Patents by Inventor Thorsten HUGE

Thorsten HUGE 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).

  • Device and method for measuring a wear condition of plain bearing or guide elements
    Patent number: 11788982
    Abstract: A device for measuring a wear condition on the plain bearing surface of a sensor plate comprises a measuring apparatus, which has wear sensors of a sensor plate integrated into the plain bearing surface. To capture the material removal at the plain bearing surface due to wear an evaluation apparatus is in signal connection with the wear sensors. The evaluation apparatus is designed, with respect to programming, in such a way that a change, in particular an increase, in the ohmic resistance value of the electrical conductor of a certain wear sensor can be captured in dependence on its own material removal, in order to thereby ensure that the amount of the material removal at the plain bearing surface and/or the remaining thickness of the plain bearing surface at the location of said certain wear sensor can be inferred from the detected change in the resistance value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: SMS group GmbH
    Inventors: Thomas Haschke, Torsten Müller, Johannes Alken, Thorsten Huge, Matthias Kipping
  • Device and method for measuring a wear condition of plain bearing or guide elements
    Publication number: 20210349046
    Abstract: A device for measuring a wear condition on the plain bearing surface of a sensor plate comprises a measuring apparatus, which has wear sensors of a sensor plate integrated into the plain bearing surface. To capture the material removal at the plain bearing surface due to wear an evaluation apparatus is in signal connection with the wear sensors. The evaluation apparatus is designed, with respect to programming, in such a way that a change, in particular an increase, in the ohmic resistance value of the electrical conductor of a certain wear sensor can be captured in dependence on its own material removal, in order to thereby ensure that the amount of the material removal at the plain bearing surface and/or the remaining thickness of the plain bearing surface at the location of said certain wear sensor can be inferred from the detected change in the resistance value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2019
    Publication date: November 11, 2021
    Applicant: SMS group GmbH
    Inventors: Thomas HASCHKE, Torsten MÜLLER, Johannes ALKEN, Thorsten HUGE, Matthias KIPPING