Patents by Inventor Hans-Peter Koch

Hans-Peter Koch 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: 7922393
    Abstract: The invention pertains to a plain porous bearing for motors and transmissions with a circular bearing bore that displays, distributed alternatingly across the bearing bore, highly compressed at least approximately closed-pore areas and slightly compressed, open-pore areas, where the bearing bore diameters of the highly and slightly compressed areas are at least approximately identical. Also provided is a procedure and device for production of the bearing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2011
    Assignee: GKN Sinter Metals GmbH and Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Andreas Vogt, Gerd Dornhofer, Hans-Peter Koch, Werner Stehr, Christina Messner, Peter Kronbichler, Kurt Goller, Heinrich Hecher
  • Publication number: 20080144984
    Abstract: The invention pertains to a plain porous bearing for motors and transmissions with a circular bearing bore that displays, distributed alternatingly across the bearing bore, highly compressed at least approximately closed-pore areas and slightly compressed, open-pore areas, where the bearing bore diameters of the highly and slightly compressed areas are at least approximately identical. Also provided is a procedure and device for production of the bearing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2008
    Publication date: June 19, 2008
    Applicants: GKN SINTER METALS GMBH, ROBERT BOSCH GMBH
    Inventors: Andreas Vogt, Gerd Dornhofer, Hans-Peter Koch, Werner Stehr, Christina Messner, Peter Kronbichler, Kurt Goller, Heinrich Hecher
  • Patent number: 7343681
    Abstract: The invention pertains to a plain porous bearing for motors and transmissions with a circular bearing bore that displays, distributed alternatingly across the bearing bore, highly compressed at least approximately closed-pore areas and slightly compressed, open-pore areas, where the bearing bore diameters of the highly and slightly compressed areas are at least approximately identical. Also provided is a procedure and device for production of the bearing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2008
    Assignees: GKN Sinter Meatals GmbH, Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Andreas Vogt, Gerd Dornhofer, Hans-Peter Koch, Werner Stehr, Christina Messner, Peter Kronbichler, Kurt Goller, Heinrich Hecher
  • Patent number: 7175794
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a pressed part from a soft magnetic composite material. A starting mixture is provided that includes an iron powder and an auxiliary pressing agent. The starting mixture is pressed to form a pressed part and annealed at temperatures between 380° C. and 450° C. in a mixture of an inert gas and oxygen that has an oxygen concentration between 1% and 10% by volume. A second embodiment of a method for manufacturing a pressed part from a soft magnetic composite material in which a starting mixture is provided that includes an iron powder and an auxiliary pressing agent. The starting mixture is pressed to form a pressed part, annealed, and then postformed and re-annealed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2007
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Hans-Peter Koch, Jochen Winkler, Andreas Harzer, Wolfgang Ballerstedt, Torsten Bober
  • Publication number: 20060078242
    Abstract: The invention pertains to a plain porous bearing for motors and transmissions with a circular bearing bore that displays, distributed alternatingly across the bearing bore, highly compressed at least approximately closed-pore areas and slightly compressed, open-pore areas, where the bearing bore diameters of the highly and slightly compressed areas are at least approximately identical. Also provided is a procedure and device for production of the bearing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2005
    Publication date: April 13, 2006
    Inventors: Andreas Vogt, Gerd Dornhofer, Hans-Peter Koch, Werner Stehr, Christina Messner, Peter Kronbichler, Kurt Goller, Heinrich Hecher
  • Patent number: 6802256
    Abstract: A method for conveying sheets, which have been printed in a printing machine, through a sheet delivery system above a sheet deposit pile by a sheet conveying device and, at the same time, dusting the sheets with a powder, and preventing uncontrolled spread of excess powder, includes interrupting a powder-laden air flow extending in a direction towards the printing machine along an empty strand of the sheet conveying device in a housing of the sheet delivery system at least at one interruption location between a free end of the sheet delivery system and the printing machine, so that transport of entrained powder in a direction towards the printing machine is prevented; a prevention device for performing the method; a sheet delivery system including the prevention device; and a sheet-fed printing machine in combination with the sheet delivery system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2000
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2004
    Assignee: Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG
    Inventor: Hans-Peter Koch
  • Patent number: 6756118
    Abstract: In order to state a powdered metal composite material having a high specific electrical resistance and having good mechanical strength, very good resistance to temperature and to fuel, and a starting material and a method for the economical production of such a composite material, a powdered metal composite material having a high specific electrical resistance, which contains at least two oxides encapsulating the powdered metal particles, the oxides forming at least one common phase, and a starting material containing a powdered metal, which contains at least two antitack agents having oxidic pyrolysis residue and oxidic fine powder, and a method for producing such a composite material are made available, which relate to a starting material of the kind named, in which the starting material is pressed to form molded articles, in which the antitack agents are pyrolyzed in a nonreducing atmosphere to form oxides, and the oxides then present are made to react with one another to form at least one common phase.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2004
