Patents by Inventor Elmar Mollemeier
Elmar Mollemeier 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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Patent number: 12017490Abstract: A bumper assembly for a motor vehicle has a cross member and crash boxes. The cross member has a front side open profile with a rear wall and an upper leg and a lower leg. Furthermore, a tow bushing is provided. The tow bushing is able to be arranged above the upper leg or below the lower leg and is able to be arranged laterally offset next to a crash box.Type: GrantFiled: August 24, 2023Date of Patent: June 25, 2024Assignee: BENTELER AUTOMOBILTECHNIK GMBHInventors: Andreas Schiller, Elmar Mollemeier
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Publication number: 20240066934Abstract: A bumper assembly for a motor vehicle has a cross member and crash boxes. The cross member has a front side open profile with a rear wall and an upper leg and a lower leg. Furthermore, a tow bushing is provided. The tow bushing is able to be arranged above the upper leg or below the lower leg and is able to be arranged laterally offset next to a crash box.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 24, 2023Publication date: February 29, 2024Inventors: Andreas SCHILLER, Elmar MOLLEMEIER
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Patent number: 11794677Abstract: A bumper arrangement for a motor vehicle, having a crossmember which is able to be coupled to a motor vehicle by means of crash boxes. The crossmember is designed as a hollow profile which is open on one side. An opening of the hollow profile faces forwards. The crossmember is designed in its end portions to run with an orientation obliquely downwards with respect to the vertical direction.Type: GrantFiled: October 13, 2021Date of Patent: October 24, 2023Assignee: BENTELER AUTOMOBILTECHNIK GMBHInventors: Umesh Kalekar, Elmar Mollemeier, Mirko Paare, Martin Schroeter
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Patent number: 11780392Abstract: A bumper arrangement for a motor vehicle has a crossmember which can be coupled to the motor vehicle via crash boxes and is produced as a press-formed component of the same material and in one piece therewith, with a top-hat-shaped cross section. The crossmember is designed in a respective end region to run with an orientation obliquely downwards with respect to the vertical direction of the motor vehicle, and the end region is of ring-shaped design.Type: GrantFiled: November 12, 2021Date of Patent: October 10, 2023Assignee: BENTELER AUTOMOBILTECHNIK GMBHInventors: Mirko Paare, Elmar Mollemeier
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Publication number: 20230143784Abstract: The present invention relates to a bumper crossmember 2 for a motor vehicle, which bumper crossmember 2 extends in the motor vehicle transverse direction and has a hollow profile in cross section, which hollow profile has, in particular, a rectangular cross section. A reinforcing plate 5 is inserted in a middle length portion, the depth T of the reinforcing plate 5 decreasing in the motor vehicle longitudinal direction X toward the ends of the reinforcing plate 5.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 4, 2022Publication date: May 11, 2023Inventors: Andreas SCHILLER, Elmar MOLLEMEIER
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Patent number: 11505147Abstract: A motor vehicle bumper that has a transverse carrier which can be secured transversely relative to the longitudinal carriers of the motor vehicle by crash boxes. The transverse carrier has a shell member which is open toward the front side and which has a rear wall and two outer members which are both adjoined at the end side by an outwardly directed longitudinal flange. The shell member has a central longitudinal portion which is adjoined in the direction toward the two ends of the transverse carrier by a transition portion, an intermediate portion, a crash box connection portion and an end portion. The shell member is closed at least over the majority of the length thereof by a closure plate which forms the front side. In the transition portions, the shell member has a minimum depth which is less than the maximum depth in the central longitudinal portion.Type: GrantFiled: February 17, 2021Date of Patent: November 22, 2022Assignee: BENTELER AUTOMOBILTECHNIK GMBHInventors: Andreas Schiller, Elmar Mollemeier
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Publication number: 20220274553Abstract: A bumper arrangement for a motor vehicle has a crossmember and crash boxes which are arranged in each case at the end of the crossmember, and also outer end modules. Each end module has a shell body and a shield which covers the front side of the shell body at least in certain regions, wherein the shell body is joined to a crash box, and an end of the crossmember is joined to a respective shell body. The bumper arrangement has a functionally high energy absorption capacity with a modularized design.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 25, 2022Publication date: September 1, 2022Inventors: Mirko PAARE, Elmar MOLLEMEIER
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Publication number: 20220153215Abstract: A bumper arrangement for a motor vehicle has a crossmember which can be coupled to the motor vehicle via crash boxes and is produced as a press-formed component of the same material and in one piece therewith, with a top-hat-shaped cross section. The crossmember is designed in a respective end region to run with an orientation obliquely downwards with respect to the vertical direction of the motor vehicle, and the end region is of ring-shaped design.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 12, 2021Publication date: May 19, 2022Inventors: Mirko PAARE, Elmar MOLLEMEIER
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Publication number: 20220111810Abstract: A bumper arrangement for a motor vehicle, having a crossmember which is able to be coupled to a motor vehicle by means of crash boxes. The crossmember is designed as a hollow profile which is open on one side. An opening of the hollow profile faces forwards. The crossmember is designed in its end portions to run with an orientation obliquely downwards with respect to the vertical direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 13, 2021Publication date: April 14, 2022Inventors: Umesh KALEKAR, Elmar MOLLEMEIER, Mirko PAARE, Martin SCHROETER
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Publication number: 20210276503Abstract: A motor vehicle bumper that has a transverse carrier which can be secured transversely relative to the longitudinal carriers of the motor vehicle by crash boxes. The transverse carrier has a shell member which is open toward the front side and which has a rear wall and two outer members which are both adjoined at the end side by an outwardly directed longitudinal flange. The shell member has a central longitudinal portion which is adjoined in the direction toward the two ends of the transverse carrier by a transition portion, an intermediate portion, a crash box connection portion and an end portion. The shell member is closed at least over the majority of the length thereof by a closure plate which forms the front side. In the transition portions, the shell member has a minimum depth which is less than the maximum depth in the central longitudinal portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 17, 2021Publication date: September 9, 2021Inventors: Andreas SCHILLER, Elmar MOLLEMEIER
