Patents by Inventor Wolfgang Brunk

Wolfgang Brunk 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 determination of the axle geometry of a vehicle
    Patent number: 7907265
    Abstract: A method is for determining the axle geometry of a vehicle, wherein light of a given structure is projected onto a vehicle wheel, and the diffusely reflected light can be analyzed in order to determine the orientation of the plane of the vehicle wheel. Several lines of a laser light generated by means of one or several laser light sources are projected on the wheel, and one or several of these lines fades in and/or out in temporal succession. The reflected light is captured by means of one or several cameras.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2011
    Assignees: Dürr Assembly Products GmbH, Visicon Automatisierungstechnik mit beschränkter Haftung
    Inventors: Thomas Tentrup, Wolfgang Brunk, Wiprecht Keller
  • Method for the Determination of the Axle Geometry of a Vehicle
    Publication number: 20090046279
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for determining the axle geometry of a vehicle, wherein light of a given structure is projected onto a vehicle wheel, and the diffusely reflected light can be analyzed in order to determine the orientation of the plane of the vehicle wheel. Several lines of a laser light generated by means of one or several laser light sources are projected on the wheel, and one or several of these lines fades in and/or out in temporal succession. The reflected light is captured by means of one or several cameras.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2007
    Publication date: February 19, 2009
    Inventors: Thomas Tentrup, Wolfgang Brunk, Wiprecht Keller
  • Method and device for the noncontact optical measurement of paths, especially in the triangulation method
    Patent number: 4973152
    Abstract: A method and a device for the non-contact optical measurement of paths uses light of a monochromatic coherent light source (1) to generate a light spot (7) on the object (6) to be measured, having a diffusely scattering surface. An optical system (14) is provided to image the light spot (7) on a position-determining image recorder (10). A device (5) for deflecting the light beam (2) emitted by the light source through a small angle or offset is provided in the beam path between the light source (1) and the object (6).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 1989
    Date of Patent: November 27, 1990
    Inventor: Wolfgang Brunk