Patents by Inventor Klaus Esser
Klaus Esser 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).
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Publication number: 20220268092Abstract: A spacer is provided that is shapable into a spacer frame, and during manufacture of an insulating glass unit, can be mounted on the glass panes. The spacer is formed having an inner surface, an outer surface and two lateral surfaces extending at either side of the spacer from the inner surface to the outer surface, and comprises a profiled body. The profiled body comprises two mutually spaced lateral faces running parallel to its longitudinal direction and a base body that extends between the lateral faces and has an outer and an inner face. The profiled body comprises at least in one part of its volume a quantity of particulate desiccant that is embedded in a plastics material. The spacer is coilable about an axis, perpendicularly to the lateral surfaces, and takes a flexurally rigid form in a plane perpendicular to the lateral surfaces.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 10, 2022Publication date: August 25, 2022Inventors: Michael MÖLLER, Klaus ESSER, Reimar OLDEROG, Heinz RAUNEST, Bernhard KÖNIGSBERGER, Peter RUNZE, Christian HELFERT, Stefan DIERNEDER, Leopold MADER, Marc REHLING
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Patent number: 11130400Abstract: Fuel tank made of thermoplastic material comprising baffle components provided therein in the form of at least one baffle element (2) comprising at least one wall portion (4) which is clamped approximately centrally and/or at the end, so that said wall portion may perform relative movements in relation to the tank, caused by splashing movements of the fuel, at least one fastening foot being provided for the clamping, the base thereof being provided with at least one through-hole, through which the fastening foot is riveted and/or welded to the tank wall (2).Type: GrantFiled: April 30, 2018Date of Patent: September 28, 2021Assignee: KAUTEX TEXTRON GMBH & CO. KGInventor: Klaus Esser
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Publication number: 20190100836Abstract: A piston ring is provided with is furnished with a diamond-like carbon (DLC) layer as a functional/wear protection layer, wherein the DLC layer is covered with a protective layer, the material of which differs from that of the DLC layer, and the material of which has higher thermal resistance that the material of the DLC layer. In addition, a method is provided for producing a piston ring with a DLC wear protection layer, in whose surface the protective layer is present in the form of deposits in depressions created by the surface roughness.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 1, 2017Publication date: April 4, 2019Inventor: PETER-KLAUS ESSER
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Publication number: 20180312057Abstract: Fuel tank made of thermoplastic material comprising baffle components provided therein in the form of at least one baffle element (2) comprising at least one wall portion (4) which is clamped approximately centrally and/or at the end, so that said wall portion may perform relative movements in relation to the tank, caused by splashing movements of the fuel, at least one fastening foot being provided for the clamping, the base thereof being provided with at least one through-hole, through which the fastening foot is riveted and/or welded to the tank wall (2).Type: ApplicationFiled: April 30, 2018Publication date: November 1, 2018Inventor: Klaus ESSER
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Patent number: 9956869Abstract: Fuel tank made of thermoplastic material comprising baffle components provided therein in the form of at least one baffle element (2) comprising at least one wall portion (4) which is clamped approximately centrally and/or at the end, so that said wall portion may perform relative movements in relation to the tank, caused by splashing movements of the fuel, at least one fastening foot being provided for the clamping, the base thereof being provided with at least one through-hole, through which the fastening foot is riveted and/or welded to the tank wall (2).Type: GrantFiled: June 30, 2011Date of Patent: May 1, 2018Assignee: KAUTEX TEXTRON GMBH & CO. KGInventor: Klaus Esser
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Patent number: 9776357Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing hollow bodies from thermoplastic material by using an at least three-part blow-molding tool with at least two blow-mold halves (1a, 1b), which define a mold impression, have part-cavities (5a, 5b) and can be displaced toward one another and away from one another in the sense of an opening and closing movement, and also with at least one central tool (2), which is displaceable transversely in relation to the opening and closing movement of the blow-mold halves (1a, 1b), the method comprising the extruding or providing and arranging of at least two molten performs (7) of thermoplastic material in web form between the blow-mold halves (1a, 1b) in an opened receiving position, the bringing to bear of the preforms (7) in the part-cavities (5a, 5b) of the blow-mold halves (1a, 1b) and molding of them into shells (10) using sealing elements which are provided on the central tool and are extended from the central tool for the purpose of sealing off the part-cavities befType: GrantFiled: March 14, 2013Date of Patent: October 3, 2017Assignee: Kautex Textron GmbH & Co. KGInventors: Matthias Borchert, Carsten Elsasser, Klaus Esser, Cristoph Mehren
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Patent number: 9458934Abstract: A compression piston ring for an internal combustion engine, comprising a sliding surface formed by two ridges, upper and lower flank surfaces, and an inner circumferential surface, wherein the lower ridge runs at least in some regions parallel to the counter sliding surface and the upper ridge is designed as a taper faced Napier element.Type: GrantFiled: December 4, 2009Date of Patent: October 4, 2016Assignee: Federal-Mogul Burscheid GmbHInventor: Peter-Klaus Esser
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Piston ring with chromium solid particle wear-prevention layer and corrosion-resistant flank surface
