Patents by Inventor Andreas Fent

Andreas Fent 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).

  • Patent number: 10618105
    Abstract: A casting device and casting method are provided for producing components, in particular cylinder heads. The device includes a reusable steel upper core, which can be lifted off from the component to be produced and which has a movable displacing element. The displacement element can be pressed into the component to be produced for dense feeding. In a method for producing a cylinder head by casting, wherein the steel upper core is used as a substitution for a sand cover core, for dense feeding the displacing element is pressed into the melt that forms the cylinder head in the solidified state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2020
    Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Andreas Fent, Richard Schaechtl, Hubert Lang, Marcus Stier, Thomas Summer
  • Patent number: 10052685
    Abstract: A processing system and method for processing a cast raw casting has a spray system for cooling the raw casting. The spray system has at least one nozzle device for at least temporally, locally, or quantitatively variable application of a free-flowing medium to at least one section of the raw casting. The processing system also has a temperature measuring device for measuring the temperature on at least one section of the raw casting and a monitoring device for controlling and adjusting the nozzle device as a function of the measured temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2018
    Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Richard Schaechtl, Andreas Fent, Hubert Moreis, Lucas Schulte-Vorwick
  • Patent number: 9865850
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a supporting element for a housing for a vehicle traction battery, the vehicle traction battery being constructed of a number of power storage modules. The supporting element is constructed of a module supporting element and at least one closing element, which has a plate-shaped design, the module supporting element having a number of module fastening elements, to which the number of power storage modules are fastened. Furthermore, the module supporting element has at least one recess which is closed by the plate-shaped closing element. The present invention further relates to a process of producing a corresponding support element for a housing for a vehicle traction battery.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2018
    Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiegesellschaft
    Inventors: Eberhard Pflueger, Andreas Fent, Semi Ben Salah, Dominic Mueller
  • Publication number: 20170014899
    Abstract: A processing system and method for processing a cast raw casting has a spray system for cooling the raw casting. The spray system has at least one nozzle device for at least temporally, locally, or quantitatively variable application of a free-flowing medium to at least one section of the raw casting. The processing system also has a temperature measuring device for measuring the temperature on at least one section of the raw casting and a monitoring device for controlling and adjusting the nozzle device as a function of the measured temperature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2016
    Publication date: January 19, 2017
    Inventors: Richard SCHAECHTL, Andreas FENT, Hubert MOREIS, Lucas SCHULTE-VORWICK
  • Publication number: 20160038995
    Abstract: A casting device and casting method are provided for producing components, in particular cylinder heads. The device includes a reusable steel upper core, which can be lifted off from the component to be produced and which has a movable displacing element. The displacement element can be pressed into the component to be produced for dense feeding. In a method for producing a cylinder head by casting, wherein the steel upper core is used as a substitution for a sand cover core, for dense feeding the displacing element is pressed into the melt that forms the cylinder head in the solidified state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2015
    Publication date: February 11, 2016
    Inventors: Andreas FENT, Richard SCHAECHTL, Hubert LANG, Marcus STIER, Thomas SUMMER
  • Publication number: 20150255765
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a supporting element for a housing for a vehicle traction battery, the vehicle traction battery being constructed of a number of power storage modules. The supporting element is constructed of a module supporting element and at least one closing element, which has a plate-shaped design, the module supporting element having a number of module fastening elements, to which the number of power storage modules are fastened. Furthermore, the module supporting element has at least one recess which is closed by the plate-shaped closing element. The present invention further relates to a process of producing a corresponding support element for a housing for a vehicle traction battery.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2015
    Publication date: September 10, 2015
    Inventors: Eberhard PFLUEGER, Andreas Fent, Semi Ben Salah, Dominic Mueller