Patents Assigned to Benteler Automobiltechnik GmbH
  • Sleeve-like bearing receiving member for a plastics material sleeve
    Patent number: 10473156
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a sleeve-like bearing receiving member for a plastics material sleeve, wherein the sleeve-like bearing receiving member may include a cylindrical sleeve wall that delimits the inner side of the sleeve-like bearing receiving member, wherein a plurality of apertures are formed in the cylindrical sleeve wall, wherein each aperture of the plurality of apertures is at least partially bordered by a collar that protrudes into the inner side of the sleeve-like bearing receiving member, and wherein the collar is configured to engage in the plastics material sleeve to retain the plastics material sleeve in the sleeve-like bearing receiving member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2019
    Assignee: Benteler Automobiltechnik GmbH
    Inventors: Martin Jech, Milan Satorie, Rostislav Zavacky, Peter Michael Stastny, Markus Kirsch
  • Control arm for the wheel suspension in a vehicle
    Patent number: 10471790
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a control arm for a wheel suspension system in a vehicle, including a sleeve-shaped aperture for the receiving of a bearing is formed in an integral control arm body, wherein the integral control arm body comprises a first side wall and a second side wall that is facing the first side wall. The sleeve-shaped aperture penetrates the first side wall and the second side wall. The sleeve-shaped aperture is formed sleeve-shaped with a first circumferential sleeve rim and a second circumferential sleeve rim. The first sleeve rim is formed by an outwardly shaped section of the first side wall that defines the sleeve-shaped aperture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2019
    Assignee: Benteler Automobiltechnik GmbH
    Inventor: Stephan Meyer
  • Fastening shackle for fastening a leaf spring to a vehicle body
    Patent number: 10414230
    Abstract: A fastening shackle for fastening a leaf spring to a vehicle body of a vehicle includes: a first bearing end which can be fastened to the vehicle body, a second bearing end, and a shackle body connecting the first bearing end and the second bearing end. The first bearing end has an outer sleeve, an inner sleeve and a sleeve-shaped plastic plain bearing, the sleeve-shaped plastic plain bearing being arranged in the outer sleeve and being slidably mounted in the outer sleeve, and the inner sleeve being affixed to the sleeve-shaped plastic plain bearing. The leaf spring is mountable at the second bearing end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: Benteler Automobiltechnik GmbH
    Inventors: Rodscha Drabon, Torsten Howe, Dirk Rochell
  • Axle component for a motor vehicle axle
    Patent number: 10391828
    Abstract: An axle component for a motor vehicle axle is disclosed having rim holes for the insertion of a rubber-metal bearing. The upper and lower collars of the two rim holes are oriented in the same direction. An outwardly oriented collar is set back into the interior space in relation to an outer wall of the axle component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2019
    Assignee: BENTELER AUTOMOBILTECHNIK GMBH
    Inventors: Reinhard Jager, Christian Smatloch
  • Battery carrier with improved crash properties
    Patent number: 10377216
    Abstract: A battery carrier for an electric motor vehicle is disclosed having a trough for receiving at least one battery. The trough is produced in the form of a formed sheet-metal component deep-drawn from a hardenable steel material with a base and walls arranged at an angle to the base. The load paths arising in the trough are hardened locally, and/or connecting points for struts arranged in the trough are hardened locally.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2019
    Assignee: BENTELER AUTOMOBILTECHNIK GMBH
    Inventors: Andreas Hitz, Christian Handing, Thomas Olfermann
  • Battery holder with cooling system
    Patent number: 10374270
    Abstract: A battery holder for an electric vehicle is disclosed. The battery holder is mounted in a subfloor region of the electric vehicle and includes a pan and a cover. The pan is formed by an outer encircling frame and a bottom. A cooling system is integrated in the bottom of the pan.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2019
    Assignee: BENTELER AUTOMOBILTECHNIK GMBH
    Inventors: Rodscha Drabon, Florian Kneuper, Marcel Passon
  • Temperature adjustment station and method for operating the temperature adjustment station
    Patent number: 10369606
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a temperature adjustment station for the contact heating of a blank and to a method for operating the temperature adjustment station. According to the invention, the contact pressure exerted on the blank is regulated or controlled in the temperature adjustment station such that linear expansion of the blank does not have a negative effect on the contact plate itself.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2019
    Assignee: BENTELER AUTOMOBILTECHNIK GMBH
    Inventors: Georg Frost, Martin Hesselmann, Markus Kettler, Max Niesse
  • Motor vehicle hybrid structural part
    Patent number: 10351175
