Patents by Inventor Thomas Schweiker

Thomas Schweiker 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).

  • Publication number: 20160145707
    Abstract: A method and a system for producing a press-hardened sheet steel component is disclosed. The method includes: a) heating of a component blank formed from a hot-formable steel material at least to the austenitising temperature of the steel material by a heating device; b) hot forming of the component blank by a forming tool; c) cooling of the component blank in the forming tool to a temperature above the material-specific martensite finish temperature; d) bringing of the component blank from the forming tool to a warming device; and e) annealing of the component Hank, stabilizing the austenite in the component blank by the warming device. The component blank is brought directly from the forming tool to the waning device, preventing a cooling of the component Hank to less than the material-specific martensite finish temperature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2014
    Publication date: May 26, 2016
    Applicant: Daimler AG
    Inventors: Peter FEUSER, Bohuslav MASEK, Thomas SCHWEIKER
  • Patent number: 9162707
    Abstract: A motor vehicle column includes an inner shell and an outer shell made from a metal, which are connected to each other in respective flange regions and which enclose a hollow space between them. In the hollow space a reinforcement element having a basic body made from a fiber composite plastic is arranged to strengthen the body component. The reinforcement element includes a metallic insert, which connects the reinforcement element to the inner and/or outer shell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2015
    Assignee: Daimler AG
    Inventors: Konrad Eipper, Peter Feuser, Dietmar Kallfass, Uwe Lobenwein, Patrick Schuster, Thomas Schweiker, Kai Von Strzemie
  • Publication number: 20150048654
    Abstract: A motor vehicle column includes an inner shell and an outer shell made from a metal, which are connected to each other in respective flange regions and which enclose a hollow space between them. In the hollow space a reinforcement element having a basic body made from a fiber composite plastic is arranged to strengthen the body component. The reinforcement element includes a metallic insert, which connects the reinforcement element to the inner and/or outer shell.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2012
    Publication date: February 19, 2015
    Applicant: Daimler AG
    Inventors: Konrad Eipper, Peter Feuser, Dietmar Kallfass, Uwe Lobenwein, Patrick Schuster, Thomas Schweiker, Kai Von Strzemie
  • Patent number: 8850748
    Abstract: The invention relates to a cable feed device for a flat cable, or a flat cable connection, respectively, on a vehicle door, wherein the flat cable is provided being extended between the vehicle door that can be moved relative toward a vehicle chassis and the vehicle chassis, or along a component, respectively, which is substantially firmly attached to the vehicle chassis, wherein at least one seal is disposed between the vehicle door and the vehicle chassis, or the component, respectively, and further wherein the flat cable is disposed in a feed through of the seal between the seal and the vehicle door in a closed state of the vehicle door.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2014
    Assignee: Johnson Controls Interiors GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Detlef Zimmermann, Alexander Schidan, Hans-Helmut Mieglitz, Vedat Nuyan, Jesus Galan, Thomas Schweiker
  • Publication number: 20120047806
    Abstract: The invention relates to a cable feed device for a flat cable, or a flat cable connection, respectively, on a vehicle door, wherein the flat cable is provided being extended between the vehicle door that can be moved relative toward a vehicle chassis and the vehicle chassis, or along a component, respectively, which is substantially firmly attached to the vehicle chassis, wherein at least one seal is disposed between the vehicle door and the vehicle chassis, or the component, respectively, and further wherein the flat cable is disposed in a feed through of the seal between the seal and the vehicle door in a closed state of the vehicle door.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2008
    Publication date: March 1, 2012
    Inventors: Detlef Zimmermann, Alexander Schidan, Hans-Helmut Mieglitz, Vedat Nuyan, Jesus Galan, Thomas Schweiker
  • Publication number: 20080296942
    Abstract: The invention relates to a seat, especially for a vehicle, said seat being provided with flat wiring that is easy to mount in and/or on a support.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2004
    Publication date: December 4, 2008
    Applicant: Johnson Controls GmbH
    Inventor: Thomas Schweiker