Patent number: 9404578Abstract: A coated piston ring having a base body of chromium steel with more than 10 wt.-% chromium and having an inner circumferential surface, a first flank surface, a second flank surface and an outer circumferential surface. The first flank surface comprises a nitride diffusion layer with a layer thickness of from 5-300 ?m, a nitride connecting layer with a layer thickness of from 0.5-15 ?m on the nitride diffusion layer, and an oxide layer with a layer thickness of from 0.05-3 ?m on the nitride connecting layer. The second flank surface comprises the nitride diffusion layer, and the outer circumferential surface comprises the nitride diffusion layer and a chromium solid particle layer with 0.1-30 vol.-% solid particles, relative to the total volume of the chromium solid particle layer on the nitride diffusion layer.Type: GrantFiled: December 7, 2012Date of Patent: August 2, 2016Assignee: Federal-Mogul Burscheid GmbHInventors: Christian Herbst-Dederichs, Waldemar Urbatzka, Stefan Duerdoth, Peter-Klaus Esser -
Patent number: 9352427Abstract: A method for producing a recessed steel piston ring provided with a wear-resistant layer includes generating a main body that has a recess on the running surface side and that, in the region where a lower flank of the main body transitions into the running surface is worked so that a chamfer is created, providing the running surface and at least portions of the chamfer with at least one wear-resistant layer, nitriding the circumferential surface and the lower and upper flanks of the main body that are not provided with the wear-resistant layer so that a section having a defined width and having no nitride layer remains on the flank adjacent the chamfer, and removing the at least one wear-resistant layer to such an extent that a substantially sharp, but unnitrided functional edge is created in the region where the lower flank transitions into the running surface.Type: GrantFiled: February 2, 2012Date of Patent: May 31, 2016Assignee: Federal-Mogul Burscheid GmbHInventor: Peter-Klaus Esser
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Patent number: 9132517Abstract: A piston ring, is produced by providing, on the radially outer circumferential surface of a ring-shaped metallic main body, a recess, the metallic main body having a radially outer circumferential surface, a radially inner circumferential surface, and flank surfaces interposed therebetween providing the recess with a contour that deviates from a cylindrical shape at least on the bottom of the recess, providing at least one wear-resistant layer on the outer circumferential surface, including the recess, and at least partially removing an area of the at least one wear-resistant layer on the outer circumferential surface and including an area corresponding to a scraping edge, thereby forming a land having a predefinable width.Type: GrantFiled: September 2, 2011Date of Patent: September 15, 2015Assignee: Federal-Mogul Burscheid GmbHInventor: Peter-Klaus Esser
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Patent number: 9085056Abstract: A piston ring is produced by providing a metallic main body, at least including a radially outer running surface, a radially inner circumferential surface and upper and lower flank surfaces interposed therebetween, with a defined taper in the region of an approximately cylindrical running surface, providing at least the running surface with at least one wear-resistant layer, and removing the at least one wear layer in the region of the entire circumference of the ring that forms a scraping edge forming a land having a predefinable width.Type: GrantFiled: September 2, 2011Date of Patent: July 21, 2015Assignee: Federal-Mogul Burscheid GmbHInventors: Peter-Klaus Esser, Juergen Gillen
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Publication number: 20150151476Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing hollow bodies from thermoplastic material by using an at least three-part blow-molding tool with at least two blow-mold halves (1a, 1b), which define a mold impression, have part-cavities (5a, 5b) and can be displaced toward one another and away from one another in the sense of an opening and closing movement, and also with at least one central tool (2), which is displaceable transversely in relation to the opening and closing movement of the blow-mold halves (1a, 1b), the method comprising the extruding or providing and arranging of at least two molten performs (7) of thermoplastic material in web form between the blow-mold halves (1a, 1b) in an opened receiving position, the bringing to bear of the preforms (7) in the part-cavities (5a, 5b) of the blow-mold halves (1a, 1b) and molding of them into shells (10) using sealing elements which are provided on the central tool and are extended from the central tool for the purpose of sealing off the part-cavities befType: ApplicationFiled: March 14, 2013Publication date: June 4, 2015Inventors: Matthias Borchert, Carsten Elsasser, Klaus Esser, Cristoph Mehren
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Patent number: 8979094Abstract: A piston ring, in particular a compression piston ring, includes a main body, which has a radially outer running surface, a radially inner circumferential surface, an upper and a lower flank surface, and a joint, wherein the running surface is provided with at least one circumferential recess which receives a wear-resistant coating, in particular a PVD coating, and wherein, starting from respective end faces of the joint, as seen in the circumferential direction of the main body, a land shoulder is integrally formed on the main body outside the coating and extends at a predetermined radial height over a predetermined circumferential length on both sides of the joint.Type: GrantFiled: January 9, 2012Date of Patent: March 17, 2015Assignee: Federal-Mogul Burscheid GmbHInventor: Peter-Klaus Esser
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PISTON RING WITH CHROMIUM SOLID PARTICLE WEAR-PREVENTION LAYER AND CORROSION-RESISTANT FLANK SURFACE
