Patents by Inventor Reiner Kopp

Reiner Kopp 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: 9040134
    Abstract: A process of producing profiles whose cross-section is variable in the longitudinal direction, characterized by the process stages of cutting a blank 31 with a substantially constant width along a longitudinal direction, deforming the blank 31 by deep-drawing to form an open profile whose cross-section is variable along the longitudinal direction, and cutting the flanges projecting from the open profile.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2015
    Assignee: Muhr und Bender KG
    Inventors: Andreas Hauger, Reiner Kopp, Christoph Wiedner
  • Patent number: 8763679
    Abstract: A casting roll for a two-roll casting device for the casting of metallic strip from a metal melt, in particular a steel melt, includes a roll body, on a casing surface of which a coating consisting of a coating material is applied by thermal spraying, which has a higher degree of hardness than the roll body. The casting roll according to the invention and the two-roll casting device, while easy to manufacture, has not only a long service life, but also allows for the manufacture of cast strips of optimum quality. This is achieved by the fact that the free surface of the coating, after thermal spraying, has a peak number RPc of at least 10 cm?1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2014
    Assignee: Outokumpu Nirosta GmbH
    Inventors: Ulrich Albrecht-Früh, Roland Sellger, Johann Wilhelm Schmitz, Reiner Kopp, Jörg Lauscher, Martin Franzke
  • Patent number: 8474294
    Abstract: The invention concerns a rolling stand, a rolling train, and a method for rolling a stepped preprofiled metal strip. In order to guarantee that the metal strip is free of waviness in its longitudinal direction, even after individual thickness reduction of the steps, the invention proposes that the thickness reduction be carried out on a step-specific basis according to the following mathematical relationship: ?hi/hi=?hi+1/hi+1=?=constant, where ?hi represents the amount of the thickness reduction in the region of the i-th step, and hi represents the value of the resulting thickness of the metal strip 200 after rolling in the region of the i-th step.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2013
    Assignee: SMS Siemag Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Reiner Kopp, Hans-Peter Richter, Heinrich Röse
  • Publication number: 20100300643
    Abstract: A casting roll for a two-roll casting device for the casting of metallic strip from a metal melt, in particular a steel melt, includes a roll body, on a casing surface of which a coating consisting of a coating material is applied by thermal spraying, which has a higher degree of hardness than the roll body. The casting roll according to the invention and the two-roll casting device, while easy to manufacture, has not only a long service life, but also allows for the manufacture of cast strips of optimum quality. This is achieved by the fact that the free surface of the coating, after thermal spraying, has a peak number RPc of at least 10 cm?1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2008
    Publication date: December 2, 2010
    Applicant: ThyssenKrupp Nirosta GmbH
    Inventors: Ulrich Albrecht-Frueh, Roland Sellger, Johann Wilhelm Schmitz, Reiner Kopp, Joerg Lauscher, Martin Franzke
  • Publication number: 20090100890
    Abstract: The invention concerns a rolling stand, a rolling train, and a method for rolling a stepped preprofiled metal strip. In order to guarantee that the metal strip is free of waviness in its longitudinal direction, even after individual thickness reduction of the steps, the invention proposes that the thickness reduction be carried out on a step-specific basis according to the following mathematical relationship: ?hi/hi=?hi+1/hi+1=?=constant, where ?hi represents the amount of the thickness reduction in the region of the i-th step, and hi represents the value of the resulting thickness of the metal strip 200 after rolling in the region of the i-th step.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2007
    Publication date: April 23, 2009
    Inventors: Reiner Kopp, Hans-Peter Richter, Heinrich Rose
  • Patent number: 7418849
    Abstract: A process of producing profiles whose cross-section is variable in the longitudinal direction, characterised by the process stages of cutting a blank 31 with a substantially constant width along a longitudinal direction, deforming the blank 31 by deep-drawing to form an open profile whose cross-section is variable along the longitudinal direction, and cutting the flanges projecting from the open profile.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2008
    Assignee: Muhr und Bender KG
    Inventors: Andreas Hauger, Reiner Kopp, Christoph Wiedner
