Patents by Inventor Gerhard Blum

Gerhard Blum 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: 12404663
    Abstract: A sanitary insert part (1), with at least one flow-determining functional unit (2) and a diffusor (4) arranged in the flow direction (3) after the flow-determining functional unit (2), the diffusor (4) having a diffusor space (5), the diffusor space (5) is partially limited by an impact face (6) which deflects water flowing into the diffusor space (5) in a lateral direction. The diffusor space (5) has several outlet openings (7), and the impact face (6) is adjoined by a drainage ramp (8), which allows water impinging on the impact face (6) and draining therefrom to run off in the position of use in the direction of the outlet openings (7).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2025
    Assignee: NEOPERL GMBH
    Inventor: Gerhard Blum
  • Patent number: 12385239
    Abstract: A jet regulator (104) that has a jet regulator housing (1) which on the housing external circumference thereof has an external thread (2) for screw-fitting into an internal thread (3) in the water outlet (4) of a sanitary outlet fitting. The jet regulator (104) includes a housing part-region of the jet regulator housing (1) that is disposed on the outflow side of the external thread (2) in the direction towards the internal circumference of the water outlet (4) that is angled in such a manner that a drainage annular space (8) is formed between said housing part-region and the internal circumference of the water outlet (4).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2025
    Assignee: Neoperl GmbH
    Inventors: Alexander Stein, Gerhard Blum, Oliver Denzler
  • Patent number: 12325988
    Abstract: A jet regulator (1) which can be mounted on the water outlet of a sanitary outlet fitting and has a jet regulator housing (2), in which a jet splitter (3) is provided, which has splitter openings (17) for dividing the water flowing through into individual jets, and at least one insert part (5), which has a grid structure (6) consisting of two sets of parallel webs (7; 8) which touch one another or intersect at crossing nodes (9). In the jet regulator (1), the sets are arranged in two levels offset in the longitudinal direction of the jet regulator; the mutually parallel webs (7) of an inflow side set have a round or rounded web cross-section, and the webs (8) of an outflow side set have a flattened portion (10) on their inflow side and are rounded on their outflow side (11).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2025
    Assignee: NEOPERL GMBH
    Inventor: Gerhard Blum
  • Patent number: 12247376
    Abstract: In an outflow structure (10) of a jet regulator (1), holes (17, 19, 25) are formed in the edge region of a regular arrangement (12) which are enlarged with respect to the regular arrangement (12), in order to avoid the formation of small holes (17, 19, 25) in the edge region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2025
    Assignee: NEOPERL GMBH
    Inventor: Gerhard Blum
  • Patent number: 12065815
    Abstract: A sanitary insert (1) in which the overall cross section of the aeration ducts (9, 18, 22, 23) of a jet aeration unit (3) is reduced by a ratio to the outer circumference of a mixing chamber (6) so that an air flow captures a leakage flow on the seal-free outer circumference of the insert (1) and transports the same into the mixing chamber (6).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2024
    Assignee: Neoperl GmbH
    Inventors: Alexander Stein, Gerhard Blum, Oliver Denzler
  • Publication number: 20240093469
    Abstract: A sanitary insert part (1), with at least one flow-determining functional unit (2) and a diffusor (4) arranged in the flow direction (3) after the flow-determining functional unit (2), the diffusor (4) having a diffusor space (5), the diffusor space (5) is partially limited by an impact face (6) which deflects water flowing into the diffusor space (5) in a lateral direction. The diffusor space (5) has several outlet openings (7), and the impact face (6) is adjoined by a drainage ramp (8), which allows water impinging on the impact face (6) and draining therefrom to run off in the position of use in the direction of the outlet openings (7).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2020
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Applicant: Neoperl GmbH
    Inventor: Gerhard BLUM
  • Publication number: 20240011266
