Patents by Inventor Christopher SCHAEFER

Christopher SCHAEFER 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: 12089352
    Abstract: A pressure equalising device for a housing, including an inside, an outside, and a lattice-like cage having a gas passage opening. The gas passage opening connects the inside and the outside in a differential pressure-dependent and flow-conducting manner. The gas passage opening is covered by a gas-permeable membrane which includes at least one nonwoven layer. The nonwoven layer includes fibers which are substantially completely sheathed by a sheath of an elastomer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2024
    Assignee: CARL FREUDENBERG KG
    Inventors: Christopher Schaefer, Ingo Stephan, Markus Filler
  • Publication number: 20240040716
    Abstract: A pressure equalising device for a housing, including an inside, an outside, and a lattice-like cage having a gas passage opening. The gas passage opening connects the inside and the outside in a differential pressure-dependent and flow-conducting manner. The gas passage opening is covered by a gas-permeable membrane which includes at least one nonwoven layer. The nonwoven layer includes fibers which are substantially completely sheathed by a sheath of an elastomer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2022
    Publication date: February 1, 2024
    Inventors: Christopher SCHAEFER, Ingo STEPHAN, Markus FILLER
  • Patent number: 10557561
    Abstract: A pressure-compensation device for a housing includes: an inner side; an outer side; and a lattice-like cage having a gas opening. The gas opening connects the inner side and the outer side in a flow-conducting manner and is restricted, in a through-flow direction of the gas opening, by an inner edge and an outer edge. The gas opening is covered by a gas-permeable membrane. The membrane comprises a nonwoven-fabric composite part and has at least one nonwoven-fabric layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2020
    Assignee: CARL FREUDENBERG KG
    Inventors: Christian Kleinke, Christopher Schaefer, Peter Kritzer
  • Patent number: 10214787
    Abstract: The invention relates to a hot-briquetting or hot-compacting installation, in particular for directly reduced iron, having at least one first row (1) of presses with one or more first roll presses (2), and having at least one second row (3) of presses with one or more second roll presses (4), having at least one first cooling conveyor (7) beneath the first row (1) of presses, and a second cooling conveyor (8) beneath the second row (3) of presses, and having a plurality of material lines (6), which are assigned in each case to the individual roll presses (2, 4) and via which the briquetted or compacted material exiting from the roll presses (2, 4) is discharged to the cooling conveyors (7, 8). The material lines (6) are provided with one or more diverters (9), which can be adjusted such that the material from the roll presses (2, 4) of the first row (1) of presses and of the second row (3) of presses is discharged optionally in each case to the first cooling conveyor (7) or to the second cooling conveyor (8).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2019
    Assignee: MASCHINENFABRIK KOEPPERN GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Christopher Schaefer, Eggert De Weldige
  • Publication number: 20180292020
    Abstract: A pressure-compensation device for a housing includes: an inner side; an outer side; and a lattice-like cage having a gas opening. The gas opening connects the inner side and the outer side in a flow-conducting manner and is restricted, in a through-flow direction of the gas opening, by an inner edge and an outer edge. The gas opening is covered by a gas-permeable membrane. The membrane comprises a nonwoven-fabric composite part and has at least one nonwoven-fabric layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2018
    Publication date: October 11, 2018
    Inventors: Christian Kleinke, Christopher Schaefer, Peter Kritzer
  • Publication number: 20170204485
    Abstract: The invention relates to a hot-briquetting or hot-compacting installation, in particular for directly reduced iron, having at least one first row (1) of presses with one or more first roll presses (2), and having at least one second row (3) of presses with one or more second roll presses (4), having at least one first cooling conveyor (7) beneath the first row (1) of presses, and a second cooling conveyor (8) beneath the second row (3) of presses, and having a plurality of material lines (6), which are assigned in each case to the individual roll presses (2, 4) and via which the briquetted or compacted material exiting from the roll presses (2, 4) is discharged to the cooling conveyors (7, 8). The material lines (6) are provided with one or more diverters (9), which can be adjusted such that the material from the roll presses (2, 4) of the first row (1) of presses and of the second row (3) of presses is discharged optionally in each case to the first cooling conveyor (7) or to the second cooling conveyor (8).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2015
    Publication date: July 20, 2017
    Inventors: Christopher SCHAEFER, Eggert DE WELDIGE
  • Patent number: D903717
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2020
    Assignee: GARDNER DENVER THOMAS, INC.
    Inventors: Christopher Schaefer, Andy Vande Hey, Robert Suppiger