Patents by Inventor Dirk PONGE

Dirk PONGE 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).

  • Publication number: 20190032161
    Abstract: The invention provides a reliably manufacturable flat steel product based on a Fe3Al alloy and a method that allows the production of such flat steel products. For this purpose, the flat steel product is made of a steel which comprises (in % by weight) Al: 12-20%, Ti: 0.2-2%, B: 0.1-0.6%, in each case at least one element from the group “Cr, C, Mn, Si, Nb, Ta, W, Zr, V, Mo, Ni, Cu, Ca, rare earth metals, and Co” unavoidable impurities. The method according to the invention specifies that a molten steel with the stated composition is cast as a precursor in the form of a slab, thin slab or a cast strip, the precursor is then hot rolled into a hot strip.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2016
    Publication date: January 31, 2019
    Applicants: ThyssenKrupp Steel Europe AG, thyssenkrupp AG, Max-Planck-Institut für Eisenforschung GmbH
    Inventors: Harald HOFMANN, Hans FERKEL, Michael GÖVERT, Matthias SCHIRMER, Martin PALM, Dirk PONGE, Andreas LEITNER