Patents by Inventor Eric Edgar LATZA

Eric Edgar LATZA 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: 20230366422
    Abstract: A method of gluing a first metal part to a second part includes the steps of providing a first metal part such as a steel part, and the second part such as a second metal part, treating a surface portion of the first metal part intended for being glued to the second part with laser pulses so that a surface layer of the first metal part across the surface portion is removed, preferably by ablation, while applying laser pulses to the surface portion of the first metal part also applying a pressurized air or gas stream to the surface portion, applying an adhesive to at least the surface portion of the first metal part and/or to a surface of the second part, and gluing the first metal part and the second part together.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2023
    Publication date: November 16, 2023
    Inventors: Dieter Heinz Josef GROSS, Marcel KNORR, Marko LIMPERT-KIESEL, Florian BAIER, Thomas RUEPPEL, Norbert SCHAEFER, Eric Edgar LATZA