Patents by Inventor Cristina Matthey

Cristina Matthey 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: 11912218
    Abstract: A bumper crossmember comprising a wave structure oriented in the vertical direction (z direction), wherein the wave structure comprises at least three apex structures which extend in the bumper crossmember longitudinal direction and are adjacent in the vertical direction. This crossmember comprises a first length section that follows its longitudinal extent, at least one second length section that follows its longitudinal extent, and at least one transition section that is arranged respectively between these length sections. In the second length section, the wave structure is inverted with respect to the first length section, in that the opening direction of the apex structures switches in the transition section. In the transition section, there is at least one additional apex-forming structure, the apex of which is offset in the frontal direction (x direction) with respect to a frontal plane (yz-plane) in which at least two apex structures that are adjacent in the longitudinal sections lie.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: KIRCHHOFF AUTOMOTIVE DEUTSCHLAND GMBH
    Inventors: Patrick Tlauka, Cristina Matthey, Ralf Stegmeyer, Rolf Peter Röttger, Marco Töller, Rolf Schwarzer, Stephan Lagin, Maria Schmitt, Lena Kremer
  • Publication number: 20220024399
    Abstract: A bumper crossmember comprising a wave structure oriented in the vertical direction (z direction), wherein the wave structure comprises at least three apex structures which extend in the bumper crossmember longitudinal direction and are adjacent in the vertical direction. This crossmember comprises a first length section that follows its longitudinal extent, at least one second length section that follows its longitudinal extent, and at least one transition section that is arranged respectively between these length sections. In the second length section, the wave structure is inverted with respect to the first length section, in that the opening direction of the apex structures switches in the transition section. In the transition section, there is at least one additional apex-forming structure, the apex of which is offset in the frontal direction (x direction) with respect to a frontal plane (yz-plane) in which at least two apex structures that are adjacent in the longitudinal sections lie.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2020
    Publication date: January 27, 2022
    Inventors: Patrick TLAUKA, Cristina MATTHEY, Ralf STEGMEYER, Rolf Peter RÖTTGER, Marco TÖLLER, Rolf SCHWARZER, Stephan LAGIN, Maria SCHMITT, Lena KREMER
  • Publication number: 20200017941
    Abstract: A semifinished flat steel product (1) includes a first layer (1.1) of a martensitic steel alloy having a tensile strength of >1200 MPa and/or a hardness of >370 HV10, and at least one second layer (1.2, 1.2?) of a soft steel alloy having a tensile strength of <600 MPa and/or a hardness of <190 HV10 which is fully and cohesively bonded to the first layer (1.1).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2018
    Publication date: January 16, 2020
    Inventor: CRISTINA MATTHEY
  • Patent number: 10137812
    Abstract: The invention relates to a seat-back frame for a vehicle seat, which seat-back frame has a frame region extending transversely and two frame regions extending vertically and is of a U-shaped form. The object to provide a seat-back frame of the generic kind which has a minimum of components and at the same time allows a seat-back frame for belt-integrated vehicle seats to be provided easily is met in that there is provided a first half-shell made of a metal, which first half-shell forms a sub-region of each of the vertically extending frame regions of the seat-back frame and forms a sub-region of the transversely extending frame region of the seat-back frame, and there is provided a second sheet-metal half-shell which is connected to the first half-shell by bonding and which reinforces at least the transversely extending frame region of the seat-back frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2018
    Assignee: ThyssenKrupp Steel Europe AG
    Inventors: Cristina Matthey, Thomas Flehmig, Andreas Ulrichs
  • Publication number: 20120074755
    Abstract: The invention relates to a seat-back frame for a vehicle seat, which seat-back frame has a frame region extending transversely and two frame regions extending vertically and is of a U-shaped form. The object to provide a seat-back frame of the generic kind which has a minimum of components and at the same time allows a seat-back frame for belt-integrated vehicle seats to be provided easily is met in that there is provided a first half-shell made of a metal, which first half-shell forms a sub-region of each of the vertically extending frame regions of the seat-back frame and forms a sub-region of the transversely extending frame region of the seat-back frame, and there is provided a second sheet-metal half-shell which is connected to the first half-shell by bonding and which reinforces at least the transversely extending frame region of the seat-back frame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2011
    Publication date: March 29, 2012
    Applicant: ThyssenKrupp Steel Europe AG
    Inventors: Cristina Matthey, Thomas Flehmig, Andreas Ulrichs