Patents by Inventor Guenter Pollkoetter

Guenter Pollkoetter 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: 6817219
    Abstract: A flow-forming method and apparatus, in which a blank is placed on a rolling mandrel of a flow-forming machine, the blank is rotated relative to at least one flow-forming roll, the at least one flow-forming roll is infed radially and/or axially relative to the blank, and the blank is axially lengthened by the flow-forming roll and flow-formed to a workpiece.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2004
    Assignee: Leico GmbH & Co. Werkzeugmaschinenbau
    Inventor: Guenter Pollkoetter
  • Publication number: 20040034980
    Abstract: The invention relates to a flow-forming method, in which a blank is placed on a rolling mandrel of a flow-forming machine, the blank is rotated relative to at least one flow-forming roll, the at least one flow-forming roll is infed radially and/or axially relative to the blank and the blank is axially lengthened by the flow-forming roll and flow-formed to a workpiece.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2003
    Publication date: February 26, 2004
    Inventor: Guenter Pollkoetter
  • Patent number: 6427328
    Abstract: An apparatus and a method for producing a one-part vehicle wheel are provided, in which a substantially disk-shaped, undercut-free pre-form is cast. Immediately after casting the pre-form is conveyed to a flow-forming machine, while maintaining a residual heat and is fixed therein. The circumferential area of the fixed pre-form is split and, by subsequent spinning and flow-forming, is constructed as an intermediate form with a rim, which already substantially has the wall thickness of the rim of the finished vehicle wheel. The intermediate form is cooled, sized, and undergoes a final end-working.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2001
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2002
    Assignee: Leico GmbH & Co. Werkzeugmaschinenbau
    Inventor: Guenter Pollkoetter
  • Patent number: 6325873
    Abstract: An apparatus and a method for producing a one-part vehicle wheel are provided, in which a substantially disk-shaped, undercut-free pre-form is cast. Immediately after casting the pre-form is conveyed to a flow-forming machine, while maintaining a residual heat and is fixed therein. The circumferential area of the fixed pre-form is split and, by subsequent spinning and flow-forming, is constructed as an intermediate form with a rim, which already substantially has the wall thickness of the rim of the finished vehicle wheel. The intermediate form is cooled, sized, and undergoes a final end-working.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 1999
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2001
    Assignee: Leico GmbH & Co. Werkzeugmaschinenbau
    Inventor: Guenter Pollkoetter
  • Publication number: 20010005939
    Abstract: An apparatus and a method for producing a one-part vehicle wheel are provided, in which a substantially disk-shaped, undercut-free preform is cast. Immediately after casting the preform is conveyed to a flow-forming machine, whilst maintaining a residual heat and is fixed therein. The circumferential area of the fixed preform is split and by subsequent spinning and flow-forming is constructed as an intermediate form with a rim, which already substantially has the wall thickness of the rim of the finished vehicle wheel. The intermediate form is cooled, sized and undergoes a final end-working.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2001
    Publication date: July 5, 2001
    Applicant: Leico GmbH & Co. Werkzeugmaschinenbau
    Inventor: Guenter Pollkoetter