Patents by Inventor Florian HOFBAUER

Florian HOFBAUER 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).

  • Method for Welding a Zinc-Coated Motor Vehicle Component
    Publication number: 20210308790
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for welding a zinc-coated motor vehicle component (1), in which a welding surface (3) of the zinc-coated motor vehicle component (1) is pretreated and a connecting element is subsequently welded on at the welding surface (3), wherein for the pretreatment the zinc layer (2) is deposited to a prescribed maximum layer thickness (6) in the region of the welding surface (3) by means of a laser device (5).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 4, 2019
    Publication date: October 7, 2021
    Inventors: Clemens BERGMANN, Florian HOFBAUER, Joerg ZIMMERMANN
  • Plain bearing and method for producing the same
    Patent number: 10584748
    Abstract: A plain bearing, having a bearing base body made from a metallic material, having an intermediate layer made from a metallic material applied onto the bearing base body, and having a plain-bearing layer made from a non-metallic material applied onto the intermediate layer. The intermediate layer is an arrangement of wires or a perforated plate. The arrangement of wires or the perforated plate forms undercuts and the plain-bearing layer is a layer made from polyether ether ketone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2020
    Assignee: RENK Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Burkhard Pinnekamp, Florian Hofbauer, Carsten Greisert, Michael Keller
  • Plain Bearing And Method For Producing The Same
    Publication number: 20170356494
    Abstract: A plain bearing, having a bearing base body made from a metallic material, having an intermediate layer made from a metallic material applied onto the bearing base body, and having a plain-bearing layer made from a non-metallic material applied onto the intermediate layer. The intermediate layer is an arrangement of wires or a perforated plate. The arrangement of wires or the perforated plate forms undercuts and the plain-bearing layer is a layer made from polyether ether ketone.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2017
    Publication date: December 14, 2017
    Inventors: Burkhard PINNEKAMP, Florian HOFBAUER, Carsten GREISERT, Michael KELLER