Patents by Inventor Robert Pop

Robert Pop 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 of manufacturing a valve housing
    Patent number: 8464566
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a metallic valve housing by hydroforming a tube section in a die is provided. The die includes an upper part having a stamp and a lower part having a depression. The tube section is placed in the die, filled with a liquid, and subjected to a high internal pressure. Opposite walls of the tube section in a middle portion between two tube ends is shaped in that one side of the tube section is pressed inwards transversely to the axis of the tube section by the stamp to form a concave curvature, and the opposite wall is pressed into the depression in the lower part to form a flat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2013
    Assignee: Buerkert Werke GmbH
    Inventors: Walter Neumann, Gerhard Koch, Robert Pop, Klaus Beck, Klaus Siegert
  • METHOD OF MANUFACTURING A VALVE HOUSING
    Publication number: 20120047978
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a metallic valve housing by means of hydroforming a tube section in a die including an upper part having a stamp, a lower part having a depression, the tube section being placed in the die, filled with a liquid, and subjected to a high internal pressure, and opposite walls of the tube section in a middle portion between two tube ends being shaped in that one side of the tube section is pressed inwards transversely to the axis of the tube section by means of the stamp to form a concave curvature and the opposite wall is pressed into the depression in the lower part to form a flat.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2011
    Publication date: March 1, 2012
    Inventors: Walter Neumann, Gerhard Koch, Robert Pop, Klaus Beck, Klaus Siegert