Patents by Inventor Ron Van Tol

Ron Van Tol 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 PRODUCING A COATED STEEL STRIP FOR PRODUCING TAYLORED BLANKS SUITABLE FOR THERMOMECHANICAL SHAPING, STRIP THUS PRODUCED, AND USE OF SUCH A COATED STRIP
    Publication number: 20100282373
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing a coated steel strip for producing tailored blanks suitable for thermomechanical shaping. The method includes the following steps: providing a hot-rolled steel strip; coating the strip with a metallic coating; cold rolling the strip such that the strip obtains a variable thickness in its length direction, having at least thicker sections and thinner sections, such that tailor rolled blanks (TRBs) can be cut from this strip. The invention also relates to a steel strip thus produced and the use of such a steel strip.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2008
    Publication date: November 11, 2010
    Applicant: CORUS STALL BV
    Inventors: Ron Van Tol, Willem Cornelis Verloop