Patents by Inventor Stefan Vogelin

Stefan Vogelin 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: 8100854
    Abstract: The valve includes a valve seat and a valve body with a circular diaphragm. The valve body is arranged over the valve seat in order to close the latter sealingly when it bears on the valve seat. The valve seat and the valve body have openings which are offset relative to one another and which form a free passage when the diaphragm of the valve body lifts. The diaphragm of the valve body has elongate openings which are uniformly distributed along a circle in the periphery of the diaphragm, the circle having approximately the same center point as the diaphragm. The elongate openings are separated from one another by webs, the diaphragm being designed to be weaker in the area adjacent to these webs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2012
    Assignee: Medela Holding AG
    Inventors: Stefan Vögelin, Urs Stadelmann
  • Patent number: 7875000
    Abstract: The invention relates to a disposable breast cup set which comprises a coupling element (2) to be coupled to a milk collection receptacle (1) and a breast cup connecting element (3) to be coupled to a breast cup funnel (5). The coupling element (5) and the breast cup connecting element (3) are interlinked via a tamper-evident element (4), said connection being destroyed when the coupling element (2) is for the first time separated from the breast cup connecting element (3) and preventing re-use of the set.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2011
    Assignee: Medela Holding AG
    Inventors: Yvonne Krebs, Stefan Vögelin, Urs Stadelmann
  • Publication number: 20070179439
    Abstract: The valve comprises a valve seat (6) and a valve body (7) with a circular diaphragm (70). The valve body (7) is arranged over the valve seat (6) in order to close the latter sealingly when it bears on the valve seat (6). The valve seat (6) and the valve body (7) have openings (64, 65, 71, 73) which are offset relative to one another and which form a free passage when the diaphragm (70) of the valve body (7) lifts. The diaphragm (70) of the valve body (7) has elongate openings (71) which are uniformly distributed along a circle in the periphery of the diaphragm (70), the circle having approximately the same center point as the diaphragm (70). The elongate openings (71) are separated from one another by webs (72), the diaphragm (70) being designed to be weaker in the area adjacent to these webs (72). It can be produced simply and inexpensively, is reliable in its use, and scarcely deforms at all even in the case of considerable variations in temperature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2006
    Publication date: August 2, 2007
    Inventors: Stefan Vogelin, Urs Stadelmann
  • Publication number: 20070173756
    Abstract: The invention relates to a disposable breast cup set which comprises a coupling element (2) to be coupled to a milk collection receptacle (1) and a breast cup connecting element (3) to be coupled to a breast cup funnel (5). The coupling element (5) and the breast cup connecting element (3) are interlinked via a tamper-evident element (4), said connection being destroyed when the coupling element (2) is for the first time separated from the breast cup connecting element (3) and preventing re-use of the set.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2005
    Publication date: July 26, 2007
    Inventors: Yvonne Krebs, Stefan Vogelin, Urs Stadelmann