Patents by Inventor Volker Denkmann

Volker Denkmann 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: 11495801
    Abstract: The invention relates to a battery electrode foil comprising an aluminium alloy, wherein the aluminium alloy has the following composition in weight percent: Si: 0.07-0.12% by weight, Fe: 0.18-0.24% by weight, Cu: 0.03-0.08% by weight, Mn: 0.015-0.025% by weight, Zn: ?0.01% by weight, Ti: 0.015-0.025% by weight, Zn: ?0.01% by weight, Ti: 0.015-0.025% by weight, Mn: 0.015-0.025% by weight, Zn: ?0.01% by weight, Ti: 0.015-0.025% by weight, wherein the aluminium alloy can contain impurities up to a maximum of 0.01% in each case, up to a maximum of 0.03% in total, but the proportion of aluminium must be at least 99.5% by weight; wherein the battery electrode foil has intermetallic phases of a diameter length of 0.1 to 1.0 ?m with a density of ?9500 particles/mm2. The invention further relates to a process for the production of a battery electrode foil, its use for the production of accumulators, and accumulators containing the battery electrode foil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: Speira GMBH
    Inventors: Galyna Laptyeva, Ulrich Hampel, Volker Denkmann
  • Publication number: 20200328426
    Abstract: The invention relates to a battery electrode foil comprising an aluminium alloy, wherein the aluminium alloy has the following composition in % by weight: Si: 0.01-0.15% by weight, Fe: 0.02-0.4% by weight, Cu: ?0.08% by weight, Mn: ?0.03% by weight, Mg: ?0.03% by weight, Cr: ?0.01% by weight, Ti: 0.005-0, 03% by weight, wherein the aluminium alloy can contain impurities up to a maximum of 0.05% in each case, in total up to a maximum of 0.15%, the remaining % by weight being aluminium, the proportion of aluminium however being at least 99.35% by weight; wherein the battery electrode foil has intermetallic phases with a diameter length of 0.1 to 1.0 ?m with a density of?9500 particles/mm2. The invention further relates to a method for the production of a battery electrode foil, its use for the production of accumulators, and accumulators containing the battery electrode foil.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2018
    Publication date: October 15, 2020
    Inventors: Galyna LAPTYEVA, Ulrich HAMPEL, Volker DENKMANN
  • Patent number: 10792892
    Abstract: The invention relates to the use of an aluminium alloy for an aluminium-plastic composite part or for the production thereof, wherein the aluminium alloy has the following composition: Si: 0.05-0.35 wt. %, Fe: 1.3-1.75 wt. %, Cu:?0.02 wt. %, Mn: 0.015-0.035 wt. %, Mg:?0.003 wt. %, Cr:?0.03 wt. %, Ni:?0.02 wt. %, Zn:?0.03 wt. %, Ti:?0.03 wt. %, contaminants individually up to 0.05 wt. %, in total up to 0.15 wt. %, the remainder being aluminium. The invention further relates to the use of an aluminium sheet product made from an alloy of this type for an aluminium-plastic composite part or the manufacture thereof. Finally, the invention also relates to an alloy of this type and to an aluminium sheet product made from an alloy of this type.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignee: Hydro Aluminium Rolled Products GmbH
    Inventors: Andreas Siemen, Volker Denkmann
  • Publication number: 20200266449
    Abstract: The invention relates to a battery electrode foil comprising an aluminium alloy, wherein the aluminium alloy has the following composition in weight percent: Si: 0.07-0.12% by weight, Fe: 0.18-0.24% by weight, Cu: 0.03-0.08% by weight, Mn: 0.015-0.025% by weight, Zn: ?0.01% by weight, Ti: 0.015-0.025% by weight, Zn: ?0.01% by weight, Ti: 0.015-0.025% by weight, Mn: 0.015-0.025% by weight, Zn: ?0.01% by weight, Ti: 0.015-0.025% by weight, wherein the aluminium alloy can contain impurities up to a maximum of 0.01% in each case, up to a maximum of 0.03% in total, but the proportion of aluminium must be at least 99.5% by weight; wherein the battery electrode foil has intermetallic phases of a diameter length of 0.1 to 1.0 ?m with a density of ?9500 particles/mm2. The invention further relates to a process for the production of a battery electrode foil, its use for the production of accumulators, and accumulators containing the battery electrode foil.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2018
    Publication date: August 20, 2020
    Inventors: Galyna Laptyeva, Ulrich Hampel, Volker Denkmann
  • Publication number: 20190248112
