.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2018
    Publication date: January 24, 2019
    Inventors: Thomas Grübler, Martin LANGER