Patents by Inventor THOMAS KOLL
THOMAS KOLL 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).
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Patent number: 11795535Abstract: An aluminum-based coating of a flat steel product is applied in a hot-dipping method and comprises a mass percentage of silicon within a given range. The coating for a flat steel product, in particular for press mold hardening components, offers a shortened required minimum oven dwell time and a sufficiently large processing window when heating in an oven. This is achieved in that the surface of the coating has a degree of absorption for thermal radiation ranging between 0.35 and 0.95 prior to an annealing treatment, where the degree of absorption relates to an oven temperature ranging from 880 to 950° C. during the austenitizing annealing treatment. The invention additionally relates to an improved method for producing a flat steel product with an aluminum-based coating, to an inexpensive method for producing press-hardened components from such flat steel products, and to a press-hardened component made of such flat steel products.Type: GrantFiled: December 27, 2019Date of Patent: October 24, 2023Assignee: Salzgitter Flachstahl GmbHInventors: Marc Debeaux, Friedrich Luther, Thomas Koll
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Patent number: 11505775Abstract: A stirring device of a plug-flow fermentation device includes a shaft rotatable about an axis of rotation which defines an axial direction. The stirring device further includes a boundary stirring element that defines the axial extent of a stirring volume covered by the stirring device. A nearest neighbor of the boundary stirring element in the axial direction has an axial maximum width which is smaller than an axial maximum width of the boundary stirring element and which is larger than an axial maximum width of a next-nearest neighbor of the boundary stirring element.Type: GrantFiled: October 11, 2016Date of Patent: November 22, 2022Assignee: Thöni Industriebetriebe GmbHInventor: Thomas Köll
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Patent number: 11339479Abstract: In a component made of press-form-hardened, aluminium-based coated steel sheet, the coating has a covering which contains aluminum and silicon applied in the hot-dip process. The press-form-hardened component in the transition region between steel sheet and covering has an inter-diffusion zone I, wherein, depending on the layer application of the covering before heating and press hardening, the thickness of the inter-diffusion zone I obeys the following formula: I [?m]<(1/35)×application on both sides [g/m2]+(19/7). Formed on the inter-diffusion zone I is a zone having various intermetallic phases having an average total thickness between 8 and 50 ?m, on which zone there is in turn arranged a covering layer containing aluminum oxide and/or hydroxide having an average thickness of at least 0.05 ?m to at most 5 ?m.Type: GrantFiled: April 13, 2017Date of Patent: May 24, 2022Assignees: SALZGITTER FLACHSTAHL GMBH, VOLKSWAGEN AKTIENGESELLSCHAFTInventors: Thomas Koll, Marc Debeaux, Friedrich Luther, Christian Fritzsche, Stefan Mütze, Frank Beier, Matthias Graul, Jan-Frederik Lass, Haucke-Frederik Hartmann
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Publication number: 20220090250Abstract: An aluminum-based coating of a flat steel product is applied in a hot-dipping method and comprises a mass percentage of silicon within a given range. The coating for a flat steel product, in particular for press mold hardening components, offers a shortened required minimum oven dwell time and a sufficiently large processing window when heating in an oven. This is achieved in that the surface of the coating has a degree of absorption for thermal radiation ranging between 0.35 and 0.95 prior to an annealing treatment, where the degree of absorption relates to an oven temperature ranging from 880 to 950° C. during the austenitizing annealing treatment. The invention additionally relates to an improved method for producing a flat steel product with an aluminum-based coating, to an inexpensive method for producing press-hardened components from such flat steel products, and to a press-hardened component made of such flat steel products.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 27, 2019Publication date: March 24, 2022Inventors: Marc Debeaux, Friedrich Luther, Thomas Koll
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Patent number: 10876195Abstract: In an aluminium-based coating for steel sheets or steel strips, the coating includes an aluminium-based coat applied in a hot-dip coating method, a covering layer containing aluminium oxide and/or hydroxide being arranged on the coat. The covering layer is produced by plasma oxidation and/or hot water treatment at temperatures of at least 90° C., advantageously at least 95° C., and/or steam treatment at temperatures of at least 90° C., advantageously at least 95° C. Alternatively, the covering layer containing aluminium oxide and/or hydroxide can be produced by anodic oxidation, the coat being produced in a molten bath with a Si content of between 8 and 12 wt. %, and an Fe content of between 1 and 4 wt. %, the remainder being aluminium.Type: GrantFiled: February 2, 2017Date of Patent: December 29, 2020Assignees: Salzgitter Flachstahl GmbH, Volkswagen AktiengesellschaftInventors: Thomas Koll, Marc Debeaux, Friedrich Luther, Haucke-Frederik Hartmann, Jan-Frederik Lass, Matthias Graul
