Patents by Inventor Joachim Lowen

Joachim Lowen 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).

  • Tool made from plastic
    Publication number: 20050034504
    Abstract: The invention relates to a tool comprising a partial region made from plastic, in which a material with slide bearing properties is inlaid. Said tool is a moulding tool, which can be applied, for example, in the deep-drawing of metal pieces. The partial region in which the material with slide bearing properties, for example graphite, is inlaid, is a front layer (11) of the tool, comprising the moulding region thereof. The backing (12) of the tool is also made from plastic, which can optionally contain conventional fillers. The front layer (11) of the tool, reinforced, for example, with graphite, permits a deep drawing optionally without the use of lubricants, whereby the moulding region of the tool has good slide bearing properties and a high pressure resistance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2002
    Publication date: February 17, 2005
    Inventors: Mohamed Mekkaoui Alaoui, Jurgen Vossberg, Werner Hufenbach, Klaus Kunze, Peter Hochwald, Oliver Straube, Joachim Lowen
  • Twist beam axle and method of producing same
    Patent number: 6099084
    Abstract: The invention relates to an integral motor vehicle rear axle of the twist-beam axle type, which comprises an opposed pair of longitudinal control arms (2) of a high flexural strength and torsional stiffness for carrying a wheel carrier for a wheel, and a transverse strut (3) which is resistant to bending but resilient relative to torsional stress and which comprises a profiled cross-section changing the position of the shear center. The transverse strut (3) consists of an extruded aluminum profile with an extrusion structure extending in the longitudinal direction of the transverse strut.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 1998
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2000
    Assignees: VAW aluminium AG, Thyssen Umformtechnik GmbH
    Inventors: Dieter Bungarten, Olaf Elsner, Herbert Linden, Karl-Heinz von Zengen, Peter Harbig, Joachim Lowen, Franz Steimmel, Walther Hasenpatt, Kai-Uwe Jentsch, Jorg Ebert, Michael Hellenkamp, Gerhardt Sollner
  • Motor vehicle rear axle and method of producing same
    Patent number: 5800024
    Abstract: The invention relates to an integral motor vehicle rear axle of the twist-beam axle type, which comprises an opposed pair of longitudinal control arms (2) of a high flexural strength and torsional stiffness for carrying a wheel carrier for a wheel, and a transverse strut (3) which is resistant to bending but resilient relative to torsional stress and which comprises a profiled cross-section changing the position of the shear center. The transverse strut (3) consists of an extruded aluminum profile with an extrusion structure extending in the longitudinal direction of the transverse strut.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 1995
    Date of Patent: September 1, 1998
    Assignee: VAW Aluminium AG
    Inventors: Franz Steimmel, Walther Hasenpatt, Kai-Uwe Jentsch, Jorg Ebert, Dieter Bungarten, Olaf Elsner, Herbert Linden, Michael Hellenkamp, Gerhardt Sollner, Karl-Heinz von Zengen, Peter Harbig, Joachim Lowen