Patents by Inventor Benjamin Heidrich

Benjamin Heidrich 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).

  • Publication number: 20210045575
    Abstract: A low-pressure vessel cover includes a plate-shaped base for placing on a vessel edge of a low-pressure vessel, a first opening in the base, and an acoustic signaling device for detecting a boiling point of a liquid which is heated in the low-pressure vessel. The signaling device includes a note-sounding plate system, which has a note-sounding plate, a note-sounding plate opening, and a note-sounding tongue. The note-sounding plate system is arranged in a first flow channel which extends from the first opening in the base to a first outlet opening such that the note-sounding tongue is excited by out-flowing fluid and generates a signaling tone of at least 40 dB.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2019
    Publication date: February 18, 2021
    Inventors: Arno THELEN, Benjamin HEIDRICH
  • Patent number: 8733574
    Abstract: The invention relates to a valve unit for a pressure vessel, the latter consisting of a receptacle and a lid which can be placed on said receptacle in such a way as to make it pressure-tight and said valve unit including: a safety function, pressure-relief function and pressure indicator function; adjustable indicator levels and pressure levels; an indicator pin (4) or indicator piston (10) which is supported against an indicator spring (7), can move in axial direction and bears on its portion becoming visible upon pressurization, due to its emergence from a valve housing (12), indicator rings, for example, for indicating the pressure inside the vessel; and comprising a valve body (5) which is movable in axial direction against the action of an exhaust steam spring (6) and, in the closed position, rests against a seal seat (19), lifting off from this, when a given pressure inside the vessel is exceeded, to uncover a pressure-relief aperture (20), in which case both the indicator spring (7) and the exhaust ste
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2014
    Assignee: Fissler GmbH
    Inventors: Benjamin Heidrich, Heiko Müller, Joachim Neef, Arnold Thelen
  • Publication number: 20130305933
    Abstract: An electronic module for temperature-monitored preparation of food in a cooking vessel, having a base sensor for sensing the temperature of the base of a cooking vessel, and having a communications device for signal transmission of the sensed temperature to a means for controlling or regulating the heating capacity of the cooking point for heating the cooking vessel, where the base sensor has a sensor element, which can be guided into, and out of, a mount in the base of the cooking vessel and is secured in an articulated manner on a housing of the electronic module and is connected to the communications device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2011
    Publication date: November 21, 2013
    Applicant: FISSLER GMBH
    Inventors: Benjamin Heidrich, Andreas Hillenmeier, Andreas Schmidt
  • Publication number: 20110290806
    Abstract: The invention relates to a valve unit for a pressure vessel, the latter consisting of a receptacle and a lid which can be placed on said receptacle in such a way as to make it pressure-tight and said valve unit including: a safety function, pressure-relief function and pressure indicator function; adjustable indicator levels and pressure levels; an indicator pin (4) or indicator piston (10) which is supported against an indicator spring (7), can move in axial direction and bears on its portion becoming visible upon pressurization, due to its emergence from a valve housing (12), indicator rings, for example, for indicating the pressure inside the vessel; and comprising a valve body (5) which is movable in axial direction against the action of an exhaust steam spring (6) and, in the closed position, rests against a seal seat (19), lifting off from this, when a given pressure inside the vessel is exceeded, to uncover a pressure-relief aperture (20), in which case both the indicator spring (7) and the exhaust ste
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2009
    Publication date: December 1, 2011
    Inventors: Benjamin Heidrich, Heiko Müller, Joachim Neef, Arnold Thelen