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Wilfried Aichele, Hans-Peter Koch, Andreas Harzer
  • Patent number: 6706206
    Abstract: A compression-molding material, in particular for producing a magnetically soft composite, including a raw powder exhibiting magnetically soft properties, a thermoplastic compound, and a lubricant. The lubricant is especially stearic acid. The compression-molding material is used to produce a magnetically soft composite, whose manufacture includes the method steps of preparation of the compression-molding material, molding of the compression-molding material at a temperature below the melting point of the thermoplastic compound, first thermal treatment of the molded compression-molding material at a temperature below the melting point of the thermoplastic compound, and second thermal treatment of the molded compression-molding material at a temperature above the melting point of the thermoplastic compound. The magnetically soft composite is suitable for manufacturing heat-deformation-resistant, corrosion-resistant, and fuel-resistant, magnetically soft components for high-speed controllers and actuators.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2001
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2004
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Wilfried Aichele, Hans-Peter Koch, Andreas Harzer, Torsten Bober
  • Patent number: 6620376
    Abstract: A soft magnetic material, and a method for manufacturing it, which is suitable, e.g., for use in solenoid valves is described. The individual powder particles of a metallic powdery initial component are equipped superficially at least largely with a high-resistance surface layer and the powder particles are densified into the material. Upon densification of the powdery metallic initial component into the soft magnetic material, the surface layers of the powder particles are additionally at least locally welded to one another. Welding can be achieved using shock densification.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2003
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Hans-Peter Koch, Andreas Harzer
  • Patent number: 6606946
    Abstract: A sheet offset printing method and a sheet offset printing press includes altering flow relationships in an interior of a housing of a sheet delivery of a sheet-fed printing machine to prevent uncontrolled spread of powder in the housing by extracting powder-laden air from the housing and/or feeding air into the housing from outside at a point along a return belt of a sheet conveying device. Air currents are channeled inside the housing by feeding air not laden with powder into the housing and/or leading the air into an air flow path along the return belt downstream of the point with respect to a return belt motion direction to transport the unladen air toward a printing unit by a drag effect of the return belt and/or impeding/blocking a supply of powder-charged air from around a conveyor belt of the sheet-conveyor or a powder-scattering device into a flow path along the return belt.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2001
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2003
    Assignee: Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG
    Inventor: Hans-Peter Koch
  • Patent number: 6540404
    Abstract: A sintered plain bearing for motors and gear drives, having a running surface formed by a bearing bore and capable of having lubricant applied to it from lubricant reservoirs in the bearing, in which the bearing bore has, alternatingly distributed over the circumference, high-compaction small-pore running surfaces and axially extending low-compaction open-pore lubricant reservoirs. Lubrication is improved, especially in the initial phases of operation, by the fact that the lubricant reservoirs are constituted by channel structures having at least two longitudinal channels, and that at least in some of the channel structures, some of the channel crests remaining between adjacent longitudinal channels are in contact with the shaft received by the bearing bore in order to transfer lubricant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2000
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2003
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Gerd Dornhoefer, Hans-Peter Koch, Andreas Vogt, Thomas Broghammer, Guido Kurz, Werner Stehr
  • Patent number: 6537389
    Abstract: A magnetically soft, moldable composite material include powder grains coated with nonmagnetic thermoplastic compounds or with molecular precursors for ceramics or with intermetallic compounds, the magnetic properties of the magnetically soft composite material being adjustable in that fashion. Also described is a method for manufacturing a magnetically soft, shapable composite material coated in that fashion, which can subsequently be processed into shaped parts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 1999
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2003
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Wilfried Aichele, Hans-Peter Koch
  • Publication number: 20020135089
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a pressed part from a soft magnetic composite material. A starting mixture is provided that includes an iron powder and an auxiliary pressing agent. The starting mixture is pressed to form a pressed part and annealed at temperatures between 380° C. and 450° C. in a mixture of an inert gas and oxygen that has an oxygen concentration between 1% and 10% by volume. A second embodiment of a method for manufacturing a pressed part from a soft magnetic composite material in which a starting mixture is provided that includes an iron powder and an auxiliary pressing agent. The starting mixture is pressed to form a pressed part, annealed, and then postformed and re-annealed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 11, 2002
