Patent application number | Description | Published |
20090211355 | Heated Hot-Film Air-Mass Sensor - To determine air mass flows, especially for controlling internal combustion engines, a hot-film air-mass sensor is provided, which may be used especially for sensing air mass flows in the intake tract of an internal combustion engine. The hot-film air-mass sensor has a sensor chip having a sensor frame and a sensor diaphragm having at least one heating element and at least two temperature sensors. Furthermore, the hot-film air-mass sensor has a chip carrier for mounting the sensor chip, as well as at least one additional heating element. The sensor chip is able to be heated up using the at least one additional heating element, which is inserted into the chip carrier. Compared to the usual devices, the hot-film air-mass sensor has a lower susceptibility to contamination, especially by oil films. | 08-27-2009 |
20100154560 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING AN ULTRASONIC TRANSDUCER - A method for manufacturing an ultrasonic transducer for use in a fluid medium. At least one piezoelectric transducer element is joined directly or indirectly to at least one matching member for promoting vibration coupling between the piezoelectric transducer element and the fluid medium. A matching member is used which has at least one porous molding of a polymer. | 06-24-2010 |
20100180675 | HOT FILM AIR MASS METER AND METHOD FOR ITS MANUFACTURE - A device for determining at least one parameter of a fluid medium, in particular an intake air mass of an internal combustion engine. The device comprises a sensor chip for measuring the parameter and a control and evaluation electronics having a circuit carrier. The sensor chip is situated on a chip carrier capable of being introduced into the fluid medium. The chip carrier comprises a projection of the circuit carrier developed in one piece with circuit carrier, the sensor chip | 07-22-2010 |
20100288055 | TRANSIT TIME CORRECTION IN A FLOW SENSOR - A sensor measures a flow quantity of a medium using a first wave converter and a second wave converter which faces the first wave converter, each of which emits and receives sound waves, and a device calculates the flow quantity on the basis of a first wave transit time from the first wave converter to the second wave converter, and on the basis of a second wave transit time from the second wave converter to the first wave converter. The device includes a unit for limiting the change to the flow quantity. In this manner, and the measurement may be carried out more accurately. | 11-18-2010 |
20110125024 | ULTRASONIC TRANSDUCER FOR USE IN A FLUID MEDIUM - An ultrasonic transducer for use in a fluid medium includes at least one transducer core having at least one acoustic/electric transducer element. The ultrasonic transducer furthermore includes at least one decoupling element which is configured to reduce a structure-borne noise coupling between the transducer core and a housing. The decoupling element includes at least one porous plastic material, in particular a foamed plastic material. The porous plastic material includes at least one thermosetting polymer and/or at least one thermoplastic. | 05-26-2011 |
20110181322 | Device and method for generating a current pulse - A device for producing a current pulse includes supply terminals for providing a power supply voltage, and a switch which is situated in a control current branch between the supply terminals, which switch is configured to switch a control current through the control current branch as a function of an actuation signal. The device also has a current mirror having a control transistor and a signal transistor, the control transistor being situated in series to the first switch in the control current branch, and the signal transistor being configured to provide the current pulse as a function of the control current through the control transistor. | 07-28-2011 |
20110308317 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING AN ULTRASONIC TRANSDUCER FOR USE IN A FLUID MEDIUM - A method for manufacturing an ultrasonic transducer for use in a fluid medium is described. The ultrasonic transducer includes at least one transducer core having at least one acoustic-electric transducer element. The ultrasonic transducer furthermore includes at least one housing which at least partially surrounds the transducer core and which has at least one opening facing the fluid medium. In the method, at least one sealing film is stretched and connected to the housing in the stretched state in such a way that the sealing film at least partially seals the opening. | 12-22-2011 |
20110314933 | ULTRASONIC TRANSDUCER FOR USE IN A FLUID MEDIUM - An ultrasonic transducer is described for use in a fluid medium. The ultrasonic transducer includes at least one piezoelectric transducer element and at least one matching element for promoting an oscillation injection between the piezoelectric transducer element and the fluid medium. The ultrasonic transducer also includes a housing ( | 12-29-2011 |
