Patents by Inventor Stephan Mann

Stephan Mann 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: 11835161
    Abstract: A device for connecting fluid lines and other lines. The device has a first connection component for connecting fluid lines and a second connection component for connecting other lines. The first connection component has a first functional position, in which the first connection component disconnects the two fluid lines from one another, and a second functional position, in which the first connection component connects two fluid lines. The second connection component, in a connection position, connects two other lines and, in a release position, disconnects the two other lines from one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: Norma Germany GmbH
    Inventor: Stephan Mann
  • Publication number: 20220290789
    Abstract: A device for connecting fluid lines and other lines. The device has a first connection component for connecting fluid lines and a second connection component for connecting other lines. The first connection component has a first functional position, in which the first connection component disconnects the two fluid lines from one another, and a second functional position, in which the first connection component connects two fluid lines. The second connection component, in a connection position, connects two other lines and, in a release position, disconnects the two other lines from one another.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2020
    Publication date: September 15, 2022
    Inventor: Stephan Mann
  • Publication number: 20210207630
    Abstract: A profiled clamp having a clamp band which itself has a tensioning head at each end. The tensioning heads are connected to each other via a tensioning device. To allow flexible manufacture, the clamp band has a profiled element and a module frame which extends in a circumferential direction, to which the profiled element is connected, and on which the profiled element is supported at least in a radial direction. The tensioning heads are situated on ends of the module frame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2019
    Publication date: July 8, 2021
    Inventors: Viktor Stoll, Detlef Henrich, Stephan Mann, Fabio Ghirardi
  • Patent number: 10539262
    Abstract: The invention relates to a fluid line (1), comprising a pipe (2), which has an inlet-side end segment (3) having a first connector (5) and an outlet-side end segment (4) having a second connector (10), wherein a cavity (17) bounded in the radially inward direction by at least one auxiliary element (16) is formed in the pipe (2). The problem addressed by the invention is that of minimizing the requirements for the suction performance of a pump that is used to convey a liquid through the pipe. This problem is solved in that a volume reduction element (18) is arranged in the cavity (17) at least in the region of the outlet-side end segment (4).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2020
    Assignee: NORMA GERMANY GMBH
    Inventors: Dragan Grcic, Stephan Mann
  • Patent number: 10490993
    Abstract: A wind-protection casing includes a plastic shell having a first partial shell and a second partial shell, wherein the first partial shell and the second partial shell surround an accommodating space and form a first and second line opening, which connect the accommodating space with the surrounding region outside the accommodating space. A retaining means is provided with an accommodating geometry for a line plug connector, which is arranged on the first partial shell and is designed in such a way that a line plug connector accommodated by the accommodating geometry is retained in the accommodating space at a distance from the first partial shell and the second partial shell via an air gap. A plug-connector device including such a wind-protection casing of this type is also provided, wherein a line plug connector is accommodated in the accommodating geometry.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2019
    Assignee: NORMA Germany GmbH
    Inventors: Viktor Stoll, Stephan Mann, Benjamin Weber, Thomas Petschl
  • Patent number: 10465831
    Abstract: The invention relates to a fluid line (1) having a tube (2) made of a synthetic material. The fluid line (1) should be guided in a flexible manner. To this end, it is provided that the synthetic material can be subjected to a temperature of at least 150° C., and that along part of the length thereof, the tube (2) is surrounded by an expansion protection (8).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2019
    Assignee: NORMA GERMANY GMBH
    Inventor: Stephan Mann
  • Patent number: 10425992
    Abstract: A connector for a fluid line having a housing that includes a connecting piece that can be connected to a tube, as well as a connection geometry that can be connected to a mating element. The housing includes an outlet opening arranged in an outlet section through which opening a heating device is guided out of the housing to the outside, wherein the heating device is guided through a plug that is arranged in the outlet opening, and the outlet section is provided with an injection molding compound covering the outlet opening. The connector is provided that a separating element arranged between the injection molding compound and the plug.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2019
