Patents by Inventor Thomas Ertel

Thomas Ertel 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: 8707904
    Abstract: The invention relates to a heatable floor for livestock stalls comprising a plurality of hollow, right-angled plate elements whose hollow spaces are filled with a heat transfer fluid and can be heated by means of heating lines (11) running through the hollow spaces, wherein each plate element comprises one upper shell (1) having an inlet opening (5) and forming a standing surface for the livestock and one lower shell (7) supporting the upper shell (1), the shells being connected to one another liquid-tight at their edges and having means for suspending carriers and being supported on one another by supports (6, 9) that run through the hollow space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2014
    Assignee: Mik International AG
    Inventors: Thomas Ertel, Johannes Weber-Monecke, Roland Frank, Andreas Menne, Werner Drees
  • Publication number: 20110259279
    Abstract: The invention relates to a heatable floor for livestock stalls comprising a plurality of hollow, right-angled plate elements whose hollow spaces are filled with a heat transfer fluid and can be heated by means of heating lines (11) running through the hollow spaces, wherein each plate element comprises one upper shell (1) having an inlet opening (5) and forming a standing surface for the livestock and one lower shell (7) supporting the upper shell (1), the shells being connected to one another liquid-tight at their edges and having means for suspending carriers and being supported on one another by supports (6, 9) that run through the hollow space.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2009
    Publication date: October 27, 2011
    Inventors: Thomas Ertel, Johannes Weber-Monecke, Roland Frank, Andreas Menne, Werner Drees
  • Patent number: 7481068
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for the storage of deep-frozen goods in a freezer having a speed-controlled compressor. In accordance with the invention, the compressor is operated in long-term operation and the temperature is lowered in a low-temperature mode to a temperature which is clearly below ?18° C., and is kept substantially constant at this selected temperature with only low temperature fluctuations which are caused by a change in speed of the compressor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2004
    Date of Patent: January 27, 2009
    Assignee: Liebherr-Hausgeräte Ochsenhausen GmbH
    Inventors: Wilfried King, Matthias Wiest, Helmut Bauer, Thomas Ertel
  • Publication number: 20080196423
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a refrigerator and/or freezer, comprising a liquefier, an evaporator and a compressor, wherein the refrigerator and/or freezer includes means by which a pressure compensation between liquefier and evaporator is prevented or slowed down during the standstill of the compressor, and that the refrigerator and/or freezer includes a means for effecting the compressor start-up, wherein the means for effecting the compressor start-up comprise means for increasing the starting torque of the compressor and/or means for increasing the starting current of the compressor motor and/or means which ensure that the crank shaft of the compressor stops in a preferred position after shutting off the compressor motor, and/or means for the at least partial pressure compensation between the pressure side and the suction side of the compressor and/or means for reducing the initially required starting torque.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2008
    Publication date: August 21, 2008
    Inventors: Matthias Wiest, Thomas Ertel, Klaus Weckemann, Christian Schropp
  • Publication number: 20050155370
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for the storage of deep-frozen goods in a freezer having a speed-controlled compressor. In accordance with the invention, the compressor is operated in long-term operation and the temperature is lowered in a low-temperature mode to a temperature which is clearly below ?18° C., and is kept substantially constant at this selected temperature with only low temperature fluctuations which are caused by a change in speed of the compressor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2004
    Publication date: July 21, 2005
    Inventors: Wilfried King, Matthias Wiest, Helmut Bauer, Thomas Ertel