Patents by Inventor Peter Steffahn

Peter Steffahn 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: 10615402
    Abstract: A water-refill plug for automatically filling and refilling the cells of the battery has a housing forming a valve seat, and forming an upper and lower guides above and below the valve seat. A float is movable vertically in the housing below the seat in one of the cells of the battery. A valve body vertically movable independently of the float body has upper and lower end vertically slidable in the upper and lower guides. A magnetically attractable or repellable element or permanent magnet is provided on one of the bodies. Another permanent magnetic on the other of the bodies exerts a force via the element or magnet so the valve body is moved by the float body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2020
    Assignee: FROETEK VERMOEGENSVERWALTUNG GMBH
    Inventors: Joachim Gruppe, Gerd Hoogestraat, Thomas Koch, Sebastian Mathes, Peter Steffahn, Sebastian Weny
  • Publication number: 20180190969
    Abstract: Water refilling plug for automatically filling and refilling the cells of a battery, comprising a valve body which is operated by a float and which closes the valve when the battery cell is full in order to terminate the refilling operation, wherein there is a permanent-magnet force between the valve body and the float, the movement of the float being transmitted to the valve body by said permanent-magnet force.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2016
    Publication date: July 5, 2018
    Inventors: Joachim GRUPPE, Gerd HOOGESTRAAT, Thomas KOCH, Sebastian MATHES, Peter STEFFAHN, Sebastian WENY
  • Patent number: D703564
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2014
    Assignee: Froetek Vermoegensverwaltung GmbH
    Inventor: Peter Steffahn