Patents by Inventor Olaf KNOPP

Olaf KNOPP 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: 20260054777
    Abstract: A side sill for a body of a passenger vehicle includes a support element made of steel, and at least one insert part made of a light metal, which is directly bonded to the support element by the formation of at least one bonded seam and is surrounded, at least in part, on the outer peripheral side by the support element. As a result, when the side sill is in the fully manufactured state, the carrier element has an open region in which the insert part is arranged without an overlap with respect to the support element, wherein the bonded seam directly adjoins the open region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 5, 2023
    Publication date: February 26, 2026
    Inventors: Jan DANNEBERG, Olaf KNOPP, Benjamin KOCH, Stefan KUGELMANN, Liudmila LAUER, Juergen LESCHHORN, Marco PARISI
  • Patent number: 12427843
    Abstract: A fastening arrangement of an energy store on a floor of a body for a motor vehicle is provided. The energy store is fastened to the floor of the body, wherein the floor has a central tunnel in which at least a partial region of an exhaust gas system for the motor vehicle runs. A respective storage device of the energy store is arranged on each side of the central tunnel and of the exhaust gas system in the transverse direction of the vehicle. The respective storage device of the energy store is fastened to the floor by means of at least one respective fixing device in such a manner that, as a result of an accident-induced application of force running in the transverse direction of the vehicle, the fastening of at least one of the storage devices is releasable in a targeted manner and the at least one storage device is thereby shiftable inwards in the transverse direction of the vehicle relative to the floor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2025
    Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Niklas Eberle, Christian Huber, Olaf Knopp, Liudmila Lauer, Matthias Sagerer, Paul Winkler, Sebastian Zech
  • Publication number: 20230173905
    Abstract: A fastening arrangement of an energy store on a floor of a body for a motor vehicle is provided. The energy store is fastened to the floor of the body, wherein the floor has a central tunnel in which at least a partial region of an exhaust gas system for the motor vehicle runs. A respective storage device of the energy store is arranged on each side of the central tunnel and of the exhaust gas system in the transverse direction of the vehicle. The respective storage device of the energy store is fastened to the floor by means of at least one respective fixing device in such a manner that, as a result of an accident-induced application of force running in the transverse direction of the vehicle, the fastening of at least one of the storage devices is releasable in a targeted manner and the at least one storage device is thereby shiftable inwards in the transverse direction of the vehicle relative to the floor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 3, 2021
    Publication date: June 8, 2023
    Inventors: Niklas EBERLE, Christian HUBER, Olaf KNOPP, Liudmila LAUER, Matthias SAGERER, Paul WINKLER, Sebastian ZECH