Patents by Inventor Rolf Merz

Rolf Merz 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).

  • Housing which can be secured to a motor vehicle with an integrated pedestrain protection function
    Patent number: 7998232
    Abstract: A housing can be secured to a motor vehicle and has a first housing portion (4) and a second housing portion (2) which can be connected thereto. To integrate a pedestrian protection function and to provide a defined relative movement of the housing portions in relation to each other, it is proposed to provide on the first housing portion an elongate support element (10), which is connected with a proximal end to the first housing portion and has a distally disposed effective end having an effective cross-section (6), and the second housing portion (2) includes an elastic fixing element with a through opening, the inside diameter of which is smaller than the effective cross-section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2011
    Assignees: Montaplast GmbH, Bayerische Motorenwerke AG
    Inventors: Joern-Uwe Krueger, Werner Gerhard, Daniel Rolf Merz, Bernhard Beer, Rudolf Wimmer
  • HOUSING WHICH CAN BE SECURED TO A MOTOR VEHICLE WITH AN INTEGRATED PEDESTRAIN PROTECTION FUNCTION
    Publication number: 20090242309
    Abstract: A housing can be secured to a motor vehicle and has a first housing portion (4) and a second housing portion (2) which can be connected thereto. To integrate a pedestrian protection function and to provide a defined relative movement of the housing portions in relation to each other, it is proposed to provide on the first housing portion an elongate support element (10), which is connected with a proximal end to the first housing portion and has a distally disposed effective end having an effective cross-section (6), and the second housing portion (2) includes an elastic fixing element with a through opening, the inside diameter of which is smaller than the effective cross-section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2007
    Publication date: October 1, 2009
    Applicants: MONTAPLAST GMBH, BAYERISCHE MOTORENWERKE AG
    Inventors: Jörn-Uwe Krüger, Werner Gerhard, Daniel Rolf Merz, Bernhard Beer
  • Self-regulating heating element
    Patent number: 5922232
    Abstract: Self-regulating heating element for heating a gaseous flowing medium with a strip conductor (1) and a control conductor (2) which are electrically connected to one another in series and are in thermal contact with one another over their length, but which are electrically insulated from one another. The Control conductor (2) is preferably formed of a jacketed conductor with a metallic jacket which is electrically connected to the strip conductor (1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 1998
    Date of Patent: July 13, 1999
    Assignee: Beru AG
    Inventor: Rolf Merz
  • Method for the production of a hardened guide shaft for a linear guide
    Patent number: 5242514
    Abstract: A method for the production of a hardened guide shaft for linear guide is disclosed, in which teeth are formed in a shaft, which is then passed through a circular inductor without rotation. The magnetic flux of the circular inductor is controlled to reduce the flux in the area of the teeth, thereby hardening the teeth without overheating them. The remainder of the shaft is hardened through a magnetic flux greater than that supplied to the teeth area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 1991
    Date of Patent: September 7, 1993
    Inventors: Richard Wiener, Rolf Merz