Patents by Inventor Richard Westergård

Richard Westergård 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: 11014200
    Abstract: The invention concerns a brazing sheet comprising a core layer (5) and a braze cladding, said core layer (5) being aluminium or an aluminium alloy, said braze cladding comprising (a) a flux composite layer (2), which flux composite layer comprises a matrix of aluminium or an aluminium alloy, said matrix containing flux particles; (b) at least one filler alloy layer (1) not containing flux particles; and, (c) an aluminium or aluminium alloy layer (3) not containing flux particles, said layer forming the outermost surface of at least one side of the brazing sheet, wherein the flux composite layer (a) is positioned between said filler alloy layer (b) and said aluminium or aluminium alloy layer (c). The invention further concerns a method for its manufacturing, a cladding plate, use of the brazing sheet and a brazed heat exchanger.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2021
    Assignee: Gränges AB
    Inventors: Stefan Nilsson, Roger Svensson, Richard Westergård, Torkel Stenqvist
  • Publication number: 20190168343
    Abstract: The invention concerns a brazing sheet comprising a core layer (5) and a braze cladding, said core layer (5) being aluminium or an aluminium alloy, said braze cladding comprising (a) a flux composite layer (2), which flux composite layer comprises a matrix of aluminium or an aluminium alloy, said matrix containing flux particles; (b) at least one filler alloy layer (1) not containing flux particles; and, (c) an aluminium or aluminium alloy layer (3) not containing flux particles, said layer forming the outermost surface of at least one side of the brazing sheet, wherein the flux composite layer (a) is positioned between said filler alloy layer (b) and said aluminium or aluminium alloy layer (c). The invention further concerns a method for its manufacturing, a cladding plate, use of the brazing sheet and a brazed heat exchanger.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2017
    Publication date: June 6, 2019
    Applicant: Gränges AB
    Inventors: Stefan NILSSON, Roger SVENSSON, Richard WESTERGÅRD, Torkel STENQVIST
  • Patent number: 10131970
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method for producing AlMn strip or sheet for making components by brazing, as well as the products obtained by said method. In particular this method is related to fin materials used in heat exchangers. The fins can be delivered with or without a cladding depending on application. Rolling slabs are produced from a melt which contains 0.3-1.5% Si, ?0.5% Fe, ?0.3% Cu, 1.0-2.0% Mn, ?0.5% Mg, ?4.0% Zn, ?0.3% each of elements from group IVb, Vb, or VIb elements, and unavoidable impurity elements, as well as aluminum as the remainder in which the rolling slabs prior to hot rolling are preheated at a preheating temperature of less than 550° C., preferably between 400 and 520° C., more preferably between 450 and 520° C. to control the number and size of dispersoid particles, and the preheated rolling slab is hot rolled into a hot strip. The strip is thereafter cold rolled into a strip with a total reduction of at least 90%, and the cold rolled strip is heat treated to obtain a 0.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2018
    Assignee: Gränges Sweden AB
    Inventors: Anders Oskarsson, Hans-Erik Ekström, Richard Westergård, Stian Tangen
  • Publication number: 20150165564
    Abstract: An aluminium brazing sheet comprising an aluminium alloy core material covered by an interlayer and an Al—Si braze alloy is disclosed. The interlayer consists of an aluminium alloy comprising ?1.0% Si and 0.1-2.5% Mg. The Al—Si braze alloy comprises 5-14% Si and 0.01-1.0% Bi. The core material and the interlayer has a higher melting temperature than the braze alloy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2013
    Publication date: June 18, 2015
    Applicant: Gränges Sweden AB
    Inventors: Linda Ahl, Richard Westergård, David Abrahamsson
  • Publication number: 20120177947
    Abstract: A multi layered aluminum alloy brazing sheet including a core material, an intermediate layer on at least one side of the core material, the intermediate layer comprising an Al—Si braze alloy, and a thin covering layer on top of the intermediate layer, The core material and the covering layer have a higher melting temperature than the Al—Si braze alloy. The covering layer includes Bi 0.01 to 1.0 wt-%, Mg?0.01 wt-%, Mn?1.0 wt-%, Cu?1.2 wt-%, Fe?1.0 wt-%, Si?4.0 wt-%, Ti?0.1 wt-%, Zr, Cr, V and/or Sc in total ?0.2%, and unavoidable impurities each in amounts less than 0.05 wt-%, and a total impurity content of less than 0.2 wt-%, the balance including aluminium. A heat exchanger including the alloy brazing sheet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2010
    Publication date: July 12, 2012
    Applicant: SAPA HEAT TRANFER AB
    Inventors: David Abrahamsson, Richard Westergård, Torkel Stenqvist
  • Patent number: 7691489
    Abstract: An aluminum alloy, a clad or unclad material for a brazed product containing the alloy as a core, and a method for producing the material, wherein the material is used for manufacturing the brazed product from the alloy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2010
    Assignee: Sapa Heat Transfer AB
    Inventors: Hans-Erik Ekström, Stefan Wass, Richard Westergård, Anders Oscarsson, Annika Moberg