Patents by Inventor Kai WERNER

Kai WERNER 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: 20250164032
    Abstract: A valve (1) for a fluid line (2), comprising at least: a valve housing (3) having an inlet (4) for a fluid and an outlet (5) for the fluid; a pressure sensor (6) disposed at least partially inside the valve housing (3); and at least one valve body (7), which can be moved into an open position (8) to open the valve (1) and into a first closed position (9) and into a second closed position (10) to close the valve (1), wherein the pressure sensor (6) can be used to measure a pressure of the fluid in the inlet (4) in the first closed position (9) and to measure the pressure of the fluid in the outlet (5) in 10 the second closed position (10). In addition, this invention relates to a device (14) having such a valve (1) and to a usage of such a valve (1).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2023
    Publication date: May 22, 2025
    Applicant: Grohe AG
    Inventors: Daniel RADERMACHER, Kai WERNER, Dirk BERGERS
  • Publication number: 20250154434
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a package or device comprising a water-soluble container in which is contained a dishwashing detergent composition comprising at least one fatty acid glucamide and at least one fatty alcohol alkoxylate, wherein the composition has a water content of <20 wt. %. The invention further relates to a method of preparing such a package or device, wherein the method comprising the steps of: a. Mixing at least one fatty acid glucamide with at least one fatty alcohol alkoxylate to provide a dishwashing detergent composition; b. Optionally adding at least one solid component to the the dishwashing detergent composition; c. Packaging the dishwashing detergent composition in a water-soluble container to provide the package or device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2023
    Publication date: May 15, 2025
    Inventors: Alias Younis Al-Bayati, Kai Werner Heppert, Torsten Roth, Itahisa Suarez
  • Patent number: 12246868
    Abstract: A method of forming an automatic dishwashing pouch comprising the steps of: providing a sheet of material (10); identifying one or more regions of the material; heating the material with a heating device having a non-uniform heating profile, the non-uniform heating profile arranged to heat the identified region(s) to a greater temperature than other regions of the material; and forming the material in a mould to form the automatic dishwashing pouch, the automatic dishwashing pouch including a plurality of cavities (12).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2025
    Assignee: Reckitt Benckiser Finish B.V.
    Inventors: Alias Younis Al-Bayati, Kai Werner Heppert, Krzysztof Paziewski, Torsten Roth, Claudia Schmaelzle, Christian Schneeweiss, Boris Seitz
  • Patent number: 11731600
    Abstract: An ABS pressure control valve assembly for controlling the fluid pressure in a pressure-medium-operated brake system of a vehicle having brake slip control, by which the brake pressure in pressure-medium-operated brake actuators is adaptively adjusted for a locking tendency of individual wheels of the vehicle. Two membranes of two membrane valves are clamped between two housing parts and an intermediate plate. Also described are a pressure-medium-operated brake system of a vehicle with brake-slip control, including at least one such ABS pressure control valve assembly, and to a method for producing such an ABS pressure control valve assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: KNORR-BREMSE SYSTEME FUER NUTZFAHRZEUGE GMBH
    Inventors: Friedbert Roether, Kai Werner, Gerhard Wieder, René Jonkmann, Alexander Krumrey, Reiner Maerkle
  • Patent number: 11585037
    Abstract: A dosing device or system for dispensing tablets, which can include at least one active ingredient for an automatic washing process, into an automatic washing machine, wherein the dosing device or system is for dispensing one or more, but not all, of the tablets at once into the automatic washing machine, and wherein the dosing device or system can be for dispensing only one tablet at once.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: Reckitt Benckiser Finish B.V.
    Inventors: Henry Matthew Lawrence Fletcher, Max William Middleton, Colin Pryor, Simon Burge, Charles Kevin Dillon, Iain Christopher Smith, Mike Andrew Vilhauer, Thomas Murray Fry, Rosanna Elizabeth Parrish, Jörg Peter Pflug, Kai Werner Heppert
  • Patent number: 11485333
    Abstract: A diaphragm valve (DV), includes: an elastomer-diaphragm (ED) in/on a valve-housing via a radially-outer-edge-bead and interacts with a DV-seat (DVS); a first-control-chamber (CC), delimited by a first-surface, facing away from the DVS, of the ED and loadable and relieved of load by a pressure-medium (PM), and when the first-CC is loaded, the ED is pushed against the DVS; a second-CC, delimited by a second-surface, facing away from the first-surface, of the ED and loadable and relieved of load and surrounds the DVS, and, when the second-CC is loaded by PM, the ED lifts off from the DVS and the second-CC is connected to a PM-flow-channel (FC), on which the DVS is formed at an end-side; and the PM-FC, DVS, ED are coaxial as to an axial-direction, and the smallest thickness of the ED's central-region, as to a radial-direction perpendicular to the axial-direction, is at least 30% of the PM-FC's inner-diameter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: KNORR-BREMSE SYSTEME FUER NUTZFAHRZEUGE GMBH
    Inventors: Kai Werner, Jan Grebe
  • Patent number: 11445885
    Abstract: A dosing device or system for dispensing tablets, which can include at least one active ingredient for an automatic washing process, into an automatic washing machine, wherein the dosing device or system is for dispensing one or more, but not all, of the tablets at once into the automatic washing machine, and wherein the dosing device or system can be for dispensing only one tablet at once.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignee: Reckitt Benckiser Finish B.V.