    Publication date: September 26, 2002
    Inventors: Hans-Peter Koch, Jochen Winkler, Andreas Harzer, Wolfgang Ballerstedt, Torsten Bober
  • Publication number: 20020122942
    Abstract: In order to state a powdered metal composite material having a high specific electrical resistance and having good mechanical strength, very good resistance to temperature and to fuel, and a starting material and a method for the economical production of such a composite material, a powdered metal composite material having a high specific electrical resistance, which contains at least two oxides encapsulating the powdered metal particles, the oxides forming at least one common phase, and a starting material containing a powdered metal, which contains at least two antitack agents having oxidic pyrolysis residue and oxidic fine powder, and a method for producing such a composite material are made available, which relate to a starting material of the kind named, in which the starting material is pressed to form molded articles, in which the antitack agents are pyrolyzed in a nonreducing atmosphere to form oxides, and the oxides then present are made to react with one another to form at least one common phase.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2002
    Publication date: September 5, 2002
    Inventors: Wilfried Aichele, Hans-Peter Koch, Andreas Harzer
  • Publication number: 20010050012
    Abstract: A sheet offset printing method and a sheet offset printing press includes altering flow relationships in an interior of a housing of a sheet delivery of a sheet-fed printing machine to prevent uncontrolled spread of powder in the housing by extracting powder-laden air from the housing and/or feeding air into the housing from outside at a point along a return belt of a sheet conveying device. Air currents are channeled inside the housing by feeding air not laden with powder into the housing and/or leading the air into an air flow path along the return belt downstream of the point with respect to a return belt motion direction to transport the unladen air toward a printing unit by a drag effect of the return belt and/or impeding/blocking a supply of powder-charged air from around a conveyor belt of the sheet-conveyor or a powder-scattering device into a flow path along the return belt.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2001
    Publication date: December 13, 2001
    Inventor: Hans-Peter Koch
  • Patent number: 5400496
    Abstract: A planar collector for an electric machine having radial commutator laminations arranged at an electrically insulating carrier. A plate (11) which can be soldered or welded and is divided into segments (11') with connections (17) is arranged on the electrically insulating carrier (10) and has a segmentation congruent to the commutator laminations (15), the commutator laminations (15) being soldered or welded on the plate (11).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 1993
    Date of Patent: March 28, 1995
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Ulrich Kemmner, Karlheinz Burger, Hans-Peter Koch, Peter Sellnau
  • Patent number: 4755222
    Abstract: Sinter alloys based on high-speed steel are proposed, which can be used for producing wearing parts in machinery and vehicle contruction. The sinter alloys comprise a mixture of a powder of a high-speed steel and an unalloyed or a low-alloy iron powder. While the high-speed steel powder forms liquid phases upon sintering, the mixture components can be drawn from either the group of iron alloys that do not form liquid phases or the group of iron alloys that do form liquid phases. The proposed alloys cannot be sintered to the density of the high-speed steels, nor do they quite attain the strength values of such steels, but in the cases where these limit values for strength are not critical they have the decisive advantage that they can be sintered without deformation in standard protective gas furnaces lacking extreme temperature constancy and that they furthermore exhibit only very slight shrinkage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 1987
    Date of Patent: July 5, 1988
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Barbara Heinze, Hans-Peter Koch, Gundmar Leuze, Hans Obenaus
  • Patent number: 4728362
    Abstract: To increase service life and suppress interferences in high voltage electrodes for the ignition distributing system of internal combustion engines, the electrodes consist of molded and sintered mixture of 50-90% by weight iron powder and 50-10% by weight calcium silicide. Preferably, the electrode has tipstretched contact area of nonalloyed iron.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 1986
    Date of Patent: March 1, 1988
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Werner Grunwald, Hans-Peter Koch, Gundmar Leuze, Hans Neu
  • Patent number: 4568798
    Abstract: An x-y position detector is shown which comprises a pen and contact plate with a resistive layer formed thereon. Point electrodes are provided on the four sides of the resistive layer. The materials of the resistive layer and the pen are selected such that the pen is in reliable galvanic contact with the resistive layer. The resistive layer is hard and smooth, and permits easy motion of the pen.The resistive layer consists of carrier particles with a hardness of between 5 and 9 on the Mohs hardness scale, pyrolytically coated with carbon and embedded in a binder whereby the resistive layer is hard and enables easy motion of the pen. The surface on which the pen moves is formed by molding the resistive material on a smooth intermediate substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 1983
    Date of Patent: February 4, 1986
    Assignee: Preh Elektrofeinmechanische Werke Jakob Preh Nachf. GmbH & Co.
    Inventors: Peter Ambros, Hans-Peter Koch, Walter Budig, Rudolf Limpert, Heinz-Jurgen Siede, Gisela Westermeir