Patents by Inventor Daniel BERGHOFF

Daniel BERGHOFF 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).

  • Flush mounted built-in body for a sanitary fitting with an axially adjustable push button
    Patent number: 10889971
    Abstract: A flush mounted built-in body for a sanitary fitting, having a mixer with a regulating nut, wherein the regulating nut can be rotated about a rotational axis, a support plate having a hub, a stop ring having a stop supported by the hub of the support plate, and a rotating knob for actuating the mixer. A rotational movement of the rotating knob is limited by the stop of the stop ring and the rotating knob comprises a hollow shaft which couples the rotating knob in a non-rotating manner to the regulating nut and can be adjusted parallel to the rotational axis of the regulating nut.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2021
    Assignee: Grohe AG
    Inventors: Turgut Kinikarslan, Frank-Thomas Luig, Daniel Berghoff
  • Flush mounted built-in body for a sanitary fitting with at least one push button which can be variably positioned
    Patent number: 10745897
    Abstract: A flush-mounted built-in body for a sanitary fitting, having at least one valve for a liquid having a rotatable flow regulator and a threaded shaft, wherein the threaded shaft can be actuated for opening and closing the at least one valve in an axial direction of the at least one valve, having at least one push button for actuating the threaded shaft of the at least one valve in the axial direction, wherein the at least one push button comprises an intermediate part, screwable with the threaded shaft, for setting the at least one push button in the desired position in the axial direction and a cover cap that can be connected nonrotatably to the threaded shaft for securing the intermediate part in the desired position, and having at least one rotating knob for adjusting a flow rate of the liquid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: Grohe AG
    Inventors: Daniel Berghoff, Yukiko Toyoda
  • FLUSH MOUNTED BUILT-IN BODY FOR A SANITARY FITTING WITH AN AXIALLY ADJUSTABLE PUSH BUTTON
    Publication number: 20200011035
    Abstract: A flush mounted built-in body for a sanitary fitting, having a mixer with a regulating nut, wherein the regulating nut can be rotated about a rotational axis, a support plate having a hub, a stop ring having a stop supported by the hub of the support plate, and a rotating knob for actuating the mixer. A rotational movement of the rotating knob is limited by the stop of the stop ring and the rotating knob comprises a hollow shaft which couples the rotating knob in a non-rotating manner to the regulating nut and can be adjusted parallel to the rotational axis of the regulating nut.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2019
    Publication date: January 9, 2020
    Applicant: Grohe AG
    Inventors: Turgut KINIKARSLAN, Frank-Thomas LUIG, Daniel BERGHOFF
  • FLUSH MOUNTED BUILT-IN BODY FOR A SANITARY FITTING WITH AT LEAST ONE PUSH BUTTON WHICH CAN BE VARIABLY POSITIONED
    Publication number: 20190338500
    Abstract: A flush-mounted built-in body for a sanitary fitting, having at least one valve for a liquid having a rotatable flow regulator and a threaded shaft, wherein the threaded shaft can be actuated for opening and closing the at least one valve in an axial direction of the at least one valve, having at least one push button for actuating the threaded shaft of the at least one valve in the axial direction, wherein the at least one push button comprises an intermediate part, screwable with the threaded shaft, for setting the at least one push button in the desired position in the axial direction and a cover cap that can be connected nonrotatably to the threaded shaft for securing the intermediate part in the desired position, and having at least one rotating knob for adjusting a flow rate of the liquid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2019
    Publication date: November 7, 2019
    Applicant: Grohe AG
    Inventors: Daniel BERGHOFF, Yukiko TOYODA