Patents by Inventor Jacques Hoffner

Jacques Hoffner 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: 9381946
    Abstract: A multi-functional support for a motor vehicle, wherein the multi-functional support comprises a plurality of mounts for accommodating, in a supporting manner, motor vehicle front elements, wherein the motor vehicle front elements are visible in the installed state in an outside top view of the motor vehicle, wherein the multi-functional support together with the received motor vehicle front elements can be fixed so as to be mounted in a floating manner on a body of the motor vehicle, wherein the floating mounting is designed such that, by releasing the fixing and by displacing the multi-functional support relative to the body, a joint line, which is visible in an outside top view of the motor vehicle, between the motor vehicle front elements and outer motor vehicle trim parts directly adjacent to the motor vehicle front elements can be adjusted in a predefined manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2016
    Assignee: FAURECIA EXTERIORS GMBH
    Inventors: Yann Clapie, Stefan Meder, Daniel Eichlinger, Roland Wohlmuth, Michael Straus, Karl-Heinz Killersreiter, Jacques Hoffner, Pascal Joly-Pottuz
  • Publication number: 20090129852
    Abstract: Device for the stress-free fixing of one or more components to a carrier part, to align the edges or surfaces of the component or components in an exactly determined position in relation to the carrier or to adjacent components and to compensate for fabrication and mounting tolerances of the component or components to the greatest possible extent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2006
    Publication date: May 21, 2009
    Applicants: LANXESS DEUTSCHLAND GMBH, FAURECIA KUNSTSTOFFE AUTOMOBILSYSTEME GMBH
    Inventors: Boris Koch, Harald Becher, Jacques Hoffner
  • Patent number: 6523886
    Abstract: Front unit assembly of an automotive vehicle, includes a front face (7) having a central section (9) and two lateral sections (11), a bumper (17), a bumper skin (19), two laterally extending brackets (43) and two optical units (21). Each optical unit (21) and the respective front wing section (5) are fixed rigidly to the corresponding bracket (43) at a same reference point of attachment (60), the bracket (43) being endowed with an elasticity substantially greater than that of the front face (7), so that it is prone to elastic deformation as a function of relative adjustment movements of the bumper skin (19), the wing (5) and/or the optical unit (21).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2003
    Assignee: Faurecia Industries
    Inventors: Jacques Hoffner, Jean-Philippe Blondeau
  • Publication number: 20020117875
    Abstract: Front unit assembly of an automotive vehicle, includes a front face (7) having a central section (9) and two lateral sections (11), a bumper (17), a bumper skin (19), two laterally extending brackets (43) and two optical units (21). Each optical unit (21) and the respective front wing section (5) are fixed rigidly to the corresponding bracket (43) at a same reference point of attachment (60), the bracket (43) being endowed with an elasticity substantially greater than that of the front face (7), so that it is prone to elastic deformation as a function of relative adjustment movements of the bumper skin (19), the wing (5) and/or the optical unit (21).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2002
    Publication date: August 29, 2002
    Inventors: Jacques Hoffner, Jean-Philippe Blondeau