Patents by Inventor Wolfram Volk

Wolfram Volk 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: 12599956
    Abstract: A casting device and a casting processes for producing a cast component in a mold in which a mold cavity is formed, and a cast component produced by means of the casting process. The casting device includes a first melt feeder, configured to receive a first molten material, a second melt feeder, configured to receive a second molten material, and a feed device configured for simultaneous or temporally independent charging of the mold cavity with the first molten material from the first melt feeder and the second molten material from the second melt feeder by means of gravity. It is provided that the feed device has at least one first outlet that can be introduced into the mold cavity and can be moved relative to the mold cavity in order to charge the mold cavity with the first molten material and/or the second molten material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2026
    Assignee: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Förderung der angewandten Forschung e.V.
    Inventors: Wolfram Volk, Stefan Braunreuther, Thomas Gress, Simon Schmid
  • Publication number: 20250303464
    Abstract: A method for molding a hardenable molding compound may comprise containing a hardenable molding compound in a cavity. The hardenable molding compound may be in a fluid state and the cavity may be delimited by a first mold part and at least one second mold part of a molding tool. After a defined period of time for heating the first mold part and the second mold part by the molding compound, the method may further comprise generating at least a first relative movement between the first mold part and the second mold part so that the cavity becomes smaller while forming one or more thin-walled regions. The one or more thin-walled regions having a material thickness of not more than 5 mm. The method may further comprise allowing the molding compound to harden.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2023
    Publication date: October 2, 2025
    Inventors: Wolfram VOLK, Daniel GÜNTHER, Steffen KLAN, Patricia ERHARD, Christoph HARTMANN, Philipp LECHNER, Florian STEINLEHNER
  • Publication number: 20240269733
    Abstract: A casting device and a casting processes for producing a cast component in a mold in which a mold cavity is formed, and a cast component produced by means of the casting process. The casting device includes a first melt feeder, configured to receive a first molten material, a second melt feeder, configured to receive a second molten material, and a feed device configured for simultaneous or temporally independent charging of the mold cavity with the first molten material from the first melt feeder and the second molten material from the second melt feeder by means of gravity. It is provided that the feed device has at least one first outlet that can be introduced into the mold cavity and can be moved relative to the mold cavity in order to charge the mold cavity with the first molten material and/or the second molten material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2022
    Publication date: August 15, 2024
    Inventors: Wolfram Volk, Stefan BRAUNREUTHER, Thomas GRESS, Simon SCHMID