Patents by Inventor Günter Hochholzer

Günter Hochholzer 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: 11772113
    Abstract: A valve block assembly for a bottle attachment apparatus for handling liquids has a valve block, an intake valve insert and/or an exhaust valve insert, and a valve receptacle assigned to the respective valve insert. The valve insert is inserted in a replaceable and sealing manner in the valve receptacle. The valve insert has a stop portion, a fastening portion distinct therefrom and a sealing portion distinct from both. The associated valve receptacle has stop, fastening, and sealing portions matching the equivalent portions of the valve insert. When the valve insert is installed correctly both the stop portions and the sealing portions bear on one another in a planar manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: BRAND GMBH + CO KG
    Inventors: Günter Hochholzer, Markus Kurz
  • Publication number: 20220401981
    Abstract: A valve block assembly for a bottle attachment apparatus for handling liquids has a valve block, an intake valve insert and/or an exhaust valve insert, and a valve receptacle assigned to the respective valve insert. The valve insert is inserted in a replaceable and sealing manner in the valve receptacle. The valve insert has a stop portion, a fastening portion distinct therefrom and a sealing portion distinct from both. The associated valve receptacle has stop, fastening, and sealing portions matching the equivalent portions of the valve insert. When the valve insert is installed correctly both the stop portions and the sealing portions bear on one another in a planar manner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2022
    Publication date: December 22, 2022
    Applicant: BRAND GMBH + CO KG
    Inventors: Günter Hochholzer, Markus Kurz
  • Patent number: 11426749
    Abstract: A valve block assembly for a bottle attachment apparatus for handling liquids has a valve block, an intake valve insert and/or an exhaust valve insert, and a valve receptacle assigned to the respective valve insert. The valve insert is inserted in a replaceable and sealing manner in the valve receptacle. The valve insert has a stop portion, a fastening portion distinct therefrom and a sealing portion distinct from both. The associated valve receptacle has stop, fastening, and sealing portions matching the equivalent portions of the valve insert. When the valve insert is installed correctly both the stop portions and the sealing portions bear on one another in a planar manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Assignee: BRAND GMBH + CO KG
    Inventors: Günter Hochholzer, Markus Kurz
  • Patent number: 10526184
    Abstract: An exhaust valve assembly for a bottle attachment apparatus for handling liquids has a valve housing which forms a valve chamber having an inlet and an outlet, an exhaust valve body disposed on the inlet in the valve chamber, and a safety valve body disposed on the outlet in the valve chamber. The exhaust valve body is biased toward an exhaust valve seat, counter to the flow direction of the liquid and the safety valve body is biased toward a safety valve seat in the flow direction of the liquid. The safety valve seat is integrally molded on the valve housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2020
    Assignee: BRAND GMBH + CO KG
    Inventors: Dieter Böhm, Michael Ertl, Günter Hochholzer, Bernhard Kämmerer, Ottmar Kneucker, Markus Kurz
  • Publication number: 20180339893
    Abstract: An exhaust valve assembly for a bottle attachment apparatus for handling liquids has a valve housing which forms a valve chamber having an inlet and an outlet, an exhaust valve body disposed on the inlet in the valve chamber, and a safety valve body disposed on the outlet in the valve chamber. The exhaust valve body is biased toward an exhaust valve seat, counter to the flow direction of the liquid and the safety valve body is biased toward a safety valve seat in the flow direction of the liquid. The safety valve seat is integrally molded on the valve housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2018
    Publication date: November 29, 2018
    Applicant: BRAND GMBH + CO KG
    Inventors: Dieter Böhm, Michael Ertl, Günter Hochholzer, Bernhard Kämmerer, Ottmar Kneucker, Markus Kurz
  • Patent number: 10071896
    Abstract: An exhaust valve assembly for a bottle attachment apparatus for handling liquids has a valve housing which forms a valve chamber having an inlet and an outlet, an exhaust valve body disposed on the inlet in the valve chamber, and a safety valve body disposed on the outlet in the valve chamber. The exhaust valve body is biased toward an exhaust valve seat, counter to the flow direction of the liquid and the safety valve body is biased toward a safety valve seat in the flow direction of the liquid. The safety valve seat is integrally molded on the valve housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2018
    Assignee: BRAND GMBH + CO KG
    Inventors: Dieter Böhm, Michael Ertl, Günter Hochholzer, Bernhard Kämmerer, Ottmar Kneucker, Markus Kurz
  • Patent number: 9731953
    Abstract: A cylinder-and-piston assembly for a bottle attachment apparatus for handling liquids in which the stroke length of the piston of the cylinder-and-piston assembly is delimited by a stroke length stop when suctioning from the cylinder and is delimited by a readjustment stop when exhausting into the cylinder. The readjustment stop is disposed on the piston or on the cylinder housing and interacts with a fixed stop. The readjustment stop is accessible and adjustable by way of a removable seal. The seal is connected by way of ribs to a piston bearing. The readjustment stop is disposed below this removable seal. The seal has a molding and the piston bearing has a counter molding. Displacement of the seal in relation to the piston bearing moves the seal in the longitudinal direction, and by this movement, the seal is removed in a manner that preferably is not capable of re-assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2017
    Assignee: BRAND GMBH + CO KG
    Inventors: Günter Hochholzer, Dieter Böhm, Ottmar Kneucker, Markus Kurz
  • Patent number: 9694376
    Abstract: A cylinder-and-piston assembly for a bottle attachment apparatus for handling liquids provides a cylinder attachable to a valve block assembly, a piston, displaceable in a sealed manner in the longitudinal direction within the cylinder, and a cylinder housing connected to the piston and externally encompassing the cylinder. The piston is displaceable in the cylinder and the stroke length of the piston in the cylinder is delimited by a fixed stop, which interacts with a stroke length stop on the cylinder housing. The cylinder housing has a longitudinal slot running in the longitudinal direction and on the external side thereof has a scale assigned to this longitudinal slot. The stroke length stop on the cylinder housing is adjustable in the longitudinal direction and is interlockable in the respective position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2017
