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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8172025 | Safety device for a motor vehicle A safety device for a motor vehicle includes a deformation element which is arranged between a bumper beam and a side rail and moves into the side rail in the event of an impact. The deformation element is configured in the form of an evertable tubular member having... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8152210 | Bumper A bumper for a motor vehicle includes a lightweight cross member attachable transversely to the longitudinal rails of the motor vehicle frame. The cross member includes two longitudinal profiles which are displaceable relative to each other and support each other du... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8146986 | Dashboard support, and method of making a dashboard support A dashboard support for a motor vehicle includes a tubular cross member for installation between A-pillars of a vehicle body, and a holder joined to the cross member for attachment of functional vehicle components. The cross member has at least one slot, oriented in... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8141917 | Energy absorption impact system for motor vehicles A bumper system for motor vehicles includes an energy absorption assembly that extends generally perpendicular to the direction of vehicle travel and is connected with the longitudinal supports of the vehicle frame by crush boxes. The energy absorption assembly has ... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8091763 | Method of making a control arm In a method of making a control arm, a middle piece is held in a mounting of a rotary friction welding machine so as to be constraint against rotation and movement in an axial direction. End pieces are rotated in synchronism on opposite ends of the middle piece so a... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8079624 | Bumper of a motor vehicle A bumper of a motor vehicle includes a cross member which is disposed transversely to a side rail of a motor vehicle frame and has a U-shaped cross section formed by a wall and two legs extending from opposite ends of the wall Extending longitudinally in a direction... | 12/20/2011 |
| 8070904 | Method of making a body part or chassis part of a motor vehicle In a method of making a body part or chassis part of a motor vehicle, several pre-impregnated fiber materials (prepregs) are stacked on top o one another, with an outermost prepreg intended for attachment to a metallic base body being provided with an adhesive. The ... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8056383 | Method of reheating steel part A steel part with regions of different ductility is made by first loading the part onto a heatable rack and then heating the rack with the part on it in a furnace to a temperature above the AC3 point of the part. The part is then removed from the rack and... | 11/15/2011 |
| 8043681 | Method of making a hybrid structure, and hybrid structure In a method of making a hybrid structure, at least one support body is fixed in a tube component which is then placed in an injection molding tool. An injection-molded part is injection-molded to an outer surface of the tube component in an area of the support body.... | 10/25/2011 |
| 8027530 | Apparatus and method for optically surveying and/or examining a welding componentry Apparatus for optically surveying and/or examining a welding componentry, in particular a vehicle axle or instrument panel, includes a measuring space for accommodating a plurality of cameras for taking images of the welding componentry. The images are combined and ... | 09/27/2011 |
| 8002167 | Method of producing a tube connection, and tube connection A method for connecting a tube and a cast component includes widening an end section of the tube to form a widened section, positioning the cast component adjacent to the widened section, and welding the cast component to enclose at least a portion of the widened se... | 08/23/2011 |
| 8001821 | Thermoforming press A thermoforming press for forming and hardening metal sheets includes an upper die and a lower die. At least one of the upper and lower dies has a mold jaw and a support jaw which are movable relative to one another between a first position in which the support jaw ... | 08/23/2011 |
| 7980108 | Bending device for a tubular member A bending device for a tubular member includes a bending tool which is rotatable about an axis. The bending tool includes a circumferential recess and is split transversely to the axis to form a first tool member and a second tool member. Extending tangentially to t... | 07/19/2011 |
| 7971887 | Method of making a subframe of a motor vehicle, and subframe for a motor vehicle In a method of making a subframe of a motor vehicle profile elements made of hollow sections of steel are placed in a casting tool. Subsequently, aluminum material is filled into the casting tool to casting around the profile elements so as to form plural cast nodes... | 07/05/2011 |
| 7946623 | Roll over protection system A roll over protection system for a passenger car, including at least one extended top unit (1) having substantially vertical beam(s) or tube(s) terminated or bridged by a connecting member (7) at their top ends. Initially in a crash, the upper part of... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7931319 | Bumper of a motor vehicle A bumper of a motor vehicle includes a cross member which is disposed transversely to a side rail of a motor vehicle frame and movable from a standby position in a direction of the motor vehicle. Placed between the cross member and the side rail is a crash box. A co... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7926821 | Chassis arrangement with stabilizing system for controlling a driving stability of a motor vehicle A chassis arrangement includes a stabilizer having a single-piece center part with opposite ends, a first stabilizer arm connected to one of the opposite ends of the center part, and a second stabilizer arm connected to the other one of the opposite ends of the cent... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7926615 | Method of making an exhaust-noise attenuation muffler, and exhaust-noise attenuation muffler An exhaust-noise attenuation muffler includes two half-shells, each including an inner shell and an outer shell which are made through deep drawing of a sheet metal blank which can have a thickness between 0.3 mm and 0.5 m. The inner shell or the outer shell is prov... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7901637 | Device for exhaust emission purification for vehicles and production method thereof An exhaust emission purification device including a catalyst body with a plurality of flow channels extending between an intake side and a discharge side of the catalyst body. Further, the catalyst body is formed using a sintered catalyst material. ... | 03/08/2011 |
| 7896412 | Crash box and bumper for a motor vehicle A crash box for placement between a bumper beam and a side rail of a motor vehicle includes a longitudinal profile made of two U-shaped shells having overlapping ends sized to realize a material doubling for increasing side stiffness and to suit the side stiffness t... | 03/01/2011 |
