Patents by Inventor Wilfried Knauf
Wilfried Knauf 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: 11298737Abstract: A method for the autofrettage of a workpiece may involve arranging the workpiece between a first securing means and a second securing means, and applying high-pressure fluid to an internal volume of the workpiece that is formed between the first and second securing means. A die or ram may be driven into the internal volume through an inlet in the first securing means. Consequently, as a result of the ram being advanced, not only is a fluid pressure generated in the internal volume, but also the workpiece is mechanically autofrettaged by way of the ram. A device may be employed to perform such hydromechanical autofrettage of the workpiece.Type: GrantFiled: January 5, 2018Date of Patent: April 12, 2022Assignees: UHDE HIGH PRESSURE TECHNOLOGIES GMBH, THYSSENKRUPP AGInventors: Wilfried Knauf, Klaus Uhlig
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Patent number: 11092208Abstract: The present disclosure concerns a spring device with a piston and a housing into which the piston can be introduced in a movement direction. A cavity is formed between the piston and the housing, in which cavity a compressible solid body spring is arranged that consists of a solid body that can be compressed by the piston. At least one surface of the piston that faces the solid body spring is conical or concave. The disclosure furthermore concerns a securing device comprising such a spring device and the use thereof, in particular for a container closing plug.Type: GrantFiled: February 8, 2017Date of Patent: August 17, 2021Assignees: UHDE HIGH PRESSURE TECHNOLOGIES GMBH, THYSSENKRUPP AGInventors: Peter Nünnerich, Wilfried Knauf
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Publication number: 20190358693Abstract: A method for the autofrettage of a workpiece may involve arranging the workpiece between a first securing means and a second securing means, and applying high-pressure fluid to an internal volume of the workpiece that is formed between the first and second securing means. A die or ram may be driven into the internal volume through an inlet in the first securing means. Consequently, as a result of the ram being advanced, not only is a fluid pressure generated in the internal volume, but also the workpiece is mechanically autofrettaged by way of the ram. A device may be employed to perform such hydromechanical autofrettage of the workpiece.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 5, 2018Publication date: November 28, 2019Applicants: UHDE HIGH PRESSURE TECHNOLOGIES GmbH, thyssenkrupp AGInventors: Wilfried KNAUF, Klaus UHLIG
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Patent number: 10426187Abstract: A device for high-pressure treatment of goods in a sealable high-pressure chamber may include a holding frame that holds the high-pressure chamber during pressurization, a closure having a sealing plug for sealing the high-pressure chamber, a hydraulic drive for moving the closure relative to the pressure chamber, and a support device that is movable between an end face of the high-pressure chamber and the holding frame and transmits force between the closure and the holding frame during pressurization. Axial forces acting on the sealing plug from the pressure may be absorbed by a force-transmission device configured as a semicircular disk. The semicircular disk may have an end face that faces the high-pressure chamber and a holder for a hydraulic cylinder. The semicircular disk may form a part of the outer shell of the hydraulic cylinder bearing the hydraulic pressure.Type: GrantFiled: November 26, 2013Date of Patent: October 1, 2019Assignee: UHDE HIGH PRESSURE TECHNOLOGIES GMBHInventors: Peter Nünnerich, Wilfried Knauf
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Publication number: 20180363721Abstract: The present disclosure concerns a spring device with a piston and a housing into which the piston can be introduced in a movement direction. A cavity is formed between the piston and the housing, in which cavity a compressible solid body spring is arranged that consists of a solid body that can be compressed by the piston. At least one surface of the piston that faces the solid body spring is conical or concave. The disclosure furthermore concerns a securing device comprising such a spring device and the use thereof, in particular for a container closing plug.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 8, 2017Publication date: December 20, 2018Applicants: UHDE HIGH PRESSURE TECHNOLOGIES GMBH, thyssenkrupp AGInventors: Peter NÜNNERICH, Wilfried KNAUF
