Patents by Inventor Michael Mannstaedt

Michael Mannstaedt 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: 5284046
    Abstract: The invention relates to a calibration apparatus for control of propellant pumps, especially in the traffic sector, which apparatus is placed on a vehicle, especially a trailer. The apparatus (1) has at least one standard (10) for measuring a determined amount of propellant, and the standard is placed in a cardan suspension (49-52) which is elastically yielding (48) and may be locked during operation and during transport by means of supporting rods (53-59). A standard (10) is divided into a lower measuring compartment (11) and an upper foam top (14) which is connected tot he measuring compartment (11) through a neck (12) with a measuring glass (13) and reading lines (22). The foam top (14) is ventilated (35-37) to reception tank (5) placed at the bottom of the apparatus (1), and the standard (10) may be connected via a remote controlled discharge valve (20) to the reception tank (5) from which propellant may be pumped up into a buffer tank (64) at the top of the apparatus (1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 1992
    Date of Patent: February 8, 1994
    Assignee: Dantest, Dansk Institut For Proevning OG Justering
    Inventors: Erik Jensen, Jorgen H. Kjeldgaard, Henrik Blichfeldt, Michael Engmann, Flemming Lundh, Michael Mannstaedt