Patents by Inventor Fred Jindra
Fred Jindra 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).
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Publication number: 20240117458Abstract: A flat steel product for production of a sheet metal component by hot forming includes a steel substrate consisting of a steel including 0.1-3% by weight of Mn and optionally up to 0.01% by weight of B, an aluminium-based coating disposed on at least one side of the steel substrate. A coating here has an applied layer weight of 15-30 g/m2. In addition, the coating has an Al base layer consisting of 1.0-15% by weight of Si, optionally 2-4% by weight of Fe, 0.1-5.0% by weight of alkali metals or alkaline earth metals, and optional further constituents, the contents of which are limited to a total of not more than 2.0% by weight, and aluminium as the balance.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 18, 2023Publication date: April 11, 2024Applicant: ThyssenKrupp Steel Europe AGInventors: Maria Köyer, Fred Jindra, Dirk Czupryna
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Patent number: 11891676Abstract: A flat steel product for production of a sheet metal component by hot forming includes a steel substrate consisting of a steel including 0.1-3% by weight of Mn and optionally up to 0.01% by weight of B, an aluminium-based coating disposed on at least one side of the steel substrate. A coating here has an applied layer weight of 15-30 g/m2. In addition, the coating has an Al base layer consisting of 1.0-15% by weight of Si, optionally 2-4% by weight of Fe, 0.1-5.0% by weight of alkali metals or alkaline earth metals, and optional further constituents, the contents of which are limited to a total of not more than 2.0% by weight, and aluminium as the balance.Type: GrantFiled: November 1, 2022Date of Patent: February 6, 2024Assignee: ThyssenKrupp Steel Europe AGInventors: Maria Köyer, Fred Jindra, Dirk Czupryna
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Publication number: 20230136262Abstract: A flat steel product for production of a sheet metal component by hot forming includes a steel substrate consisting of a steel including 0.1-3% by weight of Mn and optionally up to 0.01% by weight of B, an aluminium-based coating disposed on at least one side of the steel substrate. A coating here has an applied layer weight of 15-30 g/m2. In addition, the coating has an Al base layer consisting of 1.0-15% by weight of Si, optionally 2-4% by weight of Fe, 0.1-5.0% by weight of alkali metals or alkaline earth metals, and optional further constituents, the contents of which are limited to a total of not more than 2.0% by weight, and aluminium as the balance.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 1, 2022Publication date: May 4, 2023Applicant: ThyssenKrupp Steel Europe AGInventors: Maria Köyer, Fred Jindra, Dirk Czupryna
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Patent number: 10011897Abstract: The invention relates to a device and a method for hot-dip coating a metal strip with a metal covering, wherein the metal strip is directed continuously through a melt bath, wherein the thickness of the metal covering present on the metal strip when it leaves the melt bath is adjusted by means of a scraping device, and wherein slag which is present on the melt bath is driven away from the metal strip leaving the melt bath by means of a gas flow. To prevent slag from coming into contact with the metal strip leaving the melt bath, the invention drives away the slag from the metal strip by means of at least one nozzle which is arranged in close proximity to the metal strip, that a gas flow which extends over the width of the metal strip is directed onto the surface of the melt bath.Type: GrantFiled: October 11, 2012Date of Patent: July 3, 2018Assignee: ThyssenKrupp Steel Europe AGInventors: Christopher Gusek, Joerg Schulte, Marc Blumenau, Fred Jindra, Dirk Czupryna, Rudolf Schoenenberg
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Patent number: 9803270Abstract: A method which allows process-stable hot-dip coating of Ni-alloy steel flat products in a cost- and resource-effective manner, including the following steps: a) provision of a steel flat product obtained by cold- or hot-rolling; b) within 1-30 s, heating the steel flat product to a holding temperature between 700 and 1100° C., under a heating atmosphere of N2; c) holding the steel flat product at the holding temperature for a holding duration of 10-120 s under a holding atmosphere of N2; d) cooling the steel flat product from the holding temperature to a strip inlet temperature of 430-800° C.; and e) passing the steel flat product through an inlet zone, in which an inert or reducing inlet atmosphere predominates, and passing the steel flat product through a melt bath, wherein TP1>TP2>TP4.Type: GrantFiled: December 13, 2012Date of Patent: October 31, 2017Assignees: ThyssenKrupp Steel Europe AG, Outokumpu Nirosta GmbHInventors: Marc Blumenau, Christopher Gusek, Fred Jindra, Rudolf Schoenenberg, Hans-Joachim Krautschick
