Patents by Inventor Niklas HOEFTE

Niklas HOEFTE 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).

  • Jet former, in particular for a sanitary shower head, comprising a rotor blade that is configured and designed to divide a flow of water into parts and partial flows
    Patent number: 11311893
    Abstract: A jet former, including an impeller wheel rotatably mounted about an axis of rotation, having a blade arrangement, a control device, and at least one movably mounted nozzle. The control device is arranged and constructed to convert a rotation of the axis of rotation into a movement of the at least one nozzle. At least one blade of the blade arrangement is arranged and formed to divide the water flow directed towards the at least one blade in a direction of flow into at least a first partial flow and a further partial flow, to deviate the first partial flow in a first partial flow direction, and to deviate the other partial flow in a further partial flow direction. The direction of flow, the first partial flow direction and the further partial flow direction in each case differ from each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: Grohe AG
    Inventors: Nicolai Malert, Mike Ruthmann, Niklas Hoefte, Torsten Meier
  • JET FORMER, IN PARTICULAR FOR A SANITARY SHOWER HEAD, COMPRISING A ROTOR BLADE THAT IS CONFIGURED AND DESIGNED TO DIVIDE A FLOW OF WATER INTO PARTS AND PARTIAL FLOWS
    Publication number: 20200030827
    Abstract: A jet former, including an impeller wheel rotatably mounted about an axis of rotation, having a blade arrangement, a control device, and at least one movably mounted nozzle. The control device is arranged and constructed to convert a rotation of the axis of rotation into a movement of the at least one nozzle. At least one blade of the blade arrangement is arranged and formed to divide the water flow directed towards the at least one blade in a direction of flow into at least a first partial flow and a further partial flow, to deviate the first partial flow in a first partial flow direction, and to deviate the other partial flow in a further partial flow direction. The direction of flow, the first partial flow direction and the further partial flow direction in each case differ from each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2019
    Publication date: January 30, 2020
    Applicant: Grohe AG
    Inventors: Nicolai MALERT, Mike RUTHMANN, Niklas HOEFTE, Torsten MEIER