1D ultrasonic converter unit
    1.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US11869479B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-01-09

    申请号:US17148418

    申请日:2021-01-13

    CPC classification number: G10K11/346 B06B1/0622 G01F1/662

    Abstract: A 1D ultrasonic converter unit having at least three ultrasonic converters and a control unit for individually controlling each ultrasonic converter, wherein each ultrasonic converter has a housing, a piezoelectric body, and a sound decoupling layer for decoupling sound waves in a gaseous medium, is embedded in a common carrier structure, and emits and/or receives the same frequency between 20 kHz and 400 kHz. Each ultrasonic converter has one sound channel having an input opening associated with one sound decoupling layer, and an output opening. The output openings are arranged along a line, a distance between two adjacent output openings corresponds at most to the whole or half the wavelength of the sound frequency and is smaller than the distance of the input openings.

    Optical Sensor According to the Time-Of-Flight Principle for Detecting Objects in a Monitored Region

    公开(公告)号:US20210349194A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-11-11

    申请号:US17283991

    申请日:2019-10-11

    Abstract: The invention relates to an optical sensor according to the time-of-flight principle for detecting objects in a monitored region, having a first transmitter for transmitting first light pulses into the monitored region, a first receiver for detecting first light pulses radiated back by a first object to be detected in the monitored region, a second transmitter for transmitting second light pulses into the monitored region, a second receiver for detecting second light pulses radiated back by the first object or by a further object in the monitored region, a control and evaluation unit which is designed to control the first transmitter and to evaluate the first light pulses detected by the first receiver and to control the second transmitter and to evaluate the second light pulses detected by the second receiver, characterised in that between the first transmitter and the second receiver a first optical reference path is formed, between the second transmitter and the first receiver a second optical reference path is formed, the control and evaluation unit is designed to trigger the first transmitter to transmit first test light pulses which reach the second receiver on the first optical reference path and to activate the second receiver after a first time offset, the first time offset corresponding to a time of flight of the first test light pulses over the first optical reference path, and/or to trigger the second transmitter to transmit second test light pulses which reach the first receiver on the second optical reference path and to activate the first receiver after a second time offset, the second time offset corresponding to a time of flight of the second test light pulses over the second optical reference path, and to evaluate the first test light pulses detected by the second receiver and/or the second test light pulses detected by the first receiver.

    Improvements In and Relating to Current Output

    公开(公告)号:US20210143741A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-05-13

    申请号:US16629631

    申请日:2018-07-10

    Inventor: Peter Lark

    Abstract: A current output apparatus adapted for electrical connection to a load to output an electrical current thereto. The apparatus comprises a current output terminal for connecting to a first terminal of the load to pass an electrical current thereto. A current input terminal is provided for connecting to a second terminal of the load to receive said electrical current returned from the load. A voltage regulator is operable to supply to the current output terminal an electrical voltage regulated to differ from an electrical voltage applied to the current input terminal by an amount sufficient to cause said electrical current to flow from the current output terminal to the current input terminal via the load. The voltage regulator is operable and arranged to supply to the current output terminal an electrical voltage of positive polarity or of negative polarity for supplying said electrical current to a load presenting to the current output terminal a voltage of positive polarity or of negative polarity, respectively.

    Explosion-protected device
    4.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US11451022B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-09-20

    申请号:US17191097

    申请日:2021-03-03

    Inventor: Michael Hellmann

    Abstract: An explosion-protected device (1) comprises a deformable interior body (20) that comprises at least one line channel (30, 31) extending along a longitudinal axis (L) through the interior body (20) for a line. The line extends through the at least one line channel (30, 31). The interior body (20) is encompassed by a housing (2). The housing (2) is divided into an incoming section (3), an outgoing section (4) as well as a middle section (5) disposed between the incoming section (3) and the outgoing section (4). A spring element (25) is provided which is disposed in the middle section (5) and exerts pressure onto the interior body (20).

    Power conditioning circuit
    5.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US11336089B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-05-17

    申请号:US17097417

    申请日:2020-11-13

    Abstract: There is provided a power conditioning circuit including positive and negative power input nodes. An inductor includes a first terminal connected to a positive power input node and a second terminal connected to a positive power output node, the inductor allowing the voltage at the positive power output node to be modulated by data that is sent through a communication interface. A first node is present between the second terminal of the inductor and the positive power output node, and a clamping circuit is connected at the first node to a second node. The clamping circuit is configured to clamp a voltage increase across the inductor to less than a maximum increase. The second node is configured to be continuously held at a voltage higher than the voltage of the first terminal of the inductor.

