Patents by Inventor Jorge Torras-Pique

Jorge Torras-Pique 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: 11167224
    Abstract: A sedimentation device for material which is contained in fluid, in particular rainwater, includes a sedimentation insert (12) which in the position of use is inserted into a shaft element (12), wherein the sedimentation insert (12) includes a run-in chamber, said run-in chamber being delimited by a run-in chamber side wall (20) which provided with a lateral run-in opening (19) and on its lower side having an outlet opening (23), wherein a flow-breaking device (24) for breaking the flow of a fluid flow which is produced in a throughflow direction (26) between the run-in opening (19) and a run-out opening (25) is assigned to the outlet opening (23), and wherein the sedimentation insert includes a run-out chamber (32) which annularly surrounds the run-in chamber (18) and which is delimited by an inner run-out chamber side wall, a base (33) and an outer run-out chamber side wall (34), wherein the run-out opening (25) is formed on the delimitation of the run-out chamber (32) and wherein the outer run-out chamber
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Assignees: 3P TECHNIK FILTERSYSTEME GMBH, H2O RESEARCH GMBH
    Inventor: Jorge Torras-Piqué
  • Publication number: 20200282339
    Abstract: A sedimentation device for material which is contained in fluid, in particular rainwater, includes a sedimentation insert (12) which in the position of use is inserted into a shaft element (12), wherein the sedimentation insert (12) includes a run-in chamber, said run-in chamber being delimited by a run-in chamber side wall (20) which provided with a lateral run-in opening (19) and on its lower side having an outlet opening (23), wherein a flow-breaking device (24) for breaking the flow of a fluid flow which is produced in a throughflow direction (26) between the run-in opening (19) and a run-out opening (25) is assigned to the outlet opening (23), and wherein the sedimentation insert includes a run-out chamber (32) which annularly surrounds the run-in chamber (18) and which is delimited by an inner run-out chamber side wall, a base (33) and an outer run-out chamber side wall (34), wherein the run-out opening (25) is formed on the delimitation of the run-out chamber (32) and wherein the outer run-out chamber
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2020
    Publication date: September 10, 2020
    Inventor: Jorge Torras-Piqué
  • Patent number: 9970188
    Abstract: In a drainage device for draining road surfaces, parking areas, roof surfaces or the like, comprising a trough body and filter material which is situated in the trough body and is intended for cleaning water loaded with solid particles and/or dissolved pollutants, the filter material is a constituent part of a filter device which has a plurality of filter elements which can be handled individually and, if required, can be removed from the trough body, which filter elements each have a water-permeable enveloping wall with the filter material situated within the enveloping wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2018
    Assignees: H2O Research GmbH, 3P Technik Filtersysteme GmbH
    Inventors: Jorge Torras-Pique, Carsten Dierkes
  • Publication number: 20140332453
    Abstract: In a drainage device for draining road surfaces, parking areas, roof surfaces or the like, comprising a trough body and filter material which is situated in the trough body and is intended for cleaning water loaded with solid particles and/or dissolved pollutants, the filter material is a constituent part of a filter device which has a plurality of filter elements which can be handled individually and, if required, can be removed from the trough body, which filter elements each have a water-permeable enveloping wall with the filter material situated within the enveloping wall.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2014
    Publication date: November 13, 2014
    Inventors: Jorge TORRAS-PIQUE, Carsten DIERKES
  • Publication number: 20120091055
    Abstract: The invention relates to a filter device for cleaning water polluted with solid particles and/or dissolved pollutants, particularly surface water from streets or roof runoffs, comprising a housing (12), which has at least one inlet (13) for polluted water and at least one outlet (14) arranged upstream of the inlet (13) for cleaned water, wherein in the housing (12) in a flow direction (20) of the water a filter unit (16) is arranged between the inlet (13) and the outlet (14), through which filter unit the water to be cleaned flows in the upstream direction, and wherein the filter unit (16) comprises an ion exchanger. The ion exchanger is designed as a synthetic molecular sieve (17).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2010
    Publication date: April 19, 2012
    Applicants: H2O RESEARCH GMBH, 3P TECHNIK FILTERSYSTEME GMBH
    Inventors: Jorge Torras-Pique, Carsten Dierkes