Patents by Inventor Cord Völker

Cord Völker 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: 11724303
    Abstract: A method for producing a heat exchanger having tubes that are each received at a longitudinal end side in an associated header, the tubes and the headers are formed out of aluminium. The method may include soldering the tubes and the headers to one another to form a coolant-conducting channel structure, and cold-forming the heat exchanger following the soldering of the tubes to the headers such that strength is thereby increased.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Inventors: Cord Voelker, Matthias Goerdeler
  • Patent number: 11440080
    Abstract: A method for producing a heat exchanger is disclosed. The method includes a) providing two heat exchanger plates of the heat exchanger that are to be joined to one another; b) wetting at least one common local joining zone of the two heat exchanger plates with solder; c) forming the heat exchanger by brazing the two heat exchanger plates via local heating of the at least one common joining zone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Inventors: Steffen Ensminger, Thomas Feldhege, Bernd Gruenenwald, Frank Koch, Andreas Koenig, Michael Kranich, Matthias Tuerpe, Cord Voelker
  • Publication number: 20220250136
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing a heat exchanger (1) having tubes (2), which are each received at the longitudinal end side in an associated header (3), wherein the tubes (2) and the headers (3) are formed out of aluminium and are soldered to one another and, in a state soldered to one another, form a coolant-conducting channel structure (4). Here it is substantial for the invention that the heat exchanger (1), following the soldering of the tubes (2) to the headers (3), is cold-formed and the strength thereby increased. By way of this, the weight and the costs can be reduced and the performance and the strength increased.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2021
    Publication date: August 11, 2022
    Inventors: Cord Voelker, Matthias Goerdeler
  • Publication number: 20210367289
    Abstract: A method for producing a multi-part cooling plate may including joining a flat component and a channel component. The flat component and the channel component may be formed from aluminum. The method may include forming a coolant conducting channel structure. Following the joining of the flat component with the channel component, the cooling plate may be cold worked, which may increase the strength and the flatness of the cooling plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2021
    Publication date: November 25, 2021
    Inventors: Matthias Goerdeler, Cord Voelker
  • Publication number: 20210291253
    Abstract: A method for producing a heat exchanger is disclosed. The method includes a) providing two heat exchanger plates of the heat exchanger that are to be joined to one another; b) wetting at least one common local joining zone of the two heat exchanger plates with solder; c) forming the heat exchanger by brazing the two heat exchanger plates via local heating of the at least one common joining zone.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2021
    Publication date: September 23, 2021
    Inventors: Steffen Ensminger, Thomas Feldhege, Bernd Gruenenwald, Frank Koch, Andreas Koenig, Michael Kranich, Matthias Tuerpe, Cord Voelker
  • Patent number: 8196804
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for soldering components, in particular heat exchanger, in particular made of aluminum materials, aluminum alloys or wrought alloys, in a soldering furnace, in particular a continuous soldering furnace or a batch-type soldering furnace, which comprises a muffle, which is flushed with protective gas in order to create a protective atmosphere. In order to make the production of soldered components easier, during the soldering of the components the muffle is supplied with such a greatly increased amount of gas, in particular protective gas or reaction gas, that a low-oxygen protective atmosphere is created.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2012
    Assignee: Behr GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Bradley David Abell, Klaus Dieter Förster, Bernd Grünenwald, Andreas Jenseit, Cord Völker
  • Patent number: 8136716
    Abstract: The invention relates to a soldering work piece made of aluminium and/or aluminium compounds, to a soldering method, in addition to a heat exchanger soldered in said manner. One surface of the soldering work piece is provided with an artificially applied oxide layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2012
    Assignee: Behr GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Wolfgang Heeb, Wolfgang Knödler, Cord Völker
  • Publication number: 20110061850
    Abstract: The invention relates to a soldering work piece made of aluminium and/or aluminium compounds, to a soldering method, in addition to a heat exchanger soldered in said manner. One surface of the soldering work piece is provided with an artificially applied oxide layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 23, 2010
    Publication date: March 17, 2011
    Inventors: Wolfgang HEEB, Wolfgang Knödler, Cord Völker
  • Patent number: 7891540
    Abstract: The invention relates to a soldering work piece made of aluminium and/or aluminium compounds, to a soldering method, in addition to a heat exchanger soldered in said manner. One surface of the soldering work piece is provided with an artificially applied oxide layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2011
    Assignee: BEHR GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Wolfgang Heeb, Wolfgang Knödler, Cord Völker
  • Publication number: 20070023481
    Abstract: The invention relates to a soldering work piece made of aluminium and/or aluminium compounds, to a soldering method, in addition to a heat exchanger soldered in said manner. One surface of the soldering work piece is provided with an artificially applied oxide layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2004
    Publication date: February 1, 2007
    Inventors: Wolfgang Heeb, Wolfgang Knödler, Cord Völker
  • Patent number: 5839646
    Abstract: A process for manufacturing hard-soldered aluminum heat exchangers is provided. For heat exchangers which are provided with flat tubes of a narrow interior with, known soldering processing operating with a fluxing agent cannot be used or can only be used with extreme difficulty. For such flat tubes, and optionally for turbulence inserts which can be slid into such flat tubes, certain materials and coatings are provided which result in a soldered connection in the tube interior where, according to the new process, no fluxing agent is used.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 1996
    Date of Patent: November 24, 1998
    Assignee: Behr GmbH & Co.
    Inventors: Bernd Duda, Klaus Lorenz, Cord Voelker