Patents by Inventor Gerhard Löffler

Gerhard Löffler 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: 10139839
    Abstract: The invention relates to a flow regulating valve (1) for liquid-conducting heating or cooling systems, consisting of a housing (2) with an inlet (3), an outlet (4), and a connecting piece (13) which is arranged between the inlet and outlet and into which a pressure regulating device (14) that keeps the pressure difference between the pressure regions in front of and behind a flow regulating unit (8) arranged in the connecting piece constant and a spindle (7) with an actuating part protruding out of the housing (2) and with a first throttle element (9) located in the housing (2) are inserted, said first throttle element acting on the flow regulating unit or parts thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2018
    Assignee: OVENTROP GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventor: Gerhard Loeffler
  • Patent number: 10132509
    Abstract: A valve has a housing with inlet and outlet ports for a liquid, a connector fitting between the ports, a controller in the connector fitting, and first and second flow regulators in the connector fitting. Connection formations on the connector are engaged by an adjuster acting on the first flow regulator while an actuator acts on the manually operable second flow regulator. The controller maintains a differential pressure constant via the first and second flow regulators. The first flow regulator is downstream of the inlet port in a flow direction, followed by the second flow regulator, the controller, and the outlet port. A spindle axially displaceable in the connector fitting has an actuating part that projects out of the connector fitting and a choke element fastened to the spindle and forming part of the first flow regulator. This spindle extends axially through the controller and the second flow regulator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2018
    Assignee: OVENTROP GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventor: Gerhard Loeffler
  • Publication number: 20170198925
    Abstract: The invention relates to a regulating valve (1) for regulating the flow rate and differential pressure in fluid-guiding heating or cooling systems, the regulating valve consisting of a housing (2) with an inlet (3) and outlet (4) and therebetween a connection piece (5) with disposed therein a regulating device (9), a first flow-regulating device (10) and a second flow-regulating device (11). In the direction of flow of the fluid flowing through the valve, following the inlet (3) is the first flow-regulating device (10), followed by the second flow-regulating device (11), followed by the regulating device (9), followed by the outlet (4). Further provided arc a spindle (12), disposed in the connection piece (5), an actuating part (13) and a choke element (14) which is part of the first flow-regulating device (10). The spindle (12) axially penetrates both the regulating device and the second flow-regulating device (11).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2015
    Publication date: July 13, 2017
    Inventor: Gerhard LOEFFLER
  • Publication number: 20160139606
    Abstract: The invention relates to a flow regulating valve (1) for liquid-conducting heating or cooling systems, consisting of a housing (2) with an inlet (3), an outlet (4), and a connecting piece (13) which is arranged between the inlet and outlet and into which a pressure regulating device (14) that keeps the pressure difference between the pressure regions in front of and behind a flow regulating unit (8) arranged in the connecting piece constant and a spindle (7) with an actuating part protruding out of the housing (2) and with a first throttle element (9) located in the housing (2) are inserted, said first throttle element acting on the flow regulating unit or parts thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2014
    Publication date: May 19, 2016
    Inventor: Gerhard LOEFFLER
  • Patent number: 8946980
    Abstract: A method for fitting a base for a discharge lamp is provided. The method may include providing a discharge lamp with an end region, on which an option is provided for making contact with an electrode located in the interior of the discharge vessel; applying material to the end region; positioning a base sleeve onto the end region with the material; and positioning a clamping ring onto the base sleeve; wherein the clamping ring is of the kind that has at least one bead.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2015
    Assignee: OSRAM Gesellschaft mit beschraenkter Haftung
    Inventors: Swen-Uwe Baacke, Gerhard Loeffler, Dirk Rosenthal, Wolfgang Seitz
  • Patent number: 8788105
    Abstract: A heating-cooling system has a plurality of users, a piping system subdivided into a plurality of zones in each of which a respective group of the users is connected in parallel, a heater or cooler having a supply line and a return line connected to the zones, a pump connected to the heater or cooler and to one of the lines for flowing a heat-exchange medium through the respective users, and respective flow-control valves connected in each of the zones for controlling flow of the medium therethrough and establishing in the respective zones a respective differential pressure. Flow in the zones is adjusted by controlling the respective valves to make a detected actual value of the differential pressure in the zone correspond to a set-point value previously detected and stored, with the differential pressure across each of the control valves being similarly feedback controlled.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2014
    Assignee: Oventrop GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Gerhard Loeffler
  • Patent number: 8763632
