Patents by Inventor Gerd Blessing

Gerd Blessing 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: 10767796
    Abstract: A sanitary shower useful as an overhead shower has a shower body including a fluid inlet and a fluid outlet, and a shower head that is removably attachable to the shower body, has a fluid inlet connecting with the fluid outlet of the shower body and includes a shower outlet providing a shower fluid jet. A plug-on connector removably attaches the shower head to the shower body via latching lugs that snap radially into engagement with latching holes and are blocked and unblocked from disengagement by a movable locking ring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2020
    Assignee: Hansgrohe SE
    Inventor: Gerd Blessing
  • Patent number: 10751746
    Abstract: Swivel shower including a base body, a swivel body including a shower outlet and held on the base body for swivel movement about a swivel axis between a first swivel body end position, constituting a rest position, and a second swivel body end position, constituting an operating position, a shower fluid inlet for supplying a shower fluid, and a swivel drive for driven swiveling of the swivel body, wherein the swivel drive includes a slide piston capable of being pressurized by a fluid pressure of the supplied shower fluid, which piston is arranged for translational movement between a first piston end position, corresponding with the first swivel body end position, and a second piston end position, corresponding with the second swivel body end position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2020
    Assignee: Hansgrohe SE
    Inventors: Gerd Blessing, Daniel Philipp Dieterle
  • Publication number: 20180257097
    Abstract: Swivel shower including a base body, a swivel body including a shower outlet and held on the base body for swivel movement about a swivel axis between a first swivel body end position, constituting a rest position, and a second swivel body end position, constituting an operating position, a shower fluid inlet for supplying a shower fluid, and a swivel drive for driven swiveling of the swivel body, wherein the swivel drive includes a slide piston capable of being pressurized by a fluid pressure of the supplied shower fluid, which piston is arranged for translational movement between a first piston end position, corresponding with the first swivel body end position, and a second piston end position, corresponding with the second swivel body end position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2018
    Publication date: September 13, 2018
    Inventors: Gerd Blessing, Daniel Philipp Dieterle
  • Patent number: 9297151
    Abstract: A sanitary conduit, in particular for a shower device, is useful, for example, as a shower arm conduit in a shower system. The sanitary conduit has a rigid, hollow conduit housing including a base body (10?a) and a housing wall removably attached to the base body. At least one flexible conduit (12a, 12b) is inserted in the hollow conduit housing and is made from a flexural conduit material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2016
    Assignee: Hansgrohe SE
    Inventors: Gerd Blessing, Bernd Werner
  • Publication number: 20160061369
    Abstract: The invention relates to a sanitary shower, in particular an overhead shower, comprising a shower body including a fluid inlet and a fluid outlet, and a shower head (2) which is removably attachable to the shower body with a fluid inlet (7) in connection with the fluid outlet of the shower body and includes a shower outlet (9) for providing a shower fluid jet. In the case of a sanitary shower according to the invention, plug-on connector means (10) for removably attaching the shower head to the shower body are provided. Use, for example, for a shower head fitting.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2015
    Publication date: March 3, 2016
    Inventor: Gerd Blessing
  • Patent number: 6991438
    Abstract: In a piston pump for providing high-pressure fuel in a common-rail fuel injection system including a camshaft (2), which is mounted rotatably in a pump housing (1) and which has at least one eccentric cam 93) for operating a pump piston (4, 14) in an approximately radial direction with respect to the camshaft (2), in order to reduce the wear of the piston pump, a piston-rod element (6, 16, 26, 36, 46) is arranged between each pump piston (4, 14) and the eccentric cam (3) so as to transmit the stroke movement (5) and the force from the eccentric cam of the camshaft (2) to the pump piston (4, 14) by a rolling movement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2006
    Assignee: DaimlerChrysler AG
    Inventors: Gerd Blessing, Swen Fleisch, Karl-Heinz Hoffmann, Manfred Müller, Claus Stenger, Bernd Wiemann
  • Patent number: 6935375
    Abstract: A multiway valve, which is more particularly intended for a hand-operated shower, contains several individual valves, whose closure members are fitted to a tiltable element. By tilting the tiltable element, which is supported at one point, some of the plurality of individual valves can be opened and optionally also closed. The multiway valve can be housed in a confined space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2001
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2005
    Assignee: Hansgrohe AG
    Inventor: Gerd Blessing
  • Patent number: 6899286
    Abstract: A shower head more particularly constructed as a lateral shower contains in its interior a turbine drivable by the flow of the water flowing into and out of it. During its rotary movement the turbine entrains a nozzle body, which engages with a spigot in a guide path. The water leaves the shower through a bore located in the nozzle body. As a result of the design of the guide path it is possible to continuously modify the direction in which the water jet passes out of the shower head.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2005
    Assignee: Hansgrohe AG
    Inventor: Gerd Blessing
  • Publication number: 20030180159
