Patents by Inventor Henk Jan Brinkman
Henk Jan Brinkman 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).
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Patent number: 9796157Abstract: The invention relates to a strip consisting of an aluminum material for producing components with improved bending behavior and exacting shaping requirements, a method for producing the strip and the use of sheets produced from the strip according to the invention. The strip has a core layer of an AlMgSi alloy and at least one outer aluminum alloy layer arranged on one or both sides, made from a non-hardenable aluminum alloy, wherein the at least one outer aluminum layer has a lower tensile strength in the (T4) state than the AlMgSi layer, wherein the strip has a uniform strain (Ag) in the (T4) state of more than 23% transverse to the rolling direction and, at a thickness of 1.5 mm-1.6 mm, achieves a bending angle of less than 40° in a bending test.Type: GrantFiled: March 12, 2014Date of Patent: October 24, 2017Assignee: Hydro Aluminium Rolled Products GmbHInventors: Henk-Jan Brinkman, Dietmar Schröder, Thomas Wirtz, Natalie Hörster, Werner Kehl, Olaf Engler
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Publication number: 20170259529Abstract: The invention relates to a strip consisting of an aluminum material for producing components with improved bending behavior and exacting shaping requirements, a method for producing the strip and the use of sheets produced from the strip according to the invention. The strip has a core layer of an AlMgSi alloy and at least one outer aluminum alloy layer arranged on one or both sides, made from a non-hardenable aluminum alloy, wherein the at least one outer aluminum layer has a lower tensile strength in the (T4) state than the AlMgSi layer, wherein the strip has a uniform strain (Ag) in the (T4) state of more than 23% transverse to the rolling direction and, at a thickness of 1.5 mm-1.6 mm, achieves a bending angle of less than 40° in a bending test.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 24, 2017Publication date: September 14, 2017Applicant: Hydro Aluminium Rolled Products GmbHInventors: Henk-Jan Brinkman, Dietmar Schröder, Thomas Wirtz, Natalie Hörster, Werner Kehl, Olaf Engler
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Publication number: 20170253952Abstract: A method for producing aluminum strips for lithographic printing plate supports, wherein the aluminum strip is produced from a rolling ingot, which after optional homogenizing is hot-rolled to a thickness of 2 mm to 7 mm and cold-rolled to a final thickness of 0.15 mm to 0.5 mm provides for an aluminum strip having a thickness of 0.15 mm to 0.5 mm and a printing plate support produced from the aluminum strip.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 21, 2017Publication date: September 7, 2017Applicant: Hydro Aluminium Deutschland GmbHInventors: Bernhard Kernig, Henk-Jan Brinkman, Jochen Hasenclever, Christoph Settele, Gerd Steinhoff
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Publication number: 20170152589Abstract: The invention relates to an aluminium alloy, the use of an aluminium alloy strip or sheet and a method for producing an aluminium alloy strip or sheet. An aluminium alloy which has only a slight tendency towards intercrystalline corrosion and which at the same time provides high levels of strength and good deformability and which contains standard alloy components so that the recycling of the aluminium alloy is simplified is provided herein.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 9, 2015Publication date: June 1, 2017Applicant: HYDRO ALUMINIUM ROLLED PRODUCTS GMBHInventors: Olaf Engler, Henk-Jan Brinkman, Thomas Hentschel, Eike Brünger
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Publication number: 20170009323Abstract: An aluminium alloy for the manufacture of semi-finished products or components of motor vehicles, a method for the manufacture of a strip made of an aluminium alloy according to the invention, a corresponding aluminium alloy strip or sheet as well as a structural component of a motor vehicle consisting of an aluminium alloy sheet which includes the following alloy components in % by weight: 0.6%?Si?0.9%, 0.6%?Fe?1.0%, Cu?0.1%, 0.6%?Mn?0.9%, 0.5%?Mg?0.8%, Cr?0.05%, the remainder Al and impurities, individually up to a maximum of 0.05% by weight, in total up to a maximum of 0.15% by weight.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 20, 2016Publication date: January 12, 2017Applicant: Hydro Aluminium Rolled Products GmbHInventors: Thomas Hentschel, Simon Miller-Jupp, Henk-Jan Brinkman, Olaf Engler