    Abstract: The invention relates to a valve combination for regulating the rate of flow or the differential pressure in liquid-conveying heating and cooling systems, consisting of a housing (2) provided with a feed pipe (10), a discharge pipe (11) and a connection pipes (6) arranged between them and a regulator (3) which is arranged axially in the connection pipe (6), wherein the regulator (3) keeps the differential pressure constant at a preset value by means of a first flow regulator (4) also arranged axially in the connection pipe (6) and can be adjusted by an actuating part (8) which projects from the housing (2) and acts on a second seat (24), and by means of a presettable second flow regulator (5) which is arranged axially or coaxially thereto, wherein the flow cross section (9) is adjustable, which is characterized in that, when an actuator (29) that acts on the actuating part (8) is installed, the flow cross section (9) is adjustable by means of a handle (7) not covered by the actuator and that, when the actuato
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2014
    Assignee: Oventrop GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Gerhard Loeffler
  • Patent number: 8726924
    Abstract: A flow-control valve has a housing having first and second input ports and respective first and second output ports for respective first and second separate fluid streams and formed between the first and second port with first and second valve seats. Respective first and second valve bodies are axially shiftable in the valve seats, and a coupling element connected axially between the valve bodies moves the valve bodies axially jointly. A diaphragm between the first piston and the housing defines an axially inner compartment into which the first input port opens and between the diaphragm and the housing an axially outer compartment. The first valve body is formed with a passage extending through the first valve body and having an axially extending part opening into the outer compartment and a transversely extending part opening into the housing between the first seat and the first output port.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2014
    Assignee: Oventrop GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Gerhard Loeffler, Stefan Brambring
  • Patent number: 8264148
    Abstract: A discharge lamp may include a substantially ellipsoidal discharge vessel that surrounds an anode and a cathode that are respectively fixed by current-carrying electrode holders, the latter being guided through bulb shafts arranged diametrically on the discharge vessel, there being provided around the electrode holders at the transition from the discharge vessel to the bulb shafts constrictions that form a connecting channel between the discharge space, surrounded by the discharge vessel, and in each case the bulb shaft spaces surrounded by the bulb shafts, wherein at least one of the discharge vessel, the constrictions and the anode coating is designed in such a way as to reduce or avoid blackening of the discharge vessel in the light-emitting region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2012
    Assignee: Osram AG
    Inventors: Gerhard Loeffler, Dirk Rosenthal, Swen-Uwe Baacke
  • Patent number: 8231102
    Abstract: A typical flow-control valve has a housing forming a flow passage and a valve seat. An upstream and downstream valve bodies are is engageable with the seat and form upstream and downstream restrictions. A control piston defines therein outer and inner control compartments. This control piston is coupled to the downstream valve body for joint movement therewith. High-pressure and low-pressure conduits connect the outer and inner control compartments to the flow passage upstream of the upstream restriction and to the flow passage between the upstream and downstream restrictions. A connector element or stem connected to the upstream valve body extends through the control piston and has an outer end projecting out of the housing. A pressure reliever between the control piston and the outer end exerts on the connector element a force urging the upstream valve body upstream and generally equal to a pressure differential across the upstream restriction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2012
    Assignee: F. W. Oventrop GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Gerhard Loeffler, Egbert Juergens
  • Publication number: 20120111433
    Abstract: A flow-control valve has a housing having first and second input ports and respective first and second output ports for respective first and second separate fluid streams and formed between the first and second port with first and second valve seats. Respective first and second valve bodies are axially shiftable in the valve seats, and a coupling element connected axially between the valve bodies moves the valve bodies axially jointly. A diaphragm between the first piston and the housing defines an axially inner compartment into which the first input port opens and between the diaphragm and the housing an axially outer compartment. The first valve body is formed with a passage extending through the first valve body and having an axially extending part opening into the outer compartment and a transversely extending part opening into the housing between the first seat and the first output port.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2011
    Publication date: May 10, 2012
    Inventors: Gerhard LOEFFLER, Stefan Brambring
  • Patent number: 8120256
    Abstract: A direct current discharge lamp with an anode (10) and a cathode (12) that are arranged opposite one another at a predetermined distance (r) inside a discharge vessel (14) filled with a filling gas, it being possible to apply electric power (P) to the anode (10) and the cathode (12) in order to produce a gas discharge. At least the predetermined distance (r) between the anode (10) and the cathode (12), the electric power (P) and a geometry of the anode (10) are adapted to one another in such a way that a region (22) of a surface (24) of the anode (10) facing the cathode (12) is free flowing in the heated state of the direct current discharge lamp.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2012
    Assignee: Osram AG
    Inventors: Swen-Uwe Baacke, Stephan Berndanner, Gerhard Löffler, Dirk Rosenthal
  • Patent number: 8084944
