Patents by Inventor Bernd Meerpohl

Bernd Meerpohl 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: 20150245595
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method and a system for monitoring and/or controlling the resource consumption of an agricultural plant for livestock farming and rearing, in particular of a livestock production business. The method according to the invention comprises the following steps: determining agriculture-specific operating parameters of the agricultural plant in a current time interval, wherein the operating parameters contain information on the animal population, structure, and climate determining a resource consumption of at least one consumer least one resource type of the agricultural plant in the current time interval by means of at least one metering device, determining the resource consumption per one or more of the operating parameters, and outputting a signal comprising the resource consumption per one or more of the operating parameters.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2013
    Publication date: September 3, 2015
    Inventors: Henning Muller, Ralf Garberding, Christian Kalkhoff, Heinz Sudkamp, Friedrich Otto-Lubker, Bernd Meerpohl
  • Patent number: 7758666
    Abstract: A filter element and related method for separating particles from a particle laden unfiltered gas flow and a method for manufacturing such a filter element, wherein the filter element includes a first filter wall having a plurality of first through-flow openings for entry of contaminated unfiltered gas; a second filter wall disposed downstream of the first filter wall in the flow direction, and having a plurality of second through-flow openings for exit of clean gas; and an intermediate flow space disposed between the first and second filter walls, wherein the second through-flow openings are arranged in a displaced relationship with the first through-flow openings in the flow direction; the second filter wall has at least one impingement wall region arranged so that particles passing through the first through-flow openings at least partially impinge thereon; and at least one of the first and second filter walls has folds which extend alternately inward and outward relative to the intermediate flow space and
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2010
    Assignee: Big Dutchman International GmbH
    Inventor: Bernd Meerpohl
  • Publication number: 20060096259
    Abstract: A filter element and related method for separating particles from a particle laden unfiltered gas flow and a method for manufacturing such a filter element, wherein the filter element includes a first filter wall having a plurality of first through-flow openings for entry of contaminated unfiltered gas; a second filter wall disposed downstream of the first filter wall in the flow direction, and having a plurality of second through-flow openings for exit of clean gas; and an intermediate flow space disposed between the first and second filter walls, wherein the second through-flow openings are arranged in a displaced relationship with the first through-flow openings in the flow direction; the second filter wall has at least one impingement wall region arranged so that particles passing through the first through-flow openings at least partially impinge thereon; and at least one of the first and second filter walls has folds which extend alternately inward and outward relative to the intermediate flow space and
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2005
    Publication date: May 11, 2006
    Inventor: Bernd Meerpohl