Patents by Inventor Massimiliano Bogge

Massimiliano Bogge 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).

  • Motor-vehicle floor-panel structure including lateral longitudinal beams with locally differentiated features
    Patent number: 10407102
    Abstract: A floor-panel structure for a vehicle includes a front body subassembly, a front floor structure, including a central longitudinal tunnel, two lateral longitudinal beams, connected to the floor structure and the body subassembly, and two intermediate longitudinal beams, which connect the floor structure to the body subassembly and extend in areas between the lateral longitudinal beams and central longitudinal tunnel. The lateral longitudinal beams each include a sheet-metal profile element having an open cross section, a front portion reinforced for withstanding relatively high axial loads, and a remaining portion that is more ductile than said front portion so as to be more liable to collapse. Each lateral longitudinal beam is constituted by a single sheet element of steel, and said reinforced front portion is constituted by a hardened portion obtained by subjecting only the front portion to a thermal treatment using high-frequency induction heating.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2019
    Assignee: FCA Italy S.p.A.
    Inventors: Daniele Ghislieri, Massimiliano Bogge, Alessandro Bernardi, Saverio Gariano, Gianfranco Del Nero
  • MOTOR-VEHICLE FLOOR-PANEL STRUCTURE INCLUDING LATERAL LONGITUDINAL BEAMS WITH LOCALLY DIFFERENTIATED FEATURES
    Publication number: 20180162449
    Abstract: A floor-panel structure for a vehicle includes a front body subassembly, a front floor structure, including a central longitudinal tunnel, two lateral longitudinal beams, connected to the floor structure and the body subassembly, and two intermediate longitudinal beams, which connect the floor structure to the body subassembly and extend in areas between the lateral longitudinal beams and central longitudinal tunnel. The lateral longitudinal beams each include a sheet-metal profile element having an open cross section, a front portion reinforced for withstanding relatively high axial loads, and a remaining portion that is more ductile than said front portion so as to be more liable to collapse. Each lateral longitudinal beam is constituted by a single sheet element of steel, and said reinforced front portion is constituted by a hardened portion obtained by subjecting only the front portion to a thermal treatment using high-frequency induction heating.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2017
    Publication date: June 14, 2018
    Inventors: Daniele GHISLIERI, Massimiliano Bogge, Alessandro Bernardi, Saverio Gariano, Gianfranco Del Nero