    Abstract: Motor vehicle hybrid structural part, comprising a main structural part 2 and at least one reinforcement patch the main structural part 2 being embodied as a sheet-metal structural part made of a steel alloy or light metal alloy and the reinforcement patch being made of light metal, which is characterized in that the reinforcement patch is an extruded structural part with at least two wall thicknesses differing from one another in cross section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2019
    Assignee: BENTELER AUTOMOBILTECHNIK GMBH
    Inventors: Georg Frost, Jochem Grewe, Gero Muellers, Christian Handing
  • Spring link made of steel
    Patent number: 10343473
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a spring link for a motor vehicle, wherein the spring link is produced as an elongated, deformed hollow profile of open cross section made of a steel material and has respective attachment points at its ends, said spring link being characterized in that the spring link, in the installed position, is arranged with its opening of the hollow profile pointing upward, wherein a spring seat plate for receiving a helical compression spring is coupled to the spring link on and/or partially in the opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2019
    Assignee: BENTELER AUTOMOBILTECHNIK GMBH
    Inventors: Oliver Mielke, Detlev Peitz, Hauke Mehner, Tobias Ebbing
  • Battery tray profile for a battery tray
    Patent number: 10328472
    Abstract: The disclosure describes a battery tray profile for a battery tray that holds at least one electric battery module of a vehicle. The battery tray profile includes a base plate configured to receive the at least one electric battery module, wherein the base plate comprises at least one extruded curve; and a hollow chamber wall that rises from the base plate and is integrally extruded with the base plate. The disclosure also describes a method for producing a battery tray profile for a battery tray, including extruding a base plate for receiving the electric battery module; extruding at least one curve in the base plate; extruding a hollow profile wall that rises from the base plate and is integrally extruded with the base plate; and obtaining the battery tray profile from the extruding of the base plate and the hollow profile wall during an extrusion process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2019
    Assignee: Benteler Automobiltechnik GmbH
    Inventor: Frode Paulsen
  • Press-forming tool with tolerance compensation
    Patent number: 10322443
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a press-forming tool having a top die and a bottom die, which can be moved toward one another, forming a forming cavity between the top die and the bottom die when the press-forming tool is closed, wherein a die clamping plate is arranged on a press ram and/or on a press table, wherein a top die or bottom die, which can be moved relative to the die clamping plate, is supported on said plate while incorporating at least one resilient adjusting element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2019
    Assignee: BENTELER AUTOMOBILTECHNIK GMBH
    Inventors: Georg Frost, Oliver Luetkemeyer, Josef Koester
  • RESILIENTLY MOUNTED, SEGMENTED HOT FORMING TOOL AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING A HOT FORMED AND PRESS-HARDENED STEEL COMPONENT HAVING A SHARPLY DEFINED TRANSITION REGION
    Publication number: 20190176203
    Abstract: A hot forming tool includes a top tool and a bottom tool, both of which can be moved towards each other. When the hot forming tool is closed, a mold cavity is formed between the top tool and the bottom tool, with the top tool and/or the bottom tool being divided into at least two segments. The hot forming tool has one segment designed as a heating segment. The heating segment includes a compensating element on a side thereof opposite the mold cavity, to compensate for a thermal expansion of the heating segment in the press stroke direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2019
    Publication date: June 13, 2019
    Applicant: BENTELER Automobiltechnik GmbH
    Inventors: Oliver LUETKEMEYER, Matthias WIEMERS, Robert STOCKTER
  • Dashboard support for holding an attachment in a motor vehicle
    Patent number: 10315708
    Abstract: The invention relates to a dashboard support for holding an attachment by means of a connecting element, which has a fastening leg, in a motor vehicle, having: at least one tubular crossmember having a tube wall, in which a plateau-shaped bulge is formed, wherein the plateau-shaped bulge comprises a mounting section for mounting the connecting element, wherein an aperture for receiving the fastening leg is formed in the tube wall adjacent to the mounting section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2019
    Assignee: BENTELER AUTOMOBILTECHNIK GMBH
    Inventors: Konstantin Tatarinov, Jirĺ {hacek over (S)}tech, Robert Stockter
  • Forming tool for the production of a hollow component, and method for operating the forming tool
    Patent number: 10315239
