Patents by Inventor Dirk Reichert

Dirk Reichert 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: 20240125744
    Abstract: A thermostat arrangement for a sample separation device for separating a fluidic sample includes a separation unit thermostat unit for adjusting a temperature of a separation unit for separating the fluidic sample in a mobile phase, a sample handling unit thermostat unit for adjusting the temperature of a sample handling unit for handling the fluidic sample, and a thermal coupling unit for thermally coupling the separation unit thermostat unit with the sample handling unit thermostat unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2023
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Inventors: Blasius Nocon, Lena Höninger, Christoph Geiger, Axel Reichert, Dirk Göger
  • Patent number: 11910931
    Abstract: It is a feature of a porous body (10, 20) comprising a three-dimensional network of node points (200) joined to one another by struts (100), and a void volume (300) present between the struts (100), that the struts (100) have an average length of ?200 to ?50 mm, the struts (100) have an average thickness of ?100 ?m to ?5 mm, and that the porous body has a compression hardness (40% compression, DIN EN ISO 3386-1: 2010-09) in at least one spatial direction of ?10 to ?100 kPa. The porous body according to the invention combines the advantages of a conventional mattress or cushion with ventilatability which results from its porous structure and is not achievable in conventional foams. The invention further relates to a method of producing such a porous body (10, 20) and to an apparatus comprising said body (10, 20) for supporting and/or bearing a person.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: Stratasys, Inc.
    Inventors: Dirk Achten, Thomas Büsgen, Dirk Dijkstra, Nicolas Degiorgio, Roland Wagner, Levent Akbas, Peter Reichert, Jürgen Hättig
  • Publication number: 20230321585
    Abstract: An exhaust system for the treatment of a humid exhaust gas comprising a species to be treated, the system comprising: a dehumidifier system comprising a humid air inlet for providing a flow of humid exhaust gas; a first gas inlet for providing a flow of dehumidified exhaust gas; a second gas inlet for providing a flow of heated gas; a plurality of sorbent beds for releasably storing the species; a treatment unit comprising either: one or more catalysts for decomposing the species; or a condensing unit for recovering the species in liquid or aqueous form; first and second exhaust gas outlets; and a valve system configured to establish independently for each sorbent bed fluid communication in a first or second configuration, wherein: i) in the first configuration the flow of the dehumidified exhaust gas from the first gas inlet contacts a sorbent bed for storing the species and then passes to the first gas outlet; and ii) in the second configuration the flow of heated gas from the second gas inlet contacts a so
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2022
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Inventors: Joseph FEDEYKO, Kenneth KOEHLER, Dirk REICHERT, Thomas Manning YEH
  • Publication number: 20230226488
    Abstract: There is provided an exhaust system for the treatment of a humid exhaust gas comprising ammonia in an amount of up to 250 ppm, the system comprising: a dehumidifier system comprising a humid air inlet for providing a flow of humid exhaust gas; an exhaust gas inlet for providing a flow of dehumidified exhaust gas; an ammonia storage material arranged to receive the dehumidified exhaust gas from the exhaust gas inlet; an ammonia oxidation catalyst arranged downstream of a selected portion of the ammonia storage material; and a heating device for heating gas before it passes through the selected portion of the ammonia storage material to release ammonia stored therein for treatment on the ammonia oxidation catalyst; wherein the system is configured so that the selected portion of the ammonia storage material changes over time; and wherein the flow of dehumidified exhaust gas provided by the exhaust gas inlet is received from the dehumidifier system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2022
    Publication date: July 20, 2023
    Inventors: Joseph FEDEYKO, Kenneth KOEHLER, Dirk REICHERT, Thomas Manning YEH
  • Publication number: 20220040637
    Abstract: An exhaust system for the treatment of an exhaust gas comprising a species to be treated, the system comprising: a first gas inlet for providing a flow of exhaust gas; a second gas inlet for providing a flow of heated gas; a plurality of sorbent beds for releasably storing the species; one or more catalysts for decomposing the species; first and second exhaust gas outlets; and a valve system configured to establish independently for each sorbent bed fluid communication in a first or second configuration, wherein: i) in the first configuration the flow of the exhaust gas from the first gas inlet contacts a sorbent bed for storing the species and then passes to the first gas outlet; and ii) in the second configuration the flow of heated gas from the second gas inlet contacts a sorbent bed for releasing the species, passes to one of the one or more catalysts and then passes to the second exhaust gas outlet; wherein the valve system is configured to ensure that at least one sorbent bed is in the first configurati
