Patents by Inventor Frank Fetscher

Frank Fetscher 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: 10974558
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a check rail for a wheel suspension of a wheel in a vehicle, wherein the wheel suspension may include a wheel carrier configured to support a wheel of a vehicle, the wheel carrier may include an elastic check rail body that may include a fiber-reinforced composite material with a first check rail end and a second check rail end, wherein the first check rail end is configured to be fastened to a structural body component of the vehicle, wherein the first check rail end is constructed without a bearing; and a pivot bearing on the second check rail end and configured to be rotatably fastened on the wheel carrier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2021
    Assignee: Benteler Automobiltechnik GmbH
    Inventors: Dirk Rochell, Johannes Boeke, Oleg Schelesnikow, Frank Fetscher
  • Publication number: 20180312026
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a check rail for a wheel suspension of a wheel in a vehicle, wherein the wheel suspension may include a wheel carrier configured to support a wheel of a vehicle, the wheel carrier may include an elastic check rail body that may include a fiber-reinforced composite material with a first check rail end and a second check rail end, wherein the first check rail end is configured to be fastened to a structural body component of the vehicle, wherein the first check rail end is constructed without a bearing; and a pivot bearing on the second check rail end and configured to be rotatably fastened on the wheel carrier.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2018
    Publication date: November 1, 2018
    Inventors: Dirk Rochell, Johannes Boeke, Oleg Schelesnikow, Frank Fetscher
  • Publication number: 20160347139
    Abstract: In a transverse leaf spring 2 and an axle assembly 1 for a motor vehicle, transverse leaf spring 2 is curved about the longitudinal direction X of the motor vehicle in the end regions 11 and is curved about the vertical direction Z of the motor vehicle in a central region 10. As a result, optimum potential spring rates and the associated installation space requirement is achieved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2016
    Publication date: December 1, 2016
    Applicant: BENTELER Automobiltechnik GmbH
    Inventors: Rodscha DRABON, Hendrik REINEKE, Juergen VON DER KALL, Frank FETSCHER, Aloys SCHROEDER, Claus Mehren
  • Patent number: 8826660
    Abstract: An exhaust gas system includes a turbocharger housing and an exhaust manifold having manifold pipes and connected to the turbocharger housing. The turbocharger housing has a pipe collector extending in a direction of the exhaust manifold for connection of the manifold pipes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2014
    Assignee: Benteler Automobiltechnik GmbH
    Inventors: Tobias Gockel, Uwe Fischer, Ralph Naubert, Jörg Horstmann, Frank Fetscher
  • Publication number: 20100223911
    Abstract: An exhaust gas system includes a turbocharger housing and an exhaust manifold having manifold pipes and connected to the turbocharger housing. The turbocharger housing has a pipe collector extending in a direction of the exhaust manifold for connection of the manifold pipes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2010
    Publication date: September 9, 2010
    Applicant: Benteler Automobiltechnik GmbH
    Inventors: TOBIAS GOCKEL, Uwe Fischer, Ralph Naubert, Jörg Horstmann, Frank Fetscher