  • Publication number: 20080028819
    Abstract: A process of producing profiles whose cross-section is variable in the longitudinal direction, characterized by the process stages of cutting a blank 31 with a substantially constant width along a longitudinal direction, deforming the blank 31 by deep-drawing to form an open profile whose cross-section is variable along the longitudinal direction, and cutting the flanges projecting from the open profile.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2007
    Publication date: February 7, 2008
    Inventors: Andreas Hauger, Reiner Kopp, Christoph Wiedner
  • Publication number: 20050257591
    Abstract: A process of producing profiles whose cross-section is variable in the longitudinal direction, characterised by the process stages of cutting a blank 31 with a substantially constant width along a longitudinal direction, deforming the blank 31 by deep-drawing to form an open profile whose cross-section is variable along the longitudinal direction, and cutting the flanges projecting from the open profile.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2005
    Publication date: November 24, 2005
    Inventors: Andreas Hauger, Reiner Kopp, Christoph Wiedner
  • Patent number: 6662616
    Abstract: A method and a device for flexibly rolling a metal band by guiding the metal band through a roll gap formed between a first working roll and a second working roll, and by varying the size of the roll gap in such a way that band sections with a greater band thickness and band sections with a lesser band thickness are obtained over the length of the metal band. In the device and method, the time of contact between each point on the circumference of the first working roll and the metal band is shorter in duration than the time of contact between each point on the circumference of the second working roll and the metal band such that an asymmetric band thickness profile is obtained in a region of the band sections with a lesser band thickness.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2001
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2003
    Assignee: Muhr und Bender KG
    Inventors: Peter Böhlke, Alexander Ebert, Andreas Hauger, Reiner Kopp
  • Patent number: 6602611
    Abstract: The invention relates to a multi-layer composite plates and to a method for producing multi-layer composite plates. Said multi-layer composite plates are comprised of two outer metallic slabs which serve as top and base plates and which are joined to a deformable connecting material located therebetween. The top and base plates are joined to the connecting material by means of a foaming adhesive which fills the cavities remaining in the composite. The cavities remaining in the composite are completely or partially filled by the adhesive. According to the method for producing multi-layer composite plates, adhesive is introduced between the layers to be joined, and the adhesive is subjected to a thermal treatment. The adhesive is completely or partially hardened during the thermal treatment. In the case of the partially hardened adhesive, the adhesive is completely hardened during an additional thermal treatment only after the multi-layer composite plate is reshaped.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2001
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2003
    Assignee: DaimlerChrysler AG
    Inventors: Reiner Kopp, Arndt Gerick, Klaus Lempe-Nauer, Peter Winkler
  • Patent number: 6524408
    Abstract: To produce sheet steel components optimised for loading, a steel strip is cast between two cooled rolls with a variable nip and the thickness of the steel strip is changed by changing the time of contact between the strand shells and the rolls or by changing the cooling intensity of the rolls on the molten steel cast into the gusset formed by the rolls, thereby changing the thickness of the steel strip. Such a strip has a homogeneous structure and can subsequently be given a special quality by hot or cold rolling for its particular purpose of use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2001
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2003
    Assignee: Thyssen Krupp Stahl AG
    Inventors: Wilhelm Schmitz, Dieter Senk, Ulrich Albrecht-Früh, Reiner Kopp
  • Publication number: 20020023472
    Abstract: A method and a device for flexibly rolling a metal band by guiding the metal band through a roll gap formed between a first working roll and a second working roll, and by varying the size of the roll gap in such a way that band sections with a greater band thickness and band sections with a lesser band thickness are obtained over the length of the metal band. In the device and method, the time of contact between each point on the circumference of the first working roll and the metal band is shorter in duration than the time of contact between each point on the circumference of the second working roll and the metal band such that an asymmetric band thickness profile is obtained in a region of the band sections with a lesser band thickness.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2001
