Patents by Inventor Gerald Landl
Gerald Landl 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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Patent number: 8181331Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing hardened structural parts from sheet steel. The method includes shaping at least one shaped part made of sheet steel provided with a cathodic corrosion protection coating, performing any required final trim of the shaped part and possibly any required punching, or the creation of a perforation pattern, subsequently heating the shaped part, at least over partial areas, under the admission of atmospheric oxygen to a temperature which permits austenizing of the steel material, and thereafter transferring the structural part to a mold-hardening tool and performing mold-hardening in the mold-hardening tool, wherein the structural part is cooled by the contact with and pressing by the mold-hardening tool and is hardened thereby.Type: GrantFiled: June 9, 2004Date of Patent: May 22, 2012Assignees: voestalpine Automotive GmbH, voestalpine Stahl GmbHInventors: Werner Brandstätter, Josef Faderl, Martin Fleischanderl, Siegfried Kolnberger, Gerald Landl, Anna Elisabeth Raab, Robert Vehof, Wolfgang Stall
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Patent number: 8021497Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing a hardened steel part having a cathodic corrosion protection, whereby a) a coating is applied to a sheet made of a hardenable steel alloy in a continuous coating process; b) the coating is essentially comprised of zinc; c) the coating additionally contains one or more oxygen-affine elements in a total amount of 0.1% by weight to 15% by weight with regard to the entire coating; d) the coated steel sheet is then, at least in partial areas and with the admission of atmospheric oxygen, brought to a temperature necessary for hardening and is heated until it undergoes a microstructural change necessary for hardening, whereby; e) a superficial skin is formed on the coating from an oxide of the oxygen-affine element(s), and; f) the sheet is shaped before or after heating, and; g) the sheet is cooled after sufficient heating, whereby the cooling rate is calculated in order to achieve a hardening of the sheet alloy.Type: GrantFiled: June 9, 2004Date of Patent: September 20, 2011Assignee: voestalpine Stahl GmbHInventors: Martin Fleischanderl, Siegfried Kolnberger, Josef Faderl, Gerald Landl, Anna Elisabeth Raab, Werner Brandstätter
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Patent number: 7938949Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing a hardened profiled structural part from a hardenable steel alloy with cathodic corrosion protection. The method includes applying a coating to a sheet made of a hardenable steel alloy, wherein the coating comprises zinc, and the coating further comprises one or several elements with affinity to oxygen in a total amount of 0.1 weight-% to 15 weight-% in relation to the total coating. After applying the coating, the coated sheet steel is roller-profiled in a profiling device, so that the sheet tape is formed into a roller-formed profiled strand. Thereafter, the coated sheet steel is brought, at least in parts and with the admission of atmospheric oxygen, to a temperature required for hardening and is heated to a structural change required for hardening. A skin made of an oxide of the element(s) with affinity to oxygen is formed on the surface of the coating.Type: GrantFiled: November 1, 2010Date of Patent: May 10, 2011Assignee: voestalpine Stahl GmbHInventors: Werner Brandstatter, Herbert Eibensteiner, Martin Fleischanderl, Josef Faderl, Gerald Landl, Anna Elisabeth Raab, Siegfried Kolnberger
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Publication number: 20110045316Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing a hardened profiled structural part from a hardenable steel alloy with cathodic corrosion protection. The method includes applying a coating to a sheet made of a hardenable steel alloy, wherein the coating comprises zinc, and the coating further comprises one or several elements with affinity to oxygen in a total amount of 0.1 weight-% to 15 weight-% in relation to the total coating. After applying the coating, the coated sheet steel is roller-profiled in a profiling device, so that the sheet tape is formed into a roller-formed profiled strand. Thereafter, the coated sheet steel is brought, at least in parts and with the admission of atmospheric oxygen, to a temperature required for hardening and is heated to a structural change required for hardening. A skin made of an oxide of the element(s) with affinity to oxygen is formed on the surface of the coating.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 1, 2010Publication date: February 24, 2011Applicant: VOESTALPINE STAHL GMBHInventors: Werner BRANDSTÄTTER, Herbert EIBENSTEINER, Martin FLEISCHANDERL, Josef FADERL, Gerald LANDL, Anna Elisabeth RAAB, Siegfried KOLNBERGER
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Patent number: 7832242Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing a hardened profiled structural part from a hardenable steel alloy with cathodic corrosion protection. The method includes applying a coating to a sheet made of a hardenable steel alloy, wherein the coating comprises zinc, and the coating further comprises one or several elements with affinity to oxygen in a total amount of 0.1 weight-% to 15 weight-% in relation to the total coating. After applying the coating, the coated sheet steel is roller-profiled in a profiling device. Thereafter, the coated sheet steel is heated to a structural change required for hardening. A skin made of an oxide of the element(s) with affinity to oxygen is formed on the surface of the coating. After sufficient heating the sheet is cooled, wherein the rate of cooling is set in such a way that hardening of the sheet alloy is achieved.Type: GrantFiled: June 9, 2004Date of Patent: November 16, 2010Assignee: voestalpine Stahl GmbHInventors: Werner Brandstätter, Herbert Eibensteiner, Martin Fleischanderl, Josef Faderl, Gerald Landl, Anna Elisabeth Raab, Siegfried Kolnberger
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Publication number: 20070271978Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing a hardened profiled structural part from a hardenable steel alloy with cathodic corrosion protection, wherein: a) a coating is applied to a sheet made of a hardenable steel alloy, wherein b) the coating substantially consists of zinc, and c) in addition the coating contains one or several elements with affinity to oxygen in a total amount of 0.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 9, 2004Publication date: November 29, 2007Inventors: Werner Brandstatter, Herbert Eibensteiner, Martin Fleischanderl, Josef Faderl, Gerald Landl, Anna Raab, Siegfried Kolnberger
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Publication number: 20070256808Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing a hardened steel part having a cathodic corrosion protection, whereby a) a coating is applied to a sheet made of a hardenable steel alloy in a continuous coating process; b) the coating is essentially comprised of zinc; c) the coating additionally contains one or more oxygen-affine elements in a total amount of 0.1% by weight to 15% by weight with regard to the entire coating; d) the coated steel sheet is then, at least in partial areas and with the admission of atmospheric oxygen, brought to a temperature necessary for hardening and is heated until it undergoes a microstructural change necessary for hardening, whereby; e) a superficial skin is formed on the coating from an oxide of the oxygen-affine element(s), and; f) the sheet is shaped before or after heating, and; g) the sheet is cooled after sufficient heating, whereby the cooling rate is calculated in order to achieve a hardening of the sheet alloy.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 9, 2004Publication date: November 8, 2007Inventors: Martin Fleischanderl, Siegfried Kolnberger, Josef Faderl, Gerald Landl, Anna Raab, Werner Brandstatter
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Publication number: 20070000117Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing hardened structural parts from sheet steel. The method includes shaping at least one shaped part made of sheet steel provided with a cathodic corrosion protection coating, performing any required final trim of the shaped part and possibly any required punching, or the creation of a perforation pattern, subsequently heating the shaped part, at least over partial areas, under the admission of atmospheric oxygen to a temperature which permits austenizing of the steel material, and thereafter transferring the structural part to a mold-hardening tool and performing mold-hardening in the mold-hardening tool, wherein the structural part is cooled by the contact with and pressing by the mold-hardening tool and is hardened thereby.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 9, 2004Publication date: January 4, 2007Inventors: Werner Brandstatter, Josef Faderl, Martin Fleischanderl, Siegfried Kolnberger, Gerald Landl, Anna Raab, Robert Vehof, Wolfgang Stall