Patents by Inventor Johannes MERK

Johannes MERK 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).

  • Publication number: 20230173963
    Abstract: A vehicle subassembly includes at least one planar component. The at least one component has a material-specific deformability. To at least locally increase the deformability, through-holes are provided on at least one section of the at least one component. A method of producing of the component is also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2019
    Publication date: June 8, 2023
    Applicant: Brose Fahrzeugteile SE & Co. Kommanditgesellschaft, Coburg
    Inventors: Arnold ERBEN, Johannes MERK, Denis SCHMIDT, Matthias BAUMECKER
  • Patent number: 10981481
    Abstract: A shelf arrangement for a vehicle, which shelf arrangement forms a shelf surface and can be adjusted relative to a vehicle subassembly. The shelf arrangement has a plurality of slat elements, which are accommodated on the vehicle subassembly in a retracted position and can be pivoted toward each other for this purpose, wherein the slat elements are movable along a direction of movement relative to the vehicle subassembly in order to transfer the slat elements from the retracted position to an extended position, in which the slat elements are supported on one another in such a way that the slat elements form the shelf surface. In this way, a shelf arrangement for a vehicle is provided, which shelf arrangement can be used in an overall space-saving manner, in particular in the area of a dashboard of a vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2021
    Assignee: BROSE FAHRZEUGTEILE GMBH & CO. KOMMANDITGESELLSCHAFT, COBURG
    Inventors: Lucas Becker, Johannes Merk, Tobias Baumann, Philipp Franz Blum
  • Patent number: 10682945
    Abstract: A device for securing at least one object that is disposed on a load surface of a vehicle is provided. The device having at least one securing element which by external power is adjustable at least from a loading position to a securing position, wherein in the loading position at least one object can be disposed on the load surface, and the at least one object in the securing position by way of the securing element is held in a location on the load surface in that the securing element in the securing position is in contact with the at least one object and a force that acts in the direction of the load surface is applied to the securing element in the securing position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2020
    Assignee: BROSE FAHRZEUGTEILE GMBH & CO. KG, COBURG
    Inventors: Roland Riedel, Johannes Merk, Nick Grosskopf, Denis Schmidt, Thi-Thuy-Linh Le, Udo Getta, Philipp Franz Blum
  • Publication number: 20200010004
    Abstract: A shelf arrangement for a vehicle, which shelf arrangement forms a shelf surface and can be adjusted relative to a vehicle subassembly. The shelf arrangement has a plurality of slat elements, which are accommodated on the vehicle subassembly in a retracted position and can be pivoted toward each other for this purpose, wherein the slat elements are movable along a direction of movement relative to the vehicle subassembly in order to transfer the slat elements from the retracted position to an extended position, in which the slat elements are supported on one another in such a way that the slat elements form the shelf surface. In this way, a shelf arrangement for a vehicle is provided, which shelf arrangement can be used in an overall space-saving manner, in particular in the area of a dashboard of a vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2018
    Publication date: January 9, 2020
    Applicant: Brose Fahrzeugteile GmbH & Co. Kommanditgesellschaft, Coburg
    Inventors: Lucas BECKER, Johannes MERK, Tobias BAUMANN, Philipp Franz BLUM
  • Publication number: 20170259727
    Abstract: A device for securing at least one object that is disposed on a load surface of a vehicle is provided. Said device having at least one securing element which by external power is adjustable at least from a loading position to a securing position, wherein in the loading position at least one object can be disposed on the load surface, and the at least one object in the securing position by way of the securing element is held in a location on the load surface in that the securing element in the securing position is in contact with the at least one object and a force that acts in the direction of the load surface is applied to the securing element in the securing position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2015
    Publication date: September 14, 2017
    Inventors: Roland RIEDEL, Johannes MERK, Nick GROSSKOPF, Denis SCHMIDT, Thi-Thuy-Linh LE, Udo GETTA, Philipp Franz BLUM