Patents by Inventor Ludger Gehringhoff
Ludger Gehringhoff 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).
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Patent number: 11926244Abstract: The disclosure relates to a method for producing a battery carrier for an electric battery module of a vehicle configured to electrically operate, the method may include: providing a material blank with a blank region; providing a heat exchanger structure in the blank region, that comprises hollow channels that are inseparably connected to the material blank, wherein the hollow channels are provided to regulate a temperature of the electric battery module using a fluid; and forming the material blank into a support tray with a tray base configured to support the electric battery module and with sidewalls that delimit the tray base at the sides of the tray base, wherein the tray base is developed from the blank region.Type: GrantFiled: February 8, 2019Date of Patent: March 12, 2024Assignee: Benteler Automobiltechnik GmbHInventors: Ludger Gehringhoff, Christian Handing
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Patent number: 11186183Abstract: Battery carrier for an electric motor vehicle, having a trough formed by a base and a peripheral frame coupled to the base, wherein the frame is formed from extruded hollow profiles and a cover is arranged on the frame. In the installation position, the frame has a web protruding in each case in relation to its upper side and/or lower side in such a manner that a defined gap with respect to the base and/or with respect to the cover is produced, with a sealant and/or adhesive being incorporated.Type: GrantFiled: December 6, 2019Date of Patent: November 30, 2021Assignee: BENTELER AUTOMOBILTECHNIK GMBHInventors: Georg Frost, Thomas Guenther, Christian Handing, Frank Rabe, Peter Summerauer, Ludger Gehringhoff
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Publication number: 20200180443Abstract: Battery carrier for an electric motor vehicle, having a trough formed by a base and a peripheral frame coupled to the base, wherein the frame is formed from extruded hollow profiles and a cover is arranged on the frame. In the installation position, the frame has a web protruding in each case in relation to its upper side and/or lower side in such a manner that a defined gap with respect to the base and/or with respect to the cover is produced, with a sealant and/or adhesive being incorporated.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 6, 2019Publication date: June 11, 2020Inventors: Georg FROST, Thomas GUENTHER, Christian HANDING, Frank RABE, Peter SUMMERAUER, Ludger GEHRINGHOFF
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Publication number: 20190283627Abstract: The disclosure relates to a method for producing a battery carrier for an electric battery module of a vehicle configured to electrically operate, the method may include: providing a material blank with a blank region; providing a heat exchanger structure in the blank region, that comprises hollow channels that are inseparably connected to the material blank, wherein the hollow channels are provided to regulate a temperature of the electric battery module using a fluid; and forming the material blank into a support tray with a tray base configured to support the electric battery module and with sidewalls that delimit the tray base at the sides of the tray base, wherein the tray base is developed from the blank region.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 8, 2019Publication date: September 19, 2019Inventors: Ludger Gehringhoff, Christian Handing
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Patent number: 8202376Abstract: A structural motor-vehicle element is made by hot-shaping and press-hardening a steel workpiece into the element and thereafter heating the hot-shaped and press-hardened workpiece to between 320° C. and 400° C. The steel workpiece constitutes in weight percent, Carbon (C) 0.18% to 0.3% Silicon (Si) 0.1% to 0.7% Manganese (Mn) 1.0% to 2.5% Phosphorus (P) max. 0.025% Chromium (Cr) up to 0.8% Molybdenum (Mo) up to 0.5% Sulfur (S) max. 0.01% Titanium (Ti) 0.02% to 0.05% Boron (B) 0.002% to 0.005% Aluminum (Al) 0.01% to 0.06% the rest iron including impurities caused by the smelting process.Type: GrantFiled: November 14, 2006Date of Patent: June 19, 2012Assignee: Benteler Automobiltechnik GmbHInventors: Ludger Gehringhoff, Dirk Kröger, Elisabeth Danger
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Publication number: 20090045638Abstract: In a method of making a bumper structure of a motor vehicle, a blank of quenched and tempered steel is formed into a U-shaped bumper beam having a middle part and attachment parts which adjoin the middle part on opposite ends and define crash boxes. The middle part of the bumper beam is hardened either during or after the blank is formed into the bumper beam.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 14, 2008Publication date: February 19, 2009Applicant: Benteler Automobiltechnik GmbHInventors: CHRISTIAN HANDING, Oliver Muller, Ludger Gehringhoff
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Publication number: 20080211264Abstract: A B column of a motor vehicle having a high strength and rigidity in the attachment area of door hinges and door locks and able to protect the occupants of the vehicle in the event of a side crash is provided. The B column includes a reinforcement plate, which extends over the entire height of the B column. Because the requirements for this reinforcement plate are not equally great in all areas, the reinforcement plate is a reshaped tailored rolled blank. The tailored rolled blank is produced by flexible rolling and has different thicknesses transversely to the rolling direction. It is thus especially thick in the areas on which especially high strength and rigidity requirements are placed, while it is implemented as correspondingly thin in the areas which must only fulfill low strength and rigidity requirements.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 12, 2008Publication date: September 4, 2008Applicants: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft, Muhr und Bender KG, Benteler Automobiltechnik GmbHInventors: Mark Riess, Andreas Hauger, Ludger Gehringhoff, Johannes Schaefers
