Patents by Inventor Michael Westholt

Michael Westholt 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: 6887590
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for the manufacture of galvannealed metal sheet, wherein a hot strip is produced from an IF steel containing 0.01 to 0.1 wt. % silicon, wherein the hot strip is coiled at a coiler temperature no lower than 700° C. and no higher than 750° C., wherein a cold strip is rolled from the coiled hot strip, wherein the cold strip is recrystallization-annealed in an annealing furnace in an annealing gas atmosphere, wherein the cold strip thus annealed is provided with a zinc coating in a zinc bath, and wherein the coated cold strip is post-annealed at a galvannealing temperature no lower than 500° C. and no higher than 540° C. The invention also relates to a galvannealed metal sheet which possesses improved adhesion of the coating layer to the base material and proposes a method which is suited for the manufacture of metal sheet having such properties.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2005
    Assignee: ThyssenKrupp Stahl AG
    Inventors: Sabine Zeizinger, Horst Berndsen, Frank Friedel, Manfred Meurer, Michael Westholt
  • Publication number: 20030155048
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for the manufacture of galvannealed metal sheet, wherein a hot strip is produced from an IF steel containing 0.01 to 0.1 wt. % silicon, wherein the hot strip is coiled at a coiler temperature no lower than 700° C. and no higher than 750° C., wherein a cold strip is rolled from the coiled hot strip, wherein the cold strip is recrystallisation-annealed in an annealing furnace in an annealing gas atmosphere, wherein the cold strip thus annealed is provided with a zinc coating in a zinc bath, and wherein the coated cold strip is post-annealed at a galvannealing temperature no lower than 500° C. and no higher than 540° C. The invention also relates to a galvannealed metal sheet which possesses improved adhesion of the coating layer to the base material and proposes a method which is suited for the manufacture of metal sheet having such properties.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2003
    Publication date: August 21, 2003
    Inventors: Sabine Zeizinger, Horst Berndsen, Frank Friedel, Manfred Meurer, Michael Westholt