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Publication number: 20160273084Abstract: The invention relates to an aluminium alloy strip composed of an AA 5xxx-type aluminium alloy containing at least 4 wt. % of Mg in addition to Al and inevitable impurities. The object of the invention of proposing an aluminium alloy strip in an AlMg aluminium alloy strip which is resistant to intercrystalline corrosion despite having high strength and an Mg content of at least 4 wt. %, is achieved according to a first teaching of the present invention by an aluminium alloy strip that has a recrystallized microstructure, the grain size (GS) of which in ?m has the following relation to the Mg content (c_Mg) in wt. %: GS?22+2*c_Mg, and wherein the aluminium alloy of the aluminium alloy strip has the composition described herein.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 18, 2015Publication date: September 22, 2016Applicant: Hydro Aluminium Rolled Products GmbHInventors: Thomas Hentschel, Olaf Engler, Henk-Jan Brinkman
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Publication number: 20160068939Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing a strip made of an AlMgSi alloy in which a rolling ingot is cast of an AlMgSi alloy, the rolling ingot is subjected to homogenization, the rolling ingot which has been brought to rolling temperature is hot-rolled, and then is optionally cold-rolled to the final thickness thereof. The problem of providing a method for producing an aluminum strip made of an AlMgSi alloy and an aluminum strip, which has a higher breaking elongation with constant strength and therefore enables higher degrees of deformation in producing structured metal sheets, is solved in that the hot strip has a temperature of no more than 130° C. directly at the exit of the last rolling pass, preferably a temperature of no more than 100° C., and the hot strip is coiled at that or a lower temperature.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 30, 2015Publication date: March 10, 2016Applicant: HYDRO ALUMINIUM DEUTSCHLAND GMBHInventors: Henk-Jan Brinkman, Thomas Wirtz, Dietmar Schröder, Eike Brünger, Kai-Friedrich Karhausen
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Publication number: 20150368771Abstract: An aluminium alloy for producing semi-finished products or components for motor vehicles is provided, wherein the alloying components of the aluminium alloy have the following contents in percent by weight: Fe?0.80%, Si?0.50%, 0.90%?Mn?1.50%, Mg?0.25%, Cu?0.125%, Cr?0.05%, Ti?0.05%, V?0.05%, Zr?0.05%, the remainder being aluminium, unavoidable impurity elements, individually <0.05%, in total <0.15%, and the combined content of Mg and Cu satisfies the following relation in percent by weight: 0.15%?Mg+Cu?0.25%, wherein the Mg content of the aluminium alloy is greater than the Cu content of the aluminium alloy. A method for producing an aluminium alloy strip from such an aluminium alloy and an aluminium alloy strip produced by this method are also provided, as well as uses thereof.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 14, 2015Publication date: December 24, 2015Applicant: HYDRO ALUMINIUM ROLLED PRODUCTS GMBHInventors: Thomas Hentschel, Henk-Jan Brinkman, Olaf Engler, Réginald Dupuis
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Patent number: 9206494Abstract: A strip for the production of a substrate for lithographic printing plates consisting of aluminum or an aluminum alloy and has at least to some extent a microcrystalline surface layer as a result of hot and/or cold roll passes. When analyzed in a two-dimensional microprobe analysis according to the mapping method of a surface region of the microcrystalline surface of the strip, the surface portion having an intensity ratio I/Ibulk(avg) of greater than 3 in the spectral range of the K?1 line of the X-ray emission spectrum of oxygen of the measured microcrystalline surface layer is less than 10%, preferably less than 7%, wherein, during the two-dimensional microprobe analysis, an excitation voltage of 15kV, a beam current of 50 nA and a beam cross section of 1 ?m is used with a step size of 16.75 ?m for the electron beam.Type: GrantFiled: July 20, 2007Date of Patent: December 8, 2015Assignee: Hydro Aluminium Deutschland GmbHInventors: Bernhard Kernig, Henk-Jan Brinkman
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Publication number: 20150224556Abstract: The invention relates to a method for forming an aluminium composite material which has a core alloy made from an aluminium alloy of type AA5xxx or AA6xxx and at least one outer aluminium alloy layer provided on one or both sides, wherein the aluminium composite material is formed and the outer aluminium alloy layer provided on one or both sides has a yield strength Rp0.2 of 25 MPa to 60 MPa in the soft or solution-annealed state. The method enables the production of large-surface, heavily formed aluminium alloy sheet metal parts, in particular also in outer skin quality.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 27, 2015Publication date: August 13, 2015Applicant: HYDRO ALUMINIUM ROLLED PRODUCTS GMBHInventors: Henk-Jan Brinkman, Stefan Keller, Olaf Engler, Natalie Hörster, Dietmar Schröder, Holger Aretz
