Patents by Inventor Gerhardt Sollner

Gerhardt Sollner 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).

  • Method for manufacturing components by critical formation of light metal strip
    Patent number: 6221185
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for manufacturing components from critical cold forming of light metal strip, preferably naturally hard Al alloys of the AlMg or AlMg—Mn types, in which the desired component is manufactured from the strip by at least one cold forming step and the plasticity is improved before the cold forming by means of a soft annealing. According to the invention, it is proposed that the region of the longitudinal edges of the cold-slit strips is heated in a depth in the strip width of at least 1 mm to a maximum of 10 mm in such a way that a temperature of over 150° C. is reached over a time span of more than 0.1 seconds to a maximum of 10 seconds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 1999
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2001
    Assignee: Michelin Kronprinz Werke GmbH
    Inventors: Wolfgang Tanzmann, Helmut Tümmler, Ralf Duning, Uwe Gohrbandt, Peter von Czarnowski, Gerhardt Söllner
  • Twist beam axle and method of producing same
    Patent number: 6099084
    Abstract: The invention relates to an integral motor vehicle rear axle of the twist-beam axle type, which comprises an opposed pair of longitudinal control arms (2) of a high flexural strength and torsional stiffness for carrying a wheel carrier for a wheel, and a transverse strut (3) which is resistant to bending but resilient relative to torsional stress and which comprises a profiled cross-section changing the position of the shear center. The transverse strut (3) consists of an extruded aluminum profile with an extrusion structure extending in the longitudinal direction of the transverse strut.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 1998
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2000
    Assignees: VAW aluminium AG, Thyssen Umformtechnik GmbH
    Inventors: Dieter Bungarten, Olaf Elsner, Herbert Linden, Karl-Heinz von Zengen, Peter Harbig, Joachim Lowen, Franz Steimmel, Walther Hasenpatt, Kai-Uwe Jentsch, Jorg Ebert, Michael Hellenkamp, Gerhardt Sollner
  • Motor vehicle rear axle and method of producing same
    Patent number: 5800024
    Abstract: The invention relates to an integral motor vehicle rear axle of the twist-beam axle type, which comprises an opposed pair of longitudinal control arms (2) of a high flexural strength and torsional stiffness for carrying a wheel carrier for a wheel, and a transverse strut (3) which is resistant to bending but resilient relative to torsional stress and which comprises a profiled cross-section changing the position of the shear center. The transverse strut (3) consists of an extruded aluminum profile with an extrusion structure extending in the longitudinal direction of the transverse strut.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 1995
    Date of Patent: September 1, 1998
    Assignee: VAW Aluminium AG
    Inventors: Franz Steimmel, Walther Hasenpatt, Kai-Uwe Jentsch, Jorg Ebert, Dieter Bungarten, Olaf Elsner, Herbert Linden, Michael Hellenkamp, Gerhardt Sollner, Karl-Heinz von Zengen, Peter Harbig, Joachim Lowen
  • Composite material of aluminum and glass fiber mat, method for its production, and method for utilization as insulator for vehicles
    Patent number: 4996095
    Abstract: A layered composite material of aluminum and glass fibers for use as an insulator and a clamping device for use in conjunction with such composites.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 1988
    Date of Patent: February 26, 1991
    Assignee: Vereinigte Aluminum Werke A.G.
    Inventors: Hans Behdorf, Thomas Singe, Gerhardt Sollner