    1D ULTRASONIC TRANSDUCER UNIT FOR AREA MONITORING

    公开(公告)号:US20210156994A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-05-27

    申请号:US17167073

    申请日:2021-02-03

    Abstract: A 1D ultrasonic transducer unit for area monitoring, having a housing having a securing device for securing to a surface and having at least three discrete ultrasonic transducers designed to decouple sound waves with a consistent operating frequency between 20 kHz and 400 kHz in a gaseous medium, and a control unit designed to control each ultrasonic transducer individually, wherein two ultrasonic transducers, directly adjacent to one another, are spaced apart by a distance, the 1D ultrasonic transducer unit has a sound channel per ultrasonic transducer with an input opening, associated with exactly one respective ultrasonic transducer, and an output opening, the output openings are arranged along a straight line, a distance from the directly adjacent output opening corresponds at most to the full or half the wavelength in the gaseous medium and is smaller than the corresponding distance.

    1D ULTRASONIC CONVERTER UNIT
    7.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20210134261A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-05-06

    申请号:US17148418

    申请日:2021-01-13

    Abstract: A 1D ultrasonic converter unit having at least three ultrasonic converters and a control unit for individually controlling each ultrasonic converter, wherein each ultrasonic converter has a housing, a piezoelectric body, and a sound decoupling layer for decoupling sound waves in a gaseous medium, is embedded in a common carrier structure, and emits and/or receives the same frequency between 20 kHz and 400 kHz. The 1D ultrasonic converter unit one sound channel having an input opening associated with one sound decoupling layer, and an output opening. The output openings are arranged along a line, a distance between two adjacent output openings corresponds at most to the whole or half the wavelength of the sound frequency and is smaller than the distance of the input openings.

    LIMITING CIRCUIT FOR USE IN EXPLOSION PROTECTION ENVIRONMENTS

    公开(公告)号:US20250015711A1

    公开(公告)日:2025-01-09

    申请号:US18762119

    申请日:2024-07-02

    Inventor: Carlo Gattanini

    Abstract: A limiting circuit, particularly for a power supply, includes a first reverse-polarized Zener diode connected and configured to limit a voltage between two output terminals depending on a first breakdown voltage, a second reverse-polarized Zener connected and configured to limit a voltage between two output terminals depending on a second breakdown voltage, a semiconductor switch coupled in series with the second Zener diode to open or close depending on a switching signal, a first shunt resistor coupled in a load path and with the first and second Zener diodes to carry the load current and the currents flowing through the first and second Zener diodes, and a comparating device configured to generate the switching signal depending on a voltage drop over the first shunt resistor.

    PROTECTION CIRCUIT FOR POWER SUPPLY DEVICES, PARTICULARLY FOR EXPLOSION-PROOF APPLICATIONS

    公开(公告)号:US20240380197A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-11-14

    申请号:US18644900

    申请日:2024-04-24

    Inventor: Carlo Gattanini

    Abstract: A protection circuit for a power converter, particularly for explosion protection applications, includes a series connection of a reverse-polarized Zener diode and a resistor to be coupled between a high and a low potential supply line of the power converter. A semiconductor switch is directly coupled between the high and low potential supply line with its conduction path. A control terminal of the semiconductor switch is coupled with or controlled by a node between the Zener diode and the resistor.

    1D ultrasonic transducer unit for area monitoring

    公开(公告)号:US11867805B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-01-09

    申请号:US17167073

    申请日:2021-02-03

    CPC classification number: G01S15/88 G01S5/02 G01S7/521 G01S7/54

    Abstract: A 1D ultrasonic transducer unit for area monitoring, having a housing having a securing device for securing to a surface and having at least three discrete ultrasonic transducers designed to decouple sound waves with a consistent operating frequency between 20 kHz and 400 kHz in a gaseous medium, and a control unit designed to control each ultrasonic transducer individually, wherein two ultrasonic transducers, directly adjacent to one another, are spaced apart by a distance, the 1D ultrasonic transducer unit has a sound channel per ultrasonic transducer with an input opening, associated with exactly one respective ultrasonic transducer, and an output opening, the output openings are arranged along a straight line, a distance from the directly adjacent output opening corresponds at most to the full or half the wavelength in the gaseous medium and is smaller than the corresponding distance.

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