Patents by Inventor Achim Staedele

Achim Staedele 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: 11125228
    Abstract: A blocking device for a pump having a rotor that is rotatable about a rotation axis in a pump duct and comprises a rotor hub and a rotor collar that extends from the rotor hub in the radial direction and encircles it in an undulating manner, wherein the blocking device comprises a plurality of blocking elements which are configured to block the pump duct in the axial direction on both sides of the rotor collar, wherein each of the plurality of blocking elements has a slot with a U-shaped sealing profile for abutting against the rotor collar, a sealing face for abutting against the rotor hub, and two contacting faces for abutting against a seat of the pump duct and/or against a contacting face of another blocking element of the plurality of blocking elements, and to a pump having a corresponding blocking device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2021
    Assignee: Watson Marlow GmbH
    Inventors: Achim Staedele, Eric Mayer
  • Patent number: 11098713
    Abstract: A pump includes a rotor and a pump housing. The rotor is rotatable about a rotation axis and comprises a rotor hub and a rotor collar. The rotor collar extends from the rotor hub in the radial direction and encircles the rotor hub in an undulating manner. The pump housing comprises a first axial housing component, a central annular housing component, and a second axial housing component. A pump duct is formed (i) in the axial direction by the first and second housing components and (ii) in the radial direction by the central annular housing component and the rotor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2021
    Assignee: Watson Marlow GmbH
    Inventors: Achim Staedele, Eric Mayer
  • Patent number: 10830234
    Abstract: A pump includes a rotor, a pump housing, and a blocking device. The rotor is rotatable about a rotation axis and comprises a rotor hub and a rotor collar that extends from the rotor hub in a radial direction and encircles the rotor hub in an undulating manner. The pump housing forms a pump duct with the rotor. The pump duct connects a first inlet/outlet space to a second inlet/outlet space. The blocking device is arranged between the first and second inlet/outlet spaces and comprises a blocking element that blocks the pump duct in an axial direction on both sides of the rotor collar. The blocking device has first and second seats for the blocking element. A spacing between the first and second seats in a circumferential direction is greater than the spacing between first and second contacting faces of the blocking element in the circumferential direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2020
    Assignee: Watson Marlow GmbH
    Inventors: Achim Staedele, Eric Mayer
  • Publication number: 20180306183
    Abstract: A pump having a rotor that is rotatable about a rotation axis and comprises a rotor hub and a rotor collar that extends from the rotor hub in the radial direction and encircles it in an undulating manner, and a pump housing which comprises a first axial housing component, a central annular housing component and a second axial housing component, wherein a pump duct is formed in the axial direction by the first and second housing components and in the radial direction by the central annular housing component and the rotor, and also a pump in which the annular pump duct has a constant cross section and connects a first radially external inlet/outlet space to a second radially external inlet/outlet space, and the pump may include a blocking device which is arranged between the first radially external inlet/outlet space and the second radially external inlet/outlet space and which comprises a blocking element which blocks the pump duct in the axial direction on both sides of the rotor collar.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2016
    Publication date: October 25, 2018
    Inventors: Achim STAEDELE, Eric MAYER
  • Publication number: 20180298897
    Abstract: A pump having a rotor that is rotatable about a rotation axis and comprises a rotor hub and a rotor collar that extends from the rotor hub in the radial direction and encircles it in an undulating manner, a pump housing which forms a pump duct with the rotor, said pump duct connecting a first inlet/outlet space to a second inlet/outlet space and a blocking device which is arranged between the first inlet/outlet space and the second inlet/outlet space and which comprises a blocking element which blocks the pump duct in the axial direction on both sides of the rotor collar. The blocking device has a first seat and a second seat for the blocking element, wherein the spacing between the first seat and the second seat in the circumferential direction is greater than the spacing between a first contacting face and a second contacting face of the blocking element in the circumferential direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2016
    Publication date: October 18, 2018
    Inventors: Achim Staedele, Eric Mayer
  • Publication number: 20180274538
    Abstract: A blocking device for a pump having a rotor that is rotatable about a rotation axis in a pump duct and comprises a rotor hub and a rotor collar that extends from the rotor hub in the radial direction and encircles it in an undulating manner, wherein the blocking device comprises a plurality of blocking elements which are configured to block the pump duct in the axial direction on both sides of the rotor collar, wherein each of the plurality of blocking elements has a slot with a U-shaped sealing profile for abutting against the rotor collar, a sealing face for abutting against the rotor hub, and two contacting faces for abutting against a seat of the pump duct and/or against a contacting face of another blocking element of the plurality of blocking elements, and to a pump having a corresponding blocking device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2016
    Publication date: September 27, 2018
    Inventors: Achim Staedele, Eric Mayer