Patents by Inventor Björn Schmidt

Björn Schmidt 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: 20260048287
    Abstract: Fire protection systems for a rooftop solar panel installation with solar panels. The fire protection system has a group of water spray nozzles with a metric K-factor of 20 or less to discharge firefighting fluid to a coverage area of the rooftop solar panel installation, a fluid pipe system connecting the group of water spray nozzles to a fluid supply for providing firefighting fluid, a fire hazard detection system with at least one fire hazard detector configured to monitor the coverage area, and at least one detection control unit to generate an alarm signal upon detection of a fire hazard within the coverage area, a valve unit configured to control passage of the firefighting fluid from the fluid supply, wherein the coverage area is at least 500 m2, and the group of water spray nozzles is configured to discharge the firefighting fluid received from the fluid supply to the coverage area with a normalized fluid application rate of 15 mm/m2/min or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2025
    Publication date: February 19, 2026
    Inventors: Georg BAUMANN, Sven STENKE, Thorsten GIESEKE, Björn SCHMIDT
  • Patent number: 12478815
    Abstract: Fire protection systems for a rooftop solar panel installation with solar panels. The fire protection system has a group of water spray nozzles with a metric K-factor of 20 or less to discharge firefighting fluid to a coverage area of the rooftop solar panel installation, a fluid pipe system connecting the group of water spray nozzles to a fluid supply for providing firefighting fluid, a fire hazard detection system with at least one fire hazard detector configured to monitor the coverage area, and at least one detection control unit to generate an alarm signal upon detection of a fire hazard within the coverage area, a valve unit configured to control passage of the firefighting fluid from the fluid supply, wherein the coverage area is at least 500 m2, and the group of water spray nozzles is configured to discharge the firefighting fluid received from the fluid supply to the coverage area with a normalized fluid application rate of 15 mm/m2/min or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2024
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2025
    Assignee: Minimax Viking Patent Management GmbH
    Inventors: Georg Baumann, Sven Stenke, Thorsten Gieseke, Björn Schmidt
  • Publication number: 20250065166
    Abstract: Fire protection systems for a rooftop solar panel installation with solar panels. The fire protection system has a group of water spray nozzles with a metric K-factor of 20 or less to discharge firefighting fluid to a coverage area of the rooftop solar panel installation, a fluid pipe system connecting the group of water spray nozzles to a fluid supply for providing firefighting fluid, a fire hazard detection system with at least one fire hazard detector configured to monitor the coverage area, and at least one detection control unit to generate an alarm signal upon detection of a fire hazard within the coverage area, a valve unit configured to control passage of the firefighting fluid from the fluid supply, wherein the coverage area is at least 500 m2, and the group of water spray nozzles is configured to discharge the firefighting fluid received from the fluid supply to the coverage area with a normalized fluid application rate of 15 mm/m2/min or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 5, 2024
    Publication date: February 27, 2025
    Inventors: Georg BAUMANN, Sven STENKE, Thorsten GIESEKE, Björn SCHMIDT
  • Patent number: 11874201
    Abstract: The invention relates to a test method for carrying out a fire claim test on a water flow valve and/or on a water flow valve system, in particular on a wet alarm valve and/or on a wet alarm valve station, as well as technical components to be used in this context and their use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Inventors: Björn Schmidt, Peter Kempf, Georg Baumann
  • Publication number: 20220074821
    Abstract: The invention relates to a test method for carrying out a fire claim test on a water flow valve and/or on a water flow valve system, in particular on a wet alarm valve and/or on a wet alarm valve station, as well as technical components to be used in this context and their use.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2019
    Publication date: March 10, 2022
    Inventors: Björn Schmidt, Peter Kempf, Georg Baumann