Patents by Inventor Christoph Bunsen

Christoph Bunsen 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).

  • Strand guide, specially for a slab continuous casting installation
    Patent number: 6234301
    Abstract: A strand guide, in particular for a continuous slab-casting plant for steel, with supporting segments in which frames are arranged that have rows of guide rollers and driving rollers arranged opposite one another, wherein the frames are held opposite one another by tie rods. Two guide members are provided at one end of a frame at equal distance from the center axis. The guide members are fastened to at least one fixed point via holding elements and are arranged conically at an opening angle relative to one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 1999
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2001
    Assignee: Mannesmann AG
    Inventors: Horst von Wyl, Ingo Schubert, Christoph Bunsen, Ulrich Horbach, Hans Siemer
  • Pipe joint
    Patent number: 6155613
    Abstract: A pipe joint with a sleeve element and with a spigot element configured to be threadedly connected together to collectively absorb the load experienced by the joint over the threaded sections of the sleeve and spigot. By suitably selecting the leads and tooth gaps in the sleeve or spigot, it is possible for the guide flank at one thread end to be braced against the load flank at the other thread end thereby effecting maximum bracing at the edges of the thread and decreasing toward the thread center.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 1997
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2000
    Assignee: Mannesmann Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Erich Quadflieg, Christoph Bunsen, Thomas Gigowski, Friedrich Lenze, Martin Schluter