Inventor · Heidenheim, DE

Karl-Hermann Breyer

21Patents
15h-index
21Co-inventors
77Inventor score

Filing activity: Dec 2, 1985 → Oct 20, 1997

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US4825091A Optoelectronic distance sensor with visible pilot beam Physics 268 Expired
US5251156A Method and apparatus for non-contact measurement of object surfaces Physics 220 Expired
US5615489A Method of making coordinate measurements on workpieces Physics 125 Expired
US5285397A Coordinate-measuring machine for non-contact measurement of objects Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 85 Expired
US5471406A Method of measuring elemental shapes of a workpiece on a coordinate measuring machine Physics 75 Expired
US4964221A Counterbalanced coordinate-measuring instrument Physics 46 Expired
US4882848A Probe head for a coordinate-measuring instrument Physics 33 Expired
US5333386A Method of measuring the effective instantaneous position of a slide-mounted probe element or tool Physics 31 Expired
US5134782A Coordinate-measuring machine Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 24 Expired
US5982491A Method and apparatus measuring edges on a workpiece Physics 23 Expired
US5024003A Work-contacting probe system for a coordinate-measuring instrument Physics 20 Expired
US4707278A Control valve Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 19 Expired
US4916825A Work-contacting probe system for a coordinate-measuring instrument Physics 18 Expired
US5068972A Coordinate-measuring machine Physics 17 Expired
US4835718A Method and means for controlling a coordinate-measuring instrument Physics 17 Expired
US5014444A Probing device for a coordinate measuring apparatus Physics 15 Expired
US5425180A Method for coordinate measurement of workpieces Physics 14 Expired
US5215114A Safety valve Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 10 Expired
US5741002A Control valve Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 8 Expired
US5625957A Coordinate measuring apparatus having a probe in the form of a solid-state oscillator Physics 8 Expired
US5065526A Probing device for a coordinate measuring apparatus Physics 8 Expired

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.