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Publication number: 20180020703Abstract: A method for the high-pressure treatment of a product, such as packaged food, for example, may involve subjecting the product to a pressure medium in a high-pressure chamber and then lowering the pressure built up in the high-pressure chamber. The lowering of the pressure may take place in one or more phases, and at least in one of the phases the lowering of the pressure is controlled based on a second parameter, which is determined based on a first parameter recorded during pressure buildup. A system for performing such high-pressure treatment may generally include a first device for supplying a pressure chamber with a high-pressure medium and a second device for lowering the pressure in the pressure chamber.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 1, 2015Publication date: January 25, 2018Applicants: Uhde High Pressure Technologies GmbH, ThyssenKrupp AGInventors: Wilfried Knauf, Peter Nünnerich
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Patent number: 9605762Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a high-pressure valve for use in an installation for the high-pressure treatment of products in a high-pressure chamber, wherein the products, acted on by a high-pressure medium, are treated at a pressure of up to 10 000 bar.Type: GrantFiled: July 23, 2013Date of Patent: March 28, 2017Assignee: UHDE HIGH PRESSURE TECHNOLOGIES GMBHInventors: Peter Nünnerich, Wilfried Knauf, Peter Weber
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Patent number: 9388901Abstract: The invention relates to a support ring arrangement for a high-pressure seal which is provided, along with said support ring arrangement, for an axially slidable or pivotable container closure ( ) mounted in a cylindrical section of a high-pressure container, said high-pressure seal radially sealing the cylindrical section of the high pressure container with the aid of said support ring arrangement, and a maximum pressure of up to 10,000 bar being exerted, by means of a fluid, onto said support ring arrangement and high-pressure seal.Type: GrantFiled: January 14, 2013Date of Patent: July 12, 2016Assignee: UHDE HIGH PRESSURE TECHNOLOGIES GMBHInventors: Peter Nuennerich, Wilfried Knauf, Peter Weber
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Publication number: 20150296864Abstract: The invention relates to a device for high-pressure treatment of goods in a sealable high-pressure chamber, having a holding frame in which the high-pressure chamber (2) is held during pressurization, a withdrawing device with which the high-pressure chamber (2) can be withdrawn laterally from the holding frame, at least one closure on the end face having a sealing plug (3a, 3b) for the high-pressure chamber (2), at least one hydraulic drive for moving the closure (3a, 3b) on the end face into the pressure container, a line system with connections with which the high-pressure medium is conveyed into the high-pressure chamber and, after treatment, conveyed back out again, a support device (6a, 6b) which is arranged so as to be moveable between the end faces of the high-pressure chamber (2) and the holding frame and transmits the force between the container closure and holding frame during pressurisation, wherein the axial forces acting on the sealing mechanism from the treatment pressure are absorbed by meansType: ApplicationFiled: November 26, 2013Publication date: October 22, 2015Applicant: UHDE HIGH PRESSURE TECHNOLOGIES GMBHInventors: Peter NÜNNERICH, Wilfried KNAUF
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Publication number: 20150240952Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a high-pressure valve for use in an installation for the high-pressure treatment of products in a high-pressure chamber, wherein the products, acted on by a high-pressure medium, are treated at a pressure of up to 10 000 bar.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 23, 2013Publication date: August 27, 2015Applicant: UHDE HIGH PRESSURE TECHNOLOGIES GMBHInventors: Peter Nünnerich, Wilfried Knauf, Peter Weber
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Publication number: 20150042048Abstract: The invention relates to a support ring arrangement for a high-pressure seal which is provided, along with said support ring arrangement, for an axially slidable or pivotable container closure ( ) mounted in a cylindrical section of a high-pressure container, said high-pressure seal radially sealing the cylindrical section of the high pressure container with the aid of said support ring arrangement, and a maximum pressure of up to 10,000 bar being exerted, by means of a fluid, onto said support ring arrangement and high-pressure seal.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 14, 2013Publication date: February 12, 2015Applicant: UHDE HIGH PRESSURE TECHNOLOGIES GMBHInventors: Peter Nuennerich, Wilfried Knauf, Peter Weber