Patents by Inventor Klaus Farber

Klaus Farber 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: 6881451
    Abstract: A process for producing a wear-resistant cylinder bearing surface includes rotating a laser about its longitudinal axis and simultaneously advancing the laser in a direction of the longitudinal axis which is coaxial with a cylinder of a crankcase. A powdery material is fed through the laser and a jet of the powdery material is directed toward the cylinder bearing surface. A laser beam is deflected to an impact region where the jet of the powdery material impinges on the cylinder bearing surface. The jet of the powdery material passes through the laser beam. The laser beam at least partially melts the impact region before the powdery material impinges on the impact region. A device for producing wear-resistant surfaces is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2005
    Assignee: Volkswagen AG
    Inventors: Rolf Heinemann, Klaus Färber, Achim Sach
  • Patent number: 6634179
    Abstract: A wear-resistant surface is formed on a component formed of an AlSi alloy by using a thermal spraying or a laser beam treatment. A thermally conductive device is brought into a thermally conductive contact with the component so that the thermally conductive device touches the component during the step of forming the wear-resistant surface. The thermally conductive device is actively cooled.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2001
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2003
    Assignee: Volkswagen AG
    Inventors: Rolf Heinemann, Klaus Färber, Thomas Heider
  • Publication number: 20020069819
    Abstract: A process for producing a wear-resistant cylinder bearing surface includes rotating a laser about its longitudinal axis and simultaneously advancing the laser in a direction of the longitudinal axis which is coaxial with a cylinder of a crankcase. A powdery material is fed through the laser and a jet of the powdery material is directed toward the cylinder bearing surface. A laser beam is deflected to an impact region where the jet of the powdery material impinges on the cylinder bearing surface. The jet of the powdery material passes through the laser beam. The laser beam at least partially melts the impact region before the powdery material impinges on the impact region. A device for producing wear-resistant surfaces is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2001
    Publication date: June 13, 2002
    Inventors: Rolf Heinemann, Klaus Farber, Achim Sach
  • Publication number: 20020025386
    Abstract: A method of treating a surface of a component includes performing a thermal spraying in a given treatment zone on a surface of a component. A laser surface treatment is performed in front of the given treatment zone, at the given treatment zone and/or behind the given treatment zone. The thermal spraying and the laser surface treatment are performed in a single processing step. A device for treating a component surface includes a plasma torch for providing a plasma jet and a laser for providing a laser beam. The plasma torch and the laser are configured to sweep the plasma jet and the laser beam over a component surface and to perform a surface treatment in a single pass.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2001
    Publication date: February 28, 2002
    Inventors: Rolf Heinemann, Klaus Farber, Thomas Heider
  • Publication number: 20020012753
    Abstract: A wear-resistant surface is formed on a component formed of an AlSi alloy by using a thermal spraying or a laser beam treatment. A thermally conductive device is brought into a thermally conductive contact with the component so that the thermally conductive device touches the component during the step of forming the wear-resistant surface. The thermally conductive device is actively cooled.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2001
    Publication date: January 31, 2002
    Inventors: Rolf Heinemann, Klaus Farber, Thomas Heider
  • Patent number: 5453638
    Abstract: System for packaging integrated circuits, especially sensors, in a housing, which also comprises multicontact bondings, especially hybrid ICs for three-dimensional arrangement of modules, wherein sensors (4, 5) are arranged at an angle in relation to one another on the base plate or the substrate (1). The sensors are contained in the single housing together with contact pins (pins) (2), and are connected in one plane by automatic bonding.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 1993
    Date of Patent: September 26, 1995
    Assignee: Daimler-Benz Aerospace AG
    Inventors: Dieter Nagele, Manfred Weinacht, Klaus Farber