Patents by Inventor Tobias Baumann

Tobias Baumann 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: 20190314832
    Abstract: A fluid dispenser having an accumulator and a discharge head. The discharge head is secured to a base unit of the dispenser, which base unit includes a fluid accumulator. The discharge head has a housing displaceable relative to the base unit for actuating the dispenser. The discharge head has an inlet through which fluid travels from the fluid accumulator into the discharge head, and a discharge opening through which the fluid is delivered into the atmosphere. A swirling chamber having an inlet channel is provided between the fluid inlet and the discharge opening so that inflowing fluid is provided with a swirl which forms a spray stream when exiting the discharge opening. The swirling chamber is switched between a first and a second configuration by changing the geometry of its walls and/or the inlet channel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2017
    Publication date: October 17, 2019
    Inventor: Tobias BAUMANN
  • Publication number: 20190307228
    Abstract: A liquid dispenser for discharging liquids, in particular in rod shape. The liquid dispenser has a liquid store for receiving liquid prior to discharge, and a discharge opening for discharging the liquid. The liquid dispenser has a pumping device having an actuating surface for manual actuation, by which liquid is conveyed from the liquid store to the discharge opening. The liquid store is provided within an exchangeable container unit, couplable to a main unit including the pumping device (62) and the discharge opening, and is uncouplable therefrom. For the exchangeable coupling of the container unit to the main unit is provided a coupling device, by which the container unit, by pressing against the main unit, is alternately couplable thereto and releasable therefrom. The coupling device possesses two coupling members, wherein one coupling member is provided on the container unit and one coupling member on the main unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2017
    Publication date: October 10, 2019
    Inventor: Tobias BAUMANN
  • Publication number: 20190308780
    Abstract: Discharge head for a liquid dispenser including a housing, a coupling device for attachment to a liquid store, a discharge opening through which liquid is dispensed and an outlet channel extending from an inlet region, pointing in the direction of the liquid store, up to the discharge opening and via which the discharge opening is supplied with liquid. A throttle device is arranged in the outlet channel and includes a throttle channel for reducing liquid pressure and/or liquid flow through the throttle device. The throttle device is designed in the form of a dynamic throttle device, in which a free cross section of the throttle channel is reduced in size with increasing pressure prevailing at the throttle device, or with greater liquid flow flowing through the throttle device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2017
    Publication date: October 10, 2019
    Inventors: Tobias BAUMANN, Thomas BRUDER
  • Patent number: 10343825
    Abstract: A discharge head for mixing two media and discharging the mixed liquid, having a dosing chamber, a first inlet, a second inlet, and an outlet through which the mixed liquid is discharged from the dosing chamber. A displacer is movable in an actuation direction between first and second end positions to force the mixed liquid through the outlet. A volume-compensating mechanism has a wall portion which is deflectable between a minimal position in which the volume of the dosing chamber is not enlarged and a maximal position in which the volume of the dosing chamber is enlarged to a maximum extent. Deflection of the wall portion in the direction of the maximal position enables an auxiliary volume to be made available in the dosing chamber through which, with the dosing chamber already filled with the first media, the second media can be introduced into the dosing chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2019
    Assignee: APTAR RADOLFZELL GMBH
    Inventor: Tobias Baumann
  • Publication number: 20190160481
    Abstract: A discharge head (30) of a liquid dispenser (10), comprising a pump device or pressure accumulator, is known for selectively discharging liquid, on the one hand, in the form of an atomized spray jet and, on the other hand, in the form of a non-atomized liquid stream or in the form of individual droplets. The discharge head (30) is provided for fastening to a base unit (20) of the liquid dispenser (10), said base unit comprising a liquid reservoir (22). The discharge head has a housing (32) which is configured for the stationary or linearly movable or linearly and rotatably movable fastening to the base unit (20) of the liquid dispenser (10). The discharge head (30) has a liquid outlet (34) through which liquid may be discharged from the liquid reservoir (22) into a surrounding atmosphere, and a liquid inlet (38) through which liquid may be conducted out of the liquid reservoir (22) to the liquid outlet (34). It is proposed that the liquid outlet (34) has an outlet channel (36) penetrating the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2017
    Publication date: May 30, 2019