    Assignee: BRAND GMBH + CO KG
    Inventors: Dieter Böhm, Günter Hochholzer, Ottmar Kneucker, Markus Kurz
  • Publication number: 20160264391
    Abstract: A cylinder-and-piston assembly for a bottle attachment apparatus for handling liquids in which the stroke length of the piston of the cylinder-and-piston assembly is delimited by a stroke length stop when suctioning from the cylinder and is delimited by a readjustment stop when exhausting into the cylinder. The readjustment stop is disposed on the piston or on the cylinder housing and interacts with a fixed stop. The readjustment stop is accessible and adjustable by way of a removable seal. The seal is connected by way of ribs to a piston bearing. The readjustment stop is disposed below this removable seal. The seal has a molding and the piston bearing has a counter molding. Displacement of the seal in relation to the piston bearing moves the seal in the longitudinal direction, and by this movement, the seal is removed in a manner that preferably is not capable of re-assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2016
    Publication date: September 15, 2016
    Applicant: BRAND GMBH + CO KG
    Inventors: Günter Hochholzer, Dieter Böhm, Ottmar Kneucker, Markus Kurz
  • Publication number: 20160214848
    Abstract: An exhaust valve assembly for a bottle attachment apparatus for handling liquids has a valve housing which forms a valve chamber having an inlet and an outlet, an exhaust valve body disposed on the inlet in the valve chamber, and a safety valve body disposed on the outlet in the valve chamber. The exhaust valve body is biased toward an exhaust valve seat, counter to the flow direction of the liquid and the safety valve body is biased toward a safety valve seat in the flow direction of the liquid. The safety valve seat is integrally molded on the valve housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2016
    Publication date: July 28, 2016
    Applicant: BRAND GMBH + CO KG
    Inventors: Dieter Böhm, Michael Ertl, Günter Hochholzer, Bernhard Kämmerer, Ottmar Kneucker, Markus Kurz
  • Publication number: 20160214127
    Abstract: A cylinder-and-piston assembly for a bottle attachment apparatus for handling liquids provides a cylinder attachable to a valve block assembly, a piston, displaceable in a sealed manner in the longitudinal direction within the cylinder, and a cylinder housing connected to the piston and externally encompassing the cylinder. The piston is displaceable in the cylinder and the stroke length of the piston in the cylinder is delimited by a fixed stop, which interacts with a stroke length stop on the cylinder housing. The cylinder housing has a longitudinal slot running in the longitudinal direction and on the external side thereof has a scale assigned to this longitudinal slot. The stroke length stop on the cylinder housing is adjustable in the longitudinal direction and is interlockable in the respective position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2016
    Publication date: July 28, 2016
    Applicant: BRAND GMBH + CO KG
    Inventors: Dieter Böhm, Günter Hochholzer, Ottmar Kneucker, Markus Kurz
  • Publication number: 20160214846
    Abstract: A valve block assembly for a bottle attachment apparatus for handling liquids has a valve block, an intake valve insert and/or an exhaust valve insert, and a valve receptacle assigned to the respective valve insert. The valve insert is inserted in a replaceable and sealing manner in the valve receptacle. The valve insert has a stop portion, a fastening portion distinct therefrom and a sealing portion distinct from both. The associated valve receptacle has stop, fastening, and sealing portions matching the equivalent portions of the valve insert. When the valve insert is installed correctly both the stop portions and the sealing portions bear on one another in a planar manner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2016
    Publication date: July 28, 2016
    Applicant: BRAND GMBH + CO KG
    Inventors: Günter Hochholzer, Markus Kurz
  • Patent number: 9364827
    Abstract: A piston-operated pipette with a drive unit with a piston drive and a displacement unit mounted on the drive unit, the displacement unit being dismountable from the drive unit, the drive unit having an actuating drive for the piston drive and a receiving section for the displacement unit. The displacement unit has a fastening section which fits the receiving section of the drive unit, there being a first detachable mechanical connection between the actuating drive and the piston drive and there being a second detachable mechanical connection between the receiving section of the drive unit and the fastening section of the displacement unit. The second detachable mechanical connection is made as a magnetic connection. A mechanical arrangement for breaking the magnetic connection is provided between the receiving section and the fastening section, the magnetic connection being releasable by actuating the arrangement for breaking the magnetic connection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2016
    Assignee: BRAND GMBH + CO KG
    Inventors: Steffen Gehrig, Günter Hochholzer, Burkard Schaub
  • Publication number: 20140137672
    Abstract: A piston-operated pipette with a drive unit with a piston drive and a displacement unit mounted on the drive unit, the displacement unit being dismountable from the drive unit, the drive unit having an actuating drive for the piston drive and a receiving section for the displacement unit. The displacement unit has a fastening section which fits the receiving section of the drive unit, there being a first detachable mechanical connection between the actuating drive and the piston drive and there being a second detachable mechanical connection between the receiving section of the drive unit and the fastening section of the displacement unit. The second detachable mechanical connection is made as a magnetic connection. A mechanical arrangement for breaking the magnetic connection is provided between the receiving section and the fastening section, the magnetic connection being releasable by actuating the arrangement for breaking the magnetic connection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2013
    Publication date: May 22, 2014
    Applicant: BRAND GMBH + CO KG
    Inventors: Steffen Gehrig, Günter Hochholzer, Burkard Schaub