| 7866697 | Releasable holding mechanism and method of use The invention relates to a releasable holding mechanism which may be used to hold and release a roll bar in a roll over protection system. The roll bar is often made part of the seat structure of vehicle, or a part of the chassis of the vehicle. The releasable holdi... | 01/11/2011 |
| 7823939 | Crash box A crash box for installation between a bumper beam and a side rail of a motor vehicle includes an outer tube, and an inner tube which is held inside the outer tube, with the outer and inner tubes being movable in relation to one another. At least one of the inner an... | 11/02/2010 |
| 7810873 | Dashboard support A dashboard support extending between the A-pillars of a motor vehicle includes a passenger-side beam member constructed to suit a load exposure on a passenger side, a driver-side beam member which is constructed to suit a load exposure on a driver side and connecte... | 10/12/2010 |
| 7762063 | Housing for an exhaust gas purification component for forming a joined connection with an exhaust line section, exhaust system having the housing and motor vehicle having the exhaust system A housing for an exhaust gas purification component encloses an interior space in which at least one receptacle is formed by the housing at the outside. An exhaust system includes at least one first exhaust line section and the housing having the exhaust gas purific... | 07/27/2010 |
| 7748743 | Structural or chassis component for a motor vehicle, and method of making such a structural or chassis component In a method of making a structural or chassis component for a motor vehicle, a blank is provided with at least one material supply in an outer region at a distance to the outer edge to serve as material reserve. The blank is placed in a press tool for shaping the bl... | 07/06/2010 |
| 7704447 | Multi-deck furnace A furnace for heating steel plates includes a plurality of horizontal furnace levels in superimposed disposition. Each furnace level is constructed for acceptance of at least one steel plate and includes a transport mechanism for moving the at least one steel plate ... | 04/27/2010 |
| 7671999 | Device for measuring parts by triangulation sensors and an evaluation unit for determining A device for measuring components by a laser triangulation measuring device includes at least two triangulation sensors for determining the height profiles of components. The component is arranged on a movable support plane in a horizontal moving direction relative ... | 03/02/2010 |
| 7654124 | Method of making a sheet metal part for motor vehicles In a method of making a sheet metal part for motor vehicles, a blank is placed with its opposite length sides between outer lower forming jaws of a die. The blank is then clamped by moving the outer lower forming jaws toward one another. Outer upper forming jaws are... | 02/02/2010 |
| 7649623 | Apparatus for optical measurement and/or examination of a welding assembly Apparatus for optical measurement and/or examination of a welding assembly includes a measuring space in which a welding assembly is located. Further disposed in the measuring space is a stationary reference object which is made of a material having a coefficient of... | 01/19/2010 |
| 7647819 | Apparatus for testing a rupture strength of a pipe A pipe testing apparatus includes a rupture device for testing a rupture strength of a pipe. The rupture device has two clamping heads respectively accepting associated ends of the pipe which extends between the clamping heads, and a pressure-application system havi... | 01/19/2010 |
| 7605929 | Apparatus and method for measuring structural parts This present invention relates to an apparatus for measuring structural parts which includes a measuring system having at least two sensors for optoelectronic scanning of such a structural part wherein said part and said sensors are movable relatively to each other ... | 10/20/2009 |
| 7581563 | Exhaust pipe with profiled inner tube, and method of making an exhaust pipe An exhaust pipe for an internal combustion engine includes an inner tube carrying a flow of exhaust gas and surrounded by an outer tube, with an insulating layer disposed between the inner tube and the outer tube. The inner tube has at least one region formed with a... | 09/01/2009 |
| 7578894 | Continuous process for production of steel part with regions of different ductility The interior of a furnace is partitioned into two longitudinally extending and transversely adjacent zones, and one of the zones is heated to a substantially higher treatment temperature than the other of the zones, which may or may not be heated. A steel workpiece ... | 08/25/2009 |
| 7556273 | Control arm structure for wheel suspensions of motor vehicles, and method of making such a control arm structure In a method of making a control arm for a wheel suspension of a motor vehicle a blank of steel material having a tensile strength of at least 800 MPa is shaped, using a sheet metal forming process, into a shell body having a center web and plural flank portions exte... | 07/07/2009 |
| 7546755 | Structural component Elongated structural components having regions of different thicknesses, especially for use in automobile bodies, are produced by flexible rolling metal strip so as to form along a length thereof rolled-strip segments of different wall thickness. The sheet bars are ... | 06/16/2009 |
| 7543866 | Bumper structure A bumper structure for the front and rear area of a motor vehicle includes a bumper cross member, and a crash box placed between the cross member and an end of a side rail. At least two bolted connections, extending in upright direction of the motor vehicle and disp... | 06/09/2009 |
| 7540993 | Continuous process for production of steel part with regions of different ductility The interior of a furnace is partitioned into two longitudinally extending and transversely adjacent zones, and one of the zones is heated to a substantially higher treatment temperature than the other of the zones, which may or may not be heated. A steel workpiece ... | 06/02/2009 |
| 7533553 | Hot-shaping and hardening a workpiece A method of hot-shaping and hardening a hot steel workpiece that is at or above its AC3 temperature. The method has the steps of positioning the hot workpiece between confronting faces of a lower die and an upper die, providing a coolant bath having a liquid level a... | 05/19/2009 |
| 7513137 | Method of making a shaped sheet-metal part A shaped part is made by forming in a flat steel plate a thickness-reducing groove and hot-shaping and hardening the flat steel plate into a three-dimensional shape. Then the plate formed with the groove is cooled, and a piece is sheared off the cooled plate along a... | 04/07/2009 |
| 7475761 | Apparatus for vibration damping in a motor vehicle Apparatus for damping vibration in a motor vehicle includes a vibration damper module having a hollow-cylindrical housing, which has opposite ends closed by force-transmitting end closures, and a control unit for detecting interfering vibration and generating a cont... | 01/13/2009 |