    Inventor: Tobias BAUMANN
  • Patent number: 10305150
    Abstract: A temperature control device for tempering of a battery may include a cooling device configured to be flowed through by a coolant for cooling the battery, an electric heating module configured to heat the battery and a heat transmission component configured to thermally couple the cooling device and the electric heating module to the battery. The battery may be temperature-controlled. The heat transmission component may have a recess. An electric heating module may be received in the recess and may be secured to the heat transmission component via an adhesive connection. The recess may be arranged on a first side comprising one of an upper side or underside of the heat transmission component. The electric heating module may be received in the recess and may terminate flush with the first side. The cooling device may lie in a planar manner against the first side of the heat transmission component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2019
    Assignee: Mahle International GmbH
    Inventors: Tobias Baumann, Thomas Kuznia, Joachim Treier, Bernd Schaefer, Stefan Hirsch, Timo Henke, Jerome Stoeckel
  • Patent number: 10150125
    Abstract: A metering dispenser for simultaneously or selectively discharging two media, including an outlet opening, a first reservoir for a first medium, a first metering-conveyor device for conveying the first medium from the first reservoir, a second reservoir for a second medium, a second metering-conveyor device for conveying the second medium from the second reservoir, a mixing chamber arranged upstream of the outlet opening and in which the first medium, conveyed by the first metering-conveyor device, and/or second medium, conveyed by the second metering-conveyor device, is stored temporarily, and an output-conveyor device for conveying the medium or media from the mixing chamber to the outlet opening. The first metering-conveyor device has the form of a metering-pump device with a variable-volume metering chamber, an inlet fluidically connected to the first reservoir and having an inlet valve, and an outlet fluidically connected to the mixing chamber and having an outlet valve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2018
    Assignee: APTAR RADOLFZELL GMBH
    Inventors: Thomas Bruder, Tobias Baumann
  • Patent number: 10137466
    Abstract: A discharge head for a dispenser including a securing element coupling the discharge head to the dispenser, a housing having an outlet opening, and a valve body. The valve body closes the outlet opening when the pressure of a medium in the discharge head is below a threshold value, and in a ready-for-use state the valve body releases the outlet opening when the pressure of the medium in the discharge head is above the threshold value. The valve body is mounted over a travel path for releasing and closing the outlet opening, and a locking handle moves in relation to the securing element in order to transfer the discharge head into a locked state in which the travel path of the valve body is reduced to zero, and/or in order to transfer the discharge head from the locked state into the ready-for-use state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2018
    Assignee: APTAR RADOLFZELL GMBH
    Inventors: Thomas Bruder, Tobias Baumann
  • Patent number: 10116015
    Abstract: A temperature control device for temperature controlling a battery of a vehicle may include a housing defining a housing interior. The housing may include a housing bottom and a housing lid. A plurality of tubular bodies may be arranged in the housing interior adjacent to one another for a coolant to flow therethrough. A heating device may also be disposed within the housing interior and may include, on each of a lower side facing the housing bottom and on a top side facing the housing lid, a lower or an upper electrical contact plate for connecting the electric heating device to an electric source of energy. An electrical insulation may be disposed between the housing bottom and a lower electrical contact plate. The electric heating device and the electrical insulation may be formed as a heating module unit. The heating module unit may be installed into the housing as a unitary component to the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2018
    Assignee: Mahle International GmbH
    Inventors: Tobias Baumann, Joachim Treier, Jerome Stoeckel
  • Patent number: 10035159
    Abstract: Fluid dispenser for the discharge of pharmaceutical or cosmetic fluids including a fluid reservoir in which fluid is stored prior to discharge, an outlet channel through which the fluid is dispensed to an environment, and a pump chamber which, starting from an initial state with maximum pump chamber volume, is volumetrically reduced by a manual pump activation. An inlet valve arrangement is provided between the fluid reservoir and the pump chamber, which opens in a pressure regulated manner when a negative pressure exists in the pump chamber with respect to the fluid reservoir, and an outlet valve arrangement is provided between the pump chamber and the discharge opening. The outlet valve arrangement includes a switching valve mechanically compelled to open in reaction to a displacement of an activation handle and independent of the fluid pressure in the pump chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2018
