Patents by Inventor Ingo LAUER

Ingo LAUER 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: 10414231
    Abstract: A support of a vehicle, in particular of a motor vehicle, is provided with a recess for accommodating a container that is embodied as an air equalization container. The container has connecting points, which are located in a first plane of the container and are designed to connect to the support. The container is designed as a supporting component, and further includes other connecting points in a second plane that is spaced apart from the first plane, the other connecting points being formed for the connection to the support of the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Ingo Lauer, Gerhard Zeller, Marc Erdmann
  • Patent number: 9849915
    Abstract: A profiled reinforcement section arranged in the hollow area of a sill of a motor vehicle has at least one additional profiled reinforcement section. At least one of an arrangement, shape, length, material and connection of the profiled reinforcement sections is configured such that the end faces of the profiled reinforcement sections deform or destroy a motor vehicle front wheel which is moving in the direction of a passenger compartment as a result of an impact, together with the components associated with the wheel, in the event of a correspondingly high impact energy of the respective wheel against the respective front end of the respective sill.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2017
    Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Ingo Lauer, Erich Brem
  • Publication number: 20170106709
    Abstract: A support of a vehicle, in particular of a motor vehicle, is provided with a recess for accommodating a container that is embodied as an air equalization container. The container has connecting points, which are located in a first plane of the container and are designed to connect to the support. The container is designed as a supporting component, and further includes other connecting points in a second plane that is spaced apart from the first plane, the other connecting points being formed for the connection to the support of the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2016
    Publication date: April 20, 2017
    Inventors: Ingo LAUER, Gerhard ZELLER, Marc ERDMANN
  • Publication number: 20150329145
    Abstract: A profiled reinforcement section arranged in the hollow area of a sill of a motor vehicle has at least one additional profiled reinforcement section. At least one of an arrangement, shape, length, material and connection of the profiled reinforcement sections is configured such that the end faces of the profiled reinforcement sections deform or destroy a motor vehicle front wheel which is moving in the direction of a passenger compartment as a result of an impact, together with the components associated with the wheel, in the event of a correspondingly high impact energy of the respective wheel against the respective front end of the respective sill.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2015
    Publication date: November 19, 2015
    Inventors: Ingo LAUER, Erich BREM