Patents by Inventor Thorsten Springmann

Thorsten Springmann 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: 20220365041
    Abstract: A device and a method for determining and/or monitoring at least one process variable of a medium include a sensor unit having a mechanically oscillatable unit, at least a first piezoelectric element, a temperature detection unit for determining and/or monitoring a temperature of the medium and an electronics unit. The device is embodied to excite the mechanically oscillatable unit by means of an excitation signal such that mechanical oscillations are executed, to receive mechanical oscillations of the oscillatable unit and convert them into a first received signal, to transmit a transmitted signal and to receive a second received signal. The electronics unit is embodied, based on the first and/or second received signal, to determine the at least one process variable and, based on a third received signal received from the temperature detection unit, to determine the temperature of the medium.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2020
    Publication date: November 17, 2022
    Inventors: Jan Schleiferböck, Tobias Brengartner, Sergey Lopatin, Thorsten Springmann, Raphael Kuhnen
  • Publication number: 20220359811
    Abstract: A device and a method for determining and/or monitoring at least one process variable of a medium include a sensor unit having a mechanically oscillatable unit, at least a first piezoelectric element, a conductivity/capacitance detecting unit for determining and/or monitoring a conductivity and/or capacitance of the medium and an electronics unit. The device is embodied to excite the mechanically oscillatable unit by means of an excitation signal such that mechanical oscillations are executed, to receive the mechanical oscillations of the oscillatable unit, to convert them into a first received signal, to transmit a transmitted signal, and to receive a second received signal. The electronics unit is embodied, based on the first and/or second received signal, to determine the at least one process variable of the medium.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2020
    Publication date: November 10, 2022
    Inventors: Raphael Kuhnen, Tobias Brengartner, Sergey Lopatin, Jan Schleiferböck, Thorsten Springmann
  • Publication number: 20220260400
    Abstract: A device and a method for determining and/or monitoring at least one process variable of a medium include a sensor unit having a mechanically oscillatable unit, at least a first piezoelectric element, a pressure detection unit for determining and/or monitoring a pressure, and an electronics unit. The device is embodied to excite the mechanically oscillatable unit by means of an excitation signal such that mechanical oscillations are executed, to receive mechanical oscillations of the oscillatable unit, to convert them into a first received signal, to transmit a transmitted signal and to receive a second received signal. The electronics unit is embodied, based on the first and/or second received signal, to determine the at least one process variable of the medium.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2020
    Publication date: August 18, 2022
    Inventors: Sergey Lopatin, Tobias Brengartner, Jan Schleiferböck, Thorsten Springmann, Raphael Kuhnen
  • Patent number: 10725443
    Abstract: A radio module RM for field devices of automation technology is connectable with a field device, e.g. F1, via a field device interface. The radio module RM includes a microcontroller ?C for function control, a radio unit RF for data communication with a superordinated unit, and an energy supply unit ESU. With the help of the radio module RM, conventional field devices can be adapted simply to become radio-capable field devices, in order that they can then also be used in radio networks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2020
    Assignee: ENDRESS + HAUSER GMBH + CO. KG
    Inventors: Reinhard Griech, Christian Seiler, Thorsten Springmann
  • Patent number: 10116338
    Abstract: A measuring transducer supply unit for use in automation technology, which makes the connection of at least one field unit to a superordinate unit by means of a two-wire line possible, wherein the measuring transducer supply unit comprises at least a switch, a radio module, and a circuitry. The radio module can be activated or de-activated by means of the switch, and the circuitry realizes the conversion between signals of the two-wire line and signals of the radio module such that the at least one field unit connected to the measuring transducer supply unit via the two-wire line can be operated by wireless communications connection by means of the radio module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2018
    Assignee: ENDRESS + HAUSER WETZER GMBH + CO. KG
    Inventors: Harald Schauble, Thorsten Springmann, Amend Zenuni
  • Patent number: 9410865
    Abstract: A system for monitoring the leak-tightness of a tank, which is filled with a liquid with a lower density than water. The system has a liquid drain pipe, with a container that has a bottom, which is integrated horizontally in the liquid drain pipe with a damming element, which divides the container into a partial area on the supply flow side and partial area on the drain side. A first vibronic measuring device with a first vibrating unit protruding into the supply flow side partial area of the bottom determines whether the density of the medium undershoots a specified limit. A second vibronic measuring device with a second vibrating unit, at a position not exceeding the level of the first vibrating unit, which detects whether the vibrating unit are covered with medium, and with an evaluation unit uses the measured values of measuring devices to determine whether there is liquid from the tank in the container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2016
    Assignee: ENDRESS + HAUSER MESSTECHNIK GMBH + CO. KG
    Inventors: Thomas Fritz, Thorsten Springmann, Dirk Misselwitz
  • Publication number: 20160043746
    Abstract: A measuring transducer supply unit for use in automation technology, which makes the connection of at least one field unit to a superordinate unit by means of a two-wire line possible, wherein the measuring transducer supply unit comprises at least a switch, a radio module, and a circuitry. The radio module can be activated or de-activated by means of the switch, and the circuitry realizes the conversion between signals of the two-wire line and signals of the radio module such that the at least one field unit connected to the measuring transducer supply unit via the two-wire line can be operated by wireless communications connection by means of the radio module.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2014
    Publication date: February 11, 2016
    Inventors: Harald Schauble, Thorsten Springmann, Amend Zenuni
  • Publication number: 20130263666
    Abstract: A system for monitoring the leak-tightness of a tank, which is filled with a liquid with a lower density than water. The system has a liquid drain pipe, with a container that has a bottom, which is integrated horizontally in the liquid drain pipe with a damming element, which divides the container into a partial area on the supply flow side and partial area on the drain side. A first vibronic measuring device with a first vibrating unit protruding into the supply flow side partial area of the bottom determines whether the density of the medium undershoots a specified limit. A second vibronic measuring device with a second vibrating unit, at a position not exceeding the level of the first vibrating unit, which detects whether the vibrating unit are covered with medium, and with an evaluation unit uses the measured values of measuring devices to determine whether there is liquid from the tank in the container.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2011
    Publication date: October 10, 2013
    Applicant: Endress + Hauser Messtechnik GmbH + Co. KG
    Inventors: Thomas Fritz, Thorsten Springmann, Dirk Misselwitz
  • Publication number: 20080211664
    Abstract: A radio module RM for field devices of automation technology is connectable with a field device, e.g. F1, via a field device interface. The radio module RM includes a microcontroller ?C for function control, a radio unit RF for data communication with a superordinated unit, and an energy supply unit ESU. With the help of the radio module RM, conventional field devices can be adapted simply to become radio-capable field devices, in order that they can then also be used in radio networks.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2005
    Publication date: September 4, 2008
    Inventors: Reinhard Griech, Christian Seiler, Thorsten Springmann