    Inventors: Henry Matthew Lawrence Fletcher, Joerg Peter Pflug, Kai Werner Heppert
  • Patent number: 11390981
    Abstract: A dosing device or system for dispensing tablets, which can include at least one active ingredient for an automatic washing process, into an automatic washing machine, wherein the dosing device or system is for dispensing one or more, but not all, of the tablets at once into the automatic washing machine, and wherein the dosing device or system can be for dispensing only one tablet at once.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Assignee: RECKITT BENCKISER FINISH B.V.
    Inventors: Henry Matthew Lawrence Fletcher, Max William Middleton, Joerg Peter Pflug, Kai Werner Heppert
  • Publication number: 20220081656
    Abstract: A method of forming an automatic dishwashing pouch comprising the steps of: providing a sheet of material (10); identifying one or more regions of the material; heating the material with a heating device having a non-uniform heating profile, the non-uniform heating profile arranged to heat the identified region(s) to a greater temperature than other regions of the material; and forming the material in a mould to form the automatic dishwashing pouch, the automatic dishwashing pouch including a plurality of cavities (12).
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2020
    Publication date: March 17, 2022
    Applicant: Reckitt Benckiser Finish B.V.
    Inventors: Alias Younis AL-BAYATI, Kai Werner HEPPERT, Krzysztof PAZIEWSKI, Torsten ROTH, Claudia SCHMAELZLE, Christian SCHNEEWEISS, Boris SEITZ
  • Publication number: 20210402967
    Abstract: An ABS pressure control valve assembly for controlling the fluid pressure in a pressure-medium-operated brake system of a vehicle having brake slip control, by which the brake pressure in pressure-medium-operated brake actuators is adaptively adjusted for a locking tendency of individual wheels of the vehicle. Two membranes of two membrane valves are clamped between two housing parts and an intermediate plate. Also described are a pressure-medium-operated brake system of a vehicle with brake-slip control, including at least one such ABS pressure control valve assembly, and to a method for producing such an ABS pressure control valve assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2019
    Publication date: December 30, 2021
    Inventors: Friedbert Roether, Kai Werner, Gerhard Wieder, René Jonkmann, Alexander Krumrey, Reiner Maerkle
  • Patent number: 10988126
    Abstract: A solenoid valve apparatus for a brake system for a vehicle, including: a main valve unit; a pilot-control valve unit that is fluidically connected to the main valve unit; and a housing to accommodate at least the main valve unit and the pilot-control valve unit; in which the pilot-control valve unit includes a double solenoid unit and at least one valve device, in which the double solenoid unit is formed such that it can be populated with at least one valve device, and in which the double solenoid unit has at least two accommodating portions for accommodating valve devices and at least two solenoid devices for actuating valve devices. Also described are a related braking system and a related method for mounting a solenoid valve assembly for a braking system for a vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2021
    Assignee: KNORR-BREMSE SYSTEME FUER NUTZFAHRZEUGE GMBH
    Inventors: Friedbert Roether, Ralf Woerner, Kai Werner, Gerhard Wieder
  • Publication number: 20200282966
    Abstract: A diaphragm valve (DV), includes: an elastomer-diaphragm (ED) in/on a valve-housing via a radially-outer-edge-bead and interacts with a DV-seat (DVS); a first-control-chamber (CC), delimited by a first-surface, facing away from the DVS, of the ED and loadable and relieved of load by a pressure-medium (PM), and when the first-CC is loaded, the ED is pushed against the DVS; a second-CC, delimited by a second-surface, facing away from the first-surface, of the ED and loadable and relieved of load and surrounds the DVS, and, when the second-CC is loaded by PM, the ED lifts off from the DVS and the second-CC is connected to a PM-flow-channel (FC), on which the DVS is formed at an end-side; and the PM-FC, DVS, ED are coaxial as to an axial-direction, and the smallest thickness of the ED's central-region, as to a radial-direction perpendicular to the axial-direction, is at least 30% of the PM-FC's inner-diameter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2018
    Publication date: September 10, 2020
    Inventors: Kai Werner, Jan Grebe
  • Patent number: 10730494
    Abstract: Described is a housing component of a housing of a vehicle pressure-medium-conducting apparatus, including: at least one connector bore having an internal thread for screwing-in a connector element having an external thread for feeding and/or discharging the pressure medium to/from the apparatus; in which a material of the housing component is composed, at least in a region of the connector bore, of a thermoplastic of PPA (polyphthalamide). Also described is a pressure-medium-conducting device of a vehicle, including: at least one housing having at least one housing component, wherein the housing component includes: at least one connector bore having an internal thread for screwing-in a connector element having an external thread for feeding and/or discharging the pressure medium to/from the apparatus; in which a material of the housing component is composed, at least in a region of the connector bore, of a thermoplastic of PPA (polyphthalamide).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2020
    Assignee: KNORR-BREMSE SYSTEME FUER NUTZFAHRZEUGE GMBH
    Inventors: Jan Grebe, Kai Werner
  • Publication number: 20200221924
