Patents by Inventor Matthias Rebernik
Matthias Rebernik 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).
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Publication number: 20240183499Abstract: A vehicle including a vehicle frame with an upper frame edge, a front axle with one front wheel, a rear axle with a rear wheel and a cryogenic container arranged laterally of the vehicle frame, and the cryogenic container is arranged in an installation space available, and a connection line runs to the cryogenic container or to an operating component of the cryogenic container located in the installation space through one of the following spandrels outside of the installation space available: through a rear wheel spandrel between the installation space and the rear wheel; through a front wheel spandrel between the installation space and the front wheel; through a lower construction spandrel between the installation space and an extruded triangle above the road; or, through a semi-trailer spandrel between the installation space and a pivoting region of a semi-trailer mounted on the vehicle.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 30, 2022Publication date: June 6, 2024Inventor: Matthias REBERNIK
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Publication number: 20240051384Abstract: The invention relates to a system comprising a cryogenic container with a lateral surface and a first and a second end cap, at least two support brackets each with a mounting side for mounting on a vehicle frame, at least two tensioning straps for fastening the cryogenic container on the support brackets, wherein the cryogenic container rests with the lateral surface on the support brackets and is embraced by the tensioning straps over the lateral surface, wherein first and second operating components are located only on that side of an outermost tensioning strap, which faces the nearest end cap, wherein the first operating component is arranged on a side of the cryogenic container facing the mounting side and the second operating component is arranged on a side of the cryogenic container facing away from the mounting side.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 30, 2022Publication date: February 15, 2024Inventor: Matthias REBERNIK
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Publication number: 20240052978Abstract: A system including a cryogenic container for storing cryogenic fluid and a connection system having a connection line connected to the cryogenic container and ending in a pressure relief valve, and there is provided a check valve within the connection line, which is configured to prevent a flow of fluid in the direction of the cryogenic container, and the system further comprises a test line, which connects to the connection line between the check valve and the pressure relief valve and ends in a test connection for a test device for providing a pressurized test fluid, and there is provided a valve within the test line, which is configured to prevent a flow of fluid in the direction of the test connection and to enable a flow of fluid in the direction of the pressure relief valve in order check the functionality thereof.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 30, 2022Publication date: February 15, 2024Inventor: Matthias REBERNIK
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Publication number: 20230366515Abstract: One example of a safety withdrawal system includes a cryogenic container, a withdrawal line and an economizer situated between the withdrawal line and the cryogenic container for withdrawing cryogenic fluid in liquid phase and gas phase, and the economizer is configured as an electric economizer having two controllable valves that are respectively currentless closed, which each may block the withdrawal of the liquid phase or the gas phase from the cryogenic container. The safety withdrawal system further includes an emergency stop off-switch that may be manually actuated, which is connected to the two currentless closed valves of the electric economizer and is configured to simultaneously block the withdrawal of cryogenic fluid by both valves upon actuation.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 24, 2021Publication date: November 16, 2023Applicant: Cryoshelter LH2 GmbHInventor: Matthias REBERNIK
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Publication number: 20230167948Abstract: The invention relates to a system for checking the function and releasing the excess pressure of a cryogenic container on a vehicle roof, the system comprising a vehicle and the cryogenic container which is mounted on the vehicle roof and has an interior volume for receiving cryogenic fluid, wherein the system furthermore comprises a pressure line which is connected to the interior volume of the cryogenic container and is led from the cryogenic container on the vehicle roof to an accessible point on the vehicle side or in the vehicle interior and opens into a pressure gauge there, wherein a valve and a predetermined breaking point are arranged in the pressure line and the valve is arranged between the predetermined breaking point and the interior volume of the cryogenic container and opens at a predetermined first pressure which is greater than a second pressure at which the predetermined breaking point breaks.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 3, 2021Publication date: June 1, 2023Inventor: Matthias REBERNIK