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Publication number: 20150159250Abstract: The invention relates to a cold-rolled aluminium alloy strip made of an AlMg aluminium alloy as well as a method for producing the same. Furthermore, corresponding components made from said aluminium alloy strips are also proposed. The problem for the invention of providing a single-layer aluminium alloy strip that is sufficiently resistant to intercrystalline corrosion and is nevertheless very formable so that even large-area deep-drawn parts, e.g. interior parts of motor vehicle doors, can be made with sufficient strength, is solved by an aluminium alloy strip made of an AlMg aluminium alloy as described herein.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 18, 2015Publication date: June 11, 2015Applicant: Hydro Aluminium Rolled Products GmbHInventors: Olaf Engler, Henk-Jan Brinkman, Natalie Hörster
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Publication number: 20150159251Abstract: The invention relates to an aluminium alloy strip composed of an AA 5xxx-type aluminium alloy containing at least 4 wt. % of Mg in addition to Al and inevitable impurities. The object of the invention of proposing an aluminium alloy strip in an AlMg aluminium alloy strip which is resistant to intercrystalline corrosion despite having high strength and an Mg content of at least 4 wt. %, is achieved according to a first teaching of the present invention by an aluminium alloy strip that has a recrystallized microstructure, the grain size (GS) of which in ?m has the following relation to the Mg content (c_Mg) in wt. %: GS?22+2*c_Mg, and wherein the aluminium alloy of the aluminium alloy strip has the composition described herein.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 18, 2015Publication date: June 11, 2015Applicant: HYDRO ALUMINIUM ROLLED PRODUCTS GMBHInventors: Thomas Hentschel, Olaf Engler, Henk-Jan Brinkman
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Publication number: 20150152535Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing a strip made of an AlMgSi alloy, in which a rolling ingot made of an AlMgSi alloy is cast, the rolling ingot is subjected to homogenization, the rolling ingot having been brought to rolling temperature is hot-rolled and is optionally cold-rolled to the final thickness thereafter. The problem of providing an improved method for producing aluminum strip made of an AlMgSi alloy, with which AlMgSi strips having very good shaping behaviour can be produced reliably, is solved in that immediately after exit from the final rolling pass, the hot strip has a temperature of between more than 130° C., preferably 135° C., and at most 250° C., preferably at most 230° C., and the hot strip is wound up at this temperature.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 12, 2014Publication date: June 4, 2015Applicant: Hydro Aluminium Rolled Products GmbHInventors: Werner Kehl, Dietmar Schroder, Henk-Jan Brinkman, Natalie Horster, Kai-Friedrich Karhausen, Eike Brunger, Thomas Wirtz
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Publication number: 20150152537Abstract: The invention relates to an aluminium alloy, the use of an aluminium alloy strip or sheet and a method for producing an aluminium alloy strip or sheet. An aluminium alloy which has only a slight tendency towards intercrystalline corrosion and which at the same time provides high levels of strength and good deformability and which contains standard alloy components so that the recycling of the aluminium alloy is simplified is provided herein.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 9, 2015Publication date: June 4, 2015Applicant: HYDRO ALUMINIUM ROLLED PRODUCTS GMBHInventors: Olaf Engler, Henk-Jan Brinkman, Thomas Hentschel, Eike Brünger
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Patent number: 8869875Abstract: An aluminum alloy for producing an aluminum strip for lithographic print plate carriers, a method for producing an aluminum alloy for lithographic print plate carriers, in which, during the production of the aluminum alloy, after the electrolysis of the aluminum oxide, the liquid aluminum, up to the casting of the aluminum alloy, is supplied to a plurality of purification steps, as well as an aluminum strip for lithographic print plate carriers and a corresponding use of the aluminum strip for lithographic print plate carriers include a carbide content of less than 10 ppm, and preferably less than 1 ppm. As a result, the aluminum alloy, the method for producing the aluminum alloy, the aluminum strip, and corresponding use of the aluminum strip for lithographic print plate carriers described herein allow for the use of virtually gas-tight coatings.Type: GrantFiled: March 19, 2012Date of Patent: October 28, 2014Assignee: Hydro Aluminium Deutschland GmbHInventors: Bernhard Kernig, Werner Droste, Henk-Jan Brinkman
