Patents by Inventor Vincent Housen

Vincent Housen 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 the contactless determination of at least one property of a metal product
    Patent number: 12025553
    Abstract: A device for the contactless determination of at least one property of a metal product during the metallurgical production of the metal product comprises a housing and at least one measuring device comprising a transmitting unit and a receiving unit. An electromagnetic field is generated by the transmitting unit and directed onto the metal product, thereby inducing a physical interaction in the material of the metal product, and a remaining and/or resulting part of this physical interaction is subsequently received by the receiving unit. At least one component of the measuring device comprising the transmitting unit and/or the receiving unit can be moved relative to the housing or the metal product moving therein, in order to thereby set or selectively change a predetermined distance to the metal product for the transmitting unit and/or the receiving unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2024
    Assignees: SMS group GmbH, Drever International S.A.
    Inventors: Alexandre Lhoest, Oliver Pensis, Ulrich Sommers, Vincent Housen
  • DEVICE AND METHOD FOR THE CONTACTLESS DETERMINATION OF AT LEAST ONE PROPERTY OF A METAL PRODUCT
    Publication number: 20220260482
    Abstract: A device for the contactless determination of at least one property of a metal product during the metallurgical production of the metal product comprises a housing and at least one measuring device comprising a transmitting unit and a receiving unit. An electromagnetic field is generated by the transmitting unit and directed onto the metal product, thereby inducing a physical interaction in the material of the metal product, and a remaining and/or resulting part of this physical interaction is subsequently received by the receiving unit. At least one component of the measuring device comprising the transmitting unit and/or the receiving unit can be moved relative to the housing or the metal product moving therein, in order to thereby set or selectively change a predetermined distance to the metal product for the transmitting unit and/or the receiving unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2020
    Publication date: August 18, 2022
    Applicants: SMS group GmbH, Drever International S.A.
    Inventors: Alexandre Lhoest, Oliver Pensis, Ulrich Sommers, Vincent Housen