Patents by Inventor Andreas Wedemeier

Andreas Wedemeier 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: 11338553
    Abstract: A composite material includes a metallic bottom flat element, a metallic top flat element, and an intermediate layer made of a thermosetting synthetic material and arranged between the bottom flat element and the top flat element. The intermediate layer includes three or more duromers, with at least one of the duromers being in a cured state and the other ones of the duromers being in an uncured state. The at least one of the duromers has a polymerization temperature between 50 and 100° C., with a second one of the other ones of the duromers having a polymerization temperature between 170 and 220° C. and a third one of the other ones of the duromers having a polymerization temperature between 230 and 260° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Assignee: Salzgitter Flachstahl GmbH
    Inventors: Andreas Wedemeier, Benjamin Poller
  • Patent number: 10640855
    Abstract: A high-strength air-hardenable multiphase steel having minimal tensile strengths in a non air hardened state of 750 MPa and excellent processing properties, said steel comprising the following elements in % by weight: C?0.075 to ?0.115; Si?0.200 to ?0.300; Mn?1.700 to ?2.300; Cr?0.280 to ?0.4800; Al?0.020 to ?0.060; N?0.0020 to ?0.0120; S?0.0050; Nb?0.005 to ?0.050; Ti?0.005 to ?0.050; B?0.0005 to ?0.0060; Ca?0.0005 to ?0.0060; Cu?0.050; Ni?0.050; remainder iron, including usual steel accompanying smelting related impurities, wherein for a widest possible process window during continuous annealing of hot rolled or cold rolled strips made from the steel a sum content of M+Si+Cr in the steel is a function of a thickness of the steel strips according to the following relationship: for strip thicknesses of up to 1.00 mm the sum content of M+Si+Cr is ?2.350 and ?2.500%, for strip thicknesses of over 1.00 to 2.00 mm the sum of Mn+Si+Cr is ?2.500 and ?2.950%, and for strip thicknesses of over 2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2020
    Assignee: SALZGITTER FLACHSTAHL GMBH
    Inventors: Thomas Schulz, Joachim Schöttler, Sascha Kluge, Christian Meyer, Peter Matthies, Andreas Wedemeier
  • Patent number: 10519525
    Abstract: A high-strength multi-phase steel having tensile strengths of no less than 580 MPa, preferably with a dual-phase structure for a cold-rolled or hot-rolled steel strip having improved forming properties, in particular for lightweight vehicle construction is disclosed, containing the following elements (contents in % by mass): C 0.075 to ?0.105; Si 0.200 to ?0.300; Mn 1.000 to ?2.000; Cr 0.280 to ?0.480; Al 0.10 to ?0.060; P ?0.020; Nb ?0.005 to ?0.025; N ?0.0100; S ?0.0050; the remainder iron, including conventional steel-accompanying elements not mentioned above.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2019
    Assignee: SALZGITTER FLACHSTAHL GMBH
    Inventors: Thomas Schulz, Andreas Wedemeier, Michael Pohl, Hans-Joachim Kratz, Matthias Geler, Oliver Meyer
  • Publication number: 20190202176
    Abstract: A composite material includes a metallic bottom flat element, a metallic top flat element, and an intermediate layer made of a thermosetting synthetic material and arranged between the bottom flat element and the top flat element. The intermediate layer includes three or more duromers, with at least one of the duromers being in a cured state and the other ones of the duromers being in an uncured state. The at least one of the duromers has a polymerization temperature between 50 and 100° C., with a second one of the other ones of the duromers having a polymerization temperature between 170 and 220° C. and a third one of the other ones of the duromers having a polymerization temperature between 230 and 260° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2017
    Publication date: July 4, 2019
    Applicant: Salzgitter Flachstahl GmbH
    Inventors: ANDREAS WEDEMEIER, BENJAMIN POLLER
  • Patent number: 10273552
    Abstract: In a process for producing a cold- or hot-rolled steel strip from an ultrahigh-strength multiphase steel having a particular composition the required multiphase microstructure is generated during continuous heat treatment. The cold- or hot-rolled steel strip is heated in the continuous heat treatment furnace to a temperature in the range from 700 to 950° C. and the heat-treated steel strip is subsequently cooled from the heat treatment temperature at a cooling rate of from 15 to 100° C./s to a first intermediate temperature of from 300 to 500° C. followed by cooling at a cooling rate of from 15 to 100° C./s to a second intermediate temperature of from 200 to 250° C.; the steel strip is subsequently cooled at a cooling rate of from 2 to 30° C./s in air to room temperature or the cooling at a cooling rate of from 15 to 100° C./s is maintained from the first intermediate temperature to room temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2019
