Patents by Inventor Klaus Labbe

Klaus Labbe 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: 9551175
    Abstract: A hinge for the pivotable arrangement of a hood or panel on the support structure of a motor vehicle is disclosed. The hinge includes a basic part and a hinge arm pivotably mounted on the basic part at a hinge axis. The basic part includes a fastening portion which is fastened to the support structure. The basic part further includes at least one mounting bracket axially spaced from the fastening portion from at least one body outside panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2017
    Assignee: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
    Inventor: Klaus Labbe
  • Patent number: 9156431
    Abstract: A structural body pillar is provided for a motor vehicle having a structural component. The structural component is designed as closed hollow profile and extends in a longitudinal direction of the structural body pillar. Furthermore, the structural body pillar comprises a facing. The facing comprises an elastic material and is arranged in the direction of an outer side of the motor vehicle above the structural component. The structural component is designed unitarily and on a first side provides a support surface for a window of the motor vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2015
    Assignee: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
    Inventors: Klaus Labbe, Juergen Hulbert
  • Publication number: 20150176315
    Abstract: A hinge for the pivotable arrangement of a hood or panel on the support structure of a motor vehicle is disclosed. The hinge includes a basic part and a hinge arm pivotably mounted on the basic part at a hinge axis. The basic part includes a fastening portion which is fastened to the support structure. The basic part further includes at least one mounting bracket axially spaced from the fastening portion from at least one body outside panel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2014
    Publication date: June 25, 2015
    Inventor: Klaus Labbe
  • Publication number: 20130115024
    Abstract: A welding pin for the aligned joining of structural parts includes a shank that has a flange; on one side of the flange is a welding end and on the other side of the flange is a fastening section. The welding pin also includes a conical section which is arranged between the flange and the fastening section, and tapers in the direction of the fastening section. The welding pin is suitable for a joining arrangement for the aligned joining of structural parts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2012
    Publication date: May 9, 2013
    Applicant: NEWFREY LLC
    Inventors: Joerg Willershausen, Klaus Labbe
  • Patent number: 8424631
    Abstract: A motor vehicle front structure is provided that has at least one first longitudinal girder and at least one first crash box. The first crash box has a deformation section and a fastening section, the fastening section connected to the first longitudinal girder. Moreover, the motor vehicle front structure has an engine mount, the engine mount having a first fastening section, which is connected to the first longitudinal girder. The fastening section of the first crash box and the first fastening section of the engine mount have a common overlap area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2013
    Assignee: GM Global Technology Operations LLC
    Inventors: Klaus Labbe, Juergen Hulbert
  • Publication number: 20120104776
    Abstract: A motor vehicle front structure is provided that has at least one first longitudinal girder and at least one first crash box. The first crash box has a deformation section and a fastening section, the fastening section connected to the first longitudinal girder. Moreover, the motor vehicle front structure has an engine mount, the engine mount having a first fastening section, which is connected to the first longitudinal girder. The fastening section of the first crash box and the first fastening section of the engine mount have a common overlap area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 5, 2010
    Publication date: May 3, 2012
    Applicant: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
    Inventors: Klaus Labbe, Jürgen Hulbert
  • Patent number: 7559116
    Abstract: In a motor vehicle a door and the body are connected by a pantographic hinge device, the arm of which is substantially constructed from a housing module, from which rotatable shaft sections coupled in two end regions project and which has an open side, and a coupling mechanism module for creation of the rotational coupling of the shaft sections to one another, which can be inserted into the housing module through the open side. The coupling mechanism module is inserted into the housing module after the door and body connected to one another through the housing module have been painted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2009
    Assignee: GM Global Technology Operations, Inc.
    Inventors: Jurgen Hulbert, Klaus Labbe, Jens Schenkenberger