Patents by Inventor Thomas Pfauch

Thomas Pfauch 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).

  • Publication number: 20240393149
    Abstract: A modular fitting for immersion in a medium includes: a cylindrical fitting tube configured to accommodate a sensor as to enable contact with the medium at a first end, wherein at the first end a protective basket with at least two tines is arranged; a crown nut including an external thread and at least two slots; a ring; and a cylindrical fitting base including an internal thread complementary to the external thread of the crown nut at a first end region of the fitting base and a stop at a second end region of the fitting base, wherein the ring is configured to be slipped over a cable connected to the sensor, wherein the fitting base is configured to accommodate and fix the ring via the crown nut, and wherein the fitting base and the fitting tube each comprise connecting means to releasably connect them securely to each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2024
    Publication date: November 28, 2024
    Inventors: Thomas Pfauch, Ingrid Wunderlich, Lars Massalski
  • Publication number: 20240288296
    Abstract: A fitting for accommodating a sensor includes: an outer housing extending along a first axis including a primary inlet and a primary outlet for medium to flow through the outer housing, a cleaning inflow, and a cleaning outflow; an inner housing extending along the first axis and moveable about the first axis between a measurement position and a service position, the inner housing including a sensor chamber with a secondary inlet and a secondary outlet, wherein the secondary inlet is fluidically connected to the primary inlet, and the secondary outlet is fluidly connected to the primary outlet when the inner housing is in the measurement position, and wherein the cleaning inflow is fluidically connected to the secondary inlet and the cleaning outflow is fluidically connected to the secondary outlet when the inner housing is in the service position; and a sealing unit between the outer housing and the inner housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2024
    Publication date: August 29, 2024
    Inventors: Holger Lippert, Thomas Pfauch, Maik Thormann
  • Publication number: 20240201216
    Abstract: An assembly for receiving a sensor to measure at least one measurand of a medium in a container includes: a housing having an immersion portion including a first opening and a second opening opposite the first opening; a rotatable valve body which includes a first valve body opening and a second valve body opening opposite the first valve body opening and forms a channel, wherein a service chamber is formed between the first and second valve body openings, wherein, in a first position of the valve body, the first opening, the second opening, the first valve body opening and the second valve body opening collectively form an opening to enable a flow through the service chamber and, when the valve body is in a second position, to block the flow through the service chamber; and a head plate including a first flushing connection and a second flushing connection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2023
    Publication date: June 20, 2024
    Inventors: Holger Lippert, Thomas Pfauch, Arne Kleinpeter, Maik Thormann
  • Patent number: 11969726
    Abstract: A fluid guiding module includes a housing having a sensor chamber having first and second chamber ends. The fluid guiding module includes a first connection region for connecting to a second fluid guiding module. The first connection is located on a first outer side of the housing and has a first redirection channel having first and second redirection channel ends. A chamber inlet channel fluidly couples the first redirection channel end to the first chamber end of the sensor chamber. The first redirection channel is adapted to be fluidly coupled to a chamber outlet channel of the second fluid guiding module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: Endress+Hauser Conducta GmbH+Co. KG
    Inventors: Holger Lippert, Thomas Pfauch, Maik Thormann
  • Patent number: 11619525
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Assignee: Endress+Hauser Conducta GmbH+Co. KG
    Inventors: Torsten Pechstein, Stefan Pilz, Sebastian Geissler, Thomas Pfauch
  • Patent number: 11585461
