Abstract: The invention relates to a twist-beam axle for an electrically driven motor vehicle which is provided on the motor vehicle floor with at least one battery tray, having longitudinal links which are each assigned to a wheel carrier of the axle and which are connected to one another via a crossmember and at one end of which a respective wheel carrier is arranged, wherein the longitudinal links, at the end opposite to the respective wheel carrier, are connected by means of rubber bearings to the battery tray arranged on the motor vehicle floor, to a longitudinal member or crossmember in the floor region of the motor vehicle or to a frame of the motor vehicle.
Type:
Application
Filed:
March 5, 2020
Publication date:
September 10, 2020
Applicant:
BENTELER AUTOMOBILTECHNIK GMBH
Inventors:
Hendrik REINEKE, Drabon RODSCHA, Erik SCHULTZ
Abstract: The disclosure relates to a battery carrier for at least one electric battery module in a vehicle, comprising: a hollow profile base configured to receive the electric battery module, wherein the hollow profile base has a plurality of hollow channels configured to allow fluid to pass through to control the temperature of the electric battery module; and a hollow profile side wall that laterally bounds the hollow profile base, wherein a fluid-distributing structure configured to distribute fluid to the hollow channels is formed in the hollow profile side wall, wherein the fluid-distributing structures configured to be fluidically connected to the plurality of hollow channels.
Abstract: The invention relates to a bumper arrangement for a motor vehicle, with a crossmember, a body element, a crash box arranged between crossmember and body element. The invention is distinguished in that a) a front axis of rotation is formed by a structural element, and a rear axis of rotation by a further structural element in the region of an inner wall of the crash box, and b) a tension relief element or a tension delay element is arranged in the region of an outer wall of the crash box.
Abstract: Motor vehicle control arm (1) comprising two profiles (2, 3) made from a metallic material, which are arranged at a distance opposite each other, and are connected to at least one plastic element (11) made from a fiber-reinforced plastic, wherein a plastic element (11) is designed in particular as a spring seat, which is designed to accommodate a motor vehicle spring. Such a motor vehicle control arm (1) is optimized with respect to weight and costs.
Type:
Application
Filed:
January 28, 2020
Publication date:
August 6, 2020
Applicant:
Benteler Automobiltechnik GmbH
Inventors:
Günter FORTMEIER, Frank HÖCKER, Matthias KÖRNER, Stephan MEYER, Alex MIRAU
Abstract: The invention relates to a beam having at least one hollow chamber for receiving a bolt element in a bush of the beam. The beam is distinguished by the fact that the bush is of multipart design and at least one of these plurality of parts of the bush is cold-joined to the beam.
Type:
Application
Filed:
November 14, 2019
Publication date:
May 28, 2020
Applicant:
BENTELER AUTOMOBILTECHNIK GMBH
Inventors:
Lucas ADAMSKI, Andreas HITZ, Alex MIRAU
Abstract: The invention relates to a crossmember for motor vehicle construction, having at least two modules that can be arranged one above the other, wherein each module has an inner side wall and an outer side wall, which are connected to one another at their upper ends by an upper wall and at their lower ends by a lower wall, wherein the upper wall of the lower module has, over the longitudinal extent thereof, a raised portion or depression, which engages in a complementary depression or raised portion of the lower wall of the upper module.
