Patents by Inventor Heinz Gerhards

Heinz Gerhards 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: 11364141
    Abstract: According to the invention, an uterotubal implant device is provided. Said uterotubal implant device comprises at least two compressible self-expanding bodies which are composed of a grid structure and are coupled to one another in a longitudinal direction such that one body is arranged distally in the longitudinal direction and the other body is arranged proximally in the longitudinal direction, at least one of the bodies having a spindle- or funnel-shaped design.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2022
    Inventors: Andrea Brohm-Schmitz-Rode, Heinz Gerhards
  • Patent number: 11247215
    Abstract: A centrifuge includes a swing rotor. Rotor arms of the swing rotor have recesses into which hangers of the swing rotor at least partially swing in a swung-out state. As a result, the centrifuge container and thus also the centrifuges are more compact, because the swinging-out requires less space. An inertial mass of the swing rotor is reduced due to the recesses provided therein, whereby energy consumption, primarily when starting the centrifuge, is significantly reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignee: Eppendorf AG
    Inventors: Steffen Kühnert, Heinz Gerhard Köhn
  • Patent number: 10717960
    Abstract: This patent document relates to the field of biotechnological apparatuses. It relates particularly to a biotechnological apparatus comprising a bioreactor, an exhaust gas temperature control device and a method for treating an exhaust gas stream. This patent document further relates to a connection device for a sterile single-use fluid conduit of a single-use bioreactor and to a method for treating a fluid stream. The reusable connection device comprises a receptacle in which a portion of the fluid conduit can be detachably arranged, and a coupling member connecting the connection device to a temperature control device, the receptacle having a contact surface which is arranged such that the contact surface abuts a fluid conduit arranged in the receptacle, and wherein a portion of a fluid conduit can be introduced into the receptacle in a direction running substantially orthogonally to a longitudinal axis of the connection device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2020
    Assignee: DASGIP INFORMATION AND TECHNOLOGY GMBH
    Inventors: Matthias Arnold, Heinz Gerhard Köhn, Nico Gülzow, Sven Eikelmann, Guido Ertel, Sebastian Selzer
  • Patent number: 10697954
    Abstract: The invention relates to a sample-holding element (20) for a liquid sample for the simultaneous analysis of three or more chemico-physical parameters of the liquid by means of an analysis device. The sample-holding element (20) has a sample-holding chamber (31), which can be filled with the liquid, wherein the sample-holding element (20) has at least three measurement points (24, 25, 26, 26N, 27) arranged adjacent to each other, which are distributed over the sample-holding chamber (31), wherein two of the measurement points (24, 25) are a photonic measurement point (24) and a refractive-index measurement point (25) and wherein the at least one further measurement point is selected from the group comprising at least a pH measurement point (26), a conductivity measurement point (27) and a germ measurement point.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2020
    Assignee: Fuchs Petrolub SE
    Inventors: Christine Fuchs, Heinz Gerhard Theis
  • Patent number: 10436147
    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for a surface structure for a piston. In one example, the surface structure is located on at least a portion of the piston.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2019
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Joerg Kemmerling, Leonhard Bartsch, Frank Wunderlich, Heinz-Gerhard Wunderlich
  • Publication number: 20190293622
    Abstract: The invention relates to a sample-holding element (20) for a liquid sample for the simultaneous analysis of three or more chemico-physical parameters of the liquid by means of an analysis device. The sample-holding element (20) has a sample-holding chamber (31), which can be filled with the liquid, wherein the sample-holding element (20) has at least three measurement points (24, 25, 26, 26N, 27) arranged adjacent to each other, which are distributed over the sample-holding chamber (31), wherein two of the measurement points (24, 25) are a photonic measurement point (24) and a refractive-index measurement point (25) and wherein the at least one further measurement point is selected from the group comprising at least a pH measurement point (26), a conductivity measurement point (27) and a germ measurement point.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2017
    Publication date: September 26, 2019
    Applicant: Fuchs Petrolub SE
    Inventors: Christine Fuchs, Heinz Gerhard Theis
  • Publication number: 20190143341
