Patents by Inventor Christian Handing

Christian Handing 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: 10559796
    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.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2020
    Assignee: Benteler Automobiltechnik GmbH
    Inventors: Thomas Olfermann, Christian Handing
  • Publication number: 20190291670
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a crossmember for arranging on a motor vehicle, wherein the crossmember is formed in two parts from a profile, which is open on one side, as seen in cross section, and from a closing panel, each being made of metallic material, and the crossmember and the closing panel are coupled to one another, wherein the closing panel is produced in the form of an extruded light-metal component, wherein an extrusion direction is oriented transversely to the longitudinal extent of the crossmember and, as seen in the longitudinal extent of the crossmember, the closing panel has regions of different wall thicknesses.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2019
    Publication date: September 26, 2019
    Inventors: Joern TOELLE, Christian HANDING, Kim-Henning SAUERLAND
  • Publication number: 20190283627
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a method for producing a battery carrier for an electric battery module of a vehicle configured to electrically operate, the method may include: providing a material blank with a blank region; providing a heat exchanger structure in the blank region, that comprises hollow channels that are inseparably connected to the material blank, wherein the hollow channels are provided to regulate a temperature of the electric battery module using a fluid; and forming the material blank into a support tray with a tray base configured to support the electric battery module and with sidewalls that delimit the tray base at the sides of the tray base, wherein the tray base is developed from the blank region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2019
    Publication date: September 19, 2019
    Inventors: Ludger Gehringhoff, Christian Handing
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • Publication number: 20190070651
    Abstract: A hollow profile and a method of producing the hollow profile from a hardenable steel alloy blank is disclosed having an L-shaped cross section with an upper vertical hollow chamber, and a lower horizontal hollow chamber, wherein the blank comes in abutment on an intermediate bridge area, forming a double layer. The hollow profile further includes, at least in regions, a tensile strength Rm greater than 1000 MPa.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2018
    Publication date: March 7, 2019
    Inventors: Günter FORTMEIER, Conrad FRISCHKORN, Julian GRENZ, Christian HANDING, Christian HIELSCHER, Thomas OLFERMANN
  • Patent number: 10173617
    Abstract: The invention relates to a bumper arrangement with a crossmember and two crashboxes which are in each case connectable on one side to the crossmember on an outer region thereof and are arrangeable on the other side on a vehicle-side longitudinal member. It is distinguished in that the crossmember has a hollow chamber profile with a hollow chamber which is round at least in sections in cross section, which hollow chamber profile is arranged in a crossmember longitudinal axis running perpendicularly to the vehicle center longitudinal axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2019
    Assignee: BENTELER AUTOMOBILTECHNIK GMBH
    Inventors: Frank Rabe, Christian Handing, Mirko Paare, Elmar Mollemeier
  • Patent number: 10151009
    Abstract: A method for producing a structural and/or safety-related motor vehicle component having at least one hot-formed and press-hardened part constructed from high-strength steel includes the steps of partially heat-treating a region of the motor vehicle component by heating the region to a heat-up temperature in a temperature range between 500° C. and 900° C.; maintaining the heat-up temperature for a duration of a holding time; and cooling down from the heat-up temperature in one or more phases. A body component constructed as a structural and/or safety-related motor vehicle component from a steel sheet blank that has been hot-formed and press-hardened includes joining flanges and/or coupling locations and/or safety-related parts, wherein the joining flanges, coupling locations and/or safety-related parts are partially heat-treated in several steps with the disclosed method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2018
    Assignee: BENTELER AUTOMOBILTECHNIK GMBH
    Inventors: Markus Pellmann, Martin Pohl, Martin Schroeter, Stefan Adelbert, Otto Buschsieweke, Christian Handing
  • Publication number: 20180269447
    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.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2018
    Publication date: September 20, 2018
    Inventors: Thomas Olfermann, Christian Handing
  • Patent number: 10065588
    Abstract: The invention relates to a crash box having a plurality of hollow chambers which extend over the longitudinal extent of the crash box, a first hollow chamber being arranged offset in terms of height with respect to a second hollow chamber and a third hollow chamber in the mounted position. Here, the first hollow chamber is separated by means of a dividing wall from the second and third hollow chambers which are preferably arranged next to one another above or below the first hollow chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2018
    Assignee: BENTELER AUTOMOBILTECHNIK GMBH
    Inventors: Andreas Schiller, Christian Handing
  • Publication number: 20180229593
    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: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2018
    Publication date: August 16, 2018
    Inventors: Andreas HITZ, Christian HANDING, Thomas OLFERMANN
  • Publication number: 20180222536
