Patents by Inventor Markus Kopetzky

Markus Kopetzky 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).

  • Regulator with multiple flow diffusers
    Patent number: 6945265
    Abstract: A flow-through pressure regulator includes a retainer that secures a diaphragm relative to a seat, and includes an intermediate portion, an end portion and a base portion. The intermediate portion extends along a longitudinal axis and is fixed with respect to the seat. The end portion extends from the intermediate portion and includes a concave surface facing the seat. The regulator includes multiple flow diffusers such that the end portion includes at least one aperture having a flow axis that is oblique to the longitudinal axis so as to reduce noise due to fluid flow and/or the seat forms a passage having an increasing cross-sectional area from an inlet to an outlet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2005
    Assignee: Siemens VDO Automotive Corporation
    Inventors: James Wynn, Jason T. Kilgore, Markus Kopetzky
  • Regulator with multiple flow diffusers
    Publication number: 20040069349
    Abstract: A flow-through pressure regulator includes a retainer that secures a diaphragm relative to a seat, and includes an intermediate portion, an end portion and a base portion. The intermediate portion extends along a longitudinal axis and is fixed with respect to the seat. The end portion extends from the intermediate portion and includes a concave surface facing the seat. The regulator includes multiple flow diffusers such that the end portion includes at least one aperture having a flow axis that is oblique to the longitudinal axis so as to reduce noise due to fluid flow and/or the seat forms a passage having an increasing cross-sectional area from an inlet to an outlet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2003
    Publication date: April 15, 2004
    Inventors: James Wynn, Jason T. Kilgore, Markus Kopetzky