Patents by Inventor Markus LEUTNER

Markus LEUTNER 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: 12110971
    Abstract: A single-lever cartridge for adjusting mixed water by a swivel lever, having a control disk arrangement, which has a stationary control disk in a stationary position in the cartridge, in which a cold-water inlet and a hot-water inlet and a mixed-water outlet are formed, and a dynamic control disk displaceable by the swivel lever, in which a recess is formed, which is disposed in different overlaps with the cold-water inlets and hot-water inlets and the mixed-water outlet to adjust the mixed water fed from the mixed-water outlet of the stationary control disk, wherein the two control disks are in sliding contact with sealing surfaces facing each other at a sealing plane, and wherein the mouths of the cold-water inlets and hot-water inlets are formed in the sealing surface of the stationary control disk, which mouths can be covered by the sealing surface of the dynamic control disk.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2024
    Assignee: GROHE AG
    Inventors: Jan Philipp Tueshaus, Stefan Steinhoff, Martin Weiss, Markus Leutner
  • Publication number: 20220196165
    Abstract: A single-lever cartridge for a sanitary faucet for adjusting the temperature and/or quantity of mixed water by means of a swivel lever (3), having a control disk arrangement (5), which has a stationary control disk (6) disposed in a stationary position in the cartridge, in which a cold-water inlet and a hot-water inlet (27, 29) and a mixed-water outlet (31) are formed, and a dynamic control disk (8) displaceable by means of the swivel lever (3), in which a recess (33) is formed, which is disposed in different overlaps with the cold-water inlets and hot-water inlets (29, 27) and the mixed-water outlet (31) to adjust the temperature and/or quantity of the mixed water fed from the mixed-water outlet (31) of the stationary control disk (6), wherein the two control disks (6, 8) are in sliding contact with sealing surfaces (35, 37) facing each other at a sealing plane (DE), and wherein the mouths (39) of the cold-water inlets and hot-water inlets (29, 27) are formed in the sealing surface (35) of the stationary con
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2020
    Publication date: June 23, 2022
    Applicant: Grohe AG
    Inventors: Jan Philipp TUESHAUS, Stefan STEINHOFF, Martin WEISS, Markus LEUTNER