Patents by Inventor Harald Brinkschroeder

Harald Brinkschroeder 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).

  • Reinforced structural element
    Publication number: 20040086701
    Abstract: The invention relates to a reinforced structural element comprising a metallic matrix and a reinforcement comprising inorganic fibers, the reinforcement at least partially penetrating through the structural element. The reinforcement is designed in the form of a fabric in at least two dimensions. The structural element with a wall thickness of between 0.2 mm and 5 mm takes the form of a metal sheet or semifinished product.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 5, 2004
    Publication date: May 6, 2004
    Inventors: Harald Brinkschroeder, Wolfgang Fussnegger, Karl-Heinz Fueller, Tilman Haug, Michael Scheydecker, Tanja Tschirge, Karl-Ludwig Weisskopf
  • Welded joint between a sheet-steel component and a light sheet metal component, and a welding method
    Patent number: 6291792
    Abstract: A welded joint is made between a sheet-steel component and a sheet-aluminum component by way of a lap or web weld. Hat-like clip parts are pushed through openings in the sheet-aluminum component. The clip parts are welded at their bottom to the sheet-steel component and overlap the exposed flat side of the sheet-aluminum component with their flanges, which form the free rims. In order to improve the quality of the weld, an adhesive is introduced into a gap situated between the clip part and the sheet-aluminum component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 1995
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2001
    Assignee: DaimlerChrysler AG
    Inventors: Wolfgang Fussnegger, Harald Brinkschroeder
  • Sheet-steel component and light sheet metal component welded joint
    Patent number: 5383592
    Abstract: A joint between a sheet-steel component and a sheet-aluminum component is welded by a lap or web weld with the aid of an additional part connected to the sheet-aluminum component at the rim and welded to the sheet-steel component. To make the welding of covering panels manufactured from aluminum to frame parts manufactured from steel sheet simpler and cheaper in production, the additional part is manufactured exclusively from an iron material and lock-seamed to the rim of the sheet-aluminum component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 1993
    Date of Patent: January 24, 1995
    Assignee: Mercedes-Benz AG
    Inventors: Wolfgang Fussnegger, Harald Brinkschroeder