Patents by Inventor Erwin Buerkle

Erwin Buerkle 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: 9108339
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for the production of coated mouldings, by injecting a moulding composition into an injection mould and cooling the composition to obtain a moulding, and altering the injection mould in such a way as to produce an intermediate space between a surface to be coated of the moulding and the inner surface of the injection mould, and using injection moulding to charge a reactive mixture to the resultant intermediate space, where the temperature of at least a portion of the injection mould is increased for the curing of the reactive mixture. The present invention moreover describes a system for the conduct of the process described above.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2015
    Assignees: Evonik Röhm GmbH, Krauss Maffei Technologies GmbH
    Inventors: Arne Schmidt, Christian Eberle, Marc Poth, Klaus Albrecht, Erwin Buerkle, Martin Eichlseder
  • Patent number: 7862750
    Abstract: A device and a method are disclosed for producing an optical data medium, in particular high density optical media, such as the recently developed BlueRay™ disk for illumination with a blue laser (??405 nm). The required thickness of the data and/or protective layers is of the order of at most several tenths of millimeters. Such thin layers are difficult to produce with conventional injection molding processes. The disclosed device and method solve this problem by overflowing an element placed in a narrow cavity with a low-viscosity material having a viscosity lower than the viscosity of polycarbonate, which then forms the data or protective layer, or by bonding a layer produced in this manner to another layer using a low-viscosity adhesive.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2011
    Assignee: Thomson Licensing SAS
    Inventors: Erwin Buerkle, Martin Eichlseder
  • Publication number: 20100213636
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for the production of coated mouldings, by injecting a moulding composition into an injection mould and cooling the composition to obtain a moulding, and altering the injection mould in such a way as to produce an intermediate space between a surface to be coated of the moulding and the inner surface of the injection mould, and using injection moulding to charge a reactive mixture to the resultant intermediate space, where the temperature of at least a portion of the injection mould is increased for the curing of the reactive mixture. The present invention moreover describes a system for the conduct of the process described above.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2008
    Publication date: August 26, 2010
    Applicants: Evonik Roehm GmbH, KRAUSS MAFFEI TECHNOLOGIES GmbH
    Inventors: Arne Schmidt, Christian Eberle, Marc Poth, Klaus Albrecht, Erwin Buerkle, Martin Eichlseder
  • Publication number: 20080012161
    Abstract: A device and a method are disclosed for producing an optical data medium, in particular high density optical media, such as the recently developed BlueRay™ disk for illumination with a blue laser (?=405 nm). The required thickness of the data and/or protective layers is of the order of at most several tenths of millimeters. Such thin layers are difficult to produce with conventional injection molding processes. The disclosed device and method solve this problem by overflowing an element placed in a narrow cavity with a low-viscosity material having a viscosity lower than the viscosity of polyurethane, which then forms the data or protective layer, or by bonding a layer produced in this manner to another layer using a low-viscosity adhesive.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2007
    Publication date: January 17, 2008
    Applicant: Krauss Maffei GmbH
    Inventors: Erwin Buerkle, Martin Eichlseder
  • Patent number: 7029263
    Abstract: An injection molding device includes a continuously operating extruder and a discontinuously operating injection unit receiving plastic material from the extruder. The extruder has an extruder barrel which includes a plasticizing zone and a discharge zone, whereby the discharge zone is configured to provide an intermediate storage space and has a cross sectional area which is greater than a cross sectional area of the plasticizing zone. In this way, the discharge zone provides a buffer volume which is filled during the injection process and then emptied again.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2006
    Assignee: Krauss-Maffei Kunststofftechnik GmbH
    Inventors: Erwin Bürkle, Hans Wobbe, Walter Wohlrab
  • Patent number: 6648057
    Abstract: An apparatus for manufacturing semi-finished products and molded articles of metallic materials includes an extruder for producing a flow of the metals, with appliances being connected thereafter for shaping the semi-finished products and the molded articles. The extruder has a screw system consisting of two or more meshing screws. This design has an improved functionality and can produce components with reproducible quality.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2003
    Assignee: Krauss-Maffei Kunststofftechnik GmbH
    Inventors: Andreas Dworog, Erwin Bürkle, Hans Wobbe, Rainer Zimmet, Jochen Zwiesele
  • Patent number: 6546991
    Abstract: The apparatus is described for manufacturing semi-finished products and molded articles of metallic materials. The device incorporates an extruder for producing a flow of the metals, with appliances being connected thereafter for shaping the semi-finished products and the molded articles. The extruder has a screw system consisting of two or more meshing screws. This design has an improved functionality and can produce components with reproducible quality.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2003
    Assignee: Krauss-Maffei Kunststofftechnik GmbH
    Inventors: Andreas Dworog, Erwin Bürkle, Hans Wobbe, Rainer Zimmet, Jochen Zwiesele