Patents by Inventor Robert Gerd Schroeder

Robert Gerd Schroeder 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: 8938180
    Abstract: A ventilating device for ventilating a housing, includes first and second blowers, a flow chamber with an inlet opening, an outlet opening, and an equalization opening connecting the flow chamber between the inlet opening and the outlet opening with the environment, a freely movable cover element for partially covering the equalization opening in such a manner that passage of the flow is blocked in one direction but cleared in the other direction, and an ascending pipe. The elements in the ventilating device are arranged in the sequence first blower, inlet opening, flow chamber, outlet opening, second blower, and ascending pipe. The equalization opening is at least partially open at all times, so that the equalization opening displays a greater flow resistance than the inlet opening of the flow chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 20, 2015
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: Robert Gerd Schroeder, Uwe Goldbeck
  • Publication number: 20120243900
    Abstract: A ventilating device for ventilating a housing, includes first and second blowers, a flow chamber with an inlet opening, an outlet opening, and an equalization opening connecting the flow chamber between the inlet opening and the outlet opening with the environment, a freely movable cover element for partially covering the equalization opening in such a manner that passage of the flow is blocked in one direction but cleared in the other direction, and an ascending pipe. The elements in the ventilating device are arranged in the sequence first blower, inlet opening, flow chamber, outlet opening, second blower, and ascending pipe. The equalization opening is at least partially open at all times, so that the equalization opening displays a greater flow resistance than the inlet opening of the flow chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2010
    Publication date: September 27, 2012
    Applicant: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: Robert Gerd Schroeder, Uwe Goldbeck