Patents by Inventor Alexander Wildhaber

Alexander Wildhaber 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: 7870931
    Abstract: The sound-absorbing insulation element is used everywhere sound and/or heat sources have to be shielded, preferably in automotive engineering as a heat shield. The insulation element comprises at least one studded sheet-shaped element which is provided with strengthening embossments. The strengthening embossments have an embossment base and embossment flanks. According to the invention, the sheet-shaped element exhibits material compression, that is to say material hardening, in the region of the embossment flanks. Fissures which have a bizarrely shaped contour lie in the embossment base. These fissures are produced by the stretching and tearing of the embossment base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2011
    Assignee: Rieter Technologies AG
    Inventor: Alexander Wildhaber
  • Patent number: 7677358
    Abstract: The invention relates to a thin sound absorbing multi-layer assembly, which is intended, in particular, to reduce interior or exterior noise of a motor vehicle. The assembly according to the invention comprises at least three stacked layers consisting respectively of: a first layer (4) being impervious and having an area weight of between (20) to (100 g/m2); a second layer (3) having an air flow resistance of between (250) to (2500 Ns/m3) and an area weight of between (15) to (250 g/m2); a third layer (2) being an open pored, acoustic spring type layer having a thickness of between (2) to (30 mm) and an area weight of between (50) to (1000 g/m2).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2010
    Assignee: Rieter Technologies, AG
    Inventors: Gabriele Tocchi, Phillippe Pierre Godano, Bertrand Francois Delmas, Jan Horak, Tommy Goran Falk, Karim Bouteraa, Alexander Wildhaber
  • Publication number: 20090301811
    Abstract: The sound-absorbing insulation element is used everywhere sound and/or heat sources have to be shielded, preferably in automotive engineering as a heat shield. The insulation element comprises at least one studded sheet-shaped element which is provided with strengthening embossments. The strengthening embossments have an embossment base and embossment flanks. According to the invention, the sheet-shaped element exhibits material compression, that is to say material hardening, in the region of the embossment flanks. Fissures which have a bizarrely shaped contour lie in the embossment base. These fissures are produced by the stretching and tearing of the embossment base.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2007
    Publication date: December 10, 2009
    Applicant: Rieter Technologies AG
    Inventor: Alexander Wildhaber
  • Publication number: 20080257641
    Abstract: The invention relates to a thin sound absorbing multi-layer assembly, which is intended, in particular, to reduce interior or exterior noise of a motor vehicle. The assembly according to the invention comprises at least three stacked layers consisting respectively of: a first layer (4) being impervious and having an area weight of between (20) to (100 g/m2); a second layer (3) having an air flow resistance of between (250) to (2500 Ns/m3) and an area weight of between (15) to (250 g/m2); a third layer (2) being an open pored, acoustic spring type layer having a thickness of between (2) to (30 mm) and an area weight of between (50) to (1000 g/m2).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2006
    Publication date: October 23, 2008
    Inventors: Gabriele Tocchi, Phillippe Pierre Godano, Bertrand Francois Delmas, Jan Horak, Tommy Goran Falk, Karim Bouteraa, Alexander Wildhaber
  • Publication number: 20080203751
    Abstract: The invention relates to an acoustically effective underfloor cladding A), for a vehicle comprising at least one form-stabilising structure (b) in which at least one acoustically-effective material (a, a2 . . . x) is embedded. The distribution, thickness and type of the material embedded in the acoustically-effective region is selected such that the locally different acoustic conditions are optimally accounted for.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2006
    Publication date: August 28, 2008
    Inventor: Alexander Wildhaber
  • Publication number: 20070160864
    Abstract: A component for use in thermally stressed areas of vehicles, e.g. in the area of the engine compartment underside, comprises a thermoplastic part i.e. a supporting layer (2) that is thermally protected by a metallic foil (3). In order to improve the adherence of the metallic foil (3), the metallic foil (3) is provided with a multitude of folding pockets (4) anchored in the thermoplastic material of the supporting layer (2). This creates a positive connection between the metallic foil (3) and the supporting layer (2).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2005
