Patents by Inventor Rainer Schmitt

Rainer Schmitt 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: 20210354415
    Abstract: The invention relates to a plane plate 1 for a pressing tool 2 of a press 3; wherein the plane plate 1 for activating a punch 6 of the press 3 by way of at least one lifting cylinder 4 can be displaced along an axial direction 5; wherein the plane plate 1 has an upper side 39 that points in a first axial direction 38 and a lower side 41 that points in a second axial direction 40 counter to the first axial direction 38, a link 34 to the at least one lifting cylinder 4, a centrally disposed receptacle 9 for contacting the punch 6 or a punch holder of the press 3, as well as at least a first at least partially cylindrical guiding face 7 which for contacting a first guide column 8 is parallel with the axial direction 5, and a second at least partially cylindrical guiding face 31 which for contacting a second guide column 37 is parallel with the axial direction 5; wherein on the lower side 41 of the plane plate 1 the first guiding face 7 has a first lower end 28 and the second guiding face 31 has a second lower en
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2018
    Publication date: November 18, 2021
    Inventors: Rainer Schmitt, Hasim Tekines, Robert Maassen
  • Publication number: 20210341543
    Abstract: A method of detecting a serial arc fault in a DC-power circuit includes injecting an RF-signal with a narrow band-width into the DC-power circuit and measuring a response signal related to the injected RF-signal in the DC-power circuit. The method further includes determining a time derivative of the response signal, analyzing the time derivative, and signaling an occurrence of a serial arc fault in the power circuit based on the results of the analysis. A system for detecting an arc fault is configured to perform a method as described before.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2021
    Publication date: November 4, 2021
    Inventors: Marcel Kratochvil, Raimund Thiel, Rainer Schmitt
  • Patent number: 11148382
    Abstract: A plane plate for a pressing tool of a press; wherein the plane plate for activating a punch of the press by way of at least one lifting cylinder is displaceable along an axial direction; wherein the plane plate has a link to the at least one lifting cylinder, at least one cylindrical guiding face which for contacting a guide column is parallel with the axial direction, and a centrally disposed receptacle for contacting the punch or a punch holder of the press; wherein the plane plate in at least a first cross section which between the receptacle and the guiding face runs parallel with the axial direction and along a radial direction that runs so as to be perpendicular to the axial direction has at least a first region in which a wall thickness of the plane plate is continuously variable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignee: GKN Sinter Metals Engineering GmbH
    Inventors: Rainer Schmitt, Hasim Tekines, Robert Maassen
  • Patent number: 11103924
    Abstract: The invention relates to a powder press, comprising a tool structure, which has a conical substructure having lower rams nested in each other, wherein each lower ram has a longitudinal extent, in particular a cylindrical longitudinal extent, which is guided in a die, wherein, in the case of at least two longitudinal extents of the lower rams, each longitudinal extent is adjoined by a conical enlargement, wherein the conical enlargements can be guided in each other, wherein the region of the conical enlargement has an inner wall and an outer wall, which expand conically and which are preferably longer than the longitudinal extent. The invention further relates to a method for operating a powder press and to a computer program product having computer program code means that can be executed on a computer system in order to perform the method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Assignee: GKN Sinter Metals Engineering GmbH
    Inventors: Rainer Schmitt, Eberhard Ernst
  • Publication number: 20210236972
    Abstract: The invention relates to a filter medium comprising a reinforced non-woven fabric, to a method for the production thereof, and to the use thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2019
    Publication date: August 5, 2021
    Applicant: SGL CARBON SE
    Inventors: Almut SCHWENKE, Manfred JUNG, Oswin OETTINGER, Rainer SCHMITT
  • Patent number: 11067638
    Abstract: A method of detecting a serial arc fault in a DC-power circuit includes injecting an RF-signal with a narrow band-width into the DC-power circuit and measuring a response signal related to the injected RF-signal in the DC-power circuit. The method further includes determining a time derivative of the response signal, analyzing the time derivative, and signaling an occurrence of a serial arc fault in the power circuit based on the results of the analysis. A system for detecting an arc fault is configured to perform a method as described before.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2021
    Assignee: SMA Solar Technology AG
    Inventors: Marcel Kratochvil, Raimund Thiel, Rainer Schmitt
  • Publication number: 20210181264
    Abstract: A method of detecting a serial arc fault in a DC-power circuit includes injecting an RF-signal with a narrow band-width into the DC-power circuit and measuring a response signal related to the injected RF-signal in the DC-power circuit. The method further includes determining a time derivative of the response signal, analyzing the time derivative, and signaling an occurrence of a serial arc fault in the power circuit based on the results of the analysis. A system for detecting an arc fault is configured to perform a method as described before.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2019
    Publication date: June 17, 2021
    Inventors: Marcel Kratochvil, Raimund Thiel, Rainer Schmitt
  • Patent number: 11007744
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a punch unit of a powder press, wherein the punch unit is assembled from at least two parts, in this case comprising a headpiece as the first part and a widening region, adjoining the headpiece, as the second part, wherein the widening region flares to a diameter of a punch bolder which is directly attachable to an end, located away from the headpiece, of the widening region. Furthermore, punch units of a powder press that slide one inside another, a powder press itself and a method for operating a powder press are proposed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2021
