Patents by Inventor Alfred Gerhard Arlt

Alfred Gerhard Arlt 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 and device for the manufacture of connection ends on metal hoses
    Patent number: 6380509
    Abstract: The invention provides improved and simplified production of connection ends on metal strip wound hose pieces which are separated from endless strip wound hose, by continuously guiding a laser beam about the entire periphery of the strip wound hose member to produce a welding seam, the laser beam modulated with a motion which is cyclic and parallel to the axis of the strip wound hose piece, to produce, in particular, a sinusoidal or triangular-shaped continuous welding seam.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 1999
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2002
    Assignee: IWKA Balg- und KompensatorenTechnologie GmbH
    Inventor: Alfred Gerhard Arlt