Inventor · Kleve, DE

Bernd Edenhofer

17Patents
4h-index
20Co-inventors
60Inventor score

Filing activity: Feb 16, 1977 → Mar 15, 2016

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US5052923A Oven for partial heat treatment of tools Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 30 Expired
US5722825A Device for heat-treating metallic work pieces in a vacuum Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 11 Expired
US5352344A Method and apparatus for measuring the oxygen potential of a heat-treatment furnance Physics 9 Expired
US7255829B1 Method and apparatus for treatment of metallic workpieces Chemistry; Metallurgy 8 Expired
US5717186A Method and device for controlling the electric current density across a workpiece during heat treatment in a plasma Electricity 4 Expired
US6406560B1 Method for the thermal treatment of metal Chemistry; Metallurgy 2 Expired
US4074140A Arrangement for measuring temperatures of workpieces to be treated by glow discharge Physics 2 Expired
US8333852B2 Method for conditioning process gases for the heat treatment of metallic work pieces in industrial furnaces Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 2 Active
US8313586B2 Method and device for thermal treatment of metallic materials Chemistry; Metallurgy 2 Active
US6328819A Method and use of an apparatus for the thermal treatment, in particular nitriding treatment, of metal workpieces Chemistry; Metallurgy 2 Expired
US8747731B2 Device for conditioning process gases for the heat treatment of metallic work pieces in industrial furnaces Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 1 Active
US9617611B2 Quenching process and apparatus for practicing said process Chemistry; Metallurgy 1 Active
US4881982A Method for gaseous carburization of steel Chemistry; Metallurgy 1 Expired
US5851314A Method for plasma carburization of metal workpieces Chemistry; Metallurgy 1 Expired
US8465603B2 Method and device for controlling process gases for heat treatments of metallic materials/workpieces in industrial furnaces Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 0 Active
US9816154B2 Process gas preparation apparatus for an industrial furnace system and an industrial furnace system for gas carburizing and hardening of metal workpieces utilizing same Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 0 Active
US7559995B2 Method for heat treatment of metal workpieces as well as a heat-treated workpiece Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 0 Expired

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.