Patents by Inventor Stefaan BOEL

Stefaan BOEL 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).

  • Filter device and method for switching on and/or switching off such filter device
    Patent number: 11890570
    Abstract: A filter device separating impurities from a gas, including a filter housing having a lid and a pot; the lid having an inlet and an outlet; a filter element in the pot with a top cap and a bottom cap with a filter cartridge therebetween; the top cap has an inlet duct connected to the lid inlet so that the gas to be purified is passed through the inlet duct to the filter cartridge; a space is between the lid and the top cap which is connected to the outlet of the lid; a switching element to be installed rotatably in the lid and rotatable between an off-position in which the inlet port or the outlet port connects to respectively the inlet or outlet of the lid, and a twisted position, in which the entrance of the inlet duct of the top cap can connect to the lid inlet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: ATLAS COPCO AIRPOWER N.V.
    Inventors: Stefaan Boel, Marc Steijnen, Sylwester Manski, Peter Waeterschoot
  • FILTER DEVICE AND METHOD FOR SWITCHING ON AND/OR SWITCHING OFF SUCH FILTER DEVICE
    Publication number: 20210229019
    Abstract: A filter device separating impurities from a gas, including a filter housing having a lid and a pot; the lid having an inlet and an outlet; a filter element in the pot with a top cap and a bottom cap with a filter cartridge therebetween; the top cap has an inlet duct connected to the lid inlet so that the gas to be purified is passed through the inlet duct to the filter cartridge; a space is between the lid and the top cap which is connected to the outlet of the lid; a switching element to be installed rotatably in the lid and rotatable between an off-position in which the inlet port or the outlet port connects to respectively the inlet or outlet of the lid, and a twisted position, in which the entrance of the inlet duct of the top cap can connect to the lid inlet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2019
    Publication date: July 29, 2021
    Applicant: ATLAS COPCO AIRPOWER, N.V.
    Inventors: Stefaan BOEL, Marc STEIJNEN, Sylwester MANSKI, Peter WAETERSCHOOT