    Assignee: NORMA GERMANY GMBH
    Inventors: Ervin Birman, Stephan Mann
  • Patent number: 10371302
    Abstract: Disclosed in a heatable fluid line (1) comprising a tube (2) with an interior, and a heating device (3) inside the interior. The aim is to protect an injection arrangement, which is connected to the fluid line (1), at low temperatures. In order to achieve said aim, a volume reducing element (5) is disposed between the tube and the heating device (3).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2019
    Assignee: NORMA GERMANY GMBH
    Inventors: Stephan Mann, Dragan Grcic
  • Patent number: 10295097
    Abstract: A coupling connection device includes a line coupling connector and a wind guard. The line coupling connector has first and second coupling elements, fitted together in an axial direction. Arresting means of the first coupling element engage with the second coupling element. The wind guard has a plastic shell with a first part-shell and a second part-shell, enclosing a receiving space, and forming first and second line openings, which connect the receiving space to the surrounding region. The first coupling element is coupled in an axially fixed manner in the axial direction to the first part-shell and/or the second part-shell in the receiving space by interlocking engagement. By a movement of the wind guard in the axial direction and away from the second coupling element, an arresting means can be actuated and the first coupling element can be separated from the second coupling element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2019
    Assignee: NORMA Germany GmbH
    Inventors: Benjamin Weber, Viktor Stoll, Thomas Petschl, Stephan Mann
  • Patent number: 10220571
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing a plug-in connector, and to a plug-in connector comprising a first tubular component and a second tubular component, and also a first connection geometry and a second connection geometry. A method for producing a plug-in connector is to be made available that permits an easier modification of the relative angle between the longitudinal axes of the two components in the finished plug-in connector. To this end, the two connection geometries are arranged in a connection plane inclined with respect to the longitudinal axes, such that the relative angle between the longitudinal axes can be modified by rotating the components. After a relative angle has been selected, the two connection geometries are connected by integral bonding.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2019
    Assignee: NORMA Germany GmbH
    Inventors: Stephan Mann, Viktor Stoll, Christoph Steinkamp
  • Publication number: 20180226783
    Abstract: A wind-protection casing includes a plastic shell having a first partial shell and a second partial shell, wherein the first partial shell and the second partial shell surround an accommodating space and form a first and second line opening, which connect the accommodating space with the surrounding region outside the accommodating space. A retaining means is provided with an accommodating geometry for a line plug connector, which is arranged on the first partial shell and is designed in such a way that a line plug connector accommodated by the accommodating geometry is retained in the accommodating space at a distance from the first partial shell and the second partial shell via an air gap. A plug-connector device including such a wind-protection casing of this type is also provided, wherein a line plug connector is accommodated in the accommodating geometry.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2016
    Publication date: August 9, 2018
    Inventors: Viktor Stoll, Stephan Mann, Benjamin Weber, Thomas Petschl
  • Publication number: 20180216768
    Abstract: A coupling connection device includes a line coupling connector and a wind guard. The line coupling connector has first and second coupling elements, fitted together in an axial direction. Arresting means of the first coupling element engage with the second coupling element. The wind guard has a plastic shell with a first part-shell and a second part-shell, enclosing a receiving space, and forming first and second line openings, which connect the receiving space to the surrounding region. The first coupling element is coupled in an axially fixed manner in the axial direction to the first part-shell and/or the second part-shell in the receiving space by interlocking engagement. By a movement of the wind guard in the axial direction and away from the second coupling element, an arresting means can be actuated and the first coupling element can be separated from the second coupling element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2016
    Publication date: August 2, 2018
    Inventors: Benjamin Weber, Viktor Stoll, Thomas Petschl, Stephan Mann
  • Publication number: 20170356578
    Abstract: The invention relates to a hose connector with an inner sleeve (2) and an outer sleeve (3) between which an annular space (5) is formed at least in a first end region (4), in which annular space one end (7) of a fluid line (8) is received. Furthermore, the invention relates to a method for the fluid-tight connection of one end of a fluid line to a hose connector. The hose connector is intended to be permanently and securely connected to the fluid line with little effort. Therefore, by means of crimping the inner sleeve (2) and the outer sleeve (3) in the end region (4), a force-fitting and form-fitting connection between the end (7) of the fluid line (8) and the hose connector (1) is formed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2015
