Patents by Inventor Eric Reiniert Adrianus van der Heijden

Eric Reiniert Adrianus van der Heijden 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).

  • Tap water device for storing and heating tap water
    Patent number: 9341390
    Abstract: The invention involves a tap water structure for storing and heating tap water. The tap water structure contains storage devices, such as a tap water storage tank, for storing a certain amount of tap water. The storage devices are equipped with a tap water input for adding tap water to the storage devices, as well as a tap water output for removing water from the storage devices. The tap water structure is equipped with heating elements that will warm the tap water stored in the storage devices. The storage devices also include a heat exchanger supply and a heat exchanger return, as well as an additional heat exchanger return; these can all be connected to an external heat exchanger unit. The tap water device includes regulators to return the tap water to the storage devices either via the heat exchanger return and/or via the additional heat exchanger return.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2016
    Assignee: A. O. SMITH WATER PRODUCTS COMPANY B.V.
    Inventors: Eric Reiniert Adrianus van der Heijden, Hendrikus Jacobus Aleida Maria Braken, Henricus Petrus Anna Michiels
  • TAP WATER DEVICE FOR STORING AND HEATING TAP WATER
    Publication number: 20140010522
    Abstract: The invention involves a tap water structure for storing and heating tap water. The tap water structure contains storage devices, such as a tap water storage tank, for storing a certain amount of tap water. The storage devices are equipped with a tap water input for adding tap water to the storage devices, as well as a tap water output for removing water from the storage devices. The tap water structure is equipped with heating elements that will warm the tap water stored in the storage devices. The storage devices also include a heat exchanger supply and a heat exchanger return, as well as an additional heat exchanger return; these can all be connected to an external heat exchanger unit. The tap water device includes regulators to return the tap water to the storage devices either via the heat exchanger return and/or via the additional heat exchanger return.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2013
    Publication date: January 9, 2014
    Inventors: Eric Reiniert Adrianus van der Heijden, Hendrikus Jacobus Aleida Maria Braken, Henricus Petrus Anna Michiels