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Publication number: 20070107819Abstract: A structural motor-vehicle element is made by hot-shaping and press-hardening a steel workpiece into the element and thereafter heating the hot-shaped and press-hardened workpiece to between 320° C. and 400° C. The steel workpiece constitutes in weight percent, Carbon (C) 0.18% to 0.3% Silicon (Si) 0.1% to 0.7% Manganese (Mn) 1.0% to 2.5% Phosphorus (P) max. 0.025% Chromium (Cr) up to 0.8% Molybdenum (Mo) up to 0.5% Sulfur (S) max. 0.01% Titanium (Ti) 0.02% to 0.05% Boron (B) 0.002% to 0.005% Aluminum (Al) 0.01% to 0.06% the rest iron including impurities caused by the smelting process.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 14, 2006Publication date: May 17, 2007Inventors: Ludger Gehringhoff, Dirk Kroger, Elisabeth Danger
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Publication number: 20060290166Abstract: A door structure of a motor vehicle includes an inside door panel, and a single-piece reinforcement element which is disposed below a window parapet of the door structure and non-detachably secured to the inside door panel at a side distal to an outside door panel. The reinforcement element includes a wraparound frame having a top frame side extending along the window parapet, a bottom frame side extending along a lower edge of the door structure, a front frame side disposed in a hinge area between the top frame side and the bottom frame side, and a rear frame side disposed in a lock area between the top frame side and the bottom frame side, thereby defining an opening. Disposed in the opening and formed in one piece with the frame is an embossed door impact beam which extends from the front frame side to the rear frame side. The reinforcement element is made of high-strength hot formable steel defined by a tensile strength ranging from 1400 N/mm2 to 1600 N/mm2.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 26, 2006Publication date: December 28, 2006Applicant: Benteler Automobiltechnik GmbHInventors: Ludger Gehringhoff, Johannes Schafers
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Patent number: 7086686Abstract: A side impact beam for incorporation into the structure of a motor vehicle comprises a sheet metal profile with flaring end portions and two longitudinal beads extending along the sheet metal profile and wherein the end portions that are provided with cross beads that are stamped in an additional tooling step during manufacturing and after the longitudinal beads have been formed, and are arranged in transverse disposition to the longitudinal beads and wherein the longitudinal beads and the cross beads are oriented in the same direction and the length of one cross bead corresponds approximately to the width of the two longitudinal beads, such that the so configured cross beads provide a stabilizing effect of the end portions and ensure the flattening of the connecting surfaces, thereby leading to a reduction of assembly problems.Type: GrantFiled: October 29, 2002Date of Patent: August 8, 2006Assignee: Benteler Automobiltechnik GmbHInventors: Detlef Bullmann, Lars Ulrich, Ralf König, Alfons Fortstroer, Ludger Gehringhoff
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Patent number: 7077920Abstract: A workpiece having regions of different ductility is made by first coating opposite faces of a flat sheet-metal workpiece of low ductility and then stripping the coating from the faces in one region of the workpiece while leaving the coating on the faces in another region of the workpiece. The workpiece is then deformed into a three-dimensional profile. Only the one uncoated region of the workpiece is heated and thereby hardened while not significantly heating the other coated region of the workpiece.Type: GrantFiled: February 6, 2004Date of Patent: July 18, 2006Assignee: Benteler Automobil Technik GmbHInventor: Ludger Gehringhoff
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Patent number: 6878220Abstract: In a method of making a hardened sheet metal article, at least one pot-shaped depression is formed in a sheet metal blank. Thereafter, the sheet metal blank is hot formed in a press mold to a sheet metal article, and the sheet metal article is hardened. The press mold provides hereby a calibration of the depression to provide the final shape.Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 2002Date of Patent: April 12, 2005Assignee: Benteler Automobiltechnik GmbHInventors: Ludger Gehringhoff, Udo Klasfauseweh, Ralf Köhler, Ulrich Jungblut
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Publication number: 20040159378Abstract: A workpiece having regions of different ductility is made by first coating opposite faces of a flat sheet-metal workpiece of low ductility and then stripping the coating from the faces in one region of the workpiece while leaving the coating on the faces in another region of the workpiece. The workpiece is then deformed into a three-dimensional profile. Only the one uncoated region of the workpiece is heated and thereby hardened while not significantly heating the other coated region of the workpiece.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 6, 2004Publication date: August 19, 2004Applicant: Benteler Automobiltechnik GmbHInventor: Ludger Gehringhoff
