Patents by Inventor Gerhard Behr
Gerhard Behr 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).
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Patent number: 11716815Abstract: In an embodiment a LED chip insert for a printed circuit board includes a lead frame in which a number of electrically conductive strings with respective ends are formed by punching, the strings having support surfaces which are configured for mounting on the printed circuit board and which form a common plane, wherein the lead frame has a region formed as a recess with respect to the ends, an injection molded frame including an electrically insulating material and annularly surrounding a surface of the lead frame exposed within the region formed as the recess facing the ends of the strings, and thereby effecting an overall trough-like structure; and at least one LED chip which is placed in the region formed as the recess and has a first electrical contact terminal and a second electrical contact terminal, the first electrical contact terminal being electrically conductively connected to a first one of the strings and the second electrical contact terminal being electrically conductively connected to a secondType: GrantFiled: January 20, 2021Date of Patent: August 1, 2023Assignee: OSRAM GmbHInventors: Michael Beck, Sebastian Jooss, Gerhard Behr
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Publication number: 20230059982Abstract: Please replace the Abstract with the following: In an embodiment a LED chip insert for a printed circuit board includes a lead frame in which a number of electrically conductive strings with respective ends are formed by punching, the strings having support surfaces which are configured for mounting on the printed circuit board and which form a common plane, wherein the lead frame has a region formed as a recess with respect to the ends, an injection molded frame including an electrically insulating material and annularly surrounding a surface of the lead frame exposed within the region formed as the recess facing the ends of the strings, and thereby effecting an overall trough-like structure; and at least one LED chip which is placed in the region formed as the recess and has a first electrical contact terminal and a second electrical contact terminal, the first electrical contact terminal being electrically conductively connected to a first one of the strings and the second electrical contact terminal beingType: ApplicationFiled: January 20, 2021Publication date: February 23, 2023Inventors: Michael Beck, Sebastian Jooss, Gerhard Behr
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Patent number: 9297522Abstract: A lighting device may include a semiconductor light source module, an optical unit, and a common support for the semiconductor light source module and the optical unit. The optical unit is mounted on a front side of the support and has at least one dowel, which extends into a precisely fitting hole in the semiconductor light source module. The semiconductor light source module rests on a rear side of the support. The at least one dowel projects through an aperture in the support and extends into the precisely fitting hole in the semiconductor light source module. The at least one dowel forms a shoulder, which rests on a supporting surface of the semiconductor light source module that rests on the rear side of the support.Type: GrantFiled: February 13, 2013Date of Patent: March 29, 2016Assignee: OSRAM GmbHInventors: Gerhard Behr, Stephan Schwaiger, Philipp Helbig
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Publication number: 20140376232Abstract: A lighting device may include a semiconductor light source module, an optical unit, and a common support for the semiconductor light source module and the optical unit. The optical unit is mounted on a front side of the support and has at least one dowel, which extends into a precisely fitting hole in the semiconductor light source module. The semiconductor light source module rests on a rear side of the support. The at least one dowel projects through an aperture in the support and extends into the precisely fitting hole in the semiconductor light source module. The at least one dowel forms a shoulder, which rests on a supporting surface of the semiconductor light source module that rests on the rear side of the support.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 13, 2013Publication date: December 25, 2014Inventors: Gerhard Behr, Stephan Schwaiger, Philipp Helbig
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Patent number: 8884521Abstract: A motor vehicle headlight element is specified which has at least one light-emitting diode and at least one control apparatus. The control apparatus is suitable for processing a signal which is dependent on a measurement variable and for applying a current, corresponding to the signal, to the light-emitting diode. The control apparatus and the light-emitting diode are arranged on a common mount.Type: GrantFiled: March 12, 2012Date of Patent: November 11, 2014Assignee: Osram AGInventors: Gerhard Behr, Alois Biebl, Moritz Engl, Heinz Haas, Stefan Hackenbuchner, Peter Helbig, Günther Hirschmann, Markus Hofmann, Rainer Huber, Joachim Reill, Thomas Reiners, Ralf Vollmer
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Patent number: 8796924Abstract: An incandescent halogen lamp for vehicle headlights may include a lamp base which defines a reference plane for orienting the incandescent halogen lamp in the vehicle headlight and includes a holder part having a substantially rotationally symmetrical external contour for holding a translucent lamp vessel, with the holder part having a first holder-part section connected to a component of the lamp base and a second holder-part section from which the translucent lamp vessel projects, wherein the second holder-part section has a smaller external diameter than the first holder-part section and wherein the height of the lamp base above the reference plane is in the 11.5-to-16.6-mm range.Type: GrantFiled: February 23, 2011Date of Patent: August 5, 2014Assignee: OSRAM AGInventors: Gerhard Behr, Peter Helbig, Christian Seichter
