Patents by Inventor Helmut Mebus

Helmut Mebus 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).

  • Body for a motor vehicle and method for producing a motor vehicle body
    Patent number: 8662576
    Abstract: A body for a motor vehicle and a method for producing a motor vehicle body is provided. Such a body comprises two roof frame longitudinal profiles (6, 14), at least one roof frame cross profile (10) arranged between the roof frame longitudinal profiles (6, 14) and a body pillar (12), wherein in a connecting area (Y) a roof frame longitudinal profile (6; 14), a roof frame cross profile (10) and the body pillar (12) are connected or can be connected together using a mechanical connection. Here the roof frame longitudinal profile (6; 14) comprises a recess (16) in the connecting area (Y), as seen in a longitudinal section of the roof frame longitudinal profile (6; 14), the recess accommodating the roof frame cross profile (10), at least some areas of the circumferential contour of the profile being adapted to match the recess (16).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2014
    Assignee: ThyssenKrupp Steel Europe AG
    Inventors: Alfred Lösch, Helmut Mebus, Axel Grüneklee, Joachim Quandt, Clemens Latuske
  • Body for a Motor Vehicle and Method for Producing a Motor Vehicle Body
    Publication number: 20110266837
    Abstract: The invention relates to a body for a motor vehicle and to a method for producing a motor vehicle body. Such a body comprises two roof frame longitudinal profiles (6, 14), at least one roof frame cross profile (8; 10) arranged between the roof frame longitudinal profiles (6, 14) and a body pillar (12), wherein in a connecting area (Y) a roof frame longitudinal profile (6; 14), a roof frame cross profile (8; 10) and the body pillar (12) are connected or can be connected together using a mechanical connecting means (20). Here the roof frame longitudinal profile (6; 14) comprises a recess (16) in the connecting area (Y), as seen in a longitudinal section of the roof frame longitudinal profile (6; 14), said recess accommodating the roof frame cross profile (8; 10), at least some areas of the circumferential contour of said profile being adapted to match the recess (16).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2011
    Publication date: November 3, 2011
    Applicant: THYSSENKRUPP STEEL EUROPE AG
    Inventors: Alfred Lösch, Helmut Mebus, Axel Grüneklee, Joachim Quandt, Clemens Latuske