Patents by Inventor Herbert A. Jahnle

Herbert A. Jahnle 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).

  • Bumper beam for an automobile
    Patent number: 4431221
    Abstract: A vehicle comprises a main body including a firewall having a pair of side rails connected thereto and extending forwardly therefrom. A front bumper beam is secured to the side frames. The bumper beam comprises an elongated box structure having a pair of tubular elements therein in alignment with the pair of side rails. The tubular elements provide additional crush distance in the event of a frontal collision.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 1982
    Date of Patent: February 14, 1984
    Assignee: The Budd Company
    Inventor: Herbert A. Jahnle
  • Front and rear energy absorbing structures for a four passenger vehicle
    Patent number: 4428599
    Abstract: A four passenger automobile frame includes a main platform and an open frame secured thereto for receiving panels thereon. Energy absorbing means are included in pairs of forwardly and rearwardly extending side rails which are connected from the platform to front and rear bumpers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 1982
    Date of Patent: January 31, 1984
    Assignee: The Budd Company
    Inventor: Herbert A. Jahnle
  • Intrusion resisting strap for automobile doors
    Patent number: 4290235
    Abstract: A band comprising continuous glass fibers provides intrusion resistance for a plastic door mounted between two vertical posts in an automobile. The continuous fibers of the band are disposed horizontally and may be separate from the door or form an integral part thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 1979
    Date of Patent: September 22, 1981
    Assignee: The Budd Company
    Inventors: Herbert A. Jahnle, Richard B. Freeman
  • Mechanical press for molding plastic parts
    Patent number: 4147486
    Abstract: A mechanical press includes a plurality of cylinders to provide different fluid pressures to a lower mold against an upper mold to mold plastic parts. A pair of accumulators sequentially apply a low pressure to the cylinders for a predetermined time during the initial heating period and a high pressure for a predetermined time during the final molding period. A control valve controls the rate at which the high pressure is applied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 1978
    Date of Patent: April 3, 1979
    Assignee: The Budd Company
    Inventor: Herbert A. Jahnle
  • Solid state forming of thermoplastic material
    Patent number: 4014970
    Abstract: A method for solid state forming of thermoplastic material by subjecting a solid blank of the material, preheated to a temperature just below that at which the material is no longer solid, to high compressive strain causing an abrupt flow of the material throughout a mold cavity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 1975
    Date of Patent: March 29, 1977
    Assignee: The Budd Company
    Inventor: Herbert A. Jahnle