    Assignee: APTAR RADOLFZELL GMBH
    Inventors: Thomas Bruder, Tobias Baumann
  • Publication number: 20180166755
    Abstract: A temperature control device for tempering of a battery may include a cooling device configured to be flowed through by a coolant for cooling the battery, an electric heating module configured to heat the battery and a heat transmission component configured to thermally couple the cooling device and the electric heating module to the battery. The battery may be temperature-controlled. The heat transmission component may have a recess. An electric heating module may be received in the recess and may be secured to the heat transmission component via an adhesive connection. The recess may be arranged on a first side comprising one of an upper side or underside of the heat transmission component. The electric heating module may be received in the recess and may terminate flush with the first side. The cooling device may lie in a planar manner against the first side of the heat transmission component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 3, 2016
    Publication date: June 14, 2018
    Inventors: Tobias Baumann, Thomas Kuznia, Joachim Treier, Bernd Schaefer, Stefan Hirsch, Timo Henke, Jerome Stoeckel
  • Publication number: 20180151924
    Abstract: A temperature control device for temperature controlling a battery of a vehicle may include a housing defining a housing interior. The housing may include a housing bottom and a housing lid. A plurality of tubular bodies may be arranged in the housing interior adjacent to one another for a coolant to flow therethrough. A heating device may also be disposed within the housing interior and may include, on each of a lower side facing the housing bottom and on a top side facing the housing lid, a lower or an upper electrical contact plate for connecting the electric heating device to an electric source of energy. An electrical insulation may be disposed between the housing bottom and a lower electrical contact plate. The electric heating device and the electrical insulation may be formed as a heating module unit. The heating module unit may be installed into the housing as a unitary component to the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2016
    Publication date: May 31, 2018
    Inventors: Tobias Baumann, Joachim Treier, Jerome Stoeckel
  • Patent number: 9878339
    Abstract: An applicator head for discharging a pasty medium from a container, including a metering chamber, a first housing part bounding the metering chamber in sections, with an actuating element, and a second housing part. The first housing part and the second housing part form a constructional unit connectable to a container storing the medium and closing the container. By actuating the actuating element, the medium is conveyed out of the container into the metering chamber and/or is discharged from the metering chamber. A sealing element of a plastically or elastically deformable plastic is provided, and is arranged such that the container is closable in a sealing manner by the constructional unit. The sealing element is manufactured as a common component with at least one further element of the applicator head.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2018
    Assignee: APTAR RADOLFZELL GMBH
    Inventor: Tobias Baumann
  • Publication number: 20170341095
    Abstract: A discharge head for a dispenser including a securing element coupling the discharge head to the dispenser, a housing having an outlet opening, and a valve body. The valve body closes the outlet opening when the pressure of a medium in the discharge head is below a threshold value, and in a ready-for-use state the valve body releases the outlet opening when the pressure of the medium in the discharge head is above the threshold value. The valve body is mounted over a travel path for releasing and closing the outlet opening, and a locking handle moves in relation to the securing element in order to transfer the discharge head into a locked state in which the travel path of the valve body is reduced to zero, and/or in order to transfer the discharge head from the locked state into the ready-for-use state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2015
    Publication date: November 30, 2017
    Inventors: Thomas BRUDER, Tobias BAUMANN
  • Publication number: 20170225182
    Abstract: A metering dispenser for simultaneously or selectively discharging two media, including an outlet opening, a first reservoir for a first medium, a first metering-conveyor device for conveying the first medium from the first reservoir, a second reservoir for a second medium, a second metering-conveyor device for conveying the second medium from the second reservoir, a mixing chamber arranged upstream of the outlet opening and in which the first medium, conveyed by the first metering-conveyor device, and/or second medium, conveyed by the second metering-conveyor device, is stored temporarily, and an output-conveyor device for conveying the medium or media from the mixing chamber to the outlet opening. The first metering-conveyor device has the form of a metering-pump device with a variable-volume metering chamber, an inlet fluidically connected to the first reservoir and having an inlet valve, and an outlet fluidically connected to the mixing chamber and having an outlet valve.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2015
