Patents by Inventor Gerhard Hummel

Gerhard Hummel 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).

  • Patent number: 10948117
    Abstract: A coupling system has two coupling halves, each having a main body and a closure device arranged therein. The coupling halves can be pressed onto one another in order to release the closure devices and establish a fluid connection. By virtue of the configuration of the seals and of the closure devices, only a coarse tolerance is required for placing the coupling halves on one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2021
    Inventors: Gerhard Hummel, Sten Scheffer, Julian Weber, Uwe Gareis
  • Patent number: 10539255
    Abstract: An additive layer manufacturing method is disclosed for producing a three-dimensional object and a corresponding object. Layers of powder material are applied to a carrier and each layer is irradiated with a laser beam or a particle beam only in areas of the layer corresponding to the three-dimensional object to be produced. Irradiation occurs so the powder material in the corresponding areas is locally melted or sintered. An elongate portion of the object is constructed so longitudinal channels extend at an angle of more than 45° to the direction of the force of gravity, and along its entire length the longitudinal channels are formed so that in cross section perpendicular to the direction of extension of the elongate portion the minimum distance to the outer surface of the elongate portion is not smaller than the minimum distance to the closest neighbouring longitudinal channel or the closest neighbouring longitudinal channels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2020
    Assignee: Airbus Operations GmbH
    Inventors: Lothar Kroll, Frank Schubert, Sebastian Blümer, Gerhard Hummel
  • Patent number: 10441989
    Abstract: According to the manufacturing method of the invention the line component, in particular an additively fabricated line component, comprises a line element for conducting a fluid from a first opening to a second opening, and a line branching connected with the line element for conducting the fluid to a third opening, wherein an outer region of the line component is designed load-compliant by means of a numerical optimization program and thereby includes a multitude of irregular topological structures in its outer region. In the manufacturing method of the line component a notch is incorporated on the inside of the line element, which serves to relieve a tension in a highly loaded state of the line component or the line element, a particle-filled gas stream is guided through the interior of the line component, in order to smooth the inside of the line component and/or the line component is subjected to a pressurization, in order to produce a plastic deformation on an inner surface of the line component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2019
    Assignee: Liebherr-Aerospace Lindenberg GmbH
    Inventors: Lothar Kroll, Frank Schubert, Stefan Demmig, Sebastian Blümer, Alexander Altmann, Camille Kunzi, David Hölzler, Gerhard Hummel
  • Publication number: 20190162347
    Abstract: A coupling system has two coupling halves, each having a main body and a closure device arranged therein. The coupling halves can be pressed onto one another in order to release the closure devices and establish a fluid connection. By virtue of the configuration of the seals and of the closure devices, only a coarse tolerance is required for placing the coupling halves on one another.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2018
    Publication date: May 30, 2019
    Applicant: Airbus Operations GmbH
    Inventors: Gerhard Hummel, Sten Scheffer, Julian Weber, Uwe Gareis
  • Patent number: 9636869
    Abstract: An additive layer manufacturing method is disclosed for producing a three-dimensional object and to a corresponding object. Layers of a powder material are applied to a carrier and irradiated, before the following layer is applied, with a laser beam or particle beam selectively only in the areas of the layer which correspond to the three-dimensional object to be produced. Irradiation occurs such that the powder material in the corresponding areas is locally melted or sintered. A first portion is constructed before a second portion or the first portion is provided as a separate component, on which a support structure and second portion are constructed. The support structure is constructed in the form of a plurality of support legs, which extend from the first portion to the second portion and are connected thereto at their opposite ends and are spaced apart from one another at least along part of their length.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2017
    Assignee: Airbus Operations GmbH
    Inventors: Lothar Kroll, Frank Schubert, Sebastian Blümer, Gerhard Hummel
  • Publication number: 20170014887
    Abstract: According to the manufacturing method of the invention the line component. In particular an additively fabricated line component, comprises a line element for conducting a fluid from a first opening to a second opening, and a line branching connected with the line element for conducting the fluid to a third opening, wherein an outer region of the line component is designed load-compliant by means of a numerical optimization program and thereby includes a multitude of irregular topological structures in its outer region. In the manufacturing method of the line component a notch is incorporated on the inside of the line element, which serves to relieve a tension in a highly loaded state of the line component or the line element, a particle-filled gas stream is guided through the interior of the line component, in order to smooth the inside of the line component and/or the line component is subjected to a pressurization, in order to produce a plastic deformation on an inner surface of the line component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2016
    Publication date: January 19, 2017
    Inventors: Lothar Kroll, Frank Schubert, Stefan Demmig, Sebastian Blümer, Alexander Altmann, Camille Kunzi, David Hölzler, Gerhard Hummel
  • Publication number: 20150053291
