Patents by Inventor Winfried Heinrich

Winfried Heinrich 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).

  • Method for the phase synchronization of step-drive controlled equipment
    Patent number: 4833385
    Abstract: A method for the phase synchronization of step-drive-controlled equipment, in particular of optical modulation devices for multiple-beam spectrophotometers.Starting with the phase comparison of a synchronization signal formed from a sensor signal produced by a fixed phase difference from information signals of the device, the phase relationship of the commutator signals of the stepping motor is controlled with a predetermined reference signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 1987
    Date of Patent: May 23, 1989
    Assignee: Jenoptik Jena G.m.b.H.
    Inventors: Winfried Heinrich, Nikolaus Schmidt
  • Method for the phase synchronization of step-drive controlled equipment
    Patent number: 4831319
    Abstract: A method for the phase synchronization of equipment controlled by stepping drives, especially optical modulating systems for multiple-beam spectral photometers. Each time that the equipment is started up, a reference signal is made synchronous with a synchronizing signal which is derived from a sensor signal of the apparatus which is locked in phase with the intelligence signal. For a purely electrical correction the phasing between the intelligence signals and the synchronizing signal is set once. In the event of a phasing error between the synchronizing signal and the reference signal the reference signal is reset.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 1987
    Date of Patent: May 16, 1989
    Assignee: Jenoptik Jena GmbH
    Inventors: Winfried Heinrich, Horst Pawlik, Nikolaus Schmidt