Patents by Inventor Martin Steinrücken

Martin Steinrücken 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: 9555835
    Abstract: The invention relates to a body structure, in particular a floor structure, for a motor vehicle, comprising support components that form defined load paths for crash situations. According to the invention, at least some of the support components located in the region of at least one defined load path, in particular a head-on collision load path and/or a side collision load path and/or a rear collision load path, are formed by high-strength support components, preferably by fully through-hardened or at least partially through-hardened high-strength support components which are made of a hot-formed or shape-hardened sheet steel and which are directly or indirectly, preferably directly, connected to each other, in particular connected to one another non-positively and/or positively and/or by bonding.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2017
    Assignee: VOLKSWAGEN AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventors: Bernard Lohmann, Werner Krauth, Thorben Bösche, Gwendolin Schifferli, Martin Steinrücken, Stefan Thiele, Jürgen Hillmann
  • Publication number: 20150239504
    Abstract: The invention relates to a body structure, in particular a floor structure, for a motor vehicle, comprising support components that form defined load paths for crash situations. According to the invention, at least some of the support components located in the region of at least one defined load path, in particular a head-on collision load path and/or a side collision load path and/or a rear collision load path, are formed by high-strength support components, preferably by fully through-hardened or at least partially through-hardened high-strength support components which are made of a hot-formed or shape-hardened sheet steel and which are directly or indirectly, preferably directly, connected to each other, in particular connected to one another non-positively and/or positively and/or by bonding.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2015
    Publication date: August 27, 2015
    Inventors: Bernard LOHMANN, Werner KRAUTH, Thorben BÖSCHE, Gwendolin SCHIFFERLI, Martin STEINRÜCKEN, Stefan THIELE, Jürgen HILLMANN
  • Patent number: 9056633
    Abstract: The invention relates to a car body structure, especially a substructure, for a motor vehicle, with beam components that create defined load paths in collision situations. According to the invention, the beam components situated in the area of at least one defined load path—especially a head-on collision load path and/or a side collision load path and/or a rear-end collision load path—at least partially comprise high-strength beam components, preferably completely through-hardened or at least partially through-hardened high-strength beam components, made out of a hot-worked or press-hardened steel sheet, said beam components being joined to each other directly or indirectly, preferably directly, especially being joined to each other positively or non-positively and/or by bonding.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2015
    Assignee: VOLKSWAGEN AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventors: Werner Krauth, Thorben Bösche, Gwendolin Schifferli, Martin Steinrücken, Stefan Thiele, Jürgen Hillmann, Maria-Rita Lohmann