EP3658290C0 - FLUID ELEMENT - Google Patents

FLUID ELEMENT

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Publication number: EP3658290C0
Authority: EP; European Patent Office
Prior art keywords: fluid element; fluid
Prior art date: 2017-07-25
Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.): Active

Application number

EP18750113.5A

Other languages

German (de)

French (fr)

Other versions

EP3658290A1 (en

EP3658290B1 (en

Inventor

Bernhard Bobusch

Oliver Krueger

Jens Hermann Wintering

Current Assignee (The listed assignees may be inaccurate. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation or warranty as to the accuracy of the list.)

FDX Fluid Dynamix GmbH

Original Assignee

FDX Fluid Dynamix GmbH

Priority date (The priority date is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the date listed.)

2017-07-25

Filing date

2018-07-20

Publication date

2023-06-07

2018-07-20 Application filed by FDX Fluid Dynamix GmbH filed Critical FDX Fluid Dynamix GmbH

2020-06-03 Publication of EP3658290A1 publication Critical patent/EP3658290A1/en

2023-06-07 Application granted granted Critical

2023-06-07 Publication of EP3658290C0 publication Critical patent/EP3658290C0/en

2023-06-07 Publication of EP3658290B1 publication Critical patent/EP3658290B1/en

Status Active legal-status Critical Current

2038-07-20 Anticipated expiration legal-status Critical

Classifications

- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B05—SPRAYING OR ATOMISING IN GENERAL; APPLYING FLUENT MATERIALS TO SURFACES, IN GENERAL
- B05B—SPRAYING APPARATUS; ATOMISING APPARATUS; NOZZLES
- B05B1/00—Nozzles, spray heads or other outlets, with or without auxiliary devices such as valves, heating means
- B05B1/02—Nozzles, spray heads or other outlets, with or without auxiliary devices such as valves, heating means designed to produce a jet, spray, or other discharge of particular shape or nature, e.g. in single drops, or having an outlet of particular shape
- B05B1/08—Nozzles, spray heads or other outlets, with or without auxiliary devices such as valves, heating means designed to produce a jet, spray, or other discharge of particular shape or nature, e.g. in single drops, or having an outlet of particular shape of pulsating nature, e.g. delivering liquid in successive separate quantities
- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B05—SPRAYING OR ATOMISING IN GENERAL; APPLYING FLUENT MATERIALS TO SURFACES, IN GENERAL
- B05B—SPRAYING APPARATUS; ATOMISING APPARATUS; NOZZLES
- B05B1/00—Nozzles, spray heads or other outlets, with or without auxiliary devices such as valves, heating means
- B05B1/12—Nozzles, spray heads or other outlets, with or without auxiliary devices such as valves, heating means capable of producing different kinds of discharge, e.g. either jet or spray

EP18750113.5A 2017-07-25 2018-07-20 Fluidic component Active EP3658290B1 (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (2)

Application Number	Priority Date	Filing Date	Title
DE102017212747.3A DE102017212747B3 (en)	2017-07-25	2017-07-25	Fluidic component, fluidic assembly and fluid distribution device
PCT/EP2018/069785 WO2019020516A1 (en)	2017-07-25	2018-07-20	FLUIDIC COMPONENT

Publications (3)

Publication Number	Publication Date
EP3658290A1 EP3658290A1 (en)	2020-06-03
EP3658290C0 true EP3658290C0 (en)	2023-06-07
EP3658290B1 EP3658290B1 (en)	2023-06-07

Family

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Family Applications (1)

Application Number	Title	Priority Date	Filing Date
EP18750113.5A Active EP3658290B1 (en)	2017-07-25	2018-07-20	Fluidic component

Country Status (7)

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US (1)	US20210138487A1 (en)
EP (1)	EP3658290B1 (en)
CN (1)	CN110997154A (en)
AU (1)	AU2018305878A1 (en)
CA (1)	CA3070911A1 (en)
DE (1)	DE102017212747B3 (en)
WO (1)	WO2019020516A1 (en)

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2017
- 2017-07-25 DE DE102017212747.3A patent/DE102017212747B3/en active Active
2018
- 2018-07-20 EP EP18750113.5A patent/EP3658290B1/en active Active
- 2018-07-20 WO PCT/EP2018/069785 patent/WO2019020516A1/en not_active Ceased
- 2018-07-20 CN CN201880050429.8A patent/CN110997154A/en active Pending
- 2018-07-20 US US16/634,549 patent/US20210138487A1/en not_active Abandoned
- 2018-07-20 CA CA3070911A patent/CA3070911A1/en active Pending
- 2018-07-20 AU AU2018305878A patent/AU2018305878A1/en not_active Abandoned

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Publication number	Publication date
US20210138487A1 (en)	2021-05-13
EP3658290A1 (en)	2020-06-03
WO2019020516A1 (en)	2019-01-31
CN110997154A (en)	2020-04-10
AU2018305878A1 (en)	2020-03-12
DE102017212747B3 (en)	2018-11-08
EP3658290B1 (en)	2023-06-07
CA3070911A1 (en)	2019-01-31

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