Publication number: 20150054222Abstract: A coated piston ring having a base body of chromium steel with more than 10 wt.-% chromium and having an inner circumferential surface, a first flank surface, a second flank surface and an outer circumferential surface. The first flank surface comprises a nitride diffusion layer with a layer thickness of from 5-300 ?m, a nitride connecting layer with a layer thickness of from 0.5-15 ?m on the nitride diffusion layer, and an oxide layer with a layer thickness of from 0.05-3 ?m on the nitride connecting layer. The second flank surface comprises the nitride diffusion layer, and the outer circumferential surface comprises the nitride diffusion layer and a chromium solid particle layer with 0.1-30 vol.-% solid particles, relative to the total volume of the chromium solid particle layer on the nitride diffusion layer.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 7, 2012Publication date: February 26, 2015Inventors: Christian Herbst-Dederichs, Waldemar Urbatzka, Stefan Dürdoth, Peter-Klaus Esser -
Patent number: 8857820Abstract: A piston ring, in particular a compression piston ring, includes a running surface, upper and lower flank areas, an inner peripheral area and a joint. The wall thickness of the piston ring is uniform over its periphery and at least the running surface is provided with a PVD coating or a CVD layer in such a manner that the running surface layer has a lesser layer thickness in the peripheral area close to the joint than in the remaining peripheral area of the running surface.Type: GrantFiled: October 14, 2010Date of Patent: October 14, 2014Assignee: Federal-Mogul Burscheid GmbHInventors: Christian Herbst-Dederichs, Peter-Klaus Esser, Ralf Lammers, Sebastian Bresinski
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Publication number: 20140008874Abstract: A method for producing a recessed steel piston ring provided with a wear-resistant layer includes generating a main body that has a recess on the running surface side and that, in the region where a lower flank of the main body transitions into the running surface is worked so that a chamfer is created, providing the running surface and at least portions of the chamfer with at least one wear-resistant layer, nitriding the circumferential surface and the lower and upper flanks of the main body that are not provided with the wear-resistant layer so that a section having a defined width and having no nitride layer remains on the flank adjacent the chamfer, and removing the at least one wear-resistant layer to such an extent that a substantially sharp, but unnitrided functional edge is created in the region where the lower flank transitions into the running surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 2, 2012Publication date: January 9, 2014Applicant: FEDERAL-MOGUL BURSCHEID GMBHInventor: Peter-Klaus Esser
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Publication number: 20130307221Abstract: A piston ring, in particular a compression piston ring, includes a main body, which has a radially outer running surface, a radially inner circumferential surface, an upper and a lower flank surface, and a joint, wherein the ruining surface is provided with at least one circumferential recess which receives a wear-resistant coating, in particular a PVD coating, and wherein, starting from respective end faces of the joint, as seen in the circumferential direction of the main body, a land Shoulder is integrally formed on the main body outside the coating and extends at a predetermined radial height over a predetermined circumferential length on both. sides of the joint.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 9, 2012Publication date: November 21, 2013Applicant: FEDERAL-MOGUL BURSCHEID GMBHInventor: Peter-Klaus Esser
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Publication number: 20130213973Abstract: Fuel tank made of thermoplastic material comprising baffle components provided therein in the form of at least one baffle element (2) comprising at least one wall portion (4) which is clamped approximately centrally and/or at the end, so that said wall portion may perform relative movements in relation to the tank, caused by splashing movements of the fuel, at least one fastening foot being provided for the clamping, the base thereof being provided with at least one through-hole, through which the fastening foot is riveted and/or welded to the tank wall (2).Type: ApplicationFiled: June 30, 2011Publication date: August 22, 2013Applicant: KAUTEX TEXTRON GMBH & CO. KGInventor: Klaus Esser
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Publication number: 20130187340Abstract: A piston ring is produced by providing a metallic main body, at least including a radially outer running surface, a radially inner circumferential surface and upper and lower flank surfaces interposed therebetween, with a defined taper in the region of an approximately cylindrical running surface, providing at least the running surface with at least one wear-resistant layer, and removing the at least one wear layer in the region of the entire circumference of the ring that forms a scraping edge forming a land having a predefinable width.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 2, 2011Publication date: July 25, 2013Applicant: FEDERAL-MOGUL BURSCHEID GMBHInventors: Peter-Klaus Esser, Juergen Gillen
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Publication number: 20130181411Abstract: A piston ring, is produced by providing, on the radially outer circumferential surface of a ring-shaped metallic main body, a recess, the metallic main body having a radially outer circumferential surface, a radially inner circumferential surface, and flank surfaces interposed therebetween providing the recess with a contour that deviates from a cylindrical shape at least on the bottom of the recess, providing at least one wear-resistant layer on the outer circumferential surface, including the recess, and at least partially removing an area of the at least one wear-resistant layer on the outer circumferential surface and including an area corresponding to a scraping edge, thereby forming a land having a predefinable width.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 2, 2011Publication date: July 18, 2013Applicant: FEDERAL-MOGUL BURSCHEID RINGInventor: Peter-Klaus Esser