Patents by Inventor Markus WINTON

Markus WINTON 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).

  • Publication number: 20250214141
    Abstract: A device for producing metal powder. This includes a melting chamber, a downstream atomization tower, and a nozzle assembly for atomizing a melt jet. The device further includes an induction coil disposed within the melting chamber and operated at a melting frequency fmelt, the induction coil is adapted to locally melt a material rod at least section-wise received therein, to produce the melt jet to be atomized, and a separate intermediate coil disposed within the melting chamber and operated at a base frequency fbase, wherein said intermediate coil is disposed downstream of the induction coil and aligned coaxially with the induction coil. The intermediate coil is configured to superheat the melt jet in a region between the induction coil and the nozzle assembly. The following applies to a frequency ratio FBS of the base frequency fbase to the melting frequency fmelt, 1?FBS=fbase/fmelt?500.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2024
    Publication date: July 3, 2025
    Inventors: Henrik FRANZ, Christian LEHNERT, Markus WINTON, Sergejs SPITANS
  • Patent number: 12343800
    Abstract: A device for producing metal powder. This includes a melting chamber, a downstream atomization tower, and a nozzle assembly for atomizing a melt jet. The device further includes an induction coil disposed within the melting chamber and operated at a melting frequency fmelt, the induction coil is adapted to locally melt a material rod at least section-wise received therein, to produce the melt jet to be atomized, and a separate intermediate coil disposed within the melting chamber and operated at a base frequency fbase, wherein said intermediate coil is disposed downstream of the induction coil and aligned coaxially with the induction coil. The intermediate coil is configured to superheat the melt jet in a region between the induction coil and the nozzle assembly. The following applies to a frequency ratio FBS of the base frequency fbase to the melting frequency fmelt, 1?FBS=fbase/fmelt?500.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2025
    Assignee: ALD VACUUM TECHNOLOGIES GMBH
    Inventors: Henrik Franz, Christian Lehnert, Markus Winton, Sergejs Spitans
  • Publication number: 20240261857
    Abstract: A device for producing metal powder. This includes a melting chamber, a downstream atomization tower, and a nozzle assembly for atomizing a melt jet. The device further includes an induction coil disposed within the melting chamber and operated at a melting frequency fmelt, the induction coil is adapted to locally melt a material rod at least section-wise received therein, to produce the melt jet to be atomized, and a separate intermediate coil disposed within the melting chamber and operated at a base frequency fbase, wherein said intermediate coil is disposed downstream of the induction coil and aligned coaxially with the induction coil. The intermediate coil is configured to superheat the melt jet in a region between the induction coil and the nozzle assembly. The following applies to a frequency ratio FBS of the base frequency fbase to the melting frequency fmelt, 1?FBS=fbase/fmelt?500.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2022
    Publication date: August 8, 2024
    Inventors: Henrik FRANZ, Christian LEHNERT, Markus WINTON, Sergejs SPITANS
  • Patent number: 12048081
    Abstract: The invention relates to an EIGA coil (10) for partial melting an electrode (40). The EIGA coil (10) comprises a plurality of windings (12A, 12B, 12C) which are coaxially arranged with respect to a center axis (M) and axially spaced from each other, wherein each of the plurality of windings (12A, 12B, 12C) is formed in the shape of a ring interrupted by a gap (14A, 14B, 14C) and equidistant with respect to the center axis (M) and extending in a plane perpendicular to the center axis (M). Adjacent windings (12A, 12B; 12B, 12C) of the plurality of windings (12A, 12B, 12C) are respectively connected to each other via a connecting portion (20AB, 20BC; 120AB, 120BC).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2024
    Assignee: ALD VACUUM TECHNOLOGIES GMBH
    Inventors: Sergejs Spitans, Markus Winton, Franz Pfahls, Henrik Franz, Hans-Jürgen Radtke
  • Publication number: 20220330391
    Abstract: The invention relates to an EIGA coil (10) for partial melting an electrode (40). The EIGA coil (10) comprises a plurality of windings (12A, 12B, 12C) which are coaxially arranged with respect to a center axis (M) and axially spaced from each other, wherein each of the plurality of windings (12A, 12B, 12C) is formed in the shape of a ring interrupted by a gap (14A, 14B, 14C) and equidistant with respect to the center axis (M) and extending in a plane perpendicular to the center axis (M). Adjacent windings (12A, 12B; 12B, 12C) of the plurality of windings (12A, 12B, 12C) are respectively connected to each other via a connecting portion (20AB, 20BC; 120AB, 120BC).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2020
    Publication date: October 13, 2022
    Inventors: Sergejs SPITANS, Markus WINTON, Franz PFAHLS, Henrik FRANZ, Hans-Jürgen RADTKE