    Assignee: SALZGITTER FLACHSTAHL GMBH
    Inventors: Thomas Schulz, Andreas Wedemeier, Wilfried Sprock, Volker Flaxa, Friedrich Luther, Ingwer Denks, Sven Schulz
  • Publication number: 20180347018
    Abstract: A high-strength air-hardenable multiphase steel having minimal tensile strengths in a non air hardened state of 750 MPa and excellent processing properties, said steel comprising the following elements in % by weight: C?0.075 to ?0.115; Si?0.200 to ?0.300; Mn?1.700 to ?2.300; Cr?0.280 to ?0.4800; Al?0.020 to ?0.060; N?0.0020 to ?0.0120; S?0.0050; Nb?0.005 to ?0.050; Ti?0.005 to ?0.050; B?0.0005 to ?0.0060; Ca?0.0005 to ?0.0060; Cu?0.050; Ni?0.050; remainder iron, including usual steel accompanying smelting related impurities, wherein for a widest possible process window during continuous annealing of hot rolled or cold rolled strips made from the steel a sum content of M+Si+Cr in the steel is a function of a thickness of the steel strips according to the following relationship: for strip thicknesses of up to 1.00 mm the sum content of M+Si+Cr is ?2.350 and ?2.500%, for strip thicknesses of over 1.00 to 2.00 mm the sum of Mn+Si+Cr is ?2.500 and ?2.950%, and for strip thicknesses of over 2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2015
    Publication date: December 6, 2018
    Applicant: SALZGITTER FLACHSTAHL GMBH
    Inventors: Thomas Schulz, Joachim Schöttler, Sascha Kluge, Christian Meyer, Peter Matthies, Andreas Wedemeier
  • Publication number: 20180326703
    Abstract: In a metal-plastic composite, in which the metallic component is connected by a material joint to a thermoplastic applied thereto, a material bond between the metallic component and the plastic is realized by applying on the metallic component on a surface area that comes into contact with the thermoplastic a corrosion-protective coating made of phosphatization.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2016
    Publication date: November 15, 2018
    Applicant: Salzgitter Flachstahl GmbH
    Inventors: ANDREAS WEDEMEIER, BENJAMIN POLLER
  • Publication number: 20150041024
    Abstract: In a process for producing a cold- or hot-rolled steel strip from an ultrahigh-strength multiphase steel having a particular composition the required multiphase microstructure is generated during continuous heat treatment. The cold- or hot-rolled steel strip is heated in the continuous heat treatment furnace to a temperature in the range from 700 to 950° C. and the heat-treated steel strip is subsequently cooled from the heat treatment temperature at a cooling rate of from 15 to 100° C./s to a first intermediate temperature of from 300 to 500° C. followed by cooling at a cooling rate of from 15 to 100° C./s to a second intermediate temperature of from 200 to 250° C.; the steel strip is subsequently cooled at a cooling rate of from 2 to 30° C./s in air to room temperature or the cooling at a cooling rate of from 15 to 100° C./s is maintained from the first intermediate temperature to room temperature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2013
    Publication date: February 12, 2015
    Inventors: Thomas Schulz, Andreas Wedemeier, Wilfried Sprock, Volker Flaxa, Friedrich Luther, Ingwer Denks, Sven Schulz
  • Publication number: 20150034215
    Abstract: A high-strength multi-phase steel having tensile strengths of no less than 580 MPa, preferably with a dual-phase structure for a cold-rolled or hot-rolled steel strip having improved forming properties, in particular for lightweight vehicle construction is disclosed, containing the following elements (contents in % by mass): C 0.075 to ?0.105; Si 0.200 to ?0.300; Mn 1.000 to ?2.000; Cr 0.280 to ?0.480; Al 0.10 to ?0.060; P ?0.020; Nb ?0.005 to ?0.025; N ?0.0100; S ?0.0050; the remainder iron, including conventional steel-accompanying elements not mentioned above.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2013
    Publication date: February 5, 2015
    Inventors: Thomas Schulz, Andreas Wedemeier, Michael Pohl, Hans-Joachim Kratz, Matthias Geler, Oliver Meyer
  • Publication number: 20140034196
    Abstract: The invention relates to a high strength multi-phase steel for a cold- or hot-rolled steel strip having excellent forming properties, in particular for light vehicle construction, comprising the elements (contents in mass %): C 0.060 to=0.115; Al 0.020 to=0.060; Si 0.100 to=0.500; Mn 1.300 to=2.500; P=0.025; S=0.0100; Cr 0.280 to=0.480; Mo<0.150; Ti=0.005 to=0.050; Nb=0.005 to=0.050; B=0.0005 to=0.0060; N=0.0100; the remainder being iron including the usual elements present in steel and which are not mentioned above.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2011
    Publication date: February 6, 2014
    Inventors: Andreas Wedemeier, Thomas Schulz, Michael Pohl, Phillip Wüllner, Jörg Heinecke, Christian Schlegel