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2021
    Publication date: February 10, 2022
    Inventors: Joseph FEDEYKO, Anthony FERRARO, Kenneth KOEHLER, Dirk REICHERT, Harald SCHERBEL, Harald SCHREIBER, Andrew SCULLARD, Thomas YEH
  • Patent number: 11181029
    Abstract: An element frame for holding monoliths containing catalysts in the flow of exhaust gases from a combustion source, the element frame comprising two pairs of opposing walls, wherein the walls form a rectangular or square shape, an interior formed by the walls, an inlet end, an outlet end, at least one locking element, at least one mat and at least one monolith comprising an inlet, an outlet, four sides and at least one catalyst effective in reducing the concentration of one or more gases in the exhaust gas, wherein the at least one mat and the at least one monolith being positioned in the interior of the element frame so that there is at least one mat between the monolith and each adjacent wall, each locking element extending across the inlet end or outlet end of the element frame and being connected to two opposite sides of the element frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2021
    Assignee: Johnson Matthey Catalysts (Germany) GmbH
    Inventors: Robert Kleuderlein, Dirk Reichert, Harald Scherbel
  • Publication number: 20210115832
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a system and method for monitoring the concentrations of various species in exhaust gas expelled from a stationary source. The system comprises an exhaust passage and monitoring apparatus for monitoring exhaust gas, the monitoring apparatus comprising: a sampling tube extending into the exhaust passage for collecting a sample of exhaust gas; a sampling cavity in communication with the sampling tube; and one or more sensors for measuring the concentration of one or more airborne species within the sampling cavity, wherein the monitoring apparatus comprises suction generating apparatus in communication with the sampling cavity for drawing exhaust gas along the sampling tube into the sampling cavity. The invention further relates to a monitoring apparatus for attachment to an exhaust passage of a stationary source and a method of fitting the apparatus to an exhaust passage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2020
    Publication date: April 22, 2021
    Inventor: Dirk Reichert
  • Publication number: 20200095914
    Abstract: An element frame for holding monoliths containing catalysts in the flow of exhaust gases from a combustion source, the element frame comprising two pairs of opposing walls, wherein the walls form a rectangular or square shape, an interior formed by the walls, an inlet end, an outlet end, at least one locking element, at least one mat and at least one monolith comprising an inlet, an outlet, four sides and at least one catalyst effective in reducing the concentration of one or more gases in the exhaust gas, wherein the at least one mat and the at least one monolith being positioned in the interior of the element frame so that there is at least one mat between the monolith and each adjacent wall, each locking element extending across the inlet end or outlet end of the element frame and being connected to two opposite sides of the element frame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2019
    Publication date: March 26, 2020
    Inventors: Robert Kleuderlein, Dirk Reichert, Harald Scherbel
  • Patent number: 10533475
    Abstract: An element frame for holding monoliths containing catalysts in the flow of exhaust gases from a combustion source, the element frame comprising two pairs of opposing walls, wherein the walls form a rectangular or square shape, an interior formed by the walls, an inlet end, an outlet end, at least one locking element, at least one mat and at least one monolith comprising an inlet, an outlet, four sides and at least one catalyst effective in reducing the concentration of one or more gases in the exhaust gas, wherein the at least one mat and the at least one monolith being positioned in the interior of the element frame so that there is at least one mat between the monolith and each adjacent wall, each locking element extending across the inlet end or outlet end of the element frame and being connected to two opposite sides of the element frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2020
