Patents by Inventor Wilhelm ÖFELEIN

Wilhelm ÖFELEIN 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).

  • Patent number: 8516901
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a measurement insert for a flow meter and a flow meter. The present invention discloses using, in a customary housing of a bulk water meter, e.g. a Woltman meter, instead of a device for mechanical flow measurement a measurement insert which comprises an ultrasonic measurement path and can be fastened to the opening of the housing by a housing cover.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2013
    Assignee: Hydrometer GmbH
    Inventors: Harald Kroemer, Wilhelm Öfelein
  • Publication number: 20110277557
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a housing arrangement for an ultrasound flow meter, comprising a unipartite or multipartite housing (2) provided to be connected to a fluid line, comprising an ultrasonic transducer having an ultrasonic transducer body and a housing or covering which at least partially surrounds the ultrasonic transducer body, comprising a housing opening provided in the housing (2) for positioning the ultrasonic transducer at the housing arrangement, comprising a sealing element arranged between the housing (2) and the ultrasonic transducer, wherein a housing insert (5) can be inserted in the housing opening (16) as a module, the housing insert (5) is adapted to receive at least two ultrasonic transducer bodies (4, 7) which are positioned separately, without the ultrasonic transducer body (4, 7) coming into contact with the fluid, and the housing insert (5) is connected to the housing (2) via a sealing element (13) which is common to the ultrasonic transducer bodies (4, 7) which are positione
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2011
    Publication date: November 17, 2011
    Applicant: HYDROMETER GMBH
    Inventors: Harald KROEMER, Wilhelm ÖFELEIN