Patents by Inventor Udo Mildner

Udo Mildner 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: 8246105
    Abstract: A frontal structure is provided for a motor vehicle that includes, but is not limited to a support structure that can be connected to longitudinal members of a front frame, to which a cooling module is fastened with a retaining device, and a bumper cross member mounted ahead of the cooling module. The retaining device includes, but is not limited to at least two cooling module holders that are attached to a component selected from support structure and cooling module and which are provided with elongate recesses, in which retaining elements attached to the respectively other component are anchored. The retaining device is configured in such a manner that in the event of a backward yielding of the bumper cross member, a translational displacement of the cooling module in the direction opposite to the direction of travel is possible.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2012
    Assignee: GM Global Technology Operations LLC
    Inventor: Udo Mildner
  • Patent number: 8240734
    Abstract: An attachment element is provided with a central cylinder. The first end of the central cylinder has an internal thread and the other end terminates with an outer disk, where it can be screwed down, and passes through an inner disk between the outer disk and its first end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2012
    Assignee: GM Global Technology Operations LLC
    Inventors: Walter Billmaier, Thomas Ackermann, Stefan Schüssler, Udo Mildner
  • Patent number: 8235159
    Abstract: A motor vehicle has a front hood, a windshield, and an airbag, which is installed on the front hood and at least partially overlaps the windshield in the expanded state. A detachable connection is provided between a shell, which is fastened on a lower side of the front hood and receives the airbag, and the hood, at least along a rear edge of the shell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2012
    Assignee: GM Global Technology Operations LLC
    Inventor: Udo Mildner
  • Patent number: 8220864
    Abstract: A front structure for a motor vehicle has a front wall with a stiffening element formed at least partially of plastic situated in a crossbeam on the lower half of the front wall. The stiffening element is enclosed between a bulkhead plate coupled to a front frame and the front wall which provides a high level of rigidity of the crossbeam. The front structure additionally has reduced weight due to the plastic stiffening element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2012
    Assignee: GM Global Technology Operations LLC
    Inventors: Udo Mildner, Lothar Teske, Thomas Enderich
  • Publication number: 20120160585
    Abstract: A carrier is provided for a vehicle battery and a holder for securing the vehicle battery in position in the direction of at least one spatial axis. The carrier comprises a base having a support surface for the vehicle battery and having at least two projections protruding from the base, between which the vehicle battery can be disposed. The holder can be attached to the projections. It is provided that at least one of the projections is formed on the carrier.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2011
    Publication date: June 28, 2012
    Applicant: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
    Inventor: Udo MILDNER
  • Publication number: 20120139297
    Abstract: A frame structure is provided for a motor vehicle having at least two longitudinal girders, each having a first longitudinal section and a second longitudinal section, which are at an angle to one another, so that in the installed state of the frame structure in a motor vehicle, the first longitudinal section lies essentially horizontally below a floor plate of the vehicle body and the second longitudinal section extends essentially upward and, viewed in the forward travel direction, the first longitudinal section is arranged behind the second longitudinal section. It is provided that beginning in the area of the transition from the second longitudinal section to the first longitudinal section or an area adjacent thereto, the longitudinal girders extend at least partially away from one another in the direction of the first longitudinal section. Furthermore, the invention relates to a rear frame structure and a vehicle body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2011
    Publication date: June 7, 2012
    Applicant: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
    Inventors: Udo MILDNER, Stanislaw KLIMEK
  • Publication number: 20120126553
    Abstract: A bumper cross member for a motor vehicle includes, but is not limited to a first chamber located in driving direction at the front and a second chamber located in driving direction behind the first chamber. The first and the second chamber are embodied as hollow sheet metal profiles and the first chamber has a higher deformability than the second chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2011
    Publication date: May 24, 2012
    Applicant: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
    Inventors: Udo MILDNER, Lothar TESKE
  • Publication number: 20120119542
    Abstract: A car body is provided with a longitudinal beam that extends in essentially the longitudinal direction of the vehicle and with a first reinforcing element that borders thereon in the longitudinal direction and an end section of which that faces away from the longitudinal beam that is supported on a floor structure of the car body by a second reinforcing element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2011
    Publication date: May 17, 2012
    Applicant: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
    Inventors: Udo MILDNER, Karsten BOHLE
  • Publication number: 20120119545
    Abstract: A floor structure is provided for an automobile body that includes, but is not limited to a floor panel and a seat support structure disposed underneath the floor panel. The floor panel includes, but is not limited to at least two floor sections that adjoin one another in the vehicle longitudinal direction and are configured to be substantially flat, which are disposed offset with respect to one another in relation to the vehicle vertical direction. The seat support structure has at least one transverse structure stabilizing the floor section at least in the area of the higher floor section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2011
    Publication date: May 17, 2012
    Applicant: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
    Inventors: Udo MILDNER, Stanislaw KLIMEK, Karsten BOHLE
  • Publication number: 20120119544
    Abstract: A car body is provided with a longitudinal beam structure that extends in essentially the longitudinal direction of the vehicle, a front longitudinal beam, a rear longitudinal beam, and an intermediate piece that structurally connects the rear longitudinal beam to the front longitudinal beam. The longitudinal beam structure is connected to a reinforcing structure that bridges the intermediate piece and, referred to in the lateral direction of the vehicle, is arranged laterally offset to the longitudinal beam structure at least in certain areas.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2011
    Publication date: May 17, 2012
    Applicant: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
    Inventors: Udo MILDNER, Stanislaw KLIMEK
  • Publication number: 20120091777
    Abstract: With a motor vehicle having a front axle and a rear axle, an underbody and shock absorbers, each of which extend between an upper point of action on the underbody and a lower point of action on the rear axle extending adjacent to a rear wheel, and at least one back seat the upper point of action of one of the shock absorbers is located vertically below the back seat.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2011
    Publication date: April 19, 2012
    Applicant: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
    Inventors: Udo MILDNER, Stefan GLOGER
  • Publication number: 20120068499
    Abstract: A frame structure is provided for the body floor of a motor vehicle, particularly of a motor vehicle with occupants seated up high, as for example off-road sedan, off-road car or van. It is provided that the frame structure is designed in the manner of a ladder frame. A floor unit is provided and an underbody for a vehicle body. Furthermore, the a motor vehicle is provided, particularly the vehicle body of a motor vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2011
    Publication date: March 22, 2012
    Applicant: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC.
