Patents Assigned to Michelin Kronprinz Werke GmbH
  • Patent number: 7251890
    Abstract: A method for producing a wheel pan includes cold-rolling a rectangular metal strip of a given uniform thickness by conical rolls into a semicircular ring, such that the thickness reduction on the outer edge of the curved strip is at least 20%, and the circumference of the semicircular ring thus produced extends 130-310°, preferably 180°; bending the semicircular ring into a complete circle to produce a conical hoop, welding the ends together; and shaping the hoop to form the bottom of the pan.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2007
    Assignee: Michelin Kronprinz Werke GmbH
    Inventor: Bruno Atts
  • Publication number: 20040239172
    Abstract: A method for producing a wheel pan includes cold-rolling a rectangular metal strip of a given uniform thickness by conical rolls into a semicircular ring, such that the thickness reduction on the outer edge of the curved strip is at least 20%, and the circumference of the semicircular ring thus produced extends 130-310°, preferably 180°; bending the semicircular ring into a complete circle to produce a conical hoop, welding the ends together; and shaping the hoop to form the bottom of the pan.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2004
    Publication date: December 2, 2004
    Applicant: Michelin Kronprinz Werke GmbH
    Inventor: Bruno Atts
  • Patent number: 6474385
    Abstract: A welded vehicle wheel having a sectional rim which is connected to a nave or wheel disk in the area of the drop center by means of a weld seam, and which has standardized sections, in particular rim flange and bead seat area in terms of their axial and/or radial extent, transition radii and angles, and nonstandardized sections, in particular drop center area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2000
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2002
    Assignee: Michelin Kronprinz Werke GmbH
    Inventors: Meinhard Bönning, Ralf Duning, Jorn Hansen, Dieter Schichall
  • Patent number: 6221185
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for manufacturing components from critical cold forming of light metal strip, preferably naturally hard Al alloys of the AlMg or AlMg—Mn types, in which the desired component is manufactured from the strip by at least one cold forming step and the plasticity is improved before the cold forming by means of a soft annealing. According to the invention, it is proposed that the region of the longitudinal edges of the cold-slit strips is heated in a depth in the strip width of at least 1 mm to a maximum of 10 mm in such a way that a temperature of over 150° C. is reached over a time span of more than 0.1 seconds to a maximum of 10 seconds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 1999
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2001
    Assignee: Michelin Kronprinz Werke GmbH
    Inventors: Wolfgang Tanzmann, Helmut Tümmler, Ralf Duning, Uwe Gohrbandt, Peter von Czarnowski, Gerhardt Söllner