Patents by Inventor Stefan Klumpe

Stefan Klumpe 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 for increasing the crash resistance of a motor vehicle, and block element used therewith
    Patent number: 7607719
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for increasing the crash resistance of a motor vehicle in the vicinity of the front bodywork pillar (A-pillar), especially as regards forces which act in conjunction with an offset front impact (offset crash) on the bodywork. The invention also refers to a blocking element, as is used in such a method, and to a motor vehicle fitted with such a blocking element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2009
    Assignee: Wilhelm Karmann GmbH
    Inventors: Frank Abraham, Stefan Klumpe
  • Method for Increasing the Crash Resistance of a Motor Vehicle, and Block Element Used Therewith
    Publication number: 20080203759
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for increasing the crash resistance of a motor vehicle in the vicinity of the front bodywork pillar (A-pillar), especially as regards forces which act in conjunction with an offset front impact (offset crash) on the bodywork. The invention also refers to a blocking element, as is used in such a method, and to a motor vehicle fitted with such a blocking element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2006
    Publication date: August 28, 2008
    Inventors: Frank Abraham, Stefan Klumpe
  • Method for Increasing the Crash Resistance of a Motor Vehicle, and Block Element Used Therewith
    Publication number: 20070273174
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for increasing the crash resistance of a motor vehicle in the vicinity of the front bodywork pillar (A-pillar), especially as regards forces which act in conjunction with an offset front impact (offset crash) on the bodywork. The invention also refers to a blocking element, as is used in such a method, and to a motor vehicle fitted with such a blocking element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2006
    Publication date: November 29, 2007
    Inventors: Frank Abraham, Stefan Klumpe
  • Bearing shell for ball-and-socket joints
    Patent number: 6761499
    Abstract: A bearing shell for ball-and-socket joints or ball sleeve joints is provided with an inner hollow spherically designed bearing surface (3). The bearing shell has an outer cylindrically designed support surface with which the bearing shell can be inserted into a joint housing. The bearing shell has a multipart design with at least two shell parts (1, 2), which can be detachably coupled with one another by a clamping device (6, 8). The parting plane between the half shells extends in the direction of the central longitudinal axis (10) of the bearing shell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2004
    Assignee: ZF Lemförder Metallwaren AG
    Inventors: Manfred Bohne, Stefan Klumpe, Dirk Stuntebeck
  • Spherical sleeve joint
    Patent number: 6692179
    Abstract: A ball sleeve joint with a joint housing has a ball sleeve provided with a preferably spherically designed bearing surface. A bearing shell surrounds the bearing surface and is accommadated in a recess of the joint housing. The joint housing is formed from at least two housing parts. The housing parts have corresponding elastic toothed elements. The toothed elements are locked with one another in the assembled state of the joint housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2001
    Date of Patent: February 17, 2004
    Assignee: ZF Lemförder Metallwaren AG
    Inventors: Manfred Bohne, Klaus Lampe, Stefan Husmann, Franz-Josef Wehri, Stefan Klumpe
  • Bearing shell for ball-and-socket joints or spherical bushing joints
    Publication number: 20030072609
    Abstract: A bearing shell for ball-and-socket joints or ball sleeve joints is provided with an inner hollow spherically designed bearing surface (3). The bearing shell has an outer cylindrically designed support surface with which the bearing shell can be inserted into a joint housing. The bearing shell has a multipart design with at least two shell parts (1, 2), which can be detachably coupled with one another by a clamping device (6, 8). The parting plane between the half shells extends in the direction of the central longitudinal axis (10) of the bearing shell.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2001
    Publication date: April 17, 2003
    Inventors: Manfred Bohne, Stefan Klumpe, Dirk Stuntebeck
  • Spherical sleeve joint
    Publication number: 20020114661
    Abstract: A ball sleeve joint with a joint housing has a ball sleeve provided with a preferably spherically designed bearing surface. A bearing shell surrounds the bearing surface and is accommodated in a recess of the joint housing. The joint housing is formed from at least two housing parts. The housing parts have corresponding elastic toothed elements. The toothed elements are locked with one another in the assembled state of the joint housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2001
    Publication date: August 22, 2002
    Inventors: Manfred Bohne, Klaus Lampe, Stefan Hussman, Franz-Josef Wehri, Stefan Klumpe