Patents by Inventor Ralph Reiche

Ralph Reiche 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: 11389868
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to powder-bed-based additive manufacturing processes. Embodiments thereof may include methods for producing a component from a superalloy. For example, a method for producing a component comprising a superalloy may include: preheating a powder bed comprising particles of a core material coated by a ceramic layer, the core material including alloying constituents of the superalloy and building up the component layer by layer in a powder bed by melting particles with an energy beam. The powder bed may be heated to a temperature below a melting point of the core material before the particles are melted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Assignee: SIEMENS ENERGY GLOBAL GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Frank Heinrichsdorff, Ralph Reiche, Daniel Reznik, Oliver Stier
  • Patent number: 9959959
    Abstract: A magnetic steel sheet including a layer adjoining at least one of a top side and bottom side of the magnetic metal sheet. The layer includes a metal oxide containing titanium oxide or tantalum oxide and the layer adjoins the magnetic steel sheet along a diffusion zone into which the titanium or tantalum of the metal oxide has diffused into the magnetic steel sheet. The diffusion zone is produced on at least one of a top surface and a bottom surface of the magnetic steel sheet and the diffusion layer diffuses one of tantalum and titanium as metal into the at least one surface. The metal of the at the at least one surface is converted into an associated metal oxide to form the layer including the metal oxide, and a residual content of the metal of the metal oxide remains in the diffusion zone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2018
    Assignee: SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventors: Jens Dahl Jensen, Axel Möhle, Ralph Reiche, Manuela Schneider, Oliver Stier
  • Publication number: 20180104741
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to powder-bed-based additive manufacturing processes. Embodiments thereof may include methods for producing a component from a superalloy. For example, a method for producing a component comprising a superalloy may include: preheating a powder bed comprising particles of a core material coated by a ceramic layer, the core material including alloying constituents of the superalloy and building up the component layer by layer in a powder bed by melting particles with an energy beam. The powder bed may be heated to a temperature below a melting point of the core material before the particles are melted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2016
    Publication date: April 19, 2018
    Applicant: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Frank Heinrichsdorf, Ralph Reiche, Daniel Reznik, Oliver Stier
  • Publication number: 20170022615
    Abstract: A method is disclosed for producing a hollow body by cold spraying. A mold core is used for producing the hollow body, the mold core being prepared for the production of the hollow body by cold spraying in a suitable manner by means of an auxiliary layer. The auxiliary layer may include or consist of a metallic material and therefore forms a suitable surface to which the particles processed by cold spraying remain adhered to form the hollow body. The mold core can therefore be produced from an inexpensive material such as sand or wood, although said materials are in principle have limited suitability for depositing metals by cold spraying. The auxiliary layer can be applied to the mold core as a foil, or be produced on the mold core by cold-spraying low-melting and/or soft materials, for example.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2015
    Publication date: January 26, 2017
    Applicant: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Axel Arndt, Uwe Pyritz, Ralph Reiche, Oliver Stier
  • Patent number: 9358644
    Abstract: A method prepares a repair material for and repairs a damage point in the surface of cast parts. Spray particles having the same cast structure as the cast part are used as materials. The particles are applied to the damage point by cold gas spraying. The cold gas spraying is performed such that the spray particles are not melted and, advantageously, the cast structure is retained after the spray particles contact the repair point. The repair point can thus be advantageously furnished with the same properties as the rest of the component to be repaired. The repair material can be produced in that a cast part having the required cast structure is reduced to small pieces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Assignee: SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventors: Frank Heinrichsdorff, Ursus Krüger, Ralph Reiche, Oliver Stier
  • Publication number: 20160125986
    Abstract: A magnetic steel sheet including a layer adjoining at least one of a top side and bottom side of the magnetic metal sheet. The layer includes a metal oxide containing titanium oxide or tantalum oxide and the layer adjoins the magnetic steel sheet along a diffusion zone into which the titanium or tantalum of the metal oxide has diffused into the magnetic steel sheet. The diffusion zone is produced on at least one of a top surface and a bottom surface of the magnetic steel sheet and the diffusion layer diffuses one of tantalum and titanium as metal into the at least one surface. The metal of the at the at least one surface is converted into an associated metal oxide to form the layer including the metal oxide, and a residual content of the metal of the metal oxide remains in the diffusion zone.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2014
