Patents by Inventor Volkmar Schuler

Volkmar Schuler 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).

  • Device and method for mechanically joining sheet metal
    Patent number: 6862913
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a method and a device for clinching metal sheets disposed one over the other in planar fashion. A joining tool, composed of a punch and a die having an anvil, is used to jointly displace metal sheets, profiles, or multi-sheet connections, out of the sheet-metal plane, under the action of forming energy introduced by ultrasound, compressing and integrally connecting the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2005
    Assignee: DaimlerChrysler AG
    Inventors: Klaus Lempenauer, Detlef Nowotni, Volkmar Schuler
  • Device and method for mechanically joining sheet metal
    Publication number: 20030115927
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a method and a device for clinching metal sheets disposed one over the other in planar fashion. A joining tool, composed of a punch and a die having an anvil, is used to jointly displace metal sheets, profiles, or multi-sheet connections, out of the sheet-metal plane, under the action of forming energy introduced by ultrasound, compressing and integrally connecting the same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2002
    Publication date: June 26, 2003
    Applicant: DaimlerChrysler AG
    Inventors: Klaus Lempenauer, Detlef Nowotni, Volkmar Schuler