Patents by Inventor Michael Kobel

Michael Kobel 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: 12521931
    Abstract: An apparatus for producing plastic containers filled with a liquid, having a forming device which forms plastic preforms into containers, and a filling device which fills the containers with the liquid, wherein the filling device has a transport device which transports the containers during their filling and a plurality of filling devices which fill the containers. The apparatus has a supply line in order to supply the liquid to be filled to the filling devices, wherein the apparatus has at least one heat exchanger device which is configured to also use the liquid to be supplied to the filling devices for cooling components of the forming device and/or a further treatment unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 13, 2026
    Assignee: KRONES AG
    Inventors: Danilo Schulz, Alexander Kaiser, Michael Kobel, Robert Aust, Konrad Senn
  • Publication number: 20240083094
    Abstract: An apparatus for producing plastic containers filled with a liquid, having a forming device which forms plastic preforms into containers, and a filling device which fills the containers with the liquid, wherein the filling device has a transport device which transports the containers during their filling and a plurality of filling devices which fill the containers. The apparatus has a supply line in order to supply the liquid to be filled to the filling devices, wherein the apparatus has at least one heat exchanger device which is configured to also use the liquid to be supplied to the filling devices for cooling components of the forming device and/or a further treatment unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2023
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Inventors: Danilo SCHULZ, Alexander KAISER, Michael KOBEL, Robert AUST, Konrad SENN
  • Patent number: 4458938
    Abstract: The disclosure concerns a sun visor for a vehicle and concerns various ways in which a piece of covering material is clamped in place over the exterior of the sun visor body. In all embodiments, the border of the piece of material is clamped in a groove in the sun visor body. The groove may be around the periphery. Alternatively, the visor body is comprised of two facing plates and the material is clamped between the plates. Pins on one plate may hold the material in place. Various clamping devices for clamping the border of the material between the plates are disclosed, including simply clamping the two plates together with the material between them, a mortise and tenon joint at the borders of the plates, a reinforcing strip between the plates which clamps the border of the material and the material having a drawstring around its hem for pulling the border tightly into the visor body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 1981
    Date of Patent: July 10, 1984
    Assignee: Gebr. Happich GmbH
    Inventors: Lothar Viertel, Michael Kobel, Peter Kaiser