Patents Assigned to Alcan Technology & Management Ltd.
  • Patent number: 7506529
    Abstract: A method for producing a cylindrical, seamless can body (20) made of metal with associated can top end. The can top end includes a top end ring, that can be connected to the opening edge (21) of the can body (20) and borders a removal opening (30) and a sealing diaphragm (31) arranged on the top end ring and covering the removal opening. A cylindrical, seamless can body blank (10) is produced. Following trimming of the opening edge (11) of the can body blank (10), a cylindrical ring (18) is separated therefrom. The height of the can body blank (10) is preset in such a way that the can body (20) is formed during separation of the cylindrical ring (18). The scrap portion can also be reduced by the method during production of can bodies and top end rings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2009
    Assignee: Alcan Technology & Management Ltd.
    Inventors: Sven Bauer, Reinhart Geisler
  • Publication number: 20080311327
    Abstract: The invention relates to a plastic tube comprising a tube body consisting of a multi-layer film (5) that includes at least one gas- and water-tight barrier film (7). The barrier film (7) has a polyglycolic acid (PGA) layer (9), at least one side of which is connected to a thermoplastic plastic layer (13, 15) by means of a layer (11, 12) consisting of an adhesion promoter. The adhesion promoter (11, 12) comprises a metal compound and has a layer thickness of between 100 and 500 nm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2006
    Publication date: December 18, 2008
    Applicant: ALCAN TECHNOLOGY & MANAGEMENT LTD.
    Inventors: Erwin Pasbrig, Otto Hummel
  • Publication number: 20080209976
    Abstract: A forming tool (20) it comprises a substrate (21) and a metallic glass layer (23) on at least the working surface (22) of the forming tool (20) wherein the forming tool is one of: a) a forming tool of an extrusion press; b) a die of a wire-drawing machine; c) a roll of a polymer processing unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2005
    Publication date: September 4, 2008
    Applicant: ALCAN TECHNOLOGY & MANAGEMENT LTD.
    Inventor: Patrick Deneuville
  • Patent number: 7401825
    Abstract: A bumper with an attachment member to be made thereon for the purpose of mounting the bumper onto longitudinal beams of a vehicle, is such that section walls acting as compressive and tensile struts and a pair of flanking walls joining them form a hollow section. The attachment member is in the form of a hollow section exhibiting at least one side wall and two transverse walls following on therefrom with a length of hollow section with the longitudinal beam. The hollow section is in the form of a push-fit length matching the inner cross-section of the longitudinal beam. The other end region of the attachment member is provided with collar-type parts projecting from their end edges and aligned approximately parallel to the transverse walls. In a use position, the collar-type parts of the attachment member are aligned with the flanking walls of the bumper and are releasably attached to it. The bumper is bolted to the collar-type parts of the attachment member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2008
    Assignee: Alcan Technology & Management Ltd.
    Inventors: Simon Frank, Thomas Rebstock
  • Publication number: 20080105991
    Abstract: An unmixed plastic sheet, which is made of a thermoplastic material and which is composed of a number of body segments that are adjacent to one another in a plane, interconnected and made of a closed-cell foam material. The body segments are thermoplastically welded to one another at their abutting lateral faces while forming flat weld seams. The flat weld seams form a plastic intermediate layer, which has few pores, and which is provided in the form of a web structure that, when viewed from above, is reticular and reinforces the plastic sheet. The inventive plastic sheet is preferably used as a core layer in sandwich composites.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2008
    Publication date: May 8, 2008
    Applicant: ALCAN TECHNOLOGY & MANAGEMENT LTD.
