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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7940207 | Modular design for a fill-level-radar antenna system A modular system is for assembling a fill-level radar antenna, a fill-level radar antenna, and o a fill level radar. The modular system comprises several modules that can be interconnected. In this way a host of different fill-level radar antennae may be produced th... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7934426 | Measurement cell system, in particular pressure measurement cell system The invention relates to a measurement cell system, in particular a pressure measurement cell system, comprising a measurement cell and a memory unit containing at least one stored measurement cell-based stored value. The measurement cell together with the memory un... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7930942 | Protective hood with a housing for the protection of a measuring apparatus The invention relates to a protective hood with a housing (1) for the protection of a measuring apparatus (2), which housing comprises a receiving space (17) for receiving a first measuring apparatus section (20) of such a measuring appar... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7916117 | Circuit arrangement for field unit A lighting arrangement for a field unit screen is provided. The lighting arrangement comprises a circuit arrangement for a field unit with a power measuring device, a power distribution device, and a luminous device. The power measuring device and the power distribu... | 03/29/2011 |
| 7894206 | Modular protection housing A modular protection housing with a first housing module and a second housing module is provided. The first housing module comprises a first volume and a first potential rail, while the second housing module comprises a second volume and a second potential rail. In ... | 02/22/2011 |
| 7885610 | Transceiver for wireless transmission of field device signals A transceiver for wirelessly transmitting process variables with a radio interface and a field device interface is provided. The transceiver has two operating states. The transceiver is designed to receive a field device signal at the field device interface and rela... | 02/08/2011 |
| 7884755 | Filling level radar with variable transmitting power A level measuring instrument has a variable transmitting power for measuring a filling level in a tank. The level measuring instrument includes a generator unit generating one of a first oscillator signal and a second oscillator signal. The generator unit generates ... | 02/08/2011 |
| 7872610 | Metallised plastic antenna funnel for a fill level radar A metalized plastic antenna includes a plastic antenna body with metallization on the inside. In this arrangement metallization is used for conducting electromagnetic waves. Furthermore, metallization may be implemented as a protective coating so that chemical resis... | 01/18/2011 |
| 7830798 | Determining of telegram lengths Described is a method for determining a telegram length in an operating apparatus for communicating between the operating apparatus and a field device via a network. The method comprises composing a first telegram in the operating apparatus. The first telegram compr... | 11/09/2010 |
| 7826992 | Means for calibrating a measuring instrument Described is a method and an output apparatus for inputting and outputting data from a first electronic device. The input and output apparatus is detachably mountable to the first electronic device and includes at least one storage unit, which stores data obtained b... | 11/02/2010 |
| D625636 | Instrument housing with transparent cover | 10/19/2010 |
| 7804446 | Antenna for a fill level radar for applications involving high temperatures and/or high pressures An antenna for a fill level radar includes a high-temperature process separation device and an attenuation element. The attenuation element is used to improve the measuring signal in the near zone of the antenna and is affixed to the process separation device or in ... | 09/28/2010 |
| 7798661 | Background illumination by non-electrical energy sources Described is an illumination unit for a field-device display module. The illumination unit generates luminescence light as background illumination for the display. In this arrangement, the illumination element comprises a chemiluminescence element or a radioactive e... | 09/21/2010 |
| D621733 | Instrument housing | 08/17/2010 |
| 7770858 | Field device comprising a mounting bracket adapted for mounting to an attachment surface A mounting bracket is adapted for mounting a field device, as well as to a field device that for the purpose of attachment to a mounting surface comprises such a mounting bracket. The mounting bracket comprises (a) a first bracket strap which includes a first rotary... | 08/10/2010 |
| 7756647 | Fill level measurement device A fill level measurement device senses the fill level of an object within a container. A fill level measurement sensor provides a sensed fill level signal indicative of the level within the container. A signal processing device is responsive to the sensed fill level... | 07/13/2010 |
| 7752911 | Waveguide transition for a fill level radar A waveguide transition for a fill level radar may include a printed circuit board in which a resonator is integrated. Together with a coupling element, the resonator is used for decoupling high-frequency waves from a feed line, that is also integrated in the printed... | 07/13/2010 |
| 7747397 | Automatic parasitic echo storage Described is a method for automatically initiating an update of a parasitic echo storage device in a fill level meter operating according to a runtime method. In this method individual echoes of echo curves of different ages are allocated, according to their typical... | 06/29/2010 |
| 7732795 | Circuit arrangement for the electrical isolation of signal lines The invention relates to a circuit arrangement for the electrical isolation of signal lines, with an input (IN) for applying an input signal, an output (OUT) for releasing an output signal, and an initial branch (1) with an opto-coupler (OK) for optically cou... | 06/08/2010 |
| 7730778 | Filling level and/or limit level measuring device with flexible connecting piece The invention relates to a filling level and/or limit level measuring device having a transmitting and/or receiving device (2) for producing an oscillation or for receiving an oscillation and furnishing a corresponding recep... | 06/08/2010 |
| 7723898 | Device for the vibrational detection of fill-level limit state and a process for the vibrational detection of a fill-level limit state A device for the vibrational detection of a fill-level limit state and a process for the vibrational detection of a fill-level limit state The invention relates to a device for the vibrational detection of a fill-level limit state, and to a corresponding proc... | 05/25/2010 |
