Patents by Inventor Andi Herz

Andi Herz has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 11618618
    Abstract: A vented protective cap for a liquid dispenser, and a venting insert, in particular for such a protective cap. The protective cap has a cap wall which surrounds a cap interior. The cap wall has a venting aperture which is spanned by a flexible sheet-like structure. A boundary region of the sheet-like structure is fixed in an encircling manner to a boundary of the venting aperture. The sheet-like structure consists of at least two layers which bear directly against one another but, at least in a central region of the sheet-like structure, are not connected fixedly to one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Assignee: APTAR RADOLFZELL GMBH
    Inventors: Jürgen Greiner-Perth, Andi Herz
  • Patent number: 11390435
    Abstract: Liquid dispenser for discharging pharmaceutical liquid having a discharge head and a cap, the cap body of which has a ventilation opening. The dispenser includes an injection-moulded pull-off portion which, in the delivery state, covers the ventilation opening and is connected to the cap body by a substance-to-substance bond. The pull-off portion, together with a tamper-evident portion, which, with the dispenser in the delivery state, prevents removal of the cap body, is part of a common segment which is detachable from the cap body of the cap. Alternatively, the ventilation opening is provided with a filter membrane for filtering the air which flows through it, and the cap body includes two part-bodies which together form a receiving space for the filter membrane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Assignee: APTAR RADOLFZELL GMBH
    Inventors: Jürgen Greiner-Perth, Gerald Krampen, Timo Jung, Andi Herz
  • Publication number: 20220184649
    Abstract: A dispenser for discharging pharmaceutical liquids, in particular in the form of individual drops. Such a dispenser is designed as a side-actuation dispenser with an actuation button on the dispenser in the region of a lateral surface of the housing and has a liquid store, a pump device with a pump chamber which has a variable volume, and a dispensing opening for dispensing the liquid. The actuation button is a spring-loaded toggle switch, the volume of the liquid channel is reduced using an insert, and a special housing design is provided for the purpose of adapting the dispenser to the customer's needs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2020
    Publication date: June 16, 2022
    Inventors: Jürgen GREINER-PERTH, Andi HERZ
  • Publication number: 20200339315
    Abstract: A vented protective cap for a liquid dispenser, and a venting insert, in particular for such a protective cap. The protective cap has a cap wall which surrounds a cap interior. The cap wall has a venting aperture which is spanned by a flexible sheet-like structure. A boundary region of the sheet-like structure is fixed in an encircling manner to a boundary of the venting aperture. The sheet-like structure consists of at least two layers which bear directly against one another but, at least in a central region of the sheet-like structure, are not connected fixedly to one another.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2020
    Publication date: October 29, 2020
    Inventors: Jürgen GREINER-PERTH, Andi HERZ
  • Publication number: 20200299038
    Abstract: Liquid dispenser for discharging pharmaceutical liquid having a discharge head and a cap, the cap body of which has a ventilation opening. The dispenser includes an injection-moulded pull-off portion which, in the delivery state, covers the ventilation opening and is connected to the cap body by a substance-to-substance bond. The pull-off portion, together with a tamper-evident portion, which, with the dispenser in the delivery state, prevents removal of the cap body, is part of a common segment which is detachable from the cap body of the cap. Alternatively, the ventilation opening is provided with a filter membrane for filtering the air which flows through it, and the cap body includes two part-bodies which together form a receiving space for the filter membrane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2020
    Publication date: September 24, 2020
    Inventors: Jürgen GREINER-PERTH, Gerald KRAMPEN, Timo JUNG, Andi HERZ
  • Patent number: 10781020
    Abstract: Liquid dispenser for discharging pharmaceutical liquid having a discharge head and a cap, the cap body of which has a ventilation opening. The dispenser includes an injection-moulded pull-off portion which, in the delivery state, covers the ventilation opening and is connected to the cap body by a substance-to-substance bond. The pull-off portion, together with a tamper-evident portion, which, with the dispenser in the delivery state, prevents removal of the cap body, is part of a common segment which is detachable from the cap body of the cap. Alternatively, the ventilation opening is provided with a filter membrane for filtering the air which flows through it, and the cap body includes two part-bodies which together form a receiving space for the filter membrane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2020
    Assignee: APTAR RADOLFZELL GMBH
    Inventors: Juergen Greiner-Perth, Gerald Krampen, Timo Jung, Andi Herz
  • Patent number: 9676525
    Abstract: A protective cap for a dispenser for discharging liquids, wherein the dispenser has a liquid reservoir and an outlet opening through which the liquid is discharged into a surrounding atmosphere. The protective cap has an inner cap and an outer cap, the inner cap having a ventilation opening for communication between an interior of the protective cap and an external environment. Before use, the outer cap is mounted on the inner cap in a first position with the inner cap and the outer cap in sealing contact with each other and the ventilation opening is separated in an airtight and germproof manner from the environment, and the outer cap is movable relative to the inner cap from the first position to a second position in which the inner and outer caps are out of sealing contact with each other and the ventilation opening communicates with the environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2017
    Assignee: APTAR RADOLFZELL GMBH
    Inventors: Juergen Greiner-Perth, Gerald Krampen, Andi Herz, Sai Shankar, Antonio O. Mallare
  • Publication number: 20150166224
    Abstract: A protective cap for a dispenser for discharging liquids, wherein the dispenser has a liquid reservoir and an outlet opening through which the liquid is discharged into a surrounding atmosphere. The protective cap has an inner cap and an outer cap, the inner cap having a ventilation opening for communication between an interior of the protective cap and an external environment. Before use, the outer cap is mounted on the inner cap in a first position with the inner cap and the outer cap in sealing contact with each other and the ventilation opening is separated in an airtight and germproof manner from the environment, and the outer cap is movable relative to the inner cap from the first position to a second position in which the inner and outer caps are out of sealing contact with each other and the ventilation opening communicates with the environment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2013
    Publication date: June 18, 2015
    Inventors: Juergen GREINER-PERTH, Gerald KRAMPEN, Andi HERZ, Sai SHANKAR
  • Patent number: 8038036
    Abstract: The invention relates to a discharge device for discharging liquid medium, with a pump device with a variable volume pump chamber, a discharge opening for the liquid medium, a feed path between the pump device and the discharge opening, and an outlet valve which is designed to open the discharge opening as a function of the pressure in the feed path, and to a discharge head provided for this purpose. The discharge device or the discharge head has a gas-permeable and liquid-tight air outlet which connects the pump chamber or the feed path to an external environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2011
    Assignee: Ing. Erich Pfeiffer GmbH
    Inventors: Thomas Bruder, Andi Herz, Gerald Krampen
  • Publication number: 20080264975
    Abstract: Discharge device and discharge head. The invention relates to a discharge device (10) for discharging liquid medium, with a pump device (32) with a variable volume pump chamber (34), a discharge opening (54) for the liquid medium, a feed path (40) between the pump device (32) and the discharge opening (54), and an outlet valve (54, 62a) which is designed to open the discharge opening (54) as a function of the pressure in the feed path (40), and to a discharge head provided for this purpose. According to the invention, the discharge device or the discharge head has a gas-permeable and liquid-tight air outlet (80) which connects the pump chamber (34) or the feed path (40) to an external environment. For use at a required high limit pressure of the outlet valve.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2008
    Publication date: October 30, 2008
    Inventors: Thomas Bruder, Andi Herz, Gerald Krampen