    Assignee: GKN Sinter Metals Engineering GmbH
    Inventors: Rainer Schmitt, Hasim Tekines, Christian Siegert
  • Patent number: 10864714
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing a body by means of an additive production method (AM) by using metal powder, comprising the following steps: designing the body in a computer-simulated manner while taking into account at least one region of the body to be processed and transferring data to an additive production device, in particular an additive powder-bed production device, successively providing the metal powder in order to construct powder layers arranged one on the other, successively hardening parts of the powder layers in order to form at least one specified structure in the powder layers arranged one on the other, wherein the structure is at least partially filled with metal powder of the powder layers, and calibrating a body, which is created by means of the structure, in the region to be processed. The invention further relates to a corresponding device, to a body produced in such a way, and to a computer program product for performing the method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2020
    Assignee: GKN Sinter Metals Engineering GmbH
    Inventors: Rainer Schmitt, Simon Höges, Ümit Aydin, Richard Kallee, Peter Mölgg
  • Patent number: 10753238
    Abstract: The invention relates to a first rotor part for a camshaft adjuster, wherein the first rotor part is configured in the form of a disc, and wherein the first rotor part has an encircling shoulder in a circumferential direction, said shoulder extending in a first axial direction beyond the first end side, wherein the first rotor part has at least one inner first opening which is arranged on the first inner casing on that side of the shoulder that is remote from the first end side and which is connected to the first end side via a first fluid duct which extends outwards in the radial direction from the shoulder through the first rotor part; wherein the first rotor part is produced in one part by powder metallurgy with all the inner first openings and first fluid ducts and the shoulder. The invention also relates to a pressing tool for producing a first rotor part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2020
    Assignee: GKN Sinter Metals Engineering GmbH
    Inventors: Rainer Schmitt, Hasim Tekines, Sascha Frey, Ümit Aydin
  • Publication number: 20200222981
    Abstract: A plane plate for a pressing tool of a press in which the plane plate for activating a punch of the press by way of at least one lifting cylinder is displaceable along an axial direction. The plane plate has a link to the at least one lifting cylinder, a centrally disposed receptacle 9 for contacting the punch or a punch holder of the press and at least one at least partially cylindrical guiding face which for contacting a first guide column is parallel with the axial direction. The plane plate has, in at least a first cross section which runs through the link and the receptacle parallel with the axial direction and along a radial direction that runs so as to be perpendicular to the axial direction, at least a first region, between the link and the receptacle, having a wall thickness, wherein the wall thickness in the first region and so as to be spaced apart from the receptacle as well as from the link has at least a minimum.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2018
    Publication date: July 16, 2020
    Inventors: Rainer Schmitt, Hasim Tekines, Robert Maassen
  • Publication number: 20200206813
    Abstract: A plane plate for a pressing tool of a press in which the plane plate for activating a punch of the press is by way of at least one lifting cylinder is displaceable along an axial direction. The plane plate has a link to the at least one lifting cylinder, a centrally disposed receptacle for contacting the punch or a punch holder of the press and at least one at least partially cylindrical guiding face which for contacting a guide column is parallel with the axial direction. The plane plate in at least a first cross section which between the receptacle and the guiding face runs parallel with the axial direction and along a radial direction that runs so as to be perpendicular to the axial direction has at least a first region with a wall thickness and a first centerline, wherein the first centerline runs at least partially at a first angle of at least 10 angular degrees and of at most 80 angular degrees in relation to the radial direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2018
    Publication date: July 2, 2020
    Inventors: Rainer Schmitt, Hasim Tekines, Robert Maassen
  • Patent number: 10632538
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing a green compact composite comprising at least a first partial green compact and a second partial green compact, wherein, within one pressing cycle, a powder is introduced into a filling chamber and then separated into a first partial quantity and into a second partial quantity, and, within the same pressing cycle, the respective partial quantities are pressed to form a first partial green compact and a second partial green compact and the partial green compacts are amalgamated after the pressing, wherein the amalgamation forms a press fit between the first partial green compact and the second partial green compact and produces a predetermined breaking point in the green compact composite. Furthermore, the invention proposes a green compact composite, a sintered component and also a press, each of which can be based on the proposed method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2020
    Assignee: GKN Sinter Metals Engineering GmbH
    Inventors: Alexander Hüllen, Rainer Schmitt, Eberhard Ernst
  • Publication number: 20200122423
    Abstract: A plane plate for a pressing tool of a press; wherein the plane plate for activating a punch of the press by way of at least one lifting cylinder is displaceable along an axial direction; wherein the plane plate has a link to the at least one lifting cylinder, at least one cylindrical guiding face which for contacting a guide column is parallel with the axial direction, and a centrally disposed receptacle for contacting the punch or a punch holder of the press; wherein the plane plate in at least a first cross section which between the receptacle and the guiding face runs parallel with the axial direction and along a radial direction that runs so as to be perpendicular to the axial direction has at least a first region in which a wall thickness of the plane plate is continuously variable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2018
