Patents by Inventor Marnix Kerkhofs

Marnix Kerkhofs 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).

  • Flexible plastic hose and method for its manufacture
    Patent number: 9230712
    Abstract: Flexible plastic hose comprising a flexible wall made out of a plurality of laterally connected windings of a helically wound profile, wherein the windings of the profile are attached to each other by means of a weld, wherein the profile comprises a web part with predetermined properties for providing flexibility to the hose, and wherein the profile ends on both sides in an upright part. The weld is located between the upright part of the adjacent windings and together with these upright parts forms a helical reinforcement rib on the flexible wall of the hose with predetermined properties for providing hub strength to the hose.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2016
    Assignee: PLASTIFLEX GROUP
    Inventors: Domin Diels, Marnix Kerkhofs
  • FLEXIBLE PLASTIC HOSE AND METHOD FOR ITS MANUFACTURE
    Publication number: 20140076605
    Abstract: Flexible plastic hose comprising a flexible wall made out of a plurality of laterally connected windings of a helically wound profile, wherein the windings of the profile are attached to each other by means of a weld, wherein the profile comprises a web part with predetermined properties for providing flexibility to the hose, and wherein the profile ends on both sides in an upright part. The weld is located between the upright part of the adjacent windings and together with these upright parts forms a helical reinforcement rib on the flexible wall of the hose with predetermined properties for providing hub strength to the hose.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2012
    Publication date: March 20, 2014
    Applicant: PLASTIFLEX GROUP
    Inventors: Domin Diels, Marnix Kerkhofs