Patents by Inventor Thomas Heinrich Ludwig BEUTLER

Thomas Heinrich Ludwig BEUTLER 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).

  • A Freeze Dryer and a Method for Operating a Freeze Dryer
    Publication number: 20240142172
    Abstract: A freeze dryer that includes a product chamber configured to accommodate products to be freeze-dried; a condenser connected to the product chamber and configured to trap water during a freeze-drying process; a product chamber cooling circuit configured to cool the product chamber, the product chamber cooling circuit having a first heat transfer fluid; a condenser cooling circuit configured to cool the condenser, the condenser cooling circuit having a second heat transfer fluid and being separate from the product chamber cooling circuit; a first additional cooling circuit having carbon dioxide or ammonia or liquid nitrogen as refrigerant; and a first heat exchanger configured to transfer heat between the condenser cooling circuit and the first additional cooling circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2022
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Inventors: Thomas Heinrich Ludwig Beutler, Maximilian Toennessen, Frank Krüger, Olaf Plassmann
  • Freeze dryer and a method for inducing nucleation in products
    Patent number: 11047620
    Abstract: The invention relates to a freeze dryer and a method for inducing controlled nucleation in liquid products.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2021
    Assignee: GEA LYOPHIL GMBH
    Inventors: Thomas Heinrich Ludwig Beutler, Marion Böckem, Alexey Bauer, Carolin Wolf
  • A FREEZE DRYER AND A METHOD FOR INDUCING NUCLEATION IN PRODUCTS
    Publication number: 20200248963
    Abstract: The invention relates to a freeze dryer and a method for inducing controlled nucleation in liquid products.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2018
    Publication date: August 6, 2020
    Applicant: GEA LYOPHIL GMBH
    Inventors: Thomas Heinrich Ludwig BEUTLER, Marion BÖCKEM, Alexey BAUER, Carolin WOLF