Patents by Inventor Thomas Reinsch

Thomas Reinsch 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).

  • Method and system for monitoring a material and/or a device in a bore hole using a fiber optic measuring cable
    Patent number: 10890064
    Abstract: In a first aspect, a method for monitoring a material and/or a device in a borehole using a fiber optic measurement cable is provided, and, in a second aspect, a system for carrying out the method is provided. The system includes a fiber optic measurement cable which is present introduced into a borehole, wherein a material and a device are present in the borehole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2021
    Assignee: HELMHOLTZ-ZENTRUM POTSDAM—DEUTSCHES GEOFORSCHUNGSZENTURM GFZ—STIFTUNG DES OFFENTLICHEN RECHTS DES LANDES BRADEN TELEGRAFENBERG
    Inventors: Thomas Reinsch, Santiago Ruben Aldaz Cifuentes, Tobias Raab, Martin Lipus, Philippe Jousset, Jan Henninges
  • METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MONITORING A MATERIAL AND/OR A DEVICE IN A BORE HOLE USING A FIBER OPTIC MEASURING CABLE
    Publication number: 20190284931
    Abstract: In a first aspect, a method for monitoring a material and/or a device in a borehole using a fiber optic measurement cable is provided, and, in a second aspect, a system for carrying out the method is provided. The system includes a fiber optic measurement cable which is present introduced into a borehole, wherein a material and a device are present in the borehole.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2019
    Publication date: September 19, 2019
    Inventors: Thomas Reinsch, Santiago Ruben Aldaz Cifuentes, Tobias Raab, Martin Lipus, Philippe Jousset, Jan Henninges
  • SENSOR FOR COMBINED TEMPERATURE, PRESSURE, AND REFRACTIVE INDEX DETECTION
    Publication number: 20150077736
    Abstract: A sensor (1) has a light conductor (2) having a grating (FBG), a cavity (5), and a transparent cavity end wall (4), a light emitter for directing light through the conductor, and a light detector for detecting reflected light, and a processor. The processor is adapted to analyse light reflected due to the grating (FBG, 6) to determine an indication of temperature, light reflected from the end (7) of the cavity (5) to determine an indication of pressure, and also light reflected from the outer surface (8) of the cavity wall (4) to determine an indication of refractive index of a medium outside said cavity wall. The processor may use one output to compensate another, for example pressure and temperature may be used to compensate for variation in refractive index.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2013
    Publication date: March 19, 2015
    Applicant: UNIVERSITY OF LIMERICK
    Inventors: Thomas Reinsch, Kort Bremer, Elfed Lewis, Gabriel Leen, Steffen Lochmann