Patents Assigned to GKN Sinter Metals GmbH
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Patent number: 7922393Abstract: The invention pertains to a plain porous bearing for motors and transmissions with a circular bearing bore that displays, distributed alternatingly across the bearing bore, highly compressed at least approximately closed-pore areas and slightly compressed, open-pore areas, where the bearing bore diameters of the highly and slightly compressed areas are at least approximately identical. Also provided is a procedure and device for production of the bearing.Type: GrantFiled: January 10, 2008Date of Patent: April 12, 2011Assignee: GKN Sinter Metals GmbH and Robert Bosch GmbHInventors: Andreas Vogt, Gerd Dornhofer, Hans-Peter Koch, Werner Stehr, Christina Messner, Peter Kronbichler, Kurt Goller, Heinrich Hecher
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Publication number: 20080289491Abstract: A powder-metallurgically produced piston body for a piston-cylinder arrangement, in particular a shock absorber piston, has a one-part piston body, a revolving or circumferential web that protrudes radially outwardly from outer surface of the piston body, longitudinal webs, and at least one traverse groove. A collar-shaped seal, made of thermally deformable material, is formed onto the piston body such that the revolving or circumferential web and the support webs are formed into the seal over at least a part of their heights.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 27, 2007Publication date: November 27, 2008Applicant: GKN Sinter Metals GmbHInventors: Ewald May, Rainer Schmitt
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Publication number: 20080144984Abstract: The invention pertains to a plain porous bearing for motors and transmissions with a circular bearing bore that displays, distributed alternatingly across the bearing bore, highly compressed at least approximately closed-pore areas and slightly compressed, open-pore areas, where the bearing bore diameters of the highly and slightly compressed areas are at least approximately identical. Also provided is a procedure and device for production of the bearing.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 10, 2008Publication date: June 19, 2008Applicants: GKN SINTER METALS GMBH, ROBERT BOSCH GMBHInventors: Andreas Vogt, Gerd Dornhofer, Hans-Peter Koch, Werner Stehr, Christina Messner, Peter Kronbichler, Kurt Goller, Heinrich Hecher
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Patent number: 7310876Abstract: A method for producing a one-part piston body for a piston-cylinder arrangement, in particular a shock absorber piston, is disclosed. The method may include in a first step, pressing a green compact comprising a revolving web and longitudinal support webs from a sinterable metallurgical powder. In a second step, the green compact may be sintered to form a blank. In a third step, radially disposed stamping tools may be used to form, under material displacement, transverse grooves into at least a part of the support webs through cold deformation. In a fourth step, the blank provided with transverse grooves may be calibrated to its final form through pressing with calibrating tools.Type: GrantFiled: March 28, 2005Date of Patent: December 25, 2007Assignee: GKN Sinter Metals GmbHInventors: Ewald May, Rainer Schmitt
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Patent number: 7306753Abstract: The aim of the invention is to produce a thin porous layer, with a defined porosity and also, a high strength. Said aim is achieved, whereby such a layer with open porosity is produced from a mixture, comprising a sinterable powder with a predetermined powder particle size distribution. The sintered layer is of a thickness, which corresponds to about triple the average diameter of the powder particles employed, has a pore diameter in the range from 0.01 to 50 ?m and a tensile strength of in a range from about 5 to 500 N/mm2. The invention further relates to a method for the production of said thin porous layer with open porosity.Type: GrantFiled: March 18, 2004Date of Patent: December 11, 2007Assignee: GKN Sinter Metals GmbHInventors: Andreas Kuhstoss, Thomas Röthig, Peter Neumann
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Patent number: 7178237Abstract: The invention relates to a piston for a piston-cylinder arrangement, especially a shock absorber piston, comprising a piston body that is fitted with at least one peripheral web on its peripheral surface, wherein a collar-shaped sealing element made of thermoformable plastic material is also formed on the peripheral surface of the piston body in such a way that the web is only formed in part of the height of the material of the collar-shaped sealing element.Type: GrantFiled: November 15, 2004Date of Patent: February 20, 2007Assignee: GKN Sinter Metals GmbHInventors: Antonio Casellas, Ewald May
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Patent number: 6936088Abstract: The invention relates to a sintered highly porous body comprising at least one layer that is made of a material, which can be sintered and which contains fibers. The aim of the invention is to provide a body of the aforementioned type with improved burn-off properties and values for the flame adherence. To this end, the fibers used are curved on one and/or both sides and they have a principal axis that is shorter than approximately 1 mm and a secondary axis that is shorter than approximately 200 ?m, whereby the principal axis is longer than the secondary axis. The invention also relates to a method for producing the sintered porous bodies and to the use thereof.Type: GrantFiled: September 12, 2003Date of Patent: August 30, 2005Assignee: GKN Sinter Metals GmbHInventor: Klaus Heiburg
