Patents by Inventor Karl-Heinz Pree

Karl-Heinz Pree 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).

  • Bung plug having an integrated pressure compensation means
    Patent number: 10787294
    Abstract: The invention relates to bung plug (10) having an integrated pressure compensation means for arrangement in a container lid of a liquid container, the bung plug (10) having a valve housing (15) below a plug depression (12), the valve housing (15) being provided with air passage openings (39, 40) and having a receiving pin (16) arranged centrically in the valve housing (15) for arranging a valve diaphragm (17) whose diaphragm hub (18) is arranged on the receiving pin (16), a radially outward ring edge (19) of the valve diaphragm (17) being in contact with a ring shoulder (20) of the valve housing (15), the diaphragm hub (18) being arranged between a depression bottom (14) of the plug depression (12) and a lid hub (22) of a surge lid (21) arranged on the receiving pin (16) and provided with air passage openings (39, 40), a surge disk (32) being provided between the surge lid (21) and the valve diaphragm (17), wherein the surge disk (32) and the surge lid (21) are realized as a unit and the surge lid (21) has a
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2020
    Assignee: PROTECHNA S.A.
    Inventor: Karl-Heinz Pree
  • BUNG PLUG HAVING AN INTEGRATED PRESSURE COMPENSATION MEANS
    Publication number: 20180319548
    Abstract: The invention relates to bung plug (10) having an integrated pressure compensation means for arrangement in a container lid of a liquid container, the bung plug (10) having a valve housing (15) below a plug depression (12), the valve housing (15) being provided with air passage openings (39, 40) and having a receiving pin (16) arranged centrically in the valve housing (15) for arranging a valve diaphragm (17) whose diaphragm hub (18) is arranged on the receiving pin (16), a radially outward ring edge (19) of the valve diaphragm (17) being in contact with a ring shoulder (20) of the valve housing (15), the diaphragm hub (18) being arranged between a depression bottom (14) of the plug depression (12) and a lid hub (22) of a surge lid (21) arranged on the receiving pin (16) and provided with air passage openings (39, 40), a surge disk (32) being provided between the surge lid (21) and the valve diaphragm (17), wherein the surge disk (32) and the surge lid (21) are realized as a unit and the surge lid (21) has a
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2016
    Publication date: November 8, 2018
    Inventor: Karl-Heinz Pree