20120038248 | ULTRASONIC TRANSDUCER FOR USE IN A FLUID MEDIUM - An ultrasonic transducer for use in a fluid medium includes at least one piezoelectric transducer element, at least one matching body for the promotion of a vibrational coupling between the piezoelectric transducer element and the fluid medium, and at least one compensating body situated between the piezoelectric transducer element and the matching body for the reduction of thermal stresses, the compensating body having a coefficient of thermal expansion that is between a coefficient of thermal expansion of the piezoelectric transducer element and a coefficient of thermal expansion of the matching body. | 02-16-2012 |
20120260742 | ULTRASONIC TRANSDUCER FOR USE IN A FLUID MEDIUM - An ultrasonic transducer for use in a fluid medium is proposed. The ultrasonic transducer includes at least one transducer core which has at least one acoustic/electric transducer element, in particular a piezoelectric transducer element. The ultrasonic transducer furthermore includes at least one housing, at least one housing opening being at least partially sealed against the fluid medium with the aid of a sealing film which is connected to the transducer core. The sealing film has at least one expansion deformation which is configured to permit a relative movement between the transducer core and the housing. | 10-18-2012 |
20120266676 | Method and device for improved measurement of ultrasound propagation time difference - A method for measuring a propagation time difference includes: sending a transmitted ultrasound pulse, which is provided with a transmission reference instant and which includes an envelope and a carrier frequency, into a spatial region and receiving a received ultrasound pulse that corresponds to the transmitted ultrasound pulse transmitted. A coarse time difference is provided by comparing the transmission reference instant with an envelope of the received ultrasound pulse, for at least two cycles of transmission/reception in opposite directions of transmission. A fine time difference is provided by comparing the transmission reference instant with an instantaneous variation of the received ultrasound pulse, for the at least two cycles of transmission/reception in opposite directions of transmission. | 10-25-2012 |
20120266677 | ULTRASONIC TRANSDUCER FOR USE IN A FLUID MEDIUM - An ultrasonic transducer for use in a fluid medium includes at least one transducer core having at least one electroacoustic transducer element, and further includes at least one housing having at least two housing parts. At least one first housing part at least partially encloses the transducer core such that a rear side of the electroacoustic transducer element which faces away from the fluid medium is accessible. Furthermore, at least one second housing part is connected to the first housing part. The ultrasonic transducer is essentially terminated by the second housing part on its side, which faces away from the fluid medium. | 10-25-2012 |
20120285260 | Ultrasonic flow sensor for detecting a flow of a fluid medium - An ultrasonic flow sensor for detecting a flow of a fluid medium in a flow tube includes at least one first ultrasonic transducer, at least one second ultrasonic transducer, and at least one waveguide configured to conduct ultrasonic waves between the at least one first ultrasonic transducer and the at least one second ultrasonic transducer by reflection on walls of the waveguide, and to enable the fluid medium to flow through. The ultrasonic waves are able to propagate between the first ultrasonic transducer and the second ultrasonic transducer on at least two ultrasonic paths. Sound energies of the ultrasonic waves transmitted on the at least two different ultrasonic paths differ from one another by no more than a factor of 100. | 11-15-2012 |
20120320713 | ULTRASONIC TRANSDUCER FOR USE IN A FLUID MEDIUM - An ultrasonic transducer for use in a fluid medium includes at least one housing having at least one inner space, at least one transducer core accommodated in the inner space, having at least one electroacoustic transducer element. The housing has at least one opening facing the fluid medium. The opening is covered at least partially by at least one sealing foil. An edge of the sealing foil is sealed by at least one sealing material. | 12-20-2012 |
20130014592 | ultrasonic transducer for use in a fluid mediumAANM Mueller; RolandAACI SteinheimAACO DEAAGP Mueller; Roland Steinheim DEAANM Hueftle; GerhardAACI AspachAACO DEAAGP Hueftle; Gerhard Aspach DEAANM Horstbrink; MichaelAACI Stuttgart-FeuerbachAACO DEAAGP Horstbrink; Michael Stuttgart-Feuerbach DEAANM Lang; TobiasAACI StuttgartAACO DEAAGP Lang; Tobias Stuttgart DEAANM Radwan; SamiAACI StuttgartAACO DEAAGP Radwan; Sami Stuttgart DEAANM Kuenzl; BerndAACI SchwieberdingenAACO DEAAGP Kuenzl; Bernd Schwieberdingen DEAANM Wanja; RolandAACI MarkgroeningAACO DEAAGP Wanja; Roland Markgroening DE - An ultrasonic transducer for use in a fluid medium includes at least one housing, e.g., a sleeve, which has at least one interior space, and at least one transducer core having at least one electroacoustic transducer element is accommodated in the interior space. The housing has a housing wall at least partially enclosing the transducer core using at least one hollow space. | 01-17-2013 |