    Abstract: A sanitary insert (1), in particular for insertion. into a faucet outlet, and/or into a water conduit, including at least one housing part (2) which is open at one side and has a receiving space (3) that is accessible via the open side, at least one insert screen (4, 5) which is inserted into the receiving space (3) of the at least one housing part (2), at least one splitter unit (6) which is arranged upstream of the at least one insert screen (4, 5) in a flow direction (7) of the fluid, and at least one orientation aid (8, 9). At least one mating orientation aid (10, 11) corresponding to the orientation aid (8, 9) is formed on the at least one insert screen (4, 5).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2021
    Publication date: January 11, 2024
    Applicant: Neoperl GmbH
    Inventor: Gerhard BLUM
  • Publication number: 20230023918
    Abstract: A jet regulator (1) which can be mounted on the water outlet of a sanitary outlet fitting and has a jet regulator housing (2), in which a jet splitter (3) is provided, which has splitter openings (17) for dividing the water flowing through into individual jets, and at least one insert part (5), which has a grid structure (6) consisting of two sets of parallel webs (7; 8) which touch one another or intersect at crossing nodes (9). In the jet regulator (1), the sets are arranged in two levels offset in the longitudinal direction of the jet regulator; the mutually parallel webs (7) of an inflow side set have a round or rounded web cross-section, and the webs (8) of an outflow side set have a flattened portion (10) on their inflow side and are rounded on their outflow side (11).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2020
    Publication date: January 26, 2023
    Applicant: Neoperl GmbH
    Inventor: Gerhard BLUM
  • Publication number: 20220381014
    Abstract: In an outflow structure (10) of a jet regulator (1), holes (17, 19, 25) are formed in the edge region of a regular arrangement (12) which are enlarged with respect to the regular arrangement (12), in order to avoid the formation of small holes (17, 19, 25) in the edge region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2020
    Publication date: December 1, 2022
    Applicant: Neoperl GmbH
    Inventor: Gerhard BLUM
  • Patent number: 11396742
    Abstract: A jet regulator having a sleeve-shaped jet regulator housing which is assembleable on the water outlet of a sanitary outlet fitting, and having a wall which supports a perforated structure that forms the outlet end side of the jet regulator and which in the jet regulator housing is pivotable between a use position, in which the perforated structure extends transversely across an outflow-side sleeve opening of the jet regulator housing, and a cleaning position, in which the water flowing through the jet regulator housing can flow out on both sides of the wall through opening gaps formed between the wall and the neighboring housing internal circumferential wall. The wall has a spherical-layer-shaped external circumference and via which it is pivotably mounted in a joint socket provided on the housing internal circumferential wall of the jet regulator housing. A handling element extends from the wall and is latchable on the outflow-side housing end side of the jet regulator housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2022
    Assignee: Neoperl GmbH
    Inventor: Gerhard Blum
  • Patent number: D946110
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2022
    Assignee: Neoperl GmbH
    Inventor: Gerhard Blum
  • Patent number: D946707
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Inventor: Gerhard Blum
  • Patent number: D949290
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: Neoperl GmbH
    Inventor: Gerhard Blum
  • Patent number: D960291
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2022
    Assignee: Neoperl GmbH
    Inventor: Gerhard Blum
  • Patent number: D987033
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: Neoperl GmbH
    Inventor: Gerhard Blum
  • Patent number: D1004051
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: Neoperl GmbH
    Inventor: Gerhard Blum
  • Patent number: D1090782
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2025
    Assignee: Neoperl GmbH
    Inventor: Gerhard Blum
  • Patent number: D1101901
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2024
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2025
    Assignee: Neoperl GmbH
    Inventors: Sascha Horoba, Gerhard Blum
  • Patent number: D1102551
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2025
    Assignee: Neoperl GmbH
    Inventor: Gerhard Blum
  • Patent number: D1110468
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2025
    Date of Patent: January 27, 2026
    Assignee: Neoperl GmbH
    Inventor: Gerhard Blum