Patents by Inventor Bruno Gorlich

Bruno Gorlich 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).

  • Publication number: 20020154484
    Abstract: The invention pertains to a heat-shield attachment element with a through-hole for an attachment element, wherein the heat-shield attachment element is formed from at least one flanged tube (2) and another element (3, 5) provided with a flange (3′, 5′); in this way, there is a through-hole in the flanged tube (2) and the other element (3, 5); the flanged tube (2) is inserted into a hole formed in the heat shield (1) and the flange (2′) of the flanged tube (2) contacts one side of the heat shield and the other element (3, 5) contacts the opposite side of the heat shield (1) over an area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2002
    Publication date: October 24, 2002
    Inventor: Bruno Gorlich
  • Patent number: 6279229
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of manufacturing a heat shield and to a heat shield manufactured with this method. Heat shields of this type are particularly used in the field of the automobile industry. According to the method according to the invention, an insulating material, performed in a suitable contour and consisting of graphite, for example vermiculite, without binding agent, is inserted as an insulating plate (4) between two flat materials (2, 3), consisting of sheet metal, for example. The flat materials (2, 3) are then connected to one another at their edges in a positive or non-positive manner. The insulating material is here compressed, before or after being deposited on the flat material, to form a coherent insulating plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 1999
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2001
    Assignee: Dana Corporation
    Inventors: Kai Lemke, Bernd Bretschneider, Giaimi Giacomo, Bruno Görlich, Dieter Grafl