    Inventors: Udo MILDNER, Stanislaw KLIMEK
  • Publication number: 20120043785
    Abstract: A motor vehicle body is provided having a front wall structure and having at least one lateral longitudinal girder, at least regionally situated in front of the front wall structure in the travel direction of the vehicle, and having a reinforcement element, which is connected to the front wall structure and to the longitudinal girder, the longitudinal girder and the reinforcement element, in a connection section lying in front of the front wall structure in the travel direction, being at least partially overlapping viewed in the vehicle transverse direction and being directly connected to one another.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2011
    Publication date: February 23, 2012
    Applicant: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
    Inventor: Udo MILDNER
  • Patent number: 8113572
    Abstract: In a motor vehicle body, plates of a rocker panel reinforcement situated inside a rocker panel are led up to a terminus part manufactured from plastic. A front wall of the terminus part is led up almost to a tire envelope curve. In the event of a crash of the motor vehicle, occurring forces are introduced particularly early into the plates of the rocker panel reinforcement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2012
    Assignee: GM Global Technology Operations LLC
    Inventors: Udo Mildner, Thomas Enderich, Lothar Teske
  • Publication number: 20110298246
    Abstract: A rear underbody is provided for a vehicle with a rear frame structure, a floor structure forming the floor for the footwell of the vehicle and with a termination structure delimiting the footwell to the rear. It is provided that the rear frame structure extends at least partially forward and beyond the termination structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2011
    Publication date: December 8, 2011
    Applicant: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
    Inventor: Udo MILDNER
  • Publication number: 20110277273
    Abstract: A hinge part is provided for the hinge of a flap, engine bonnet or boot lid of a motor vehicle. Provision is made that the hinge part has at least one section embodied in a hybrid construction, which is constructed as an open profile and the opening of which is closed at least partially by at least one cover part. A hinge is also provided for a flap, engine bonnet or boot lid of a motor vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 3, 2011
    Publication date: November 17, 2011
    Applicant: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
    Inventors: Udo MILDNER, Lothar TESKE, Joachim LIEBERS
  • Publication number: 20110266785
    Abstract: In a motor vehicle includes, but is not limited to a chassis module, a front module, and a body, front module, body, and chassis module, At least one first and one second set of cooperating fastenings are provided for fastening the front module on the chassis module and/or the body. The cooperating fastenings of the first set define an axis about which the front module can be pivoted relative to the chassis module into a stop position in which it is held by the fastening means of the second set.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2011
    Publication date: November 3, 2011
    Applicant: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
    Inventor: Udo MILDNER
  • Publication number: 20110241386
    Abstract: A vehicle chassis structure includes, but is not limited to a central tunnel extending in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle, plate sections extending on both sides of the central tunnel, and two longitudinal beams projecting over a front edge of the plate sections, which are constructed respectively in one piece with two branches, an inner branch of which extends on one of the plate sections to the central tunnel, and an outer branch is connected with an outer sill, which extends on an edge, facing away from the central tunnel, of one of the plate sections.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2011
    Publication date: October 6, 2011
    Applicant: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
    Inventors: Udo MILDNER, Stefan GLOGER
  • Publication number: 20110232865
    Abstract: A cooling device is provided for a motor vehicle with a first heat exchanger and with a second heat exchanger that is arranged in vehicle longitudinal direction offset from the first heat exchanger. In the intermediate space between first and second heat exchanger a flow regulating device with a cross-sectional area through which cooling air can flow is arranged, whose permeability to cooling air is variable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2011
    Publication date: September 29, 2011
    Applicant: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
    Inventor: Udo MILDNER
  • Publication number: 20110193332
    Abstract: A unit support is provided for the body of a motor vehicle having at least one connection point for the connection of a component of the engine compartment of the motor vehicle. It is provided that the unit support is substantially formed by the bulkhead of the motor vehicle, which separates the engine compartment from the passenger compartment, and can be installed together with the at least one component as a preassembled structural unit into the body and can be connected to the instrument board of the motor vehicle. The invention further relates to a preassembled bulkhead module with such a unit support, a cockpit module for connection to the bulkhead module, and a body structure for receiving a bulkhead module.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2011
    Publication date: August 11, 2011
    Applicant: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
    Inventors: Udo MILDNER, Uwe SALLE