Patents by Inventor Philippe Schmitz

Philippe Schmitz 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: 12566462
    Abstract: A pressure regulator for compressed gas, comprising a body with a gas inlet, a gas outlet and a gas passage interconnecting said gas inlet with said gas outlet; a shut-off device comprising a seat located in the gas passage; a shutter configured for cooperating the seat; a pressure sensing assembly defining an internal volume filled with an auxiliary gas and closed by a plug, said pressure sensing assembly being elastically deformable and located in the gas passage downstream of the seat, said pressure sensing assembly being configured for actuating the shutter relative to the seat depending on a gas pressure downstream of the seat; a port fluidly connected, via the plug, to the internal volume, and configured for fluidly connecting an external source of the auxiliary gas to said internal volume for adjusting a pressure of the auxiliary gas in said internal volume.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2026
    Assignee: ROTAREX S.A.
    Inventors: Philippe Schmitz, Stephan Sellen, Etienne Kaichinger
  • Patent number: 12467540
    Abstract: A valve closing member for cooperating with a valve seat, comprising: a body a front circular face forming a central protrusion along a longitudinal axis of the body; a seal forming a ring fitted on the front circular face and around the central protrusion; and a retainer forming a ring surrounding the seal and attached to the body for retaining the seal on the body; wherein the seal shows a radially inner surface contacting a radially outer surface of the central protrusion, the radially inner surface and radially outer surface being both cylindrical, the radially outer surface showing at least one circular groove into which the seal is radially pressed by the retainer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2025
    Assignee: ROTAREX S.A.
    Inventors: Paul Muzzo, Guillaume Massin, Philippe Schmitz
  • Publication number: 20250028339
    Abstract: A pressure regulator for compressed gas, comprising a body with a gas inlet, a gas outlet and a gas passage interconnecting said gas inlet with said gas outlet; a shut-off device comprising a seat located in the gas passage; a shutter configured for cooperating the seat; a pressure sensing assembly defining an internal volume filled with an auxiliary gas and closed by a plug, said pressure sensing assembly being elastically deformable and located in the gas passage downstream of the seat, said pressure sensing assembly being configured for actuating the shutter relative to the seat depending on a gas pressure downstream of the seat; a port fluidly connected, via the plug, to the internal volume, and configured for fluidly connecting an external source of the auxiliary gas to said internal volume for adjusting a pressure of the auxiliary gas in said internal volume.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2022
    Publication date: January 23, 2025
    Inventors: Philippe SCHMITZ, Stephan SELLEN, Etienne KAICHINGER
  • Patent number: 12117097
    Abstract: A valve for compressed gas, comprising a body extending longitudinally, with a gas inlet at a lower end of the body, a gas outlet and a gas passage fluidly interconnecting the gas inlet and the gas outlet; a shut-off device housed in the body and configured for selectively shutting-off and opening the gas passage; a lever pivotally mounted on the body, at an upper end of the body, and configured for actuating the shut-off device; a hook pivotally mounted on the lever for engaging with a counter-shape on the body and thereby holding the lever in a folded position along the body; wherein the upper end of the body comprises a cylindrical wall delimiting an upper bore, the counter-shape being an upper edge of the cylindrical wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2024
    Assignee: ROTAREX S.A.
    Inventors: Stephan Sellen, Georges Barthelemy, Philippe Schmitz
  • Patent number: 11927308
    Abstract: A valve for a fluid, comprising: a body with an inlet, an outlet and a passage fluidly interconnecting the inlet and outlet; a shut-off device housed in the body and configured for selectively opening and closing the passage, the shut-off device comprising a main seat, a main closing element forming a channel extending there through and a pilot seat, a pilot closing element housed in the main closing element, a first compression spring, and a second compression spring; an actuating device of the shut-off device. The second compression spring is operatively mounted between the main closing element and the body and the first compression spring is stronger than the second compression spring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: ROTAREX S.A.
    Inventors: Stephan Sellen, Philippe Schmitz
  • Publication number: 20240011605
    Abstract: A pressure regulating device for compressed gas, comprising a body with a gas inlet, a gas outlet and a gas passage fluidly interconnecting the gas inlet and gas outlet; a valve device with a seat in the gas passage and an obturator configured for cooperating with the seat; a regulator housed in a cavity of the body, downstream of the valve device, delimiting with the cavity a regulating chamber with a geometry that varies with the pressure in the regulating chamber, and actuating the obturator for regulating a flow of gas through the valve device; wherein the body is tubular over its whole length, with a nominal outer diameter that is a maximum outer diameter of the body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2021
    Publication date: January 11, 2024
    Inventors: Philippe SCHMITZ, Etienne KAICHINGER, Stephan SELLEN
  • Patent number: 11828416
    Abstract: A valve comprising a body with an inlet, an outlet and a passage fluidly interconnecting the inlet and outlet; a shut-off device of the passage, with an actuating member movable along a longitudinal axis; a hand operating device of the actuating member, for selectively opening or closing the passage, and comprising a support element and a rotating element with at least one contact surface configured for sliding along at least one ramped surface on the support element, or vice versa, so as to convert rotation of the rotating element into a translation of the actuating member; wherein the body comprises two arms extending longitudinally and diametrically opposed relative to the longitudinal axis, with distal ends holding the support element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: ROTAREX S.A.
