Patents by Inventor Daniel Rolf Merz

Daniel Rolf Merz 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).

  • Housing which can be secured to a motor vehicle with an integrated pedestrain protection function
    Patent number: 7998232
    Abstract: A housing can be secured to a motor vehicle and has a first housing portion (4) and a second housing portion (2) which can be connected thereto. To integrate a pedestrian protection function and to provide a defined relative movement of the housing portions in relation to each other, it is proposed to provide on the first housing portion an elongate support element (10), which is connected with a proximal end to the first housing portion and has a distally disposed effective end having an effective cross-section (6), and the second housing portion (2) includes an elastic fixing element with a through opening, the inside diameter of which is smaller than the effective cross-section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2011
    Assignees: Montaplast GmbH, Bayerische Motorenwerke AG
    Inventors: Joern-Uwe Krueger, Werner Gerhard, Daniel Rolf Merz, Bernhard Beer, Rudolf Wimmer
  • HOUSING WHICH CAN BE SECURED TO A MOTOR VEHICLE WITH AN INTEGRATED PEDESTRAIN PROTECTION FUNCTION
    Publication number: 20090242309
    Abstract: A housing can be secured to a motor vehicle and has a first housing portion (4) and a second housing portion (2) which can be connected thereto. To integrate a pedestrian protection function and to provide a defined relative movement of the housing portions in relation to each other, it is proposed to provide on the first housing portion an elongate support element (10), which is connected with a proximal end to the first housing portion and has a distally disposed effective end having an effective cross-section (6), and the second housing portion (2) includes an elastic fixing element with a through opening, the inside diameter of which is smaller than the effective cross-section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2007
    Publication date: October 1, 2009
    Applicants: MONTAPLAST GMBH, BAYERISCHE MOTORENWERKE AG
    Inventors: Jörn-Uwe Krüger, Werner Gerhard, Daniel Rolf Merz, Bernhard Beer