Patents by Inventor Joachim von Gerlach

Joachim von Gerlach 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: 5097239
    Abstract: A fixture for multi-pole magnetization of a magnetizable part has two carrier plates, each having a serpentine channel therein, with an electrical conductor contained in each channel. The electrical conductors each have a thin portion having a cross section which is less than the cross section of the remainder of the conductor. The thin portions of the conductors are mounted so as to be movable in the channels. A part to be magnetized is arranged between the thin portions of the conductors, and the conductors are supplied with a current surge. As a result of the flexibility, and the movable mounting, of the conductor portions, they are caused by the power surge to move against the magnetizable part, thereby creating differently magnetized, adjacent regions in the part, having a boundary therebetween coinciding with the location of the thin portions. A magnet is thereby achieved which is substantially the same as joined individual magnets of opposite polarity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 1991
    Date of Patent: March 17, 1992
    Assignee: Vacuumschmelze GmbH
    Inventors: Rolf Wagner, Thomas Schilling, Bernd Schleede, Reiner Dinter, Joachim von Gerlach