Patents by Inventor Andreas Wust

Andreas Wust 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).

  • Patent number: 8617344
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a multistage process for producing hollow plastic articles, encompassing the following steps: a) producing a tubular plastic parison by means of extrusion or coextrusion; b) cutting open the plastic parison to produce two planar-surface parts; c) molding the planar-surface parts in two mold halves to give half shells, where a removable intermediate frame separates the mold halves from one another at least along the peripheral edges, so that the semifinished products/half shells are not in contact with one another; d) opening the mold halves and removing the intermediate frame; e) closing the mold halves, with the result that the half shells come into contact with one another along a peripheral rim; and f) bonding the half shells to give a hollow article.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2013
    Assignee: Basell Polyolefine GmbH
    Inventors: Wolfgang Rohde, Jörg Meyer, Rainer Sattel, Jörg Schnorr, Bernhard Springholz, Roger Weinlein, Andreas Wüst
  • Patent number: 8276953
    Abstract: A bumper system for a motor vehicle includes, but is not limited to, a bumper cross member, which is fixed to a stiff frame of the motor vehicle, a pliable bumper shell, a compressible structure which is formed between an upper area of the shell and the cross member and one support section which supports the lower area of the shell, which, together with a crash box holding the cross member is anchored to the flange plates of the frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2012
    Assignee: GM Global Technology Operations LLC
    Inventors: Matthias Erzgräber, Theobald Hock, Heino Wentzien, Stefan Glaser, Andreas Wüst
  • Patent number: 8100444
    Abstract: A bumper system for a motor vehicle includes, but is not limited to, a bumper cross member, which is fixed to a stiff frame of the motor vehicle, a pliable bumper shell, a compressible structure which is formed between an upper area of the shell and the cross member and one support section which supports the lower area of the shell, which, together with a crash box holding the cross member is anchored to the flange plates of the frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2012
    Assignee: GM Global Technology Operations LLC
    Inventors: Matthias Erzgräber, Theobald Hock, Heino Wentzien, Stefan Glaser, Andreas Wüst
  • Publication number: 20120009404
    Abstract: The invention relates to a module for absorbing energy from an impact to which the module (3) has been subjected, via deformation, comprising a core (5) made of a polymer foam with a density of at most 0.2 g/cm3 and with a compressive modulus of elasticity of at most 200 MPa measured to DIN EN 826, wherein the core (5) has an at least to some extent enclosing shell (7) made of a polymer material, and/or comprises an insert (15) made of a polymer material, where the density of the polymer material of the shell (7) and/or of the insert (15) is at most 2.0 g/cm3 and its tensile modulus of elasticity is at least 700 MPa, measured to DIN EN ISO 527.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2011
    Publication date: January 12, 2012
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Heiko HEß, Joachim Ruch, Jan Kurt Walter Sandler, Andreas Wüst, Helge Weiler
  • Publication number: 20110175379
    Abstract: A bumper system for a motor vehicle includes, but is not limited to, a bumper cross member, which is fixed to a stiff frame of the motor vehicle, a pliable bumper shell, a compressible structure which is formed between an upper area of the shell and the cross member and one support section which supports the lower area of the shell, which, together with a crash box holding the cross member is anchored to the flange plates of the frame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2011
    Publication date: July 21, 2011
    Applicant: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
    Inventors: Matthias ERZGRÄBER, Theobald HOCK, Heino WENTZIEN, Stefan Glaser, Andreas Wüst
  • Publication number: 20090200811
    Abstract: A bumper system for a motor vehicle includes, but is not limited to, a bumper cross member, which is fixed to a stiff frame of the motor vehicle, a pliable bumper shell, a compressible structure which is formed between an upper area of the shell and the cross member and one support section which supports the lower area of the shell, which, together with a crash box holding the cross member is anchored to the flange plates of the frame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 23, 2006
    Publication date: August 13, 2009
    Applicant: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS, INC.
    Inventors: Matthias Erzgräber, Theobald Hock, Heino Wentzien, Stefan Glaser, Andreas Wüst
  • Patent number: 7556489
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device for partitioning the plastic parisons to give at least one semifinished open-surface product (6), where the device encompasses at least one means of partitioning (3) the plastic parison and one means of drive (2). The means of drive may be composed of one, but preferably of two, driven rolls. It has been found that use of the device of the invention can reduce or prevent the production of creasing and irregularity at the margins, i.e. at the cut edges, of the partitioned parisons, i.e. of the resultant semifinished sheets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2009
    Assignee: Basell Polyolefine GmbH
    Inventors: Wolfgang Rohde, Jörg Meyer, Rainer Sattel, Jörg Schnorr, Bernhard Springholz, Roger Weinlein, Andreas Wüst
  • Publication number: 20060141184
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a multistage process for producing hollow plastic articles, encompassing the following steps: a) producing a tubular plastic parison by means of extrusion or coextrusion; b) cutting open the plastic parison to produce two planar-surface parts; c) molding the planar-surface parts in two mold halves to give half shells, where a removable intermediate frame separates the mold halves from one another at least along the peripheral edges, so that the semifinished products/half shells are not in contact with one another; d) opening the mold halves and removing the intermediate frame; e) closing the mold halves, with the result that the half shells come into contact with one another along a peripheral rim; and f) bonding the half shells to give a hollow article.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2003
    Publication date: June 29, 2006
    Applicant: Basell Polyolefine GmbH
    Inventors: Wolfgang Rohde, Jorg Meyer, Rainer Sattel, Jorg Schnorr, Bernhard Springholz, Roger Weinlein, Andreas Wust
  • Publication number: 20060099290
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device for partitioning the plastic parisons to give at least one semifinished open-surface product (6), where the device encompasses at least one means of partitioning (3) the plastic parison and one means of drive (2). The means of drive may be composed of one, but preferably of two, driven rolls. It has been found that use of the device of the invention can reduce or prevent the production of creasing and irregularity at the margins, i.e. at the cut edges, of the partitioned parisons, i.e. of the resultant semifinished sheets.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2003
    Publication date: May 11, 2006
    Applicant: Basell Polyolefine GmbH
    Inventors: Wolfgang Rohde, Jorg Meyer, Rainer Sattel, Jorg Schnorr, Bernhard Springholz, Roger Weinlein, Andreas Wust
  • Patent number: 6893603
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for producing hollow plastic articles, encompassing the following steps: a) producing a tubular plastic parison on a blow molding plant or coextrusion blow molding plant b) cutting open the extruded or coextruded plastic parison to give at least one semifinished open-surface product c) thermoforming the resultant semifinished open-surface product to give half-shells d) welding the thermoformed half-shells to give a hollow article.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2005
    Assignee: Basell Polyolefine GmbH
    Inventors: Wolfgang Rohde, Dieter Boes, Michael Flosdorff, Jörg Schnorr, Bernhard Springholz, Roger Weinlein, Andreas Wüst
  • Publication number: 20020146481
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for the production of hollow plastic articles, said process comprising the following steps:
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2001
    Publication date: October 10, 2002
    Inventor: Andreas Wust
  • Publication number: 20020024171
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for producing hollow plastic articles, encompassing the following steps:
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2001
    Publication date: February 28, 2002
    Inventors: Wolfgang Rohde, Dieter Boes, Michael Flosdorff, Jorg Schnorr, Bernhard Springholz, Roger Weinlein, Andreas Wust