Patents by Inventor Gernot Hackl

Gernot Hackl 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).

  • A STOPPER ROD AND A METHOD FOR PROVIDING A UNIFORM GAS CURTAIN AROUND A STOPPER ROD
    Publication number: 20220176446
    Abstract: The invention concerns a stopper rod and a method to provide a uniform gas curtain around a stopper rod.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2020
    Publication date: June 9, 2022
    Inventors: Gernot Hackl, Wolfgang Fellner
  • Fireproof ceramic impact pad
    Patent number: 9889503
    Abstract: The invention relates to a fireproof (refractory) ceramic impact pad (also called impact pot, German: Pralltopf), which is typically installed along the bottom of a vessel treating metallurgical melts at an area where the metal melt, poured into the vessel, normally hits the vessel bottom. Insofar the impact pot has the task to protect the refractory bottom of the metallurgical vessel (to reduce its wear) and/or to distribute the metal melt within the vessel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2018
    Assignee: REFRACTORY INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Gernot Lukesch, Sarah Kohler, Gernot Hackl
  • Refractory impact pad
    Patent number: 9815112
    Abstract: The invention relates to a refractory (fireproof) impact pad (also called impact pot).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2017
    Assignee: REFRACTORY INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Gernot Hackl, Gernot Lukesch
  • REFRACTORY CERAMIC NOZZLE
    Publication number: 20160250687
    Abstract: The invention relates to a refractory ceramic nozzle for metallurgical applications. The term “nozzle” includes a submerged entry nozzle (also called SEN or casting nozzle) as used in a continuous casting process for producing steel. Prior art and the invention will be described hereinafter with respect to such a SEN but without limiting the scope of the invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2014
    Publication date: September 1, 2016
    Inventors: Alan Dick, Gernot Hackl
  • FIREPROOF CERAMIC IMPACT PAD
    Publication number: 20160167124
    Abstract: The invention relates to a fireproof (refractory) ceramic impact pad (also called impact pot, German: Pralltopf), which is typically installed along the bottom of a vessel treating metallurgical melts at an area where the metal melt, poured into the vessel, normally hits the vessel bottom. Insofar the impact pot has the task to protect the refractory bottom of the metallurgical vessel (to reduce its wear) and/or to distribute the metal melt within the vessel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2014
    Publication date: June 16, 2016
    Applicant: Refractory Intellectual Property GMBH & Co., KG
    Inventors: Gernot Lukesch, Sarah Kohler, Gernot Hackl
  • Refractory Impact Pad
    Publication number: 20150375300
    Abstract: The invention relates to a refractory (fireproof) impact pad (also called impact pot).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2014
    Publication date: December 31, 2015
    Inventors: Gernot Hackl, Gernot Lukesch
  • Fireproof ceramic impact pad
    Patent number: 8894922
    Abstract: The invention relates to a fireproof ceramic impact absorber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2014
    Assignee: Refractory Intellectual Property GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Robert Sorger, Wilhelm Janko, Bernd Trummer, Gernot Hackl
  • Immersion nozzle
    Patent number: 8517231
    Abstract: The invention relates to an immersion nozzle, for example of the kind used for continuously casting a metal melt.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2013
    Assignee: Refractory Intellectual Property GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Gernot Hackl, Gerald Nitzl
  • FIREPROOF CERAMIC IMPACT PAD
    Publication number: 20120318831
    Abstract: The invention relates to a fireproof ceramic impact absorber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2011
    Publication date: December 20, 2012
    Applicant: REFRACTORY INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Robert Sorger, Wilhelm Janko, Bernd Trummer, Gernot Hackl