Patents by Inventor Stefan KMETSCH

Stefan KMETSCH 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 metal workpiece
    Patent number: 12275048
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing a desired metal workpiece (134), the method comprising: producing an elongate finished material (116; 222) by hot rolling, wherein a first data record (112) is assigned to the finished material (116; 222), wherein the finished material (116; 222) is logically divided in the longitudinal direction thereof into a plurality of first segments (118), wherein the first data record, for each of the first segments (118), includes first physical data (228) characterizing the segment; and working the finished material (116; 222) using a processing process to obtain the desired metal workpiece (134), wherein the processing process is at least partially controlled based on the first physical data (228) characterizing the first segments (118) that are logically assigned to the finished material (116; 222).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2025
    Assignees: THYSSENKRUPP HOHENLIMBURG GMBH, THYSSENKRUPP AG
    Inventors: Marcel Schulz, Stefan Kmetsch, Peter Manthey, Thomas Ewert
  • METHOD FOR PRODUCING A METAL WORKPIECE
    Publication number: 20210394244
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing a desired metal workpiece (134), the method comprising: producing an elongate finished material (116; 222) by hot rolling, wherein a first data record (112) is assigned to the finished material (116; 222), wherein the finished material (116; 222) is logically divided in the longitudinal direction thereof into a plurality of first segments (118), wherein the first data record, for each of the first segments (118), includes first physical data (228) characterizing the segment; and working the finished material (116; 222) using a processing process to obtain the desired metal workpiece (134), wherein the processing process is at least partially controlled based on the first physical data (228) characterizing the first segments (118) that are logically assigned to the finished material (116; 222).
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2020
    Publication date: December 23, 2021
    Inventors: Marcel SCHULZ, Stefan KMETSCH, Peter MANTHEY, Thomas EWERT