Patents by Inventor Jurgen Fuchs

Jurgen Fuchs 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: 12109390
    Abstract: An infusion system includes a pump and a replaceable pump module. The pump module can be arranged in a mount of the pump and includes a plunger-barrel unit operatively connectable to a drive mechanism of the pump. The pump module includes a plunger that can be coupled to the drive mechanism by a coupling structure operatively connected to the plunger and a counter-coupling structure for connecting engagement in the coupling structure and operatively connected to the drive mechanism. In a securing position, the infusion system includes a securing member which locks the coupling structure and the counter-coupling structure to each other. In addition or in the alternative, the infusion pump includes a control link operatively connected to the pump module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2024
    Assignee: Braun Melsungen AG
    Inventors: Jürgen Fuchs, Jürgen Hartung, Jürgen Steger
  • Patent number: 11395876
    Abstract: A pump module for an infusion pump includes a plunger-cylinder unit that can be coupled to the infusion pump in order to deliver fluid from a fluid feed line into a fluid drain line to a patient. The plunger-cylinder unit has a delivery chamber that is fluidically connected to the fluid feed line and the fluid drain line. The delivery chamber is delimited by the cylinder (14). The plunger can be moved linearly/back and forth in the axial direction. A plunger seal seals the plunger in relation to the cylinder. The section of the wall of the cylinder, over which the plunger seal passes during the back-and-forth motion of the plunger, is sealed in a sterile manner in relation to the surroundings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2022
    Assignee: B. BRAUN MELSUNGEN AG
    Inventors: Jürgen Fuchs, Jürgen Hartung, Jürgen Steger
  • Patent number: 11304875
    Abstract: A piercing part for a medical infusion system includes a housing with a piercing mandrel, a fluid channel and a ventilation channel with a first channel portion extending at least substantially parallel to the fluid channel and with a second channel portion diverted towards an outside of the housing and to which an air filter element and a fluid shut-off member are assigned. A drip chamber can include a piercing part. The piercing part can be produced by an injection molding tool. The second channel portion in the housing is oriented parallel to the first channel portion and open towards an inside of the housing. An open region of the channel portion is closed by a separately produced closure part. The piercing part can be used with a medical infusion system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: B. BRAUN MELSUNGEN AG
    Inventors: Jürgen Fuchs, Christof Schlitt, Siegbert Vial
  • Patent number: 11298518
    Abstract: A medical fluid connector, having a first body with a tube section with an inlet and a first thread, a second body with an outlet and a second thread that engages the first thread to move the first and second bodies between closed and opened positions. The second body has a third thread that is configured to rotate in the opposite direction in relation to said first and second threads. The connector has a closure cap with a fourth thread that, in a delivery state of the fluid connector, is detachably screwed to the third thread of the second body, wherein the fluid connector assumes the open position, and wherein the outlet is closed off in an air-permeable and liquid-tight manner by means of the closure cap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: B. BRAUN MELSUNGEN AG
    Inventors: Jürgen Fuchs, Mario Hatszky
  • Patent number: 11197801
    Abstract: A securing device for securing an infusion appliance to an infusion container includes a first fastening element, which is designed in such a way that it is connectable to a fastening region of the infusion container, and a second fastening element, which is arranged at a distance from the first fastening element and which is designed in such a way that it is connectable to a fastening region of the infusion appliance. At least one connection element connects the first fastening element and the second fastening element to each other. The securing device can be used for medical infusion and transfusion arrangements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2021
    Assignee: B. BRAUN MELSUNGEN AG
    Inventor: Jürgen Fuchs
  • Publication number: 20210187192
