Patents by Inventor Michael Timm

Michael Timm 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: 12420582
    Abstract: A method for producing a motor vehicle rim made of aluminum or an aluminum alloy for a motor vehicle wheel. The motor vehicle rim has a rim base delimited on opposite sides by an outer horn and an inner horn, a hub with a central recess and a hole circle and a rim center connecting the rim base and the hub to one another and acting eccentrically on the rim base in longitudinal section. The motor vehicle rim is produced in one piece and continuously in a casting mold by vacuum die casting of a casting material, wherein the motor vehicle rim has a small wall thickness of at most 15 mm at least in some regions and/or a curvature with a small radius of curvature of at most 4 mm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 23, 2025
    Assignees: AUDI AG, SUPERIOR INDUSTRIES AUTOMOTIVE GERMANY GMBH
    Inventors: Jaan Mattes Reiling, Jan Gaugler, Marc Hummel, Detlef Kube, Michael Timm
  • Publication number: 20230042862
    Abstract: A method for producing a motor vehicle rim made of aluminum or an aluminum alloy for a motor vehicle wheel. The motor vehicle rim has a rim base delimited on opposite sides by an outer horn and an inner horn, a hub with a central recess and a hole circle and a rim center connecting the rim base and the hub to one another and acting eccentrically on the rim base in longitudinal section. The motor vehicle rim is produced in one piece and continuously in a casting mold by vacuum die casting of a casting material, wherein the motor vehicle rim has a small wall thickness of at most 15 mm at least in some regions and/or a curvature with a small radius of curvature of at most 4 mm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2021
    Publication date: February 9, 2023
    Applicants: AUDI AG, Superior Industries Automotive Germany GmbH
    Inventors: Jaan Mattes REILING, Jan GAUGLER, Marc HUMMEL, Detlef KUBE, Michael TIMM
  • Publication number: 20120242016
    Abstract: Device for holding a silicon melt comprising a crucible, which partly surrounds an inner chamber for holding the melt, with a base and at least one side wall made of a base material, whereby the crucible comprises at least one equalizing means for equalizing mechanical thermal stresses.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2010
    Publication date: September 27, 2012
    Inventors: Bernhard Freudenberg, Josef Stenzenberger, Michael Timm, Arve Solheim, Håvard Sørheim, Egbert van de Schootbrugge
  • Patent number: D387319
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 1994
    Date of Patent: December 9, 1997
    Assignee: Aluster Wheels Trading GmbH
    Inventors: Michael Timm, Friedhelm Maiworm
  • Patent number: D395031
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 1997
    Date of Patent: June 9, 1998
    Assignee: ATS Leichtmetalrader GmbH
    Inventor: Michael Timm
  • Patent number: D402251
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 1997
    Date of Patent: December 8, 1998
    Assignee: ATS Leichtmetalrader GmbH
    Inventor: Michael Timm