Patents by Inventor Wolfgang Offenloch

Wolfgang Offenloch 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).

  • Patent number: 6220570
    Abstract: A plug-in connection for connecting a plug-in part especially one formed by one end of a pipe line consisting of a receiving housing with a plug-in opening for the plug-in part, a circumferential seal for sealing a circular gap between the receiving housing and the inserted plug-in part as well as a valve element, which, when it is disconnected, automatically closes the receiving housing in order to provide run-out protection and which valve element, when it is inserted, is to be opened by means of the plug-in part. The valve element in order to close the receiving housing directly engages the same circumferential seal, which seals the plug-in part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2000
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2001
    Assignee: Armaturenfabrik Hermann Voss GmbH & Co.
    Inventors: Gundolf Heinrichs, Wolfgang Offenloch
  • Patent number: 6089540
    Abstract: A plug-in connection (1) for connecting a plug-in part (2)--especially one formed by one end of a pipe line (4)--consisting of a receiving housing (10) with a plug-in opening (12) for the plug-in part (2), a circumferential seal (14) for sealing a circular gap between the receiving housing (10) and the inserted plug-in part (2) as well as a valve element (16), which, when it is disconnected, automatically closes the receiving housing (10) in order to provide run-out protection and which valve element, when it is inserted, is to be opened by means of the plug-in part (2). The valve element (16)--in order to close the receiving housing (10)--directly engages the same circumferential seal (14), which seals the plug-in part (2).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 1998
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2000
    Assignee: Armaturenfabrik Hermann Voss GmbH & Co.
    Inventors: Gundolf Heinrichs, Wolfgang Offenloch