    Abstract: An infusion system includes a pump and a replaceable pump module. The pump module can be arranged in a mount of the pump and includes a plunger-barrel unit operatively connectable to a drive mechanism of the pump. The pump module includes a plunger that can be coupled to the drive mechanism by a coupling structure operatively connected to the plunger and a counter-coupling structure for connecting engagement in the coupling structure and operatively connected to the drive mechanism. In a securing position, the infusion system includes a securing member which locks the coupling structure and the counter-coupling structure to each other. In addition or in the alternative, the infusion pump includes a control link operatively connected to the pump module.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2019
    Publication date: June 24, 2021
    Inventors: Jürgen Fuchs, Jürgen Hartung, Jürgen Steger
  • Patent number: 10899617
    Abstract: An apparatus is provided for treatment of process gas formed during nitric acid production by catalytic oxidation of NH3. The apparatus includes a reactor, a first catalyst bed for N2O decomposition, an absorption tower to react the NOx formed with an absorption medium downstream of the first catalyst bed, a device for adding NH3 added to tailgas entering the second catalyst bed, and a second catalyst bed for NOx reduction and further decrease in N2O in the tailgas exiting the absorption tower. The second catalyst bed contains at least one iron-loaded zeolite catalyst. N2O removal in the first catalyst bed is limited such that the process gas exiting the first catalyst bed exhibits a N2O content of >100 ppmv and a molar N2O/NOx ratio of >0.25. Treated gas exiting the second catalyst bed has a NOx concentration of <40 ppmv and a N2O concentration of <200 ppmv.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2021
    Assignee: THYSSENKRUPP INDUSTRIAL SOLUTIONS AG
    Inventors: Meinhard Schwefer, Rolf Siefert, Jürgen Fuchs, Klaus Ruthardt, Michael Groves
  • Patent number: 10603648
    Abstract: A method for disposing a bed comprising particles in a burner through which a gas can flow, more particularly in a burner basket of an ammonia oxidation burner, where the particles are disposed such that the bed has a greater flow resistance in an edge region of the burner than in an inner region of the burner. Further, a burner basket for a burner may have a bed comprising particles, wherein the particles are disposed such that the bed has a greater flow resistance in an edge region of the burner basket than in an inner region of the burner basket.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2020
    Assignees: THYSSENKRUPP INDUSTRIAL SOLUTIONS AG, THYSSENKRUPP AG
    Inventors: Jürgen Fuchs, Klaus Ruthardt, Rolf Siefert
  • Patent number: 10308510
    Abstract: A burner basket for an ammonia oxidation burner includes a gas-permeable bottom plate, with a side wall that is spaced apart from the bottom plate by a gap, and a retaining device covering the bottom plate and the gap for retaining particles of a bulk material that can be arranged in the burner basket. A fastening element is arranged on the bottom plate, by which the retaining device is fixed in place. An ammonia oxidation burner comprises a burner for oxidizing ammonia and a burner basket.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2019
    Assignees: THYSSENKRUPP INDUSTRIAL SOLUTIONS AG, THYSSENKRUPP AG
    Inventors: Jürgen Fuchs, Klaus Ruthardt
  • Patent number: 10220198
    Abstract: A connection device includes a connection body which has a hose adapter and a connector piece for releasably fastening a further fluid conduit component or fluid storage component. The connection body is coaxially surrounded by a securing sleeve. The securing sleeve is axially securable on the connection body in two securing positions that are axially mutually spaced apart relative to a central longitudinal axis of the connection body. Rotatability of the securing sleeve is possible in a first securing position, and jamming of the securing sleeve on a hose portion that is plug-fitted onto the hose adapter is possible in a second securing position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2019
    Assignee: B. Braun Melsungen AG
    Inventors: Jürgen Fuchs, Jürgen Hartung
  • Publication number: 20180001074
    Abstract: A connection device includes a connection body which has a hose adapter and a connector piece for releasably fastening a further fluid conduit component or fluid storage component. The connection body is coaxially surrounded by a securing sleeve. The securing sleeve is axially securable on the connection body in two securing positions that are axially mutually spaced apart relative to a central longitudinal axis of the connection body. Rotatability of the securing sleeve is possible in a first securing position, and jamming of the securing sleeve on a hose portion that is plug-fitted onto the hose adapter is possible in a second securing position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2016
