Patents by Inventor Hubert AUER

Hubert AUER 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: 12668477
    Abstract: Device for filling a container with a filling product, for example in a beverage filling system, and method for monitoring a filling process, wherein the device comprises: at least one filling member with a product chamber for receiving the filling product and introducing the filling product via an outlet into the container to be filled; and a measuring portion with a least one spectral sensor which is configured to determine one or more properties of the filling product on the basis of a spectroscopic measuring principle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2024
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2026
    Assignee: KRONES AG
    Inventors: Ines Bradshaw, Stefan Poeschl, Valentin Becher, Eva Beierle, Hubert Auer, Joerg Zacharias
  • Publication number: 20240279042
    Abstract: Device for filling a container with a filling product, for example in a beverage filling system, and method for monitoring a filling process, wherein the device comprises: at least one filling member with a product chamber for receiving the filling product and introducing the filling product via an outlet into the container to be filled; and a measuring portion with a least one spectral sensor which is configured to determine one or more properties of the filling product on the basis of a spectroscopic measuring principle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2024
    Publication date: August 22, 2024
    Inventors: Ines BRADSHAW, Stefan POESCHL, Valentin BECHER, Eva BEIERLE, Hubert AUER, Joerg ZACHARIAS
  • Patent number: 11702332
    Abstract: A filling valve for filling a container with a filling product, e.g., a beverage in a beverage filling system, includes a valve base body. The valve base body includes an outlet configured to discharge the filling product into the container; a swirl chamber configured to receive the filling product and is able to be brought into a fluidic connection with the outlet; and a main inlet, which feeds into the swirl chamber and is configured to introduce at least one main component of the filling product into the swirl chamber such that the filling product is swirled in the swirl chamber, whereby after exiting from the outlet the filling product flows downwardly in a spiral movement in the container. The swirl chamber has an annular shape, the cross-sectional contour thereof having a rounded shape, substantially without corner points, in the direction of extent and perpendicular to the direction of extent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: KRONES AG
    Inventors: Valentin Becher, Benedikt Hengl, Josef Doblinger, Anton Huber, Hubert Auer, Stefan Poeschl
  • Publication number: 20210009403
    Abstract: A filling valve for filling a container with a filling product, e.g., a beverage in a beverage filling system, includes a valve base body. The valve base body includes an outlet configured to discharge the filling product into the container; a swirl chamber configured to receive the filling product and is able to be brought into a fluidic connection with the outlet; and a main inlet, which feeds into the swirl chamber and is configured to introduce at least one main component of the filling product into the swirl chamber such that the filling product is swirled in the swirl chamber, whereby after exiting from the outlet the filling product flows downwardly in a spiral movement in the container. The swirl chamber has an annular shape, the cross-sectional contour thereof having a rounded shape, substantially without corner points, in the direction of extent and perpendicular to the direction of extent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2020
    Publication date: January 14, 2021
    Inventors: Valentin BECHER, Benedikt HENGL, Josef DOBLINGER, Anton HUBER, Hubert AUER, Stefan POESCHL