Patents by Inventor Klaus-Dieter Mack

Klaus-Dieter Mack 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).

  • Process for withdrawing a gaseous and liquid cryogenic medium from a storage container, and storage container
    Patent number: 6334312
    Abstract: A process for withdrawing a gaseous and liquid cryogenic medium from a storage container is described, whereby the withdrawing from the gas phase or the liquid phase is carried out via at least one withdrawal line in each case, and these withdrawal lines are joined to at least one line that leads to the consumer of the cryogenic medium and can be switched using a valve between the two withdrawal lines. Further described is a storage container for a cryogenic medium with at least one withdrawal line, via which gaseous, cryogenic medium can be removed, and with at least one withdrawal line, via which liquid cryogenic medium can be removed, with a line, to which the withdrawal lines are joined and with at least one valve, which makes it possible to switch between the two withdrawal lines. According to the invention, valve (9) is moved using at least one electrochemical actuator (10), and the valve (9) and/or electrochemical actuator (10) can be arranged inside storage container (1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2000
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2002
    Assignee: Linde Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Klaus-Dieter Mack, Wilfried Henning Reese, Herbert Schimmer