Patents by Inventor Heinz Werner Hoeppel

Heinz Werner Hoeppel 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: 11851736
    Abstract: A temperable aluminum alloy, an aluminum sheet or strip made of such an aluminum alloy, a molded part, and a method for producing such a molded part have been disclosed. In order to enable achievement of the required yield strengths, a temperable aluminum alloy is proposed, containing zinc (Zn), magnesium (Mg), silicon (Si), tin (Sn) and/or indium (In) and/or cadmium (Cd), and optionally copper (Cu), from silver (Ag), iron (Fe), manganese (Mn), titanium (Ti), and residual aluminum as well as inevitable production-related impurities, wherein the content of magnesium (Mg) and silicon (Si) fulfills the order relation 0.4 wt . % ? Si - 0.15 < wt . % ? Mg < 0.7 wt . % ? Si - 0.2 .
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignees: AMAG Rolling Gmbh, AUDI AG
    Inventors: Mark Erlwein, Heinz Werner Höppel, Felix Glöckel, Bodo Gerold, Stefan Pogatscher, Peter J. Uggowitzer
  • Publication number: 20230008295
    Abstract: A method for producing a die-cast component and a die-cast component that is produced therewith. According to the invention, an outstanding punch riveting suitability is achieved if the die-cast component has a temperable aluminum alloy with the following alloying components: from 5.0 to 9.0 wt % silicon (Si), from 0.25 to 0.5 wt % magnesium (Mg), and residual aluminum as well as inevitable production-related impurities, containing at most 0.05 wt % of each and at most 0.15 wt % collectively, wherein the die-cast component has a yield strength (Rp0.2) of greater than 190 MPa and an elongation at break (A5) of greater than or equal to 7% and the uniform elongation (Ag) and necking elongation (Az) satisfy the condition Az?Ag/2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2020
    Publication date: January 12, 2023
    Inventors: Marc HUMMEL, Marius KOHLHEPP, Robin MÜLLER, Heinz Werner HÖPPEL, Werner FRAGNER
  • Publication number: 20190144977
    Abstract: A temperable aluminum alloy, an aluminum sheet or strip made of such an aluminum alloy, a molded part, and a method for producing such a molded part have been disclosed. In order—despite the low hot tempering temperature and high deformability—to enable achievement of the required yield strengths Rp0.2, a temperable aluminum alloy is proposed, containing from 2.5 to 3.5 wt. % zinc (Zn), from 0.5 to 1.5 wt. % magnesium (Mg), from 0.2 to 0.8 wt. % silicon (Si), from 0.005 to 0.2 wt. % tin (Sn) and/or indium (In) and/or cadmium (Cd), and optionally from 0 to 0.35 wt. % copper (Cu), from 0 to 0.3 wt. % silver (Ag), from 0 to 0.25 wt. % iron (Fe), from 0 to 0.12 wt. % manganese (Mn), from 0 to 0.10 wt. % titanium (Ti), and residual aluminum as well as inevitable production-related impurities, wherein the content of magnesium (Mg) and silicon (Si) fulfills the order relation 0.4 wt . ? % ? ? Si - 0.15 < wt . ? % ? ? Mg < 0.7 wt . ? % ? ? Si - 0.2 .
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2018
    Publication date: May 16, 2019
    Inventors: Mark Erlwein, Heinz Werner Höppel, Felix Glöckel, Gerold Bodo, Stefan Pogatscher, Peter J. Uggowitzer
  • Publication number: 20160332223
    Abstract: A method for producing an impeller of an exhaust gas turbocharger made of TiAl alloy by centrifugal casting, includes providing a TiAl alloy consisting of titanium, 43.7 at-% to 47.5 at-% aluminum, 1.9 at-% to 8.7 at-% niobium, 0.3 at-% to 0.6 at-% carbon, and at most 2.0 at-% others, heating a casting mold used for the centrifugal casting to a casting temperature of 500° C. to 800° C.; introducing the TiAl alloy into the heated casting mold; accelerating the casting mold about a rotation axis spaced apart from the casting mold with an angular acceleration to a rotational speed within an acceleration time period as soon as the TiAl has reached the casting temperature, wherein a rotary axis of the produced impeller is arranged perpendicular to the rotation axis during the centrifugal casting.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2014
    Publication date: November 17, 2016
    Applicant: AUDI AG
    Inventors: OLIVER HENKER, ANTON STICH, GREGOR HULLIN, HEINZ WERNER HÖPPEL
  • Publication number: 20150098859
    Abstract: A diecasting alloy based on Al—Si is made of 6 to 12% by weight of silicon (Si), at least 0.3% by weight of iron (Fe), at least 0.25% by weight of manganese (Mn), at least 0.1% by weight of copper (Cu), 0.24 to 0.8% by weight of magnesium (Mg) and 0.40 to 1.5% by weight of zinc (Zn). The alloy also has 50 to 300 ppm of strontium (Sr) and/or 20 to 250 ppm of sodium (Na) and/or 20 to 350 ppm of antimony (Sb), and at least one of the following constituents: titanium (Ti) to an extent of not more than 0.2% by weight; not more than 0.3% by weight of zirconium; not more than 0.3% by weight of vanadium (V); and as the remainder aluminium and unavoidable impurities resulting from the production. The total content of Fe and Mn in the diecasting alloy together is not more than 1.5% by weight, the quotient of the percentages by weight of Fe and Mn is 0.35 to 1.5, and the quotient of the percentages by weight of Cu and Mg is 0.2 to 0.8.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2013
    Publication date: April 9, 2015
    Applicants: AMAG CASTING GMBH, AUDI AG
    Inventors: Jan Hauck, Dominik Nicolas Boesch, Heinz Werner Hoeppel, Peter J. Uggowitzer, Marc Hummel, Werner Fragner, Helmut Suppan, Holm Boettcher