Patents by Inventor Bernd Koerner

Bernd Koerner 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: 8790092
    Abstract: A high-pressure cleaning appliance with a high-pressure pump is provided. The pump has at least one pump chamber connected to a suction line and a pressure line. The pressure line is in flow connection with the suction line via a return flow line. A relief valve with a through-channel extending from a valve inlet to a first valve outlet is arranged in the return flow line. A valve element which in a closed position bears against a valve seat is held for movement in the through-channel. At least one outlet channel, which opens into a second valve outlet, branches off from the through-channel. The valve element is surrounded by a sealing ring which seals off an inlet area of the through-channel adjacent to the valve inlet from an outlet area of the through-channel adjacent to the first valve outlet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2014
    Assignee: Alfred Kaercher GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Wolfgang Mueller, Sven Dirnberger, Bernd Koerner
  • Publication number: 20100059603
    Abstract: The invention relates to a high-pressure cleaning appliance with a high-pressure pump, comprising at least one pump chamber which is connected to a suction line and a pressure line. The pressure line is in flow connection with the suction line via a return flow line, and a relief valve with a through-channel extending from a valve inlet to a first valve outlet is arranged in the return flow line. A valve element which in a closed position bears against a valve seat is held for movement in the through-channel. At least one outlet channel, which opens into a second valve outlet, branches off from the through-channel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2009
    Publication date: March 11, 2010
    Applicant: Alfred Kaercher GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Wolfgang Mueller, Sven Dirnberger, Bernd Koerner