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Patent number: 9737921Abstract: The invention relates to a device for strip guidance in a hot medium, comprising a deflection roller (3, 38) which has two roller pins (23, 39) and is mounted to supporting arms (1, 2, 34, 37, 54, 57) by means of ceramic journal bearings (20, 31), wherein the journal bearings (20, 31) are in each case arranged in a bearing receptacle (45, 55) of the associated supporting arm (1, 2, 34, 37, 54, 57). The invention is characterized in that at least one of the journal bearings (20, 31) in its associated supporting arm (1, 2, 34, 37, 54, 57) is fixed in the bearing receptacle (45, 55) by means of a force-fit that engages on the outer edge of the journal bearing (20, 31) and balances the different heat expansion coefficients of the journal bearings (20, 31) and the bearing receptacle (45, 55).Type: GrantFiled: April 11, 2013Date of Patent: August 22, 2017Assignee: Thyssenkrupp Steel Europe AGInventors: Marc Blumenau, Frank Eisner, Christopher Gusek, Fred Jindra, Rudolf Schoenenberg, Bert-Reiner Willeke, Tobias Denner, Christian Klatt, Jens Wemhoener
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Patent number: 9683598Abstract: The invention relates to the field of materials science and to a device for reducing pressure in cavities in media at higher temperatures, such as those devices which can be used for devices for hot-dip coating metal materials in the metal processing industry for example. The aim of the invention is to provide a device by means of which pressure can be reduced in the cavity of the hollow bodies in a reliable and controlled manner and simultaneously the penetration of the media can be delayed or completely prevented at the higher temperatures. This is achieved by a device for reducing pressure in hollow bodies in media at higher temperatures, wherein at least one opening to the cavity of the hollow body is provided in hollow body regions which are not used for the intended application, said opening being closed from the medium surrounding the hollow body by at least one component made of a gas-permeable metal or ceramic material.Type: GrantFiled: June 29, 2012Date of Patent: June 20, 2017Assignees: THYSSENKRUPP STEEL EUROPE AG, FRAUNHOFER-GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FOEDERUNG DER ANGEWANDTEN FORSCHUNG E.V.Inventors: Christopher Gusek, Frank Eisner, Joachim Huelstrung, Fred Jindra, Bert-Heiner Willeke, Marc Blumenau, Markus Kovac, Gerd Jendrischik, Alfred Peitz, Rudolf Schoenenberg, Joerg Adler, Heike Heymer
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Patent number: 9562278Abstract: The invention relates to a device for strip guidance in a hot medium, comprising a deflection roller (3, 38) mounted on supporting arms (1, 2, 34, 37, 54, 57) and a carrier device holding the supporting arms (1, 2, 34, 37, 54, 57). The device is characterized in that one of the supporting arms (1, 2, 34, 37, 54, 57) is mounted on the carrier device by means of a floating bearing (5), wherein the floating bearing (5) allows the mounted supporting arm on the carrier device to move parallel to the longitudinal direction of the deflection roller (3, 38), and in that an elastic counter element (12), which acts parallel to the longitudinal direction of the deflection roller (3, 38) upon the supporting arm (1, 2, 34, 37, 54, 57) mounted on the floating bearing (5), is present and counteracts an increasing distance between the supporting arms (1, 2, 34, 37, 54, 57).Type: GrantFiled: April 11, 2013Date of Patent: February 7, 2017Assignee: Thyssenkrupp Steel Europe AGInventors: Marc Blumenau, Frank Eisner, Christopher Gusek, Fred Jindra, Rudolf Schoenenberg, Bert-Reiner Willeke, Tobias Denner, Christian Klatt, Jens Wemhoener
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Patent number: 9322598Abstract: The invention provides a process for the heat treatment of steel products, in particular of steel strips or sheets, in which the product is brought from a starting temperature to a target temperature in a booster zone having at least one burner; the burner is operated with a fuel, in particular a fuel gas, and an oxygen-containing gas which contains more than 21% oxygen; and the product is brought into direct contact with the flame generated by the burner, the air ratio ? within the flame being set as a function of the starting temperature and/or the target temperature.Type: GrantFiled: January 11, 2007Date of Patent: April 26, 2016Assignee: Linde AktiengesellschaftInventors: Herbert Eichelkraut, Hans-Joachim Heiler, Werner Högner, Fred Jindra, Rainhard Paul, Ola Ritzén
