Patents by Inventor Thomas Froitzheim

Thomas Froitzheim 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: 10434696
    Abstract: The invention relates to an annular die on an extrusion head for producing tubular or sheet-like preforms with an arcuate die gap and with a melt channel delimited by a mandrel and a die body, the cross-sectional profile of the melt channel being variable by way of adjusting elements, the annular die according to the invention being distinguished by the fact that the outer circumference of the melt channel is at least partially delimited directly by at least one radially adjustable slide, that the slide is formed by a number of segments that can be adjusted together from at least one first position into at least one second position, and that the segments in each position form a respectively closed arc portion of the delimitation of the melt channel, the radius of the arc portion being different according to the position of the segments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2019
    Assignee: KAUTEX TEXTRON GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Joachim Eckhardt, Thomas Froitzheim, David Schenkel
  • Publication number: 20180297261
    Abstract: The invention relates to an annular die on an extrusion head for producing tubular or sheet-like preforms with an arcuate die gap and with a melt channel delimited by a mandrel and a die body, the cross-sectional profile of the melt channel being variable by way of adjusting elements, the annular die according to the invention being distinguished by the fact that the outer circumference of the melt channel is at least partially delimited directly by at least one radially adjustable slide, that the slide is formed by a number of segments that can be adjusted together from at least one first position into at least one second position, and that the segments in each position form a respectively closed arc portion of the delimitation of the melt channel, the radius of the arc portion being different according to the position of the segments.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2018
    Publication date: October 18, 2018
    Inventors: Joachim Eckhardt, Thomas Froitzheim, David Schenkel
  • Patent number: 10005220
    Abstract: The invention relates to an annular die (1) on an extrusion head for producing tubular or sheet-like preforms with an arcuate die gap and with a melt channel (4) delimited by a mandrel (2) and a die body (3), the cross-sectional profile of the melt channel (4) being variable by way of adjusting elements, the annular die according to the invention being distinguished by the fact that the outer circumference of the melt channel (4) is at least partially delimited directly by at least one radially adjustable slide (5), that the slide (5) is formed by a number of segments that can be adjusted together from at least one first position into at least one second position, and that the segments in each position form a respectively closed arc portion of the delimitation of the melt channel (4), the radius of the arc portion being different according to the position of the segments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2018
    Assignee: KAUTEX TEXTRON GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Joachim Eckhardt, Thomas Froitzheim, David Schenkel
  • Publication number: 20150021811
    Abstract: The invention relates to an annular die (1) on an extrusion head for producing tubular or sheet-like preforms with an arcuate die gap and with a melt channel (4) delimited by a mandrel (2) and a die body (3), the cross-sectional profile of the melt channel (4) being variable by way of adjusting elements, the annular die according to the invention being distinguished by the fact that the outer circumference of the melt channel (4) is at least partially delimited directly by at least one radially adjustable slide (5), that the slide (5) is formed by a number of segments that can be adjusted together from at least one first position into at least one second position, and that the segments in each position form a respectively closed arc portion of the delimitation of the melt channel (4), the radius of the arc portion being different according to the position of the segments.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2013
    Publication date: January 22, 2015
    Inventors: Joachim Eckhardt, Thomas Froitzheim, David Schenkel
  • Publication number: 20110129560
    Abstract: The invention concerns a nozzle for the production of hollow bodies of thermoplastic material by extrusion blow molding. According to the invention, continuous extrusion of at least two preforms in web form of plasticized material is effected by means of a plurality of extrusion devices. The preforms are jointly shaped to form a hollow body in the still plastic condition, that is to say, in the first heat, within a multi-part tool forming a mold cavity. In that case, a wall thickness profile is imparted to at least one preform during the extrusion operation independently of the respective other preform by continuous nozzle gap adjustment during the extrusion operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2011
    Publication date: June 2, 2011
    Applicant: KAUTEX TEXTRON GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Matthias Borchert, Gerd Wolter, Harald Lorenz, Dirk Eulitz, Timo Kramer, Thomas Froitzheim, Joachim Eckhardt
  • Patent number: 7906062
    Abstract: The invention concerns a process for the production of hollow bodies of thermoplastic material by extrusion blow molding. In the process according to the invention continuous extrusion of at least two preforms in web form of plasticized material is effected by means of a plurality of extrusion devices. The preforms are jointly shaped to form a hollow body in the still plastic condition, that is to say in the first heat, within a multi-part tool forming a mold cavity. In that case a wall thickness profile is imparted to at least one preform during the extrusion operation independently of the respective other preform by continuous nozzle gap adjustment during the extrusion operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2011
    Assignee: Kautex Textron GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Matthias Borchert, Gerd Wolter, Harald Lorenz, Dirk Eulitz, Timo Kramer, Thomas Froitzheim, Joachim Eckhardt
  • Publication number: 20090102102
    Abstract: The invention concerns a process for the production of hollow bodies of thermoplastic material by extrusion blow molding. In the process according to the invention continuous extrusion of at least two preforms in web form of plasticized material is effected by means of a plurality of extrusion devices. The preforms are jointly shaped to form a hollow body in the still plastic condition, that is to say in the first heat, within a multi-part tool forming a mold cavity. In that case a wall thickness profile is imparted to at least one preform during the extrusion operation independently of the respective other preform by continuous nozzle gap adjustment during the extrusion operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2007
    Publication date: April 23, 2009
    Applicant: KAUTEX TEXTRON GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Matthias Borchert, Gerd Wolter, Harald Lorenz, Dirk Eulitz, Timo Kramer, Thomas Froitzheim, Joachim Eckhardt
  • Publication number: 20060278292
    Abstract: The invention relates to an extrusion blow-molded filling tube (1) made of plastic for a motor vehicle fuel tank, which consists of a multilayered coextrudate and has mouth areas (7) at each end, which each have a flange and/or faces (8) provided for welding to connecting parts. The inventive filling tube (1) is characterized in that the two mouth areas (7), which are located at different ends, are provided with a defined wall thickness and a defined inside diameter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2004
    Publication date: December 14, 2006
    Inventors: Thomas Froitzheim, Frank Hager, Matthias Borchert, Marco Engels, Georg Reinelt
  • Publication number: 20040129708
    Abstract: In a fuel tank of plastic material with functional components contained therein for implementing functions such as operational venting, refuelling, refuelling venting and drawing off fuel, the functional components are pre-mounted on a carrier which equipped therewith was fitted into the tank or which was already integrated into the tank upon shaping thereof. The carrier is in the form of a hollow body through which fuel can circulate within the tank.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2003
    Publication date: July 8, 2004
    Inventors: Matthias Borchert, Frank Hager, Dieter Schmitz, Mahmud Al-Haj Mustafa, Gerd Wolter, Thomas Froitzheim, Rolf Deindorfer, Walter Kolf, Detlef Ankert