Patents by Inventor Andreas Hoppenz

Andreas Hoppenz 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: 7014219
    Abstract: A pipe joint includes at least a first and a second pipe. A section of the first pipe is opened out and a further section of the second pipe is inserted into the section, so that both pipes overlap in an overlap region. A gap is formed between the section and the further section, into which gap a free-flowing sealing medium can be introduced via an input passage. In the method, a first and a second pipe are fitted together, a sealing medium is introduced into the gap between the pipes via an input passage, air located in the gap escaping via at least one output passage, and the input passage and the output passage are closed. The sealing medium, preferably an epoxy-resin/glass-fiber mixture, ensures especially effective sealing of the pipe joint and also an especially stable frictional connection between the pipes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2006
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Andreas Hoppenz, Dirk Steding
  • Publication number: 20030107219
    Abstract: A pipe joint includes at least a first and a second pipe. A section of the first pipe is opened out and a further section of the second pipe is inserted into the section, so that both pipes overlap in an overlap region. A gap is formed between the section and the further section, into which gap a free-flowing sealing medium can be introduced via an input passage. In the method, a first and a second pipe are fitted together, a sealing medium is introduced into the gap between the pipes via an input passage, air located in the gap escaping via at least one output passage, and the input passage and the output passage are closed. The sealing medium, preferably an epoxy-resin/glass-fiber mixture, ensures especially effective sealing of the pipe joint and also an especially stable frictional connection between the pipes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2002
    Publication date: June 12, 2003
    Inventors: Andreas Hoppenz, Dirk Steding
  • Patent number: 6508625
    Abstract: The object is, by simple measures, to ensure a particularly smooth inner surface and maintain particularly high dimensional accuracy of a pump housing of a cooling-water pump for a power plant. For this purpose, the cast-concrete pump housing of the cooling-water pump has, according to the invention, a number of formwork elements made of glass-fiber reinforced plastic.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2000
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2003
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Andreas Hoppenz, Dirk Steding