Patents by Inventor Michael Austermann

Michael Austermann 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).

  • Method and device for automatically bringing a fluid into contact with the teats of an animal
    Patent number: 8336502
    Abstract: A dipping device for a milking system, especially for an automatic milking system designed as a milking robot with teat cups to be placed onto the teats of an animal to be milked, which is designed for contacting the teats of the animal with at least one fluid or several fluids, and the device has several dipping valve arrangements so that the dipping agent introduction to each teat of the animal can be controlled separately.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2012
    Assignee: GEA Farm Technologies GmbH
    Inventors: Wolfgang Schulze Wilmert, Reinhard Frenser, Michael Austermann, Christelle Theis, Kevin L. Torgerson
  • Method and device for automatically bringing a fluid into contact with the teats of an animal
    Publication number: 20100139574
    Abstract: A dipping device for a milking system, especially for an automatic milking system designed as a milking robot with teat cups to be placed onto the teats of an animal to be milked, which is designed for contacting the teats of the animal with at least one fluid or several fluids, and the device has several dipping valve arrangements so that the dipping agent introduction to each teat of the animal can be controlled separately.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2009
    Publication date: June 10, 2010
    Inventors: Wolfgang Schulze Wilmert, Reinhard Frenser, Michael Austermann, Christelle Theis, Kevin L. Torgerson
  • Connection between a toat rubber and a milking cup sleeve
    Publication number: 20080276871
    Abstract: The subject matter of the invention relates to a milking cup having a milking cup sleeve in which a teat rubber is arranged.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2008
    Publication date: November 13, 2008
    Inventors: Markus Auburger, Reinhard Frenser, Thomas Rohring, Michael Berentzen, Martin Neumann, Thomas Gruter, Michael Austermann