    Abstract: A multi-layered structural component having a layer structure comprising a plurality of layers arranged one atop the other in a stacking direction. The layer structure includes at least one fiber structure consisting of a fiber material and of a thermoplastic binding agent, and at least one aluminum layer made of aluminum or of an aluminum alloy. At least one aluminum layer of the layer structure has a stiffening structure and/or a recess. The disclosure further relates to a method for producing such a structural component and to uses therefor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2019
    Publication date: August 15, 2019
    Applicants: Hydro Aluminium Rolled Products GmbH, Röchling Automotive SE & Co. KG
    Inventors: Volker Denkmann, Andreas Siemen, Frank Uhl
  • Patent number: 10287690
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing an aluminum strip, in which the aluminum strip is coated with a sorption layer which has a binder and a sorbent. The object to propose a method for producing an aluminum strip coated with a sorption layer, by means of which an aluminum strip can be coated cost-effectively having constant performance characteristics with respect to the sorption of, for example, water vapor, is achieved according to the invention by means of a method for producing an aluminum strip coated with a sorption layer by applying a suspension to the aluminum strip in the coil-coating process, which in addition to a liquid comprises at least one binder, formed as a solid, and a sorbent, and by subjecting the aluminum strip, together with the applied suspension, to a drying process, in which the binder is activated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2019
    Assignee: Hydro Aluminium Deutschland GmbH
    Inventors: Volker Denkmann, Ulrich Hampel, Willi Schenkel, Andreas Siemen, Wolf Oetting
  • Patent number: 10105748
    Abstract: A method for producing a strip consisting of aluminum or an aluminum alloy for packaging purposes, in particular for cans, can lids or can closures, which provides an individualized aluminum strip for packaging purposes, with which decorative or identification elements can be reliably embossed without additional production steps being required, for example at the producer of the packaging means, is achieved in that decorative or other identification elements are embossed into the strip in the last rolling pass of cold rolling and in that the strip thickness is greater in the area of the decorative and identification elements than in the remaining areas of the strip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2018
    Assignee: Hydro Aluminium Deutschland GmbH
    Inventors: Volker Denkmann, Wolf Oetting, Andreas Siemen, Wilhelm Schenkel, Boris Kasper
  • Publication number: 20170113439
    Abstract: The invention relates to the use of an aluminium alloy for an aluminium-plastic composite part or for the production thereof, wherein the aluminium alloy has the following composition: Si: 0.05-0.35 wt. %, Fe: 1.3-1.75 wt. %, Cu:?0.02 wt. %, Mn: 0.015-0.035 wt. %, Mg:?0.003 wt. %, Cr:?0.03 wt. %, Ni:?0.02 wt. %, Zn:?0.03 wt. %, Ti:?0.03 wt. %, contaminants individually up to 0.05 wt. %, in total up to 0.15 wt. %, the remainder being aluminium. The invention further relates to the use of an aluminium sheet product made from an alloy of this type for an aluminium-plastic composite part or the manufacture thereof. Finally, the invention also relates to an alloy of this type and to an aluminium sheet product made from an alloy of this type.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 3, 2017
    Publication date: April 27, 2017
    Applicant: Hydro Aluminium Rolled Products GmbH
    Inventors: Andreas Siemen, Volker Denkmann
  • Patent number: 9160006
    Abstract: The invention relates to a current collector foil made of aluminum or an aluminum alloy, to the use of the current collector foil for batteries or accumulators, in particular lithium-ion accumulators, and to a method for producing the current collector foil. The object of providing a current collector foil, which has very good properties with regard to conductivity and tensile strength, and which can also be produced economically, is achieved in that the current collector foil has an acid-pickled or alkali-pickled surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2015
    Assignee: Hydro Aluminium Rolled Products GmbH
    Inventors: Ulrich Hampel, Volker Denkmann, Andreas Siemen, Kathrin Eckhard, Wilhelm Schenkel, Sandra Eberhard, Dieter Bögershausen
  • Publication number: 20140320992
