Patents by Inventor RALPH SPULLER

RALPH SPULLER 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: 11911739
    Abstract: A support grid for filling material packing and to a component set for producing such a support grid, including support strips and top strips which are inclined relative to one another in opposite directions. The support strips and top strips intersect one another, the inclination of each top strip is defined by at least one top strip receiving groove which is made in at least one support strip and in which the top strip is received, and the orientation of each support strip is stabilised by at least one support strip receiving groove in which the support strip is received.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: SGL CARBON SE
    Inventor: Ralph Spuller
  • Patent number: 11378342
    Abstract: A tube bundle-type heat exchanger, to a tube base, and to a method for sealing same. Aspects of the invention relate to a tube base for a tube bundle-type heat exchanger. In particular, the tube base includes a stack of multiple tube base plates with at least one through-opening for receiving a respective tube of the tube bundle-type heat exchanger. The throughopening is sealed by at least one seal ring. Additional aspects relate to a tube bundle-type heat exchanger comprising such a tube base and to a method for sealing a tube bundle-type heat exchanger in particular in the region of the tube base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: SGL CARBON SE
    Inventors: Werner Anetseder, Hermann Ferber, Klaus Baldermann, Ralph Spuller
  • Publication number: 20210220799
    Abstract: Filling bodies for the use in unstructured packings. The filling body has a fibre-reinforced carbon flat material. Two strip regions of the carbon flat material, which are separated by a cut, transition into two connecting regions of the carbon flat material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2019
    Publication date: July 22, 2021
    Applicant: SGL CARBON SE
    Inventors: Ralph SPULLER, Andreas HALBMEIR, Stefan FISCHER
  • Publication number: 20210207892
    Abstract: A tube bundle-type heat exchanger, to a tube base, and to a method for sealing same. Aspects of the invention relate to a tube base for a tube bundle-type heat exchanger. In particular, the tube base includes a stack of multiple tube base plates with at least one through-opening for receiving a respective tube of the tube bundle-type heat exchanger. The throughopening is sealed by at least one seal ring. Additional aspects relate to a tube bundle-type heat exchanger comprising such a tube base and to a method for sealing a tube bundle-type heat exchanger in particular in the region of the tube base.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2019
    Publication date: July 8, 2021
    Applicant: SGL CARBON SE
    Inventors: Werner ANETSEDER, Hermann FERBER, Klaus BALDERMANN, Ralph SPULLER
  • Publication number: 20210162366
    Abstract: A support grid for filling material packing and to a component set for producing such a support grid, including support strips and top strips which are inclined relative to one another in opposite directions. The support strips and top strips intersect one another, the inclination of each top strip is defined by at least one top strip receiving groove which is made in at least one support strip and in which the top strip is received, and the orientation of each support strip is stabilised by at least one support strip receiving groove in which the support strip is received.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2020
    Publication date: June 3, 2021
    Applicant: SGL CARBON SE
    Inventor: Ralph SPULLER
  • Publication number: 20210154594
    Abstract: A liquid distributor for a separation device, such as for a mass transfer column for a packing column for absorption, stripping, scrubbing or distillation. The liquid distributor includes at least one distributor member having two or more outlet openings for an outflow of liquid in the form of jets, and the liquid distributor further includes at least one screen which is arranged in front of the outlet openings so that liquid jets outflowing through the outlet openings of the distributor member impinge onto the surface of the at least one screen and are deformed thereon to thin flowing liquid films. At least one of the at least one screen is made at least partially of a carbon composite material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2018
    Publication date: May 27, 2021
    Inventors: Christian BACHMANN, Ilja AUSNER, Martin KUCHER, Ralph SPULLER
  • Patent number: 10857479
    Abstract: A liquid distributor is used as an internal column component for a defined distribution of a liquid flowing downward within a column. The liquid distributor includes at least a bottom and side walls which constitute a container for the accommodation and defined distribution of the liquid. The bottom and at least one of the side walls are constructed from panels that are connected to each other. The panel or panels of the at least one side wall include a fiber composite material. A column and a method for separating substance mixtures are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2020
    Assignees: SGL Carbon SE, SULZER Management AG
    Inventors: Ralph Spuller, Carla Schuler, Andreas Halbmeir, Martin Kucher
  • Publication number: 20190134529
    Abstract: A liquid distributor is used as an internal column component for a defined distribution of a liquid flowing downward within a column. The liquid distributor includes at least a bottom and side walls which constitute a container for the accommodation and defined distribution of the liquid. The bottom and at least one of the side walls are constructed from panels that are connected to each other. The panel or panels of the at least one side wall include a fiber composite material. A column and a method for separating substance mixtures are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 31, 2018
    Publication date: May 9, 2019
    Inventors: RALPH SPULLER, CARLA SCHULER, ANDREAS HALBMEIR, MARTIN KUCHER