Patents by Inventor Stefan Robert Muller

Stefan Robert Muller 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 the surface treatment of aluminium
    Patent number: 8549746
    Abstract: The invention proposes a process for the surface treatment of aluminum in order to produce an electrical contact, and a corresponding component part, wherein an oxide layer on the aluminum surface is removed, for example by etching, in a first step and, in a second step, before an oxide layer is re-formed, the surface is sealed wet-chemically with a conversion layer having metal ions of zirconium or titanium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2013
    Assignee: VALEO Schalter und Sensoren GmbH
    Inventors: Hans-Wilhelm Wehling, Stefan Robert Muller, Dietmar Gruedl
  • PROCESS FOR THE SURFACE TREATMENT OF ALUMINIUM AND A LAYERWISE CONSTRUCTION OF AN ALUMINIUM COMPONENT HAVING AN ELECTRIC CONTACT
    Publication number: 20100213793
    Abstract: The invention proposes a process for the surface treatment of aluminium in order to produce an electrical contact, and a corresponding component part, wherein an oxide layer on the aluminium surface is removed, for example by etching, in a first step and, in a second step, before an oxide layer is re-formed, the surface is sealed wet-chemically with a conversion layer having metal ions of zirconium or titanium.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2008
    Publication date: August 26, 2010
    Applicant: VALEO SCHALTER UND SENSOREN GMBH
    Inventors: Hans-Wilhelm Wehling, Stefan Robert Muller, Dietmar Gruedl