Patents by Inventor Klemens Heermann

Klemens Heermann 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: 10457026
    Abstract: A device for producing a strip-shaped composite sheet may comprise at least two outer metal cover sheets and at least one plastic layer disposed between the two outer metal cover sheets. The device may further comprise at least one first laminating device for laminating the metal cover sheets with the at least one plastic layer arranged between the metal cover sheets, with the first laminating device comprising at least two laminating rolls forming a laminating gap. One object of the present disclosure is to provide methods and devices for producing composite sheets, with which the economy, in particular the production speed, of the production method can be significantly increased and at the same time the risk of delamination of the composite sheets during the further processing can be reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignees: ThyssenKrupp Steel Europe AG, ThyssenKrupp AG
    Inventors: Walter Mühlhause, Oliver Kleinschmidt, Klaus Peter Koch, Klemens Heermann
  • Publication number: 20180304608
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method of making composite strips and composite sheets of at least one first outer layer (1) of metal, one second outer layer (2) of metal, and at least one core layer (3) of plastic between the outer layers (1, 2) and bonded unitarily thereto, a first metal strip (4) for the first outer layer (1), a second metal strip (5) for the second outer layer (2), and a plastic web (6) for the core layer (6) being laminated together and continuously bonded unitarily into a composite strip by application of pressure and/or heat, the first metal strip (4) and the second metal strip (5) being heated before the lamination and/or during the lamination, characterized by the fact that, after lamination and bonding of the metal strips (4, 5), an actual transverse curvature of the composite strips is measured, and that the temperature of the first metal strip (4) and/or of the second metal strip (5) is carried out before the lamination and/or during the lamination as a function of the actual transvers
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2016
    Publication date: October 25, 2018
    Inventors: Andreas NOE, Klemens HEERMANN, Thomas VON DER OHE, Stella JASSEN, Andreas KLARE, Klaus-Peter KOCH, Gerold RASPUDIC, Markus RUDACK, Josef SCHNEIDER
  • Publication number: 20180244030
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing composite webs or composite sheets, consisting of at least a first lower cover layer (1) of metal, a second upper cover layer (2) of metal, and a core layer (3) of plastic, which is arranged between the cover layers (1, 2) and is integrally bonded thereto, wherein a first metal strip (4) for the lower cover layer (1), a second metal strip (5) for the upper cover layer (2), and a plastic web (6) for the core layer (3) are brought together and are integrally bonded to each other by the application of pressure and/or heat.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2016
    Publication date: August 30, 2018
    Inventors: Andreas NOE, Josef SCHNEIDER, Mattias STASKE, Klemens HEERMANN, Andreas KLARE, Klaus-Peter KOCH, Gerold RASPUDIC, Markus RUDACK, Stella JANSSEN
  • Publication number: 20170182755
    Abstract: A device for producing a strip-shaped composite sheet may comprise at least two outer metal cover sheets and at least one plastic layer disposed between the two outer metal cover sheets. The device may further comprise at least one first laminating device for laminating the metal cover sheets with the at least one plastic layer arranged between the metal cover sheets, with the first laminating device comprising at least two laminating rolls forming a laminating gap. One object of the present disclosure is to provide methods and devices for producing composite sheets, with which the economy, in particular the production speed, of the production method can be significantly increased and at the same time the risk of delamination of the composite sheets during the further processing can be reduced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2015
    Publication date: June 29, 2017
    Applicants: ThyssenKrupp Steel Europe AG, ThyssenKrupp AG
    Inventors: Walter Mühlhause, Oliver Kleinschmidt, Klaus Peter Koch, Klemens Heermann