    Publication date: January 4, 2018
    Inventors: Jürgen Fuchs, Jürgen Hartung
  • Publication number: 20170348660
    Abstract: A method for disposing a bed comprising particles in a burner through which a gas can flow, more particularly in a burner basket of an ammonia oxidation burner, where the particles are disposed such that the bed has a greater flow resistance in an edge region of the burner than in an inner region of the burner. Further, a burner basket for a burner may have a bed comprising particles, wherein the particles are disposed such that the bed has a greater flow resistance in an edge region of the burner basket than in an inner region of the burner basket.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2015
    Publication date: December 7, 2017
    Applicants: ThyssenKrupp Industrial Solutions AG, thyssenkrupp AG
    Inventors: Jürgen Fuchs, Klaus Ruthardt, Rolf Siefert
  • Publication number: 20170334722
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process and apparatus for preparing nitric acid by catalytic oxidation of NH3 by means of oxygen and subsequent reaction of the NOx formed with an absorption medium in an absorption tower, which comprises a catalyst bed for N2O decomposition arranged in the process gas downstream of the catalytic NH3 oxidation and upstream of the absorption tower in the flow direction and a catalyst bed for NOx reduction and effecting a further decrease in the amount of N2O arranged in the tailgas downstream of the absorption tower in the flow direction, wherein the amount of N2O removed in the catalyst bed for N2O removal arranged in the process gas is not more than that which results in an N2O content of >100 ppmv and a molar N2O/NOx ratio of >0.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2017
    Publication date: November 23, 2017
    Inventors: Meinhard Schwefer, Rolf Siefert, Jürgen Fuchs, Klaus Ruthardt, Michael Groves
  • Publication number: 20170260051
    Abstract: A burner basket for an ammonia oxidation burner includes a gas-permeable bottom plate, with a side wall that is spaced apart from the bottom plate by a gap, and a retaining device covering the bottom plate and the gap for retaining particles of a bulk material that can be arranged in the burner basket. A fastening element is arranged on the bottom plate, by which the retaining device is fixed in place. An ammonia oxidation burner comprises a burner for oxidizing ammonia and a burner basket.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2015
    Publication date: September 14, 2017
    Applicants: ThyssenKrupp Industrial Solutions AG, ThyssenKrupp AG
    Inventors: Jürgen Fuchs, Klaus Ruthardt
  • Patent number: 9738521
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process and apparatus for preparing nitric acid by catalytic oxidation of NH3 by means of oxygen and subsequent reaction of the NOx formed with an absorption medium in an absorption tower, which comprises a catalyst bed for N2O decomposition arranged in the process gas downstream of the catalytic NH3 oxidation and upstream of the absorption tower in the flow direction and a catalyst bed for NOx reduction and effecting a further decrease in the amount of N2O arranged in the tailgas downstream of the absorption tower in the flow direction, wherein the amount of N2O removed in the catalyst bed for N2O removal arranged in the process gas is not more than that which results in an N2O content of >100 ppmv and a molar N2O/NOx ratio of >0.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2017
    Assignee: THYSSENKRUPP UHDE GMBH
    Inventors: Meinhard Schwefer, Rolf Siefert, Jürgen Fuchs, Klaus Ruthardt, Michael Groves
  • Patent number: 9383099
    Abstract: A sealing system of a burner basket in an ammonia oxidation burner, wherein the burner basket has a wall that is anchored in the ammonia oxidation burner and the burner basket has a gas-permeable bottom plate, which is placed on further internal fittings of the ammonia oxidation burner and has a peripheral rim, wherein the wall and the gas-permeable bottom plate are not mechanically connected to each other, and so there is a gap between the wall and the peripheral rim of the bottom plate, wherein at the peripheral rim of the bottom plate a rim seal that is made up of individual segments is mounted movably by way of guiding pins and the rim seal projects over the gap between the peripheral rim of the bottom plate to the wall and lies against the wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2016