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Patent number: 6928923Abstract: A piston for a piston-cylinder arrangement, in particular a shock absorber piston exhibiting a piston body (6) provided with one peripheral web (12) protruding from the peripheral surface, disposed on said peripheral surface in both areas, each of which defining one end of the piston. Supporting connector elements (10), which extend longitudinally in the direction of the other end of the piston, are arranged successively at a distance from each other in a parallel manner contiguous to the peripheral web, whereby each two adjacent supporting connector elements (10) define a groove-shaped recess (11) and are provided with a collar-shaped seal (9) made of a thermoformable sealing material, which is formed on the piston body (6) in such a way that the peripheral webs (12) as well as the supporting connector elements (10) are incorporated into the material of the collar-shaped seal (9) over only a portion of their height.Type: GrantFiled: August 21, 2003Date of Patent: August 16, 2005Assignee: GKN Sinter Metals GmbHInventor: Ewald May
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Patent number: 6863706Abstract: In order to achieve the object of providing a module having improved mechanical characteristics as well as a wide range of application, it is proposed that the module include at least one layer having open porosity, having an outer side facing a medium flowing into the module and an inner side facing away from the inflowing medium, manufactured from a material that can be sintered, selected from a group including metals, metal oxides, metal compounds, and/or metal alloys.Type: GrantFiled: February 21, 2003Date of Patent: March 8, 2005Assignee: GKN Sinter Metals GmbHInventor: Thomas Röthig
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Patent number: 6843821Abstract: The aim of the invention is to provide filtering candles (1) comprising a sintered filtering tube (2) and a collar (3) which is connected thereto, and having an increased shelf life and improved resistance values. To this end, the collar (3) comprises an annular collar wall (4) which oriented towards the filtering tube (2) from the neck. Said wall comprises at least one recess (8) which is arranged in a perpendicular manner and at an angle in relation to a plane which is perpendicular to the axis of the filtering tube.Type: GrantFiled: June 19, 2003Date of Patent: January 18, 2005Assignee: GKN Sinter Metals GmbHInventor: Simon Steigert
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Patent number: 6730263Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing a sintered part comprised of a powdery material, especially comprised of a sintered metallurgical powder. According to the inventive method, a green compact which forms an elementary shape of the part is firstly compression molded from the powder. The desired final shape of the part is produced by subjecting partial areas of the elementary shape on the green compact to a successive non-cutting shaping. Afterwards, said final shape is finished by sintering.Type: GrantFiled: May 2, 2001Date of Patent: May 4, 2004Assignee: GKN Sinter Metals GmbHInventors: Eberhard Ernst, Bernhard Brust, Berthold Morber, Wolfgang Schiemenz
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Patent number: 6709245Abstract: The invention relates to a pump, in particular to oil pumps for internal combustion engines comprising a gear assembly or rotor assembly with one each of a pressure and suction region arranged in a pump housing, which may be sealed from each other by means of an axially displaceable piston valve which defines a supply chamber and a housing cover, closing the pump housing. The pressure region comprises a pressure channel connected to the waist of the control piston, whereby the control piston cooperates with a plunger on the end thereof facing the supply chamber, which is arranged at right angles to the control piston. The plunger is pre-tensioned against the control piston by means of a pressure spring, and the plunger and control piston are connected by means of a sliding surface, arranged at an angle to the control piston axis.Type: GrantFiled: November 22, 2002Date of Patent: March 23, 2004Assignee: GKN Sinter Metals GmbHInventor: Josef Bachmann
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Patent number: 6695603Abstract: The invention is related to a toothed rotor set for a pump or engine consisting of a rotating outer rotor, which has an approximately star-shaped bore. The bore has a fine inner tooth system and an inner rotor aligned eccentrically inside it. The inner rotor has oil pockets for planetary gears. The planetary gears also have a fine tooth system with the help of which they roll on the fine teeth of the outer rotor. The planetary gears thus build a tooth system that translates into an outer tooth system. The outer tooth system has one tooth less than the inner tooth system of the outer rotor.Type: GrantFiled: September 4, 2002Date of Patent: February 24, 2004Assignee: GKN Sinter Metals GmbHInventors: Josef Bachmann, Eberhard Ernst