Type:
Application
Filed:
October 22, 2019
Publication date:
April 30, 2020
Applicant:
BENTELER AUTOMOBILTECHNIK GMBH
Inventors:
Rodscha DRABON, Siegmund CZERR, Hendrik REINEKE, Stefan GROTTKE
Abstract: A method for connecting a first element with a second element, includes coupling a third element with the second element, coupling the third element with the first element by thermal joining, wherein the first element and the second element are made of different materials essentially incapable of being thermally joined with a welding process, and wherein the third element is arranged in an opening of the second element in a form fitting and/or force fitting manner.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
September 30, 2011
Date of Patent:
April 28, 2020
Assignee:
Benteler Automobiltechnik GmbH
Inventors:
Roald Pedersen, Morten Stein Eng, Michael Wibbeke
Abstract: The present invention relates to an axle carrier 1 and to a method for the production of the axle carrier 1. The axle carrier 1 has an upper shell 2 from an aluminum die-casting and a lower shell 3 from a fiber composite material. On a ribbed structure of the lower shell 3, an upper end 14 of the reinforcing ribs 9 is preferably configured so as to be widened such that the bearing face between the reinforcing rib 9 and the upper shell 2 is enlarged and, on account thereof, the strength of the axle carrier 1 produced is increased.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
January 16, 2018
Date of Patent:
April 28, 2020
Assignee:
BENTELER AUTOMOBILTECHNIK GMBH
Inventors:
Matthias Koerner, Thomas Henksmeier, Guenter Fortmeier, Frank Hoecker, Aloys Schroeder
Abstract: The present invention relates to a battery carrier for an electric motor vehicle, having a tray 1 having a base 2 and a peripheral wall which protrudes from the base and a flange 4 which protrudes from the wall so as to be orientated in an outward direction, characterized in that the tray 1 is integrally produced as a folding component and in a materially integral manner from a plate 6, wherein in at least one the corner region 8 of the peripheral wall there is formed on a side wall 3 at least one joining plate 5 which overlaps the adjacent side wall 3 and the joining plate 5 and the adjacent side wall 3 are joined to each other.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
September 5, 2018
Date of Patent:
April 28, 2020
Assignee:
BENTELER AUTOMOBILTECHNIK GMBH
Inventors:
Christian Hielscher, Conrad Frischkorn, Julian Grenz
Abstract: A control arm and a method of manufacturing thereof is disclosed. The control arm is made of an aluminum extrusion profile with a first end section, a second end section, and a middle section, which connects the first and second end sections. The control arm includes a base, two side walls, which are angled substantially perpendicular therefrom and which are spaced apart from one another on the longitudinal side, with a height H, and flanges, which are angled substantially perpendicular from the side walls at their free end. The first end section includes a first connecting region, the second end section includes a second connecting region, and the middle section includes at least one third connecting region.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
July 31, 2018
Date of Patent:
April 21, 2020
Assignee:
BENTELER AUTOMOBILTECHNIK GmbH
Inventors:
Frode Paulsen, Dirk Voigt, Guido Boeing, Stephan Meyer
Abstract: The disclosure relates to a wheel link for receiving a bearing in a vehicle that comprises a single-piece wheel link body having a first wheel link end, a second wheel link end, and a connecting section that connects the first wheel link end and the second wheel link end. The single-piece wheel link body extends along a wheel link longitudinal axis. A sleeve-shaped eyelet is formed in the first wheel link end. And the first wheel link end is bulged to form a bearing sleeve for the bearing, increasing a diameter of the sleeve-shaped eyelet and a length of the eyelet transversely with respect to the wheel link longitudinal axis beyond the dimensions of the connecting section.
Abstract: A cooling arrangement for a battery box includes a plate-shaped heat exchanging element, a cooling channel secured to the heat exchanging element, and a fluid collector for collecting or feeding a fluid into the cooling channel. The fluid collector includes a volume region and has a receiving opening on a side proximate to the cooling channel for introduction of the cooling channel to thereby fluidly connect the volume region with the cooling channel. A sealing element and a clamping element are arranged on an outside of the fluid collector at the receiving opening, with the clamping element being traversed by the cooling channel. A clamping tab is arranged above or below the receiving opening in surrounding relationship to the sealing element and the clamping element to thereby secure the cooling channel immovably to the fluid collector.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
May 3, 2018
Date of Patent:
April 14, 2020
Assignee:
Benteler Automobiltechnik GmbH
Inventors:
Konstantin Tatarinov, Edvin List Clausen
Abstract: The disclosure relates to a wheel suspension system for a wheel suspension on an axle beam of a vehicle using a fastening screw, including: an entrainment element non-rotatably joinable with the fastening screw and configured to apply a torque to the fastening screw to release a force-locking fastening; and a control arm configured to be attached to the axle beam by the fastening screw and configured to act on the entrainment element during a rotational movement of the control arm with respect to the axle beam to produce the torque to release the force-locking fastening.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
November 2, 2017
Date of Patent:
March 31, 2020
Assignee:
Benteler Automobiltechnik GmbH
Inventors:
Dennis Fluerenbrock, Thomas Henksmeier, Aloys Schroeder, Peter Stastny
Abstract: The disclosure relates to a battery carrier for accommodating at least one electric battery module in a vehicle. The battery carrier may include at least one first wall, at least one second wall arranged at an angle with respect to the first wall, wherein the second wall is joined to the first wall by a joining region, wherein an adhesive region is formed in the joining region, and the adhesive region is configured to condition the joining region for a materially bonded connection to a seal, and at least one seal materially bonded to the adhesive region in order to fluidically seal the joining region.
