Patents by Inventor Thomas MERTENS

Thomas MERTENS 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).

  • Publication number: 20180050504
    Abstract: A process arrangement and a process for the production of a fiber-reinforced plastics component made of at least one continuous-fiber-reinforced semifinished textile fiber product with reactive thermoplastic matrix material, where during the manufacture of the semifinished fiber product trimming residues arise, composed of a composite made of fibers and of the reactive thermoplastic matrix material. The trimming residues obtained during the manufacture of the semifinished fiber product are supplied to a recycling unit for the provision of a recyclate as reactive, as yet unpolymerized starting material for the production of a further component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2016
    Publication date: February 22, 2018
    Applicant: Volkswagen AG
    Inventors: Thomas MERTENS, Max EHLEBEN, Christine KUNZE, Olaf TÄGER, Maurice BITTERLICH, Katja ZEUNER, Philippe DESBOIS, Andreas WOLLNY
  • Publication number: 20180029249
    Abstract: A process for the production of fiber-reinforced components or semifinished products is provided, where fibers are saturated with monomer. The process includes at least one of adding flakes including fibers and adding individual fibers. For this, the fibers, the monomer, and the flakes including fibers and/or the individual fibers are added to an injection-molding machine and forced into an injection mold, whereupon polymerization of the monomer is completed in the injection mold. Alternatively a fiber structure on a conveyor belt is saturated with a solution including a monomer, optionally including an activator, and optionally including a catalyst. In a following step, individual fibers and/or flakes including fibers are distributed on the saturated fiber structure, the fiber structure is passed through a roll pair in which pressure is exerted onto the fiber structure, and finally the saturated fiber structure is cooled so that the monomer solidifies.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2016
    Publication date: February 1, 2018
    Inventors: Philippe Desbois, Andreas Wollny, Max Ehleben, Maurice Bitterlich, Katja Zeuner, Thomas Mertens, Olaf Taeger-lng
  • Publication number: 20170326821
    Abstract: A process arrangement for producing a fiber-reinforced plastic component comprises a stacking station in which pre-impregnated textile semi-finished products can be stacked, and an assembly station in which the semi-finished products can be further processed to form the layered packet. The forming of the fiber-reinforced plastic component is subsequently carried out in the press. According to the invention, the stacking station is assigned at least one transport and/or storage container in which the semi-finished products can be stored air-tight, light-proof, and/or moisture-tight shielding and can be transported to the assembly station.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2015
    Publication date: November 16, 2017
    Applicant: Volkswagen Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Maurice BITTERLICH, Max EHLEBEN, Katja ZEUNER, Thomas MERTENS
  • Publication number: 20160169599
    Abstract: A heat exchanger may include input-side and output-side tube plates and tubes supported therein, forming a first flow duct for a first medium. A housing may surround the tube plates and the tubes, forming a second flow duct for a second medium running between the tubes in the housing. The heat exchanger may further include at least one turbulence-generating insert arranged in the second flow duct between the tubes, the insert having ducts with permeable side walls for the second medium, and at least one dividing wall duct having closed side walls and being spaced apart at least at one longitudinal end from the housing. The at least one dividing wall duct may be designed to be open at both longitudinal ends, may be produced by a compression process, and may have a rising first flank and a second flank engaging below the second flank.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2015
    Publication date: June 16, 2016
    Inventors: Jens Richter, Bjoern Haller, Johannes Kaelber, Thomas Merten, Tobias Isermeyer
  • Publication number: 20160003554
    Abstract: A stacked-plate cooler may include a plurality of heat exchanger plates arranged one on top of the other to define a stack. A base plate may be arranged on one end of the stack. The base plate may include a planar plate and a frame plate arranged over the planar plate. The frame plate may define a bead-shaped inner edge. The bead-shaped inner edge of the frame plate may be at least linearly connected to at least one of the plurality of heat exchanger plates.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2015
    Publication date: January 7, 2016
    Inventors: Andreas Draenkow, Thomas Merten
  • Patent number: 7681599
    Abstract: A line pipe for the transport of deep-frozen media, consisting of at least two corrugated metal pipes (2, 4) arranged concentrically and at a distance from one another, an insulation layer (3) being arranged in the annular gap between the two metal pipes (2, 4), the annular gap being evacuated, and a closing valve (10) provided in the outer metal pipe (4) being connectable to a vacuum pump, the closing valve being welded, vacuum-tight, into a smooth-walled metal pipe (9) welded, vacuum-tight, to the exterior of the metal pipes (4). The valve body (10) of the closing valve projects into the interior of the smooth-walled metal pipe (9) and is flush with the outer surface area of the smooth-walled metal pipe (9).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2010
    Assignee: Nexans
    Inventors: Stephan Lange, Michele Di Palma, Christian Frohne, Klaus Schippl, Thomas Merten
  • Publication number: 20070164246
    Abstract: A line pipe for the transport of deep-frozen media, consisting of at least two corrugated metal pipes (2, 4) arranged concentrically and at a distance from one another, an insulation layer (3) being arranged in the annular gap between the two metal pipes (2, 4), the annular gap being evacuated, and a closing valve (10) provided in the outer metal pipe (4) being connectable to a vacuum pump, the closing valve being welded, vacuum-tight, into a smooth-walled metal pipe (9) welded, vacuum-tight, to the exterior of the metal pipes (4). The valve body (10) of the closing valve projects into the interior of the smooth-walled metal pipe (9) and is flush with the outer surface area of the smooth-walled metal pipe (9).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2006
    Publication date: July 19, 2007
    Inventors: Stephan Lange, Michele Di Palma, Christian Frohne, Klaus Schippl, Thomas Merten
  • Patent number: 6103068
    Abstract: A process for antifelt finishing of wool material composed of especially animal hairs by means of a low temperature plasma treatment, characterized in that moist wool material having a water content of 4 to 40% by weight is exposed, prior to further processing into textile fabrics or webs, to a high frequency discharge having a frequency of 1 kHz to 3 GHz and a discharge power density of 0.001 to 3 W/cm.sup.3 at a pressure of 10.sup.-2 to 10 mbar for a period of 1 to 600 sec in the presence or absence of non-polymerized gases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 1998
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2000
    Assignee: Bayer Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Thomas Merten, Helga Thomas, Hartwig Hocker