Patents by Inventor Reto Schoeb

Reto Schoeb 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).

  • Centrifugal pump
    Patent number: 6171078
    Abstract: A centrifugal pump for delivering a fluid, especially for delivering blood, has a pump housing (2) that has an inlet (3) and an outlet (4) for the fluid, as well as an impeller (5) located inside pump housing (2), said impeller having a plurality of vanes (51) and being rotatable around a rotational axis (A), as well as means for driving impeller (5). Outlet (4) is located offset in the axial direction with respect to impeller (5).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 1998
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2001
    Assignees: Sulzer Electronics AG, Lust Antriebstechnik GmbH
    Inventor: Reto Schöb
  • Rotary machine with an electromagnetic rotary drive
    Patent number: 6100618
    Abstract: The rotary machine comprises a driven rotor and an electric motor having a stator and a driving rotor. The stator is also executed as an electromagnetic bearing for the driving rotor, and the driving rotor of the electric motor together with the driven rotor of the rotary machine forms a rotor unit, i.e. the two rotors form an integral rotor. The rotary machine can for example be a rotary pump, a centrifugal pump, a centrifuge or a stirring apparatus. The rotor can be constructed so as to be easily removable from the stator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 1997
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2000
    Assignees: Sulzer Electronics AG, Lust Antriebstechnik GmbH
    Inventors: Reto Schoeb, Joerg Hugel, Niklaus Mendler