Patents by Inventor STEPHAN FRANSCHITZ

STEPHAN FRANSCHITZ 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: 9610821
    Abstract: An assembly (100) for a vehicle includes two longitudinal members (1, 2) and a crossmember (3) connected therebetween at a connection point (6) of the crossmember (3) to the longitudinal members (1, 2). The crossmember (3) is made predominantly of fiber composite material and the longitudinal members (1, 2) are made predominantly of a metal material. The connection point (6) between the crossmember (3) and the longitudinal member (1, 2) comprises an overlapping region (B), in which a connection segment (8) of the longitudinal member (1, 2), which is predominantly composed of metal material, overlaps at least in some segments with a part of the crossmember (3), which is predominantly composed of fiber composite material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2017
    Assignee: Cosma Engineering Europe AG
    Inventors: Alexander Zak, Rainer Lottes, Stephan Franschitz, Hannes Halbauer
  • Publication number: 20160046169
    Abstract: An assembly (100) for a vehicle includes two longitudinal members (1, 2) and a crossmember (3) connected therebetween at a connection point (6) of the crossmember (3) to the longitudinal members (1, 2). The crossmember (3) is made predominantly of fibre composite material and the longitudinal members (1, 2) are made predominantly of a metal material. The connection point (6) between the crossmember (3) and the longitudinal member (1, 2) comprises an overlapping region (B), in which a connection segment (8) of the longitudinal member (1, 2), which is predominantly composed of metal material, overlaps at least in some segments with a part of the crossmember (3), which is predominantly composed of fibre composite material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2014
    Publication date: February 18, 2016
    Inventors: ALEXANDER ZAK, RAINER LOTTES, STEPHAN FRANSCHITZ, HANNES HALBAUER