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Publication number: 20140184060Abstract: An incandescent halogen lamp for vehicle headlights may include a lamp base which defines a reference plane for orienting the incandescent halogen lamp in the vehicle headlight and includes a holder part having a substantially rotationally symmetrical external contour for holding a translucent lamp vessel, with the holder part having a first holder-part section connected to a component of the lamp base and a second holder-part section from which the translucent lamp vessel projects, wherein the second holder-part section has a smaller external diameter than the first holder-part section and wherein the height of the lamp base above the reference plane is in the 11.5-to-16.6-mm range.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 23, 2011Publication date: July 3, 2014Applicant: OSRAM AGInventors: Gerhard Behr, Peter Helbig, Christian Seichter
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Publication number: 20120169232Abstract: A motor vehicle headlight element is specified which has at least one light-emitting diode and at least one control apparatus. The control apparatus is suitable for processing a signal which is dependent on a measurement variable and for applying a current, corresponding to the signal, to the light-emitting diode. The control apparatus and the light-emitting diode are arranged on a common mount.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 12, 2012Publication date: July 5, 2012Inventors: Gerhard BEHR, Alois BIEBL, Moritz ENGL, Heinz HAAS, Stefan HACKENBUCHNER, Peter HELBIG, Günther HIRSCHMANN, Markus HOFMANN, Rainer HUBER, Joachim REILL, Thomas REINERS, Ralf VOLLMER
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Patent number: 8212476Abstract: Disclosed are a welding aid for a spiral-wound filament of a lamp and a lamp comprising such a welding aid. The spiral-wound filament has a spiral-wound filament body and at least one spiral-wound filament tail. The welding aid is arranged at a distance d from the spiral-wound filament body and is designed to connect the at least one spiral-wound filament tail to a current-conducting support, the distance d being defined in accordance with a power P at which the lamp is operated.Type: GrantFiled: December 5, 2007Date of Patent: July 3, 2012Assignee: Osram AGInventors: Frank Auer, Gerhard Behr, Peter Helbig, Christian Seichter, Klaus Wittmann, Sascha Zelt
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Patent number: 8188658Abstract: Disclosed is a lamp, particularly for a vehicle headlight, comprising two spiral-wound filaments which are retained by three feeders within a bulb that is inserted into a base. The feeders are arranged on top of one another when the lamp is adequately oriented. A tail of the first spiral-wound filament is connected to a dimming cap, said tail being located at a distance from the base, while a tail of the second spiral-wound filament is connected to the central feeder, said tail being close to the base. The second filament tail that faces away and is located at a distance from the base is connected to the upper feeder. According to the invention, the lower feeder is connected to the dimming cap by means of an end, some sections of which are angled away from a longitudinal axis of the lamp.Type: GrantFiled: December 10, 2007Date of Patent: May 29, 2012Assignee: Osram AGInventors: Frank Auer, Gerhard Behr, Peter Helbig, Christian Seichter, Klaus Wittmann, Sascha Zelt
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Patent number: 8177410Abstract: The invention relates to a lamp base comprising a plastic base part (320) that is provided with electric connections (61, 62, 63) for supplying power to at least one luminous means (21, 22) of the lamp that is surrounded by the lamp vessel (10). The electric connections (61, 62, 63) comprise contact sections (610, 620, 630) for connecting to power supply lines (51, 52, 53) of the at least one luminous means (21, 22), that protrude from the lamp vessel (10), and the lamp base is equipped with a sealing element (330) for covering the contact sections (610, 620, 630), said sealing element being fixed to the plastic base part (320) by a detent connection (3213, 3223, 3311, 3312, 3321, 3322). Said detent connection is preferably concealed. Said lamp base can be used, for example, in a motor vehicle headlight.Type: GrantFiled: December 6, 2007Date of Patent: May 15, 2012Assignee: Osram AGInventors: Gerhard Behr, Peter Helbig
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Patent number: 8164240Abstract: The invention relates to a dipping cap comprising a filament for a dual-filament lamp. The dimension between an outlet of an outgoing section of the filament, on the side of the base, and the point on the outgoing section of the filament, arranged opposite the outgoing section of the filament on the side of the base and welded to the dipping cap, measures more than approximately 5.2 mm and less than 9.7 mm, and the dimension between the outlet of the outgoing section of the filament, on the side of the base, and the front surface of the dipping cap, which is adjacent to the outgoing section of the filament, welded to the dipping cap, measures more than approximately 5.9 mm and less than 11.9 mm.Type: GrantFiled: December 5, 2007Date of Patent: April 24, 2012Assignee: Osram AGInventors: Frank Auer, Gerhard Behr, Peter Helbig, Christian Seichter, Klaus Wittmann, Sascha Zelt
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Patent number: 8159144Abstract: A motor vehicle headlight element is specified which has at least one light-emitting diode and at least one control apparatus. The control apparatus is suitable for processing a signal which is dependent on a measurement variable and for applying a current corresponding to the signal, to the light-emitting diode. The control apparatus and the light-emitting diode are arranged on a common mount.Type: GrantFiled: November 30, 2005Date of Patent: April 17, 2012Assignees: Osram Opto Semiconductors GmbH, Osram AGInventors: Gerhard Behr, Alois Biebl, Moritz Engl, Heinz Haas, Stefan Hackenbuchner, Peter Helbig, Günther Hirschmann, Markus Hofmann, Rainer Huber, Joachim Reill, Thomas Reiners, Ralf Vollmer
