US Patent Issued to CiTEX Holding on Jan. 27 for "THz sensor and THz method for measuring an object to be measured" (German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,535,311, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to CiTEX Holding GmbH (Melle, Germany).

"THz sensor and THz method for measuring an object to be measured" was invented by David Winking (Georgsmarienhutte, Germany), Juliane Eggert (Osnabruck, Germany) and Roland Bohm (Altenberge, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a THz sensor (2) for measuring an object to be measured (6), in particular, a pipe, the THz sensor (2) comprising: a THz transceiver (10) for emitting and receiving THz radiation, a lens (14) for bundling the THz radiation emitted by the THz transceiver (10) and emitting a THz transmission beam (8) along th...