    Assignee: Thyssenkrupp Industrial Solutions Gmbh
    Inventor: Jürgen Fuchs
  • Patent number: 9266081
    Abstract: Improved reactors for catalytic, exothermic gas phase reactions with, as seen in the flow direction of a feed gas, which contains at least one oxidant and at least one component to be oxidized, an entry zone (1), a reaction zone (2) comprising at least one catalyst (4) and an exit zone (3) for the product gas are described. The reactors, at least in the area of the entry zone (1), have means, for example insulating jackets (6) and/or devices for the transport of cooling agents, which decrease the transport of heat produced in the reaction zone (2) into the entry zone (1) and thus decrease the risks of pre-ignition of the feed gas mixture employed or of the course of undesired side reactions in the entry zone (1) and/or wherein the inner walls of the reactor, at least in the area of the entry zone (1), are elaborated from inert material. The feed gas enters into the entry zone (1) as a homogeneous gas mixture with respect to its substance composition via one or more feed lines (30).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2016
    Assignee: UHDE GMBH
    Inventors: Meinhard Schwefer, Michael Groves, Jürgen Fuchs, Rainer Maurer, Rolf Siefert, Bernhard Hündgen
  • Patent number: 9108175
    Abstract: Improved reactors for catalytic, exothermic gas-phase reactions having, viewed in the flow direction of a feed gas, an inlet zone (1), a reaction zone (2) containing at least one catalyst (4), and an outlet zone (3) for the product gas, are described. The reactors are provided in the inlet zone (1) or in the inlet zone (1) and the reaction zone (2) with an insulating liner (6) and/or apparatuses for the transport of cooling media and/or the interior walls of the reactor in the inlet zone (1) or in the inlet zone (1) and the reaction zone (2) consist of inert material. The insulating liner and/or cooling media reduce heat transport from the reaction zone (2) into the inlet zone (1) and thus reduce the risk of preignition of the feed gas mixture used or occurrence of undesirable secondary reactions in the inlet zone (1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2015
    Assignee: UHDE GMBH
    Inventors: Meinhard Schwefer, Michael Groves, Jürgen Fuchs, Rainer Maurer, Rolf Siefert, Bernhard Hündgen
  • Publication number: 20150209754
    Abstract: Burner basket system for ammonia oxidation burners for industrial plants with burner diameters of 2-7 m in a natural- or forced-circulation boiler suitable for minimizing gas slip and for minimizing wave formation contents in the burner basket and loss of contents in the burner basket, wherein the burner basket has a wall anchored in the ammonia oxidation burner and the burner basket has a gas-permeable bottom plate, placed on internal fittings of the forced circulation boiler, wherein the wall and the gas-permeable bottom plate are not mechanically connected to each other, and the wall of the burner basket tapers conically towards the bottom plate at an angle of 5-20° from the perpendicular, and in all operating states of the ammonia oxidation burner there is a peripheral gap in the range from 5 to 10 mm between the wall and the gas-permeable bottom plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2012
    Publication date: July 30, 2015
    Applicant: THYSSENKRUPP INDUSTRIAL SOLUTIONS GMBH
    Inventor: Jürgen Fuchs
  • Publication number: 20140353918
    Abstract: A sealing system of a burner basket in an ammonia oxidation burner, wherein the burner basket has a wall that is anchored in the ammonia oxidation burner and the burner basket has a gas-permeable bottom plate, which is placed on further internal fittings of the ammonia oxidation burner and has a peripheral rim, wherein the wall and the gas-permeable bottom plate are not mechanically connected to each other, and so there is a gap between the wall and the peripheral rim of the bottom plate, wherein at the peripheral rim of the bottom plate a rim seal that is made up of individual segments is mounted movably by way of guiding pins and the rim seal projects over the gap between the peripheral rim of the bottom plate to the wall and lies against the wall.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2012
    Publication date: December 4, 2014
    Applicant: THYSSENKRUPP INDUSTRIAL SOLUTIONS GMBH
    Inventor: Jürgen Fuchs