Patents by Inventor Burkhard Arnold

Burkhard Arnold 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: 11834726
    Abstract: A method for producing a patterned stainless steel sheet with improved visual characteristics in the wavelength area of visible light including providing a deformed stainless steel sheet; performing a heat treatment on the deformed stainless steel sheet, wherein the heat treatment is conducted at a temperature of 900-1200° C.; performing a mechanical treatment on at least one surface of the heat treated stainless steel sheet; transferring the mechanically treated stainless steel sheet to a patterning process, wherein, in the patterning process, at least one side of the mechanically treated stainless steel sheet is patterned using a patterning roll having a surface with an emboss depth of up to 100 micrometers to provide a patterned stainless steel sheet; and performing a heat treatment on the patterned stainless steel sheet, wherein the heat treatment is conducted at a temperature range of 900-1200° C., wherein the mechanical treatment is carried out by blasting.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: Outokumpu Oyj
    Inventors: Jörn Teipel, Dirk Wiemer, Lutz Zoppke, Patrick Vogel, Andreas Jääger, Michael Weg, Burkhard Arnold, Frank Wörster
  • Publication number: 20210388460
    Abstract: A method for producing a patterned stainless steel sheet with improved visual characteristics in the wavelength area of visible light including providing a deformed stainless steel sheet; performing a heat treatment on the deformed stainless steel sheet, wherein the heat treatment is conducted at a temperature of 900-1200° C.; performing a mechanical treatment on at least one surface of the heat treated stainless steel sheet; transferring the mechanically treated stainless steel sheet to a patterning process, wherein, in the patterning process, at least one side of the mechanically treated stainless steel sheet is patterned using a patterning roll having a surface with an emboss depth of up to 100 micrometers to provide a patterned stainless steel sheet; and performing a heat treatment on the patterned stainless steel sheet, wherein the heat treatment is conducted at a temperature range of 900-1200° C., wherein the mechanical treatment is carried out by blasting.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2021
    Publication date: December 16, 2021
    Inventors: Jörn Teipel, Dirk Wiemer, Lutz Zoppke, Patrick Vogel, Andreas Jääger, Michael Weg, Burkhard Arnold, Frank Wörster
  • Patent number: 11155892
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing a patterned stainless steel sheet with modified visual characteristics in the wavelength area of visible light the deformed stainless steel having a thickness of 0.3-3.5 mm. In the method the deformed stainless steel sheet is pretreated by at least one heat treatment step and at least one mechanical treatment step on at least one surface of the heat treated stainless steel sheet. The pretreated stainless steel sheet is further transferred to a patterning process, and at least one heat treatment step is carried out on the patterned stainless steel sheet surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2021
    Assignee: Outokumpu Oyj
    Inventors: Jörn Teipel, Dirk Wiemer, Lutz Zoppke, Patrick Vogel, Andreas Jääger, Michael Weg, Burkhard Arnold, Frank Wörster
  • Publication number: 20180148810
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing a patterned stainless steel sheet with modified visual characteristics in the wavelength area of visible light the deformed stainless steel having a thickness of 0.3-3.5 mm. In the method the deformed stainless steel sheet is pretreated by at least one heat treatment step and at least one mechanical treatment step on at least one surface of the heat treated stainless steel sheet. The pretreated stainless steel sheet is further transferred for patterning process, and at least one heat treatment step is carried out for the patterned stainless steel sheet surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2016
    Publication date: May 31, 2018
    Inventors: Jörn Teipel, Dirk Weimer, Lutz Zoppke, Patrick Vogel, Andreas Jääger, Michael Weg, Burkhard Arnold, Frank Wörster