Patents by Inventor Dirk Wendt

Dirk Wendt 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: 9738501
    Abstract: Industrial truck with a drive part and a load part with two wheel arms that is height-adjustable relative to the drive part, wherein each of the wheel arms has a wheel arm lever, which has at least one load roller and is pivotably articulated on the wheel arm, and a rod, via which a height adjusting movement of the load part is coupled with a pivoting movement of the wheel arm lever, wherein the rod has a hydraulic cylinder, with which a length of the rod is adjustable and which has an operating volume, characterized in that the two rods are push rods, and the industrial truck has a pressure accumulator, which is connectable with the operating volumes of the two hydraulic cylinders.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2017
    Assignee: Jungheinrich Aktiengesellschadt
    Inventors: Dirk Wendt, Klaus-Peter Badura
  • Publication number: 20100039780
    Abstract: The invention relates to an electronic device for a vehicle having a printed circuit board (1) with components located thereon for carrying out the function of the electronic device, the printed circuit board (1) being capable of being attached to a vehicle component (8) and having at least one contact face (2) by means of which contact can be made with a printed circuit board (6) of the vehicle component (8), there being provision according to the invention for the contact face (2) of the printed circuit board (1) to be able to be placed in contact directly with a corresponding contact face of the printed circuit board (6) without intermediate connection of contact means.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2006
    Publication date: February 18, 2010
    Inventors: Dirk Wendt, Helmut Haeussler, David M. Silva
  • Publication number: 20090206219
    Abstract: The invention relates to a carrier (1) for holding an electronic device, in particular an antenna amplifier of a vehicle, having at least one printed circuit board (9), the electronic device being able to be attached to a vehicle component, in particular a vehicle window (12), by means of the carrier (1) which is composed of an electrically nonconductive material, there being provision according to the invention for the carrier (1) to be embodied in a planar fashion and to have latching means as well as spring means which interact therewith and have the purpose of securing the printed circuit board (9) to the carrier (1), as well as at least one recess for holding a contact element in order to make electrical contact with a contact face of the printed circuit board (9) by means of a corresponding contact face (13) on the vehicle component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2006
    Publication date: August 20, 2009
    Inventors: Dirk Wendt, Helmut Häussler, David Silva
  • Patent number: 7084808
    Abstract: The invention relates to an antenna system (1) comprising several antennae (2), which can be connected to at least two receivers (4, 4?) via a combination unit. According to the invention, a signal processing unit (5) for evaluating the output signals of the receivers (4, 4?) and a control unit (10) are provided, by means of which at least one of the antennae can be switched to transmit mode in order to conduct a self-test. These antennae (2) transmit test signals with a test frequency that is pre-set by a first receiver (4). Said test signals are fed into at least one other antenna (2) that, via the combination device (3), is connected to the second receiver (4?) whose frequency is tuned to the test frequency. In order to conduct the self-test, the receiving levels of the second receiver (4?) are recorded as actual values and compared with predetermined set values. This results in the realization of an antenna system in which a function check is conducted with the least possible amount of complexity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2001
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2006
    Assignee: Hirschmann Electronics GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Achim Ratzel, Dirk Wendt, Peter Schaich
  • Patent number: 6937197
    Abstract: An antenna for a keyless entry radiofrequency system of a vehicle has an antenna cable, a conductor of which extends through an opening in the vehicle body with a free end outside said vehicle to prevent shielding of the free end by the vehicle body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2005
    Assignee: Hirschmann Electronics GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Michael Wiedmann, Markus Pfletschinger, Dirk Wendt
  • Publication number: 20040174312
    Abstract: An antenna for a keyless entry radiofrequency system of a vehicle has an antenna cable, a conductor of which extends through an opening in the vehicle body with a free end outside said vehicle to prevent shielding of the free end by the vehicle body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2004
    Publication date: September 9, 2004
