Patents by Inventor Rainer Metz

Rainer Metz 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: 9004100
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a pump assembly (5) for a supply unit, in particular a tank container (1), comprising: a pump line (51; 51r, l) for conveying a liquid medium between a container (3) and a removal connection, a pump (55) arranged in the pump line (51), and a feed connection (58), which is connected to the pump line (51) via two connecting lines (57). Here the pump (55) acts between the two connecting points (57a) of the connecting lines (57) in the pump line (51). The medium can therefore be delivered as desired directly by the pump (55) between the feed connection (58) and the container (3), between the container (3) and the removal connection (52), or between the feed connection (58) and the removal connection (52). The invention further relates to a fuel supply unit having a pump assembly (5) according to the invention and a container (3).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2015
    Assignee: WEW Westerwalder Eisenwerk GmbH
    Inventors: Rainer Metz, Thomas Schmidt
  • Publication number: 20130087227
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a pump assembly (5) for a supply unit, in particular a tank container (1), comprising: a pump line (51; 51r, l) for conveying a liquid medium between a container (3) and a removal connection, a pump (55) arranged in the pump line (51), and a feed connection (58), which is connected to the pump line (51) via two connecting lines (57). Here the pump (55) acts between the two connecting points (57a) of the connecting lines (57) in the pump line (51). The medium can therefore be delivered as desired directly by the pump (55) between the feed connection (58) and the container (3), between the container (3) and the removal connection (52), or between the feed connection (58) and the removal connection (52). The invention further relates to a fuel supply unit having a pump assembly (5) according to the invention and a container (3).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2011
    Publication date: April 11, 2013
    Applicant: WEW WESTERWÄLDER EISENWERK GMBH
    Inventors: Rainer Metz, Thomas Schmidt
  • Publication number: 20110031257
    Abstract: The present invention concerns a pressure container (1) with a jacket comprising partial cylindrical jacket shells (2, 4) that are located parallel next to each other and define a bead (8, 10) in the longitudinal direction. The end faces thereof are closed off by a curved bottom (16, 18), wherein between the partial cylindrical shells (2, 4) a tractive element designed in particular as a flat wall (6; 6a, 6b) is arranged, the upper or lower edge (12, 14) of which extends into or penetrates the upper or lower bead region (8, 10). There is furthermore provided a shell element (42) running in the longitudinal direction and connecting the jacket shells (2, 4) and the tractive element (6), being firmly connected at least in sections to the jacket shells (2, 4) and to the particularly beveled edge (12, 12a; 14, 14a) of the tractive element (6), so that a girder structure is formed in the bead region (8, 10).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2009
    Publication date: February 10, 2011
    Applicant: WEW Westerwalder Eisenwerk GmbH
    Inventor: Rainer Metz