| 7720555 | Heating device for a field device display A heating device for a field-device display module includes a heating element. The heating element is adapted to the shape of the field-device display module and is equipped such that it converts an electrical current to thermal energy. The heating element can be co... | 05/18/2010 |
| 7710328 | Patch antenna with a ceramic plate as a cover Described is a planar antenna with a process separation device for a fill level radar. The planar antenna including a plate-shaped temperature-resistant process separation device that is arranged between the planar radiator element and the exterior of the antenna. | 05/04/2010 |
| 7710125 | Independent reference pulse generation In fill-level measuring devices according to the pulse-transit-time method, a reflection that is generated internally in a microwave module is used as a reference for transit time measuring. For generating the reference pulse, the microwave module comprises its own ... | 05/04/2010 |
| 7707881 | Fill level sensor or pressure sensor with an anti-adhesive coating Described is a component for a fill level measuring device or for a pressure measuring device. The component may include a coating with a microsmooth surface so that the microsmooth surface remains essentially free of any deposits. ... | 05/04/2010 |
| 7703321 | Level meter The invention relates to a level meter which comprises a tank (1) which can at least be partially filled with a medium and has a bottom (12). The level meter further comprises a first measuring device (2) having a float (23) in the interi... | 04/27/2010 |
| 7694572 | Pressure-measuring device A pressure-measuring device has an initial pressure-measuring cell (1′) with a first thermal expansion coefficient (α1), a first housing (1), which is surrounded circumferentially by a second housing (1) having a second thermal expansi... | 04/13/2010 |
| 7685267 | Method and system for connecting to a field device A communication module for a measuring instrument may include a first interface, a second interface, and an integrated web client. To the first interface a measuring instrument can be connected, whereas to the second interface a database can be connected. The commun... | 03/23/2010 |
| 7675473 | Parabolic antenna with rinsing connection Contamination at the exciter of a parabolic antenna can lead to impaired signal quality, or even system downtime. A parabolic antenna is described which in addition to a parabolic reflector and an exciter has a rinsing device, which is configured so as to rinse and ... | 03/09/2010 |
| 7640801 | Electronics insert arrangement for a measuring device housing An electronics insert arrangement for a measuring device includes an electronics insert and an electronics module. The electronics insert includes a first attachment device and a first interface. The electronics module includes a second attachment device and a secon... | 01/05/2010 |
| 7640799 | Potential separation for fill level radar For safety reasons the potential of an electrical supply line of a radar sensor may be separated from the potential of the fill level container. A fill level radar with potential separation includes a separation element for insulating the aerial from a feed device. ... | 01/05/2010 |
| 7639177 | Method and device for correcting non-ideal intermediate-frequency signals in distance sensing device according to the FMCW principle In fill-level measuring devices that operate according to the FMCW principle, nonlinearity of the sensor signal depending on the time can result in measuring inaccuracies. The fill-level measuring device that operates according to the FMCW principle comprises a corr... | 12/29/2009 |
| 7639176 | Reference pulse generation The shape or amplitude of reference pulses in a filling level radar typically depend on the component quality of the circulator used, of a transmitting/receiving coupler, or else of the circuit temperature. In case of large echoes at close range, the quality of the ... | 12/29/2009 |
| 7619581 | Parabolic aerial with a conical diffusion disc for fill level radar Reflections on the aerial system of a fill level radar result in reduced measuring quality at short range. Small echo signals at short range can thus disappear in the noise. According to one embodiment of the present invention a parabolic aerial for a fill level rad... | 11/17/2009 |
| 7619558 | Clock pulse control device of a microwave pulse radar The invention relates to a clock pulse control circuit for generating a transmit clock pulse (ts) and a sampling clock pulse (ta; tb; tc), wherein the clock pulse control circuit comprises a first oscillator for generating a first clock pulse (ts) of a first frequen... | 11/17/2009 |
| 7607353 | Sealing device for sealing a pressure measuring cell housing, pressure measuring cell device and pressure measuring device comprising the same The invention relates particularly to a sealing device (8) for sealing a pressure measuring cell housing (3), wherein the sealing device (8) comprises a pressure compensation opening (23; 23′) for a pressure compensation line (21; 21... | 10/27/2009 |
| 7605748 | Filling level radar frequency converter A frequency converter for a filling level radar includes a signal generator unit, a receiver circuit, a transmit coupler, and an amplifier. The amplifier is amplifying the transmit signal at the high frequency side of the frequency converter. For frequency conversio... | 10/20/2009 |
| 7562571 | Device and method for detecting material by means of gravitational field analysis Described is a sensor for filling level measurement using a gravitational field analysis, comprising a first and a second gravimeter unit. The measurement is effected in a contactless manner, via the container wall and without input of energy into the filling good. ... | 07/21/2009 |
| 7561113 | Antenna system for level measurement with radar level measurement devices The invention concerns an antenna system for level measurement with a level measurement device with a wave guide (5) that runs axially and that either has on its rear side an arrangement (4) for the generating and interpreting electromagnetic waves or ... | 07/14/2009 |
| 7558821 | Process for assigning addresses in a network, and components for said process A process is proposed for the automatic assignment of at least one client device address in a DP network, where the DP network comprises a server device and at least one client device and where the client devices exhibit a unique property, which for each client devi... | 07/07/2009 |