    Abstract: The invention relates to a mirror comprising a reflective surface formed from a composite of a reflective film and a substrate, wherein the reflective film is disposed on the substrate and comprises at least one polymer layer and a metal layer disposed underneath the at least one polymer layer. It is the requirement of the invention to propose a mirror which can be manufactured in a simple way and at the same time comprises an improved corrosion behaviour. According to a first teaching of the present invention the stated requirement is met in that a sealing seam is provided for corrosion protection at least in certain areas, the sealing seam being formed by bonding the polymer layer to the substrate in a material-locking manner, wherein the metal layer is interrupted in the area of the sealing seam.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2014
    Publication date: October 30, 2014
    Applicant: Hydro Aluminium Rolled Products GmbH
    Inventors: Volker Denkmann, Wilhelm Schenkel, Andreas Siemen, Ulrich Hampel, Sandra Eberhard
  • Patent number: 8844135
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for manufacturing a trough mirror for a solar trough, in particular longitudinal solar trough mirrors for solar power stations. One object is to provide a method for manufacturing a trough mirror for a solar trough mirror power station which reduces the costs for installing the solar power station.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2014
    Assignee: Hydro Aluminium Rolled Products GmbH
    Inventors: Volker Denkmann, Wilhelm Schenkel, Andreas Siemen, Ulrich Hampel, Sandra Eberhard
  • Publication number: 20140096375
    Abstract: The invention relates to a current collector foil made of aluminium or an aluminium alloy, to the use of the current collector foil for batteries or accumulators, in particular lithium-ion accumulators, and to a method for producing the current collector foil. The object of providing a current collector foil, which has very good properties with regard to conductivity and tensile strength, and which can also be produced economically, is achieved in that the current collector foil has an acid-pickled or alkali-pickled surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2013
    Publication date: April 10, 2014
    Applicant: Hydro Aluminium Rolled Products GmbH
    Inventors: Ulrich Hampel, Volker Denkmann, Andreas Siemen, Kathrin Eckhard, Wilhelm Schenkel, Sandra Eberhard, Dieter Bögershausen
  • Publication number: 20130309513
    Abstract: The invention relates to a strip or foil (1) made from aluminium or an aluminium alloy that has an external oxide layer. The object of providing a strip or foil made from aluminium or an aluminium alloy in which the thermal and/or electrical conductivity remains consistently high regardless of the formation of an aluminium oxide layer is solved by arranging thermally and/or electrically highly conductive functional particles on one or both sides of the strip or foil, which functional particles at least partly penetrate the oxide layer of on the strip or foil.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2013
    Publication date: November 21, 2013
    Applicant: Hydro Aluminium Rolled Products GmbH
    Inventors: Volker Denkmann, Ulrich Hampel, Andreas Siemen, Kathrin Eckhard, Wilhelm Schenkel, Oliver Seifferth
  • Publication number: 20130247354
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for manufacturing a trough mirror for a solar trough, in particular longitudinal solar trough mirrors for solar power stations. One object is to provide a method for manufacturing a trough mirror for a solar trough mirror power station which reduces the costs for installing the solar power station.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2013
    Publication date: September 26, 2013
    Applicant: Hydro Aluminium Rolled Products GmbH
    Inventors: Volker Denkmann, Wilhelm Schenkel, Andreas Siemen, Ulrich Hampel, Sandra Eberhard
  • Patent number: 8424513
    Abstract: A method for the production of an absorber plate for solar collectors from a strip of metal, in particular of aluminum or an aluminum alloy, includes coating the strip using a coil coating process with a highly selective coating, which has very good absorptive properties for sunlight and ensures very little heat emission.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2013
    Assignee: Hydro Aluminium Deutchland GmbH
    Inventors: Wolf Oetting, Willi Schenkel, Volker Denkmann, Andreas Siemen, Merete Hallenstvet, Axel Blecher, Bente Gilbu Tilset, Anica Lacau, Christian Rone Simon
  • Publication number: 20130064981
