Patents by Inventor Volker BLANKE

Volker BLANKE 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: 20260160342
    Abstract: A plug for a stopcock as well as a stopcock and a method for manufacturing a plug, by means of which the aforementioned problems are solved. This is achieved by the fact that the plug, consisting of a cone part and a handle part, is formed in one piece. This plug can be rotatably mounted in an interior of a stopcock housing and has the cone part, which has a conical surface, and the handle part, which has a handle, lying one behind the other in the direction of an axis of rotation. The conical part also has a bore perpendicular to the axis of rotation, which can be designed as a fluid channel, whereby the conical surface can be brought into a sealing connection with an inner surface of the interior of the housing. The cone part is manufactured together with the handle part from a single workpiece by means of a turning and milling process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2025
    Publication date: June 11, 2026
    Applicant: OLYMPUS WINTER & IBE GMBH
    Inventors: Hannes MIERSCH, Volker BLANKE