    Inventors: Stephan Sellen, Philippe Schmitz
  • Patent number: 11746917
    Abstract: A regulator for compressed gas, comprising a body with a gas inlet, a gas outlet and a gas passage fluidly interconnecting the gas inlet and gas outlet; a pressure reducer with, in the gas passage, a shut-off device and a movable assembly operatively connected to the shut-off device and delimiting with the body a regulating chamber downstream of the shut-off device; a pressure relief device in the gas passage downstream of the regulating chamber; and a flow restriction in the gas passage upstream of the shut-off device, dimensioned for reducing the gas pressure at the gas outlet under a maximum pressure value when the pressure relief device is opened and the shut-off device is opened.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: ROTAREX S.A.
    Inventors: Paul Muzzo, Guillaume Massin, Philippe Schmitz
  • Patent number: 11703893
    Abstract: A device for regulating the pressure of a compressed gas, comprising a body with a gas inlet, a gas outlet and a gas passage fluidly interconnecting the inlet and outlet; a mobile element carrying a shutter cooperating with a seat in the gas passage, the shutter and the seat forming a regulating valve; a hand-wheel operatively linked to a spindle rotatably mounted on the body; wherein the spindle is hollow and houses a spigot with a cam, the spigot being linked in rotation with the spindle and cooperating with a counter-cam spigot movable in translation but not in rotation relative to the body, and acting on the mobile element or on a shut-off valve for selectively shutting-off and opening the gas passage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: ROTAREX S.A
    Inventors: Stephan Sellen, Philippe Schmitz
  • Publication number: 20230221202
    Abstract: A fluid device comprising a body with a membrane extending in a mean plane and showing an inner face and an outer face; a strain gauge arranged on the outer face of the membrane for measuring a deformation of the membrane when a fluid pressure is applied on the inner face thereof; wherein a bore is formed in the body, extending along an axis parallel to the mean plane of the membrane and delimiting a passage for the fluid under pressure, in fluid connection with the inner face of the membrane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2021
    Publication date: July 13, 2023
    Inventors: Thomas ANDREAS, Philippe SCHMITZ
  • Publication number: 20230167915
    Abstract: A regulator for compressed gas, comprising a body with a gas inlet, a gas outlet and a gas passage fluidly interconnecting the gas inlet and gas outlet; a pressure reducer with, in the gas passage, a shut-off device and a movable assembly operatively connected to the shut-off device and delimiting with the body a regulating chamber downstream of the shut-off device; a pressure relief device in the gas passage downstream of the regulating chamber; and a flow restriction in the gas passage upstream of the shut-off device, dimensioned for reducing the gas pressure at the gas outlet under a maximum pressure value when the pressure relief device is opened and the shut-off device is opened.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2021
    Publication date: June 1, 2023
    Inventors: Paul MUZZO, Guillaume MASSIN, Philippe SCHMITZ
  • Publication number: 20230101730
    Abstract: A valve closing member for cooperating with a valve seat, comprising: a body a front circular face forming a central protrusion along a longitudinal axis of the body; a seal forming a ring fitted on the front circular face and around the central protrusion; and a retainer forming a ring surrounding the seal and attached to the body for retaining the seal on the body; wherein the seal shows a radially inner surface contacting a radially outer surface of the central protrusion, the radially inner surface and radially outer surface being both cylindrical, the radially outer surface showing at least one circular groove into which the seal is radially pressed by the retainer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2021
    Publication date: March 30, 2023
    Inventors: Paul MUZZO, Guillaume MASSIN, Philippe SCHMITZ
  • Publication number: 20220290819
    Abstract: A valve comprising a body with an inlet, an outlet and a passage fluidly interconnecting the inlet and outlet; a shut-off device of the passage, with an actuating member movable along a longitudinal axis; a hand operating device of the actuating member, for selectively opening or closing the passage, and comprising a support element and a rotating element with at least one contact surface configured for sliding along at least one ramped surface on the support element, or vice versa, so as to convert rotation of the rotating element into a translation of the actuating member; wherein the body comprises two arms extending longitudinally and diametrically opposed relative to the longitudinal axis, with distal ends holding the support element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2020
    Publication date: September 15, 2022
    Inventors: Stephan SELLEN, Philippe SCHMITZ
  • Publication number: 20220282836