    Inventors: Dietmar Rakutt, Lukas Berger
  • Patent number: 7334977
    Abstract: In a process for production of a lid ring (30) which can be connected to the can body, which borders a discharge opening (38) and has a heat-sealable coating (40) on which to form a can lid (50) a closing membrane (44) can be heat-sealed covering the discharge opening (38), a metal strip (12) with parallel side edges (14, 16) is formed into a tube (20) and the side edges (14, 16) are welded or glued parallel to the tube longitudinal axis (x). The tube (20) produced in this way is divided into tube sections (24) of equal length with cut edges (26, 28) lying in parallel planes. The tube sections (24) are formed into lid rings (30) where a first cut edge (26) is formed into an outer rim (32) for connection to a can body and the second cut edge (28) is curled away from the side intended for the heat-sealable coating (40). The heat-sealable coating (40) is applied to the finished molded lid ring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2008
    Assignee: Alcan Technology & Management Ltd.
    Inventors: Sven Bauer, Bernd Baumann, Josef Kesselem
  • Patent number: 7316760
    Abstract: In a process involving at least two film-shaped substrates (44, 46) bonded together by means of at least one adhesive layer containing a catalyst which accelerates hardening of the adhesive, a first substrate (44) is coated with a liquid film comprising three layers viz., two adhesive layers (34, 38) and an intermediate layer (36), which is situated between the adhesive layers (34, 38) and contains a catalyst (37), using liquid film coating in the form of curtain coating or slide-coating and subsequently bonded onto the second substrate (46). The laminate (48) formed may be coated via at least one liquid film coating with a further three layer liquid film comprising two adhesive layers (134, 138) and an intermediate layer (136), which is situated between the adhesive layers (134, 138) and contains a catalyst (137), using curtain coating or slide-coating and subsequently bonded onto at least one additional substrate (50) to form an additional laminate (52).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2008
    Assignee: Alcan Technology & Management Ltd.
    Inventor: Hans-Rudolf Nageli
  • Patent number: 7314439
    Abstract: A process for manufacturing a tetrahedral-shaped pouch (100 from a flexible strip of film material is such that a tube (13) is formed from a strip (32) in a continuous manner involving the creation of a longitudinal sealing seam (12), and a tetrahedral shaped pouch (10) is formed from the tube (13) by means of alternating forming a first transverse sealing seam (14) running transverse to the longitudinal seam (12) and second transverse sealing seam (16) running essentially perpendicular to and a distance from the first transverse seam (14), whereby the second transverse seams (16) are situated in the region of a tetrahedral corner (18) of the pouch (10), such that an essentially tube outlet part (20) for pouring that is closed as its free end (22) is formed projecting out from the pouch (10).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2008
    Assignee: Alcan Technology & Management Ltd.
    Inventors: Daniel Bossel, Kyeni Mbiti, Jochem Willemse, Peter Kanscar
  • Patent number: 7300080
    Abstract: A bumper system having a bumper running transverse to the longitudinal direction of a vehicle and at least one connecting element mounted thereon for the purpose of attaching the bumper to a vehicle, in particular to a longitudinal beam of a passenger car. The connecting element is a multi-chamber extruded section of metal with longitudinal axis running in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle. The connecting element is in the form of a safety element which, under impact, absorbs impact energy by compressive deformation. For the purpose of connecting a towing device, an attachment member is provided that is situated in one of the hollow chambers of the connecting element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2007
    Assignee: Alcan Technology & Management Ltd.
    Inventors: Olivier Rebuffet, Klaus Fritz, Serge Bompard
  • Patent number: 7243988
    Abstract: A roof unit having an outer skin, an inward facing ceiling, whereby the outer skin and the ceiling are combined to form a unit ready for installation, a base structure having longitudinal frames. The ceiling and the outer skin along with the basic structure have joining configurations that mate the ceiling and the outer skin to the base structure at mutual places for joining. The ceiling has a sandwich structure including a middle layer of foam, at least one side of the middle layer being provided with one of a fiber mat and a glass fiber fleece and at least one of a plastic film, a cover film, a decorative overlay and a functional overlay.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2007
    Assignees: Alcan Technology & Management Ltd., Johnson Controls Headliner GmbH
    Inventors: Jochen Wieschermann, Duri Deflorin, Wolfgang Muller
  • Patent number: 7207719
    Abstract: Packaging for receiving liquid, pasty, powdery, granular or solid material having tear-open means and sealed edges and made of a foil-shaped composite material. The foil-shaped composite material has multiple layers. At least one layer of the composite material does not have weakened areas. At least one layer of the composite material has weakened areas located in the packaging at least partly in the area of the filling space. The weakened areas are preferably a plurality of parallel individual cuts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2007
    Assignee: Alcan Technology & Management Ltd.
