Patents by Inventor Christoph Gund

Christoph Gund 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).

  • Valve with magnetic sealing element made of foam
    Patent number: 8079568
    Abstract: A valve is described having an inlet, an outlet, a sealing element and a device to generate a magnetic field, whereby the sealing element can be moved at least partially by the device and whereby the sealing element connects the inlet to the outlet in a fluid-conducting manner in that the sealing element lifts off at least partially from a valve seat wherein the sealing element is made at least partially of a foam element that can be deformed by the magnetic field.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2011
    Assignee: Carl Freudenberg KG
    Inventors: Ralf Heinrich, Torsten Gerlich, Christoph Gund, Klaus Bickel
  • Valve with magnetic sealing element made of foam
    Publication number: 20090057587
    Abstract: A valve is described having an inlet, an outlet, a sealing element and a device to generate a magnetic field, whereby the sealing element can be moved at least partially by the device and whereby the sealing element connects the inlet to the outlet in a fluid-conducting manner in that the sealing element lifts off at least partially from a valve seat wherein the sealing element is made at least partially of a foam element that can be deformed by the magnetic field.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2008
    Publication date: March 5, 2009
    Applicant: Carl Freudenberg KG
    Inventors: Ralf Heinrich, Torsten Gerlich, Christoph Gund, Klaus Bickel
  • Diaphragm pump for pumping a fluid
    Publication number: 20080240942
    Abstract: A diaphragm pump for pumping a fluid, includes a flexible diaphragm which contains magnetically hard or soft particles and is actuated by an electromagnetic actuator. The diaphragm pump having a housing having an interior space containing two pump chambers which are separated by the diaphragm, and in that the diaphragm is actuated by two opposite electromagnetic actuators.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2008
    Publication date: October 2, 2008
    Applicant: Carl Freudenberg KG
    Inventors: Ralf Heinrich, Dirk Meyer, Thomas Schauber, Christoph Gund, Benno Schmied, Christopher Klatt, Torsten Gerlich, Joerg Bittner, Volker Daume