Patents by Inventor Lothar Engler

Lothar Engler 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: 9409321
    Abstract: A shaped body and a method for producing fiber composite components, wherein the shaped body is formed using a paper and/or cardboard material, at least in part. This makes possible cost-effective manufacture of hollow profiles of any desired length from fiber composite materials, in particular from prepreg materials and/or reinforcing fiber arrangements which are subsequently impregnated with a curable plastics material. The paper and/or cardboard material can be provided with further properties, such as gas-tightness and non-stick properties, by applying suitable functional layers. Moreover, the material makes it possible to produce highly dimensionally stable shaped bodies or support cores, in such a way that fiber composite components having highly reproducible spatial dimensions can be produced. In addition, after curing, the shaped bodies can be collapsed in a simple manner by applying a vacuum and thus removed from the fiber composite component without residues.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2016
    Assignee: Airbus Operations GmbH
    Inventors: Ralf-Peter Dittmann, Sebastian Kaschel, Lothar Engler
  • Publication number: 20110272086
    Abstract: A shaped body and a method for producing fibre composite components, wherein the shaped body is formed using a paper and/or cardboard material, at least in part. This makes possible cost-effective manufacture of hollow profiles of any desired length from fibre composite materials, in particular from prepreg materials and/or reinforcing fibre arrangements which are subsequently impregnated with a curable plastics material. The paper and/or cardboard material can be provided with further properties, such as gas-tightness and non-stick properties, by applying suitable functional layers. Moreover, the material makes it possible to produce highly dimensionally stable shaped bodies or support cores, in such a way that fibre composite components having highly reproducible spatial dimensions can be produced. In addition, after curing, the shaped bodies can be collapsed in a simple manner by applying a vacuum and thus removed from the fibre composite component without residues.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2011
    Publication date: November 10, 2011
    Inventors: Ralf-Peter Dittman, Sebastian Kaschel, Lothar Engler