    Publication date: August 10, 2017
    Inventors: Thomas BRUDER, Tobias BAUMANN
  • Publication number: 20170121070
    Abstract: A discharge head for mixing two media and discharging the mixed liquid, having a dosing chamber, a first inlet, a second inlet, and an outlet through which the mixed liquid is discharged from the dosing chamber. A displacer is movable in an actuation direction between first and second end positions to force the mixed liquid through the outlet. A volume-compensating mechanism has a wall portion which is deflectable between a minimal position in which the volume of the dosing chamber is not enlarged and a maximal position in which the volume of the dosing chamber is enlarged to a maximum extent. Deflection of the wall portion in the direction of the maximal position enables an auxiliary volume to be made available in the dosing chamber through which, with the dosing chamber already filled with the first media, the second media can still be introduced into the dosing chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2016
    Publication date: May 4, 2017
    Inventor: Tobias BAUMANN
  • Publication number: 20160332180
    Abstract: Fluid dispenser for the discharge of pharmaceutical or cosmetic fluids including a fluid reservoir in which fluid is stored prior to discharge, an outlet channel through which the fluid is dispensed to an environment, and a pump chamber which, starting from an initial state with maximum pump chamber volume, is volumetrically reduced by a manual pump activation. An inlet valve arrangement is provided between the fluid reservoir and the pump chamber, which opens in a pressure regulated manner when a negative pressure exists in the pump chamber with respect to the fluid reservoir, and an outlet valve arrangement is provided between the pump chamber and the discharge opening. The outlet valve arrangement includes a switching valve mechanically compelled to open in reaction to a displacement of an activation handle and independent of the fluid pressure in the pump chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2014
    Publication date: November 17, 2016
    Inventors: Thomas BRUDER, Tobias BAUMANN
  • Patent number: 9468941
    Abstract: An applicator head for discharging media from a reservoir, including a housing with a coupling device for coupling to the reservoir, an inlet opening, an applicator opening for discharging medium into a surrounding atmosphere, a conveying device for conveying the medium from the inlet opening to the applicator opening and an actuating handle, movable relative to the housing to actuate the conveying device. The housing is a one-piece injection molded part formed from two plastics having different properties. The coupling device is constructed of a first of the two plastics. A ring seal surrounds the inlet opening and is arranged to bear tightly against the reservoir when coupled to the applicator head. A venting valve with an aperture which opens in a pressure-dependent manner and through which ambient air flows from the surrounding atmosphere into the reservoir, is constructed of the second of the two plastics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2016
    Assignee: APTAR RADOLFZELL GMBH
    Inventors: Thomas Bruder, Tobias Baumann
  • Publication number: 20160158779
    Abstract: An applicator head discharging a pasty medium from a container, including a metering chamber, a first housing part bounding the metering chamber in sections, with an actuating element, and a second housing part. The first housing part and the second housing part form a constructional unit connectable to a container storing the medium and closing the container. By actuating the actuating element, the medium is conveyed out of the container into the metering chamber and/or is discharged from the metering chamber. A sealing element of a plastically or elastically deformable plastic is provided, and is arranged such that the container closable in a sealing manner by the constructional unit. The sealing element is manufactured as a common component with at least one further element of the applicator head.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2014
    Publication date: June 9, 2016
    Inventor: Tobias BAUMANN
  • Patent number: 9308287
    Abstract: A fragrancing system for a motor vehicle, having a housing, in which a replaceable fragrance storage container is inserted, which has an opening for dispensing a fragrance which is covered by a closure mechanism which frees the opening for dispensing of the fragrance when actuated by an actuator. In a fragrancing system which is of simple construction and nevertheless operates reliably, the housing is provided with a cover, which for introduction of the fragrance storage container is mounted so as to be pivotable about an axis of rotation into a housing interior, wherein when the fragrance storage container is introduced it is locked by the cover.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2016
    Assignee: MAHLE INTERNATONAL GmbH
    Inventors: Walter Wolf, Eric Pitz, Tobias Baumann