Patents by Inventor Ralf Liese

Ralf Liese 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: 10851922
    Abstract: An adjustable collar for inserting a pipe therein, in particular for positioning and securing a pipe to an apparatus. The adjustable collar accepts pipes of any diameter within a pre-determined range instead of only accepting pipes of certain standard diameters. Furthermore, pipes can be secured into the adjustable collar according to the invention without the need for hand tools, adapters, or other accessories.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2020
    Assignee: CENTROTHERM ECO SYSTEMS, LLC
    Inventors: Kevin Shaw, Ralf Liese
  • Publication number: 20200284465
    Abstract: An exhaust pipe system for conducting exhaust gas from a combustion device to an exhaust system includes a first exhaust pipe with an inlet end and an outlet end, and a second exhaust pipe having a first line end and a second line end, wherein the inlet end of the first exhaust pipe is connectable to the first line end of the second exhaust pipe via a detachable coupling connection. A locking member is arranged to be movable between a closed position closing a passage and an open position opening the passage inside the first exhaust pipe. When the coupling connection is released, the locking member is automatically arranged in the closed position, and the second exhaust pipe has an actuating member which, when the coupling connection is established, urges the locking member into the open position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2019
    Publication date: September 10, 2020
    Inventors: Floris Van Dijk, Ralf Liese, Mario Delveaux
  • Publication number: 20200166147
    Abstract: A nonreturn valve for an exhaust pipe of a combustion device comprising including a tubular body, a floating body, a valve seat for the floating body disposed inside the tubular body, and a circumferential groove disposed radially inside the tubular body, wherein a radial inner circumferential wall portion is formed at least as a portion of a gas guide channel extending in the direction of the floating body and having a mouth circumferential edge. A tubular buoyancy body having the valve seat is disposed inside the circumferential groove and is formed to be movable in parallel to the radial inner circumferential wall portion between a buoyancy position in which the buoyancy body forms between itself and the mouth circumferential edge a circumferential passage gap connecting the circumferential groove to the gas guide channel and a blocking position closing the passage gap in an axial direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2019
    Publication date: May 28, 2020
    Inventor: Ralf Liese
  • Publication number: 20200132230
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an adjustable collar for inserting a pipe therein, in particular for positioning and securing a pipe to an apparatus. The present disclosure provides an adjustable collar for inserting a pipe therein, which accepts pipes of any diameter within a predetermined range instead of only accepting pipes of certain standard diameters. Furthermore, pipes can be secured into the adjustable collar without the need for hand tools, adapters, or other accessories.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2018
    Publication date: April 30, 2020
    Inventors: Kevin SHAW, Ralf LIESE
  • Patent number: 9841129
    Abstract: A fluid line connection safeguard for axial connection of a socket-shaped end portion of a first fluid line part with an end portion of a second fluid line part formed as a spigot end includes an annular clamping body which has a through opening with an overall internal contour and at least two clamping body elements forming a clamping body, wherein a respective clamping body element has a circular segment-shaped internal contour and the circular segment-shaped internal contours of the at least two clamping body elements form the overall internal contour, and wherein the at least two clamping body elements are connected to one another by means of an adjusting connection in such a way that the overall internal contour is adjustable to at least two different diameters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2017
    Assignee: Centrotherm Systemtechnik GmbH
    Inventors: Alexander Gottre, Ralf Liese
  • Publication number: 20170211733
    Abstract: A fluid line connection safeguard for axial connection of a socket-shaped end portion of a first fluid line part with an end portion of a second fluid line part formed as a spigot end includes an annular clamping body which has a through opening with an overall internal contour and at least two clamping body elements forming a clamping body, wherein a respective clamping body element has a circular segment-shaped internal contour and the circular segment-shaped internal contours of the at least two clamping body elements form the overall internal contour, and wherein the at least two clamping body elements are connected to one another by means of an adjusting connection in such a way that the overall internal contour is adjustable to at least two different diameters.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2016
    Publication date: July 27, 2017
    Inventors: Alexander Gottre, Ralf Liese