Patents by Inventor Patrick THOME

Patrick THOME 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).

  • Detecting damage using an odor sensor
    Patent number: 12163865
    Abstract: A method for detecting damage to one or more components of a fluid-conducting device such as a pump assembly, valve or the like uses at least one odor sensor to detect an odor produced by one of the components and transmit an odor profile to an evaluation unit. The evaluation unit compares the odor profile with one or more characteristic odor profiles to determine whether an odor indicative of a degraded component is present. If the detected odor profile matches a characteristic odor profile match, an output signal is generated in an output unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2024
    Assignee: KSB SE & Co. KGaA
    Inventor: Patrick Thome
  • Detecting Damage Using an Odor Sensor
    Publication number: 20220236135
    Abstract: A method for detecting damage to one or more components of a fluid-conducting device such as a pump assembly, valve or the like uses at least one odor sensor to detect an odor produced by one of the components and transmit an odor profile to an evaluation unit. The evaluation unit compares the odor profile with one or more characteristic odor profiles to determine whether an odor indicative of a degraded component is present. If the detected odor profile matches a characteristic odor profile match, an output signal is generated in an output unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2020
    Publication date: July 28, 2022
    Inventor: Patrick THOME
  • Flow-conducting component
    Patent number: 10393133
    Abstract: A flow-conducting component such as a pump impeller is provided. Passages between vanes of the flow-conducting component include notches in the form of transitions between the vane and a common surface, such as a cover disk. The notches include a transition surface having a geometric configuration determined in accordance with a calculated load spectrum along at least a portion of the length of the notch and in accordance with a particular geometric pattern.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2019
    Assignee: KSB Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Alexander Boehm, Franz Gerhard Bosbach, Christoph Emde, Ewald Hoelzel, Holger Rauner, Patrick Thome, Bjoern Will
  • Flow-Conducting Component
    Publication number: 20170218969
    Abstract: A flow-conducting component such as a pump impeller is provided. Passages between vanes of the flow-conducting component include notches in the form of transitions between the vane and a common surface, such as a cover disk. The notches include a transition surface having a geometric configuration determined in accordance with a calculated load spectrum along at least a portion of the length of the notch and in accordance with a particular geometric pattern.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2015
    Publication date: August 3, 2017
    Inventors: Alexander BOEHM, Franz Gerhard BOSBACH, Christoph EMDE, Ewald HOELZEL, Holger RAUNER, Patrick THOME, Bjoern WILL