Patents by Inventor Andreas Hitz
Andreas Hitz 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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Publication number: 20250091658Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a rear seat plate of a motor vehicle body, including a rear part of a floor plate and a rear seat support, wherein floor plate and rear seat support are vertically offset in relation to one another in the motor vehicle vertical direction (Z), and a tunnel section is optionally formed in the floor plate, and that floor plate and rear seat support are integrally formed via a connecting section as a sheet-metal formed component, in one press stroke, characterized in that a reinforcing structure is formed, and that different strengths and/or different wall thicknesses from one another are formed in different areas.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 13, 2024Publication date: March 20, 2025Inventors: Georg FROST, Christian HIELSCHER, Andreas HITZ, Paul KAUPMANN, Mathias LOHBERG, Joern TOELLE
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Publication number: 20250091655Abstract: A front wall for a motor vehicle, which has a partition wall to an engine compartment located at the front in the longitudinal direction (x) of the motor vehicle, wherein the partition wall is oriented in the installed state in the vertical direction (z) of the motor vehicle and, connected to it in one piece, has a front region of a footwell metal sheet, wherein the footwell metal sheet runs at least in portions in the longitudinal direction (x) of the motor vehicle, the front wall being produced as a one-piece sheet-metal forming component, in particular in a single press stroke, characterized in that the footwell metal sheet has a greater wall thickness and/or tensile strength than the partition wall.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 13, 2024Publication date: March 20, 2025Inventors: Georg FROST, Christian HIELSCHER, Andreas HITZ, Paul KAUPMANN, Mathias LOHBERG, Joern TOELLE
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Publication number: 20250091650Abstract: A rear side part of a motor vehicle body, has a C pillar, a D pillar and a wheel housing segment, and is produced as a one piece sheet metal forming part in a press stroke. The C pillar and the D pillar being C-shaped, U-shaped or hat-shaped in cross-section, characterized in that the side part includes adjacent areas with different tensile strengths and/or different wall thicknesses.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 13, 2024Publication date: March 20, 2025Inventors: Georg FROST, Christian HIELSCHER, Andreas HITZ, Paul KAUPMANN, Mathias LOHBERG, Joern TOELLE
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Publication number: 20250091647Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an underbody plate of a motor vehicle having a planar floor and a formation in the form of at least one flange on each of two opposite longitudinal sides in the motor vehicle transverse direction, and the underbody plate extends between a front axle and a rear axle of a motor vehicle, wherein the underbody plate is hot-formed and pressed-hardened as a one-piece plate formed component in one press stroke, wherein areas having tensile strength Rm and/or wall thickness different from one another are formed, characterized in that an outwardly protruding flange is provided having screw holes as screwing-on points on a motor vehicle body and that the flange is made soft having a tensile strength Rm less than 1000 MPa.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 13, 2024Publication date: March 20, 2025Inventors: Georg FROST, Christian HIELSCHER, Andreas HITZ, Paul KAUPMANN, Mathias LOHBERG, Joern TOELLE
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Publication number: 20250091423Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a vehicle floor sheet metal arrangement with a vehicle floor sheet metal as a component of a motor vehicle body having a flat floor and, on two opposite longitudinal sides and two opposite end sides, a downward deformation in relation to the vertical direction of the motor vehicle, such that a hood-like body is formed by the vehicle floor sheet metal, characterized in that the vehicle floor sheet metal is produced in one piece from a sheet-metal blank in one press stroke, and in that the vehicle floor sheet metal closes a battery box at the top in the vertical direction of the motor vehicle, the vehicle floor sheet metal optionally having regions with different tensile strength and/or different wall thickness.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 13, 2024Publication date: March 20, 2025Inventors: Georg FROST, Christian HIELSCHER, Andreas HITZ, Paul KAUPMANN, Mathias LOHBERG, Joern TOELLE
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Publication number: 20250091424Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a floor frame for a motor vehicle body, having at least one, two longitudinal members which extend in the longitudinal direction (X) of the motor vehicle and at least two cross members which extend in the transverse direction (Y) of the motor vehicle, wherein the cross members and longitudinal members have a profiled cross-section, characterized in that the floor frame is produced from a one-piece tailored blank in one press stroke and the floor frame has connection holes for a battery support and in that the cross member has a lower tensile strength Rm and/or wall thickness in its end regions relative to the central region of the cross member.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 13, 2024Publication date: March 20, 2025Inventors: Georg FROST, Christian HIELSCHER, Andreas HITZ, Paul KAUPMANN, Mathias LOHBERG, Joern TOELLE
