Patents by Inventor Thomas Troester

Thomas Troester 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: 9650083
    Abstract: The invention relates to a subframe for a motor vehicle, comprising an upper shell, a lower shell made from a fiber-reinforced plastic and a rib structure for stiffening the upper shell, wherein the upper shell is composed of a metallic material and the rib structure is composed of a plastic reinforced with short fibers and is formed integrally from the lower shell. The invention furthermore relates to a method for producing a subframe, wherein the lower shell together with the rib structure connected integrally therewith is formed from a stack of plies of a fiber-reinforced thermoplastic and joined to an upper shell made from a metallic material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2017
    Assignee: Benteler Automobiltechnik GMBH
    Inventors: Joachim Graefe, Andreas Franzke, Matthias Koerner, Alex Mirau, Oliver Seibt, Thomas Troester, Elmar Moritzer, Christopher Budde, Simon Poehler
  • Publication number: 20160052564
    Abstract: The invention relates to a subframe for a motor vehicle, comprising an upper shell, a lower shell made from a fiber-reinforced plastic and a rib structure for stiffening the upper shell, wherein the upper shell is composed of a metallic material and the rib structure is composed of a plastic reinforced with short fibers and is formed integrally from the lower shell. The invention furthermore relates to a method for producing a subframe, wherein the lower shell together with the rib structure connected integrally therewith is formed from a stack of plies of a fiber-reinforced thermoplastic and joined to an upper shell made from a metallic material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2015
    Publication date: February 25, 2016
    Inventors: Joachim Graefe, Andreas Franzke, Matthias Koerner, Alex Mirau, Oliver Seibt, Thomas Troester, Elmar Moritzer, Christopher Budde, Simon Poehler
  • Publication number: 20060026436
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for planning an automation system project, a method for authenticating a user during access to an automation device in an automation system, an automation system and a computer program for planning an automation system project. To improve the security concept in automation systems, the provision of a single sign-on authentication method for an automation system is proposed. A user is thus able to simultaneously register at all automation devices within an automation project using a single authentication. A fundamental part of the invention is thus to centrally project plan the single sign-on method. In other words, the basic provision of the basis for the subsequent authentication already takes place during the project planning of the automation project based on a project database. This procedure allows the realization of a single sign-on method for the complete projected automation system and thus simultaneously for all automation devices contained in the automation system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2005
    Publication date: February 2, 2006
    Inventors: Thomas Talanis, Thomas Troester, Frank Volkmann