    Abstract: A lamp device (1), wherein the lamp device (1) has at least one contact conductor (31) and a vessel (20) for enclosing a gas. The vessel (20) delimits a primary volume (40) and a secondary volume (41), the primary volume (40) and the secondary volume (41) being interconnected by a transitional region (21) of the vessel (20). The contact conductor (31) runs through the transitional region, and the contact conductor (31) has a recess (33) that is arranged in the transitional region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2011
    Assignee: Osram AG
    Inventors: Stephan Berndanner, Gerhard Löffler
  • Publication number: 20110297364
    Abstract: A heating-cooling system has a plurality of users, a piping system subdivided into a plurality of zones in each of which a respective group of the users is connected in parallel, a heater or cooler having a supply line and a return line connected to the zones, a pump connected to the heater or cooler and to one of the lines for flowing a heat-exchange medium through the respective users, and respective flow-control valves connected in each of the zones for controlling flow of the medium therethrough and establishing in the respective zones a respective differential pressure. Flow in the zones is adjusted by controlling the respective valves to make a detected actual value of the differential pressure in the zone correspond to a set-point value previously detected and stored, with the differential pressure across each of the control valves being similarly feedback controlled.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2011
    Publication date: December 8, 2011
    Inventor: Gerhard LOEFFLER
  • Publication number: 20110260597
    Abstract: A discharge lamp may include a substantially ellipsoidal discharge vessel that surrounds an anode and a cathode that are respectively fixed by current-carrying electrode holders, the latter being guided through bulb shafts arranged diametrically on the discharge vessel, there being provided around the electrode holders at the transition from the discharge vessel to the bulb shafts constrictions that form a connecting channel between the discharge space, surrounded by the discharge vessel, and in each case the bulb shaft spaces surrounded by the bulb shafts, wherein at least one of the discharge vessel, the constrictions and the anode coating is designed in such a way as to reduce or avoid blackening of the discharge vessel in the light-emitting region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2007
    Publication date: October 27, 2011
    Applicant: OSRAM GESELLSCHAFT MIT BESCHRAENKTER HAFTUNG
    Inventors: Gerhard Loeffler, Dirk Rosenthal, Swen-Uwe Baacke
  • Publication number: 20110068673
    Abstract: A method for fitting a base for a discharge lamp is provided. The method may include providing a discharge lamp with an end region, on which an option is provided for making contact with an electrode located in the interior of the discharge vessel; applying material to the end region; positioning a base sleeve onto the end region with the material; and positioning a clamping ring onto the base sleeve; wherein the clamping ring is of the kind that has at least one bead.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2008
    Publication date: March 24, 2011
    Applicant: OSRAM Gesellschaft mit beschraenkter Haftung
    Inventors: Swen-Uwe Baacke, Gerhard Loeffler, Dirk Rosenthal, Wolfgang Seitz
  • Publication number: 20110042603
    Abstract: A typical flow-control valve has a housing forming a flow passage and a valve seat. An upstream and downstream valve bodies are is engageable with the seat and form upstream and downstream restrictions. A control piston defines therein outer and inner control compartments. This control piston is coupled to the downstream valve body for joint movement therewith. High-pressure and low-pressure conduits connect the outer and inner control compartments to the flow passage upstream of the upstream restriction and to the flow passage between the upstream and downstream restrictions. A connector element or stem connected to the upstream valve body extends through the control piston and has an outer end projecting out of the housing. A pressure reliever between the control piston and the outer end exerts on the connector element a force urging the upstream valve body upstream and generally equal to a pressure differential across the upstream restriction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2010
    Publication date: February 24, 2011
    Inventors: Gerhard Loeffler, Egbert Juergens
  • Publication number: 20110032711
    Abstract: A lamp may include a lamp bulb made from glass for accommodating an anode and a cathode, which has a fill gas wherein the lamp bulb has, at least partially, an antireflective coating.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2008
    Publication date: February 10, 2011
    Applicant: OSRAM GESELLSCHAFT MIT BESCHRAENKTER HAFTUNG
    Inventors: Swen-Uwe Baacke, Gerhard Loeffler, Dirk Rosenthal, Wolfgang Seitz
  • Publication number: 20110018461
    Abstract: A method for providing a high-pressure discharge lamp may include establishing a setpoint power of the high-pressure discharge lamp, establishing an upper limit Imax in A for the current intensity of the current with which the high-pressure discharge lamp is intended to be operated with respect to the setpoint power, and constructing a high-pressure discharge lamp, wherein a cathode and an anode are introduced into a discharge vessel, the tip of the cathode having a radius of curvature RK in mm and the distance between the cathode and the anode during operation e0 being in mm and wherein a gas with a room temperature fill pressure P in bar is introduced into the discharge vessel, with it being ensured that c = P · I max 2 e 0 · R K > 250 ? [ A · bar mm 2 ] .
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2008
    Publication date: January 27, 2011
    Applicant: OSRAM GESELLSCHAFT MIT BESCHRAENKTER HAFTUNG
    Inventors: Swen-Uwe Baacke, Gerhard Loeffler, Dirk Rosenthal, Wolfgang Seitz
  • Patent number: D842971
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2019
    Assignee: OVENTROP GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventor: Gerhard Löffler