    Publication date: December 14, 2017
    Applicant: NORMA GERMANY GMBH
    Inventors: Detlef HENRICH, Mathias KRAUSS, Manfred KRUEGER, Stephan MANN
  • Publication number: 20170234191
    Abstract: The invention relates to a fluid line (1) having a tube (2) made of a synthetic material. The fluid line (1) should be guided in a flexible manner. To this end, it is provided that the synthetic material can be subjected to a temperature of at least 150° C., and that along part of the length thereof, the tube (2) is surrounded by an expansion protection (8).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2015
    Publication date: August 17, 2017
    Applicant: NORMA GERMANY GMBH
    Inventor: Stephan MANN
  • Patent number: 9671053
    Abstract: A fluid line includes a pipe, a connector having a pipe connection arranged at one end of the pipe, and a through-channel through the connector, wherein the pipe connection surrounds a portion of the through-channel, and a heater structured and arranged within the pipe and the connector to heat at least a portion of the pipe and at least a portion of the connector. A flow cross section of the through-channel section at least on a part of its length is no more than 60% of a flow cross section of the pipe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2017
    Assignee: NORMA GERMANY GMBH
    Inventors: Carsten Eckardt, Stephan Mann, Marc Rastetter, Cameron Read, Knut Seibel
  • Patent number: 9664086
    Abstract: A heatable fluid line is disclosed having a tube, a connector that comprises a housing which is arranged at an end of the tube, and a heating rod that is arranged in the interior of the tube and enters into the housing through an inlet channel having a longitudinal axis and exits out of the housing through an opening arranged in a neck, wherein a seal is arranged in the neck, which seal surrounds the heating rod and is held in the neck by a plug (21). The object is to be able to achieve a reliable assembly in a simple manner. For this purpose, it is provided that the plug (21) comprises at least two parts (22, 23) which are connected to one another by an articulation section (24) having an articulation axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2017
    Assignee: NORMA GERMANY GMBH
    Inventors: Ervin Birman, Carsten Eckardt, Stephan Mann
  • Patent number: 9651179
    Abstract: Profile clamp has a base and flanks facing radially inwards. The clamp utilizes a tensioning device that connects two ends of the clamp band to one another. The clamp band has in a circumferential direction at least a first part and a second part. The first part has in at least one of its flanks a first connection geometry and the second part in at least one of its flanks has a second connection geometry. The first connection geometry and the second connection geometry are engagable with one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2017
    Assignee: NORMA GERMANY GMBH
    Inventors: Manfred Krueger, Stephan Mann, Achim Kamp
  • Publication number: 20170130886
    Abstract: Disclosed in a heatable fluid line (1) comprising a tube (2) with an interior, and a heating device (3) inside the interior. The aim is to protect an injection arrangement, which is connected to the fluid line (1), at low temperatures. In order to achieve said aim, a volume reducing element (5) is disposed between the tube and the heating device (3).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2015
    Publication date: May 11, 2017
    Applicants: NORMA GERMANY GMBH
    Inventors: Stephan MANN, Dragan GRCIC
  • Publication number: 20170122478
    Abstract: The invention relates to a fluid line (1), comprising a pipe (2), which has an inlet-side end segment (3) having a first connector (5) and an outlet-side end segment (4) having a second connector (10), wherein a cavity (17) bounded in the radially inward direction by at least one auxiliary element (16) is formed in the pipe (2). The problem addressed by the invention is that of minimizing the requirements for the suction performance of a pump that is used to convey a liquid through the pipe. This problem is solved in that a volume reduction element (18) is arranged in the cavity (17) at least in the region of the outlet-side end segment (4).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2015
    Publication date: May 4, 2017
    Applicants: NORMA GERMANY GMBH
    Inventors: Dragan GRCIC, Stephan MANN
  • Patent number: 9624806
    Abstract: A heatable fluid line having a tube and a connector at an end of the tube, the fluid line including an inlet channel with a longitudinal axis, and a heating rod arranged in the interior of the tube and projecting laterally out of the connector through an outlet channel at a predetermined angle to the longitudinal axis. A seal is arranged between the heating rod and the connector in an accommodation space that includes a circumferential wall. An arrangement is provided that centers the heating rod and a seal in relation to one another to seal the heating rod. as it is guided laterally outwards.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2017
    Assignee: NORMA GERMANY GMBH
    Inventor: Stephan Mann