Patents by Inventor Bernhard EMMENEGGER

Bernhard EMMENEGGER 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: 10434230
    Abstract: An adapter for a breast shield of a breast pump for pumping human breast milk has a chamber having a first opening leading to the breast shield and a second opening remote from the breast shield. The adapter also has a flexible media separation diaphragm, which is accommodated in the chamber and separates the chamber into a pump-side and a breast-shield-side area. The chamber tapers toward the breast-shield-side opening. The chamber has the shape of a spherical dome which is cut off in the tapering area thereof. The media separation diaphragm likewise has substantially the shape of a flattened spherical dome having a flat top side, wherein the flat top side of the media separation diaphragm faces the breast-shield-side opening of the chamber. The adapter permits a minimum pressure drop over the media separation diaphragm and ensures a reliable return to the original shape of the media separation diaphragm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2019
    Assignee: MEDELA HOLDING AG
    Inventors: Mario Rigert, Bernhard Emmenegger
  • Publication number: 20180021491
    Abstract: An adapter for a breast shield of a breast pump for pumping human breast milk has a chamber having a first opening leading to the breast shield and a second opening remote from the breast shield. The adapter also has a flexible media separation diaphragm, which is accommodated in the chamber and separates the chamber into a pump-side and a breast-shield-side area. The chamber tapers toward the breast-shield-side opening. The chamber has the shape of a spherical dome which is cut off in the tapering area thereof. The media separation diaphragm likewise has substantially the shape of a flattened spherical dome having a flat top side, wherein the flat top side of the media separation diaphragm faces the breast-shield-side opening of the chamber. The adapter permits a minimum pressure drop over the media separation diaphragm and ensures a reliable return to the original shape of the media separation diaphragm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2016
    Publication date: January 25, 2018
    Inventors: Mario Rigert, Bernhard Emmenegger
  • Patent number: 9840032
    Abstract: A method for making teat unit including providing a support body and a securing part, the support body including a plurality of recesses, forming a teat by overmolding the teat over the support body and over the recesses of the support body so that the teat covers the recesses, and overmolding the teat over an upper edge of the securing part, thereby forming a connection between the securing part and the support body which connects the securing part to the support body. In another method, the support body and the securing part are already one single piece and the teat is overmolded at least over the support body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2017
    Assignee: MEDELA HOLDING AG
    Inventors: René Fischer, Etienne Furrer, Bernhard Emmenegger
  • Publication number: 20150076733
    Abstract: A method for making teat unit including providing a support body and a securing part, the support body including a plurality of recesses, forming a teat by overmolding the teat over the support body and over the recesses of the support body so that the teat covers the recesses, and overmolding the teat over an upper edge of the securing part, thereby forming a connection between the securing part and the support body which connects the securing part to the support body. In another method, the support body and the securing part are already one single piece and the teat is overmolded at least over the support body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 24, 2014
    Publication date: March 19, 2015
    Inventors: René FISCHER, Etienne FURRER, Bernhard EMMENEGGER
  • Patent number: 8910809
    Abstract: A teat unit has a teat with a suction opening, a support body, and a securing part for securing the teat unit on a drinking vessel. The securing part and the support body are fixedly connected to each other indirectly or directly, and they cannot be detached from each other without being destroyed. The support body has a surface with recesses, which are covered by the teat. The teat is overmoulded over the support body, wherein the teat covers the recesses. This teat unit permits a sucking action that is as natural as possible. It is of a simple construction and can be produced inexpensively, which means that it can be disposed of after one use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2014
    Assignee: Medela Holding AG
    Inventors: René Fischer, Etienne Furrer, Bernhard Emmenegger
  • Publication number: 20120248056
    Abstract: A teat unit has a teat with a suction opening, a support body, and a securing part for securing the teat unit on a drinking vessel. The securing part and the support body are fixedly connected to each other indirectly or directly, and they cannot be detached from each other without being destroyed. The support body has a surface with recesses, which are covered by the teat. The teat is overmoulded over the support body, wherein the teat covers the recesses. This teat unit permits a sucking action that is as natural as possible. It is of a simple construction and can be produced inexpensively, which means that it can be disposed of after one use.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2012
    Publication date: October 4, 2012
    Applicant: MEDELA HOLDING AG
    Inventors: René FISCHER, Etienne FURRER, Bernhard EMMENEGGER
  • Patent number: D783803
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2017
    Assignee: MEDELA HOLDING AG
    Inventors: Mario Rigert, Bernhard Emmenegger
  • Patent number: D785160
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2017
    Assignee: MEDELA HOLDING AG
    Inventors: Mario Rigert, Bernhard Emmenegger
  • Patent number: D810924
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2018
    Assignee: MEDELA HOLDING AG
    Inventors: Bernhard Emmenegger, Daniela Käppeli, Mario Rigert, André Schlienger, Etienne Furrer, Marcel Muther
  • Patent number: D814018
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2018
    Assignee: MEDELA HOLDING AG
    Inventors: Bernhard Emmenegger, Daniela Käppeli, Mario Rigert, André Schlienger, Etienne Furrer, Marcel Muther
  • Patent number: D815272
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2018
    Assignee: MEDELA HOLDING AG
    Inventors: Bernhard Emmenegger, Daniela Käppeli, Mario Rigert, André Schlienger, Etienne Furrer, Marcel Muther