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Patent number: 11655941Abstract: Suspension system for an inner container mounted for thermal insulation in an outer container. Rod-shaped fixed bearing securing elements of a fixed bearing system engage the outer container and the inner container and can be stressed in tension and compression. Fixed bearing securing elements engage the inner container while being arranged so as to be distributed in an annular installation space between the inner container and outer container, and they engage the outer container while being distributed in the annular installation space. A floating bearing system with a floating bearing ring and annularly distributed floating bearing securing elements can be arranged in the outer container to support the inner container. The floating bearing securing elements can be stressed in tension by tension springs and/or in compression by compression springs and engage the floating bearing ring and the inner container or the outer container.Type: GrantFiled: February 19, 2019Date of Patent: May 23, 2023Assignee: CRYOSHELTER GMBHInventor: Matthias Rebernik
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Publication number: 20230003344Abstract: The invention relates to a system for providing a fluid, comprising at least a first and a second cryogenic container for storing the fluid, wherein the system comprises a first retrieval line connecting to the first cryogenic container for retrieving a first mass flow (M1) of fluid and a second retrieval line connecting to the second cryogenic container for retrieving a second mass flow (M2) of fluid, wherein the system comprises means, which are configured to establish two mass flows (M1, M2) of different dimensions such that in a first operational mode a hold time of the two cryogenic containers converges upon retrieval and/or in a second operational mode the hold time of the two cryogenic containers essentially decreases at the same rate if the hold times of the two cryogenic containers are essentially equal.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 23, 2020Publication date: January 5, 2023Inventor: Matthias REBERNIK
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Patent number: 11525738Abstract: A dual-wall, vacuum-insulated container (30, 40) has an external wall (1), an internal wall (3) and there in-between a vacuum chamber (5), in which there is arranged a heat insulation device (2, 20). At least three temperature sensors (13, 13a, 13b, 14, 15) that are spaced apart from another recurringly register instantaneous temperatures (T1, T2, T2A, T2B, T3) of the container (30, 40). At least in some points there is calculated a temperature course using a heat insulation model on the basis of the construction and material characteristics of the container and the heat radiation resulting therefrom, which temperature course contains at least two of the temperatures (T1, T2, T2A, T2B, T3) registered. From the temperature course there is calculated a desired temperature value for the position of at least one further of the temperature sensors and compared with the actual temperature value actually registered by this temperature sensor.Type: GrantFiled: January 5, 2018Date of Patent: December 13, 2022Assignee: CRYOSHELTER GMBHInventor: Matthias Rebernik
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Publication number: 20220290810Abstract: The invention relates to an ancillary system for filling and venting a first cryogenic container and a second cryogenic container, comprising a first connecting line routed into the first cryogenic container and a second connecting line routed into the second cryogenic container, wherein the first connecting line is connected to the second connecting line via a connection line and a filling coupling is connected to the connection line so that the two cryogenic containers can be filled via the filling coupling, the ancillary system comprising at least one vent coupling connected to the connection line so that the two cryogenic containers can be vented via the vent coupling.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 12, 2020Publication date: September 15, 2022Inventor: Matthias REBERNIK
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Publication number: 20220275910Abstract: The invention relates to a pipe penetration module (7) for a cryogenic container (1), which comprises an inner tank (2) and an outer container (3) vacuum-insulated relative to said inner tank, the pipe penetration module (7) comprising a cladding pipe (6) and a pipeline (5) at least partially accommodated in the cladding pipe (6), wherein the pipeline (5) passes with a first pipeline end (10) through a first cladding pipe end (8) of the cladding pipe (6) so that the first pipeline end (10) can be rigidly connected to the outer container (3) and the first cladding pipe end (8) can be rigidly connected to the inner tank (2), the pipeline (5) and the cladding pipe (6) being rigidly connected to one another at a second cladding pipe end (13), and with the pipeline (5) and the cladding pipe (6) each having a kink (17, 18) in an area between the first cladding pipe end (8) and the second cladding pipe end (13).Type: ApplicationFiled: August 12, 2020Publication date: September 1, 2022Inventor: Matthias REBERNIK
