Patents by Inventor Christoph Volk

Christoph Volk 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).

  • Apparatus for detecting the position of window handles or door handles based on the sensing of magnetic fields, and operating method for it
    Patent number: 10400473
    Abstract: An apparatus for detecting the position of window handles or door handles, the apparatus including a magnetic-field sensor and a microcontroller unit, the microcontroller unit being designed to read out data from the magnetic-field sensor, to record a magnetic fingerprint for at least one window-handle/door-handle position, and to detect the at least one window-handle/door-handle position by comparing data of the magnetic-field sensor with the recorded magnetic fingerprint. An operating method for such a window handle or door handle is also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2019
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Fernando Suarez Lainez, Christoph Volk, Frank Schindler, Juan Nogueira-Nine, Wolf-Bastian Poettner
  • APPARATUS FOR DETECTING THE POSITION OF WINDOW HANDLES OR DOOR HANDLES BASED ON THE SENSING OF MAGNETIC FIELDS, AND OPERATING METHOD FOR IT
    Publication number: 20180051479
    Abstract: An apparatus for detecting the position of window handles or door handles, the apparatus including a magnetic-field sensor and a microcontroller unit, the microcontroller unit being designed to read out data from the magnetic-field sensor, to record a magnetic fingerprint for at least one window-handle/door-handle position, and to detect the at least one window-handle/door-handle position by comparing data of the magnetic-field sensor with the recorded magnetic fingerprint. An operating method for such a window handle or door handle is also described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2016
    Publication date: February 22, 2018
    Inventors: Fernando Suarez Lainez, Christoph Volk, Frank Schindler, Juan Nogueira-Nine, Wolf-Bastian Poettner