Patents by Inventor Gert Willems

Gert Willems 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).

  • Publication number: 20240066445
    Abstract: A filter assembly is disclosed comprising a filter cartridge, a filter housing end part, and a filter housing main part, said filter housing main part being adapted for receiving said filter cartridge and for being connected to the housing end part by screwing, wherein said filter housing main part comprises a first longitudinal axis and a main opening, said main opening being defined by a first end portion, said first end portion comprising an upper, interrupted rim and a first threaded portion arranged below said upper rim; said first end portion comprising a recess arrangement comprising one or more axially extending recesses, said one or more axially extending recesses at least partially interrupting said first threaded portion; said filter cartridge comprises a second longitudinal axis and a first end cap, said first end cap comprising a central portion and a radial extension arrangement comprising one or more radial extensions extending radially away from said central portion; and wherein said radial
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2023
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Inventors: Mirko Massara, Stefano Bertelli, Alessandro Torresani, Fabrizio Buratto, Isacco Pavanelli, Miloslav Krystufek, Luca Ghisu, John K. Aune, Gert Willems
  • Patent number: 11839844
    Abstract: A filter assembly is disclosed comprising a filter cartridge, a filter housing end part, and a filter housing main part, said filter housing main part being adapted for receiving said filter cartridge and for being connected to the housing end part by screwing, wherein said filter housing main part comprises a first longitudinal axis and a main opening, said main opening being defined by a first end portion, said first end portion comprising an upper, interrupted rim and a first threaded portion arranged below said upper rim; said first end portion comprising a recess arrangement comprising one or more axially extending recesses, said one or more axially extending recesses at least partially interrupting said first threaded portion; said filter cartridge comprises a second longitudinal axis and a first end cap, said first end cap comprising a central portion and a radial extension arrangement comprising one or more radial extensions extending radially away from said central portion; and wherein said radial
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: Donaldson Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Mirko Massara, Stefano Bertelli, Alessandro Torresani, Fabrizio Buratto, Isacco Pavanelli, Miloslav Krystufek, Luca Ghisu, John K. Aune, Gert Willems
  • Patent number: 11309630
    Abstract: An antenna for a communication device is disclosed. The antenna has a structure including a ground plane and a lid component. The lid component is conductive, substantially planar and has a planform shape which is lesser in a first lid component dimension (L1) than it is in a second lid component dimension (L2) perpendicular to the first lid component dimension (L1). The ground plane is conductive and substantially planar, and the size of the ground plane is greater than the size of the lid component. The lid component is conductively connected to the ground plane but also spaced apart from the ground plane, such that there is a space between the lid component and the ground plane, and the antenna is center fed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: LICENSYS AUSTRALASIA PTY LTD
    Inventors: Albertus Jacobus Pretorius, Abraham Gert Willem Du Plooy, Ahmed Toaha Mobashsher, Konstanty Stanislaw Bialkowski
  • Patent number: 11235274
    Abstract: Filter assemblies are described and shown. Components, features and methods of assembly and use are described. Many of the principles relate to preferred cartridge configurations for engagement with selected housings. Selected optional features described can be used to provide indication to a service provider that a proper cartridge is not positioned appropriately in the housing for use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2022
    Assignee: Donaldson Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert Wood, Gert Willems
  • Publication number: 20210379514
    Abstract: A filter assembly is disclosed comprising a filter cartridge, a filter housing end part, and a filter housing main part, said filter housing main part being adapted for receiving said filter cartridge and for being connected to the housing end part by screwing, wherein said filter housing main part comprises a first longitudinal axis and a main opening, said main opening being defined by a first end portion, said first end portion comprising an upper, interrupted rim and a first threaded portion arranged below said upper rim; said first end portion comprising a recess arrangement comprising one or more axially extending recesses, said one or more axially extending recesses at least partially interrupting said first threaded portion; said filter cartridge comprises a second longitudinal axis and a first end cap, said first end cap comprising a central portion and a radial extension arrangement comprising one or more radial extensions extending radially away from said central portion; and wherein said radial
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2021
    Publication date: December 9, 2021
    Inventors: Mirko Massara, Stefano Bertelli, Alessandro Torresani, Fabrizio Buratto, Isacco Pavanelli, Miloslav Krystufek, Luca Ghisu, John K. Aune, Gert Willems
  • Publication number: 20210331100
    Abstract: The disclosure pertains to a spin-on fluid treatment device, including a treatment medium disposed within a housing, a top surface having an internally threaded bore and an outlet tube at least partially disposed inside said threaded bore in a concentric position. The outlet tube can have an externally oriented sealing portion for engaging with a complementary element of an inlet spud of an entity that receives said treated fluids. The outlet tube can be configured as an alignment feature to guide the treatment device onto the inlet spud during installation. The outlet tube can be configured with both an externally oriented sealing portion and an alignment feature. The disclosure also pertains to a system comprising a machine having a treatment device head and a spin-on fluid treatment device, a kit, a spin-on fluid filter cartridge, and a method of mounting a spin-on filter cartridge onto a filter head.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2021
    Publication date: October 28, 2021
    Inventor: Gert Willems
  • Patent number: 11014026
    Abstract: The disclosure pertains to a spin-on fluid treatment device, including a treatment medium disposed within a housing, a top surface having an internally threaded bore and an outlet tube at least partially disposed inside said threaded bore in a concentric position. The outlet tube can have an externally oriented sealing portion for engaging with a complementary element of an inlet spud of an entity that receives said treated fluids. The outlet tube can be configured as an alignment feature to guide the treatment device onto the inlet spud during installation. The outlet tube can be configured with both an externally oriented sealing portion and an alignment feature. The disclosure also pertains to a system comprising a machine having a treatment device head and a spin-on fluid treatment device, a kit, a spin-on fluid filter cartridge, and a method of mounting a spin-on filter cartridge onto a filter head.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2021
    Assignee: Donaldson Company, Inc.