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Patent number: 10774990Abstract: A suspension system (3) for an inner container (2, 2?) mounted for thermal insulation in an outer container (1, 1?) comprises a single fixed bearing (30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39) comprising fixed bearing securing elements (5, 5?, 5?, 5??) which engage, on the one hand, the outer container and, on the other hand, the inner container and which can be stressed in tension and in compression, the fixed bearing securing elements (5, 5?, 5?, 5??) engaging while being arranged so as to be distributed in an annular installation space (7) defined between the inner container (2, 2?) and the outer container (1, 1?) and the fixed bearing securing elements (5, 5?, 5?, 5??) engaging the outer container (1, 1?) while being distributed in the annular installation space (7).Type: GrantFiled: August 3, 2018Date of Patent: September 15, 2020Assignee: CRYOSHELTER GMBHInventor: Matthias Rebernik
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Publication number: 20190368659Abstract: A dual-wall, vacuum-insulated container (30, 40) has an external wall (1), an internal wall (3) and there in-between a vacuum chamber (5), in which there is arranged a heat insulation device (2, 20). At least three temperature sensors (13, 13a, 13b, 14, 15) that are spaced apart from another recurringly register instantaneous temperatures (T1, T2, T2A, T2B, T3) of the container (30, 40). At least in some points there is calculated a temperature course using a heat insulation model on the basis of the construction and material characteristics of the container and the heat radiation resulting therefrom, which temperature course contains at least two of the temperatures (T1, T2, T2A, T2B, T3) registered. From the temperature course there is calculated a desired temperature value for the position of at least one further of the temperature sensors and compared with the actual temperature value actually registered by this temperature sensor.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 5, 2018Publication date: December 5, 2019Inventor: Matthias REBERNIK
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Publication number: 20190178444Abstract: Suspension system for an inner container mounted for thermal insulation in an outer container. Rod-shaped fixed bearing securing elements of a fixed bearing system engage the outer container and the inner container and can be stressed in tension and compression. Fixed bearing securing elements engage the inner container while being arranged so as to be distributed in an annular installation space between the inner container and outer container, and they engage the outer container while being distributed in the annular installation space. A floating bearing system with a floating bearing ring and annularly distributed floating bearing securing elements can be arranged in the outer container to support the inner container. The floating bearing securing elements can be stressed in tension by tension springs and/or in compression by compression springs and engage the floating bearing ring and the inner container or the outer container.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 19, 2019Publication date: June 13, 2019Inventor: Matthias Rebernik
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Patent number: 10295120Abstract: A suspension system (3) for an inner container (2) mounted for thermal insulation in an outer container (1) comprises a single fixed bearing (30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35) comprising rod-shaped fixed bearing securing elements (5) which engage, on the one hand, the outer container and, on the other hand, the inner container and which can be stressed in tension and in compression, the fixed bearing securing elements (5) engaging the inner container (2) while being arranged so as to be distributed in an annular installation space (7) defined between the inner container (2) and the outer container (1) and the fixed bearing securing elements (5) engaging the outer container (1) while being distributed in the annular installation space (7).Type: GrantFiled: April 2, 2014Date of Patent: May 21, 2019Assignee: CRYOSHELTER GMBHInventor: Matthias Rebernik
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Publication number: 20180340656Abstract: A suspension system (3) for an inner container (2, 2?) mounted for thermal insulation in an outer container (1, 1?) comprises a single fixed bearing (30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39) comprising fixed bearing securing elements (5, 5?, 5?, 5??) which engage, on the one hand, the outer container and, on the other hand, the inner container and which can be stressed in tension and in compression, the fixed bearing securing elements (5, 5?, 5?, 5??) engaging while being arranged so as to be distributed in an annular installation space (7) defined between the inner container (2, 2?) and the outer container (1, 1?) and the fixed bearing securing elements (5, 5?, 5?, 5??) engaging the outer container (1, 1?) while being distributed in the annular installation space (7).Type: ApplicationFiled: August 3, 2018Publication date: November 29, 2018Inventor: Matthias Rebernik
