Patents by Inventor Steffen Erath

Steffen Erath 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).

  • Shower jet outlet device and shower device equipped therewith
    Patent number: 11491498
    Abstract: A shower jet outlet device and a shower head equipped therewith have a jet disk with at least one jet disk opening and a jet outlet element disposed in the jet disk opening. The jet outlet element is pot-shaped with an outlet-side bottom, a side wall and a hollow chamber delimited by the bottom and the side wall. The bottom faces in the jet outlet direction and includes fine jet openings. The bottom and the side wall are made of an elastic material and the jet outlet element is configured to deform by bulging of its bottom and/or its side wall, in response to fluid pressure in the hollow chamber when operating.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: Hansgrohe SE
    Inventors: Klaus Butzke, Steffen Erath, Guenter Glunk, Marc Kalmbach
  • SHOWER JET OUTLET DEVICE AND SHOWER DEVICE EQUIPPED THEREWITH
    Publication number: 20180178225
    Abstract: A shower jet outlet device and a shower head equipped therewith have a jet disk with at least one jet disk opening and a jet outlet element disposed in the jet disk opening. The jet outlet element is pot-shaped with an outlet-side bottom, a side wall and a hollow chamber delimited by the bottom and the side wall. The bottom faces in the jet outlet direction and includes fine jet openings. The bottom and the side wall are made of an elastic material and the jet outlet element is configured to deform by bulging of its bottom and/or its side wall, in response to fluid pressure in the hollow chamber when operating.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2017
    Publication date: June 28, 2018
    Applicant: Hansgrohe SE
    Inventors: Klaus Butzke, Steffen Erath, Guenter Glunk, Marc Kalmbach