Patents by Inventor Hubert BURLEFINGER

Hubert BURLEFINGER 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: 10507623
    Abstract: A pressing tool is provided for producing fiber composite components, including a first tool part and a second tool part moveable relative to the first tool part. In the closed state of the pressing tool, the two tool parts form a shaping cavity for accommodating a fiber semi-finished product to be shaped and each have a tool surface delimiting the cavity. In addition, at least one of the tool surfaces has at least two adjacent flat sections inclined toward each other which are connected to each other by way of a curved transition section. The curved transition section has at least one groove-shaped recess facing the cavity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2019
    Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Bernd Zacherle, Hubert Burlefinger, David Fuchs, Thomas Passreiter, Bernhard Staudt, Tobias Wiethaler, Andreas Eberl, Thomas Meier, Thomas Unterhauser, Johannes Mendel
  • Patent number: 9616705
    Abstract: A vehicle wheel having a rim, or a rim of a vehicle wheel, is provided wherein the rim consists of a fiber-reinforced plastic material in the form of several layers of a fiber-reinforced semi-finished plastic product. The layers are shaped to form a finished component in a press while heat is supplied. The rim conventionally consists of a rim well, whose two sides are adjoined by a rim shoulder, which transitions into a rim flange. The rim well is formed by several layers of a base laminate, which extends to the rim flange, between which layers further layers are inserted in the area of the rim shoulder as well as of the rim flange. The further layers have an essentially tangential fiber alignment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2017
    Assignees: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft, BBS Motorsport GmbH, Kringlan Composites AG
    Inventors: Hubert Burlefinger, Markus Tomasini, Niccolo Pini, Roman Mueller
  • Publication number: 20170043543
    Abstract: A pressing tool is provided for producing fiber composite components, including a first tool part and a second tool part moveable relative to the first tool part. In the closed state of the pressing tool, the two tool parts form a shaping cavity for accommodating a fiber semi-finished product to be shaped and each have a tool surface delimiting the cavity. In addition, at least one of the tool surfaces has at least two adjacent flat sections inclined toward each other which are connected to each other by way of a curved transition section. The curved transition section has at least one groove-shaped recess facing the cavity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2016
    Publication date: February 16, 2017
    Inventors: Bernd ZACHERLE, Hubert BURLEFINGER, David FUCHS, Thomas PASSREITER, Bernhard STAUDT, Tobias WIETHALER, Andreas EBERL, Thomas MEIER, Thomas UNTERHAUSER, Johannes MENDEL
  • Publication number: 20140191566
    Abstract: A vehicle wheel having a rim, or a rim of a vehicle wheel, is provided wherein the rim consists of a fiber-reinforced plastic material in the form of several layers of a fiber-reinforced semi-finished plastic product. The layers are shaped to form a finished component in a press while heat is supplied. The rim conventionally consists of a rim well, whose two sides are adjoined by a rim shoulder, which transitions into a rim flange. The rim well is formed by several layers of a base laminate, which extends to the rim flange, between which layers further layers are inserted in the area of the rim shoulder as well as of the rim flange. The further layers have an essentially tangential fiber alignment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2014
    Publication date: July 10, 2014
    Applicants: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft, Kringlan Composites AG, BBS Motorsport GmbH
    Inventors: Hubert BURLEFINGER, Markus TOMASINI, Niccolo PINI, Roman MUELLER