Patents by Inventor Rüdiger E. Kopp

Rüdiger E. Kopp 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: 11819720
    Abstract: A fire-fighting nozzle includes a tubular inlet having an inlet opening, the inlet extending along a longitudinal axis from the inlet opening toward a shut-off valve, a tubular outlet having at least one nozzle opening, the outlet extending along a transverse axis transverse to the longitudinal axis toward the nozzle opening, and a sealing valve being arranged between the inlet and the nozzle opening and sealing the outlet in a sealing region with respect to the inlet. A radial distance of the sealing region from the longitudinal axis is smaller than or equal to a smallest radial distance of the inner circumferential surface of the inlet opening from the longitudinal axis in a region between the inlet opening and the sealing region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: FOGTEC Brandschutz GmbH
    Inventors: Rüdiger E. Kopp, Ulrich Hiltemann
  • Publication number: 20230191177
    Abstract: A fire-fighting nozzle comprising a tubular inlet having an inlet opening, said inlet extending along a longitudinal axis from said inlet opening toward a shut-off valve, a tubular outlet having at least one nozzle opening, said outlet extending along a transverse axis transverse to said longitudinal axis toward said nozzle opening, the sealing valve being arranged between the inlet and the nozzle opening and sealing the outlet in a sealing region with respect to the inlet, characterized in that a radial distance of the sealing region from the longitudinal axis is smaller than or equal to a smallest radial distance of the inner circumferential surface of the inlet opening from the longitudinal axis in a region between the inlet opening and the sealing region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2021
    Publication date: June 22, 2023
    Inventors: Rüdiger E. Kopp, Ulrich Hiltemann
  • Publication number: 20210293354
    Abstract: Method for monitoring valves, in particular valves of a fire fighting system, comprising capturing first sensor signals at a valve in an intact state with a sensor, training the monitoring with the first sensor signals captured at the valve in the intact state, capturing second sensor signals at the valve in an unknown state with the sensor, comparing the trained first sensor signals with the second sensor signals and outputting a signal in case of a deviation of the second sensor signals from the first sensor signals above a limit value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2019
    Publication date: September 23, 2021
    Inventors: Dirk K. Sprakel, Rüdiger E. Kopp, Ulrich Hiltemann