Patents by Inventor Timo ENGLERT

Timo ENGLERT 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 producing an overlapping connection, and body component for a vehicle
    Patent number: 11759841
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a method for producing a overlapping connection, in which at least two overlapping components are connected to one another via a folded flange, with a first edge of a first component being folded over a second edge of a second component to form the folded flange, along with a body component that includes such an overlapping connection for a vehicle and a stamping tool for such a body component. According to the disclosure at least one connection region is formed on the folded flange, in which the stamping tool stamps the first component through the second component at least one stamping point, with displaced material of the first component passing into the second component and producing a positive connection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: AUDI AG
    Inventors: Thomas Guldi, Timo Englert
  • METHOD FOR PRODUCING AN OVERLAPPING CONNECTION, AND BODY COMPONENT FOR A VEHICLE
    Publication number: 20220266329
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a method for producing a overlapping connection, in which at least two overlapping components are connected to one another via a folded flange, with a first edge of a first component being folded over a second edge of a second component to form the folded flange, along with a body component that includes such an overlapping connection for a vehicle and a stamping tool for such a body component. According to the disclosure at least one connection region is formed on the folded flange, in which the stamping tool stamps the first component through the second component at least one stamping point, with displaced material of the first component passing into the second component and producing a positive connection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2022
    Publication date: August 25, 2022
    Applicant: AUDI AG
    Inventors: Thomas GULDI, Timo ENGLERT
  • Method for producing an overlapping connection, and body component for a vehicle
    Patent number: 11358205
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a method for producing a overlapping connection, in which at least two overlapping components are connected to one another via a folded flange, with a first edge of a first component being folded over a second edge of a second component to form the folded flange, along with a body component that includes such an overlapping connection for a vehicle and a stamping tool for such a body component. According to the disclosure at least one connection region is formed on the folded flange, in which the stamping tool stamps the first component through the second component at least one stamping point, with displaced material of the first component passing into the second component and producing a positive connection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: AUDI AG
    Inventors: Thomas Guldi, Timo Englert
  • METHOD FOR PRODUCING AN OVERLAPPING CONNECTION, AND BODY COMPONENT FOR A VEHICLE
    Publication number: 20210197245
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a method for producing a overlapping connection, in which at least two overlapping components are connected to one another via a folded flange, with a first edge of a first component being folded over a second edge of a second component to form the folded flange, along with a body component that includes such an overlapping connection for a vehicle and a stamping tool for such a body component. According to the disclosure at least one connection region is formed on the folded flange, in which the stamping tool stamps the first component through the second component at least one stamping point, with displaced material of the first component passing into the second component and producing a positive connection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2018
    Publication date: July 1, 2021
    Applicant: AUDI AG
    Inventors: Thomas GULDI, Timo ENGLERT