Patents by Inventor Mark P.M. Welters

Mark P.M. Welters 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).

  • Ceramic or glass-ceramic article and methods for producing such article
    Patent number: 9556525
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of producing a (shaped) ceramic or glass-ceramic article, involving the steps of: (a) providing a powder or a powder mixture comprising ceramic or glass-ceramic material, (b) depositing a layer of said powder or powder mixture on a surface, (d) heating at least one region of said layer by means of an energy beam or a plurality of energy beams to a maximum temperature such that at least a part of said ceramic or glass-ceramic material in said at least one region is melted and (e) cooling said at least one region of said layer so that at least part of the material melted in step (d) is solidified, such that the layer is joined with said surface in said at least one region. The invention also relates to ceramic or glass-ceramic articles and their use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2017
    Assignees: BEGO BREMER GOLDSCHLAEGEREI WILH, HERBST GMBH & CO. KG, NEDERLANDSE ORGANISATIE VOOR TOEGEPAST NATUURWETENSCHAPPELIJK ONDERZOEK TNO INNALOX BV, FRAUNHOFER-GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FOERDERUNG DER ANGEWANDTEN FORSCHUNGE E.V.
    Inventors: Stephan Dierkes, Anne Jans Faber, Jan Wilkes, Mark P. M. Welters, Wilhelm Meiners, Konrad Wissenbach
  • CERAMIC OR GLASS-CERAMIC ARTICLE AND METHODS FOR PRODUCING SUCH ARTICLE
    Publication number: 20120237745
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of producing a (shaped) ceramic or glass-ceramic article, involving the steps of: (a) providing a powder or a powder mixture comprising ceramic or glass-ceramic material, (b) depositing a layer of said powder or powder mixture on a surface, (d) heating at least one region of said layer by means of an energy beam or a plurality of energy beams to a maximum temperature such that at least a part of said ceramic or glass-ceramic material in said at least one region is melted and (e) cooling said at least one region of said layer so that at least part of the material melted in step (d) is solidified, such that the layer is joined with said surface in said at least one region. The invention also relates to ceramic or glass-ceramic articles and their use.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2010
    Publication date: September 20, 2012
    Applicants: Frauhofer-Gesellschaft Zur Forderung Der Angewandten Forschung E.V., Innalox BV, Nederlandse Organisatie Voor Toegepast Natuurwetenschappelijk Onderzoek Tno, Bego Bremer Goldschagerei Wilh Herbst GmbH & Co KG
    Inventors: Stephan Dierkes, Anne Jans Faber, Jan Wilkes, Mark P.M. Welters, Wilhelm Meiners, Konrad Wissenbach