    Inventors: Claude A. Marbler, Sabine Cerf
  • Publication number: 20070068842
    Abstract: A covering foil for thermoformed and cold-formed blisters for the child-proof and elderly friendly packaging of medicaments and of medical products. The covering foil includes a 5 to 30 ?m thick aluminum foil, which is uncoated on a first side, or is painted with a protective paint with an application weight ranging from 0.1 to 10 g/m2 or is laminated with paper having a mass per unit area ranging from 17 to 60 g/m2 or is laminated with a 5 to 15 ?m thick polyester film.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2004
    Publication date: March 29, 2007
    Applicant: ALCAN TECHNOLOGY & MANAGEMENT LTD.
    Inventor: Erwin Pasbrig
  • Patent number: 7182475
    Abstract: A weather and corrosion-resistant reflector with high overall reflection in the visible and infrared wavelength ranges. The reflector contains a reflector body with a reflection surface of an aluminum or aluminum alloy or a reflector body with a reflection coating of an aluminum or aluminum alloy. The reflector also contains an outer, final transparent protective layer of a sol-gel coating which is thicker than 1 ?m. The transparent sol-gel coating is a polymer of cross-linked inorganic siloxanes with alcohol groups that are bonded to the silicon with a carbon bond. The sol-gel coating is produced in a sol-gel process and, after having been applied to the reflector body, is dried and hardened using heat. The protective layer has excellent resistance to weather, corrosion and abrasion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2001
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2007
    Assignee: Alcan Technology & Management Ltd
    Inventors: Tomas Kramer, Volkmar Gillich, Roman Fuchs
  • Patent number: 7169102
    Abstract: A process for manufacturing a, tetrahedral-shaped pouch (100 from a flexible strip of film material is such that a tube (13) is formed from a strip (32) in a continuous manner involving the creation of a longitudinal sealing seam (12), and the tetrahedral shaped pouch (10) is formed from the tube (13) by means of alternatingly forming a first transverse sealing seam (14) running transverse to the longitudinal seam (12) and second transverse sealing seam (16) running essentially perpendicular to and a distance from the first transverse seam (14), whereby the second transverse seams (16) are situated in the region of a tetrahedral corner (18) of the pouch (10), such that an essentially tube outlet part (20) for pouring that is closed at its free end (22) is formed projecting out from the pouch (10).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2004
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2007
    Assignee: Alcan Technology & Management, Ltd.
    Inventors: Daniel Bossel, Kyeni Mbiti, Jochem Willemse, Peter Kanscar
  • Publication number: 20060283758
    Abstract: A blister (10) for pharmaceutical products, diagnostic reagents or medical implements includes a blister bottom part (12), which is thermoformed from plastic, of a covering foil (16) made of aluminum or of an aluminum/plastic composite, and includes an undersealing trough (18), which is sealed against the rear side of the blister bottom part (12) and which is cold-formed from an aluminum/plastic composite film. The aluminum/plastic composite film of the undersealing trough (18) includes, on the side oriented toward the blister bottom part (12), a peelable heat-sealable layer that includes a paint having an application weight ranging from 2 to 20 g/m2, preferably 7 to 15 g/m2, a peelable plastic film having a film thickness ranging from 10 to 40 ?m, preferably from 15 to 30 ?m, or a peelable plastic coating having an application weight ranging from 5 to 40 g/m2, preferably 7 to 20 g/m2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2004
    Publication date: December 21, 2006
    Applicant: ALCAN TECHNOLOGY & MANAGEMENT LTD.
