Patents by Inventor Thomas Claessen

Thomas Claessen 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).

  • Publication number: 20240139572
    Abstract: The invention concerns a pneumatic control device (1) for multi-zone fire extinguishing installations, comprising a control pressure inlet port (25) for connection to a control pressure source (105), in particular a pressurised gas container, a number (m) of first control pressure outlet ports (17) for connection to a corresponding number of extinguishing agent containers (107), a number (n) of second control pressure outlet ports (19) for connection to a corresponding number of zone valves (111), and a plurality of function modules (7, 9).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2023
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Inventors: Thomas NÖTZEL, Thomas CLAESSEN
  • Patent number: 11806562
    Abstract: The invention concerns a pneumatic control device (1) for multi-zone fire extinguishing installations, comprising a control pressure inlet port (25) for connection to a control pressure source (105), in particular a pressurised gas container, a number (m) of first control pressure outlet ports (17) for connection to a corresponding number of extinguishing agent containers (107), a number (n) of second control pressure outlet ports (19) for connection to a corresponding number of zone valves (111), and a plurality of function modules (7, 9).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: Minimax GmbH
    Inventors: Thomas Nötzel, Thomas Claessen
  • Publication number: 20210069539
    Abstract: The invention concerns a pneumatic control device (1) for multi-zone fire extinguishing installations, comprising a control pressure inlet port (25) for connection to a control pressure source (105), in particular a pressurised gas container, a number (m) of first control pressure outlet ports (17) for connection to a corresponding number of extinguishing agent containers (107), a number (n) of second control pressure outlet ports (19) for connection to a corresponding number of zone valves (111), and a plurality of function modules (7, 9).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2018
    Publication date: March 11, 2021
    Inventors: Thomas NÖTZEL, Thomas Thomas CLAESSEN
  • Patent number: 10576317
    Abstract: An extinguishing fluid nozzle system (1, 100, 200), for stationary fire extinguishing systems, with an extinguishing fluid nozzle having a main body (3, 104, 204) which has an inlet opening (23, 123, 223) and can be fixed in fluid-conducting relationship to an extinguishing fluid line, a nozzle head (5, 106, 206) which has one or more outlet openings (25, 125, 225) connected in fluid-conducting relationship to the inlet opening for the discharge of the extinguishing fluid, and an aperture (7, 107, 207) having an aperture ring (15, 115, 215) for flow limitation, arranged in the fluid path between the inlet opening and the one or more outlet openings. The aperture has a grip portion (17, 117, 217) which is fixedly connected to the aperture ring and which extends outwardly from the aperture ring and which in the fitted condition of the aperture extends outside the extinguishing fluid nozzle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2020
    Assignee: Minimax GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Thomas Claessen, Maik Koehler
  • Publication number: 20170007867
    Abstract: An extinguishing fluid nozzle system (1, 100, 200), for stationary fire extinguishing systems, with an extinguishing fluid nozzle having a main body (3, 104, 204) which has an inlet opening (23, 123, 223) and can be fixed in fluid-conducting relationship to an extinguishing fluid line, a nozzle head (5, 106, 206) which has one or more outlet openings (25, 125, 225) connected in fluid-conducting relationship to the inlet opening for the discharge of the extinguishing fluid, and an aperture (7, 107, 207) having an aperture ring (15, 115, 215) for flow limitation, arranged in the fluid path between the inlet opening and the one or more outlet openings. The aperture has a grip portion (17, 117, 217) which is fixedly connected to the aperture ring and which extends outwardly from the aperture ring and which in the fitted condition of the aperture extends outside the extinguishing fluid nozzle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2014
    Publication date: January 12, 2017
    Inventors: Thomas CLAESSEN, Maik KOEHLER
  • Patent number: 9079054
    Abstract: The invention relates to an inert gas fire-extinguishing system for reducing the risk of and extinguishing fires in a protected room. So as to have the inerting of the protected room ensue according to different variable sequences of events, the inert gas fire-extinguishing system includes a pressure-reducing device having at least two parallel branches, wherein each parallel branch has a pressure-reducing mechanism. Each parallel branch is connectable to a high-pressure collecting line and a low-pressure extinguishing line via a controllable valve, whereby each pressure-reducing mechanism is designed to reduce a high input pressure to a low output pressure according to a known pressure-reducing characteristic curve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2015
    Assignee: AMRONA AG
    Inventors: Thomas Claessen, Ernst-Werner Wagner
  • Publication number: 20110253396
    Abstract: The invention relates to an inert gas fire-extinguishing system for reducing the risk of and extinguishing fires in a protected room. So as to have the inerting of the protected room ensue according to different variable sequences of events, the inert gas fire-extinguishing system includes a pressure-reducing device having at least two parallel branches, wherein each parallel branch has a pressure-reducing mechanism. Each parallel branch is connectable to a high-pressure collecting line and a low-pressure extinguishing line via a controllable valve, whereby each pressure-reducing mechanism is designed to reduce a high input pressure to a low output pressure according to a known pressure-reducing characteristic curve.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2009
    Publication date: October 20, 2011
    Applicant: AMRONA AG
    Inventors: Thomas Claessen, Ernst-Werner Wagner