Patents by Inventor Christoph Mainka

Christoph Mainka 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).

  • FURNACE, AND HOT FORMING LINE INCLUDING SUCH A FURNACE
    Publication number: 20080036124
    Abstract: A furnace for heat treatment of steel sheets or steel sheet structures includes a heating zone formed by at least two furnace modules which are detachably connected to one another to thereby define a starting furnace module and an end furnace module. In order to meet increasing output requirements and capacity demands, at least one add-on furnace module is provided for placement between the starting and end furnace modules.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2007
    Publication date: February 14, 2008
    Applicant: Benteler Automobiltechnik GmbH
    Inventors: OTTO BUSCHSIEWEKE, Christoph Mainka, Stefan Adelbert
  • Instrument support member
    Patent number: 6715954
    Abstract: An instrument support member with an integrated air conducting unit to be mounted between the A-columns of a motor vehicle is composed of at least two metal shells which are connected to each other by plasma jet welding with an effective focus remote from the nozzle, and a plastic tube surrounded by the shells. The plastic tube is mounted at a radial distance from the shells.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2004
    Assignee: Benteler AG
    Inventors: Christoph Mainka, Andreas Hitz
  • Instrument support member
    Publication number: 20010043835
    Abstract: An instrument support member with an integrated air conducting unit to be mounted between the A-columns of a motor vehicle is composed of at least two metal shells which are connected to each other by plasma jet welding with an effective focus remote from the nozzle, and a plastic tube surrounded by the shells. The plastic tube is mounted at a radial distance from the shells.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2001
    Publication date: November 22, 2001
    Inventors: Christoph Mainka, Andreas Hitz