    Abstract: Disclosed is an armature for receiving a sensor for measuring a medium in a container. The armature includes a hollow cylindrical housing designed to connect the armature to the container at least sectionally in the container. The housing includes first and second openings through which medium flows in or out; a service chamber formed in the interior of the housing between the first and second openings; a rotationally movable closing element in the housing, which, in a first position, opens the first and second openings to the medium and, in a second position, blocks a flow through the first and second openings; a sensor holder; and the sensor arranged on or in the sensor holder. The sensor holder is designed such that the sensitive element is arranged in the service chamber in the measuring/service position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: Endress+Hauser Conducta GmbH+Co. KG
    Inventors: Arne Kleinpeter, Jens Bindrich, Angela Eubisch, Melanie Ullrich, Jörg Uhle, Carsten Schippan, Thomas Pfauch
  • Publication number: 20230019192
    Abstract: The invention relates to a transportable sample drawing container for drawing a sample of a fluid contained in a process container, said sample drawing container being adjustable between a sample drawing position and a transport position. In the sample drawing position, at least one closable opening which is arranged at a first end section of the sample drawing container and which leads into the interior of the sample drawing container is open, and in the transport position, a sample chamber which is arranged in the interior is closed in a fluid-tight manner, wherein the sample drawing container can be inserted into a movable lock fitting. The invention additionally relates to a sample drawing system comprising the sample drawing container and a lock fitting and to a method for drawing a sample using the sample drawing system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2020
    Publication date: January 19, 2023
    Inventors: Torsten Rest, Walter Wiegand, Einar Möller, Thomas Pfauch
  • Patent number: 11428610
    Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a retractable assembly for immersion, flow and mounted measuring systems in analytical process technology for receiving a sensor which is designed to measure at least one measurement variable of a medium in a container, comprising: a substantially hollow-cylindrical housing comprising a housing wall, a service chamber which is formed in the interior in a region of the housing, and a dip tube which is axially movable in the housing between a service position moved out of the medium and a process position moved into the medium, the dip tube being positioned in the service chamber in the service position, the sensor being receivable in the dip tube, wherein at least one optical window is arranged in the housing wall in the region of the service chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Assignee: ENDRESS+HAUSER CONDUCTA GMBH+CO. KG
    Inventors: Thomas Pfauch, Jens Bindrich, Angela Eubisch, Arne Kleinpeter, Carsten Schippan, Jörg Uhle, Melanie Ullrich
  • Patent number: D969644
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: ENDRESS+HAUSER CONDUCTA GMBH+CO. KG
    Inventors: Holger Lippert, Thomas Pfauch
  • Patent number: D969645
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: Endress+Hauser Conducta GmbH+Co. KG
    Inventors: Holger Lippert, Thomas Pfauch
  • Patent number: D976722
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: Endress+Hauser Conducta GmbH+Co. KG
    Inventors: Holger Lippert, Thomas Pfauch
  • Patent number: D976723
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: Endress+Hauser Conducta GmbH+Co. KG
    Inventors: Holger Lippert, Thomas Pfauch
  • Patent number: D976724
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: Endress+Hauser Conducta GmbH+Co. KG
    Inventors: Holger Lippert, Thomas Pfauch
  • Patent number: D976725
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: Endress+Hauser Conducta GmbH+Co. KG
    Inventors: Holger Lippert, Thomas Pfauch
  • Patent number: D976133
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2023
    Assignee: Endress+Hauser Conducta GmbH+Co. KG
    Inventors: Holger Lippert, Thomas Pfauch
  • Patent number: D976134
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2023
    Assignee: Endress+Hauser Conducta GmbH+Co. KG
    Inventors: Holger Lippert, Thomas Pfauch
  • Patent number: D976135
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2023
    Assignee: Endress+Hauser Conducta GmbH+Co. KG
    Inventors: Holger Lippert, Thomas Pfauch
  • Patent number: D976136
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2023
    Assignee: Endress+Hauser Conducta GmbH+Co. KG
    Inventors: Holger Lippert, Thomas Pfauch
  • Patent number: D976137
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2023
    Assignee: Endress+Hauser Conducta GmbH+Co. KG
    Inventors: Holger Lippert, Thomas Pfauch
  • Patent number: D980095
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: Endress+Hauser Conducta GmbH+Co. KG
    Inventors: Holger Lippert, Thomas Pfauch