Patents by Inventor Sascha Korthauer

Sascha Korthauer 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).

  • Lever operated fluid dispenser with rotary potentiometer
    Patent number: 10464091
    Abstract: A dispensing apparatus in which product is dispensed by moving, preferably by manually applied forces from a user, an actuation mechanism, preferably a lever, from a first position to a second position and in which a potentiometer sensor, preferably a rotary potentiometer sensor, senses the relative movement of the actuation mechanism with time and permits the amount of fluid dispensed to be accurately calculated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2019
    Assignee: OP-Hygiene IP GmbH
    Inventors: Heiner Ophardt, Harald Poepke, Rainer Duske, Sascha Korthauer
  • System for monitoring fluid in a fluid dispenser
    Patent number: 10144027
    Abstract: A hand cleaning liquid dispenser including a fluid level gauging mechanism with a plurality, preferably three or more, vertically spaced optical sensors located closely adjacent an external of a side wall of the reservoir to each receive electromagnetic radiation transmitted through the side wall from within the reservoir with the electromagnetic radiation sensed originating from an emitter directing the electromagnetic radiation preferably through the reservoir downwardly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2018
    Inventors: Heiner Ophardt, Rainer Duske, Sascha Korthauer, Michael Stephan
  • System for Monitoring Fluid in a Fluid Dispenser
    Publication number: 20180111145
    Abstract: A hand cleaning liquid dispenser including a fluid level gauging mechanism with a plurality, preferably three or more, vertically spaced optical sensors located closely adjacent an external of a side wall of the reservoir to each receive electromagnetic radiation transmitted through the side wall from within the reservoir with the electromagnetic radiation sensed originating from an emitter directing the electromagnetic radiation preferably through the reservoir downwardly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2017
    Publication date: April 26, 2018
    Inventors: Heiner Ophardt, Rainer Duske, Sascha Korthauer, Michael Stephan
  • Lever Operated Fluid Dispenser with Rotary Potentiometer
    Publication number: 20170136479
    Abstract: A dispensing apparatus in which product is dispensed by moving, preferably by manually applied forces from a user, an actuation mechanism, preferably a lever, from a first position to a second position and in which a potentiometer sensor, preferably a rotary potentiometer sensor, senses the relative movement of the actuation mechanism with time and permits the amount of fluid dispensed to be accurately calculated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2016
    Publication date: May 18, 2017
    Inventors: Heiner Ophardt, Harald Poepke, Rainer Duske, Sascha Korthauer