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Patent number: 10852172Abstract: Doser for a container containing a substance. The doser includes a dosing member configured to be located at least partially inside a dispensing end of a container. The dosing member includes at least a bottom wall, a retaining wall and a retaining space of predetermined volume configured to retain a dispensable amount of said substance. When the doser is arranged on a container and the container dispenses the dispensable amount of the substance, the dosing member substantially prevents the substance contained in the container from either passing into the retaining space or being dispensed with the dispensable amount.Type: GrantFiled: September 27, 2017Date of Patent: December 1, 2020Assignee: MCCORMICK & COMPANY, INCORPORATEDInventors: Thomas Koll Porter Gieske, Tracie L. C. Wilson
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Publication number: 20200308708Abstract: In a component made of press-form-hardened, aluminium-based coated steel sheet, the coating has a covering which contains aluminum and silicon applied in the hot-dip process. The press-form-hardened component in the transition region between steel sheet and covering has an inter-diffusion zone I, wherein, depending on the layer application of the covering before heating and press hardening, the thickness of the inter-diffusion zone I obeys the following formula: I [?m]<( 1/35)×application on both sides [g/m2]+( 19/7). Formed on the inter-diffusion zone I is a zone having various intermetallic phases having an average total thickness between 8 and 50 ?m, on which zone there is in turn arranged a covering layer containing aluminum oxide and/or hydroxide having an average thickness of at least 0.05 ?m to at most 5 ?m.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 13, 2017Publication date: October 1, 2020Applicants: SALZGITTER FLACHSTAHL GMBH, VOLKSWAGEN AKTIENGESELLSCHAFTInventors: THOMAS KOLL, MARC DEBEAUX, FRIEDRICH LUTHER, CHRISTIAN FRITZSCHE, STEFAN MÜTZE, FRANK BEIER, MATTHIAS GRAUL, JAN-FREDERIK LASS, HAUCKE-FREDERIK HARTMANN
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Patent number: 10550361Abstract: A biogas plant is provided comprising a fermentation container for receiving fermentation material to be fermented. The fermentation container comprises a lower wall part and an upper wall part where the upper wall part is positioned above the lower wall part. Further, the biogas plant comprises a support and a hinge wherein the hinge hingedly connects the fermentation container to the support and wherein the hinge defines a pivot axis about which the upper wall part and the lower wall part are pivotable.Type: GrantFiled: June 19, 2015Date of Patent: February 4, 2020Assignee: THÖNI INDUSTRIEBETRIEBE GMBHInventor: Thomas Köll
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Patent number: 10441101Abstract: Container having a container body comprising a bottom, a rim and a lid securing portion located adjacent the rim. A lid includes a lid base sized and configured to secure the lid to the lid securing portion of the container body and a lid door assembly movably mounted to the lid base. The lid door assembly includes a main door that can assume at least a closed position with respect to the lid base and an open position with respect to the lid base, a first side door that can assume at least a closed position with respect to the main door and an open position with respect to the main door, and a second side door that can assume at least a closed position with respect to the main door and an open position with respect to the main door.Type: GrantFiled: September 18, 2017Date of Patent: October 15, 2019Assignee: MCCORMICK & COMPANY, INCORPORATEDInventors: Tracie L. C. Wilson, Thomas Koll Porter Gieske, Darin Pugne, Adam Beaty, Don Ankney, Ron Myers, Charles A. Webster, Stephen B. Getsy, Dewey Carlile
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Patent number: 10400205Abstract: In accordance with embodiments of the herein disclosed subject matter it is described a stirring device (100) comprising a shaft rotatable about an axis of rotation; a stirring element (106) attached to the shaft, the stirring element (106) having a recess (108); the recess (108) having a surface portion (114) and an edge (116), the edge (116) defining an opening which provides access to the surface portion (114); the recess (108) being spaced from the shaft, wherein a rotation of the shaft defines a moving direction (120) of the recess (108) in which the edge (116) forms a leading edge of the recess (108); the surface portion (114) defining a depth (122) of the recess (108) with regard to the edge (116); and wherein in a direction (124) radially inwardly the depth (122) of the recess (108) is decreasing.Type: GrantFiled: August 12, 2014Date of Patent: September 3, 2019Assignee: THÖNI INDUSTRIEBETRIEBE GMBHInventors: Thomas Köll, Daniel Kern, Michael Krismer
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Publication number: 20190256814Abstract: A stirring device of a plug-flow fermentation device includes a shaft rotatable about an axis of rotation which defines an axial direction. The stirring device further includes a boundary stirring element that defines the axial extent of a stirring volume covered by the stirring device. A nearest neighbor of the boundary stirring element in the axial direction has an axial maximum width which is smaller than an axial maximum width of the boundary stirring element and which is larger than an axial maximum width of a next-nearest neighbor of the boundary stirring element.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 11, 2016Publication date: August 22, 2019Inventor: Thomas Köll