    Inventor: Erwin Pasbrig
  • Patent number: 7143954
    Abstract: A short circuiting device for an electric railway system having a conductor rail for supplying electric power to drive the vehicles. The function of the device is to provide a short circuit between a track rail and the conductor rail. The short circuiting device contains a first contact element providing a face to make contact with the track rail and a contact arm that is coupled to the contact element via a jointed connection and has a contact face for making contact with the conductor rail. The jointed connection is a multi-hinged connecting facility containing two levers which are joined to each other via a knee-type joint and joined via the respective first and second connection hinges to the contact element and the contact arm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2003
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2006
    Assignee: Alcan Technology & Management Ltd.
    Inventors: Timo Netzel, Gerd Bittlingmayer
  • Patent number: 7144603
    Abstract: A process for manufacturing a flexible packaging material from a single or multi-layer film or film-type laminate containing a sealing layer of powder-type starting material deposited on at least one free surface of the film or film-type laminate. The sealing layer is deposited locally, i.e., over only those parts of the surface to be sealed, and the deposition of the sealing layer takes place by an electrostatic coating process in which coating particles are electrostatically charged and transferred to the film surface to be coated by applying an electric field, and melted and/or hardened to give a coating film in the form of a sealing layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2003
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2006
    Assignee: Alcan Technology & Management Ltd.
    Inventors: Hans-Rudolf Nageli, Karolina Rosenberger, Juerg Frey, Fabian Bonsch
  • Publication number: 20060257648
    Abstract: A cold-workable laminate for the production of containers for packaging of pharmaceutical and medical technical products and diagnostic agents has an aluminium film with a biaxially stretched plastic film on one side as an outer layer, and a sealing layer arranged on the second side. The aluminium film is connected with the biaxially stretched plastic film by extrusion laminating or the biaxially stretched plastic film is extrusion-coated with a polyolefin and lacquer-laminated to the aluminium film. The laminate has at least 15% higher cold-working capacity than laminates of the prior art and has improved delamination resistance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2004
    Publication date: November 16, 2006
    Applicant: ALCAN TECHNOLOGY & MANAGEMENT LTD.
    Inventors: Hans-Rudolf Nägeli, Erwin Pasbrig
  • Patent number: 7076877
    Abstract: A process for manufacturing a road-bound, horizontally fitted vehicle body with a roof unit having an outer skin and an inward facing ceiling, or an outer skin and an inward facing ceiling with a ceiling frame, whereby the roof unit is a unit ready for installation, and a basic structure having longitudinal frames and side wall columns, the ceiling and the outer skin along with the basic structure having joining configurations that mate with each other at mutual places for joining. The ceiling has at least one fitting from a group of fittings consisting of fittings for a ceiling cover, interior cladding, cushioning against impact, sun shields, an interior rear view mirror, interior lighting, wiring, operating and display elements, sliding, raising, folding, lamellar and glass roofs, and their frame parts and the drive elements, and roof hand grips.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2006
    Assignee: Alcan Technology & Management, Ltd.
    Inventors: Jochen Wieschermann, Duri Deflorin, Wolfgang Müller
  • Patent number: RE39790
    Abstract: Reflectors, for example, for lamps used for technical lighting purposes, having a surface which is resistant to mechanical and chemical attack and has high total reflectivity. The body (10) of the reflector, which is, for example, a rolled aluminum product such as a foil, a strip of a sheet, has a surface layer in the form of a layer system containing (a) a pretreatment layer (11), onto which is deposited (b) a functional layer (12) with silanes, having organo-functional groups, of a metal compound, and onto which is deposited (c) a metal-containing reflective layer (13). Layer (a) is deposited on the reflector body and increases the strength of bonding to the above lying layers (a) and (b). Layer (b) effects a flattening and increase in the mechanical strength of the above lying layer (c). The pretreatment layer can be a layer produced by anodic oxidation. The functional layer (b) can be a sol-gel layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2001
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2007
    Assignee: Alcan Technology & Management Ltd.
    Inventors: Roman Fuchs, Gerhard Schottner, Johannes Martin Sandrock