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Patent number: 6652804Abstract: A method for producing a thin openly porous metal film from a metal powder that can be sintered. The metal powder is suspended in a carrier fluid with a specific size distribution of particles, the suspension is applied to a supporting material in at least one thin film and dried, and the green layer thus formed is sintered. The thickness of the layer formed by suspension thus applied corresponds at least to the thickness (s) of the metal film to be produced after sintering, whereby (s) is at least three times the value of the diameter (D) of the powder particles, D=1-50 urn and the maximum thickness of the finished metal film is 500 &mgr;m.Type: GrantFiled: October 5, 2000Date of Patent: November 25, 2003Assignee: GKN Sinter Metals GmbHInventors: Peter Neumann, Andreas Kuhstoss
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Patent number: 6610244Abstract: The invention relates to a method for connecting a metallic support element to at least one body consisting of a powder metallurgical sintered material. The method is characterised in that said body is brought into contact with the support element in the form of a green body which is compacted from a sintered powder, in that a thin, flat copper body is brought into contact with the green body respectively and in that the entire resulting arrangement is heated to the temperature required to sinter the green body before being cooled again once the sintering process is complete.Type: GrantFiled: July 6, 2001Date of Patent: August 26, 2003Assignee: GKN Sinter Metals GmbHInventors: Klaus Dollmeier, Jens Wahnschaffe
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Patent number: 6591948Abstract: The invention relates to a piston-cylinder arrangement, especially a shock absorber piston, comprising a piston body fitted with a peripheral web protruding from the peripheral surface in a section adjacent to the end of the piston to which support webs are attached, said web extending parallel and spaced in relation to each other in longitudinal direction towards the other end of the piston. Two adjacent support webs limit a groove-shaped recess, said webs being open on the ends opposite the peripheral web in longitudinal direction. The piston also comprises a collar-shaped sealing element made of thermoformable plastic material that is formed on the piston body in such a way that only part of the height of both the peripheral web and the support webs is formed in the material of the collar-shaped sealing element.Type: GrantFiled: April 13, 2001Date of Patent: July 15, 2003Assignee: GKN Sinter Metals GmbHInventors: Antonio Casellas, Ewald May
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Patent number: 6540637Abstract: The invention relates to a toothed rotor set for a pump, especially for a lubricating oil pump for internal combustion engines, wherein the toothed rotor set has a toothed configuration similar to a toothed ring pump and functioning and operation of said toothed rotor set corresponds to that of a toothed ring pump.Type: GrantFiled: November 19, 2001Date of Patent: April 1, 2003Assignee: GKN Sinter Metals GmbHInventors: Josef Bachmann, Harald Neubert, Eberhard Ernst
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Patent number: 6481336Abstract: The invention relates to a piston-cylinder arrangement, especially a shock absorber piston, comprising a piston body fitted with at least two peripheral webs on its peripheral surface, said webs limiting a groove and also including a collar-shaped sealing element made of thermoformable plastic material that overlaps the webs. Said piston also comprises axial passage channels in the piston body that are closed by throttle valves opening on one side and at least one radial hole connecting at least one passage channel to the groove formed between two webs.Type: GrantFiled: April 13, 2001Date of Patent: November 19, 2002Assignee: GKN Sinter Metals GmbHInventor: Ewald May
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Patent number: 6450084Abstract: A piston (1) with a piston ring (10) for a hydraulic or pneumatic unit fitted with a damping device and is mounted on a piston rod, dividing a cylinder (9) into two working areas and consisting of at least two parts (2, 9) that are adjacent to a surface (4) extending perpendicularly to the axis of symmetry (5). The piston ring (10) has an axial extension (14) that is several times greater than the thickness (15) of the wall of the ring and is disposed in an outer circumferential groove (6) that extends over both parts (2, 3). The invention provides a piston that prevents rumbles and is easy to produce, requiring only a few components.Type: GrantFiled: September 28, 2000Date of Patent: September 17, 2002Assignees: Krupp Bilstein GmbH, GKN Sinter Metals GmbHInventors: Hans-Joachim Betsch, Ewald May
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Patent number: 6224823Abstract: The invention relates to a process for producing sinterable metallic shaped parts from a metal powder, which is mixed with an auxiliary compacting agent containing at least in part components from the polyalkylene glycol family, is filled into a compacting mold and, following the compacting under pressure, is ejected from the mold as compacted shaped part.Type: GrantFiled: July 27, 1999Date of Patent: May 1, 2001Assignee: GKN Sinter Metals GmbH & Co. KGInventors: René Lindenau, Klaus Dollmeier, Wieland Kynast, Jens Wahnschaffe