Patents by Inventor Markus Wohrle

Markus Wohrle 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: 20220395843
    Abstract: A shower jet outlet nozzle includes a hollow chamber (1), a lateral wall (2) delimiting the hollow chamber transversely to a nozzle longitudinal axis (DL), and a bottom (3) delimiting the hollow chamber in the direction of the nozzle longitudinal axis on an outlet side, which bottom is made of an elastic material and in which a jet outlet opening structure (4S) including one or a plurality of jet outlet openings (4) and having an open initial configuration, wherein the bottom is configured with the jet outlet opening structure thereof, under the effect of a shower fluid operating pressure in the hollow chamber, to deform in an elastically resilient manner and thereby to steadily increase an opening cross-section of the jet outlet opening structure with increasing shower fluid operating pressure within a normal operating pressure range.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2022
    Publication date: December 15, 2022
    Inventors: Marcel Bilger, Ulrich Kinle, Markus Wõhrle, Pascal Jonat
  • Patent number: 10822777
    Abstract: A sanitary fitting including a water conduit channel. The sanitary fitting illustratively further includes an insertion duct extending into the water conduit channel and including a user-accessible insertion opening, and an insertion plate including at least one sanitary utility element and exhibiting, in a flow-through region in which the plate has flow-through capability from its one plate main side (H1) to its other plate main side (H2), a smaller plate thickness (PD) as compared to its lateral plate dimension (PL), the insertion plate being insertable in a lateral insertion direction (SL) into the insertion duct via the insertion opening and extractable from the insertion duct counter the insertion direction. The insertion duct remains stationary in an operating position, when the insertion plate is inserted or extracted, and the insertion opening remains user-accessible in the stationary operating position of the insertion duct.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2020
    Assignee: Hansgrohe SE
    Inventors: Daniel Philipp Dieterle, Ulrich Kinle, Fabian Melle, Michael Skrypski, Markus Wöhrle
  • Publication number: 20190055721
    Abstract: A sanitary fitting including a water conduit channel. The sanitary fitting illustratively further includes an insertion duct extending into the water conduit channel and including a user-accessible insertion opening, and an insertion plate including at least one sanitary utility element and exhibiting, in a flow-through region in which the plate has flow-through capability from its one plate main side (H1) to its other plate main side (H2), a smaller plate thickness (PD) as compared to its lateral plate dimension (PL), the insertion plate being insertable in a lateral insertion direction (SL) into the insertion duct via the insertion opening and extractable from the insertion duct counter the insertion direction. The insertion duct remains stationary in an operating position, when the insertion plate is inserted or extracted, and the insertion opening remains user-accessible in the stationary operating position of the insertion duct.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2018
    Publication date: February 21, 2019
    Inventors: Joachim Dieterle, Ulrich Kinle, Fabian Melle, Michael Skrypski, Markus Wöhrle
  • Patent number: 9672730
    Abstract: An apparatus for diagnosis of a communication channel, wherein a communication signal serves for data transmission and is a frequency-modulated signal. The apparatus includes a receiving circuit, which serves for receiving the frequency-modulated signal. The receiving circuit includes a monitoring unit, which serves for determining a signal parameter of the frequency-modulated signal. The receiving circuit also includes a demodulator, which serves to demodulate the frequency-modulated signal. The receiving circuit also includes a signal processing unit, which is connected with the demodulator and with the monitoring unit, wherein the signal processing unit, at least at times, serves for evaluating the signal parameter of the frequency-modulated signal determined by means the monitoring unit and, at least at times, for evaluating the demodulated signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2017
    Assignee: ENDRESS + HAUSER WETZER GMBH + CO. KG
    Inventors: Markus Wohrle, Gunter Klotz, Christoph Horn
  • Patent number: 9199252
    Abstract: A shower device according to the invention includes a shower head housing having a jet disk and a multiplicity of jet outlet openings. The jet outlet openings are divided into multiple groups of jet outlet openings. For each group of jet outlet openings, a distinct chamber is formed in the shower head housing. A water inlet can for example be connected by means of a change-over valve to in each case one of the chambers fluidic in parallel. The two chambers are arranged consecutively in the shower head housing. The water exiting the rear chamber as viewed relative to the jet disk can for example pass through the front chamber in a sealed channel or as a jet, which passes through a larger opening of the jet disk.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2015
    Assignee: Hansgrohe SE
    Inventors: Franz Schorn, Klaus Butzke, Markus Wöhrle, Fabian Melle, Juergen Buehler, Sven Kleinwaechter
  • Patent number: 8848807
    Abstract: An apparatus for transmission of electrical energy and data between a primary side and a secondary side. At least one transferring unit is provided between the primary side and the secondary side, that, on the secondary side, at least a first data channel is provided, which has at least one address, that, on the primary side, at least one frequency control unit is provided, which is embodied in such a manner that the frequency control unit sets the working frequency of the transferring unit corresponding to data to be transferred and/or corresponding to the addressing of at least the first data channel, that, on the secondary side, at least one load setting unit is provided, which is embodied in such a manner that the load setting unit sets the electrical load, which lies on the secondary side on the transferring unit, corresponding to data to be transferred and/or corresponding to the address at least of the first data channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2014
