Patents by Inventor Johannes Boke
Johannes Boke 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).
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Patent number: 9637174Abstract: A method for producing an automobile column is disclosed. The automobile column has a region of a first type and a region of a second type which have mutually different strengths. A transition region having a width of less than 50 mm is formed between the two regions. The automobile column has in the region of the first type a bainitic structure and in the region of the second type a martensitic structure.Type: GrantFiled: September 19, 2013Date of Patent: May 2, 2017Assignee: BENTELER AUTOMOBILTECHNIK GMBHInventors: Andreas Zimmermann, Jan Dingemans, Markus Pellmann, Johannes Böke
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Patent number: 9340233Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for producing a hot-formed and press-hardened metal component for an automobile having at least two regions of different hardness. A hardenable sheet-metal blank is heated to at least an austenizing temperature and a first region of the sheet-metal blank is intermediately cooled at a cooling speed greater than the lower critical cooling speed of the material of the sheet-metal blank. The sheet-metal blank is then hot-formed and press-hardened in a press-hardening tool by quenching the first region from a bainitic structure transformation stage, thereby adjusting a mixed structure of martensite and bainite in the first region.Type: GrantFiled: September 12, 2011Date of Patent: May 17, 2016Assignee: BENTELER AUTOMOBILTECHNIK GMBHInventors: Markus Pellmann, Johannes Böke
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Patent number: 8950766Abstract: An axle suspension for a motor vehicle includes a longitudinal leaf spring made of fiber composite and having ends coupled to the motor vehicle. The leaf spring has an attachment zone and two arms which extend from the attachment zone to the ends of the leaf spring to define a trailing arm and a leading arm in a travel direction of the motor vehicle, with the trailing arm having a cross sectional dimension which is greater than a cross sectional dimension of the leading arm. A clamping device couples an axle component to the leaf spring substantially in midsection of the leaf spring and is arranged offset in longitudinal direction from the midsection of the leaf spring.Type: GrantFiled: February 27, 2013Date of Patent: February 10, 2015Assignees: Benteler-Automobiltechnik GmbH, Benteler SGL GmbH & Co. KGInventors: Stephan Schönen, Hendrik Reineke, Ulrich Müller, Jan Kurz, Johannes Böke, Rodscha Drabon, Armin Zuber
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Patent number: 8888169Abstract: A motor vehicle structure includes a metallic base body in the form of a three-dimensional metal sheet and a reinforcement element made of fiber composite having a matrix resin for coupling the reinforcement element with the base body in a coupling zone by a material joint. Arranged between the base body and the reinforcement element is a non-woven having voids through which the matrix resin is able to permeate.Type: GrantFiled: January 30, 2012Date of Patent: November 18, 2014Assignee: Benteler SGL GmbH & Co. KGInventors: Christian Howe, Johannes Böke, Marco Maciej
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Publication number: 20140166166Abstract: A method for producing an automobile column is disclosed. The automobile column has a region of a first type and a region of a second type which have mutually different strengths. A transition region having a width of less than 50 mm is formed between the two regions. The automobile column has in the region of the first type a bainitic structure and in the region of the second type a martensitic structure.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 19, 2013Publication date: June 19, 2014Applicant: Benteler Automobiltechnik GmbHInventors: Andreas Zimmermann, Jan Dingemans, Markus Pellmann, Johannes Böke
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Publication number: 20130228992Abstract: An axle suspension for a motor vehicle includes a longitudinal leaf spring made of fiber composite and having ends coupled to the motor vehicle. The leaf spring has an attachment zone and two arms which extend from the attachment zone to the ends of the leaf spring to define a trailing arm and a leading arm in a travel direction of the motor vehicle, with the trailing arm having a cross sectional dimension which is greater than a cross sectional dimension of the leading arm. A clamping device couples an axle component to the leaf spring substantially in midsection of the leaf spring and is arranged offset in longitudinal direction from the midsection of the leaf spring.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 27, 2013Publication date: September 5, 2013Applicants: Benteler SGL GmbH & Co. KG, Benteler Automobiltechnik GmbHInventors: STEPHAN SCHÖNEN, HENDRIK REINEKE, ULRICH MÜLLER, JAN KURZ, JOHANNES BÖKE, RODSCHA DRABON, ARMIN ZUBER
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Publication number: 20120318415Abstract: A side rail and to a method for producing a side rail are disclosed. The side rail has a region of a first type and a region of a second type which have mutually different strengths. A transition region having a width of less than 50 mm is formed between the two regions. The side rail has in the region of the first type a bainitic structure and in the region of the second type a martensitic structure.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 14, 2011Publication date: December 20, 2012Applicant: Benteler Automobiltechnik GmbHInventors: ANDREAS ZIMMERMANN, JAN DINGEMANS, MARKUS PELLMANN, JOHANNES BÖKE