    Abstract: A centrifuge includes a swing rotor. Rotor arms of the swing rotor have recesses into which hangers of the swing rotor at least partially swing in a swung-out state. As a result, the centrifuge container and thus also the centrifuges are more compact, because the swinging-out requires less space. An inertial mass of the swing rotor is reduced due to the recesses provided therein, whereby energy consumption, primarily when starting the centrifuge, is significantly reduced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2018
    Publication date: May 16, 2019
    Inventors: Steffen Kühnert, Heinz Gerhard Köhn
  • Patent number: 10107099
    Abstract: A hydrostatic radial piston machine is useable inversely. The hydrostatic radial piston machine has a distributor in which a flushing valve, a pressure-maintaining valve connected downstream of the flushing valve, and two nonreturn valves are arranged.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2018
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Johannes Offenburger, Heinz-Gerhard Essig, Adam MacPhee
  • Patent number: 10030220
    Abstract: A single-use bioreactor, suitable in particular for use in a parallel bioreactor system for applications in cell culture and/or microbiology, a head plate for such a single-use bioreactor and a process for manufacturing the single-use bioreactor and the head plate. The single-use bioreactor comprises a head plate, a dimensionally stable container and a mixer, the head plate and the container enclosing a reaction chamber, and the mixer having a mixer shaft and a stirring member, said mixer shaft being mounted rotatably about a rotational axis in a bearing and the stirring member being fastened torsionally rigidly to the mixer shaft. The mixer and the bearing are arranged entirely within the reaction chamber and the mixer shaft has a magnetic portion which is arranged and adapted in such a way that it can be coupled magnetically in an axial direction to a rotary drive.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Assignee: EPPENDORF AG
    Inventors: Matthias Arnold, Heinz Gerhard Kohn, Nico Gulzow, Sven Eikelmann, Sebastian Selzer, Jochen Beese, Christopher Gunther, Eckart Kopowski
  • Patent number: 9835600
    Abstract: A system for titrating liquids, with a syringe or tip, comprising a holding device and at least one tag and a metering equipment, comprising an additional holding device for holding the syringe or tip on the holding device, a reading device for reading the tag of the syringe or tip held by the additional holding device, a driving device having a motor, which is detachably coupled with a plunger of the syringe when the same is held by the additional holding device, or which is coupled with a plunger which is arranged in a cylinder which is coupled with the tip via a fluid conduit, when the same is held by the additional holding device, an operating device for operating the metering equipment and a control device, connected with the operating device, the reading device and the driving device, which controls the movement of the plunger depending of the tag of the inserted syringe or tip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2017
    Assignee: EPPENDORF AG
    Inventors: Heinz-Gerhard Köhn, Karl-Friedrich Andres
  • Publication number: 20170107935
    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for a surface structure for a piston. In one example, the surface structure is located on at least a portion of the piston.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2016
    Publication date: April 20, 2017
    Inventors: Joerg Kemmerling, Leonhard Bartsch, Frank Wunderlich, Heinz-Gerhard Wunderlich
  • Patent number: 9587197
    Abstract: A processing fluid that is free of boron and secondary amines includes a petroleum-based or non-petroleum-based oil; water; and an additive composition comprising a long chain primary amine; an tertiary cycloalkylamine; and an amino acid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2017
    Assignee: FUCHS PETROLUB SE
    Inventors: Michael P. Duncan, D. James Deodhar, Gema del Olmo Tomás, Heinz Gerhard Theis, Paul Roger Littley
  • Patent number: 9523427
    Abstract: A hydrostatic travel drive includes a hydraulic pump that is arranged in a hydraulic circuit with two pairs of hydraulic motors. To prevent a pressure build-up between the hydraulic motors of a hydraulic motor pair on steering while stationary, a valve device is configured to set a pressure relief to a working line or to low pressure. A mobile device includes the hydrostatic travel drive.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2016
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Sven-Ruediger Naumann, Heinz-Gerhard Essig
  • Publication number: 20160201000
    Abstract: A processing fluid that is free of boron and secondary amines includes a petroleum-based or non-petroleum-based oil; water; and an additive composition comprising a long chain primary amine; an tertiary cycloalkylamine; and an amino acid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2014
    Publication date: July 14, 2016
    Inventors: Michael P. Duncan, D. James Deodhar, Gema del Olmo Tomas, Heinz Gerhard Theis, Paul Roger Littley