    Inventor: Gert Willems
  • Patent number: 10642604
    Abstract: Workflow definitions are broken into a set of components. Each workflow component has an instance-specific workflow definition that it operates from. Different steps can be injected into different workflow instance-specific definitions, based upon a given state of each individual workflow instance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2020
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Marc Hansen, Stuart Glasson, Chethan Thopaiah, Thomas Hejlsberg, Gert Willem Robyns, Jacob Winther Jespersen, Mostafa Balat, Bogdan Sturzoiu, Cristian-Alexandru Chereches
  • Publication number: 20200119449
    Abstract: An antenna for a communication device is disclosed. The antenna has a structure including a ground plane and a lid component. The lid component is conductive, substantially planar and has a planform shape which is lesser in a first lid component dimension (L1) than it is in a second lid component dimension (L2) perpendicular to the first lid component dimension (L1). The ground plane is conductive and substantially planar, and the size of the ground plane is greater than the size of the lid component. The lid component is conductively connected to the ground plane but also spaced apart from the ground plane, such that there is a space between the lid component and the ground plane, and the antenna is center fed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2018
    Publication date: April 16, 2020
    Inventors: Albertus Jacobus PRETORIUS, Abraham Gert Willem DU PLOOY, Ahmed Toaha MOBASHSHER, Konstanty Stanislaw BIALKOWSKI
  • Patent number: 10434454
    Abstract: According to the present disclosure, arrangements, systems, components, features and methods for filtration are described. The components specifically described include a filter cartridge with preferred features for interaction with a filter housing, and a filter housing with preferred features for convenient installation. Methods of assembly and use are also characterized.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2019
    Assignee: Donaldson Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas Lundgren, Veli Kalayci, Paul Peterson, Daniel Adamek, Wade Mosset, Robert Wood, Gert Willems
  • Patent number: 10402601
    Abstract: An antenna for a communication device, and also an RFID reader incorporating the antenna, are disclosed. The antenna has a structure including a ground portion and a radiating component. The radiating component has a first side, and a second side that is spaced apart from the first side. The first side has a ground edge portion which is in contact with the ground portion, and the first side extends, from its ground edge portion, away from a surface on one side of the ground portion. The second side also has a ground edge portion which is in contact with the ground portion, and the second side also extends, from its ground edge portion, away from a surface on said one side of the ground portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2019
    Assignee: Licensys Australasia Pty.