    Abstract: A dosing device or system for dispensing tablets, which can include at least one active ingredient for an automatic washing process, into an automatic washing machine, wherein the dosing device or system is for dispensing one or more, but not all, of the tablets at once into the automatic washing machine, and wherein the dosing device or system can be for dispensing only one tablet at once.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2017
    Publication date: July 16, 2020
    Inventors: Henry Matthew Lawrence Fletcher, Jorg Peter Pflug, Kai Werner Heppert
  • Publication number: 20190307311
    Abstract: A dosing device or system for dispensing tablets, which can include at least one active ingredient for an automatic washing process, into an automatic washing machine, wherein the dosing device or system is for dispensing one or more, but not all, of the tablets at once into the automatic washing machine, and wherein the dosing device or system can be for dispensing only one tablet at once.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2017
    Publication date: October 10, 2019
    Inventors: Henry Matthew Lawrence Fletcher, Max William Middleton, Colin Pryor, Simon Burge, Charles Kevin Dillon, Iain Christopher Smith, Mike Andrew Vilhauer, Thomas Murray Fry, Rosanna Elizabeth Wells, Jorg Peter Pflug, Kai Werner Heppert
  • Publication number: 20190307310
    Abstract: A dosing device or system for dispensing tablets, which can include at least one active ingredient for an automatic washing process, into an automatic washing machine, wherein the dosing device or system is for dispensing one or more, but not all, of the tablets at once into the automatic washing machine, and wherein the dosing device or system can be for dispensing only one tablet at once.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2017
    Publication date: October 10, 2019
    Inventors: Henry Matthew Lawrence Fletcher, Max William Middleton, Jorg Peter Pflug, Kai Werner Heppert
  • Publication number: 20190193706
    Abstract: A solenoid valve apparatus for a brake system for a vehicle, including: a main valve unit; a pilot-control valve unit that is fluidically connected to the main valve unit; and a housing to accommodate at least the main valve unit and the pilot-control valve unit; in which the pilot-control valve unit includes a double solenoid unit and at least one valve device, in which the double solenoid unit is formed such that it can be populated with at least one valve device, and in which the double solenoid unit has at least two accommodating portions for accommodating valve devices and at least two solenoid devices for actuating valve devices. Also described are a related braking system and a related method for mounting a solenoid valve assembly for a braking system for a vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2017
    Publication date: June 27, 2019
    Inventors: Friedbert Roether, Dieter Woerner, Kai Werner, Gerhard Wieder
  • Publication number: 20180154877
    Abstract: Described is a housing component of a housing of a vehicle pressure-medium-conducting apparatus, including: at least one connector bore having an internal thread for screwing-in a connector element having an external thread for feeding and/or discharging the pressure medium to/from the apparatus; in which a material of the housing component is composed, at least in a region of the connector bore, of a thermoplastic of PPA (polyphthalamide). Also described is a pressure-medium-conducting device of a vehicle, including: at least one housing having at least one housing component, wherein the housing component includes: at least one connector bore having an internal thread for screwing-in a connector element having an external thread for feeding and/or discharging the pressure medium to/from the apparatus; in which a material of the housing component is composed, at least in a region of the connector bore, of a thermoplastic of PPA (polyphthalamide).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2016
    Publication date: June 7, 2018
    Inventors: Jan Grebe, Kai Werner
  • Publication number: 20160327068
    Abstract: A quick-action bleeder valve device for a pneumatic actuator of a pneumatic system, includes: a housing; a first connection which is connectable to a chamber of the actuator, which chamber can be ventilated and bled; a second connection which is connectable directly or indirectly to a compressed air source; a flow duct, formed in the housing, between the first connection and the second connection, the flow duct being constricted at a constriction point or throttle point by a reduced flow cross section; a diaphragm valve, arranged in the housing, including at least one diaphragm which interacts with a valve seat, wherein in an open position of the diaphragm valve, in which the diaphragm is lifted off from the valve seat, a pressure sink is connected to the first connection, and in a closed position of the diaphragm valve, in which the diaphragm is seated on the valve seat in a seal-forming fashion, this connection is interrupted; wherein at least part of a first effective area of the diaphragm, which effective
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2014
    Publication date: November 10, 2016
    Inventors: Jan GREBE, Thomas BEMETZ, Kai WERNER, Dirk BRENNER, Zsigmond CSOMA
  • Publication number: 20110017620
    Abstract: A waterproof enclosure for use with a personal music player having an earphone jack has a case formed of a flexible material and creates a watertight interior space sized to receive the personal music player. The case can have a lineout having a proximal end coupled to the case and a distal end with a waterproof sound emitting component. The case can have an audio adapter coupled to the case and to the sound emitting component and having a stem projecting into the interior space, the stem sized to connect with the earphone jack. The lineout can be integrally molded with the case.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2010
    Publication date: January 27, 2011
    Inventors: Janet Lee Latchford, Lynette Kay Werner, Bryan Jon Lempia