    Abstract: In a piston pump for providing high-pressure fuel in a common-rail fuel injection system including a camshaft (2), which is mounted rotatably in a pump housing (1) and which has at least one eccentric cam 93) for operating a pump piston (4, 14) in an approximately radial direction with respect to the camshaft (2), in order to reduce the wear of the piston pump, a piston-rod element (6, 16, 26, 36, 46) is arranged between each pump piston (4, 14) and the eccentric cam (3) so as to transmit the stroke movement (5) and the force from the eccentric cam of the camshaft (2) to the pump piston (4, 14) by a rolling movement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2003
    Publication date: September 25, 2003
    Inventors: Gerd Blessing, Sven Fleisch, Karl-Heinz Hoffmann, Manfred Muller, Claus Stenger, Bernd Wiemann
  • Publication number: 20030172979
    Abstract: A multiway valve, which is more particularly intended for a hand-operated shower, contains several individual valves, whose closure members are fitted to a tiltable element. By tilting the tiltable element, which is supported at one point, some of the plurality of individual valves can be opened and optionally also closed. The multiway valve can be housed in a confined space.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2003
    Publication date: September 18, 2003
    Inventor: Gerd Blessing
  • Publication number: 20030098366
    Abstract: A shower head more particularly constructed as a lateral shower contains in its interior a turbine drivable by the flow of the water flowing into and out of it. During its rotary movement the turbine entrains a nozzle body, which engages with a spigot in a guide path. The water leaves the shower through a bore located in the nozzle body. As a result of the design of the guide path it is possible to continuously modify the direction in which the water jet passes out of the shower head.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2002
    Publication date: May 29, 2003
    Inventor: Gerd Blessing
  • Patent number: 6357675
    Abstract: A description is given of a sanitary article or object, particularly a hand-operated shower, having a changeover device (2) for controlling a liquid flow, the sanitary article having a liquid inlet and a liquid outlet, as well as an air suction device which can be turned on or off by operating the changeover device in the manner of a water jet pump. The changeover device is so constructed that a passage cross-section formed between the liquid inlet (6) and liquid outlet (7) can be widened on turning off the air suction device. For this purpose, in addition to the pump jet opening (38) of the air suction device, it is possible to open a ring channel-like, further passage cross-section (30) arranged concentrically thereto.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2000
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2002
    Assignee: Hansgrohe AG
    Inventors: Franz Schorn, Gerd Blessing
  • Patent number: 6001250
    Abstract: A connecting means for a water flow appliance, for example a hand shower, contains a connecting element connected to a water guide, for instance, a house water mains. Arranged in the connecting element is a sieve element which can be shifted between a sieve position, in which it acts a sieve, and a cleaning position in which it is possible to remove the particles retained in the sieve element. The sieve position is always assumed when a connection is made to the connecting means. When this connection is removed the sieve element can be translated into the cleaning position for example by water pressure. The water flow can be passed through said sieve element in the cleaning position preferably in the reverse direction so that said sieve element is back-washed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 1997
    Date of Patent: December 14, 1999
    Assignee: Hans Grohe GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Franz Schorn, Gerd Blessing
  • Patent number: 5718380
    Abstract: A shower having a shower head and a jet disk with a plurality of jet exit openings contains a cleaning device, which within the shower head has for each jet exit opening a pin, which is insertable in and reextractable from the jet exit opening. For moving the pins of the cleaning device a turbine is provided, which is driven by the water flowing into the shower head.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 1995
    Date of Patent: February 17, 1998
    Assignee: Hans Grohe GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Franz Schorn, Gerd Blessing
  • Patent number: 5697557
    Abstract: A shower head contains a shower head core with a connection to a water main and a cup-shaped jacket surrounding the core. The jacket only frees the jet disk connected to the core. For switching between two groups of jet exit openings a switching element is provided, which is rotatably located in the shower head core and is rotated by rotating the shower head jacket with respect to the still stationary core and jet disk.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 1995
    Date of Patent: December 16, 1997
    Assignee: Hans Grohe GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Gerd Blessing, Werner Finkbeiner
  • Patent number: 5613638
    Abstract: A hand shower containing a shower head, a handle and a connection for the shower hose, has in the interior of its handle an insert part, which in the vicinity of its one end is connected to a line leading to the shower head and in the vicinity of its other end has the connection for the shower hose. The insert part can be used as a mounting support for different functional elements or can be part of different functional elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 1995
    Date of Patent: March 25, 1997
    Assignee: Hans Grohe GmbH & Co.
    Inventor: Gerd Blessing
  • Patent number: D562938
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2008
    Assignee: Hansgrohe AG
    Inventor: Gerd Blessing