Patents by Inventor Andreas Knoedler

Andreas Knoedler 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).

  • Publication number: 20230331085
    Abstract: A vehicle includes a combined display-lighting unit. The combined display-lighting unit has, combined in a single component, an electronic paper display device forming an information zone and a lighting unit forming an illumination zone.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2021
    Publication date: October 19, 2023
    Inventors: Stella CLARKE, Martin EVERT, Andreas KNOEDLER-BUNTE, Dirk MUELLER-STOLZ
  • Publication number: 20230105174
    Abstract: A lighting device includes lens which delimits the inner region of the lighting device and is configured so that light exits outwards from the inner region. The lighting device includes one or more light sources in the inner region to emit a first light radiation in a first wavelength range, the lens being non-transparent to the first light radiation. The inner region also includes one or more elements, each of which contains a photoluminescent phosphor, the element(s) being arranged to be illuminated by the first light radiation. The photoluminescent phosphor is configured to emit a second light radiation in a second wavelength range, based on the first light radiation illuminating the element(s), the second light radiation at least partly exiting through the lens which is transparent to at least a part of the second light radiation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2021
    Publication date: April 6, 2023
    Inventors: Martin FRIEDRICH, Andreas KNOEDLER-BUNTE, Stefanus STAHL
  • Patent number: 11577669
    Abstract: A vehicle shell assembly, having a plate-like plastic body having an outside and an inside. A lighting unit is provided which is disposed on the inside and is configured to be switched between an active state and a passive state; the inside of the plastic body is provided with an opaque light-impermeable coating which has at least one gap; and the plastic body may have of a translucent material so that the gap is covered by the plastic body to the outside when the lighting unit is in the passive state and defines a light pattern which is visible from the outside when the lighting unit is in the active state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: Webasto SE
    Inventors: Bernhard Schieder, Roman Raschke, Alexander Kilias, Bernd Veihelmann, Philipp Engelhardt, Andreas Knödler-Bunte
  • Patent number: 11498434
    Abstract: A vehicle device includes at least one calculating logic, at least one electric and/or electronic functional unit, and at least one stored buffer energy source, which is operatively connected to the calculating logic and the functional unit and which is configured to at least partially buffer and/or stabilize a vehicle electrical system voltage of a vehicle electrical system in a normal operating state for supplying power to the functional unit. The vehicle device further includes at least one monitoring unit which is configured, in at least one malfunctioning state, in which the vehicle electrical system voltage drops below a voltage limit value and/or a gradient of the vehicle electrical system voltage exceeds a gradient limit value, to at least partially limit the energy intake of the functional unit and to enable an at least temporary power supply of the calculating logic by the stored buffer energy source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventor: Andreas Knoedler
  • Publication number: 20220118920
    Abstract: A vehicle shell assembly, having a plate-like plastic body having an outside and an inside. A lighting unit is provided which is disposed on the inside and is configured to be switched between an active state and a passive state; the inside of the plastic body is provided with an opaque light-impermeable coating which has at least one gap; and the plastic body may have of a translucent material so that the gap is covered by the plastic body to the outside when the lighting unit is in the passive state and defines a light pattern which is visible from the outside when the lighting unit is in the active state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2020
    Publication date: April 21, 2022
    Inventors: Bernhard Schieder, Roman Raschke, Alexander Kilias, Bernd Veihelmann, Philipp Engelhardt, Andreas Knödler-Bunte
  • Publication number: 20210178910
    Abstract: A vehicle device includes at least one calculating logic, at least one electric and/or electronic functional unit, and at least one stored buffer energy source, which is operatively connected to the calculating logic and the functional unit and which is configured to at least partially buffer and/or stabilize a vehicle electrical system voltage of a vehicle electrical system in a normal operating state for supplying power to the functional unit. The vehicle device further includes at least one monitoring unit which is configured, in at least one malfunctioning state, in which the vehicle electrical system voltage drops below a voltage limit value and/or a gradient of the vehicle electrical system voltage exceeds a gradient limit value, to at least partially limit the energy intake of the functional unit and to enable an at least temporary power supply of the calculating logic by the stored buffer energy source.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2018
    Publication date: June 17, 2021
    Inventor: Andreas Knoedler
  • Publication number: 20120091865
    Abstract: Disclosed is a power unit for an electric steering system and a method for assembling such a power unit. The power unit comprises a motor and a control unit, wherein the control unit is connected to the motor by means of shrink fitting.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2011
    Publication date: April 19, 2012
    Inventors: Andreas Knoedler, Stefan Walz, Harald Eberhardt, Faruk Capkin
  • Patent number: D532390
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2006
    Assignee: Hannspree Inc.
    Inventor: Andreas Knoedler-Bunte
  • Patent number: D541768
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2007
    Assignee: Hannspree Inc.
    Inventor: Andreas Knoedler-Bunte