Patents by Inventor Klaus Wintrich

Klaus Wintrich 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: 11959404
    Abstract: A layer-sintered valve seat ring is disclosed. The layer-sintered valve seat ring includes at least two materials including a function material for a tribological contact with an opposite runner and a support material for the function material. The support material includes: C: 0.5 to 1.8% by weight; Cr: 3 to 16% by weight; Mo: 1 to 5% by weight; W: 0.5 to 5.5% by weight; V: 0.4 to 4.0% by weight; Cu: 12 to 25% by weight; Fe: 41.3 to 82.6% by weight; Mn: up to 0.6% by weight; Si: up to 1.8% by weight; and a remainder of production-related contamination in the form of at least one of Ni, Co, Ca, P, and S that are present in contents of <0.3% by weight each.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: Mahle International GmbH
    Inventors: Andreas Gutmann, Marco Ortlieb, Patrick Sutter, Klaus Wintrich
  • Patent number: 11796000
    Abstract: A sintered bearing bush material for a sliding bearing may include: 0.5 to 1.7 percentage by weight carbon; 0.2 to 1.2 percentage by weight manganese; 0.2 to 1.2 percentage by weight sulphur; 1.2 to 2.4 percentage by weight nickel; 1.0 to 2.1 percentage by weight molybdenum; 3.0 to 7.0 percentage by weight copper; 0.2 to 1.2 percentage by weight tin; 0 to 0.8 percentage by weight phosphorus; and a residual component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Inventors: Andreas Gutmann, Lilia Kurmanaeva, Patrick Sutter, Klaus Wintrich
  • Patent number: 11619258
    Abstract: A sliding bearing may include an uncoated shaft and a bearing bush. The uncoated shaft may include a shaft material. The bearing bush may include a sintered bearing bush material. The shaft may be slidingly and moveably guided, relative to the bearing bush, within the bearing bush. The bearing bush material may have a residual porosity of 8 percent or more. A volume of the residual porosity may be filled with an oil up to 80 percent or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Inventors: Armin Geis, Andreas Gutmann, Lilia Kurmanaeva, Alexander Puck, Patrick Sutter, Klaus Wintrich
  • Publication number: 20230084759
    Abstract: A layer-sintered valve seat ring is disclosed. The layer-sintered valve seat ring includes at least two materials including a function material for a tribological contact with an opposite runner and a support material for the function material. The support material includes: C: 0.5 to 1.8% by weight; Cr: 3 to 16% by weight; Mo: 1 to 5% by weight; W: 0.5 to 5.5% by weight; V: 0.4 to 4.0% by weight; Cu: 12 to 25% by weight; Fe: 41.3 to 82.6% by weight; Mn: up to 0.6% by weight; Si: up to 1.8% by weight; and a remainder of production-related contamination in the form of at least one of Ni, Co, Ca, P, and S that are present in contents of <0.3% by weight each.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2022
    Publication date: March 16, 2023
    Inventors: Andreas Gutmann, Marco Ortlieb, Patrick Sutter, Klaus Wintrich
  • Patent number: 11346314
    Abstract: A method for producing a valve seat ring via powder metallurgy may include compacting a powder mixture including 4% by weight to 16% by weight particles of cobalt to form the valve seat ring. The method may also include sintering the powder mixture after compacting the powder mixture. Before compacting the powder mixture, 80% of the particles of cobalt may have a particle diameter of approximately 4.4 ?m to 17.5 ?m.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2022
    Inventors: Heiko Heckendorn, Alexander Mueller, Roland Scholl, Klaus Wintrich
  • Patent number: 11325184
    Abstract: A method for producing a powder-metallurgical product, in particular a bearing element or a motor component, is provided. According to the method, a metal powder, typically with a grain size between 2 ?m and 15 ?m, is melt-metallurgically produced and agglomerated into a powder mixture having a grain size smaller than 400 ?m by organic binders and waxes. Subsequently, the agglomerated powder mixture is formed into a green body typically by way of uniaxial pressing and the formed green body thermally debindered. Finally, the debindered green body is sintered typically at temperatures of 1000° C. to 1300° C. and the sintered body reworked into the powder-metallurgical product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Assignee: MAHLE International GmbH
    Inventors: Heiko Heckendorn, Lilia Kurmanaeva, Patrick Sutter, Klaus Wintrich
  • Publication number: 20220136561
    Abstract: A powder metallurgically produced, wear-resistant, and highly thermally conductive copper-based sintered alloy as matrix is disclosed. The sintered alloy includes a powder mixture of a copper-base powder, of a hard phase with a total share of 8 to 40% by weight, of a solid lubricant with a total share of 0.4 to 3.8% by weight, of a pressing additive with a total share of 0.3 to 1.5% by weight, and production-related impurities. The powder mixture includes at least 55% by weight of the copper-base powder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2021
    Publication date: May 5, 2022
    Inventors: Andreas Gutmann, Lilia Kurmanaeva, Patrick Sutter, Klaus Wintrich, Alexander Puck
  • Publication number: 20220097134