    Abstract: A motor vehicle component is disclosed. The component is manufactured by hot forming die quenching a sheet metal blank made of a hardenable steel alloy, and the motor vehicle component is made of a triple-layer laminated steel and including a central layer of hardenable steel ally, and the outer layers of a stainless steel alloy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2016
    Publication date: August 9, 2018
    Inventors: Andreas FREHN, Georg FROST, Christian HANDING, Christoph NITSCHKE, Martin POHL
  • Publication number: 20180215282
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a battery holder for the receiving of a plurality of battery modules in an electrically driven vehicle. The battery holder may include a plurality of juxtaposed module receptacles, wherein each module receptacle is configured to receive the battery module, and a profile wall that defines the plurality of module receptacles, wherein a heat exchanger is configured to temper the battery modules is formed in the side wall, wherein the heat exchanger comprises a plurality of hollow channels that extend along the module receptacles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2017
    Publication date: August 2, 2018
    Inventors: Martin Pohl, Christian Handing, Frank Rabe, Tobias Duepmeier, Konstantin Tatarinov, Edvin List Clausen
  • Publication number: 20180212216
    Abstract: The disclosure comprises a battery holder for receiving at least one electric battery in a vehicle that includes a hollow chamber profile with a hollow chamber that is defined by a base wall and a cover wall, where the electric battery is configured for placement on the cover wall. The battery holder also includes a heat exchanger structure configured for tempering the electric battery, where the heat exchanger structure is formed within a cover wall section of the cover wall and includes at least one hollow channel that intersperses the cover wall.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2017
    Publication date: July 26, 2018
    Inventors: Christian Handing, Tobias Duepmeier, Frank Rabe, Konstantin Tatarinov, Martin Pohl, Edvin List Clausen
  • Publication number: 20180183116
    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: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2017
    Publication date: June 28, 2018
    Inventors: Andreas HITZ, Christian HANDING, Thomas OLFERMANN
  • Patent number: 10005411
    Abstract: The invention concerns a bumper system for a motor vehicle with at least one crashbox, which is arranged by means of a bracket on a bumper cross member, wherein the bracket is provided with a first bracket plate and a second bracket plate, while the first bracket plate bears at least partly against a first limiting element and the second bracket plate against a second limiting element of the bumper cross member, wherein the bumper cross member is taken up in the bracket such that the first bracket plate and/or the second bracket plate extends in the direction of the vehicle longitudinal axis over at least ¾ preferably over 9/10 of the bumper cross member in the direction of a bumper cross member front wall, especially preferably entirely up to the bumper cross member front wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2018
    Assignee: BENTELER AUTOMOBILTECHNIK GMBH
    Inventors: Christian Handing, Mirko Paare
  • Patent number: 9975506
    Abstract: An impact beam for a motor vehicle, said impact beam includes a front wall, a rear wall and at least two transverse walls connecting the front wall and the rear wall. The front wall has a single-layered section and a multilayered section, wherein the multilayered section is formed by a first and a second front wall section, wherein the first front wall section is fixedly connected with the second front wall section, wherein at least the single-layered front wall section, the rear wall and the at least two transverse walls together enclose a hollow chamber. The front wall, the rear wall and the transverse walls are configured in one-piece and of a same material, wherein the impact beam is made of a longitudinal starting section with a constant U-shaped cross section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2018
    Assignee: Benteler Automobiltechnik GmbH
    Inventor: Christian Handing
  • Publication number: 20170331086
    Abstract: A battery holder is disclosed having a base plate and a frame that is at least partially encircling in a lateral direction, the base plate and the frame are configured as sheet-metal components, and a lid. The base plate is configured in a trough-shaped manner and is manufactured as a formed sheet-metal component from a multilayered laminated composite steel, wherein an internal exterior layer is configured from an acid-resistant steel alloy and an outboard external layer of the laminated composite steel is configured from a stainless-steel alloy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2017
    Publication date: November 16, 2017
    Inventors: Andreas FREHN, Georg FROST, Christian HANDING
  • Patent number: 9663051
    Abstract: The invention relates to a crashbox for a bumper system of a motor vehicle, comprising an upper wall and a lower wall, wherein the crashbox is divided in the longitudinal extent thereof into a first length portion and an adjoining second length portion (4), wherein, in the first length portion, a longitudinal plane of the upper wall intersects a central longitudinal plane of the crashbox at an angle ?1, and a longitudinal plane of the lower wall intersects the central longitudinal plane of the crashbox at an angle ?2, wherein the following holds true: ?5°??1?5° and ?5°??2?5°, and wherein, in the second length portion, a longitudinal plane of the upper wall (1) intersects a longitudinal plane of the lower wall at an angle ?.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2017
    Assignee: BENTELER AUTOMOBILTECHNIK GMBH
    Inventors: Frank Rabe, Andreas Schiller, Christian Handing, Dariusz Straznikiewicz