    Assignee: Endress + Hauser Wetzer GmbH + Co. KG
    Inventors: Markus Wohrle, Michael Warnking
  • Publication number: 20140015691
    Abstract: An apparatus for diagnosis of a communication channel, wherein a communication signal serves for data transmission and is a frequency-modulated signal. The apparatus includes a receiving circuit, which serves for receiving the frequency-modulated signal. The receiving circuit includes a monitoring unit, which serves for determining a signal parameter of the frequency-modulated signal. The receiving circuit also includes a demodulator, which serves to demodulate the frequency-modulated signal. The receiving circuit also includes a signal processing unit, which is connected with the demodulator and with the monitoring unit, wherein the signal processing unit, at least at times, serves for evaluating the signal parameter of the frequency-modulated signal determined by means the monitoring unit and, at least at times, for evaluating the demodulated signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2013
    Publication date: January 16, 2014
    Inventors: Markus Wohrle, Gunter Klotz, Christoph Honr
  • Publication number: 20140014743
    Abstract: A shower device according to the invention includes a shower head housing having a jet disk and a multiplicity of jet outlet openings. The jet outlet openings are divided into multiple groups of jet outlet openings. For each group of jet outlet openings, a distinct chamber is formed in the shower head housing. A water inlet can for example be connected by means of a change-over valve to in each case one of the chambers fluidic in parallel. The two chambers are arranged consecutively in the shower head housing. The water exiting the rear chamber as viewed relative to the jet disk can for example pass through the front chamber in a sealed channel or as a jet, which passes through a larger opening of the jet disk.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2013
    Publication date: January 16, 2014
    Inventors: Franz SCHORN, Klaus BUTZKE, Markus WÖHRLE, Fabian MELLE, Juergen BUEHLER, Sven KLEINWAECHTER
  • Patent number: 8279632
    Abstract: An apparatus for transfer of electrical energy between a primary side and a secondary side. The apparatus includes: at least one voltage input on the primary side; at least one transformer, wherein the transformer has on the primary side at least a first winding area and a second winding area; and at least one voltage monitoring unit, wherein the voltage monitoring unit is embodied in such a manner, that it connects the voltage input with the first winding area or the second winding area as a function of a primary voltage present at the voltage input.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2012
    Assignee: Endress + Hauser Wetzer GmbH + Co. KG
    Inventor: Markus Wohrle
  • Publication number: 20100321955
    Abstract: An apparatus for transfer of electrical energy between a primary side and a secondary side. The apparatus includes: at least one voltage input on the primary side; at least one transformer, wherein the transformer has on the primary side at least a first winding area and a second winding area; and at least one voltage monitoring unit, wherein the voltage monitoring unit is embodied in such a manner, that it connects the voltage input with the first winding area or the second winding area as a function of a primary voltage present at the voltage input.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 11, 2009
    Publication date: December 23, 2010
    Applicant: Endress + Hauser Wetzer GmbH + Co. KG
    Inventor: Markus Wohrle
  • Publication number: 20100254465
    Abstract: An apparatus for transmission of electrical energy and data between a primary side and a secondary side. At least one transferring unit is provided between the primary side and the secondary side, that, on the secondary side, at least a first data channel is provided, which has at least one address, that, on the primary side, at least one frequency control unit is provided, which is embodied in such a manner that the frequency control unit sets the working frequency of the transferring unit corresponding to data to be transferred and/or corresponding to the addressing of at least the first data channel, that, on the secondary side, at least one load setting unit is provided, which is embodied in such a manner that the load setting unit sets the electrical load, which lies on the secondary side on the transferring unit, corresponding to data to be transferred and/or corresponding to the address at least of the first data channel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2008
    Publication date: October 7, 2010
    Applicant: Endress + Hauser Wetzer GmbH + Co. KG
    Inventors: Markus Wohrle, Michael Warnking
  • Publication number: 20080283631
    Abstract: A shower head according to the invention comprises a rotor with a closing plate which bears against a jet disk with jet passage openings and, when the rotor is rotated, alternately opens and closes said jet passage openings. Pulsed massage jets are generated at the outlet of the jet passage openings as a result. A further jet outlet disk with jet out let openings is arranged downstream of said jet disk, with said jet outlet openings being aligned axially opposite the jet passage openings of the jet disk. Ventilation chambers are arranged between the two disks, said ventilation chambers being connected to the outside of the shower head. The pulsed jets are ventilated downstream of the jet passage openings as a result.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2006
    Publication date: November 20, 2008
    Inventors: Markus Wohrle, Ulrich Kinle