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Publication number: 20120211959Abstract: A stabilizer for installation onto a motor vehicle axle includes a stabilizer back and two legs which are connected to the stabilizer back to form a U-shaped, or C-shaped, or other suitably shaped structure. The stabilizer back is made of a composite material such as fiber composite, e.g. of glass fibers, carbon fibers, basaltic fibers, and metallic fibers.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 22, 2011Publication date: August 23, 2012Applicant: Benteler Automobiltechnik GmbHInventors: Ullrich Hammelmaier, Rodscha Drabon, Christian Howe, Sebastian Saggel, Johannes Böke
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Publication number: 20120193939Abstract: A motor vehicle structure includes a metallic base body in the form of a three-dimensional metal sheet and a reinforcement element made of fiber composite having a matrix resin for coupling the reinforcement element with the base body in a coupling zone by a material joint. Arranged between the base body and the reinforcement element is a non-woven having voids through which the matrix resin is able to permeate.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 30, 2012Publication date: August 2, 2012Applicant: Benteler SGL GmbH & Co. KGInventors: CHRISTIAN HOWE, JOHANNES BÖKE, MARCO MACIEJ
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Publication number: 20120090741Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for producing a hot-formed and press-hardened metal component for an automobile having at least two regions of different hardness. A hardenable sheet-metal blank is heated to at least an austenizing temperature and a first region of the sheet-metal blank is intermediately cooled at a cooling speed greater than the lower critical cooling speed of the material of the sheet-metal blank. The sheet-metal blank is then hot-formed and press-hardened in a press-hardening tool by quenching the first region from a bainitic structure transformation stage, thereby adjusting a mixed structure of martensite and bainite in the first region.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 12, 2011Publication date: April 19, 2012Applicant: Benteler Automobiltechnik GmbHInventors: MARKUS PELLMANN, Johannes Böke
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Publication number: 20120091758Abstract: An automobile column and to a method for producing an automobile column are disclosed. The automobile column has a region of a first type and a region of a second type which have mutually different strengths. A transition region having a width of less than 50 mm is formed between the two regions. The automobile column has in the region of the first type a bainitic structure and in the region of the second type a martensitic structure.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 14, 2011Publication date: April 19, 2012Applicant: Benteler Automobiltechnik GmbHInventors: ANDREAS ZIMMERMANN, JAN DINGEMANS, MARKUS PELLMANN, JOHANNES BÖKE
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Patent number: 8070904Abstract: In a method of making a body part or chassis part of a motor vehicle, several pre-impregnated fiber materials (prepregs) are stacked on top o one another, with an outermost prepreg intended for attachment to a metallic base body being provided with an adhesive. The stacked prepregs are then shaped into a three-dimensional preform which is then compressed with the base body in a press tool for bonding the preform with the base body and allowing the adhesive to cure, thereby producing a joined structure which is allowed to cure.Type: GrantFiled: December 11, 2007Date of Patent: December 6, 2011Assignees: Benteler Automobiltechnik GmbH, SGL Carbon AGInventors: Christian Howe, Johannes Böke, Wilfried Rostek, Bernd Wohletz
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Publication number: 20100300584Abstract: According to the method, a blank (7) that is severed from strip material (4) of coated, high-strength boron steel is homogeneously heated in a furnace (11) having a plurality of temperature zones (8, 9, 10) first in a 1st zone (8) to a temperature of approximately 830° C. to 950° C. and maintained at this temperature level for a defined time (t). Thereafter, a region (12) of first kind of the blank (7) is cooled down in a 2nd zone (9) of the furnace (11) to a temperature of approximately 550° C. to 700° C. and maintained at this lowered temperature level for a defined time (t1). At the same time, a region (13) of second kind of the blank (7) is maintained in a 3rd zone (10) of the furnace (11) at a temperature level of approximately 830° C. to 950° C. during a time (t2). After this heat treatment, a blank (7) is formed into a shaped component (1) in a thermoforming process.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 3, 2008Publication date: December 2, 2010Applicant: Benteler Automobiltechnik GmbHInventors: Otto Buschsieweke, Stefan Adelbert, Johannes Böke, Markus Pellmann, Jürgen Krogmeier
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Publication number: 20100051183Abstract: In a method of making a lightweight structure composed of a reinforced base element and a reinforcement element, the reinforcement element is fabricated, and the base element is heated by a heat source to a curing or pre-curing temperature. Subsequently the heated base element is joined together with the reinforcement element in a press tool.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 24, 2009Publication date: March 4, 2010Applicant: Benteler SGL GmbH & Co. KGInventors: Johannes Böke, Marko Maciej, Florian H. Gojny, Christian Howe, Sebastian Grasser, Bernd Wohletz, Gerhard Heilmeier
