Patents by Inventor Lutz Steinert

Lutz Steinert 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: 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
  • Publication number: 20150086411
    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: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2013
    Publication date: March 26, 2015
    Inventors: Lutz Steinert, Klaus Wintrich
  • Publication number: 20090298726
    Abstract: A heat-resistant bearing material consisting of an austenitic iron matrix alloy should, under high temperatures, have good solid lubricant properties with a high heat resistance and a high creep resistance. To this end, an iron matrix alloy is used, containing a sufficient sulphur part for obtaining a solid lubricant action on the bearing surfaces thereof, and between 1 and 6 wt. % of at least one of the following alloy elements: tungsten (W), cobalt (Co), niobium (Nb), rhenium (Re), molybdenum (Mo), tantalium (Ta), vanadium (V), hafnium (Hf), yttrium (Y), zirconium (Zr), and/or comparably high-melting alloy elements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2007
    Publication date: December 3, 2009
    Inventors: Roland Ruch, Lutz Steinert, Klaus Wintrich
  • Publication number: 20080112815
    Abstract: The invention relates to a blade mounting ring for a turbocharger with variable turbine geometry and turbine blades which may be adjusted in the blade mounting ring on an internal combustion engine for a motor vehicle, comprising an austenitic iron matrix alloy with a sulphur component to achieve a solid lubrication effect on the bearing surfaces thereof with a material embodiment suitable for high performance engines. The above is achieved by means of a blade mounting ring with a proportion of 1 to 6 wt. % of an alloying element or several of the elements from tungsten (W), cobalt (Co), niobium (Nb), rhenium (Re), molybdenum (Mo), tantalum (Ta), vanadium (V), hafnium (Hf), yttrium (Y), zirconium (Zr) or similar.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2005
    Publication date: May 15, 2008
    Inventors: Roland Ruch, Lutz Steinert, Klaus Wintrich