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Publication number: 20040150249Abstract: A side impact beam for incorporation in a motor vehicle, in particular in a vehicle door, includes a profiled section of sheet metal having at least two longitudinal beads in side-by-side disposition. Each bead has an apex and two flanks depending from the apex, thereby defining an inner flank and an outer flank, wherein the inner flanks of the beads confront one another. The inner flanks are interconnected by a center web and are disposed in V-shaped relationship at an angle from 25° to 60°.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 24, 2003Publication date: August 5, 2004Applicant: BENTELER AUTOMOBILTECHNIK GMBHInventors: Ludger Gehringhoff, Johannes Schafers
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Patent number: 6663169Abstract: A side impact beam to be integrated in a motor vehicle includes at least one elongated bar, which has a trapezoidal cross section and terminates on both ends in ramp-like end portions, wherein the elongated bar has a central web, flanks diverging outwardly from the central web, and flanges connected to the extremities of the flanks, and terminal attachment zones. For manufacturing such a side impact beam, a semifinished flat blank is cut to size of constant width from a sheet metal material band of constant thickness and includes an elongated center portion of constant width and a length which is at least half a length of the blank, wherein the center portion terminates on opposite ends in tongue-shaped end portions.Type: GrantFiled: May 29, 2002Date of Patent: December 16, 2003Assignee: Benteler Automobiltechnik GmbH & Co. KGInventors: Ludger Gehringhoff, Udo Klasfauseweh, Hans-Jürgen Knaup
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Publication number: 20030178273Abstract: A side impact beam for incorporation into the structure of a motor vehicle comprises a sheet metal profile with flaring end portions and two longitudinal beads extending along the sheet metal profile and wherein the end portions that are provided with cross beads that are stamped in an additional tooling step during manufacturing and after the longitudinal beads have been formed, and are arranged in transverse disposition to the longitudinal beads and wherein the longitudinal beads and the cross beads are oriented in the same direction and the length of one cross bead corresponds approximately to the width of the two longitudinal beads, such that the so configured cross beads provide a stabilizing effect of the end portions and ensure the flattening of the connecting surfaces, thereby leading to a reduction of assembly problems.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 29, 2002Publication date: September 25, 2003Applicant: BENTELER AUTOMOBILTECHNIK GmbH & Co. KGInventors: Detlef Bullmann, Lars Ulrich, Ralf Konig, Alfons Fortstroer, Ludger Gehringhoff
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Patent number: 6619725Abstract: A side impact structure for incorporation between an outer shell and an inner door panel of a door of a motor vehicle, includes an elongate section member having an attachment element. Secured to the attachment element is a blocking element which at least partially bridges a spacing between the outer shell and the inner door panel to thereby prevent access to the actuating mechanism of the door lock via a gap in the outer shell.Type: GrantFiled: April 23, 2002Date of Patent: September 16, 2003Assignee: Benteler Automobiltechnik GmbH & Co. KGInventors: Ludger Gehringhoff, Stefan Gossmann
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Publication number: 20030163920Abstract: In a method of making a structural member for the automobile industry, a blank of boron steel is pre-formed at ambient temperature into an intermediary part of a configuration which substantially corresponds to an end shape of a finished structural member. The intermediary part is then coated with aluminum or an aluminum alloy and exposed to a temperature above the upper transformation line in the TTT curve. Subsequently, the intermediary part is formed in a mold into the finished structural member while being hardened at the same time.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 28, 2003Publication date: September 4, 2003Applicant: BENTELER AUTOMOBILTECHNIK GMBH & CO. KGInventors: Ludger Gehringhoff, Patrick Reinhold, Thomas Troster, Stefan Gosmann
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Publication number: 20030066581Abstract: In a method of making a hardened sheet metal article, a blank is formed with at least one through-passage with a projecting collar. Thereafter, the blank is heated and hot-formed in a press mold to a sheet metal article. Still within the press mold, the sheet metal article is hardened. The shaping of the blank in the press mold is accompanied by a calibration of the through-passage to final shape.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 30, 2002Publication date: April 10, 2003Applicant: BENTELER AUTOMOBILTECHNIK GMBH & CO. KGInventors: Ludger Gehringhoff, Udo Klasfauseweh, Carsten Jakel
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Publication number: 20030066582Abstract: In a method of making a hardened sheet metal article, at least one pot-shaped depression is formed in a sheet metal blank. Thereafter, the sheet metal blank is hot formed in a press mold to a sheet metal article, and the sheet metal article is hardened. The press mold provides hereby a calibration of the depression to provide the final shape.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 30, 2002Publication date: April 10, 2003Applicant: BENTELER AUTOMOBILTECHNIK GMBH & CO. KGInventors: Ludger Gehringhoff, Udo Klasfauseweh, Ralf Kohler, Ulrich Jungblut