Patents by Inventor Thomas SPAELTE

Thomas SPAELTE 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: 9707914
    Abstract: A device for mounting a bumper cross-beam onto a vehicle structure, the attachment means having a first end to be fixed to the vehicle structure and a second end designed to be attached to the bumper cross-beam, the attachment means being made from a hollow section profile, the periphery of which includes opposite side walls and substantially parallel opposite outer walls, wherein the hollow section profile includes opposite peripheral chambers, each peripheral chamber being at least delimited by one of opposite outer wall and an inner wall, which is substantially parallel to the outer wall and extends between the opposite side walls, wherein the inner walls are spaced apart from each other by a distance Hi, and the second end includes opposite double-walled flanges, which are spaced apart from each other by a distance H strictly greater than Hi.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2017
    Assignee: CONSTELLIUM SINGEN GMBH
    Inventors: Matthias Kutscher, Thomas Spaelte
  • Publication number: 20160304044
    Abstract: A device for mounting a bumper cross-beam onto a vehicle structure, the attachment means having a first end to be fixed to the vehicle structure and a second end designed to be attached to the bumper cross-beam, the attachment means being made from a hollow section profile, the periphery of which includes opposite side walls and substantially parallel opposite outer walls, wherein the hollow section profile includes opposite peripheral chambers, each peripheral chamber being at least delimited by one of opposite outer wall and an inner wall, which is substantially parallel to the outer wall and extends between the opposite side walls, wherein the inner walls are spaced apart from each other by a distance Hi, and the second end includes opposite double-walled flanges, which are spaced apart from each other by a distance H strictly greater than Hi.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2014
    Publication date: October 20, 2016
    Inventors: Matthias KUTSCHER, Thomas SPAELTE