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Patent number: 10088105Abstract: A suspension system (3) for an inner container (2, 2?) mounted for thermal insulation in an outer container (1, 1?) comprises a single fixed bearing (30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39) comprising fixed bearing securing elements (5, 5?, 5?, 5??) which engage, on the one hand, the outer container and, on the other hand, the inner container and which can be stressed in tension and in compression, the fixed bearing securing elements (5, 5?, 5?, 5??) engaging while being arranged so as to be distributed in an annular installation space (7) defined between the inner container (2, 2?) and the outer container (1, 1?) and the fixed bearing securing elements (5, 5?, 5?, 5??) engaging the outer container (1, 1?) while being distributed in the annular installation space (7).Type: GrantFiled: April 2, 2014Date of Patent: October 2, 2018Assignee: CRYOSHELTER GMBHInventor: Matthias Rebernik
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Publication number: 20180274729Abstract: An overfill protection means for storing liquefied gases in a tank container, comprising a housing into which the filling line runs for filling the tank container, a closure which is arranged so as to be movable between a closing position preventing filling and an open position releasing filling, and a float, which float is coupled to a trigger mechanism. The trigger mechanism is movable by the float between an engaged position and a release position depending on the liquid level in the tank container, wherein, in the engaged position, the trigger mechanism engages the closure and keeps the closure in the open position, while being supported on the housing, and wherein, in the release position, the trigger mechanism releases the closure, whereby the closure is movable into the closing position by the flowing liquefied gas.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 15, 2016Publication date: September 27, 2018Inventor: Matthias Rebernik
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Publication number: 20160053942Abstract: A suspension system (3) for an inner container (2) mounted for thermal insulation in an outer container (1) comprises a single fixed bearing (30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35) comprising rod-shaped fixed bearing securing elements (5) which engage, on the one hand, the outer container and, on the other hand, the inner container and which can be stressed in tension and in compression, the fixed bearing securing elements (5) engaging the inner container (2) while being arranged so as to be distributed in an annular installation space (7) defined between the inner container (2) and the outer container (1) and the fixed bearing securing elements (5) engaging the outer container (1) while being distributed in the annular installation space (7).Type: ApplicationFiled: April 2, 2014Publication date: February 25, 2016Inventor: Matthias Rebernik
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Publication number: 20160053941Abstract: A suspension system (3) for an inner container (2, 2?) mounted for thermal insulation in an outer container (1, 1?) comprises a single fixed bearing (30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39) comprising fixed bearing securing elements (5, 5?, 5?, 5??) which engage, on the one hand, the outer container and, on the other hand, the inner container and which can be stressed in tension and in compression, the fixed bearing securing elements (5, 5?, 5?, 5??) engaging while being arranged so as to be distributed in an annular installation space (7) defined between the inner container (2, 2?) and the outer container (1, 1?) and the fixed bearing securing elements (5, 5?, 5?, 5??) engaging the outer container (1, 1?) while being distributed in the annular installation space (7).Type: ApplicationFiled: April 2, 2014Publication date: February 25, 2016Inventor: Matthias Rebernik
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Patent number: 8272530Abstract: A container for receiving cryogenic media and/or units which are to be stored at low temperatures, having an outer shell (1) and an insulating shell (10) which is connected directly or indirectly to said outer shell (1) in a positionally stable manner and is optionally surrounded by one or more further insulating shells (10), wherein an inner shell (2) for storing cryogenic media is connected to the outer shell (1) via fastening elements (3) in a positionally stable manner. Each insulating shell (10) is of at least two-part configuration and is fastened to the outer shell (1) and/or to the inner shell (2) by positioning elements (11, 26, 27) which are independent of the fastening elements (3), wherein the insulating shell (10) is spaced apart without contact from the outer or inner shell (1,2) or from a further insulating shell (10) with the formation of a gap (15).Type: GrantFiled: September 25, 2007Date of Patent: September 25, 2012Inventor: Matthias Rebernik