Patents Assigned to Freudenberg
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Patent number: 9915347Abstract: A cassette seal having an internal ring with a cylindrical portion; a cover portion radially projecting from the cylindrical portion, and a covering portion axially projecting from the cover portion, wherein the covering portion is radially spaced from the cylindrical portion, and an external ring with axial flange, and a radial flange projecting in the internal ring direction, with a sealing body of an elastomeric material associated with the axial flange, wherein from the sealing body sealing lips are formed, wherein a first sealing lip with radial preload sealingly rests against the cylindrical portion's outer circumference, wherein a second sealing lip axially projects from the radial flange and extends in the direction of the covering portion's side facing the cylindrical portion, wherein a third sealing lip axially projects beyond the radial flange and on the outer circumference at least partly projects beyond the covering portion.Type: GrantFiled: May 26, 2015Date of Patent: March 13, 2018Assignee: CARL FREUDENBERG KGInventors: Stefano Miletto, Luca Breusa, Francesco Vignolo, Pasquale Angiulli, Antonio Turaglio
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Publication number: 20180042444Abstract: A floor mop includes a handle, a shaft coupled to the handle, and a plate attached to the shaft opposite the handle. The plate has a thickness that is minimum in a central portion adjacent an attachment to the shaft and increases in a lateral direction away from the central portion, the plate adapted to accommodate a cleaning pad thereon.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 25, 2017Publication date: February 15, 2018Applicant: Freudenberg Household Products LPInventors: Doug Metzel, Eric Wehrli, Scott Munro
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Publication number: 20180042442Abstract: A mop includes a mop handle with a grip end and a mopping end. A locking cup is disposed on the mopping end. The locking cup includes a cup portion with interior threads and a locking tooth. A mop head is disposed at the mopping end. The mop head connects to a locking cap. The locking cap includes a locking tab configured to engage with the interior threads of the locking cup to allow for selective removal of the mop head from the mop handle and to engage and be retained by the locking tooth when the locking cap is threaded into the locking cup. A biasing element is disposed in the cup portion and contacts the locking cap and generate a bias between the locking cap and the locking cup and urge the locking tab against the locking tooth when the locking cap is threaded into the cup portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 23, 2017Publication date: February 15, 2018Applicant: Freudenberg Household Products LPInventors: Doug Metzel, Conrad Alfaro
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Patent number: 9884175Abstract: A medical valve assembly includes a tube extending between proximal and distal tube ends. A plunger plate extends radially from the distal tube end, and a valve housing surrounds the tube and extends between proximal and distal valve housing ends. The valve housing includes a flange extending radially inwardly from the distal valve housing end and disposed in spaced relationship with the plunger plate to define a distance dimension D extending therebetween. An elastomeric seal is compressed between the plunger plate and the flange to establish a closed condition of the medical valve assembly. The elastomeric seal axially moves one of the valve housing and the tube relative to the other when a medical device is inserted into the medical valve assembly to automatically increase the distance dimension and establish an open and sealed condition of the medical valve assembly with the inserted medical valve.Type: GrantFiled: May 29, 2015Date of Patent: February 6, 2018Assignee: FREUDENBERG MEDICAL, LLCInventors: Greg Furnish, Anthony Appling, Ben Morris
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Patent number: 9879785Abstract: A seal system includes a housing defining a bore having an inner bore surface. A rotating shaft is rotatably received in the bore and includes a recessed annular groove. A seal body has an unassembled form having a ring shape, wherein in an assembled state the seal member is received in the annular groove of the rotating shaft with the seal member flipped with a first side surface facing radially inward toward the annular groove and a second side surface facing radially outward toward the bore, the first side surface along a cylindrical outer diameter surface being lifted off of a bottom surface of the annular groove so that the second side surface along the outer diameter surface engages the inner bore surface while the second side surface along an inner diameter surface is spaced from the inner bore surface.Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 2016Date of Patent: January 30, 2018Assignee: Freudenberg-NOK General PartnershipInventors: Raymond L. Szparagowski, Ross Maag
