Patents by Inventor Elmar Hock

Elmar Hock 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: 20190321147
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a shaped body, comprising creating a mixture of a metal powder and binding agent, compacting the mixture to form a green compact, heating the green compact to a debinding start temperature T1, debinding the green compact by controlled heating of the green compact from start temperature T1 to end temperature T2 at a heat-up rate R1, presintering the debindered green compact to the presinter end temperature TVS at a heat-up rate RHVS, cooling the green compact from the presinter end temperature TVS at a cool-down rate RKVS, whereby at least the heat-up rate RHVS, the presinter end temperature TVS, and the cool-down rate RKVS are tuned relative to each other in such a way that the presintered green compact forming a blank has a surface porosity of 16% to 22% after presintering, and machining and sintering of the blank to form the shaped body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2019
    Publication date: October 24, 2019
    Applicant: DEGUDENT GMBH
    Inventors: Jörg HACHENBERG, Rudi STEINKE, Markus VOLLMANN, Irmgard WISSEL, Gerhard ZELLMANN, Elmar HOCK, Stefan FECHER, Lothar VÖLKL
  • Patent number: 10105200
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing a dental model for removable insertion in a recess of a holder, which dental model has a referencing, comprising at least one tooth part having a base to be inserted into the recess, wherein the at least one tooth part is produced using digitized data of a jaw in that the digitized data are saved in a computer beforehand and supplied to a processing machine to produce the at least one tooth part. In order to ensure simple handling of the dental model and in particular to prevent faulty insertion of the dental model or segment, according to the invention the referencing is saved in the computer and, in consideration of the referencing, the at least one tooth part is produced as having the base as a unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2018
    Assignee: DEGUDENT GMBH
    Inventors: Stefan Fecher, Andreas Gebhardt, Martin Haizmann, Heiner Horhold, Elmar Hock, Lothar Volkl
  • Publication number: 20160278892
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a shaped body, comprising creating a mixture of a metal powder and binding agent, compacting the mixture to form a green compact, heating the green compact to a debinding start temperature T1, debinding the green compact by controlled heating of the green compact from start temperature T1 to end temperature T2 at a heat-up rate R1, presintering the debindered green compact to the presinter end temperature TVS at a heat-up rate RHVS, cooling the green compact from the presinter end temperature TVS at a cool-down rate RKVS, whereby at least the heat-up rate RHVS, the presinter end temperature TVS, and the cool-down rate RKVS are tuned relative to each other in such a way that the presintered green compact forming a blank has a surface porosity of 16% to 22% after presintering, and machining and sintering of the blank to form the shaped body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2016
    Publication date: September 29, 2016
    Applicant: DEGUDENT GMBH
    Inventors: Jörg HACHENBERG, Rudi STEINKE, Markus VOLLMANN, Irmgard WISSEL, Gerhard ZELLMANN, Elmar HOCK, Stefan FECHER, Lother VÖLKL
  • Patent number: 9393088
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a shaped body, comprising creating a mixture of a metal powder and binding agent, compacting the mixture to form a green compact, heating the green compact to a debinding start temperature T1, debinding the green compact by controlled heating of the green compact from start temperature T1 to end temperature T2 at a heat-up rate R1, presintering the debindered green compact to the presinter end temperature TVS at a heat-up rate RHVS, cooling the green compact from the presinter end temperature TVS at a cool-down rate RKVS, whereby at least the heat-up rate RHVS, the presinter end temperature TVS, and the cool-down rate RKVS are tuned relative to each other in such a way that the presintered green compact forming a blank has a surface porosity of 16% to 22% after presintering, and machining and sintering of the blank to form the shaped body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2016
    Assignee: DEGUDENT GMBH
    Inventors: Jörg Hachenberg, Rudi Steinke, Markus Vollmann, Irmgard Wissel, Gerhard Zellmann, Elmar Hock, Stefan Fecher, Lothar Volkl
  • Publication number: 20150010880
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing a dental model for removable insertion in a recess of a holder, which dental model has a referencing, comprising at least one tooth part having a base to be inserted into the recess, wherein the at least one tooth part is produced using digitized data of a jaw in that the digitized data are saved in a computer beforehand and supplied to a processing machine to produce the at least one tooth part. In order to ensure simple handling of the dental model and in particular to prevent faulty insertion of the dental model or segment, according to the invention the referencing is saved in the computer and, in consideration of the referencing, the at least one tooth part is produced as having the base as a unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2012
    Publication date: January 8, 2015
    Inventors: Stefan Fecher, Andreas Gebhardt, Martin Haizmann, Heiner Horhold, Elmar Hock, Lothar Volkl
  • Patent number: 8501082
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a multipart assembly of sintered oxide ceramic material, including one first component which at least partially surrounds one second component in such a manner that detaching the first component from the second component is not possible without destroying the first and/or second component. The assembly is produced by producing a single-part first shaped part and a single-part second shaped part from an oxide ceramic blank, whereby the first shaped part and the second shaped part are enlarged to compensate for the shrinkage during sintering, and assembling the sintered shaped part as second component with the first shaped part and subsequently sintering them together.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2013
    Assignee: Degudent GmbH
    Inventors: Elmar Hock, Stefan Fecher, Lothar Volkl
  • Publication number: 20120114516
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a shaped body, comprising creating a mixture of a metal powder and binding agent, compacting the mixture to form a green compact, heating the green compact to a debinding start temperature T1, debinding the green compact by controlled heating of the green compact from start temperature T1 to end temperature T2 at a heat-up rate R1, presintering the debindered green compact to the presinter end temperature TVS at a heat-up rate RHVS, cooling the green compact from the presinter end temperature TVS at a cool-down rate RKVS, whereby at least the heat-up rate RHVS, the presinter end temperature TVS, and the cool-down rate RKVS are tuned relative to each other in such a way that the presintered green compact forming a blank has a surface porosity of 16% to 22% after presintering, and machining and sintering of the blank to form the shaped body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2011
    Publication date: May 10, 2012
    Applicant: DEGUDENT GMBH
    Inventors: Jörg HACHENBERG, Rudi STEINKE, Markus VOLLMANN, Irmgard WISSEL, Gerhard ZELLMANN, Elmar HOCK, Stefan FECHER, Lothar VOLKL
  • Publication number: 20100062396
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a multipart assembly of sintered oxide ceramic material, including one first component which at least partially surrounds one second component in such a manner that detaching the first component from the second component is not possible without destroying the first and/or second component. The assembly is produced by producing a single-part first shaped part and a single-part second shaped part from an oxide ceramic blank, whereby the first shaped part and the second shaped part are enlarged to compensate for the shrinkage during sintering, and assembling the sintered shaped part as second component with the first shaped part and subsequently sintering them together.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2007
    Publication date: March 11, 2010
    Applicant: DEGUDENT GMBH
    Inventors: Elmar Hock, Stefan Fecher, Lothar Volkl