Patents by Inventor Rainer Zipfel

Rainer Zipfel 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: 6926321
    Abstract: An attachment element for a bumper includes a partially closed profile with a back panel and on each side lateral tension struts, a bottom plate, or a cover, wherein the attachment element is configured as a part of the bumper and the configuration of the attachment element acts as crash absorbing element which can absorb shock impacts of up to 4 km/h in an elastic range and at shock impacts between 4 km/h and 15 km/h the crash absorbing elements deform thereby preventing damage to the vehicle carrier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2005
    Assignee: Peguform GmbH
    Inventor: Rainer Zipfel
  • Publication number: 20030173787
    Abstract: An attachment element for a bumper includes a partially closed profile with a back panel and on each side lateral tension struts, a bottom plate, or a cover, wherein the attachment element is configured as a part of the bumper and the configuration of the attachment element acts as crash absorbing element which can absorb shock impacts of up to 4 km/h in an elastic range and at shock impacts between 4 km/h and 15 km/h the crash absorbing elements deform thereby preventing damage to the vehicle carrier.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2003
    Publication date: September 18, 2003
    Applicant: PEGUFORM GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventor: Rainer Zipfel
  • Patent number: 6076849
    Abstract: A panel is inserted into a cutout in the visible boundary wall of a fascia, in particular in a motor-vehicle dashboard, which panel contains an airbag cover which is delimited with respect to the panel and is pressed open in the event of a crash by means of an inflating airbag sack. The panel is secured releasably at least in some regions along the contour of the airbag cover and, in the process, outside the airbag cover, in a manner which is invisible from the vehicle interior, by latching projections being provided which are molded integrally onto the rear side of said panel and engage into associated sockets which are not supported on the visible boundary wall of the fascia.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 1997
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2000
    Assignee: DaimlerChrysler AG
    Inventors: Bernhard Holzapfel, Martin Kruse, Michael Sinner, Rolf Dembowski, Rainer Zipfel