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Patent number: 10173617Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: July 22, 2016Date of Patent: January 8, 2019Assignee: BENTELER AUTOMOBILTECHNIK GMBHInventors: Frank Rabe, Christian Handing, Mirko Paare, Elmar Mollemeier
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Publication number: 20170129431Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: July 22, 2016Publication date: May 11, 2017Inventors: Frank RABE, Christian HANDING, Mirko PAARE, Elmar MOLLEMEIER
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Patent number: 8622446Abstract: A bumper for a motor vehicle includes a crossbeam having a hat profile defined by a bottom wall, legs respectively adjoining the bottom wall, and flanges respectively extending from the legs. The hat profile has sections of varying cross sectional configuration in a longitudinal direction. A face plate closes the hat profile to define a hollow space, with the crossbeam being mountable with the face plate such as to point outwards. An upper one of the legs has a width which is greater than a width of a lower one of the legs in a center section of the crossbeam. The crossbeam has curved ends oriented in a direction of the motor vehicle, and the face plate includes in the center section a stiffening embossment which is oriented into the hollow space defined by the hat profile and the face plate.Type: GrantFiled: October 31, 2011Date of Patent: January 7, 2014Assignee: Benteler Automobiltechnik GmbHInventors: Christian Handing, Michael Roll, Ulrich Lüdtke-Bexten, Elmar Mollemeier
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Publication number: 20120104779Abstract: A bumper for a motor vehicle includes a crossbeam having a hat profile defined by a bottom wall, legs respectively adjoining the bottom wall, and flanges respectively extending from the legs. The hat profile has sections of varying cross sectional configuration in a longitudinal direction. A face plate closes the hat profile to define a hollow space, with the crossbeam being mountable with the face plate such as to point outwards. An upper one of the legs has a width which is greater than a width of a lower one of the legs in a center section of the crossbeam. The crossbeam has curved ends oriented in a direction of the motor vehicle, and the face plate includes in the center section a stiffening embossment which is oriented into the hollow space defined by the hat profile and the face plate.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 31, 2011Publication date: May 3, 2012Applicant: Benteler Automobiltechnik GmbHInventors: CHRISTIAN HANDING, Michael Roll, Ulrich Lüdtke-Bexten, Elmar Mollemeier
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Patent number: 8152210Abstract: A bumper for a motor vehicle includes a lightweight cross member attachable transversely to the longitudinal rails of the motor vehicle frame. The cross member includes two longitudinal profiles which are displaceable relative to each other and support each other during the displacement. The bumper provides improved functionality and increased energy absorption capability.Type: GrantFiled: November 30, 2009Date of Patent: April 10, 2012Assignee: Benteler Automobiltechnik GmbHInventors: Ulrich Lütke-Bexten, Michael Roll, Elmar Mollemeier
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Patent number: 8079624Abstract: A bumper of a motor vehicle includes a cross member which is disposed transversely to a side rail of a motor vehicle frame and has a U-shaped cross section formed by a wall and two legs extending from opposite ends of the wall Extending longitudinally in a direction of the cross member is a reinforcement member which has a T-shaped cross section and closes off a front end of the cross member.Type: GrantFiled: January 13, 2010Date of Patent: December 20, 2011Assignee: Benteler Automobiltechnik GmbHInventors: Michael Roll, Elmar Mollemeier
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Publication number: 20100176610Abstract: A bumper of a motor vehicle includes a cross member which is disposed transversely to a side rail of a motor vehicle frame and has a U-shaped cross section formed by a wall and two legs extending from opposite ends of the wall Extending longitudinally in a direction of the cross member is a reinforcement member which has a T-shaped cross section and closes off a front end of the cross member.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 13, 2010Publication date: July 15, 2010Applicant: Benteler Automobiltechnik GmbHInventors: MICHAEL ROLL, Elmar Mollemeier
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Publication number: 20100133859Abstract: A bumper for a motor vehicle includes a cross member extending transversely to side rails of a vehicle frame. The cross member has a U-shaped cross section which is defined by a web connected on opposite ends to two legs, respectively, and configured to point in a direction of the motor vehicle. The web has a reinforcement embossment in a central length section of the cross member.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 30, 2009Publication date: June 3, 2010Applicant: Benteler Automobiltechnik GmbHInventors: Ulrich Lütke-Bexten, Michael Roll, Elmar Mollemeier
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Publication number: 20100133861Abstract: A bumper for a motor vehicle includes a lightweight cross member attachable transversely to the longitudinal rails of the motor vehicle frame. The cross member includes two longitudinal profiles which are displaceable relative to each other and support each other during the displacement. The bumper provides improved functionality and increased energy absorption capability.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 30, 2009Publication date: June 3, 2010Applicant: Benteler Automobiltechnik GmbHInventors: ULRICH LUTKE-BEXTEN, Michael Roll, Elmar Mollemeier
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Patent number: 7399013Abstract: A bumper for a motor vehicle includes a cross member which is disposed transversely to side rails of a motor vehicle frame and connected to the side rails via crash boxes. The cross member has a C-shaped cross section and includes an outer shell member and an inner shell member. The inner shell member is constructed as tension link which is made of a material having a tensile strength that is greater than the tensile strength of a material of the outer shell member.Type: GrantFiled: August 9, 2006Date of Patent: July 15, 2008Assignee: Benteler Automobiltechnik GmbHInventors: Ulrich Lütke-Bexten, Michael Roll, Elmar Mollemeier