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Publication number: 20140193666Abstract: The invention relates to a strip consisting of an aluminum material for producing components with improved bending behavior and exacting shaping requirements, a method for producing the strip and the use of sheets produced from the strip according to the invention. The strip has a core layer of an AlMgSi alloy and at least one outer aluminum alloy layer arranged on one or both sides, made from a non-hardenable aluminum alloy, wherein the at least one outer aluminum layer has a lower tensile strength in the (T4) state than the AlMgSi layer, wherein the strip has a uniform strain (Ag) in the (T4) state of more than 23% transverse to the rolling direction and, at a thickness of 1.5 mm-1.6 mm, achieves a bending angle of less than 40° in a bending test.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 12, 2014Publication date: July 10, 2014Applicant: Hydro Aluminium Rolled Products GmbHInventors: Henk-Jan Brinkman, Dietmar Schröder, Thomas Wirtz, Natalie Hörster, Werner Kehl, Olaf Engler
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Publication number: 20140190595Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing a strip made of an AlMgSi alloy, in which a rolling ingot made of an AlMgSi alloy is cast, the rolling ingot is subjected to homogenization, the rolling ingot having been brought to rolling temperature is hot-rolled and is optionally cold-rolled to the final thickness thereafter. The problem of providing an improved method for producing aluminum strip made of an AlMgSi alloy, with which AlMgSi strips having very good shaping behaviour can be produced reliably, is solved in that immediately after exit from the final rolling pass, the hot strip has a temperature of between more than 130° C., preferably 135° C., and at most 250° C., preferably at most 230° C., and the hot strip is wound up at this temperature.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 12, 2014Publication date: July 10, 2014Applicant: Hydro Aluminum Rolled Products GmbHInventors: Werner Kehl, Dietmar Schröder, Henk-Jan Brinkman, Natalie Hörster, Kai-Friedrich Karhausen, Eike Brünger, Thomas Wirtz
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Patent number: 8632955Abstract: A method of conditioning the surface of a work piece, particularly of a strip or sheet, more particularly of a lithostrip or lithosheet, including an aluminum alloy is provided. The method for conditioning the surface of a work piece and a work piece including an aluminum alloy enabling an increasing manufacturing speed in electro-chemically graining and maintaining at the same time a high quality of the grained surface, includes a conditioning method which comprises at least the two steps, degreasing the surface of the work piece with a degreasing medium and subsequently cleaning the surface of the work piece by pickling.Type: GrantFiled: June 15, 2012Date of Patent: January 21, 2014Assignee: Hydro Aluminium Deutschland GmbHInventors: Bernhard Kernig, Henk Jan Brinkman
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Patent number: 8449689Abstract: A method of conditioning the surface of a work piece, in particular of a litho-strip or litho-sheet, consisting of an aluminum alloy enables an increase in manufacturing speed in surface roughening while maintaining a high quality of the electro-chemical grained surface of the work piece with relative low effort related to facility equipment. The method of conditioning comprises at least the step of degreasing the surface of the work piece with a degreasing medium, wherein the degreasing medium contains at least 1.5 to 3% by weight of a composite of 5-40% sodium tripolyphosphate, 3-10% sodium gluconate, 3-8% of a composite of non-ionic and anionic surfactants and optionally 0.5 to 70% soda, wherein sodium hydroxide is added to the degreasing medium such that the concentration of sodium hydroxide in the aqueous degreasing medium is 0.01 to 5% by weight.Type: GrantFiled: September 14, 2012Date of Patent: May 28, 2013Assignee: Hydro Aluminium Deutschland GmbHInventors: Bernhard Kernig, Henk-Jan Brinkman
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Publication number: 20130048033Abstract: A method of conditioning the surface of a work piece, in particular of a litho-strip or litho-sheet, consisting of an aluminum alloy enables an increase in manufacturing speed in surface roughening while maintaining a high quality of the electro-chemical grained surface of the work piece with relative low effort related to facility equipment. The method of conditioning comprises at least the step of degreasing the surface of the work piece with a degreasing medium, wherein the degreasing medium contains at least 1.5 to 3% by weight of a composite of 5-40% sodium tripolyphosphate, 3-10% sodium gluconate, 3-8% of a composite of non-ionic and anionic surfactants and optionally 0.5 to 70% soda, wherein sodium hydroxide is added to the degreasing medium such that the concentration of sodium hydroxide in the aqueous degreasing medium is 0.01 to 5% by weight.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 14, 2012Publication date: February 28, 2013Applicant: Hydro Aluminium Deutschland GmbHInventors: Bernhard Kernig, Henk-Jan Brinkman