    Publication date: July 12, 2007
    Inventors: Hermann De Ciutiis, Alexander Wildhaber
  • Publication number: 20070009726
    Abstract: A component for reducing the noise level in vehicle interiors comprises chamber absorbers (4) encapsulated between an inner and outer plate (2, 3). This chamber absorber (4) can be spaced from an intermediate layer (5) by creating an air space (A). This component can be used as a vehicle flooring.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2004
    Publication date: January 11, 2007
    Inventors: Alexander Wildhaber, Dirk Lehmann, Phillppe Godano, Maurizio Mantovani
  • Patent number: 6821607
    Abstract: The method and the device for manufacturing an acoustically effective foil stack (9) made of embossed foil webs (5e, 5f, 5g, 5h) is characterised by the fact that at least two foil webs lying over one another (5a, 5b, 5c, 5d) are embossed at the same time, are conveyed along different length conveying routes (W, W1, W2, W3), and then are brought together into a stack (9), and embossed foil webs (5e, 5f, 5g, 5h) arranged to be lying next to one another are laid down in an offset fashion due to the different length conveying routes (W, W1, W2, W3). A particularly advantageous design of the embossing rollers (1a, 1b) provides foil webs which have knobs with a draped or folded type structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2004
    Assignee: Rieter Automotive (International) AG
    Inventors: Evelyn Zwick, Alexander Wildhaber
  • Patent number: 6613174
    Abstract: The method and the device for manufacturing an acoustically effective foil stack (9) made of embossed foil webs (5e, 5f, 5g, 5h) is characterised by the fact that at least two foil webs lying over one another (5a, 5b, 5c, 5d) are embossed at the same time, are conveyed along different length conveying routes (W, W1, W2, W3), and then are brought together into a stack (9), and embossed foil webs (5e, 5f, 5g, 5h) arranged to be lying next to one another are laid down in an offset fashion due to the different length conveying routes (W, W1, W2, W3). A particularly advantageous-design of the embossing rollers (1a, 1b) provides foil webs which have knobs with a draped or folded type structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2000
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2003
    Assignee: Rieter Automotive (International) AG
    Inventors: Evelyn Zwick, Alexander Wildhaber
  • Publication number: 20030161998
    Abstract: The method and the device for manufacturing an acoustically effective foil stack (9) made of embossed foil webs (5e, 5f, 5g, 5h) is characterised by the fact that at least two foil webs lying over one another (5a, 5b, 5c, 5d) are embossed at the same time, are conveyed along different length conveying routes (W, W1, W2, W3), and then are brought together into a stack (9), and embossed foil webs (5e, 5f, 5g, 5h) arranged to be lying next to one another are laid down in an offset fashion due to the different length conveying routes (W, W1, W2, W3). A particularly advantageous design of the embossing rollers (1a, 1b) provides foil webs which have knobs with a draped or folded type structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2003
    Publication date: August 28, 2003
    Applicant: Rieter Automotive (International) AG
    Inventors: Evelyn Zwick, Alexander Wildhaber
  • Patent number: 6352787
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing an insulating pack (10), according to which a stack (9) of metallic lamellae is cold-welded simultaneously along a predefined contour and separated from a remaining area. The insulating pack produced according to the invention preferably has a plurality of knobbed and/or perforated aluminium foils (12, 14, 16) and at least one stretch film (18) and is characterized by a narrow welding seam (20) extending along the edge. The insulating pack can be used as an insulating part on its own or loosely inserted into an additional supporting or covering layer. Such insulating parts can be configured in an acoustically active manner and are used in the motor industry, machine industry and/or electronic or computer industry. Means for carrying out the method provided for in the invention provide for the use of a cutting blade with two cutting flanks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2000
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2002
    Assignee: Rieter Automotive (International)AG
    Inventors: Evelyn Zwick, Alexander Wildhaber