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Publication number: 20190040513Abstract: in an aluminium-based coating for steel sheets or steel strips, the coating includes an aluminium-based coat applied in a hot-dip coating method, a covering layer containing aluminium oxide and/or hydroxide being arranged on the coat. The covering layer is produced by plasma oxidation and/or hot water treatment at temperatures of at least 90° C., advantageously at least 95° C., and/or steam treatment at temperatures of at least 90° C., advantageously at least 95° C. Alternatively, the covering layer containing aluminium oxide and/or hydroxide can be produced by anodic oxidation, the coat being produced in a molten bath with a Si content of between 8 and 12 wt. %, and an Fe content of between 1 and 4 wt. %, the remainder being aluminium.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 2, 2017Publication date: February 7, 2019Applicants: Salzgitter Flachstahl GmbH, Volkswagen AGInventors: THOMAS KOLL, MARC DEBEAUX, FRIEDRICH LUTHER, HAUCKE-FREDERIK HARTMANN, JAN-FREDERIK LASS, MATTHIAS GRAUL
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Patent number: 10159947Abstract: In accordance with embodiments of the herein disclosed subject matter it is described a stirring device (200) for a biogas fermenter wherein the stirring device (200) is configured for stirring a fermentation material and comprises a shaft (102) rotatable about an axis of rotation and a mounting structure (106) attached to the shaft (102). The mounting structure (106) has a first connection surface (112) and the second connection surface (114) and a stirring element (116) is attached to the first connection surface (112) and the second connection surface (114). The first connection surface (112) and the second connection surface (112) are located at opposite sides of the shaft (102) with the shaft being located between the first connection surface (112) and the second connection surface (114). The stirring element (116) may be configured to be spaced from the shaft (102) when the stirring element (116) is attached to the first connection surface (112) and the second connection surface (114).Type: GrantFiled: August 14, 2014Date of Patent: December 25, 2018Assignee: Thöni Industriebetriebe GmbHInventor: Thomas Köll
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Publication number: 20180141726Abstract: Dispenser package comprising a planar backing, a dispenser body coupled to the backing and a flip-up or flip-out cover movable between a closed position and an open position.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 21, 2017Publication date: May 24, 2018Applicant: MCCORMICK & COMPANY, INCORPORATEDInventors: Erik HOLM, Thomas Koll Porter GIESKE, Tracie L.C. WILSON, Troy A. HILL
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Publication number: 20180112169Abstract: A biogas plant is provided comprising a fermentation container for receiving fermentation material to be fermented. The fermentation container comprises a lower wall part and an upper wall part where the upper wall part is positioned above the lower wall part. Further, the biogas plant comprises a support and a hinge wherein the hinge hingedly connects the fermentation container to the support and wherein the hinge defines a pivot axis about which the upper wall part and the lower wall part are pivotable.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 19, 2015Publication date: April 26, 2018Inventor: Thomas Köll
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Publication number: 20180092478Abstract: Container having a container body comprising a bottom, a rim and a lid securing portion located adjacent the rim. A lid includes a lid base sized and configured to secure the lid to the lid securing portion of the container body and a lid door assembly movably mounted to the lid base. The lid door assembly includes a main door that can assume at least a closed position with respect to the lid base and an open position with respect to the lid base, a first side door that can assume at least a closed position with respect to the main door and an open position with respect to the main door, and a second side door that can assume at least a closed position with respect to the main door and an open position with respect to the main door.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 18, 2017Publication date: April 5, 2018Applicant: MCCORMICK & COMPANY, INCORPORATEDInventors: Tracie L.C. WILSON, Thomas Koll Porter GIESKE, Darin PUGNE, Adam BEATY, Don ANKNEY, Ron MYERS, Charles A. WEBSTER, Stephen B. GETSY, Dewey CARLISLE
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Publication number: 20180094959Abstract: Doser for a container containing a substance. The doser includes a dosing member configured to be located at least partially inside a dispensing end of a container. The dosing member includes at least a bottom wall, a retaining wall and a retaining space of predetermined volume configured to retain a dispensable amount of said substance. When the doser is arranged on a container and the container dispenses the dispensable amount of the substance, the dosing member substantially prevents the substance contained in the container from either passing into the retaining space or being dispensed with the dispensable amount.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 27, 2017Publication date: April 5, 2018Applicant: MCCORMICK & COMPANY, INCORPORATEDInventors: Thomas Koll Porter GIESKE, Tracie L.C. WILSON
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Patent number: D809332Type: GrantFiled: February 21, 2017Date of Patent: February 6, 2018Assignee: MCCORMICK & COMPANY, INCORPORATEDInventors: Thomas Koll Porter Gieske, Tracie L. C. Wilson, Olivier Rattin
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Patent number: D810556Type: GrantFiled: November 22, 2016Date of Patent: February 20, 2018Assignee: MCCORMICK & COMPANY, INCORPORATEDInventors: Erik Holm, Thomas Koll Porter Gieske, Troy A. Hill, Tracie L. C. Wilson
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Patent number: D846398Type: GrantFiled: September 19, 2016Date of Patent: April 23, 2019Assignee: MCCORMICK & COMPANY, INCORPORATEDInventors: Tracie L. C. Wilson, Darin Pugne, Adam Beaty, Don Ankney, Ron Myers, Thomas Koll Porter Gieske