Abstract: The disclosure relates to a tolerance-compensating element for compensating for a distance between a dashboard support and a body component of a vehicle, such as an A pillar or an end wall, wherein the dashboard support is connectable to the body component by means of a fastening screw, comprising: a frame structure with a first fastening portion and a second fastening portion, wherein the first fastening portion and the second fastening portion are arranged opposite each other and are connected by lateral webs, wherein the first fastening portion and the second fastening portion are spaced apart from each other, wherein a first aperture is formed in the first fastening portion, wherein the second fastening portion is configured for fastening the tolerance-compensating element to the dashboard support; and a threaded nut that is assigned to the first fastening portion and is provided for receiving the fastening screw.
Abstract: A heat treatment furnace and a method for heat treatment of a steel sheet blank is disclosed having at least one furnace chamber and a transport system for conveying the steel sheet blanks through the furnace chamber. A preheating chamber, a metallurgical bonding path and a cooling chamber, wherein the steel sheet blank can be heated in the preheating chamber to a temperature of above 200° C. A method for the production of a hot-formed and press-quenched motor-vehicle part is also disclosed.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
December 20, 2016
Date of Patent:
January 7, 2020
Assignee:
BENTELER AUTOMOBILTECHNIK GMBH
Inventors:
Georg Frost, Markus Kettler, Karsten Bake
Abstract: A method for producing motor vehicle controls from extruded profiles and a motor vehicle control. A length section of an extruded profile strand is provided and this is either processed by cutting technology and divided into several extrusion profiles or is first divided into several extruded profiles and they are then processed via shear cutting. By means of a mechanical processing of the extrusion profiles, the motor vehicle controls are formed. The length section has a double T-shaped cross-section with a brace and two belts aligned perpendicular to the brace, wherein the end-side of the belts are connected to flanges. During manufacturing, a motor vehicle control is produced with a steering element, which comprises a middle part and two side arms. In the middle part as well as in the side arms, bearing housings are configured.
Type:
Application
Filed:
June 19, 2019
Publication date:
December 26, 2019
Applicant:
Benteler Automobiltechnik GmbH
Inventors:
Frode PAULSEN, Marco FÜLLGRÄBE, Arne SCHNIEDERS, Stephan MEYER
Abstract: A method for producing a structural sheet metal component formed from an aluminum alloy for a motor vehicle includes providing an aluminum sheet blank in a state T4 or T5 or T6 or T7, heating the aluminum sheet blank to a heating temperature between 100° C. and 450° C., forming the aluminum sheet blank to a structural sheet metal component, and heat post-treatment of the formed structural sheet metal component.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
April 25, 2012
Date of Patent:
December 10, 2019
Assignee:
BENTELER AUTOMOBILTECHNIK GMBH
Inventors:
Friedrich Bohner, Jochen Dörr, Jochem Grewe
Abstract: A method for producing a motor vehicle component from a lightweight metal alloy is disclosed including extruding a profile having at least two wall thicknesses that are mutually dissimilar in the cross section, rolling the extruded profile in portions in the extrusion direction. The rollers in the roller spacing thereof are variable. Cutting-to-length the extruded and in portions rolled profile so as to form a semi-finished product, and forming the semi-finished product so as to form the motor vehicle component.
Abstract: A body connection and a method of manufacturing the body connection is disclosed. A body connecting sleeve is formed in two parts from a spacer sleeve arranged in an axle auxiliary frame and from a body connecting sleeve which is coupled only to the upper shell of the axle auxiliary frame and substantially corresponds to the length of the centering extension. The body connecting sleeve is coupled exclusively in a form-fitting manner to the upper shell.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
November 10, 2017
Date of Patent:
November 19, 2019
Assignee:
BENTELER AUTOMOBILTECHNIK GMBH
Inventors:
Peter Michael Stastny, Dieter Friesen, Reinhard Jaeger, Thomas Henksmeier