Patents by Inventor Lars CLAUSSEN

Lars CLAUSSEN 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).

  • Publication number: 20250121645
    Abstract: A twist beam axle has two side arms and a torsion profile. The torsion profile is connected to a side arm by a weld seam in each case. At least in the area of the welded connection, the torsion profile has a wall having a wall thickness that is greater than the wall thickness of a wall of a side arm. The torsion profile has a joining surface at each end section and the side arms each have a joining surface, wherein the torsion profile and the side arms are each connected at mutually facing joining surfaces by a weld seam. The joining surface at the end section of the torsion profile has a bevel. The joining gap formed between the mutually facing joining surfaces of the end section and the side arm is configured as V-shaped.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2024
    Publication date: April 17, 2025
    Inventors: Lars CLAUSSEN, Olaf HERTEL, Andreas RIECKMANN, Eduard SCHMIDT-BELJAWSKI, Klaus SCHNEIDER, Erik SCHULTZ
  • Publication number: 20250121644
    Abstract: A twist beam axle has two side arms and a twist profile. The twist profile is joined to a side arm by a weld. At least in the area of the welded joint, the twist profile has a wall with a wall thickness that is greater than the wall thickness of a wall of one side arm. The twist profile has a joining surface at each end section and the side arms each have a joining surface, wherein the twist profile and the side arms are each joined at mutually facing joining surfaces by a weld. The joining surface on the end section of the twist profile has a bevel manufactured without cutting. The joining gap formed between the mutually facing joining surfaces of the end section and the side arm is configured in a V-shape.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2024
    Publication date: April 17, 2025
    Inventors: Lars CLAUSSEN, Olaf HERTEL, Andreas RIECKMANN, Eduard SCHMIDT-BELJAWSKI, Klaus SCHNEIDER, Erik SCHULTZ
  • Patent number: 10052671
    Abstract: A method for producing a torsional profile from a tubular hollow profile, the torsional profile being provided, over its entire length, with spaced-apart walls, is provided. The method includes placing the tubular hollow profile into a first deformation die, positioning the ends of the tubular hollow profile in the first deformation die by means of in each case one tapering first mandrel which extends into a torsional region, positioning the tubular hollow profile over its longitudinal extent in the first deformation die, deforming the tubular hollow profile over its longitudinal extent in the torsional region by means of a first punch, with a reduction in the tube cross-sectional area in the torsional region, and removing the first punch and the first mandrels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2018
    Assignee: BENTELER AUTOMOBILTECHNIK GMBH
    Inventors: Lars Claussen, Goddy Hutabarat, Jan Krull
  • Publication number: 20160001341
    Abstract: A method for producing a torsional profile from a tubular hollow profile, the torsional profile being provided, over its entire length, with spaced-apart walls, is provided. The method includes placing the tubular hollow profile into a first deformation die, positioning the ends of the tubular hollow profile in the first deformation die by means of in each case one tapering first mandrel which extends into a torsional region, positioning the tubular hollow profile over its longitudinal extent in the first deformation die, deforming the tubular hollow profile over its longitudinal extent in the torsional region by means of a first punch, with a reduction in the tube cross-sectional area in the torsional region, and removing the first punch and the first mandrels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2015
    Publication date: January 7, 2016
    Inventors: Lars CLAUSSEN, Goddy HUTABARAT, Jan KRULL