Patents by Inventor Timo Glam

Timo Glam 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).

  • Incremental displacement transducer and method for determining a displacement of a first object relative to a second object
    Patent number: 7535216
    Abstract: The invention relates to an incremental displacement transducer for determining a displacement of a first object relative to a second object with a scanning unit linked with the first object for scanning a division track linked with the second object having first areas and second areas alternately arranged with a period length, the first areas having a first physical property and the second areas a second physical property differing therefrom. The scanning unit has a plurality of sensors for scanning the first areas and second areas on the basis of the first and/or second physical property. An evaluating unit is linked with the scanning unit for determining the displacement on the basis of the measuring signals of the sensors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2009
    Assignee: Pepperl + Fuchs GmbH
    Inventors: Christian Speckmann, Timo Glam
  • INCREMENTAL DISPLACEMENT TRANSDUCER AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING A DISPLACEMENT OF A FIRST OBJECT RELATIVE TO A SECOND OBJECT
    Publication number: 20080284417
    Abstract: The invention relates to an incremental displacement transducer for determining a displacement of a first object relative to a second object with a scanning unit linked with the first object for scanning a division track linked with the second object having first areas and second areas alternately arranged with a period length, the first areas having a first physical property and the second areas a second physical property differing therefrom. The scanning unit has a plurality of sensors for scanning the first areas and second areas on the basis of the first and/or second physical property. An evaluating unit is linked with the scanning unit for determining the displacement on the basis of the measuring signals of the sensors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2008
    Publication date: November 20, 2008
    Inventors: Christian Speckmann, Timo Glam