Patents by Inventor Patrick Feldhan

Patrick Feldhan 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).

  • Method of connecting a press-in bolt with a metal sheet and cover element for carrying out the method
    Patent number: 10094412
    Abstract: In a method for connecting a press-in bolt with a metal sheet, the metal sheet is positioned upon a cover element of a joining tool. The press-in bolt is forced by the joining tool in a pilot hole of the metal sheet as the metal sheet is supported by the cover element in its capacity as a die, until a head portion of the press-in bolt rests upon one side of the metal sheet and the cover element is pressed upon a shaft portion of the press-in bolt and radially deformed to rest upon another opposite side of the metal sheet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2018
    Assignee: Audi AG
    Inventors: Jochen Rintelmann, Patrick Feldhan, Benjamin Hans, Norbert Hornbostel
  • METHOD OF CONNECTING A PRESS-IN BOLT WITH A METAL SHEET AND COVER ELEMENT FOR CARRYING OUT THE METHOD
    Publication number: 20180031024
    Abstract: In a method for connecting a press-in bolt with a metal sheet, the metal sheet is positioned upon a cover element of a joining tool. The press-in bolt is forced by the joining tool in a pilot hole of the metal sheet as the metal sheet is supported by the cover element in its capacity as a die, until a head portion of the press-in bolt rests upon one side of the metal sheet and the cover element is pressed upon a shaft portion of the press-in bolt and radially deformed to rest upon another opposite side of the metal sheet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2017
    Publication date: February 1, 2018
    Applicant: Audi AG
    Inventors: Jochen Rintelmann, Patrick Feldhan, Benjamin Hans, Norbert Hornbostel
  • Method of connecting a press-in bolt with a metal sheet, and cover element for carrying out the method
    Patent number: 9816548
    Abstract: In a method for connecting a press-in bolt with a metal sheet, the metal sheet is positioned upon a cover element of a joining tool. The press-in bolt is forced by the joining tool in a pilot hole of the metal sheet as the metal sheet is supported by the cover element in its capacity as a die, until a head portion of the press-in bolt rests upon one side of the metal sheet and the cover element is pressed upon a shaft portion of the press-in bolt and radially deformed to rest upon another opposite side of the metal sheet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2017
    Assignee: Audi AG
    Inventors: Jochen Rintelmann, Patrick Feldhan, Benjamin Hans, Norbert Hornbostel
  • METHOD OF CONNECTING A PRESS-IN BOLT WITH A METAL SHEET, AND COVER ELEMENT FOR CARRYING OUT THE METHOD
    Publication number: 20150377271
    Abstract: In a method for connecting a press-in bolt with a metal sheet, the metal sheet is positioned upon a cover element of a joining tool. The press-in bolt is forced by the joining tool in a pilot hole of the metal sheet as the metal sheet is supported by the cover element in its capacity as a die, until a head portion of the press-in bolt rests upon one side of the metal sheet and the cover element is pressed upon a shaft portion of the press-in bolt and radially deformed to rest upon another opposite side of the metal sheet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2015
    Publication date: December 31, 2015
    Applicant: Audi AG
    Inventors: Jochen Rintelmann, Patrick Feldhan, Benjamin Hans, Norbert Hornbostel