Patents by Inventor Hendrik van TRIEST

Hendrik van TRIEST 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: 20240060848
    Abstract: The invention relates to a film chamber (10) for testing the sealing tightness of a test specimen containing a test fluid, the film chamber comprising: at least one vacuum connection (20) which can be connected to a vacuum pump (32) and a gas detector (36); at least one flexible wall region (14) that defines a film chamber volume; and a frame (12) that surrounds the flexible wall region (14) on the outside in order to seal the film chamber volume. The film chamber is characterized in that: the vacuum connection (20) is located in a region arranged centrally with respect to the frame (12) and is radially outwardly surrounded by the frame (12); and at least one gas inlet (22, 30) for supplying a carrier gas is located in the region of the outer frame in such a way that the carrier gas flows through the gas inlet through the film chamber volume along the flexible wall region (14) radially from the outside inwardly to the vacuum connection (20).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2021
    Publication date: February 22, 2024
    Applicant: INFICON GMBH
    Inventors: Daniel WETZIG, Maximilian REISMANN, Josef GRENZ, Hendrik VAN TRIEST
  • Publication number: 20230273087
    Abstract: A vacuum leak detection system may comprise a test chamber unit having a test chamber gas inlet and a test chamber gas outlet, a gas detection unit having a gas detection gas inlet and a gas detection gas outlet, and a gas control unit connecting the test chamber gas inlet and the test chamber gas outlet to the gas detection gas inlet and the gas detection gas outlet, which is connected to the test chamber unit and to the gas detection unit, and which has separate gas line paths for optionally connecting the gas inlets and the gas outlets of the test chamber unit and the gas detection unit, wherein the gas control unit has a third gas inlet which is open towards the atmosphere and which can be connected to the test chamber gas inlet via a gas line path running through the gas control unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2021
    Publication date: August 31, 2023
    Inventors: Daniel Wetzig, Maximilian Reismann, Josef Grenz, Hendrik Van Triest
  • Publication number: 20230251159
    Abstract: In a test leakage device (10) for testing the functionality and for calibrating a gas leak detection device having an evacuable test chamber (34) for receiving a test object and the test leakage device (10), wherein the test leakage device (10) has a base (12), a cover (16) and at least one side wall (14) connecting the base (12) to the cover (16), which surround an interior space (20) which can be filled with a test gas or a test liquid, provision is made for the base (12) to have a membrane (24) which is permeable to the test gas or constituents of the test liquid, and for mutually opposite sections of that inner side (18) of the side wall (14) which faces the interior space (20) to be at a greater distance from one another in the region of the cover than in the region of the base.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2021
    Publication date: August 10, 2023
    Inventors: Daniel WETZIG, Maximilian REISMANN, Josef GRENZ, Hendrik VAN TRIEST
  • Patent number: 10401251
    Abstract: The invention relates to a film chamber for receiving a test object to be tested for the presence of a leak, including at least two film layers and at least two frame elements, each of which has a sealing surface so that the two frame elements lie against each other in a gas-tight manner in order to hermetically seal the film chamber. Each of the two film layers has at least one retaining profile in a wall region, and each of the two frame elements has at least one retaining groove in the frame element sealing surface in order to receive a retaining profile such that the two film layers are held between the two frame elements substantially by a formfitting connection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2019
    Assignee: INFICON GmbH
    Inventors: Hendrik Van Triest, Michael Dauenhauer
  • Patent number: 10119883
    Abstract: An evacuable flexible test chamber (10) for a leakage test of a test piece, having a wall (12) surrounding a test chamber volume (36), is characterized in that at least a portion of said wall is made up of two layers (18, 20) of wall material of which at least the layer (20) facing said test chamber volume (36) is made from a flexible material, and that between said two layers (18, 20) an overpressure as compared to the atmosphere surrounding said test chamber (10) is adapted to be created.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2018
    Assignee: INFICON GmbH
    Inventors: Hendrik van Triest, Silvio Decker
  • Publication number: 20170292891
    Abstract: The invention relates to a film chamber for receiving a test object to be tested for the presence of a leak, including at least two film layers and at least two frame elements, each of which has a sealing surface so that the two frame elements lie against each other in a gas-tight manner in order to hermetically seal the film chamber. Each of the two film layers has at least one retaining profile in a wall region, and each of the two frame elements has at least one retaining groove in the frame element sealing surface in order to receive a retaining profile such that the two film layers are held between the two frame elements substantially by a formfitting connection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2015
    Publication date: October 12, 2017
    Inventors: Hendrik Van Triest, Michael Dauenhauer
  • Publication number: 20170097275
    Abstract: An evacuable flexible test chamber (10) for a leakage test of a test piece, having a wall (12) surrounding a test chamber volume (36), is characterized in that at least a portion of said wall is made up of two layers (18, 20) of wall material of which at least the layer (20) facing said test chamber volume (36) is made from a flexible material, and that between said two layers (18, 20) an overpressure as compared to the atmosphere surrounding said test chamber (10) is adapted to be created.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2015
    Publication date: April 6, 2017
    Inventors: Hendrik van TRIEST, Silvio DECKER