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a fluid-leading component includes positioning a base element machined by a material-removing method with a planar upper face in a mounting support. The method at least includes the initial application of a layer section with predetermined dimensions of a particulate material in a predetermined region on the planar upper face of the base element; the heating of the layer section by a heat source in such a manner that the particles of the material within predetermined dimensions bond; and the application thereto and heating of at least one further layer section with predetermined dimensions of a particulate material in a predetermined region. In this way it is possible, in the generative manufacturing method, to obviate the need to provide support structures that subsequently have to be removed, and the base element is a functional part of the component to be manufactured.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2014
    Publication date: February 26, 2015
    Applicants: Airbus Operations GmbH, Liebherr-Aerospace Lindenberg GmbH
    Inventors: Gerhard Hummel, Philipp Rapp, Lothar Kroll, Frank Schubert, Martin Kausch
  • Publication number: 20140305529
    Abstract: An additive layer manufacturing method is disclosed for producing a three-dimensional object and a corresponding object. Layers of powder material are applied to a carrier and each layer is irradiated with a laser beam or a particle beam only in areas of the layer corresponding to the three-dimensional object to be produced. Irradiation occurs so the powder material in the corresponding areas is locally melted or sintered. An elongate portion of the object is constructed so longitudinal channels extend at an angle of more than 45° to the direction of the force of gravity, and along its entire length the longitudinal channels are formed so that in cross section perpendicular to the direction of extension of the elongate portion the minimum distance to the outer surface of the elongate portion is not smaller than the minimum distance to the closest neighbouring longitudinal channel or the closest neighbouring longitudinal channels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2014
    Publication date: October 16, 2014
    Inventors: Lothar Kroll, Frank Schubert, Sebastian Blümer, Gerhard Hummel
  • Publication number: 20140251481
    Abstract: An additive layer manufacturing method is disclosed for producing a three-dimensional object and to a corresponding object. Layers of a powder material are applied to a carrier and irradiated, before the following layer is applied, with a laser beam or particle beam selectively only in the areas of the layer which correspond to the three-dimensional object to be produced. Irradiation occurs such that the powder material in the corresponding areas is locally melted or sintered. A first portion is constructed before a second portion or the first portion is provided as a separate component, on which a support structure and second portion are constructed. The support structure is constructed in the form of a plurality of support legs, which extend from the first portion to the second portion and are connected thereto at their opposite ends and are spaced apart from one another at least along part of their length.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2014
    Publication date: September 11, 2014
    Inventors: Lothar Kroll, Frank Schubert, Sebastian Blümer, Gerhard Hummel
  • Patent number: 8220498
    Abstract: The invention refers to a charge air hose for motor vehicles, comprising: a hose-shaped base member and a textile reinforcement. In a conventional charge air hose the textile reinforcement is embedded into the base member or it is arranged between two layers of the base member. A continuing dynamic load of the conventional charge air hose leads to delamination of the composite. To solve the problems known from the prior art, the invention provides a charge air hose for motor vehicles, comprising: a hose-shaped base member, a textile reinforcement arranged on the surface of the base member, wherein the hose-shaped base member is a vulcanized, elastomer-containing hose.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2012
    Assignee: Veritas AG
    Inventors: Marc Van Hooren, Alexandre Daumas, Gerhard Hummel
  • Patent number: 7445031
    Abstract: An insulation arrangement for pipes, especially for pipes of a pneumatic system in a passenger transport aircraft, essentially includes at least one insulation layer (6) as well as an outer sheath (3) consisting of titanium foil (31). The outer sheath (3) is connected, in a first end section (32) and in a second end section (33), respectively with a termination profile (7), and thereby a shell (9) with at least one longitudinal seam (13) is formed, into which the insulation layer (6) is insertable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2008
    Assignee: Airbus Deutschland GmbH
    Inventors: Gerhard Hummel, Horst-Dieter Rohwedder
  • Publication number: 20080202620
    Abstract: The invention refers to a charge air hose for motor vehicles, comprising: a hose-shaped base member and a textile reinforcement. In a conventional charge air hose the textile reinforcement is embedded into the base member or it is arranged between two layers of the base member. A continuing dynamic load of the conventional charge air hose leads to delamination of the composite. To solve the problems known from the prior art, the invention provides a charge air hose for motor vehicles, comprising: a hose-shaped base member, a textile reinforcement arranged on the surface of the base member, wherein the hose-shaped base member is a vulcanized, elastomer-containing hose.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2008
    Publication date: August 28, 2008
    Applicant: Veritas AG
    Inventors: Marc Van Hooren, Alexandre Daumas, Gerhard Hummel
  • Publication number: 20070186989
    Abstract: The invention relates to a flexible hose, in particular, a charge air hose, with at least three layers, whereby one layer is formed as a reinforcing layer and two layers comprise an elastomeric material, whereby one of the three layers contains acrylate rubber (ACM).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2004
    Publication date: August 16, 2007
    Applicant: VERITAS AG
    Inventors: Andreas Seyler, Gerhard Hummel
  • Publication number: 20060180227
    Abstract: An insulation arrangement for pipes, especially for pipes of a pneumatic system in a passenger transport aircraft, essentially comprises at least one insulation layer (6) as well as an outer sheath (3) consisting of titanium foil (31). The invention consists in that the outer sheath (3) is connected, in a first end section (32) and in a second end section (33), respectively with a termination profile (7), and thereby a shell (9) with at least one longitudinal seam (13) is formed, into which the insulation layer (6) is insertable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2004
    Publication date: August 17, 2006
    Inventors: Gerhard Hummel, Horst-Dieter Rohwedder