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Publication number: 20250091644Abstract: A vehicle floor sheet metal arrangement with a vehicle floor sheet metal as a component of a motor vehicle body, which has a flat floor region and a deformation on two opposite longitudinal sides and two opposite end sides, such that a vehicle floor sheet metal is formed that is arranged between two sills. In the flat floor region, at least one downward-facing molded recess is formed in the vertical direction (Z) of the motor vehicle, and the vehicle floor sheet metal is manufactured in one piece in a single press stroke, with regions of mutually different wall thickness and/or mutually different tensile strength Rm.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 13, 2024Publication date: March 20, 2025Inventors: Georg FROST, Christian HIELSCHER, Andreas HITZ, Paul KAUPMANN, Mathias LOHBERG, Joern TOELLE
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Publication number: 20250058832Abstract: A window and/or roof frame for an automobile, which has at least two bows running transversely to a direction of travel and at least two longitudinal members, wherein the window and/or roof frame is produced as a one-piece sheet metal formed component from a single blank in one press stroke. Different wall thicknesses and/or strengths are formed locally, wherein the wall thicknesses or tensile strengths differ by at least 10%.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 16, 2024Publication date: February 20, 2025Inventors: Georg FROST, Christian HIELSCHER, Andreas HITZ, Paul KAUPMANN, Mathias LOHBERG, Joern TOELLE
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Patent number: 12030448Abstract: A bumper arrangement for a motor vehicle, having an upper main cross member, which is able to be coupled via crash boxes to the motor vehicle, and a lower auxiliary cross member, wherein the main cross member and auxiliary cross member are coupled together via vertical struts. The main cross member and/or the auxiliary cross member and/or the vertical element are supported on the crash box and/or on a longitudinal member via at least one additional support element oriented in the direction of the motor vehicle, wherein the support element is configured in one piece and in a single material with the main cross member or the auxiliary cross member or the vertical element.Type: GrantFiled: February 1, 2022Date of Patent: July 9, 2024Assignee: BENTELER AUTOMOBILTECHNIK GMBHInventors: Karl Kristian Berger, Jens Chr. Haker, Christian Handing, Andreas Hitz, Frode Paulsen, Frank Rabe, Odd Perry Sovik
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Patent number: 12012059Abstract: A vehicle component for a vehicle has a component body which extends longitudinally in a longitudinal direction, wherein the component body has deformation zones which are spatially distributed in the longitudinal direction and are formed in the component body of sheet metal material. At least two locally distributed and spaced-apart deformation zones have different tensile strengths configured to influence a deformation course of the component body upon a force acting on the component body.Type: GrantFiled: October 13, 2021Date of Patent: June 18, 2024Assignee: Benteler Automobiltechnik GmbHInventors: Georg Frost, Andreas Hitz, Mathias Lohberg, Martin Schroeter
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Publication number: 20220242347Abstract: A bumper arrangement for a motor vehicle, having an upper main cross member, which is able to be coupled via crash boxes to the motor vehicle, and a lower auxiliary cross member, wherein the main cross member and auxiliary cross member are coupled together via vertical struts. The main cross member and/or the auxiliary cross member and/or the vertical element are supported on the crash box and/or on a longitudinal member via at least one additional support element oriented in the direction of the motor vehicle, wherein the support element is configured in one piece and in a single material with the main cross member or the auxiliary cross member or the vertical element.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 1, 2022Publication date: August 4, 2022Inventors: Karl Kristian BERGER, Jens Chr. HAKER, Christian HANDING, Andreas HITZ, Frode PAULSEN, Frank RABE, Odd Perry SOVIK
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Publication number: 20220242349Abstract: A bumper arrangement for a motor vehicle, having an upper main crossmember, which is able to be coupled to the motor vehicle by way of crash boxes, and a lower auxiliary crossmember, wherein main crossmember and auxiliary crossmember are coupled to one another by way of vertical struts. The main crossmember and the auxiliary crossmember run so as to be curved about the vertical axis at least in certain portions, wherein main crossmember and auxiliary crossmember have different radii of curvature from one another, and/or in that the auxiliary crossmember is set back with respect to the main crossmember in a motor vehicle longitudinal direction in the direction directed toward the motor vehicle, and/or in that the auxiliary crossmember has a central portion which is offset in relation to the vertical direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 1, 2022Publication date: August 4, 2022Inventors: Karl Kristian BERGER, Jens Chr. HAKER, Christian HANDING, Andreas HITZ, Frode PAULSEN, Frank RABE, Odd Perry SOVIK
