Patents by Inventor Martin Stillger

Martin Stillger 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).

  • Production line and tool arrangement for producing a hot formed component from a blank
    Patent number: 10280478
    Abstract: A tool arrangement is disclosed for integration in a production line for producing a hot formed component from a blank which is produced from a hot forming steel strip. The tool arrangement includes a housing, which delimits an interior of the tool arrangement relative to a surroundings of the tool arrangement, a tempering station for tempering the blank and a hot forming station for hot forming the blank. The tempering station and the hot forming station are jointly arranged in the interior.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2019
    Assignee: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
    Inventor: Martin Stillger
  • TOOL ARRANGEMENT FOR INTEGRATION IN A PRODUCTION LINE FOR PRODUCING A HOT FORMED COMPONENT FROM A BLANK, PRODUCTION LINE WITH THE TOOL ARRANGEMENT AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE HOT FORMED COMPONENT FROM THE BLANK USING THE PRODUCTION LINE
    Publication number: 20170175222
    Abstract: A tool arrangement is disclosed for integration in a production line for producing a hot formed component from a blank which is produced from a hot forming steel strip. The tool arrangement includes a housing, which delimits an interior of the tool arrangement relative to a surroundings of the tool arrangement, a tempering station for tempering the blank and a hot forming station for hot forming the blank. The tempering station and the hot forming station are jointly arranged in the interior.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2016
    Publication date: June 22, 2017
    Applicant: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
    Inventor: Martin STILLGER
  • Sleeper for supporting rails
    Patent number: 8827174
    Abstract: A sleeper for supporting rails within a section of track for rail vehicles is provided, wherein the sleeper has elongated reinforcing elements extending along a longitudinal axis of the sleeper and is produced as a solid material sleeper having a cavity which extends between the reinforcing elements and from at least one outer face of the sleeper into the interior of the sleeper, and wherein the sleeper is designed for use with at least two different measurement value pick-up systems, wherein one of the measurement value pick-up systems is a temperature measurement value pick-up system having an infrared sensor which is accommodated by insertion into the cavity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2014
    Assignee: Schenck Process GmbH
    Inventors: Peter Groll, Ralph Mueller, Martin Stillger
  • SLEEPER FOR SUPPORTING RAILS
    Publication number: 20120325921
    Abstract: A sleeper for supporting rails within a section of track for rail vehicles is provided, wherein the sleeper has elongated reinforcing elements extending along a longitudinal axis of the sleeper and is produced as a solid material sleeper having a cavity which extends between the reinforcing elements and from at least one outer face of the sleeper into the interior of the sleeper, and wherein the sleeper is designed for use with at least two different measurement value pick-up systems, wherein one of the measurement value pick-up systems is a temperature measurement value pick-up system having an infrared sensor which is accommodated by insertion into the cavity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2012
    Publication date: December 27, 2012
    Inventors: Peter GROLL, Ralph Mueller, Martin Stillger