Patents by Inventor Gerhard A. Kotthoff

Gerhard A. Kotthoff 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: 10890241
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a gear wheel containing at least one sintered material having a porosity, the gear wheel having, in addition to the porosity, another noise-reducing means.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2021
    Assignee: GKN Sinter Metals Engineering GmbH
    Inventors: Björn Leupold, Simon Höges, Markus Schneider, Thomas Schupp, Vitali Janzen, Gerhard A. Kotthoff, Eberhard Ernst
  • Patent number: 10363598
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing at least one gear, in particular a helically toothed gear, wherein the gear is produced from a gear blank pressed and sintered with an oversize in the region of the set of teeth, wherein the gear blank has two opposite end faces and a circumference. In the method, the gear blank is clamped in a clamping means. The gear blank is compressed in the region of the oversize by means of the engagement of at least one circumferential tool having a set of mating teeth that engages with the set of teeth of the gear blank, wherein the gear blank is radially clamped over the circumference by the clamping means at both end faces during the compression of the gear blank, wherein each individual tooth of the set of teeth of the gear blank is supported by the clamping means substantially over the entire tooth height. In this way, the quality of the set of teeth can be improved. The invention further relates to a device and to a clamping means.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2019
    Assignee: GKN Sinter Metals Engineering GmbH
    Inventors: Gerhard Kotthoff, Björn Leupold, Frank Wattenberg
  • Publication number: 20170072453
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing at least one gear, in particular a helically toothed gear, wherein the gear is produced from a gear blank pressed and sintered with an oversize in the region of the set of teeth, wherein the gear blank has two opposite end faces and a circumference. In the method, the gear blank is clamped in a clamping means. The gear blank is compressed in the region of the oversize by means of the engagement of at least one circumferential tool having a set of mating teeth that engages with the set of teeth of the gear blank, wherein the gear blank is radially clamped over the circumference by the clamping means at both end faces during the compression of the gear blank, wherein each individual tooth of the set of teeth of the gear blank is supported by the clamping means substantially over the entire tooth height. In this way, the quality of the set of teeth can be improved. The invention further relates to a device and to a clamping means.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2015
    Publication date: March 16, 2017
    Inventors: Gerhard Kotthoff, Björn Leupold, Frank Wattenberg
  • Patent number: 8402659
    Abstract: A method for producing an at least partially surface-densified metallic toothed element comprising a densified sintering material, in order to improve a strength profile, a preform of the toothed element being produced with a locally selective oversize profile relative to a final size of the toothed element and being rolled to the final size by means of at least one rolling die, the toothed element being densified in locally varied manner at least in the region of at least one flank and/or one root of a tooth of the toothed element to produce a densified outer layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2013
    Assignee: GKN Sinter Metals Holding GmbH
    Inventor: Gerhard Kotthoff
  • Patent number: 8340806
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for compressing the surface of a toothed section. The method is characterized by iteratively calculating the number of compression movements of a form tool to be repeated for compressing the surface of an area of a blank.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2012
    Assignee: GKN Sinter Metals Holding GmbH
    Inventors: Gerhard Kotthoff, Björn Leupold
  • Patent number: 8307551
    Abstract: A method for producing an at least partially surface-densified metallic toothed element comprising a densified sintering material, in order to improve a strength profile, a preform of the toothed element being produced with a locally selective oversize relative to a final size of the toothed element and being rolled to the final size by means of at least one rolling die, the toothed element being densified in locally varied manner at least in the region of at least one flank and/or one root of a tooth of the toothed element to produce a densified outer layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2012
    Assignee: GKN Sinter Metals Holding GmbH
    Inventor: Gerhard Kotthoff
  • Publication number: 20120227530
    Abstract: The present invention relates to surface densification of a work piece that comprises at least one toothed section made from sintering material, wherein a first surface of the work piece is densified using a different from a second surface of the work piece.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2012
    Publication date: September 13, 2012
    Inventor: Gerhard Kotthoff
  • Publication number: 20080209730
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing a toothed section from a densified sintered material, whereas a predensified tooth preform is densified by at least 0.05 mm from its surface at least in one area by means of iteratively determined data to yield its final form, and a final form quality in a range of at least fH?=4, F?=7 and Ff?=7 is being achieved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2007
    Publication date: September 4, 2008
    Inventor: Gerhard Kotthoff
  • Publication number: 20080201951
    Abstract: The present invention relates to surface densification of a work piece that comprises at least one toothed section made from sintering material, wherein a first surface of the work piece is densified using a different from a second surface of the work piece.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2007
    Publication date: August 28, 2008
    Inventor: Gerhard Kotthoff
  • Publication number: 20080170960
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for compressing the surface of a toothed section. The method is characterized by iteratively calculating the number of compression movements of a form tool to be repeated for compressing the surface of an area of a blank.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2007
    Publication date: July 17, 2008
    Inventors: Gerhard Kotthoff, Bjorn Leupold
  • Publication number: 20080166579
    Abstract: A method for producing an at least partially surface-densified metallic toothed element comprising a densified sintering material, in order to improve a strength profile, a preform of the toothed element being produced with a locally selective oversize profile relative to a final size of the toothed element and being rolled to the final size by means of at least one rolling die, the toothed element being densified in locally varied manner at least in the region of at least one flank and/or one root of a tooth of the toothed element to produce a densified outer layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2007
    Publication date: July 10, 2008
    Inventor: Gerhard Kotthoff
  • Publication number: 20080152940
    Abstract: A method for producing a toothed section from a densified sintered material and to such a toothed section, whereas a predensified tooth perform is densified to its final shape at least in one area by means of iteratively acquired data, and the roughness in the area being improved relative to the preform by at least 400%, a surface hardness of at least HB 130 being established.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2007
    Publication date: June 26, 2008
    Inventor: Gerhard Kotthoff
  • Publication number: 20080134507
    Abstract: A method for producing an at least partially surface-densified metallic toothed element comprising a densified sintering material, in order to improve a strength profile, a preform of the toothed element being produced with a locally selective oversize relative to a final size of the toothed element and being rolled to the final size by means of at least one rolling die, the toothed element being densified in locally varied manner at least in the region of at least one flank and/or one root of a tooth of the toothed element to produce a densified outer layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2007
    Publication date: June 12, 2008
    Inventor: Gerhard Kotthoff
  • Publication number: 20080138562
    Abstract: The invention relates to an automotive component which comprises at least one toothed section from a sintered material whereby the toothed section is subjected to an asymmetric surface compression that is adapted to the stress the automotive component is exposed to.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2007
    Publication date: June 12, 2008
    Inventors: Gerhard Kotthoff, Jakob Euba