Patents by Inventor Uwe Panther

Uwe Panther 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).

  • Method for producing a workpiece in the form of a metal sheet with at least one at least partly rolled edge, and workpiece produced in such a way
    Patent number: 7395687
    Abstract: A method for producing a workpiece in the form of a metal sheet with at least one at least partly rolled edge, said at least one edge to be rolled having a length in a longitudinal direction and a curvature in at least one portion along said longitudinal direction, comprises the steps of providing said workpiece, in said at least one portion which has said curvature, with at least one material projection extending in said longitudinal direction of said edge over a part of said length of said at least one edge to be rolled, so that said edge, along said material projection, projects beyond remaining portions of said edge adjoining said material projection transversely to said longitudinal direction of said edge, and subsequently rolling said edge including said material projection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2008
    Assignee: PROGRESS-WERK Oberkirch AG
    Inventors: Werner Koenig, Hansjoerg Schneider, Uwe Panther, Volker Bienmueller
  • Method for producing a workpiece in the form of a metal sheet with at least one at least partly rolled edge, and workpiece produced in such a way
    Publication number: 20060230808
    Abstract: A method for producing a workpiece in the form of a metal sheet with at least one at least partly rolled edge, said at least one edge to be rolled having a length in a longitudinal direction and a curvature in at least one portion along said longitudinal direction, comprises the steps of providing said workpiece, in said at least one portion which has said curvature, with at least one material projection extending in said longitudinal direction of said edge over a part of said length of said at least one edge to be rolled, so that said edge, along said material projection, projects beyond remaining portions of said edge adjoining said material projection transversely to said longitudinal direction of said edge, and subsequently rolling said edge including said material projection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2006
    Publication date: October 19, 2006
    Inventors: Werner Koenig, Hansjoerg Schneider, Uwe Panther, Volker Bienmueller