Patents by Inventor Simone Wilks

Simone Wilks 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).

  • Process for producing aluminum-containing honeycomb bodies using radiant heaters
    Patent number: 7353980
    Abstract: A method for producing aluminum-containing honeycomb bodies includes providing at least partly structured aluminum-based metal foils. The at least partly structured metal foils are stacked and/or wound to form a honeycomb structure having passages. The metal foils are heated from an open end face of the passages with at least one radiant heater. The honeycomb structure is heated in at least one subregion in such a way that the at least one subregion has a temperature between approximately 450° C. and approximately 600° C. after approximately 2 seconds to approximately 30 seconds. The metal foils are connected together in the at least one subregion by technical joining.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2008
    Assignee: Emitec Gesellschaft fuer Emissionstechnologie mbH
    Inventors: Simone Wilks, Arndt-Udo Rolle
  • Process for producing aluminum-containing honeycomb bodies using radiant heaters
    Publication number: 20060186176
    Abstract: A method for producing aluminum-containing honeycomb bodies includes providing at least partly structured aluminum-based metal foils. The at least partly structured metal foils are stacked and/or wound to form a honeycomb structure having passages. The metal foils are heated from an open end face of the passages with at least one radiant heater. The honeycomb structure is heated in at least one subregion in such a way that the at least one subregion has a temperature between approximately 450° C. and approximately 600° C. after approximately 2 seconds to approximately 30 seconds. The metal foils are connected together in the at least one subregion by technical joining.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2006
    Publication date: August 24, 2006
    Inventors: Simone Wilks, Arndt-Udo Rolle