Patents by Inventor Wilbert Timotheus WALVOORT

Wilbert Timotheus WALVOORT 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: 20220264836
    Abstract: A milking device for milking a dairy animal comprises a teat cup with a cup wall and a teat liner and a pulsation space situated in between, to which pulsation space a pulsation device is connected which is configured to apply a pressure that varies in pulsations to the pulsation space in order to open and close the teat liner, and which pulsation device comprises a supply line which is controllable by a first operable valve, in particular closable, for supplying a first pressure, a supply line which is controllable by a second operable valve, in particular closable, for supplying a second pressure, which is a lower pressure than the first pressure, and a control unit which is configured to generate control signals for operating the first valve and the second valve, wherein the first valve, and preferably also the second valve, is a controllable valve having a passage which is adjustable by means of the control signals, wherein the passage of the first valve, and preferably of the second valve, respectively,
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2022
    Publication date: August 25, 2022
    Applicant: LELY PATENT N.V.
    Inventors: Wilbert Timotheus WALVOORT, Michiel Adriaan VAN DORP, Gerard MOSTERT
  • Patent number: 11357208
    Abstract: A milking device for milking a dairy animal includes a teat cup with a cup wall and a teat liner and a pulsation space situated in between, the pulsation space being connected to a pulsation device that is configured to apply a pressure that varies in pulsations to the pulsation space in order to open and close the teat liner. The pulsation device includes a supply line controllable by a first operable valve for supplying a first pressure, a supply line controllable by a second operable valve for supplying a second pressure lower than the first pressure, and a control unit configured to generate control signals for operating the first and second valves. At least the first valve is a controllable valve having a passage that is adjustable during at least one pulsation phase by the control unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: LELY PATENT N.V.
    Inventors: Wilbert Timotheus Walvoort, Michiel Adriaan Van Dorp, Gerard Mostert
  • Publication number: 20210324317
    Abstract: The invention relates to a lid configuration (1) for a bioreactor (2), comprising: a lid (3) configured for connection with a vessel (4) of the bioreactor (2), the vessel (4) during use containing a bioreactor fluid (7), characterized by the lid being provided with one or more 3D-printed sensor (5) or controller (6) elements for, during use, sensing or controlling one or more parameters of the bioreactor (2), in particular the bioreactor fluid (7).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2019
    Publication date: October 21, 2021
    Inventors: Wilbert TimotheĆ¼s Walvoort, Jaap Oostra
  • Publication number: 20180359984
    Abstract: A milking device for milking a dairy animal includes a teat cup with a cup wall and a teat liner and a pulsation space situated in between, to which pulsation space a pulsation device is connected which is configured to apply a pressure that varies in pulsations to the pulsation space in order to open and close the teat liner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2016
    Publication date: December 20, 2018
    Applicant: LELY PATENT N.V.
    Inventors: Wilbert Timotheus WALVOORT, Michiel Adriaan VAN DORP, Gerard MOSTERT