Patents by Inventor Oliver Thöle

Oliver Thöle 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).

  • Method for production of thin sheet metal
    Patent number: 8470111
    Abstract: A composite component comprising at least one first and one second sheet metal plate with at least one layer of a polymer arranged between the first and the second sheet metal plates provides for a component optimized with respect to the weight thereof, and which is at the same time simple to manufacture. The polymer layer of the composite component according to the invention comprises at least one foamed polymer layer of a thermoplastic polymer, wherein the foamed polymer layer comprises gas bubbles with a volume percentage of 1% to 80%, in particular 5% to 70%.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2013
    Assignee: ThyssenKrupp Steel Europe AG
    Inventors: Thorsten Böger, Peter Klauke, Oliver Kleinschmidt, Christoph Filthaut, Ingo Rogner, Oliver Thöle
  • Method for Production of Thin Sheet Metal
    Publication number: 20100233505
    Abstract: A composite component comprising at least one first and one second sheet metal plate with at least one layer of a polymer arranged between the first and the second sheet metal plates provides for a component optimized with respect to the weight thereof, and which is at the same time simple to manufacture. The polymer layer of the composite component according to the invention comprises at least one foamed polymer layer of a thermoplastic polymer, wherein the foamed polymer layer comprises gas bubbles with a volume percentage of 1% to 80%, in particular 5% to 70%.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2008
    Publication date: September 16, 2010
    Applicant: ThyssenKrupp Steel Europe AG
    Inventors: Thorsten Böger, Peter Klauke, Oliver Kleinschmidt, Christoph Filthaut, Ingo Rogner, Oliver Thöle