    Inventors: Albertus Jacobus Pretorius, Abraham Gert Willem du Plooy, Ahmed Toaha Mobashsher
  • Publication number: 20190176076
    Abstract: Filter assemblies are described and shown. Components, features and methods of assembly and use are described. Many of the principles relate to preferred cartridge configurations for engagement with selected housings. Selected optional features described can be used to provide indication to a service provider that a proper cartridge is not positioned appropriately in the housing for use.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2019
    Publication date: June 13, 2019
    Inventors: Robert Wood, Gert Willems
  • Patent number: 10315139
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a fuel filter assembly, a filter element, and a method of draining water from a fuel filter assembly. The fuel filter assembly comprises a filter element with a water collecting space; the filter element being connected to a fuel pipe for feeding an upstream side of the filter element with fuel and for providing filtered fuel from a downstream side of the filter element to a combustion engine or parts thereof; a fuel pump arranged downstream from the filter element, wherein the fuel pump can be operated in a first mode for drawing fuel through the filter element and in a second, reverse mode for feeding fuel back to the filter element; a one-way fuel valve arranged upstream of the filter element allowing for flow towards the upstream side of the filter element; a pressure-actuated one-way drain valve in communication with the water collecting space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2019
    Assignee: Donaldson Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Gert Willems, Daniel Fertil, Mauro Morandi
  • Publication number: 20190046907
    Abstract: The disclosure pertains to a spin-on fluid treatment device, including a treatment medium disposed within a housing, a top surface having an internally threaded bore and an outlet tube at least partially disposed inside said threaded bore in a concentric position. The outlet tube can have an externally oriented sealing portion for engaging with a complementary element of an inlet spud of an entity that receives said treated fluids. The outlet tube can be configured as an alignment feature to guide the treatment device onto the inlet spud during installation. The outlet tube can be configured with both an externally oriented sealing portion and an alignment feature. The disclosure also pertains to a system comprising a machine having a treatment device head and a spin-on fluid treatment device, a kit, a spin-on fluid filter cartridge, and a method of mounting a spin-on filter cartridge onto a filter head.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2018
    Publication date: February 14, 2019
    Inventor: Gert WILLEMS
  • Patent number: 10094218
    Abstract: This invention of a continuous motion revolving piston engine describes a machine comprising piston(s) fitted to rings that revolve around a stator circular base which has a cavity in which a disc fits to create a closed combustion compartment together with the casing. The disc has a disc cavity to allow the piston to pass. The rotation of the disc and piston are synchronized to allow the piston to pass through the disc cavity. As there are no reciprocating parts and optionally enables an oil free operation, it is more efficient and has cleaner exhaust than existing engines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2018
    Inventor: Gert-Willem Hartmans
  • Publication number: 20180275985
    Abstract: Workflow definitions are broken into a set of components. Each workflow component has an instance-specific workflow definition that it operates from. Different steps can be injected into different workflow instance-specific definitions, based upon a given state of each individual workflow instance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2018
    Publication date: September 27, 2018
    Inventors: Marc HANSEN, Stuart GLASSON, Chethan THOPAIAH, Thomas HEJLSBERG, Gert Willem Robyns, Jacob WINTHER JESPERSEN, Mostafa BALAT, Bogdan Sturzoiu, Cristian-Alexandru CHERECHES
  • Publication number: 20180173908
    Abstract: An antenna for a communication device, and also an RFID reader incorporating the antenna, are disclosed. The antenna has a structure including a ground portion and a radiating component. The radiating component has a first side, and a second side that is spaced apart from the first side. The first side has a ground edge portion which is in contact with the ground portion, and the first side extends, from its ground edge portion, away from a surface on one side of the ground portion. The second side also has a ground edge portion which is in contact with the ground portion, and the second side also extends, from its ground edge portion, away from a surface on said one side of the ground portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2017
    Publication date: June 21, 2018
    Inventors: Albertus Jacobus Pretorius, Abraham Gert Willem du Plooy, Ahmed Toaha Mobashsher
  • Patent number: 9934026
    Abstract: Workflow definitions are broken into a set of components. Each workflow component has an instance-specific workflow definition that it operates from. Different steps can be injected into different workflow instance-specific definitions, based upon a given state of each individual workflow instance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2018
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Marc Hansen, Stuart Glasson, Chethan Thopaiah, Thomas Hejlsberg, Gert Willem Robyns, Jacob Winther Jespersen, Mostafa Balat, Bogdan Sturzoiu, Cristian-Alexandru Chereches
  • Patent number: 9919879
    Abstract: A sorting device comprising an endless path placed on a frame, a series of trays provided with a pusher mechanism to be driven by an exchange system placed on the frame for pushing away an object substantially transverse to the conveyance direction, a drive system comprising alternately arranged first and second driving elements that are mutually connected to each other so as to hinge for a movement of the drive system that is oriented substantially parallel to the conveyance direction, a drive adapted for transferring a drive power onto the drive system, which power is directed substantially parallel to the conveyance direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2018
    Assignee: OPTIMUS SORTER HOLDING BV
    Inventors: Don Johan Ben Koenraad Kuijpers, Maurice Gert-Willem Koop
  • Publication number: 20170213159
    Abstract: This invention of a revenue management willingness to pay higher fares indicator, provides a method to define in a computer based revenue management system, levels of willingness to pay higher fares, used to improve the forecasting of potential revenue and improve the availability controls defined by the revenue management system. Where current revenue management systems use booked fare class information as basis for forecasting revenue, when demand with a higher willingness to pay higher fares books in a low fare class, this information is not recognized as only the (lower) booked fare class information is stored and used. The method proposed defines levels of willingness to pay higher fares based on booking record characteristics without directly using the actual booked fare class and storing this information for usage in further steps in forecasting and defining availability controls by the revenue management system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2016
    Publication date: July 27, 2017
    Inventor: Gert-Willem Hartmans