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Patent number: 9279175Abstract: A method for hot dip coating a flat stainless steel product with more than 5 wt. % Cr with a protective metallic coating by: heating the flat steel product under an oxygen-free heating atmosphere to 100° C.-600° C. within 1-30 seconds; continuing heating to a holding temperature of 750° C.-950° C., by heating to 550° C.-800° C. under an inert or reducing atmosphere, holding within this temperature window for 1 to 15 seconds under an oxidizing atmosphere, and continuing heating under an inert or reducing atmosphere, until the holding temperature is reached; holding at the holding temperature for 10-120 seconds under a reducing atmosphere; and passing the flat steel product through a nozzle area under an inert or reducing atmosphere at 430°-780° C. and into a molten bath in which the flat steel product is coated with the metallic coating.Type: GrantFiled: August 18, 2011Date of Patent: March 8, 2016Assignee: ThyssenKrupp Steel Europe AGInventors: Marc Blumenau, Hans-Joachim Heiler, Fred Jindra, Rudolf Schoenenberg, Hans-Joachim Krautschick
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Publication number: 20150345002Abstract: The invention specifies a method which allows process-stable hot-dip coating of Ni-alloy steel flat products in a cost- and resource-effective manner, comprising the following steps: a) provision of a steel flat product obtained by cold- or hot-rolling, b) within 1-30 s, heating the steel flat product to a holding temperature between 700 and 1100° C., under a heating atmosphere of N2; c) holding the steel flat product at the holding temperature for a holding duration of 10-120 s under a holding atmosphere of N2; d) cooling the steel flat product from the holding temperature to a strip inlet temperature of 430-800° C.; e) passing the steel flat product through an inlet zone, in which an inert or reducing inlet atmosphere predominates, and passing the steel flat product through a melt bath, wherein TP1>TP2>TP4.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 13, 2012Publication date: December 3, 2015Inventors: Marc Blumenau, Christopher Gusek, Fred Jindra, Rudolf Schoenenberg, Hans-Joachim Krautschick
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Publication number: 20150140225Abstract: The invention relates to a device and a method for hot-dip coating a metal strip with a metal covering, wherein the metal strip is directed continuously through a melt bath, wherein the thickness of the metal covering present on the metal strip when it leaves the melt bath is adjusted by means of a scraping device, and wherein slag which is present on the melt bath is driven away from the metal strip leaving the melt bath by means of a gas flow. To prevent slag from coming into contact with the metal strip leaving the melt bath, the invention drives away the slag from the metal strip by means of at least one nozzle which is arranged in close proximity to the metal strip, that a gas flow which extends over the width of the metal strip is directed onto the surface of the melt bath.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 11, 2012Publication date: May 21, 2015Inventors: Christopher Gusek, Joerg Schulte, Marc Blumenau, Fred Jindra, Dirk Czupryna, Rudolf Schoenenberg
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Publication number: 20150068454Abstract: The invention relates to a device for strip guidance in a hot medium, comprising a deflection roller (3, 38) mounted on supporting arms (1, 2, 34, 37, 54, 57) and a carrier device holding the supporting arms (1, 2, 34, 37, 54, 57). The device is characterized in that one of the supporting arms (1, 2, 34, 37, 54, 57) is mounted on the carrier device by means of a floating bearing (5), wherein the floating bearing (5) allows the mounted supporting arm on the carrier device to move parallel to the longitudinal direction of the deflection roller (3, 38), and in that an elastic counter element (12), which acts parallel to the longitudinal direction of the deflection roller (3, 38) upon the supporting arm (1, 2, 34, 37, 54, 57) mounted on the floating bearing (5), is present and counteracts an increasing distance between the supporting arms (1, 2, 34, 37, 54, 57).Type: ApplicationFiled: April 11, 2013Publication date: March 12, 2015Inventors: Marc Blumenau, Frank Eisner, Christopher Gusek, Fred Jindra, Rudolf Schoenenberg, Bert-Reiner Willeke, Tobias Denner, Christian Klatt, Jens Wemhoener
