Patents by Inventor Daniel Simons

Daniel Simons 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).

  • Sample receptacle
    Patent number: 9242246
    Abstract: The invention relates to a sample container, comprising a housing which forms a sample space for receiving a sample and has at least one circular opening which extends in a channel-shaped manner into the sample space, and further comprising a spherical closing element, wherein the diameter of the closing element only exceeds the diameter of the opening channel in at least one (closing) portion to such an extent that the closing element can be fixed in a force-locked manner by its largest circumference in the closing portion, wherein the spherical closing element is in contact with the housing, and the opening channel between the closing portion and the inner opening forms a protrusion which reduces the opening cross section of the opening channel with respect to the opening cross section in the closing portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2016
    Assignee: QIAGEN GMBH
    Inventors: Daniel Simons, Dirk Leber, Harald Quintel, Sasa Lazevski, Bruno Walder, Andreas Bretscher, Thomas Voit
  • DEVICE FOR CLOSING A SAMPLE RECEPTACLE WITH A SPHERICAL CLOSURE ELEMENT
    Publication number: 20140053503
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device for closing a sample container with a spherical closing element, wherein the device has a storage container for a plurality of spherical closing elements, ejecting means for ejecting one of the closing elements through a discharge opening in a housing of the device, and means for limiting the forces exerted by the ejecting means on the closing element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2012
    Publication date: February 27, 2014
    Inventors: Daniel Simons, Dirk Leber, Harald Quintel, Bruno Walder, Andreas Bretscher
  • SAMPLE RECEPTACLE
    Publication number: 20140056784
    Abstract: The invention relates to a sample container, comprising a housing which forms a sample space for receiving a sample and has at least one circular opening which extends in a channel-shaped manner into the sample space, and further comprising a spherical closing element, wherein the diameter of the closing element only exceeds the diameter of the opening channel in at least one (closing) portion to such an extent that the closing element can be fixed in a force-locked manner by its largest circumference in the closing portion, wherein the spherical closing element is in contact with the housing, and the opening channel between the closing portion and the inner opening forms a protrusion which reduces the opening cross section of the opening channel with respect to the opening cross section in the closing portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2012
    Publication date: February 27, 2014
    Inventors: Daniel Simons, Dirk Leber, Harald Quintel, Sasa Lazevski, Bruno Walder, Andreas Bretscher, Thomas Voit