    Abstract: A method for the powder metallurgical production of a component may include providing a mould, filling a first metallurgical powder into the mould such that an outer contact surface of the first metallurgical powder in the mould forms an angle of 55° to 65° with an axis of a future green product, and filling a second metallurgical powder that is distinct from the first metallurgical powder into the mould such that the second metallurgical powder adjoins the outer contact surface of the first metallurgical powder. The method may also include producing the green product out of the first metallurgical powder and the second metallurgical powder, and sintering the green product to produce the component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2021
    Publication date: March 31, 2022
    Inventors: Heiko Grueneberg, Alexander Jakob, Klaus Wintrich
  • Patent number: 11154930
    Abstract: A method for producing a porous shaped body may include providing a mixture of a powder including at least one of a metal, a metal alloy, and a ceramic, with a resin/activator mixture. The method may then include introducing the mixture by core shooting into a cavity formed in a forming tool, and solidifying the mixture in the forming tool to give a shaped body. The method may then include heating the shaped body to remove at least one of organic constituents and gases present in the shaped body. The method may further include resolidifying the shaped body by a sintering operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2021
    Inventors: Roland Ruch, Roland Scholl, Patrick Sutter, Klaus Wintrich
  • Publication number: 20210277936
    Abstract: A sliding bearing may include an uncoated shaft and a bearing bush. The uncoated shaft may include a shaft material. The bearing bush may include a sintered bearing bush material. The shaft may be slidingly and moveably guided, relative to the bearing bush, within the bearing bush. The bearing bush material may have a residual porosity of 8 percent or more. A volume of the residual porosity may be filled with an oil up to 80 percent or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2021
    Publication date: September 9, 2021
    Inventors: Armin Geis, Andreas Gutmann, Lilia Kurmanaeva, Alexander Puck, Patrick Sutter, Klaus Wintrich
  • Publication number: 20210277944
    Abstract: A sintered bearing bush material for a sliding bearing may include: 0.5 to 1.7 percentage by weight carbon; 0.2 to 1.2 percentage by weight manganese; 0.2 to 1.2 percentage by weight sulphur; 1.2 to 2.4 percentage by weight nickel; 1.0 to 2.1 percentage by weight molybdenum; 3.0 to 7.0 percentage by weight copper; 0.2 to 1.2 percentage by weight tin; 0 to 0.8 percentage by weight phosphorus; and a residual component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2021
    Publication date: September 9, 2021
    Inventors: Andreas Gutmann, Lilia Kurmanaeva, Patrick Sutter, Klaus Wintrich
  • Patent number: 11098619
    Abstract: A method for producing a copper-infiltrated valve seat ring and a valve seat ring are disclosed. The method includes introducing a copper powder and a functional material powder mixture into a joint cavity, simultaneously forming the copper powder and the functional material powder mixture into a green body comprising a functional section and a copper section in the joint cavity by the mold element, and sintering the green body formed in step b) to produce the valve seat ring where the copper section liquefies during the sintering and infiltrates pores present in the functional section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2021
    Inventors: Heiko Grueneberg, Heiko Heckendorn, Patrick Sutter, Klaus Wintrich
  • Patent number: 11090720
    Abstract: A method for producing a powder-metallurgical product may include providing a powder mixture, forming the powder mixture into a green body, and sintering the green body to form a resulting powder-metallurgical product. The powder mixture may include a first hard phase, a second hard phase, 0 to 1.8% by weight of graphite, 0 to 5% by weight each of cobalt, tri-iron phosphide, copper, bronze, phosphorous, sulphur, calcium fluoride and molybdenum, 0.1 to 1.8% by weight of a pressing aid and a flow improver, and a remaining proportion that is an iron-base powder. The first hard phase may include 52 to 78% by weight of molybdenum, 0 to 2% by weight of silicon, 0 to 1.5% by weight of copper, and a remaining weight proportion of iron and production-related contaminations. The second hard phase may include 0 to 0.8% by weight of manganese and less than 0.1% by weight of carbon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2021
    Inventors: Heiko Heckendorn, Roland Ruch, Patrick Sutter, Rene Suetterle, Klaus Wintrich
  • Publication number: 20200157978
    Abstract: A method for producing a copper-infiltrated valve seat ring and a valve seat ring are disclosed. The method includes introducing a copper powder and a functional material powder mixture into a joint cavity, simultaneously forming the copper powder and the functional material powder mixture into a green body comprising a functional section and a copper section in the joint cavity by the mold element, and sintering the green body formed in step b) to produce the valve seat ring where the copper section liquefies during the sintering and infiltrates pores present in the functional section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2019
    Publication date: May 21, 2020
    Inventors: Heiko Grueneberg, Heiko Heckendorn, Patrick Sutter, Klaus Wintrich
