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Apparatus having a protective envelope, use thereof, and method for operating a room region

US12320546B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur förderung der angewandten Forschung e.V. · DE

Inventors

Udo Gommel · Stuttgart, DE
Frank Burger · Lebanon, US
Daniel Falch · Stuttgart, DE
Miroslav Kopcok · Stuttgart, DE
Markus Keller · Leonberg, DE
Viola Hoffmann · Stuttgart, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Oct 7, 2020
Grant date	Jun 3, 2025
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Mar 9, 2042

Classification

Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
CPC primaryF24F2011/0005
WIPO fieldThermal processes and apparatus
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

The invention is an apparatus having a protective envelope which is designed and constructed to envelope at least one room region, such that the protective envelope is able to separate the at least one room region from an environment immediately surrounding the protective envelope, and use thereof. Methods for operating a production engineering unit under cleanroom conditions and for creating and operating a virus-free and cross-contamination free room region surrounded by a protective envelope for accommodating persons and/or objects subject to quarantine. The invention has a protective envelope with at least two layers separated by a spacer layer, that is flow-permeable.

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