Patents by Inventor Wilhelm Gröner

Wilhelm Gröner 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).

  • Rear-ventilated building facade as well as process for manufacturing same
    Patent number: 11299890
    Abstract: The present invention pertains to a rear-ventilated building facade with a load-bearing external wall, with an insulation layer formed from insulation panels and with a facade cladding, wherein the facade cladding is installed by means of a load-bearing structure, forming a rear ventilation gap, at a spaced location from the insulation layer, and wherein the rear ventilation gap is interrupted in the vertical direction by at least one fire barrier, which is configured as a mineral wool panel. It is characterized in that the at least one fire barrier extends over the entire width of the rear ventilation gap, and that the at least one fire barrier has at least one opening extending in the vertical direction in the area of the rear ventilation gap. The present invention further provides a process for manufacturing a rear-ventilated building facade.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: SAINT-GOBAIN ISOVER
    Inventors: Ulrich Passon, Wilhelm Gröner, Walter Schüller
  • REAR-VENTILATED BUILDING FACADE AS WELL AS PROCESS FOR MANUFACTURING SAME
    Publication number: 20200392738
    Abstract: The present invention pertains to a rear-ventilated building facade with a load-bearing external wall, with an insulation layer formed from insulation panels and with a facade cladding, wherein the facade cladding is installed by means of a load-bearing structure, forming a rear ventilation gap, at a spaced location from the insulation layer, and wherein the rear ventilation gap is interrupted in the vertical direction by at least one fire barrier, which is configured as a mineral wool panel. It is characterized in that the at least one fire barrier extends over the entire width of the rear ventilation gap, and that the at least one fire barrier has at least one opening extending in the vertical direction in the area of the rear ventilation gap. The present invention further provides a process for manufacturing a rear-ventilated building facade.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2019
    Publication date: December 17, 2020
    Inventors: Ulrich Passon, Wilhelm Gröner, Walter Schüller
  • Self-adhesive sealing tape for sealing the passages of construction units through plastic foils lining roofs
    Patent number: 7682675
    Abstract: A self-adhesive flexible sealing tape, especially on a butyl or acrylic base, possibly a butyl rubber base, intended for sealing purposes and so designed that both the sealing tape and the carrier foil applied to the sealing tape are capable of being stretched, thus enabling the carrier tape to follow the stretching state of the sealing tape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2010
    Assignee: Saint-Gobain Isover
    Inventors: Birgit Boge, Wilhelm Gröner