    Abstract: A forming tool and a method of operating thereof for producing a hollow component by sheet-metal forming is disclosed having an upper tool and a lower tool, a mandrel that is driven into the hollow component to be formed and an auxiliary mandrel that is repositionable relative to the mandrel are positioned on the upper tool. The mandrel and the auxiliary mandrel are coupled to the upper tool by one spring-elastic actuation element in such a manner that the mandrel, when the upper tool is being lowered, is driven into the hollow component to be formed and comes to bear therein. A further lowering of the upper tool causes a compression of the coupling element, and the auxiliary mandrel carrying out a movement relative to the mandrel and being driven further into the hollow component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2019
    Assignee: BENTELER AUTOMOBILTECHNIK GMBH
    Inventors: Robert Stockter, Volker Rackow, Walter Herrmann
  • Motor vehicle heat exchanger system
    Patent number: 10309348
    Abstract: A motor vehicle heat exchanger system includes a closed circuit for a working medium and an evaporator for evaporation of the working medium. The evaporator includes at least two evaporator cassettes having an exhaust gas channel formed between the evaporator cassettes. Each evaporator cassette includes a capillary structure and a liquid side and a vapor side. A medium feed is provided on the liquid side for liquid working medium. Each evaporator cassette includes a vapor collector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2019
    Assignee: Benteler Automobiltechnik GmbH
    Inventors: Felix Rubitschek, Sven Przybylski, Tobias Düpmeier
  • Battery carrier for an electric motor vehicle with a cooling system
    Patent number: 10305151
    Abstract: A battery carrier for accommodating at least one battery for an electric motor vehicle is disclosed having tension spring elements being arranged underneath a base of the battery carrier. The tension spring elements press a temperature adjustment element, which is likewise arranged underneath the base, onto the base, such that heat conduction from the base into the temperature adjustment element takes place.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2019
    Assignee: BENTELER AUTOMOBILTECHNIK GMBH
    Inventors: Andreas Hitz, Christian Handing, Thomas Olfermann
  • Axle carrier with improved load path
    Patent number: 10300962
    Abstract: An axle carrier for a motor vehicle is disclosed having at least two attachment points, a metallic upper shell and a lower shell of fiber composite material coupled to the metallic upper shell. A first load path extending through the metallic upper shell between the at least two attachment points in an edge region, and a second load path shorter that the first load path extending through the lower shell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2019
    Assignee: BENTELER AUTOMOBILTECHNIK GMBH
    Inventors: Alex Mirau, Oliver Seibt, Guenter Fortmeier, Matthias Koerner, Frank Hoecker, Kim-Henning Sauerland
  • METHOD AND PRESS TOOL FOR THE PRODUCTION OF A HYBRID VEHICLE STRUCTURE, AND HYBRID VEHICLE STRUCTURE
    Publication number: 20190100252
    Abstract: In a method of producing a hybrid structure, a fiber material is formed three-dimensionally during a pressing process through extrusion in a press tool to produce a functional component. The fiber material is hardened at least in part and directly joined in the press tool with a metal component. Forming of the functional component of fiber-reinforced plastic and joining with the metal component is implemented in a single method step.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2018
    Publication date: April 4, 2019
    Applicant: Benteler Automobiltechnik GmbH
    Inventors: Alexander Boettcher, Günter Fortmeier, Frank Höcker, Matthias Körner
  • Resiliently mounted, segmented hot forming tool and method for producing a hot formed and press-hardened steel component having a sharply defined transition region
    Patent number: 10245632
    Abstract: A hot forming tool includes a top tool and a bottom tool, both of which can be moved towards each other. When the hot forming tool is closed, a mold cavity is formed between the top tool and the bottom tool, with the top tool and/or the bottom tool being divided into at least two segments. The hot forming tool has one segment designed as a heating segment. The heating segment includes a compensating element on a side thereof opposite the mold cavity, to compensate for a thermal expansion of the heating segment in the press stroke direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2019
    Assignee: BENTELER AUTOMOBILTECHNIK GMBH
    Inventors: Oliver Luetkemeyer, Matthias Wiemers, Robert Stockter
  • METHOD AND TOOL FOR CALIBRATION OF A HOLLOW PROFILE COMPONENT PRODUCED BY EXTRUSION FOR AUTOMOBILE MANUFACTURING
    Publication number: 20190091745
    Abstract: A method for the calibration or end sizing of a hollow profile component produced by extrusion for automobile manufacturing. The hollow profile component is inserted into the cavity of an opened press tool and closing the press tool. Expandable mandrels are introduced into the open profile ends of the hollow profile component. The hollow profile component is calibrated or end-sized by applying force simultaneously on the outside and on the inside. The expandable mandrels are retracted, opening of the press tool, and removing of the hollow profile component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2018
    Publication date: March 28, 2019
    Applicants: AUDI AG, Benteler Automobiltechnik GmbH
    Inventors: Matthias GOTTHELF, Esref CIKLAKARSLI, Erik Povl MARCUSSEN