Patents by Inventor Bernd Altmüller
Bernd Altmüller 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).
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Patent number: 10624985Abstract: A nonwoven fabric includes fibers of a fiber raw material including gelatin, the fibers including at least one of an antimicrobially effective substance and an antibiotic, wherein the fibers are produced by rotational spinning.Type: GrantFiled: September 17, 2008Date of Patent: April 21, 2020Assignee: CARL FREUDENBERG KGInventors: Denis Reibel, Claudio Walter, Bernd Altmueller
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Patent number: 9938793Abstract: A spherical blow out preventer annular seal is provided for sealing around a pipe. The blow out preventer includes a housing adapted to be disposed around the pipe and having a generally spherical interior surface. A seal body includes a plurality of metallic inserts arranged side by side in an annular pattern and each includes a base portion and a wedge shaped extension having a partially spherical outer surface terminating at a tip end. An annular elastomeric body is over-molded on the base portions of the plurality of metallic inserts with the partially spherical outer surface of each of the wedge shaped extensions being supported in engagement with the interior spherical surface of the housing. A piston is engaged with the seal body to press the metallic inserts upward and inward against the generally spherical interior surface of the housing so as to come together tangentially around the pipe.Type: GrantFiled: November 24, 2015Date of Patent: April 10, 2018Assignee: Freudenberg Oil & Gas, LLCInventors: Mehdi Hashemian, Andreas Hagen, Christopher Neumann, Bernd Altmueller
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Publication number: 20170145770Abstract: A spherical blow out preventer annular seal is provided for sealing around a pipe. The blow out preventer includes a housing adapted to be disposed around the pipe and having a generally spherical interior surface. A seal body includes a plurality of metallic inserts arranged side by side in an annular pattern and each includes a base portion and a wedge shaped extension having a partially spherical outer surface terminating at a tip end. An annular elastomeric body is over-molded on the base portions of the plurality of metallic inserts with the partially spherical outer surface of each of the wedge shaped extensions being supported in engagement with the interior spherical surface of the housing. A piston is engaged with the seal body to press the metallic inserts upward and inward against the generally spherical interior surface of the housing so as to come together tangentially around the pipe.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 24, 2015Publication date: May 25, 2017Applicant: Freudenberg Oil & Gas, LLCInventors: Mehdi HASHEMIAN, Andreas HAGEN, Christopher NEUMANN, Bernd ALTMUELLER
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Patent number: 8968944Abstract: A humidifier device for humidifying a fluid in a fuel cell system of a motor vehicle is provided. The humidifier device has a housing, in which is arranged at least one membrane, and a bypass channel for bypassing the at least one membrane. The bypass channel has a non-circular cross-section.Type: GrantFiled: July 8, 2009Date of Patent: March 3, 2015Assignee: Daimler AGInventors: Bernd Altmueller, Harald Ehrentraut, Udo Eping, Simon Hollnaicher, Peter Wisshak
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Patent number: 8104747Abstract: A humidifier including a housing which is used to receive a humidifier module. The housing can be connected by the housing cover and is provided with at least one first sealing element, which seals the humidifier module in relation to the housing. The humidifier module is arranged in an axially displaceable manner on the first sealing element.Type: GrantFiled: August 18, 2006Date of Patent: January 31, 2012Assignee: Carl Freudenberg KGInventors: Udo Eping, Franz Schneider, Klaus Leister, Stefan Geiss, Joachim Wolf, Volker Senne, Harald Ehrentraut, Bernd Altmueller
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Patent number: 8021548Abstract: A lattice structure for the passage of a first medium against a second medium with transverse webs and longitudinal webs, lattice openings with a clear width of ?300 ?m being arranged between the transverse webs and the longitudinal webs. On at least one side of the lattice structure, the transverse webs and/or the longitudinal webs have a rib arrangement of ribs projecting vertically to the lattice plane, at least one first group and a second group of ribs being arranged which differ from one another at least by their heights H1, H2 with H1>H2. A vessel with at least one water inlet window and an air outlet window, both windows being provided with the lattice structures.Type: GrantFiled: December 15, 2006Date of Patent: September 20, 2011Assignee: Brita GmbHInventors: Stefan Gröss, Bernd Altmüller, Harald Ehrentraut, Alexandra Merz
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Publication number: 20110195325Abstract: The present invention relates to a humidifier module (1) for humidifying a fluid in a fuel cell system of a motor vehicle, with a housing (2) having two housing parts (2a, 2b), wherein a humidifier unit (3) with at least one membrane is arranged between the housing parts (2a, 2b), wherein the humidifier unit (3) is formed in the shape of a single cartridge.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 8, 2009Publication date: August 11, 2011Inventors: Bernd Altmüller, Harald Ehrentraut, Udo Eping, Simon Hollnaicher, Peter Wisshak
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Publication number: 20110165478Abstract: A humidifier device for humidifying a fluid in a fuel cell system of a motor vehicle is provided. The humidifier device has a housing, in which is arranged at least one membrane, and a bypass channel for bypassing the at least one membrane. The bypass channel has a non-circular cross-section.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 8, 2009Publication date: July 7, 2011Applicants: DAIMLER AG, Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Bernd Altmueller, Harald Ehrentraut, Udo Eping, Simon Hollnaicher, Peter Wisshak
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Publication number: 20100285291Abstract: A nonwoven fabric includes fibers of a fiber raw material including gelatin, the fibers including at least one of an antimicrobially effective substance and an antibiotic, wherein the fibers are produced by rotational spinning.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 17, 2008Publication date: November 11, 2010Applicant: CARL FREUDENBERG KGInventors: Denis Reibel, Claudio Walter, Bernd Altmueller
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Publication number: 20100193975Abstract: A humidifier includes a housing and a humidifier module having a first and a second end face and a plurality of replacement members secured at the first and second end faces by a sealing compound, wherein the housing is configured to accommodate the humidifier module, and wherein the humidifier module is retained in the housing in positive engagement with the housing at at least one of the first and the second end face.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 29, 2008Publication date: August 5, 2010Applicant: CARL FREUDENBERG KGInventors: Andreas Kammann, Udo Eping, Bernd Altmueller
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Publication number: 20090200229Abstract: A lattice structure for the passage of a first medium against a second medium with transverse webs and longitudinal webs, lattice openings with a clear width of ?300 ?m being arranged between the transverse webs and the longitudinal webs. On at least one side of the lattice structure, the transverse webs and/or the longitudinal webs have a rib arrangement of ribs projecting vertically to the lattice plane, at least one first group and a second group of ribs being arranged which differ from one another at least by their heights H1, H2 with H1>H2. A vessel with at least one water inlet window and an air outlet window, both windows being provided with the lattice structures.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 15, 2006Publication date: August 13, 2009Applicant: BRITA GMBHInventors: Stefan Gross, Bernd Altmüller, Harald Ehrentraut, Alexandra Merz
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Publication number: 20090108476Abstract: A humidifier including a housing which is used to receive a humidifier module. The housing can be connected by the housing cover and is provided with at least one first sealing element, which seals the humidifier module in relation to the housing. The humidifier module is arranged in an axially displaceable manner on the first sealing element.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 18, 2006Publication date: April 30, 2009Applicant: Carl Freudenberg KGInventors: Udo Eping, Franz Schneider, Klaus Leister, Stefan Geiss, Joachim Wolf, Volker Senne, Harald Ehrentraut, Bernd Altmueller