Patents by Inventor Thomas OPFERMANN

Thomas OPFERMANN 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).

  • Device and method for cutting a good to be cut by means of a fluid
    Patent number: 10391611
    Abstract: A device for cutting a cuttable material with the aid of a fluid, in particular for water-jet cutting, may include a pressure-generating unit and an outlet nozzle that is fluidically connected to the pressure-generating unit via a fluid line. The pressure-generating unit may pressurize the fluid in the fluid line. The device may further comprise a pulsation damper for damping pressure fluctuations in the fluid line. The device may also include at least one switching valve such that, depending on a switching position of the switching valve, the pulsation damper is couplable to the fluid line and uncouplable from the fluid line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2019
    Assignees: UHDE HIGH PRESSURE TECHNOLOGIES GMBH, THYSSENKRUPP AG
    Inventors: Volker Bilke, Andrzej Karpinski, Thomas Opfermann, Holger Werth, Günther Elsigan
  • DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CUTTING A GOOD TO BE CUT BY MEANS OF A FLUID
    Publication number: 20180071893
    Abstract: A device for cutting a cuttable material with the aid of a fluid, in particular for water-jet cutting, may include a pressure-generating unit and an outlet nozzle that is fluidically connected to the pressure-generating unit via a fluid line. The pressure-generating unit may pressurize the fluid in the fluid line. The device may further comprise a pulsation damper for damping pressure fluctuations in the fluid line. The device may also include at least one switching valve such that, depending on a switching position of the switching valve, the pulsation damper is couplable to the fluid line and uncouplable from the fluid line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2016
    Publication date: March 15, 2018
    Applicants: Uhde High Pressure Technologies GmbH, thyssenkrupp AG
    Inventors: Volker BILKE, Andrzej KARPINSKI, Thomas OPFERMANN, Holger WERTH, Günther ELSIGAN