Patents by Inventor Marcus Willam

Marcus Willam 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).

  • Apparatus for restraining a side impact beam during a gauging or assembly operation
    Patent number: 6889413
    Abstract: A restraining apparatus for securing a position of a side impact beam having U-shaped or trapezoidal cross section and formed with at least partially flattened ends, for execution of a subsequent, includes two support blocks for supporting the ends. Associated to the support blocks are two vertical clamping units, wherein the support blocks and the clamping units are placed into one-to-one correspondence. The restraining apparatus further includes a stop member for abutment by one of the ends, and two transverse clamping units intended for clamping length sections of the side impact beam between the beam ends.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2005
    Assignee: Benteler Automobiltechnik GmbH
    Inventors: Jens Bendler, Marcus Willam
  • Apparatus for restraining a side impact beam during a gauging or assembly operation
    Publication number: 20040201156
    Abstract: A restraining apparatus for securing a position of a side impact beam having U-shaped or trapezoidal cross section and formed with at least partially flattened ends, for execution of a subsequent, includes two support blocks for supporting the ends. Associated to the support blocks are two vertical clamping units, wherein the support blocks and the clamping units are placed into one-to-one correspondence. The restraining apparatus further includes a stop member for abutment by one of the ends, and two transverse clamping units intended for clamping length sections of the side impact beam between the beam ends.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2003
    Publication date: October 14, 2004
    Applicant: BENTELER AUTOMOBILTECHNIK GMBH
    Inventors: Jens Bendler, Marcus Willam