    Publication date: May 5, 2016
    Applicant: SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventors: Jens Dahl Jensen, Axel Möhle, Ralph Reiche, Manuela Schneider, Oliver Stier
  • Publication number: 20160090653
    Abstract: A method for producing a metal foam includes depositing metal-containing particles and blowing-agent-containing particles by cold spraying. A layer formed in this manner is formed from metallic particles and particles containing blowing agent, wherein the blowing agent forms the core of coated particles. The shell of said particles is likewise metallic, such that it is easier to deposit said particles together with the metallic particles. Therefore, a higher concentration of blowing agent can advantageously be produced in the layer. Greater possibilities are advantageously produced thereby to provide the porous layers with required pore profiles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2014
    Publication date: March 31, 2016
    Applicant: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Jens Dahl Jensen, Ralph Reiche, Daniel Reznik
  • Publication number: 20150240364
    Abstract: A substrate is coated by cold-gas spraying in which a particle jet is oriented at an inclination to the surface of a substrate thus forming a spraying angle. To increase the possible spraying angle compared to the known art, the surface is applied with a directional patterning, for example trenches and ridges. The orientation of this patterning has an angle of inclination in the direction of the spraying angle. As a result, the adhesion of striking particles is improved and it is possible to achieve larger spraying angles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2013
    Publication date: August 27, 2015
    Applicant: SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventors: Ralph Reiche, Oliver Stier
  • Patent number: 8846216
    Abstract: A method for producing a cast metal piece and a cast metal piece are provided. An information element includes at least one piece of information. The information element is produced from a magnetizable material and the information is deposited n the magnetizable material and is cast into the information element during casting of the price, the casting temperature being above the Curie temperature of the magnetizable material of the information element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2014
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Rene Jabado, Jens Dahl Jensen, Ursus Krüger, Daniel Körtvelyessy, Richard Matz, Ralph Reiche, Michael Rindler, Steffen Walter
  • Publication number: 20140201964
    Abstract: A method prepares a repair material for and repairs a damage point in the surface of cast parts. Spray particles having the same cast structure as the cast part are used as materials. The particles are applied to the damage point by cold gas spraying. The cold gas spraying is performed such that the spray particles are not melted and, advantageously, the cast structure is retained after the spray particles contact the repair point. The repair point can thus be advantageously furnished with the same properties as the rest of the component to be repaired. The repair material can be produced in that a cast part having the required cast structure is reduced to small pieces.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2012
    Publication date: July 24, 2014
    Applicant: SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventors: Frank Heinrichsdorff, Ursus Krüger, Ralph Reiche, Olliver Stier
  • Patent number: 8673405
    Abstract: In a method for producing a starting material (M, N, N?) for the production of a wear layer (420), a coating (40) with a composition which corresponds to that of the wear layer (420) which is to be produced is chemically undissolved from its substrate (30) and is detached as a solid body, and that the starting material (M, N, N?) is formed by the layer material (60) of the detached coating (40).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2014
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Rene Jabado, Jens Dahl Jensen, Ursus Krüger, Daniel Körtvelyessy, Volkmar Lüthen, Ralph Reiche, Michael Rindler, Raymond Ullrich
  • Patent number: 8574687
    Abstract: In a method for depositing a non-metallic, in particular ceramic, coating on a substrate (2) by cold gas spraying, the method has the steps of: producing a reactive gas flow (5) having at least one reactive gas, injecting into the reactive gas flow (5) particles (4) consisting of at least one material required for producing a non-metallic, in particular ceramic, coating material by reaction with the reactive gas, so as to form a mixture flow of reactive gas and particles (4), producing reactive gas radicals in the mixture flow, and directing the mixture flow having reactive gas radicals and particles onto a surface of a substrate (2) to be coated, and so a non-metallic, in particular ceramic, coating is deposited on the surface of the substrate (2). In addition, a description is given of a device (1) for carrying out the method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2013
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Dirk Janz, Jens Dahl Jensen, Jens Klingemann, Ursus Krüger, Daniel Körtvelyessy, Volkmar Lüthen, Ralph Reiche, Oliver Stier
  • Patent number: 8563094
    Abstract: In a method for producing a component (20) with a coating (24) containing nanoparticles (21), it is provided that, in order to introduce the nanoparticles (21) into the coating (24), a film (19) with the dispersely distributed nanoparticles (21) is applied to the surface (22) to be coated, which decomposes with incorporation of the nanoparticles (21) during the actual coating operation and is thereby not incorporated into the layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2013
