Patents by Inventor Thomas Prior

Thomas Prior 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: 20230321581
    Abstract: A compressed air filter includes a housing and a housing head with an inlet and an outlet, wherein a preparation element is arranged in an interior of the housing, and compressed air which is to be prepared flows through the inlet into the preparation element and flows out through the outlet as prepared useful air. The housing head has a through-opening through which, in the state in which the preparation element is used, there extends a functional element connected to the preparation element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2021
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Inventors: Johannes SINSTEDTEN, Stefan KAMPFER, Peter BEUMERS, Lennart OHLBERG, Thomas PRIOR, Jörg RAMBOW, Patrick BONN
  • Publication number: 20200048632
    Abstract: Various aspects of the present invention are directed to compounds targeted to various regions of the survival motor neuron 2 (SMN2) gene. Such compounds may be used to increase incorporation of exon 7 in processed transcripts of SMN2. Such compounds may therefore be useful in increasing the amount of full-length SMN protein produced by the SMN2 gene. As such, these compounds may provide a therapeutic approach for treatment of spinal muscular atrophy (SMA).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2017
    Publication date: February 13, 2020
    Inventors: Arthur Burghes, Vicki McGovern, Thomas Prior
  • Patent number: 10449496
    Abstract: A purge air regulating unit for a drying device for compressed air, the purge air regulating unit being connectable to a housing in which a membrane filter, such as a bundle of hollow fiber membranes, is arranged such that a sub-flow of dried compressed air flowing out of the housing from an outlet channel can be conducted back to the hollow fiber membranes as purge air by the purge air regulating unit. A method for regulating the flow of dried compressed air flowing out of a membrane dryer back into a housing of the membrane dryer, the membrane dryer being equipped with a membrane filter, such as a bundle of hollow fiber membranes, is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2019
    Assignee: BEKO TECHNOLOGIES GMBH
    Inventors: Johannes Franciscus Slatman, Thomas Prior, Johannes Sinstedten, Herbert Schlensker
  • Publication number: 20180111095
    Abstract: A purge air regulating unit for a drying device for compressed air, the purge air regulating unit being connectable to a housing in which a membrane filter, such as a bundle of hollow fiber membranes, is arranged such that a sub-flow of dried compressed air flowing out of the housing from an outlet channel can be conducted back to the hollow fiber membranes as purge air by the purge air regulating unit. A method for regulating the flow of dried compressed air flowing out of a membrane dryer back into a housing of the membrane dryer, the membrane dryer being equipped with a membrane filter, such as a bundle of hollow fiber membranes, is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2016
    Publication date: April 26, 2018
    Inventors: Johannes Franciscus SLATMAN, Thomas PRIOR, Johannes SINSTEDTEN, Herbert SCHLENSKER
  • Patent number: 9895655
    Abstract: A drying apparatus housing head for compressed air is connected to a housing wherein a diaphragm filter includes an inlet for humid compressed air and an outlet for dried compressed air. The inlet transitions into an inner pipe surrounded by a housing section. The outlet transitions into a ring-shaped chamber formed between an outer side of the inner pipe and an inner side of the housing. A valve ring guide of a main body surrounds the inner pipe and is held immovably, and a ring-shaped rolling diaphragm is arranged in the chamber, held at the outer side thereof and connected at the inner side thereof to a valve ring which surrounds the valve ring guide and moves along a longitudinal axis. The valve ring guide has a duct through which dry compressed air is conducted in the direction of the diaphragm filter and is closed off by the valve ring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2018
    Assignee: BEKO TECHNOLOGIES GMBH
    Inventors: Johannes Sinstedten, Thomas Prior, Jörg Rambow
  • Patent number: 9845469
    Abstract: Various aspects of the present invention are directed to compounds targeted to various regions of the survival motor neuron 2 (SMN2) gene. Such compounds may be used to increase incorporation of exon 7 in processed transcripts of SMN2. Such compounds may therefore be useful in increasing the amount of full-length SMN protein produced by the SMN2 gene. As such, these compounds may provide a therapeutic approach for treatment of spinal muscular atrophy (SMA).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2017
    Assignee: Ohio State Innovation Foundation
    Inventors: Arthur Burghes, Vicki McGovern, Thomas Prior
  • Publication number: 20170113181
    Abstract: A drying apparatus housing head for compressed air is connected to a housing wherein a diaphragm filter includes an inlet for humid compressed air and an outlet for dried compressed air. The inlet transitions into an inner pipe surrounded by a housing section. The outlet transitions into a ring-shaped chamber formed between an outer side of the inner pipe and an inner side of the housing. A valve ring guide of a main body surrounds the inner pipe and is held immovably, and a ring-shaped rolling diaphragm is arranged in the chamber, held at the outer side thereof and connected at the inner side thereof to a valve ring which surrounds the valve ring guide and moves along a longitudinal axis. The valve ring guide has a duct through which dry compressed air is conducted in the direction of the diaphragm filter and is closed off by the valve ring.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2014
    Publication date: April 27, 2017
    Inventors: Johannes SINSTEDTEN, Thomas PRIOR, Jörg RAMBOW
  • Publication number: 20160355811
    Abstract: Various aspects of the present invention are directed to compounds targeted to various regions of the survival motor neuron 2 (SMN2) gene. Such compounds may be used to increase incorporation of exon 7 in processed transcripts of SMN2. Such compounds may therefore be useful in increasing the amount of full-length SMN protein produced by the SMN2 gene. As such, these compounds may provide a therapeutic approach for treatment of spinal muscular atrophy (SMA).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2015
    Publication date: December 8, 2016
    Inventors: Arthur Burghes, Vicki McGovern, Thomas Prior