Patents by Inventor Thomas Stulz

Thomas Stulz 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).

  • Fixation system
    Patent number: 11105365
    Abstract: A first component with a fixing groove is affixed to a second component, using a ball-head screw having a thread and a ball head, a slot nut for the thread fitting into the fixing groove of the first component, and a fixation part having a ball head seat and a planar fixation support surface for fixing the fixation part to the second component. The ball head seat receives the ball head, forming a ball joint. In a central position, the fixation support surface is parallel and offset to a longitudinal axis of the ball-head screw. The ball-head seat includes recessed portions receiving a screw portion of the ball-head screw. An inclination angle between the longitudinal axis of the ball-head screw in the central position, and the longitudinal axis of the ball-head screw in the position when received in the recessed portion, is at least 90°.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Assignee: Hansgrohe SE
    Inventors: Bernd Kronenbitter, Alois Schönweger, Thomas Stulz
  • Valve actuation device and sanitary rule
    Patent number: 10731765
    Abstract: A valve actuation device for actuating a valve, such as a sanitary valve, in an axial actuation movement for a first valve function, illustratively a shut-off function, and in a rotary actuation movement for a second valve function, illustratively a quantity regulation or mixing function, and to a sanitary valve equipped with such a valve actuation device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2020
    Assignee: Hansgrohe SE
    Inventor: Thomas Stulz
  • VALVE ACTUATION DEVICE AND SANITARY VALVE
    Publication number: 20190178398
    Abstract: A valve actuation device for actuating a valve, such as a sanitary valve, in an axial actuation movement for a first valve function, illustratively a shut-off function, and in a rotary actuation movement for a second valve function, illustratively a quantity regulation or mixing function, and to a sanitary valve equipped with such a valve actuation device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2018
    Publication date: June 13, 2019
    Applicant: Hansgrohe SE
    Inventor: Thomas Stulz
  • FIXATION SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20180163774
    Abstract: A first component with a fixing groove is affixed to a second component, using a ball-head screw having a thread and a ball head, a slot nut for the thread fitting into the fixing groove of the first component, and a fixation part having a ball head seat and a planar fixation support surface for fixing the fixation part to the second component. The ball head seat receives the ball head, forming a ball joint. In a central position, the fixation support surface is parallel and offset to a longitudinal axis of the ball-head screw. The ball-head seat includes recessed portions receiving a screw portion of the ball-head screw. An inclination angle between the longitudinal axis of the ball-head screw in the central position, and the longitudinal axis of the ball-head screw in the position when received in the recessed portion, is at least 90°.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2017
    Publication date: June 14, 2018
    Applicant: Hansgrohe SE
    Inventors: Bernd Kronenbitter, Alois Schönweger, Thomas Stulz