Patents by Inventor Jens Kaerger

Jens Kaerger 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: 6589377
    Abstract: The method for the manufacture of sections of fiber-plastic compound materials is carried out by means of at least one draw nozzle (10). In this nozzle, fibers (41) which are impregnated with flowable plastic (42) are formed under pressure to a product (41) with a predetermined cross-section and consolidated with the withdrawal of heat. The cross-sectional surface of the draw nozzle is periodically increased and decreased in time in its entire shape imparting region, with a value for the frequency of the oscillating cross-sectional surface being chosen less than 1 kHz, preferably less than 100 Hz.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2003
    Assignee: Arova Schaffhausen AG
    Inventors: Albert Maria Vodermayer, Jens Kärger, Hans Erlach
  • Patent number: 6372294
    Abstract: The method for the manufacture of unidirectionally fiber reinforced thermoplastic bands comprises a pressure impregnation of a fiber strand in a bath with a dispersion of thermoplastic particles. Heat treatments for the drying of the strand and a melting on of the particles taken up by the strand follow the pressure impregnation. The strand is drawn through the bath at a predetermined draw-off speed about a plurality of deflection elements. The dispersion of the bath is largely held in a stationary state, namely through the supply of an infeed dispersion with a first particle concentration and through an initial setting of a second particle concentration in the bath: The infeed dispersion is fed in continuously or periodically, with the first particle concentration being held constant. A corresponding feeding in of a dispersion of higher particle concentrations as well as an additional amount of dispersing medium is possible.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 1999
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2002
    Assignee: Sulzer Innotec AG
    Inventors: Albert Maria Vodermayer, Jens Kärger, Stefan Kaufmann, Hans Erlach
  • Patent number: 6277238
    Abstract: The method for the manufacture of sections of fiber-plastic compound materials is carried out by means of at least one draw nozzle (10). In this nozzle, fibers (41) which are impregnated with flowable plastic (42) are formed under pressure to a product (41) with a predetermined cross-section and consolidated with the withdrawal of heat. The cross-sectional surface of the draw nozzle is periodically increased and decreased in time in its entire shape imparting region, with a value for the frequency of the oscillating cross-sectional surface being chosen less that 1 kHz, preferably less than 100 Hz.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 1999
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2001
    Assignee: Sulzer Innotec AG
    Inventors: Albert Maria Vodermayer, Jens Kärger, Hans Erlach
  • Publication number: 20010010248
    Abstract: The method for the manufacture of sections of fiber-plastic compound materials is carried out by means of at least one draw nozzle (10). In this nozzle, fibers (41) which are impregnated with flowable plastic (42) are formed under pressure to a product (41) with a predetermined cross-section and consolidated with the withdrawal of heat. The cross-sectional surface of the draw nozzle is periodically increased and decreased in time in its entire shape imparting region, with a value for the frequency of the oscillating cross-sectional surface being chosen less than 1 kHz, preferably less than 100 Hz.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2001
    Publication date: August 2, 2001
    Applicant: Sulzer Innotec AG
    Inventors: Albert Vodermayer, Jens Kaerger, Hans Erlach