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Publication number: 20150045195Abstract: The invention relates to a device for strip guidance in a hot medium, comprising a deflection roller (3, 38) which has two roller pins (23, 39) and is mounted to supporting arms (1, 2, 34, 37, 54, 57) by means of ceramic journal bearings (20, 31), wherein the journal bearings (20, 31) are in each case arranged in a bearing receptacle (45, 55) of the associated supporting arm (1, 2, 34, 37, 54, 57). The invention is characterized in that at least one of the journal bearings (20, 31) in its associated supporting arm (1, 2, 34, 37, 54, 57) is fixed in the bearing receptacle (45, 55) by means of a force-fit that engages on the outer edge of the journal bearing (20, 31) and balances the different heat expansion coefficients of the journal bearings (20, 31) and the bearing receptacle (45, 55).Type: ApplicationFiled: April 11, 2013Publication date: February 12, 2015Inventors: Marc Blumenau, Frank Eisner, Christopher Gusek, Fred Jindra, Rudolf Schoenenberg, Bert-Reiner Willeke, Tobias Denner, Christian Klatt, Jens Wemhoener
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Publication number: 20140341493Abstract: The invention relates to the field of materials science and to a device for reducing pressure in cavities in media at higher temperatures, such as those devices which can be used for devices for hot-dip coating metal materials in the metal processing industry for example. The aim of the invention is to provide a device by means of which pressure can be reduced in the cavity of the hollow bodies in a reliable and controlled manner and simultaneously the penetration of the media can be delayed or completely prevented at the higher temperatures. This is achieved by a device for reducing pressure in hollow bodies in media at higher temperatures, wherein at least one opening to the cavity of the hollow body is provided in hollow body regions which are not used for the intended application, said opening being closed from the medium surrounding the hollow body by at least one component made of a gas-permeable metal or ceramic material.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 29, 2012Publication date: November 20, 2014Applicants: THYSSENKRUPP STEEL EUROPE AG, FRAUNHOFER-GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FOERDERUNG DER ANGEWANDTEN FORSCHUNG E.V.Inventors: Christopher Gusek, Frank Eisner, Joachim HUELSTRUNG, Fred Jindra, Bert-Heiner Willeke, Marc Blumenau, Markus Kovac, Gerd Jendrischik, Alfred Peitz, Rudolf Schoenenberg, Joerg Adler, Heike Heymer
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Publication number: 20140144550Abstract: A method for hot dip coating a flat stainless steel product with more than 5 wt. % Cr with a protective metallic coating by: heating the flat steel product under an oxygen-free heating atmosphere to 100° C.-600° C. within 1-30 seconds; continuing heating to a holding temperature of 750° C.-950° C., by heating to 550° C.-800° C. under an inert or reducing atmosphere, holding within this temperature window for 1 to 15 seconds under an oxidising atmosphere, and continuing heating under an inert or reducing atmosphere, until the holding temperature is reached; holding at the holding temperature for 10-120 seconds under a reducing atmosphere; and passing the flat steel product through a nozzle area under an inert or reducing atmosphere at 430°-780° C. and into a molten bath in which the flat steel product is coated with the metallic coating.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 18, 2011Publication date: May 29, 2014Applicant: THYSSENKRUPP STEEL EUROPE AGInventors: Marc Blumenau, Hans-Joachim Heiler, Fred Jindra, Rudolf Schoenenberg, Hans-Joachim Krautschick
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Publication number: 20090188591Abstract: The invention provides a process for the heat treatment of steel products, in particular of steel strips or sheets, in which the product is brought from a starting temperature to a target temperature in a booster zone having at least one burner; the burner is operated with a fuel, in particular a fuel gas, and an oxygen-containing gas which contains more than 21% oxygen; and the product is brought into direct contact with the flame generated by the burner, the air ratio ? within the flame being set as a function of the starting temperature and/or the target temperature.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 11, 2007Publication date: July 30, 2009Inventors: Herbert Eichelkrauth, Hans-Joachim Heiler, Werner Högner, Fred Jindra, Paul Rainhard, Ola Ritzen