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Patent number: 8102109Abstract: Disclosed is a lamp, particularly a halogen incandescent lamp, comprising a bulb that is provided with a pinch seal which is inserted into a base by means of an attachment ring. The attachment ring has a receiving section within which the pinch seal is clampingly fastened by means of attachment ring brackets that are supported on support surfaces. According to the invention, the support surfaces are placed at an angle from the longitudinal axis of the lamp.Type: GrantFiled: December 6, 2007Date of Patent: January 24, 2012Assignee: OSRAM AGInventors: Frank Auer, Gerhard Behr, Peter Helbig, Christian Seichter, Klaus Wittmann, Sascha Zelt
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Patent number: 8084928Abstract: The invention relates to a halogen bulb comprising two filaments that are located (21, 22) in a lamp body (10), a first filament (21) being designed for operation at a higher electrical output than the second filament (22). To fulfil a daylight driving function, the second filament (22) is designed to produce an electrical output that is lower by a factor of 2.5 to 4 than the electrical output of the first filament (21) when operating with a standard operating voltage and is designed in such a way that it can be operated with an operating voltage that is lower than the standard operating voltage in order to produce a dimmed position light function.Type: GrantFiled: November 8, 2007Date of Patent: December 27, 2011Assignee: Osram AGInventors: Frank Auer, Gerhard Behr, Peter Helbig, Christian Seichter, Klaus Wittmann, Sascha Zelt
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Patent number: 7911122Abstract: The invention relates to a lamp base with a plastic base part which has electrical connections for the power supply of at least one lighting device of the lamp, the lighting device being enclosed by a lamp vessel and the electrical connections being configured by metal pins. The first ends of these pins project laterally, perpendicular to the longitudinal extension of the lamp base, from the plastic base part in order to establish electrical contact with the lamp socket, and the second ends are adapted to connect a power supply wire for the at least one lighting device which wire is to the outside of the lamp vessel. The invention is characterized in that the plastic base part has a recess on a lower face of the plastic base part facing away from the lamp vessel, the two ends of the metal pins being disposed in the recess.Type: GrantFiled: February 19, 2007Date of Patent: March 22, 2011Assignee: Osram Gesellschaft mit Beschraenkter HaftungInventors: Gerhard Behr, Peter Helbig
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Publication number: 20100320900Abstract: Disclosed are a welding aid for a spiral-wound filament of a lamp and a lamp comprising such a welding aid. The spiral-wound filament has a spiral-wound filament body and at least one spiral-wound filament tail. The welding aid is arranged at a distance d from the spiral-wound filament body and is designed to connect the at least one spiral-wound filament tail to a current-conducting support, the distance d being defined in accordance with a power P at which the lamp is operated.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 5, 2007Publication date: December 23, 2010Inventors: Frank Auer, Gerhard Behr, Peter Helbig, Christian Seichter, Klaus Wittmann, Sascha Zelt
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Patent number: 7806562Abstract: A lighting device includes at least one light-emitting diode and a cooling aggregate (400) for cooling the at least one light-emitting diode, wherein the at least one light-emitting diode is arranged on the cooling aggregate (400) and the cooling aggregate (400) is provided with at least one recess in which a mounting plate (408) equipped with electrical components is located. Also described is a vehicle headlight including at least one lighting device of the aforementioned kind.Type: GrantFiled: January 12, 2005Date of Patent: October 5, 2010Assignee: OSRAM Gesellschaft mit beschraenkter HaftungInventors: Gerhard Behr, Peter Helbig, Thomas Reiners, Ralf Vollmer
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Patent number: 7712938Abstract: A socket for a vehicle lamp, including a base housing and at least two contact spring elements fixed in the base housing for housing and electrically contacting the lamp. The contact spring elements of the socket housing are fixed to the base housing by means of a base slide having a slot recess for receiving a leg of a first contact spring element, and an abutment surface for contacting a leg of the second contact spring elements.Type: GrantFiled: February 9, 2006Date of Patent: May 11, 2010Assignee: OSRAM Gesellschaft mit beschraenkter HaftungInventors: Gerhard Behr, Peter Helbig
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Publication number: 20100090598Abstract: Disclosed is a lamp, particularly a halogen incandescent lamp, comprising a bulb that is provided with a pinch seal which is inserted into a base by means of an attachment ring. The attachment ring has a receiving section within which the pinch seal is clampingly fastened by means of attachment ring brackets that are supported on support surfaces. According to the invention, the support surfaces are placed at an angle from the longitudinal axis of the lamp.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 6, 2007Publication date: April 15, 2010Applicant: OSRAM Gesellschaft mit beschraenkter HaftungInventors: Frank Auer, Gerhard Behr, Peter Helbig, Christian Seichter, Klaus Wittmann, Sascha Zelt