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Publication number: 20220063530Abstract: A vehicle component for a vehicle has a component body which extends longitudinally in a longitudinal direction, wherein the component body has deformation zones which are spatially distributed in the longitudinal direction and are formed in the component body of sheet metal material. At least two locally distributed and spaced-apart deformation zones have different tensile strengths configured to influence a deformation course of the component body upon a force acting on the component body.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 13, 2021Publication date: March 3, 2022Inventors: Georg Frost, Andreas Hitz, Mathias Lohberg, Martin Schroeter
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Patent number: 11161468Abstract: A vehicle component for a vehicle has a component body which extends longitudinally in a longitudinal direction, wherein the component body has deformation zones which are spatially distributed in the longitudinal direction and are formed in the component body of sheet metal material. At least two locally distributed and spaced-apart deformation zones have different tensile strengths configured to influence a deformation course of the component body upon a force acting on the component body.Type: GrantFiled: November 25, 2019Date of Patent: November 2, 2021Assignee: Benteler Automobiltechnik GmbHInventors: Georg Frost, Andreas Hitz, Mathias Lohberg, Martin Schroeter
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Patent number: 11059525Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: November 14, 2019Date of Patent: July 13, 2021Assignee: BENTELER AUTOMOBILTECHNIK GMBHInventors: Lucas Adamski, Andreas Hitz, Alex Mirau
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Patent number: 10960927Abstract: A longitudinal beam for a motor vehicle and also to a method for the production of the longitudinal beam is disclosed. The longitudinal beam is produced from a lightweight metal profile. The extrusion direction of the lightweight metal profile runs transverse to the longitudinal direction of the longitudinal beam.Type: GrantFiled: January 20, 2017Date of Patent: March 30, 2021Assignee: BENTELER AUTOMOBILTECHNIK GMBHInventors: Edvin List Clausen, Andreas Hitz, Tobias Svantesson Kavik, Amin Farjad Bastani
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Patent number: 10875068Abstract: A method for producing a lightweight sheet-metal component with varying wall thicknesses includes extruding a lightweight metal to form a profile with a non-planar profile cross section, wherein the wall thicknesses of the profile cross section differ from one another in at least two regions, cutting the profile to length into profile pieces, widening the profile pieces, and forming the flattened profile piece into a three-dimensional shaped sheet-metal component, wherein the sheet-metal component has at least two regions with wall thicknesses that are different from one another.Type: GrantFiled: July 22, 2015Date of Patent: December 29, 2020Assignee: BENTELER AUTOMOBILTECHNIK GMBHInventors: Tobias Svantesson Kavik, Amin Farjad Bastani, Edwin List Clausen, Andreas Hitz
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Publication number: 20200164817Abstract: A vehicle component for a vehicle has a component body which extends longitudinally in a longitudinal direction, wherein the component body has deformation zones which are spatially distributed in the longitudinal direction and are formed in the component body of sheet metal material. At least two locally distributed and spaced-apart deformation zones have different tensile strengths configured to influence a deformation course of the component body upon a force acting on the component body.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 25, 2019Publication date: May 28, 2020Inventors: Georg Frost, Andreas Hitz, Mathias Lohberg, Martin Schroeter
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Publication number: 20200164928Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: November 14, 2019Publication date: May 28, 2020Applicant: BENTELER AUTOMOBILTECHNIK GMBHInventors: Lucas ADAMSKI, Andreas HITZ, Alex MIRAU
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Patent number: 10391533Abstract: A method for producing a motor vehicle component from a light metal alloy includes: extruding an extruded profile with, in cross section, at least two mutually different wall thicknesses and at least one closed hollow chamber and with an extrusion width, at least partially flattening and/or widening the cross section to a processing width, wherein the processing width is greater than the extrusion width, before or after the flattening and/or widening, performing separation to form blanks, processing the blanks by deformation to form the motor vehicle component.Type: GrantFiled: January 20, 2017Date of Patent: August 27, 2019Assignee: BENTLER AUTOMOBILTECHNIK GMBHInventors: Edvin List Clausen, Andreas Hitz, Tobias Svantesson Kavik, Amin Farjad Bastani