  • Patent number: 10612432
    Abstract: A tribological system may include a valve seat ring composed of a sintered material and a valve having a surface at least in a seat region that may be at least one of (i) untreated, (ii) hardened, and (iii) plated. The sintered material may be a pressed and sintered powder mixture having a composition that may include (i) 5 to 45 wt % of at least one Fe-based hard phase, (ii) 0 to 2 wt % of each of graphite particles, MnS powder, MoS2 powder, and FeP powder, (iii) 0 to 7 wt % copper powder and 0 to 4 wt % Co powder, (iv) 0.1 to 1.0 wt % of a pressing aid, (v) a high-speed steel having a composition including 14-18 wt % Cr, 1.2-1.9 wt % C, 0.1-0.9 wt % Si, 0.5-2.5 wt % of each of V, W, and Mo, and (vi) a balance of Fe and production-related impurities in quantities of <1.5 wt %.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2020
    Assignee: Mahle International GmbH
    Inventors: Heiko Heckendorn, Peter Jaeggi, Roland Ruch, Roland Scholl, Klaus Wintrich
  • Publication number: 20200061703
    Abstract: A method for producing a powder-metallurgical product, in particular a bearing element or a motor component, is provided. According to the method, a metal powder, typically with a grain size between 2 ?m and 15 ?m, is melt-metallurgically produced and agglomerated into a powder mixture having a grain size smaller than 400 ?m by organic binders and waxes. Subsequently, the agglomerated powder mixture is formed into a green body typically by way of uniaxial pressing and the formed green body thermally debindered. Finally, the debindered green body is sintered typically at temperatures of 1000° C. to 1300° C. and the sintered body reworked into the powder-metallurgical product.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2019
    Publication date: February 27, 2020
    Inventors: Heiko Heckendorn, Lilia Kurmanaeva, Patrick Sutter, Klaus Wintrich
  • Publication number: 20190381570
    Abstract: A method for producing a powder-metallurgical product may include providing a powder mixture, forming the powder mixture into a green body, and sintering the green body to form a resulting powder-metallurgical product. The powder mixture may include a first hard phase, a second hard phase, 0 to 1.8% by weight of graphite, 0 to 5% by weight each of cobalt, tri-iron phosphide, copper, bronze, phosphorous, sulphur, calcium fluoride and molybdenum, 0.1 to 1.8% by weight of a pressing aid and a flow improver, and a remaining proportion that is an iron-base powder. The first hard phase may include 52 to 78% by weight of molybdenum, 0 to 2% by weight of silicon, 0 to 1.5% by weight of copper, and a remaining weight proportion of iron and production-related contaminations. The second hard phase may include 0 to 0.8% by weight of manganese and less than 0.1% by weight of carbon.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2019
    Publication date: December 19, 2019
    Inventors: Heiko Heckendorn, Roland Ruch, Patrick Sutter, Rene Suetterle, Klaus Wintrich
  • Patent number: 10272496
    Abstract: A valve seat ring and a method for producing the same may include a first material and a second material. The first material may be composed of approximately 15 to 30% by weight of Mo, approximately 5 to 30% by weight of chromium, approximately 0 to 5% by weight of Si, approximately 0 to 2% by weight of C, and up to 5% by weight of other elements and a portion of Co. The second material may be composed of approximately 10 to 12% by weight of Cr, approximately 0.5 to 0.8% by weight of Mn, approximately 0.5 to 1% by weight of Si, approximately 0.5 to 0.9% by weight of C, up to approximately 3% by weight of other elements and a reminder of Fe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2019
    Assignee: Mahle International GmbH
    Inventors: Christoph Beerens, Heiko Heckendorn, Roland Scholl, Klaus Wintrich
  • Publication number: 20190105714
    Abstract: A method for producing a valve seat ring via powder metallurgy may include compacting a powder mixture including 4% by weight to 16% by weight particles of cobalt to form the valve seat ring. The method may also include sintering the powder mixture after compacting the powder mixture. Before compacting the powder mixture, 80% of the particles of cobalt may have a particle diameter of approximately 4.4 ?m to 17.5 ?m.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2018
    Publication date: April 11, 2019
    Inventors: Heiko Heckendorn, Alexander Mueller, Roland Scholl, Klaus Wintrich
  • Patent number: 10253400
    Abstract: A heat-resistant bearing material may include an austenitic iron matrix alloy having a proportion of sulphur sufficient to achieve a solid lubricating action on bearing surfaces of the heat-resistant bearing material. The iron matrix alloy may have a proportion of carbides to achieve a reduction of wear on bearing surfaces of the heat-resistant bearing material and a proportion of 1 to 6 percentage by weight of at least one alloying element including cobalt, niobium, rhenium, tantalum, vanadium, tungsten, hafnium, yttrium and zirconium. The iron matrix alloy may also include the following alloying elements: carbon, chromium, manganese, silicon, nickel, molybdenum, niobium, tungsten, sulphur, copper, nitrogen and iron.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2019
    Assignee: Mahle International GmbH
    Inventors: Lutz Steinert, Klaus Wintrich