Patents by Inventor Alfred Habacht

Alfred Habacht 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 hardening profiles
    Patent number: 9080222
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing hardened profiles, in particular hardened open profiles, wherein the component is at least partly heated to above the austenitizing temperature of the base material and after heating the component is cooled at a rate above the critical hardening rate, the energy necessary for the heating being introduced at least partly by induction, wherein free edges are provided in the component to adjust a temperature or hardness gradient over the cross section of the component, the size, type and extension of the edges being set for a desired degree of hardness and/or hardness gradient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2015
    Assignee: VOESTALPINE KREMS GMBH
    Inventors: Gerhard Lengauer, Andreas Schieder, Alfred Habacht, Wolfgang Buhl, Franz Weitz, Andreas Kreuzhuber, Bernhard Lagler, Werner Brandstätter
  • METHOD AND DEVICE FOR HARDENING PROFILES
    Publication number: 20110011499
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing hardened profiles, in particular hardened open profiles, wherein the component is at least partly heated to above the austenitizing temperature of the base material and after heating the component is cooled at a rate above the critical hardening rate, the energy necessary for the heating being introduced at least partly by induction, wherein free edges are provided in the component to adjust a temperature or hardness gradient over the cross section of the component, the size, type and extension of the edges being set for a desired degree of hardness and/or hardness gradient.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2008
    Publication date: January 20, 2011
    Applicant: VOESTALPINE KREMS GMBH
    Inventors: Gerhard Lengauer, Andreas Schieder, Alfred Habacht, Wolfgang Buhl, Franz Weitz, Andreas Kreuzhuber, Bernhard Lagler, Werner Brandstätter