Patents by Inventor Dirk MATTHIESSEN

Dirk MATTHIESSEN 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).

  • Fibrous composite structural assembly for a motor vehicle
    Patent number: 9738322
    Abstract: An assembly for a vehicle body includes the following components: a sill, roof frame, hinge pillar, outer shell and inner shell. The assembly is characterized by being very rigid and very firm, and having a high degree of structural possibilities whilst being relatively light in weight. The sill and the roof frame are formed by hollow profiles. The hinge pillar is made from an extruded fibrous composite. The sill, the roof frame and the hinge pillar are surrounded on the outer side and the inner side, at least partially, by the outer shell and the inner shell, such that the assembly components form a composite unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2017
    Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Dirk Matthiessen, Mark Muehlhausen, Thomas Schneidewind
  • Fibrous Composite Structural Assembly for a Motor Vehicle
    Publication number: 20160068199
    Abstract: An assembly for a vehicle body includes the following components: a sill, roof frame, hinge pillar, outer shell and inner shell. The assembly is characterized by being very rigid and very firm, and having a high degree of structural possibilities whilst being relatively light in weight. The sill and the roof frame are formed by hollow profiles. The hinge pillar is made from an extruded fibrous composite. The sill, the roof frame and the hinge pillar are surrounded on the outer side and the inner side, at least partially, by the outer shell and the inner shell, such that the assembly components form a composite unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2015
    Publication date: March 10, 2016
    Inventors: Dirk MATTHIESSEN, Mark MUEHLHAUSEN, Thomas SCHNEIDEWIND