Patents by Inventor Roland Zöpfl

Roland Zöpfl 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).

  • Crash protection element, its use and method for its manufacture
    Patent number: 8608232
    Abstract: A crash protection element, its manufacture and its use are disclosed. The crash protection element is formed by a hollow body element with or from a fiber composite. The hollow body element has in its interior one or more stabilizing and/or compression elements, which are attached on the interior sides of respective front and rear wall elements of the hollow body element in or against a suspected impact direction. The one or more stabilizing/compression elements are constructed either in form of a hollow body or in form of a multi-undulated intermediate wall element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2013
    Assignee: Benteler SGL GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Rudolf Engertsberger, Roland Zöpfl
  • CRASH PROTECTION ELEMENT, ITS USE AND METHOD FOR ITS MANUFACTURE
    Publication number: 20120074735
    Abstract: A crash protection element, its manufacture and its use are disclosed. The crash protection element is formed by a hollow body element with or from a fiber composite. The hollow body element has in its interior one or more stabilizing and/or compression elements, which are attached on the interior sides of respective front and rear wall elements of the hollow body element in or against a suspected impact direction. The one or more stabilizing/compression elements are constructed either in form of a hollow body or in form of a multi-undulated intermediate wall element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2011
    Publication date: March 29, 2012
    Applicant: Benteler SGL GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Rudolf Engertsberger, Roland Zöpfl