Patents by Inventor Folker Zimmermann

Folker Zimmermann 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: 20090148622
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for the repair and restoration of dynamically stressed components comprising aluminium alloys for aircraft applications in which (a) the base material from which the component to be repaired was manufactured is determined, (b) the component to be repaired is, if necessary, subjected to pre-treatment, (c) a spray material which has chemical, physical and mechanical properties comparable to those of the base material is selected, (d) coating parameters for the subsequent coating process are selected so that bonding within the layer to be applied is optimized, (e) the spray material is applied to the component to be repaired by means of cold gas spraying in order to replace material which has been removed by wear and pre-treatment, and (f) the coated component is after-treated in such a way that the original component geometry is restored.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2007
    Publication date: June 11, 2009
    Inventors: Thorsten Stoltenhoff, Folker Zimmermann, Klaus Gorris, Hans Burger