    Publication date: April 23, 2020
    Inventors: Rainer Schmitt, Hasim Tekines, Robert Maassen
  • Publication number: 20200095905
    Abstract: A green compact of a stator-cover unit for a camshaft adjuster unit, at least comprising a first partial green compact, as a stator, made of a first sinter material, in each case with a first end-face sided and a second end-face side pointing in an axial direction, and in between a plurality of webs having lateral web flanks, wherein the webs, starting from an outer stator wall running in a circumferential direction, extend inwardly in a radial direction and are spaced apart from one another in the circumferential direction, so that the stator wall in each case forms an inner circumferential surface between the webs, and a second partial green compact, as a cover, made of a second sinter material, having an outer circumferential surface running in the circumferential direction and situated on the first end-face sided of the stator and at least partially covering a first area extending between the webs and within the stator wall; wherein the outer circumferential surface of the cover adjoins the inner c
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2017
    Publication date: March 26, 2020
    Inventors: Antonio Casellas, Rainer Schmitt, Sascha Frey
  • Publication number: 20200072092
    Abstract: The invention relates to a first rotor part for a camshaft adjuster, wherein the first rotor part is configured in the form of a disc, and wherein the first rotor part has an encircling shoulder in a circumferential direction, said shoulder extending in a first axial direction beyond the first end side, wherein the first rotor part has at least one inner first opening which is arranged on the first inner casing on that side of the shoulder that is remote from the first end side and which is connected to the first end side via a first fluid duct which extends outwards in the radial direction from the shoulder through the first rotor part; wherein the first rotor part is produced in one part by powder metallurgy with all the inner first openings and first fluid ducts and the shoulder. The invention also relates to a pressing tool for producing a first rotor part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2017
    Publication date: March 5, 2020
    Inventors: Rainer Schmitt, Hasim Tekines, Sascha Frey, Ümit Aydin
  • Publication number: 20200014255
    Abstract: A claw pole stator for a transversal flux motor includes a multiplicity of segments positioned next to one another along a circumferential direction for the annular claw pole stator. Each segment extends from an inner circumferential surface along a radial direction to an outer circumferential surface and is delimited in the circumferential direction by a first side surface and a second side surface and in an axial direction by a first end surface and a second end surface. Each segment is connected by the side surfaces to at least one other segment to form the annular claw pole stator. Segments positioned adjacent each other contact each other by a first contact surface on the first side surface or by a second contact surface on the second side surface and due to the contact surfaces form a form-locking connection in the circumferential direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2018
    Publication date: January 9, 2020
    Inventors: Nils BORNEMANN, Stefan TILLER, Rainer SCHMITT, Hong Giang TO
  • Publication number: 20200009652
    Abstract: A method for producing a green compact uses a pressing tool including a die, a first punch to be displaced in an axial direction, a second punch to be displaced in a radial direction through a channel in the die and a receptacle having a filling opening. The method includes locating the second punch before or during filling of a powdery material into the receptacle so as to be outwardly offset in the radial direction relative to an inner peripheral surface, filling the powdery material into the receptacle, and moving at least the first punch and the second punch and compressing the material in the receptacle, with the second punch being moved in the radial direction toward the receptacle only so far that it is disposed flush with a region of the inner peripheral surface. A pressing tool, a green compact and a sintered part are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2018
    Publication date: January 9, 2020
    Inventors: STEFAN TILLER, RAINER SCHMITT, NILS BORNEMANN
  • Publication number: 20190358925
    Abstract: The invention relates to a die for arrangement in a press, wherein the die extends along an axial direction between two end faces and forms an inner peripheral surface between the end faces, wherein the die extends from the inner peripheral surface along a radial direction toward an outer peripheral surface and toward at least one centering surface that is disposed in the radial direction on a first diameter, wherein the die has a pressing zone that is spaced apart from the end faces and, in the vicinity of the pressing zone, the die has a greater maximum first stiffness, at least relative to zones of the die that are arranged on the end faces, compared to a pressing force acting on the inner peripheral surface in a direction of a normal vector, and wherein the maximum first stiffness is at least 10% greater than a minimum second stiffness that is present in at least one zone that is arranged on one of the end faces.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2017
    Publication date: November 28, 2019
    Inventors: Rainer Schmitt, Tobias Müller, Thomas Schupp
  • Publication number: 20190358704
    Abstract: A tool and die set and related method of use of the tool and die set in a press for the compaction of a powder metal into a preform involves an uneven amount of positional deflection of at least two lower or upper tool members. This asymmetrical elastic response under load may help to eliminate cracking of the part after the compressive load is removed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2018
    Publication date: November 28, 2019
    Inventors: Eberhard Ernst, Donald D. Cooper, Hasim Tekines, Guido Schneider, Rainer Schmitt