Patents by Inventor JEAN-PIERRE SCHATZ

JEAN-PIERRE SCHATZ 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: 10024475
    Abstract: The invention relates to a tapping fitting, having a saddle component for positioning on and cohesively connecting to a tubular component, and having a clamping device for clamping the saddle component on the tubular component, characterized in that the clamping device has a tiltable clamping lever with a sliding profile, wherein the clamping lever is mounted via the sliding profile in a bearing shell in a first peripheral portion of the saddle component, and wherein a clamping band is attached on one side to the clamping lever at a distance from a rotation axis about which the clamping lever is tiltable in the bearing shell, and on the other side to a second peripheral portion, located opposite the first peripheral portion, of the saddle component, such that in the case of a tapping fitting positioned on a tubular component, when the clamping lever is tilted, the clamping band is biased and the tapping fitting is pressed against the tubular component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2018
    Assignee: Friatec Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Georg Christian Jungmann, Pero Mikulic, Alexander Rothermel, Jean-Pierre Schatz, Dominik Strobel
  • Publication number: 20170254464
    Abstract: The invention relates to a tapping fitting, having a saddle component for positioning on and cohesively connecting to a tubular component, and having a clamping device for clamping the saddle component on the tubular component, characterized in that the clamping device has a tiltable clamping lever with a sliding profile, wherein the clamping lever is mounted via the sliding profile in a bearing shell in a first peripheral portion of the saddle component, and wherein a clamping band is attached on one side to the clamping lever at a distance from a rotation axis about which the clamping lever is tiltable in the bearing shell, and on the other side to a second peripheral portion, located opposite the first peripheral portion, of the saddle component, such that in the case of a tapping fitting positioned on a tubular component, when the clamping lever is tilted, the clamping band is biased and the tapping fitting is pressed against the tubular component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2015
    Publication date: September 7, 2017
    Applicant: FRIATEC AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventors: GEORG CHRISTIAN JUNGMANN, PERO MIKULIC, ALEXANDER ROTHERMEL, JEAN-PIERRE SCHATZ, DOMINIK STROBEL