    Abstract: A valve for a fluid, comprising: a body with an inlet, an outlet and a passage fluidly interconnecting the inlet and outlet; a shut-off device housed in the body and configured for selectively opening and closing the passage, the shut-off device comprising a main seat, a main closing element forming a channel extending there through and a pilot seat, a pilot closing element housed in the main closing element, a first compression spring, and a second compression spring; an actuating device of the shut-off device. The second compression spring is operatively mounted between the main closing element and the body and the first compression spring is stronger than the second compression spring.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2020
    Publication date: September 8, 2022
    Inventors: Stephan SELLEN, Philippe SCHMITZ
  • Publication number: 20220178464
    Abstract: A valve for compressed gas, comprising a body extending longitudinally, with a gas inlet at a lower end of the body, a gas outlet and a gas passage fluidly interconnecting the gas inlet and the gas outlet; a shut-off device housed in the body and configured for selectively shutting-off and opening the gas passage; a lever pivotally mounted on the body, at an upper end of the body, and configured for actuating the shut-off device; a hook pivotally mounted on the lever for engaging with a counter-shape on the body and thereby holding the lever in a folded position along the body; wherein the upper end of the body comprises a cylindrical wall delimiting an upper bore, the counter-shape being an upper edge of the cylindrical wall.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2020
    Publication date: June 9, 2022
    Inventors: Stephan SELLEN, Georges BARTHELEMY, Philippe SCHMITZ
  • Patent number: 11346699
    Abstract: A capacitive level gauge for a container of a medium like compressed gas or liquid, comprising a body configured for being mounted on the container; two parallel lamellar electrodes extending from the body, for being inside the container and in contact with the medium; wherein the capacitive level gauge further comprises at least one spacer with two slots engaging with the two electrodes, respectively, maintaining a constant distance between the electrodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2022
    Assignee: ROTAREX S.A.
    Inventors: Privat Roderes, Philippe Schmitz
  • Patent number: 11300250
    Abstract: A device for regulating the pressure of a compressed gas, comprising a body with a gas inlet, a gas outlet and a gas passage; a mobile element biased by a main spring and carrying a shutter cooperating with a seat in the gas passage, the shutter and the seat forming a regulating valve, a shut-off valve with a shutter and a seat in the gas passage upstream of the regulating valve; an actuation assembly of the shut-off valve; wherein the shutter of the shut-off valve comprises a stem extending through the mobile element and the shutter of the element, for cooperating with the actuation assembly located in front of the element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: ROTAREX S.A.
    Inventors: Stephan Sellen, Philippe Schmitz
  • Publication number: 20220034699
    Abstract: A capacitive level gauge for a container of a medium like compressed gas or liquid, comprising a body configured for being mounted on the container; two parallel lamellar electrodes extending from the body, for being inside the container and in contact with the medium; wherein the capacitive level gauge further comprises at least one spacer with two slots engaging with the two electrodes, respectively, maintaining a constant distance between the electrodes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2019
    Publication date: February 3, 2022
    Inventors: Privat RODERES, Philippe SCHMITZ
  • Publication number: 20210382506
    Abstract: A device for regulating the pressure of a compressed gas, comprising a body with a gas inlet, a gas outlet and a gas passage fluidly interconnecting the inlet and outlet; a mobile element carrying a shutter cooperating with a seat in the gas passage, the shutter and the seat forming a regulating valve; a hand-wheel operatively linked to a spindle rotatably mounted on the body; wherein the spindle is hollow and houses a spigot with a cam, the spigot being linked in rotation with the spindle and cooperating with a counter-cam spigot movable in translation but not in rotation relative to the body, and acting on the mobile element or on a shut-off valve for selectively shutting-off and opening the gas passage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2019
    Publication date: December 9, 2021
    Inventors: Stephan SELLEN, Philippe SCHMITZ
  • Publication number: 20210341109
    Abstract: A device for regulating the pressure of a compressed gas, comprising a body with a gas inlet, a gas outlet and a gas passage; a mobile element biased by a main spring and carrying a shutter cooperating with a seat in the gas passage, the shutter and the seat forming a regulating valve, a shut-off valve with a shutter and a seat in the gas passage upstream of the regulating valve; an actuation assembly of the shut-off valve; wherein the shutter of the shut-off valve comprises a stem extending through the mobile element and the shutter of the element, for cooperating with the actuation assembly located in front of the element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2019
    Publication date: November 4, 2021
    Inventors: Stephan SELLEN, Philippe SCHMITZ