Patents by Inventor Tobias Kalfhaus

Tobias Kalfhaus 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: 20210317558
    Abstract: A surface to be coated of a component is roughened by a laser. The roughened surface is coated by cold spraying. A component may be produced according to the method, which is coated with a layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2019
    Publication date: October 14, 2021
    Inventors: Tobias Kalfhaus, Caren S. Gatzen, Daniel E. Mack, Robert Edward Vaßen
  • Publication number: 20200216942
    Abstract: A method for coating, with a coating material, a monocrystalline substrate surface of a component comprising a monocrystalline alloy includes polishing the monocrystalline substrate surface, transferring the substrate to a vacuum chamber, and heating the entire substrate to a temperature of at least half a melting temperature of the substrate but less than a melting temperature of the substrate. The method further includes applying the coating material in powder form onto the polished monocrystalline substrate surface by vacuum plasma spraying. The powder has a mean particle size in a range of 10 to 200 ?m. A pressure in a range of 1 to 200 mbar is set for the vacuum plasma spraying, and an argon atmosphere having a hydrogen content in a range of 10 to 50 vol. % is used as a working gas for the vacuum plasma spraying.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2018
    Publication date: July 9, 2020
    Inventors: Tobias Kalfhaus, Robert Vassen, Olivier Guillon