  • Publication number: 20160177719
    Abstract: A hydrostatic radial piston machine is useable inversely. The hydrostatic radial piston machine has a distributor in which a flushing valve, a pressure-maintaining valve connected downstream of the flushing valve, and two nonreturn valves are arranged.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2015
    Publication date: June 23, 2016
    Inventors: Johannes Offenburger, Heinz-Gerhard Essig, Adam MacPhee
  • Patent number: 9267590
    Abstract: A hydraulic additional drive includes a hydraulic or having working ports configured to be connected to a pump via a high pressure branch and a low pressure branch. The hydraulic motor further includes a purging port to which a feed pressure is configured to be applied to set a “free-wheel mode” while the working ports are connected to a tank. The pressure at the purging port is limited to a comparatively low value between the feed pressure and the tank pressure by a pre-charging valve integrated into the hydraulic motor. The pre-charging valve is arranged in a free-wheel duct which hydraulically connects the purging port to one of the working ports.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2016
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventor: Heinz-Gerhard Essig
  • Patent number: 9149815
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a lid for closing a centrifuge rotor, characterized by a form-fitting, rotation-actuated closure mechanism which, pre-positioned on the centrifuge rotor, moves automatically into a closed position by virtue of the intrinsic weight of the lid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2015
    Assignee: Eppendorf AG
    Inventors: Heinz Gerhard Köhn, Eckhard Kopowski, Andreas Heilmann
  • Publication number: 20150132840
    Abstract: A single-use bioreactor, suitable in particular for use in a parallel bioreactor system for applications in cell culture and/or microbiology, a head plate for such a single-use bioreactor and a process for manufacturing the single-use bioreactor and the head plate. The single-use bioreactor comprises a head plate, a dimensionally stable container and a mixer, the head plate and the container enclosing a reaction chamber, and the mixer having a mixer shaft and a stirring member, said mixer shaft being mounted rotatably about a rotational axis in a bearing and the stirring member being fastened torsionally rigidly to the mixer shaft. The mixer and the bearing are arranged entirely within the reaction chamber and the mixer shaft has a magnetic portion which is arranged and adapted in such a way that it can be coupled magnetically in an axial direction to a rotary drive.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2013
    Publication date: May 14, 2015
    Inventors: Matthias Arnold, Heinz-Gerhard Kohn, Nico Gulzow, Eikelmann Sven, Sebastian Selzer, Jochen Beese, Christoph Gunther, Eckhart Kopowski
  • Patent number: 9028399
    Abstract: The invention relates to an intracorporeal probe (10), for example preferably for examining hollow organs or natural or artificially created body cavities in the human or animal body, the probe (10) being designed in the form of a capsule that can be introduced into the body without external connecting elements, comprising an elongate housing (16) and an image pickup unit (26) inside the housing (16) that is designed for optically recording a region (pickup region) outside the probe (10). The image pickup unit (26) is held in a fashion capable of moving inside the housing (16) in order to vary the pickup region by means of such a movement (FIG. 1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2015
    Assignee: Karl Storz GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Klaus M. Irion, Fritz Hensler, Christine Harendt, Heinz-Gerhard Graf, Robert Puers, David Turgis, Bert Lenaerts, Alberto Arena, Arianna Menciassi, Vassilis Kodogiannis
  • Publication number: 20140329224
    Abstract: This patent document relates to the field of biotechnological apparatuses. It relates particularly to a biotechnological apparatus comprising a bioreactor, an exhaust gas temperature control device and a method for treating an exhaust gas stream. This patent document further relates to a connection device for a sterile single-use fluid conduit of a single-use bioreactor and to a method for treating a fluid stream. The reusable connection device comprises a receptacle in which a portion of the fluid conduit can be detachably arranged, and a coupling member connecting the connection device to a temperature control device, the receptacle having a contact surface which is arranged such that the contact surface abuts a fluid conduit arranged in the receptacle, and wherein a portion of a fluid conduit can be introduced into the receptacle in a direction running substantially orthogonally to a longitudinal axis of the connection device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2012
    Publication date: November 6, 2014
    Inventors: Matthias Arnold, Heinz-Gerhard Köhn, Nico Gülzow, Sven Eickelmann, Guido Ertel, Sebastian Selzer