    Assignee: Johnson Matthey Catalysts (Germany) GMBH
    Inventors: Robert Kleuderlein, Dirk Reichert, Harald Scherbel
  • Patent number: 10502116
    Abstract: An element frame for holding monoliths containing catalysts in the flow of exhaust gases from a combustion source, the element frame comprising two pairs of opposing walls, wherein the walls form a rectangular or square shape, an interior formed by the walls, an inlet end, an outlet end, at least one locking element, at least one mat and at least one monolith comprising an inlet, an outlet, four sides and at least one catalyst effective in reducing the concentration of one or more gases in the exhaust gas, wherein the at least one mat and the at least one monolith being positioned in the interior of the element frame so that there is at least one mat between the monolith and each adjacent wall, each locking element extending across the inlet end or outlet end of the element frame and being connected to two opposite sides of the element frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2019
    Assignee: Johnson Matthey Catalysts (Germany) GMBH
    Inventors: Robert Kleuderlein, Dirk Reichert, Harald Scherbel
  • Patent number: 9803529
    Abstract: A compact Selective Catalytic Reduction (SCR) system comprising a system inlet, a gas flow system and a plurality of catalyst clusters is described. The system inlet is configured to utilize heat of the cleaned exhaust to vaporize a solution of a reductant, or a precursor of a reductant, and to mix the vaporized reductant with exhaust gas to form a mixed gas. The gas flow system is configured to provide the mixed gas from the system inlet to a plurality of catalyst clusters and to provide heat from the exhaust gas to assist in vaporization of the reductant/precursor and to assist in the conversion of the precursor to the reductant. The plurality of catalyst clusters comprise SCR and ASC catalysts but can also include filter functionality.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2017
    Assignee: Johnson Matthey Catalysts (Germany) GMBH
    Inventors: Dirk Reichert, Ilir Piluri
  • Patent number: 9695725
    Abstract: A compact Selective Catalytic Reduction (SCR) system comprising a gas flow inlet system, a vaporizer module and an SCR reactor is described. The inlet flow system is configured to provide heat to the vaporizer module, to mix reductant with the exhaust gas and to provide an approximately uniform flow of the exhaust gas through the catalyst. The vaporizer module is configured to vaporize reductant from a solution of a reductant or a precursor of a reductant and to transfer the vaporized reductant into the gas flow inlet system, where it is mixed with exhaust gas. The SCR reactor contains and SCR catalyst is in fluid communication with the inlet flow system and the vaporizer module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2017
    Assignee: Johnson Matthey Catalysts (Germany) GMBH
    Inventors: Dirk Reichert, Daniel Kuegel, Ilir Piluri
  • Publication number: 20170159529
    Abstract: An element frame for holding monoliths containing catalysts in the flow of exhaust gases from a combustion source, the element frame comprising two pairs of opposing walls, wherein the walls form a rectangular or square shape, an interior formed by the walls, an inlet end, an outlet end, at least one locking element, at least one mat and at least one monolith comprising an inlet, an outlet, four sides and at least one catalyst effective in reducing the concentration of one or more gases in the exhaust gas, wherein the at least one mat and the at least one monolith being positioned in the interior of the element frame so that there is at least one mat between the monolith and each adjacent wall, each locking element extending across the inlet end or outlet end of the element frame and being connected to two opposite sides of the element frame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2016
    Publication date: June 8, 2017
    Inventors: Robert Kleuderlein, Dirk Reichert, Harald Scherbel
  • Patent number: 9616383
    Abstract: A very compact Selective Catalytic Reduction (SCR) system with a very low footprint comprising an SCR reactor, an inlet flow system, and a vaporizer module is described. The SCR reactor comprises at least one SCR catalyst which is in communication with the inlet flow system and the vaporizer module. The inlet flow system is configured to provide an approximately uniform flow of the exhaust gas through the catalyst and to provide heat to the vaporizer module. The vaporizer module is configured to allow for the conversion of urea to ammonia and to contact the ammonia with the exhaust gases in the SCR reactor upstream of the SCR catalyst.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2017
    Assignee: Johnson Matthey Catalysts (Germany) GMBH
    Inventors: Dirk Reichert, Daniel Kuegel, Ilir Piluri
  • Publication number: 20150260071