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Rene Jabado, Jens Dahl Jensen, Ursus Krüger, Daniel Körtvelyessy, Volkmar Lüthen, Ralph Reiche, Michael Rindler, Raymond Ullrich
  • Patent number: 8518485
    Abstract: The turbine parts, when they are used, form oxide layers which by the undesirable rapid growth thereof generate the damage of the parts substrate. The inventive method consists in depleting the part in an element in such a way that the oxide layer is reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2013
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Rene Jabado, Daniel Körtvelyessy, Ralph Reiche, Michael Rindler
  • Patent number: 8356936
    Abstract: There is described a substrate with a coating; the coating contains a coating matrix in whose matrix structure multilayered and/or encapsulated nanoparticles are arranged and release a dye when a limit temperature is exceeded the first time and/or trigger a color reaction which causes the color of the coating to change irreversibly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 22, 2013
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Rene Jabado, Jens Dahl Jensen, Ursus Krüger, Daniel Körtvelyessy, Volkmar Lüthen, Ralph Reiche, Michael Rindler, Raymond Ullrich
  • Patent number: 8343573
    Abstract: A method for repairing a component such as a turbine blade is provided. At the end of its operating time, the component has, for example, a depletion of aluminium in a region near the surface. The application of a repair layer is provided including particles with an increased proportion of aluminium. A subsequent heat treatment may achieve the effect of equalizing the concentration of aluminium between the repair layer and the region near the surface, and so the aluminium content required for new components is achieved again.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2013
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Jens Dahl Jensen, Jens Klingemann, Ursus Krüger, Daniel Körtvelyessy, Volkmar Lüthen, Ralph Reiche, Oliver Stier
  • Patent number: 8277194
    Abstract: The invention relates to a component for arrangement in the duct of a turbine engine. The component is provided with a coating, which has a surface structure with scales which overlap each other in the direction of flow of the turbine engine. The invention also relates to a spraying method for generating a coating on a component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2012
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Rene Jabado, Jens Dahl Jensen, Ursus Krüger, Daniel Körtvelyessy, Ralph Reiche, Michael Rindler
  • Patent number: 8252384
    Abstract: In a method particles in a thermal spraying process are entrained by a carrier gas stream and deposited on a component to be coated. The particles are dispersed in a liquid or solid additive before being introduced into a supply line which issues into the thermal spraying apparatus, the additive, after leaving the supply line, being transferred into the gaseous state in the carrier gas stream. A liquid additive evaporates or a solid additive is sublimated, whereby the particles in the carrier gas stream are separated. The dispersal of the particles in the additive simplifies an exact metering and prevents the particles from forming lumps, so that improved layers can be deposited by virtue of an improved homogeneity of the carrier gas stream. As the additive has been transferred into the gaseous state, it is not deposited in the layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2012
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Jens Dahl Jensen, Jens Klingemann, Ursus Krüger, Daniel Körtvelyessy, Volkmar Lüthen, Ralph Reiche, Oliver Stier
  • Patent number: 8158704
    Abstract: A powder can be produced by immersing microparticles (2) in a first solution (4) which contains coupling molecules (5), and then in a second solution (10) which contains the nanoparticles (12), thereby producing microparticles (2) with nanoparticles (12) attached thereto. The particles form powder particles (14) which allow nanoparticles (12) that are smaller than approximately 5 [mu] to be applied to a component by cold gas spraying.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2012
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Rene Jabado, Jens Dahl Jensen, Ursus Krüger, Daniel Körtvelyessy, Volkmar Lüthen, Ralph Reiche, Michael Rindler, Raymond Ullrich
  • Patent number: 8080278
    Abstract: The invention relates to a cold gas spraying method with the aid of which a substrate to be coated can be coated with particles. According to the invention, it is provided that microencapsulated agglomerates of nanoparticles are used as particles. This advantageously allows the advantages that accompany the use of nanoparticles to be used for the coating. The nanoparticles are held together by microencapsulations, wherein the microencapsulated particles formed in this way that are used in the cold gas spraying method have dimensions in the micrometer range, thereby allowing them to be used in the first place in cold gas spraying The microencapsulated nanoparticles may be used for example to produce a UV protective coating on lamp bases for gas discharge lamps.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2011
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Rene Jabado, Jens Dahl Jensen, Ursus Krüger, Daniel Körtvelyessy, Volkmar Lüthen, Uwe Pyritz, Ralph Reiche, Michael Rindler, Raymond Ullrich