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Patent number: 7578894Abstract: The interior of a furnace is partitioned into two longitudinally extending and transversely adjacent zones, and one of the zones is heated to a substantially higher treatment temperature than the other of the zones, which may or may not be heated. A steel workpiece is conveyed longitudinally through the furnace with a region of the workpiece moving exclusively through the one zone and another region of the workpiece moving exclusively through the other of the zones such that the regions are heated to different temperatures. The treatment temperature in one of the zone is above the AC1 point for the workpiece and the temperature in the other of the zones is close to or below the AC1 point for the workpiece.Type: GrantFiled: August 22, 2007Date of Patent: August 25, 2009Assignee: Benteler Automobiltechnik GmbHInventors: Patrick Reinhold, Jürgen Krogmeier, Johannes Böke
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Patent number: 7540993Abstract: The interior of a furnace is partitioned into two longitudinally extending and transversely adjacent zones, and one of the zones is heated to a substantially higher treatment temperature than the other of the zones, which may or may not be heated. A steel workpiece is conveyed longitudinally through the furnace with a region of the workpiece moving exclusively through the one zone and another region of the workpiece moving exclusively through the other of the zones such that the regions are heated to different temperatures. The treatment temperature in one of the zone is above the AC1 point for the workpiece and the temperature in the other of the zones is close to or below the AC1 point for the workpiece.Type: GrantFiled: December 2, 2003Date of Patent: June 2, 2009Assignee: Benteler Automobiltechnik GmbHInventors: Patrick Reinhold, Jürgen Krogmeier, Johannes Böke
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Publication number: 20080156425Abstract: In a method of making a body part or chassis part of a motor vehicle, several pre-impregnated fiber materials (prepregs) are stacked on top of one another, with an outermost prepreg intended for attachment to a metallic base body being provided with an adhesive. The stacked prepregs are then shaped into a three-dimensional preform which is then compressed with the base body in a press tool for bonding the preform with the base body and allowing the adhesive to harden, thereby producing a joined structure which is allowed to cure.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 11, 2007Publication date: July 3, 2008Applicants: Benteler Automobiltechnik GmbH, SGL Carbon AGInventors: Christian Howe, Johannes Boke, Wilfried Rostek, Bernd Wohletz
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Publication number: 20080041505Abstract: The interior of a furnace is partitioned into two longitudinally extending and transversely adjacent zones, and one of the zones is heated to a substantially higher treatment temperature than the other of the zones, which may or may not be heated. A steel workpiece is conveyed longitudinally through the furnace with a region of the workpiece moving exclusively through the one zone and another region of the workpiece moving exclusively through the other of the zones such that the regions are heated to different temperatures. The treatment temperature in one of the zone is above the AC1, point for the workpiece and the temperature in the other of the zones is close to or below the AC1, point for the workpiece.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 22, 2007Publication date: February 21, 2008Inventors: Patrick Reinhold, Jurgen Krogmeier, Johannes Boke
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Publication number: 20040112485Abstract: The interior of a furnace is partitioned into two longitudinally extending and transversely adjacent zones, and one of the zones is heated to a substantially higher treatment temperature than the other of the zones, which may or may not be heated. A steel workpiece is conveyed longitudinally through the furnace with a region of the workpiece moving exclusively through the one zone and another region of the workpiece moving exclusively through the other of the zones such that the regions are heated to different temperatures. The treatment temperature in one of the zone is above the AC1 point for the workpiece and the temperature in the other of the zones is close to or below the AC1 point for the workpiece.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 2, 2003Publication date: June 17, 2004Applicant: Benteler Automobiltechnik GmbHInventors: Patrick Reinhold, Jurgen Krogmeier, Johannes Boke
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Publication number: 20040060623Abstract: Hardened metal articles such as slabs, plates or sheets or preformed metal articles which are to have regions of different ductility are subjected to heating to an austenization temperature and then to quenching of the region of greater ductility to form a start temperature lying above the gamma-alpha transformation temperature of the workpiece structure. The quenching is terminated at a stop temperature lying above the martensitic temperature and prior to any substantial transformation into ferritic or perlitic structures. The higher ductility region is then maintained prior to any substantial transformation into ferritic or perlitic structures. The higher ductility region is then maintained isothermically for condition of austenitite ferrite and/or perlite. The lower ductility structure is brought to a temperature sufficient for martensitic formation and the hardening is then carried out.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 26, 2003Publication date: April 1, 2004Applicant: Benteler Automobiltechnik GmbHInventors: Johannes Boke, Jurgen Krogmeier