Patents by Inventor Hubert Niessen

Hubert Niessen 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).

  • Component group for joining together vehicle parts
    Patent number: 10099631
    Abstract: A component group is provided for joining together vehicle parts which have to be aligned, adjusted and fastened relative to one another during assembly. The component group includes at least two components which are fastened to the vehicle parts to be connected together and which are able to be displaced relative to one another and which are able to be fixed to one another after adjustment. A simple, rapid and reliable alignment of vehicle parts relative to one another is permitted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2018
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Hubert Niessen, Frank Schwarz, Michael Albrecht, Achim Schmidt-Soltau, Gregor Edelhoff
  • Apparatus and method for the alignment of an attachment on a vehicle
    Patent number: 9981705
    Abstract: An apparatus is provided for the alignment of an attachment relative to at least one adjacent structural part on the body side on a vehicle. For the improvement of a tolerance compensation between the attachment and the structural part during assembly, it is proposed that the apparatus is part of the structural part, while the attachment comprises at least one first reference point for the alignment of the attachment, wherein the first reference point is incorporated in the attachment by means of a gauge before the installation of the attachment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2018
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventor: Hubert Niessen
  • Automotive side view mirror attachment assembly and method of making same
    Patent number: 9610718
    Abstract: An automotive side view mirror attachment assembly includes a polymeric outer shell having a metal reinforcement member coupled thereto, wherein the polymeric outer shell forms form closures about connecting features of the metal reinforcement member, so as to provide an operably coupling between the polymeric outer shell and the metal reinforcing member that is secured by independent connection locations that are effective to support an external mirror assembly in multiple dimensions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2017
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Hubert Niessen, Andreas Thiessen, Michael Meyer, Helmut Olbricht
  • APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR THE ALIGNMENT OF AN ATTACHMENT ON A VEHICLE
    Publication number: 20160046337
    Abstract: An apparatus is provided for the alignment of an attachment relative to at least one adjacent structural part on the body side on a vehicle. For the improvement of a tolerance compensation between the attachment and the structural part during assembly, it is proposed that the apparatus is part of the structural part, while the attachment comprises at least one first reference point for the alignment of the attachment, wherein the first reference point is incorporated in the attachment by means of a gauge before the installation of the attachment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2015
    Publication date: February 18, 2016
    Inventor: Hubert Niessen
  • COMPONENT GROUP FOR JOINING TOGETHER VEHICLE PARTS
    Publication number: 20150336518
    Abstract: A component group is provided for joining together vehicle parts which have to be aligned, adjusted and fastened relative to one another during assembly. The component group includes at least two components which are fastened to the vehicle parts to be connected together and which are able to be displaced relative to one another and which are able to be fixed to one another after adjustment. A simple, rapid and reliable alignment of vehicle parts relative to one another is permitted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2015
    Publication date: November 26, 2015
    Inventors: Hubert Niessen, Frank Schwarz, Michael Albrecht, Achim Schmidt-Soltau, Gregor Edelhoff
  • AUTOMOTIVE SIDE VIEW MIIROR ATTACHMENT ASSEMBLY AND METHOD OF MAKING SAME
    Publication number: 20150273744
    Abstract: An automotive side view mirror attachment assembly includes a polymeric outer shell having a metal reinforcement member coupled thereto, wherein the polymeric outer shell forms form closures about connecting features of the metal reinforcement member, so as to provide an operably coupling between the polymeric outer shell and the metal reinforcing member that is secured by independent connection locations that are effective to support an external mirror assembly in multiple dimensions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2015
    Publication date: October 1, 2015
    Inventors: Hubert Niessen, Andreas Thiessen, Michael Meyer, Helmut Olbricht