    Abstract: Method for making an absorber coating for solar heating and a coating as such to be applied on a metal substrate, in particular a coating to be applied on a thin aluminium metal sheet. The coating is of the sol-gel type based on a metal oxide precursor where pigment particles are intimately mixed into the precursor followed by application of the mixed sol lacquer on the substrate and thereafter reaction in humid air at a required temperature to obtain the sol-gel coating. The precursor may preferably be a CeO2 (NO3) based sol with preferably 20% CeO2 having a particle size of 10-20 nm and a pH of 1.5. Further the pigment may be a manganese ferrite black spinel, Mn3Cu2FeO8.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2012
    Publication date: March 14, 2013
    Inventors: Merete HALLENSTVET, Bente Gilbu Tilset, Volker Denkmann, Andreas Siemen, Anita Lacau, Christian Simon, Axel Blecher, Wilhelm Schenkel
  • Publication number: 20120264601
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing an aluminium strip, in which the aluminium strip is coated with a sorption layer which has a binder and a sorbent. The object to propose a method for producing an aluminium strip coated with a sorption layer, by means of which an aluminium strip can be coated cost-effectively having constant performance characteristics with respect to the sorption of, for example, water vapour, is achieved according to the invention by means of a method for producing an aluminium strip coated with a sorption layer by applying a suspension to the aluminium strip in the coil-coating process, which in addition to a liquid comprises at least one binder, formed as a solid, and a sorbent, and by subjecting the aluminium strip, together with the applied suspension, to a drying process, in which the binder is activated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2010
    Publication date: October 18, 2012
    Applicant: Hydro Aluminium Deutschland GmbH
    Inventors: Volker Denkmann, Ulrich Hampel, Willi Schenkel, Andreas Siemen, Wolf Oetting
  • Publication number: 20120100987
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing an aluminium strip, in which the aluminium strip is coated with a sorption layer which has a binder and a sorbent. The object to propose a method for producing an aluminium strip coated with a sorption layer, by means of which an aluminium strip can be coated cost-effectively having constant performance characteristics with respect to the sorption of, for example, water vapour, is achieved according to the invention by means of a method for producing an aluminium strip coated with a sorption layer by applying a suspension to the aluminium strip in the coil-coating process, which in addition to a liquid comprises at least one binder, formed as a solid, and a sorbent, and by subjecting the aluminium strip, together with the applied suspension, to a drying process, in which the binder is activated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2010
    Publication date: April 26, 2012
    Applicant: Hydro Aluminium Deutschland GmbH
    Inventors: Volker Denkmann, Ulrich Hampel, Willi Schenkel, Andreas Siemen, Wolf Oetting
  • Publication number: 20110183154
    Abstract: A method for producing a strip consisting of aluminum or an aluminum alloy for packaging purposes, in particular for cans, can lids or can closures, which provides an individualized aluminum strip for packaging purposes, with which decorative or identification elements can be reliably embossed without additional production steps being required, for example at the producer of the packaging means, is achieved in that decorative or other identification elements are embossed into the strip in the last rolling pass of cold rolling and in that the strip thickness is greater in the area of the decorative and identification elements than in the remaining areas of the strip.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2009
    Publication date: July 28, 2011
    Applicant: Hydro Aluminium Deutschland GmbH
    Inventors: Volker Denkmann, Wolf Oetting, Andreas Siemen, Wilhelm Schenkel, Boris Kasper
  • Publication number: 20100236543
    Abstract: A method for the production of an absorber plate for solar collectors from a strip of metal, in particular of aluminum or an aluminum alloy, includes coating the strip using a coil coating process with a highly selective coating, which has very good absorptive properties for sunlight and ensures very little heat emission.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2007
    Publication date: September 23, 2010
    Applicant: Hydro Aluminum Deutschland GmbH
    Inventors: Wolf Oetting, Willi Schenkel, Volker Denkmann, Andreas Siemen, Merete Hallenstvet, Anica Lacau, Axel Blecher, Christian Rone Simon, Bente Gilbu Tilset