    Publication date: February 28, 2002
    Inventors: Peter Bohlke, Alexander Ebert, Andreas Hauger, Reiner Kopp
  • Patent number: 5209211
    Abstract: Heating devices are used to prevent icing and deposition of fuel on the throttle valve under adverse operating conditions; these device comprise electrical resistance hot wires applied to the surface of the throttle valve, yet these wires lead to undesired turbulence in the fuel-air mixture flow. As the length of time in operation increases, the efficiency of the hot wires is lessened by corrosion of their surface. These disadvantages are avoided by integrating the heating device with the component to be heated. To this end, the heating device is disposed in an axial bore of the throttle valve shaft. This arrangement is used especially with mixture-compressing internal combustion engines equipped with carburetors or central injection systems.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 1992
    Date of Patent: May 11, 1993
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Reiner Kopp, Albrecht Baessler, Peter Ropertz
  • Patent number: 5072606
    Abstract: A method of shaping planar parts which have an elastic and plastic range for making components which are curved two dimensionally around two axes under utilization of a high pressure peening shot beam comprises the steps of tension positioning the part to obtain through elastic deformation to obtain the desired contour; peening the surface of the part to be deformed by running a beam of shot along track lines which are essentially lines of equal strain in the parts to be made; controlling the peening shot beam energy such that more central parts receive shot at a higher energy than more peripheral parts of said part; repeating the aforementioned steps on the other side of the part; and separately peening shot treating at least some of thicker edge parts, so as to obtain plastic deformation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 1989
    Date of Patent: December 17, 1991
    Assignee: Dornier GmbH
    Inventors: Winfried Koehler, Klaus-Peter Hornauer, Reiner Kopp, Klaus Baldner, Frank Wuestefeld
  • Patent number: 4967826
    Abstract: A process for producing metal parts in accordance with the principle of squeeze or forge casting wherein a permanent mold (2) is provided having a mold cavity, a seal (4) is placed on an upper edge flange (5) of the mold surrounding the cavity opening (6), liquid metal (9) is introduced into the cavity, an upper die (3) is inserted (7) into the cavity such that the level of the liquid metal is raised until the higher-level cavity created by the seal (4) is filled, the metal is at least partially solidified, and the final shape of the part is produced by pressing (9) in the upper die, with deformation and spreading of the seal. The result is a completely dense workpiece of excellent dimensional stability which has the texture of a forged part and is correspondingly of very high strength.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 1989
    Date of Patent: November 6, 1990
    Assignee: Mannesmann Demag Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Reiner Kopp, Klaus R. Baldner, Klaus Welschof
  • Patent number: 4788842
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method and apparatus for open-die forging of workpieces in forging presses at high forging temperatures, more particularly steel billets or ferrous alloy billets between about 800 and 1250 degrees Celsius. In conventional open-die forging it is often not possible to complete the forging process in a single heat, and the workpiece must therefore be reheated. Also, with direct contact between workpiece and tool, cracks occur, particularly in the vicinity of bulges, the prevention or straightening of which requires repeated transverse hammer- or pressure-forging, so lengthening the cooling time. The total energy consumption for deformation and heating of the workpieces is therefore relatively high.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 1986
    Date of Patent: December 6, 1988
    Assignee: SMS Hasenclever Maschinenfabrik GmbH
    Inventors: Reiner Kopp, Klaus-Rainer Baldner, Paul-Josef Nieschwitz
  • Patent number: 4350035
    Abstract: A method is provided for shaping an object consisting of a material which is both elastic and capable of permanent deformation, by deforming said object with a blast of solid particles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 1980
    Date of Patent: September 21, 1982
    Inventors: Reiner Kopp, Klaus-Peter Hornauer