Patents by Inventor Sebastian Hofener

Sebastian Hofener 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: 9580787
    Abstract: The invention relates to the use of a particle-containing powdered coating material in a coating method selected from the group consisting of cold gas spraying, flame spraying, high-speed flame spraying, thermal plasma spraying and non-thermal plasma spraying, wherein the particles have a relative deformability factor Vm of at most 0.1 and the relative deformability factor is defined according to Formula (I): V m = d D 50 , ( I ) wherein d is the average smallest thickness of the particles, measured vertical to and in the middle half of the longitudinal axis of the particles, and D50 is the average diameter of the volume-averaged particle-size distribution. The invention furthermore relates to a method for coating.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2017
    Assignee: ECKART GMBH
    Inventors: Sebastian Höfener, Markus Rupprecht, Christian Wolfrum, Andreas Reis
  • Publication number: 20140342094
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of a particle-containing powdered coating material, wherein the surface of the particles is at least partially covered with a coating additive, in cold gas spraying, flame spraying, high-speed flame spraying, thermal plasma spraying and non-thermal plasma spraying. Furthermore, the present invention relates to coating methods, in particular the above-named methods, using the powdered coating material according to the invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2012
    Publication date: November 20, 2014
    Applicant: ECKART GMBH
    Inventors: Sebastian Höfener, Markus Rupprecht, Christian Wolfrum, Andreas Reis
  • Publication number: 20140241937
    Abstract: The invention relates to the use of a particle-containing powdered coating material in a coating method selected from the group consisting of cold gas spraying, flame spraying, high-speed flame spraying, thermal plasma spraying and non-thermal plasma spraying, wherein the particles have a relative deformability factor Vm of at most 0.1 and the relative deformability factor is defined according to Formula (I): V m = d D 50 , ( I ) wherein d is the average smallest thickness of the particles, measured vertical to and in the middle half of the longitudinal axis of the particles, and D50 is the average diameter of the volume-averaged particle-size distribution. The invention furthermore relates to a method for coating.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2012
    Publication date: August 28, 2014
    Applicant: ECKART GMBH
    Inventors: Sebastian Höfener, Markus Rupprecht, Christian Wolfrum, Andreas Reis
  • Publication number: 20140230692
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of a particle-containing powdered coating material, wherein an additive has been at least partially applied to the surface of the particles, in coating methods, in particular in cold gas spraying, flame spraying, high-speed flame spraying, thermal plasma spraying and non-thermal plasma spraying. Furthermore, the present invention relates to coating methods, in particular the above-named methods, using the powdered coating material according to the invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2012
    Publication date: August 21, 2014
    Applicant: Eckart GmbH
    Inventors: Sebastian Hofener, Markus Rupprecht, Christian Wolfrum, Marco Greb, Andreas Reis
  • Publication number: 20140050768
    Abstract: The invention relates to copper-containing metal pigments, wherein the copper-containing metal pigments have an elemental copper content of at least 50 wt. %, relative to the total weight of the uncoated copper-containing metal pigment, wherein the copper-containing metal pigments have at least one enveloping metal oxide layer and at least one enveloping chemically non-reactive plastic layer, wherein the sum of the amounts of the at least one chemically non-reactive plastic layer and of the at least one metal oxide layer lies in a range of from 10 to 50 wt. %, relative to the weight of the uncoated metal pigment, and the weight ratio of the at least one metal oxide layer to the at least one chemically non-reactive plastic layer lies in a range of from 1:2 to 1:20. The invention furthermore relates to a method for producing these pigments and the use thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2012
    Publication date: February 20, 2014
    Applicant: ECKART GMBH
    Inventors: Oliver Struck, Phu Qui Nguyen, Dirk Schumacher, Sebastian Hofener