Patents by Inventor Walter Himsl

Walter Himsl 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).

  • Bumper beam assembly and method
    Publication number: 20020040525
    Abstract: The present invention relates to improved methods for manufacturing bumper beam assemblies and bumper beam assemblies made by such methods. One method of the invention allows bumper beams of different longitudinal configurations to be made by selecting open cross-sectioned, roll-formed bumper beam members from different sets of beam members and fixing them to bumper beam mounting structures. The mounting structures close off the open cross-section of the bumper beam members. Another method of the invention allows bumper beams for varying applications to be made by selecting bumper beam members from inventory and fixing them to a bumper beam mounting structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2001
    Publication date: April 11, 2002
    Applicant: COSMA INTERNATIONAL INC.
    Inventors: Walter Himsl, Jeffery J. Mellis
  • Bumper beam assembly and method
    Patent number: 6360441
    Abstract: The present invention relates to improved methods for manufacturing bumper beam assemblies and bumper beam assemblies made by such methods. One method of the invention allows bumper beams of different longitudinal configurations to be made by selecting open cross-sectioned, roll-formed bumper beam members from different sets of beam members and fixing them to bumper beam mounting structures. The mounting structures close off the open cross-section of the bumper beam members. Another method of the invention allows bumper beams for varying applications to be made by selecting bumper beam members from inventory and fixing them to a bumper beam mounting structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 1999
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2002
    Assignee: Cosma International Inc.
    Inventors: Walter Himsl, Jeffrey J. Mellis
  • Heat exchanger with individual twinplate headers
    Patent number: 4846268
    Abstract: A heat exchanger comprising a multiplicity of longitudinally extending flattened tube structures disposed in a longitudinal coextensive array with fin structures bonded in abutting relation between adjacent pairs of tube structures. First and second header assemblies are connected with first and second end portions respectively of each tube structure and provide a fluid inlet for receiving a first fluid for passage through the tube structures during the passage of a second fluid through the fin structures. The first fluid passes from the second header assembly through a fluid outlet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 1988
    Date of Patent: July 11, 1989
    Assignee: Thermag Industries Inc.
    Inventors: Richard P. Beldam, Walter Himsl