Patents by Inventor Claus-Deiter Reiniger

Claus-Deiter Reiniger 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).

  • Laser welding seam with reduced end-crater and process for production thereof
    Patent number: 7290957
    Abstract: A laser weld seam with reduced end crater and a process for production thereof are provided. The seam end is provided at a location, which exhibits a excessive material relative to the surrounding surface or thereby, that the seam towards the seam end exhibits a counter-running direction change of its preferred direction, which is designed in such a manner, that as a consequence of the interaction between cooling forward and counter-running seam a backfill of the melt towards the seam end occurs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2007
    Assignee: DaimlerChrysler AG
    Inventors: Wolfgang Becker, Jens Bühler, Tilman Froschmeier, Klaus Goth, Markus Knöller, Claus-Deiter Reiniger, Daniel Zauner