    Abstract: A compact Selective Catalytic Reduction (SCR) system comprising a gas flow inlet system, a vaporizer module and an SCR reactor is described. The inlet flow system is configured to provide heat to the vaporizer module, to mix reductant with the exhaust gas and to provide an approximately uniform flow of the exhaust gas through the catalyst. The vaporizer module is configured to vaporize reductant from a solution of a reductant or a precursor of a reductant and to transfer the vaporized reductant into the gas flow inlet system, where it is mixed with exhaust gas. The SCR reactor contains and SCR catalyst is in fluid communication with the inlet flow system and the vaporizer module.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2015
    Publication date: September 17, 2015
    Inventors: Dirk REICHERT, Daniel KUEGEL, Ilir PILURI
  • Publication number: 20150260070
    Abstract: A compact Selective Catalytic Reduction (SCR) system comprising a system inlet, a gas flow system and a plurality of catalyst clusters is described. The system inlet is configured to utilize heat of the cleaned exhaust to vaporize a solution of a reductant, or a precursor of a reductant, and to mix the vaporized reductant with exhaust gas to form a mixed gas. The gas flow system is configured to provide the mixed gas from the system inlet to a plurality of catalyst clusters and to provide heat from the exhaust gas to assist in vaporization of the reductant/precursor and to assist in the conversion of the precursor to the reductant. The plurality of catalyst clusters comprise SCR and ASC catalysts but can also include filter functionality.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2015
    Publication date: September 17, 2015
    Inventors: Dirk REICHERT, Ilir PILURI
  • Publication number: 20150217230
    Abstract: A very compact Selective Catalytic Reduction (SCR) system with a very low footprint comprising an SCR reactor, an inlet flow system, and a vaporizer module is described. The SCR reactor comprises at least one SCR catalyst which is in communication with the inlet flow system and the vaporizer module. The inlet flow system is configured to provide an approximately uniform flow of the exhaust gas through the catalyst and to provide heat to the vaporizer module. The vaporizer module is configured to allow for the conversion of urea to ammonia and to contact the ammonia with the exhaust gases in the SCR reactor upstream of the SCR catalyst.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2015
    Publication date: August 6, 2015
    Inventors: Dirk REICHERT, Daniel KUEGEL, Ilir PILURI
  • Patent number: 7290571
    Abstract: A filling device for an anesthetic evaporator has filling of an anesthetic evaporator is possible. To accomplish the object, an additional vent hole (36), which is opened immediately after the filling in order for excess anesthetic volume to be able to flow out of the filling device into the anesthetic tank (15) of the anesthetic evaporator (2), is provided within the filling device above a fluid channel (14), via which both the gas and liquid exchange takes place during the filling.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2007
    Assignee: Dräger Medical AG & Co. KGaA
    Inventors: Claus Bunke, Matthias Witt, Rainer Kunz, Jürgen Müller, Sven Heyer, Dirk Reichert
  • Patent number: 7287557
    Abstract: An anesthetic tank (1) of an anesthetic dispensing unit is used especially for desflurane and has improved reliability of operation by mutually complementing level monitoring devices. The anesthetic tank (1) is equipped with a level tube (3) arranged in or on the outer wall with a connection line (6) into the interior space as well as with an optical level sensor (4). The optical axis (5) of the level sensor (4) is located at the same level as a mark (33) on the level tube (3).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2007
    Assignee: Dräger Medical AG & Co. KGaA
    Inventors: Claus Bunke, Matthias Witt, Rainer Kunz, Jürgen Müller, Sven Heyer, Dirk Reichert, Henryk Schnaars, Michael Heidschmidt, Martin Wunderlich, Ralf Dittmann
  • Publication number: 20060048842
    Abstract: A filling device for an anesthetic evaporator has filling of an anesthetic evaporator is possible. To accomplish the object, an additional vent hole (36), which is opened immediately after the filling in order for excess anesthetic volume to be able to flow out of the filling device into the anesthetic tank (15) of the anesthetic evaporator (2), is provided within the filling device above a fluid channel (14), via which both the gas and liquid exchange takes place during the filling.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2005
    Publication date: March 9, 2006
    Applicant: Drager Medical AG & Co. KGaA
    Inventors: Claus Bunke, Matthias Witt, Rainer Kunz, Jurgen Muller, Sven Heyer, Dirk Reichert