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Publication number: 20180008743Abstract: The present invention is directed to novel non-woven fabrics containing growth and differentiation factor proteins. Said fabrics are specifically designed to accelerate tissue regeneration and wound healing processes of mammalian tissues. Furthermore, the invention provides wound dressings, pads or implants comprising the novel non-woven fabrics.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 6, 2017Publication date: January 11, 2018Applicants: BIOPHARM GESELLSCHAFT ZUR BIOTECHNOLOGISCHEN ENTWI CKLUNG VON PHARMAKA MBH, CARL FREUDENBERG KGInventors: Frank Plöger, Denis Reibel, Dirk Grafahrend, Daniel Neumüller
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Patent number: 9863829Abstract: A sensor has an electronic chip and a sensor chip which are arranged within a functional volume which is at the most 4-5 mm long, a maximum 2-3 mm wide, and the maximum height is 0.5-0.8 mm, thereby potentially providing a compact sensor.Type: GrantFiled: July 23, 2015Date of Patent: January 9, 2018Assignees: CARL FREUDENBERG KG, EDC ELECTRONIC DESIGN CHEMNITZ GMBHInventors: Thomas Caesar, Renate Tapper, Steffen Heinz, Marco Neubert
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Patent number: 9855825Abstract: The use of a filter element with a body which has material which is suitable for adsorption of gases and vapors, the body being in the form of a honeycomb body, is, with regard to the object of supplying a substantially closed chamber with filtered inlet air in trouble-free fashion, the inlet air being virtually completely freed from pollutants which are present in the form of aerosols, gases, liquid droplets or solid particles, and a filter element of simple construction being used, wherein the filter element is used for supplying filtered inlet air to an at least partially closed-off chamber, the inlet air being freed from pollutants which are present in the form of aerosols, gases, liquid droplets or solid particles.Type: GrantFiled: May 19, 2015Date of Patent: January 2, 2018Assignee: CARL FREUDENBERG KGInventors: Uwe Felber, Thomas Stoesser, Ulrich Stahl, Thomas Wolff
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Patent number: 9856916Abstract: A seal having a substantially H-shaped sealing profile.Type: GrantFiled: December 4, 2013Date of Patent: January 2, 2018Assignee: CARL FREUDENBERG KGInventors: Roland Fietz, Andreas Palmer
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Patent number: 9851010Abstract: A seal with, on the one hand, a support body in the form of a carrier ring with an axial leg and, on the other hand, a sealing washer which is placed or arranged on the carrier ring and which surrounds the axial leg on the outer periphery, said carrier ring being made of a metallic material, wherein the carrier ring is made of a sheet of the HYS type.Type: GrantFiled: February 4, 2013Date of Patent: December 26, 2017Assignee: CARL FREUDENBERG KGInventors: Luc Humblot, Dominique Lutaud
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Patent number: 9845882Abstract: A double sealing device for a rotating shaft comprising a first and a second seal of annular form mounted side by side in a peripheral groove formed in a wall of a circular cylindrical housing through which the shaft to be sealed passes. At least one of a discharge or vent channel opens into the peripheral groove between the two seals. The seals comprise a carrier ring with an outer axial flange and an inner radial flange, and a sealing washer applied to each carrier ring to cover a part of an outer face of the axial flange. A sealing lip bearing is formed slidably on the shaft, the first seal sealing a first fluid medium and the second seal sealing a second fluid medium. The axial flange has an extension forming a pierced structure, not covered by the sealing washer of the seal, and disposed facing the peripheral groove.Type: GrantFiled: March 12, 2015Date of Patent: December 19, 2017Assignee: CARL FREUDENBERG KGInventor: Dominique Lutaud
