Patents by Inventor Joachim Bortz

Joachim Bortz 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).

  • Wheel guide arrangement for a steered motor vehicle wheel
    Patent number: 7150462
    Abstract: In a wheel guide arrangement of a steered motor vehicle wheel which has control arms and a steering knuckle, and wherein the steering knuckle includes a reception structure for a wheel mount and also connecting areas for the mounting of stubs of ball joints connected to the wheel control arms, the connecting areas are disposed at different distances from the wheel axis and the ball joints are arranged between the connecting areas and the wheel axis of rotation, that is, above the connecting areas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2004
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2006
    Assignee: DaimlerChrysler AG
    Inventors: Joachim Bortz, Andreas Gaupp, Wolfgang Mödinger
  • Wheel guide arrangement for a steered motor vehicle wheel
    Publication number: 20040232645
    Abstract: In a wheel guide arrangement of a steered motor vehicle wheel which has control arms and a steering knuckle, and wherein the steering knuckle includes a reception structure for a wheel mount and also connecting areas for the mounting of stubs of ball joints connected to the wheel control arms, the connecting areas are disposed at different distances from the wheel axis and the ball joints are arranged between the connecting areas and the wheel axis of rotation, that is, above the connecting areas.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2004
    Publication date: November 25, 2004
    Inventors: Joachim Bortz, Andreas Gaupp, Wolfgang Modinger
  • Subframe for motor vehicles
    Patent number: 6109629
    Abstract: A subframe for motor vehicles, in particular for the front axles of passenger cars, which includes side parts running in the longitudinal vehicle direction that are joined by upper and lower cross elements running in the transverse vehicle direction to form a box profiled section, which is deformable in the longitudinal direction in response to longitudinal forces produced by a collision, and which is able to be used as an assembly unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 1998
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2000
    Assignee: Daimler Benz Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Joachim Bortz, Hubert Bruhl, Martin Mayerhofer, Harald Schwer