    Applicant: Hirschmann Electronics GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Michael Wiedmann, Markus Pfletschinger, Dirk Wendt
  • Publication number: 20040058690
    Abstract: The invention relates to an antenna system (1) comprising several antennae (2), which can be connected to at least two receivers (4, 4′) via a combination unit. According to the invention, a signal processing unit (5) for evaluating the output signals of the receivers (4, 4′) and a control unit (10) are provided, by means of which at least one of the antennae can be switched to transmit mode in order to conduct a self-test. These antennae (2) transmit test signals with a test frequency that is pre-set by a first receiver (4). Said test signals are fed into at least one other antenna (2) that, via the combination device (3), is connected to the second receiver (4′) whose frequency is tuned to the test frequency. In order to conduct the self-test, the receiving levels of the second receiver (4′) are recorded as actual values and compared with predetermined set values.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2003
    Publication date: March 25, 2004
    Inventors: Achim Ratzel, Dirk Wendt, Peter Schaich
  • Patent number: 6686888
    Abstract: An antenna, especially for use with mobile radios, that is mounted in an opening of a motor vehicle. The antenna includes at least one radiator with connecting line and the radiator is mounted in the opening behind a nontransparent, nonconductive covering. In one embodiment the radiator is configured as a monopole with matched balancing antennae that are strip conductors laid out on a printed circuit board attached to a ventilation structure mounted in an opening behind a covering nonconductive bumper.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2004
    Assignee: Hirschmann Electronics GmbH & Co. Kg.
    Inventors: Dirk Wendt, Martin Kuhn
  • Patent number: 6624794
    Abstract: In an antenna having at least one vertical radiator, preferably a vehicle mobile radiotelephone antenna, the at least one vertical radiator is connected to the ground on one end and to a vertical conductor fed against the ground on the other end by means of an impedance transforming device having an electrical length which is approximately one fourth the mean operating wavelength or an uneven multiple thereof. Said structure makes it possible for the at least one vertical radiator to have a uniform current occupancy over its entire length. By cooperating with the vertical conductor fed in a co-radiating manner, said occupancy exhibits high radiation power comparable to that of a &lgr;/4 monopole antenna despite the fact that the at least one vertical radiator has a smaller length which is approximately {fraction (1/10)} of the mean operating wavelength. The invention also describes advantageous embodiments or configurations of said antenna and practical arrangements of said antenna in vehicles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 23, 2003
    Assignee: Hirschmann Electronics GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Dirk Wendt, Martin Kuhn, Markus Pfletschinger, Peter Riedhofer
  • Patent number: 6614402
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a mobile transmission antenna (1) for vehicles that comprises a monopole (8) having a reflector (15) associated therewith. The unit thus formed is mounted on or adjacent to the inner surface of members of the vehicle which are permissive to electromagnetic waves, mainly the vehicle windows (3), so that said reflector (15) is directed towards the inside of the vehicle as seen from the monopole (8). During a transmission, this configuration reduces simply and economically to a harmless level the incident radiation of high-frequency energy that penetrates into the vehicle. The antenna is further protected from potential unauthorised handling from the outside and does not look like an radio-telephone antenna. In a particularly advantageous embodiment of the present invention, the radio-telephone antenna (1) is integrated with a device intended for other purposes, mainly with the third stoplight (4) mounted on the rear window (3) of the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2003
    Assignee: Hirschmann Electronics GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Dirk Wendt, Markus Pfletschinger
  • Patent number: 6411259
    Abstract: The invention relates to an antenna device having at least one antenna structure (5-10) fixed to a vehicle window (3). The base point terminal connections of each antenna have contact points (11) which form a termination panel (4) surrounded by a base (1) arranged on the vehicle window (3) in which a radio frequency device (2) can be removably fixed, whose connection terminals maybe connected to contact points (11) without using any connecting lines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2000
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2002
    Assignee: Richard Hirschmann GmbH & Co.
    Inventors: Dirk Wendt, Günter Lipka, Werner Jäger