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Patent number: 9845880Abstract: A sealing ring with a dynamically loaded sealing lip having a sealing edge and a tension element for stabilizing the sealing lip in the radial direction, wherein: the tension element is arranged in a mounting groove; the mounting groove is arranged in the sealing lip on the side facing radially away from the sealing edge and has a mounting opening on the side facing radially away from the sealing edge, which opening is delimited by two guide webs arranged so as to be adjacent to each other at a spacing in the axial direction; the sealing lip is articulated, on its side facing axially away from the sealing edge, to a support member with a joint; and the sealing lip and the support member delimit, with their sides which radially face each other, a substantially C-shaped joint space which is open on one side in the axial direction.Type: GrantFiled: August 21, 2015Date of Patent: December 19, 2017Assignee: CARL FREUDENBERG KGInventors: Kristian Mueller-Niehuus, Hans-Werner Guenther
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Patent number: 9844999Abstract: An assembly having an intake connector with an air entrance for an air-conditioning system and a filter element having a concertina bellows having peripheral troughs and peripheral peaks, wherein the filter element has a water-repellent filter medium and wherein the filter element at least partially covers the air entrance, suitable for discharging snow and water, in particular snowmelt, to avoid flow into the air-conditioning system of a motor vehicle and to minimize damage to a filter element, wherein the concertina bellows is disposed so as to be inclined at an angle of 5° to 90°, preferably at an angle of 15° to 85°, in relation to the horizontal, wherein the filter element has an outflow unit for a water outflow from the peripheral troughs.Type: GrantFiled: October 27, 2015Date of Patent: December 19, 2017Assignee: CARL FREUDENBERG KGInventor: Martin Krause
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Patent number: 9839769Abstract: An expandable sheath assembly includes a support body extending from a proximal end to a distal end. A guide rod is interconnected to the support body and extends between the ends along an axis. A dilator extends from the guide rod for insertion into a body vessel, and a hub is releasable connected to the distal end of the support body. A distal sheath overlays the dilator, and a hemostatic valve is slidably disposed along the axis. A proximal sheath extends from the hemostatic valve and is disposed in surrounding and coaxial relationship with the guide rod. The proximal sheath is concurrently slidable with the hemostatic valve along axis to advance the proximal sheath through the hub and interleave the proximal sheath between the dilator and the distal sheath for lifting the distal sheath from the dilator and effectuating an expansion of the body vessel.Type: GrantFiled: September 4, 2014Date of Patent: December 12, 2017Assignee: FREUDENBERG MEDICAL, LLCInventors: Greg Furnish, Anthony Appling, Simon Furnish, Asela Indaka Gunasekara, Ben Morris
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Patent number: 9835223Abstract: A bearing having at least two rubber bushings, each having a vertical axis of rotation, the rubber bushings being functionally connected in parallel.Type: GrantFiled: August 22, 2014Date of Patent: December 5, 2017Assignee: CARL FREUDENBERG KGInventors: Alexander Padios, Heiko Kannegiesser, Detlef Cordts
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Patent number: 9826879Abstract: A wiping device, having a substantially rectangular support member having a longitudinal axis and two long sides, and a transverse axis and two transverse sides, on which a wiping cloth can be releasably fastened, wherein on the support member on at least one transverse side a pivotable fastening clamp is disposed so as to be pivotable about an articulation joint, for fastening of a fastening tab disposed correspondingly on at least one transverse side on the wiping cloth. The at least one fastening clamp is movable in a pivot plane which is disposed substantially perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the support member.Type: GrantFiled: August 8, 2013Date of Patent: November 28, 2017Assignee: CARL FREUDENBERG KGInventors: Markus Rueckheim, Andreas Eisenhut, Jens Deerberg, Torsten Gratzki
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Patent number: D804125Type: GrantFiled: October 19, 2016Date of Patent: November 28, 2017Assignee: CARL FREUDENBERG KGInventor: Markus Rueckheim
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Patent number: D804126Type: GrantFiled: October 19, 2016Date of Patent: November 28, 2017Assignee: CARL FREUDENBERG KGInventor: Markus Rueckheim
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Patent number: D806338Type: GrantFiled: December 14, 2015Date of Patent: December 26, 2017Assignee: Freudenberg Household Products LPInventors: Doug Metzel, Eric Wehrli
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Patent number: D814131Type: GrantFiled: October 23, 2015Date of Patent: March 27, 2018Assignee: Freudenberg Household Products LPInventor: Doug Metzel