Patents by Inventor Herwig KERSTAN

Herwig KERSTAN 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: 11192438
    Abstract: A motor vehicle has a drive battery which is accommodated in a drive battery housing. The drive battery housing is arranged and fastened on a floor structure, in particular on an underside, of a body of the motor vehicle. The drive battery housing has a lateral, in particular a left-hand and a right-hand, outer housing carrier structure which is arranged below, in particular left-hand and right-hand, side sills of the body in such a way that a first collision load path in a vehicle transverse direction, which is formed (substantially only) by the side sills and the floor structure of the body, and a second collision load path in a vehicle transverse direction, which is formed (substantially only) by the drive battery housing, are (substantially) completely separate from one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2021
    Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Herwig Kerstan, Marcus Raepple, Gagan Saket
  • Patent number: 11186159
    Abstract: A method for integrating a high-voltage accumulator having at least one accumulator module into a support structure of a motor vehicle, wherein the following is performed: providing a housing part, which has a base plate and a frame-like edge extending around the base plate; arranging the at least one accumulator module on the housing part and/or on the support structure; arranging the edge of the housing part below and on a frame structure formed of supports of the support structure; and fastening the housing part to the support structure. An accumulator housing for the at least one accumulator module is thus formed. A housing interior of the accumulator housing is delimited by a bottom part of the support structure, which bottom part covers the frame structure toward a passenger compartment of the motor vehicle, and by the housing part and the frame structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Ramil Bikmukhametov, Andreas Burja, Richard Eiletz, Martin Eis, Thomas Herrmann, Herwig Kerstan, Robert Loch, Siegfried Massun, Marcus Raepple, Christoph Warkotsch
  • Publication number: 20210162849
    Abstract: A motor vehicle has a drive battery which is accommodated in a drive battery housing. The drive battery housing is arranged and fastened on a floor structure, in particular on an underside, of a body of the motor vehicle. The drive battery housing has a lateral, in particular a left-hand and a right-hand, outer housing carrier structure which is arranged below, in particular left-hand and right-hand, side sills of the body in such a way that a first collision load path in a vehicle transverse direction, which is formed (substantially only) by the side sills and the floor structure of the body, and a second collision load path in a vehicle transverse direction, which is formed (substantially only) by the drive battery housing, are (substantially) completely separate from one another.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2018
    Publication date: June 3, 2021
    Inventors: Herwig KERSTAN, Marcus RAEPPLE, Gagan SAKET
  • Publication number: 20200223304
    Abstract: A method for integrating a high-voltage accumulator having at least one accumulator module into a support structure of a motor vehicle, wherein the following is performed: providing a housing part, which has a base plate and a frame-like edge extending around the base plate; arranging the at least one accumulator module on the housing part and/or on the support structure; arranging the edge of the housing part below and on a frame structure formed of supports of the support structure; and fastening the housing part to the support structure. An accumulator housing for the at least one accumulator module is thus formed. A housing interior of the accumulator housing is delimited by a bottom part of the support structure, which bottom part covers the frame structure toward a passenger compartment of the motor vehicle, and by the housing part and the frame structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2020
    Publication date: July 16, 2020
    Inventors: Ramil BIKMUKHAMETOV, Andreas BURJA, Richard EILETZ, Martin EIS, Thomas HERRMANN, Herwig KERSTAN, Robert LOCH, Siegfried MASSUN, Marcus RAEPPLE, Christoph WARKOTSCH
  • Patent number: 9352711
    Abstract: A vehicle body has a longitudinal member and a bumper cross-member. Furthermore, the vehicle body has a cantilever, which extends transversely to the longitudinal member along a transverse vehicle axis and is fastened to the longitudinal member in a torque-resistant manner. The cantilever is arranged in such a way that the cantilever protrudes into an intermediate space between a wheel mount and the bumper cross-member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2016
    Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Franz Hoiss, Herwig Kerstan, Wilhelm Riedl
  • Patent number: 9216766
    Abstract: A wheel carrier of a vehicle is provided with at least one spur to selectively deflect a wheel mounted on the wheel carrier in a predefined deflection direction in the event of an accident-generated application of force on the wheel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2015
    Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Herwig Kerstan, Ingo Kuwalefsky
  • Publication number: 20150102592
    Abstract: A wheel carrier of a vehicle is provided with at least one spur to selectively deflect a wheel mounted on the wheel carrier in a predefined deflection direction in the event of an accident-generated application of force on the wheel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2014
    Publication date: April 16, 2015
    Inventors: Herwig KERSTAN, Ingo KUWALEFSKY
  • Publication number: 20130328334
    Abstract: A vehicle body has a longitudinal member and a bumper cross-member. Furthermore, the vehicle body has a cantilever, which extends transversely to the longitudinal member along a transverse vehicle axis and is fastened to the longitudinal member in a torque-resistant manner. The cantilever is arranged in such a way that the cantilever protrudes into an intermediate space between a wheel mount and the bumper cross-member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2013
    Publication date: December 12, 2013
    Applicant: Bayerische Motoren Werke Atiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Franz HOISS, Herwig KERSTAN, Wilhelm RIEDL